I'm curious about that one since it's coming to Steam along with the first one. I tried a demo for Monster Hunter on PSP years ago and didn't really get it. Any chance I might feel differently about God Eater? From what I've heard, it does a much better job of explaining what the hell you're supposed to be doing and is overall a better entry into the genre. Is that true?
I would say so yeah, God Eater has a bigger focus on story and characters that make it easier to understand what you're supposed to do and why, this is the biggest difference, also, most people I know say GE is easier than MH, so if challenge is your thing you might be disappointed, though I do remember some of the side missions and post-game missions in GEB being quite challenging. MH also has better customization of weapons and armour, GE allows you to create new weapons, but no armour (all you have are different outfits that don't really affect gameplay), and while GE has the bullet customization thingy, I remember it being kind of a pain to use as it was pretty complicated, don't know if it's the same in Resurrection.
Keep in mind, this applies to GE, GE 2 is something new to me, I've never played it and since I kinda had no hope of it ever being released here I didn't pay much attention to the Japanese release, though I do know it improves a ton of stuff so there's that. \m/ \m/
In short, if you like your monster hunting with a good dose of story then you should definitively check out GE. Tough if you're eyeing out the PC version I would suggest waiting to check port quality.