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[Runner67]

literally every mainline entry for Monster Hunter is numbered. Those are different games from different companies that obviously dont follow the same formula in naming. Literally every mainline MH game is number idk why we're even arguing this lmao

Because things can change. They obviously have their MAINLINE team working on MH: World, and for the first time in 8 years, not on a Nintendo console. Things change, naming schemes change. It is, for all intents and purposes, Monster Hunter 5.

 

[KtSlime]

MH:W is not as big a departure from its previous entries as RE7 was from its series.

We don't know how much of a departure it is, but the lack of local multiplayer has likely already doomed it here.

 

[Haunted]

What if the Feathered T-Rex is this game's Great Jaggi and not its Deviljho?

 

[Lelou]

Learned what? That RE4 and RE7 were successful and well received reinventions of the series?

That they lose tons of money and the community for the change of gameplay.
Re7 is well received but still low on their expectations.

 

[Night Angel]

Monster Hunter World |OT| 5 Reasons Why It's Not a Mainline Entry

Monster Hunter World |OT| 4 + 1 = 5

 

[Raide]

Tiny Uragaan was 100x better. How can you not love it's ridiculous music?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgb1ZgJoydA

Damn I hope mini versions are in too!

 

[Candescence]

Low res textures + great lighting effects mostly

I wouldn't be surprised if this game got a re-release on the Switch under a new name, or at least a similar portable title with the same assets, and the textures are a way to maintain parity so Switch owners don't feel left out. I mean, sheesh, way to make it obvious, Capcom, developers don't simply make low-res textures right off the bat these days.

That being said, not a fan of the washed-out visuals. Seriously, what happened to the colours?

 

[theofficefan99]

Wait why are MH fans complaining about this game? Forgive me for being ignorant but it looks like a current gen console MH with... idk a new weapon? What's changed?

 

[spiritfox]

I wonder how many returning monsters there will be. What if the only ones returning are the Raths.

 

[Sangetsu-II]

Well that's kinda the point. This is the most important game at Capcom right now, they are putting their best talent on it.

I don't think anyone should assume that means it will be the same or have the same feel as the previous games. It's being changed to some degree to appeal to the west, although I don't know enough about MH games to really know how much.

Sounds good enough to me, I'm hyped. Hope the game sells well so all platforms get more monster hunter in the future.

 

[Immaculate]

It is, for all intents and purposes, Monster Hunter 5.

its not though

if it was MH5 it would be named MH5. not really a hard rule to grasp

 

[Qurupeke]

Okay real talk: What monster are you guys fiending the most for ?

Personally i would die for a next gen Yan Garuga battle, allthough i want Devil Jho in here as well.

Ah, finally the discussion shifted to more amusing stuff. Tbh, I prefer having a catalog similar to Tri, meaning mostly new monsters and only a few of the series' staples. In for Deviljho too, it's one of my favourites and it seems like a perfect fit because of the emphasis on "luring monsters". Unfortunately, the non-G entries always had less content, and I doubt World will be an exclusion.

 

[Kinsei]

What if the Feathered T-Rex is this game's Great Jaggi and not its Deviljho?

Looks like it will be this game's Barroth. The first major early game challenge.

Wait why are MH fans complaining about this game? Forgive me for being ignorant but it looks like a current gen console MH with... idk a new weapon? What's changed?

There have been a few big changes to things like the light bowgun (the machine gun you saw in the trailer). It was just a poor trailer overall when it comes to showing classic MH gameplay so a lot of us are freaked it won't be the game we know and love.

 

[Rodin]

7 was successful at the cost of Japan. World will likely make the same sacrifice.

Yeah because RE is as successful as MH in Japan and Capcom can totally afford to lose 4+ million buyers 😂😂😂

 

[Night Angel]

Monster I want: Lagiacruz (but not a sissy on land)
Monster I don't want: Khezu, you unupdated PS2 Gigginox
Monster I hate with the intensity of 1000 suns: Rajang, you asshole

its not though

if it was MH5 it would be named MH5. not really a hard rule to grasp

So the number in the title is more important to whether or not this is real monhun than the team who worked on it? Just want to be clear here.

 

[Raide]

Ah, finally the discussion shifted to more amusing stuff. Tbh, I prefer having a catalog similar to Tri, meaning mostly new monsters and only a few of the series' staples. In for Deviljho too, it's one of my favourites and it seems like a perfect fit because of the emphasis on "luring monsters". Unfortunately, the non-G entries always had less content, and I doubt World will be an exclusion.

I am hoping that with the World and online focus, maybe stuff like new monsters/G Rank stuff will be added content over time.

 

[wukunyutai]

DAY ONE BUYING!!!!!!!!

 

[Condom]

I wonder how many returning monsters there will be. What if the only ones returning are the Raths.

