MMO style

So being a new parent has put a serious crimp in my gaming.  We had to take a lot of parenting classes and the one thing they never told us...little kids get up with the sun...and you can never sleep in again...EVER!

So with a new kid how do I find time to play an mmo?  Actually it's not an MMO...its more like a SMN (small multi-player lan).  I have been playing Monster Hunter 2 on the psp.  I found out that someone at my church who works with me on a volunteer basis got the game at Christmas.  So after arts practice on Thursdays he stops by my house and we  stay up until midnight killing monsters.  It works great because we get their around 9 and my wife and kid are already in bed so we sit back in the living room and just talk and kill things.  A mission takes about 20 min and we just do as many as we feel like.

I like monster hunter because:

1. it's way easier then monster hunter 1.  I gave up really early on with MH1...MH2 is a lot more fun
2. having a lan is great.  It's almost like 3d diablo...
3. the loot  system is a lot of fun
4. I like that missions take 15-30 min.  I also like that it has a lot of strategy.
5. I love my weapon..the gun lance.  It is awesome!
6. My friend has over 100 hours on the game clock and I have 15, yet we can still do missions together

#6 is the best feature.  The monsters are a real challange.  I just really like the fact that I can make a difference in the fight as a lowbie  I am sort of falling out of love with the single player part, but I still love the multiplayer bits.

I think the psp needs more games like this one....if it had online multiplayer this game would have been perfect.