MH has always been more of Monster FIGHTER than HUNTER.
The "hunting" aspect has never been done properly in any games in this franchise.
While the newer games do feel too automatic, the older games weren't actually any better since monsters were so robotic and simplistic you'd figure out their spawn locations after fighting them twice.

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It's been great for filtering dumb oldfags and pretentious worldsperms.
Old Lagiacrus was an average at best fight and his theme was bland and generic as fuck.

Anyone who claims the old versions of either are better can be immediately dismissed as retarded contrarians