I hope so, that those are the only ones. We need a new gen of monsters.

DLC expansion packs can handle the rest. Unless they want to keep doing the G version thing.

 

[PKrockin]

Wait why are MH fans complaining about this game? Forgive me for being ignorant but it looks like a current gen console MH with... idk a new weapon? What's changed?

We've all been primed with the description of the game from the leak as something along the lines of "dumbed down to appeal to Westerners", then the trailer opens with footage of stealth and detective vision, leaving a terrible first impression. It showed only a brief glimpse of the actual combat. Had we seen more fighting and it looked like the Monster Hunter style combat we've come to know and love it would have calmed a lot of our fears.

 

[Raide]

Real Talk 2.



Cha-cha

Or

Palico.


?

 

[Night Angel]

Palico 100%

Good night (early morning) folks. Be back soon.

 

[Kinsei]

Real Talk 2.



Cha-cha

Or

Palico.


?

You can name you're palicos and they aren't nearly as annoying as Cha-Cha or Kayamba. It's an easy choice.

 

[spiritfox]

Real Talk 2.



Cha-cha

Or

Palico.


?

Cats > Weird mask people

Real talk.

 

[FingerBang]

I think the name is important.

Monster Hunter: World is a new take on the series. It's not a sequel, it's more of a reboot.

You can think of it the same way you think about God of War. It's obviously different from the previous trilogy (+spinoffs), but it builds on it.

The main difference here is the fact we'll have a Monster Hunter XXX (please Capcom DO IT)/Monster Hunter 5 on Switch, more in line with the previous ones..

I'm sure we'll hear about the Switch one soon.

 

[PKrockin]

Real Talk 2.



Cha-cha

Or

Palico.


?

I will gouge my ears out if I have to listen to any more meowing.

 

[nephilimdj]

I wouldn't be surprised if this game got a re-release on the Switch under a new name, or at least a similar portable title with the same assets, and the textures are a way to maintain parity so Switch owners don't feel left out. I mean, sheesh, way to make it obvious, Capcom, developers don't simply make low-res textures right off the bat these days.

That being said, not a fan of the washed-out visuals. Seriously, what happened to the colours?

I think thats likely, Nvidia had tools for shield to port from PC, I assume Capcom will use to make a lazy port for switch once the PC version is done.

 

[Raide]

I will gouge my ears out if I have to listen to any more meowing.

Palico it is then!

 

[Murkas]

Just lit a candle, got on my knees and started praying we get a XX western release date during Nintendo conference because that looked dry as fuck. Looked casualised hard, I hope I'm wrong but I just feel it's gonna be another Hitman Absolution, Dead Rising 4, Resident Evil 6. Gotta get that western audience.

 

[Niwa]

Can't we have loyal dogs this time? But that doesn't matter at all because I'm in for it, day one.

 

[PKrockin]

Palico it is then!

I will spend every moment of the game with bananas jammed in my ears, both to block out the sound and as a good luck charm in the hopes that one day Nintendo announces StarTropics 3.

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

We don't know how much of a departure it is, but the lack of local multiplayer has likely already doomed it here.

I mean, on the Wii U you could only play locally with 3DS players. That's not an issue of it being a departure from the series. That's a hardware issue.

That they lose tons of money and the community for the change of gameplay.
Re7 is well received but still low on their expectations.

So they shouldn't take risks cause it will lose them money. But they're only taking risks because they want western money?

I'm glad the MH team wants to take risks and do something new with their IP instead of constantly playing it safe knowing they can rake in the yen each time.

 

[HoopzBarkley]

Barely any gameplay and a reveal trailer, so casualized ugh mh ruined. Man I remember people saying this shit when mh4 had the reveal trailer lol.

 

[kromeo]

Generations was already pretty stale for me, at least it's something different this time I guess..

 

[Kinsei]

Can't we have loyal dogs this time? But that doesn't matter at all because I'm in for it, day one.

Possibly. Generations almost had a hunting hound weapon that had you fighting alongside a dog. I'm sure they'll revisit the idea someday.

 

[Orniletter]

I wouldn't be surprised if this game got a re-release on the Switch under a new name, or at least a similar portable title with the same assets, and the textures are a way to maintain parity so Switch owners don't feel left out. I mean, sheesh, way to make it obvious, Capcom, developers don't simply make low-res textures right off the bat these days.

That being said, not a fan of the washed-out visuals. Seriously, what happened to the colours?

As harshly as MH4U's colour-saturation-cranked-up-to-11 look was criticized, I'm really missing it too.

I guess it looks closer to Tri now, but....ehh.

 

[Raide]

I will spend every moment of the game with bananas jammed in my ears, both to block out the sound and as a good luck charm in the hopes that one day Nintendo announces StarTropics 3.

