Another Form Of Stress Relief

20th September 2013; Another Form Of Stress Relief

The monster hunter series, developed by the video game company Capcom and the first rendition was released Mach 11th 2003.  Since then, it has gained a cult following and has been a part of the Japanese culture. (Myself included) The latest in the series is Monster Hunter 4, which was released a few days back on the 14th of September this year exclusively in Japan.

It is a game about questing and slaying huge monsters. Getting their parts as trophies, which you then use to craft amour pieces that eventually share visual traits of the slain monsters. Part of the fun, is to play with a bunch of friend when you hunt together to share the excitement of slaying these huge creatures.

Similar to Starcraft, this is another one of the activities that I engage in myself with a couple of friends as a form of stress relief. All this activities, allows us to role play as someone that we can never be in real life and putting ourselves in the shoes of the characters and actually feel like we’ve achieved something through our accomplishments. Its kind of lets us forget about the things around us, the stress, the troubles and worries that we have, and become a great warrior in a world where humans and huge monsters coexist and to survive, we have take them down.

Although it might be a time wasting and pointless activity for some to engage themselves in, I feel that as long you have self discipline and can manage your time well, I think playing these kinds of games can also be a form of stress relieve along the lines of engaging in sports activities and other hobbies alike.

Earned this today: Due to its exclusivity, fans of the series outside of Japan wouldn’t be able to get their hands on the game. So I watched some footage on Youtube and I definitely cant wait for its release here!