Hopefully we can grappling hook them off cliffs...

 

[Xater]

I really want to see more of this game. I wonder when we will get like a real gameplay demo.

 

[le.phat]

literally every mainline entry for Monster Hunter is numbered. Those are different games from different companies that obviously dont follow the same formula in naming. Literally every mainline MH game has a number attached to it indicating its the next generation for the series idk why we're even arguing this lmao

again, who gives a fuck about the name when we have the promise of Capcpom's A game team ?

 

[Kinsei]

I really want to see more of this game. I wonder when we will get like a real gameplay demo.

The 20th.

 

[Candescence]

I think thats likely, Nvidia had tools for shield to port from PC, I assume Capcom will use to make a lazy port for switch once the PC version is done.

I'm actually thinking Capcom doesn't want to undercut the yet-to-be-released MHXX port, otherwise they would've announced something by now, and if the contract rumor excluding a Switch release is true, they don't want to annoy Sony by getting around the contract by releasing the game under a different name and pretending it's not the same game so close to the initial announcement.

I'm thinking they'll announce it closer to launch or after as the 'portable version' of Worlds or pretend it's a new game to try and milk both the PS4 and Switch versions in Japan.

 

[Xater]

The 20th.

Where is this coming from?

 

[Veldin]

I'm very curious about the structure of the game, though I'm fairly confident that it's mostly the same. There's been a lot of open world talk but the official statements only say seamless. Personally I'm betting that the quest areas are still separated like Jungle and Volcano but without the load zones.

 

[Rodin]

again, who gives a fuck about the name when we have the promise of Capcpom's A game team ?

People who want MH without these new shitty mechanics?

 

[rpmurphy]

You know what would be super nice to help grow the fanbase here but won't happen? Cross platform MP. When the PC version comes out I wonder if that platform too will be segmented. 😔

 

[Xater]

I'm very curious about the structure of the game, though I'm fairly confident that it's mostly the same. There's been a lot of open world talk but the official statements only say seamless. Personally I'm betting that the quest areas are still separated like Jungle and Volcano but without the load zones.

That would be my guess as well. Maybe there will be different hub towns that are directly integrated into the different regions. So you can just go back to them after a quest.

 

[Lelou]

I mean, on the Wii U you could only play locally with 3DS players. That's not an issue of it being a departure from the series. That's a hardware issue.

So they shouldn't take risks cause it will lose them money. But they're only taking risks because they want western money?

I'm glad the MH team wants to take risks and do something new with their IP instead of constantly playing it safe knowing they can rake in the yen each time.

Well we just have different opinions.
I prefer to keep safe a ip, instead to change it all and ruin it forever or closing it because of the insuccess.
They could make everyone happy insteam, keeping safe the mh ip and makind a NEW one, like deep down with a new name but same concept.

 

[Jawbreaker]

You know what would be super nice to help grow the fanbase here but won't happen? Cross platform MP. When the PC version comes out I wonder if that platform too will be segmented. ��

That would be nice. I hope they can get that set up, even if it's similar to what was done with Rocket League.

Well we just have different opinions.
I prefer to keep safe a ip, instead to change it all and ruin it forever or closing it because of the insuccess.
They could make everyone happy insteam, keeping safe the mh ip and makind a NEW one, like deep down with a new name but same concept.

You're overreacting.

 

[kubus]

At first I was like "wtf did they do to MH" with the stealth gameplay clips, lack of combat gameplay, and the overall vibe of the game. Perhaps because I had those 4chan leaks in the back of my head that kept emphasizing they were tuning the game to be more mainstream. Wasn't sure what to think of it. After watching the alternate trailer, I've warmed up a bit. Drop in multiplayer sounds cool and of course the game looks gorgeous. Saw some old school great sword moves too and more combat gameplay that looked pretty good.

Then I realized that this might finally mean that I can play Monster Hunter with my boyfriend. He hated MH on the Wii, but loves dinosaurs and dreams of a great action game in which you fight them. I never understood why he didn't warm up to MH, but I think it must be the overall clunkiness of moving between separated areas, the tedious gathering for materials, the janky gameplay (from his perspective). All those things might just be gone or streamlined in this game, so perhaps he will enjoy MH World.

I would be so happy if we could play Monster Hunter together. For that reason alone, I welcome this new take on the franchise. Now hopefully he won't be too stubborn to at least try it .

edit: oh fuck new page :x

 

[Candescence]

As harshly as MH4U's colour-saturation-cranked-up-to-11 look was criticized, I'm really missing it too.

I guess it looks closer to Tri now, but....ehh.

It was criticised? MH4U's saturation was just fine, what are people smoking? This game looks kinda likeless by comparison.

 

[BlizzKrut]

The 20th.

Is it confirmed to be a demo? Or is it just the directors talking?