There's something amusingly ironic for an installment that seems more geared to appeal to western audiences that winds up generating more positive feedback from Japan, though that's easy to chalk up to western console audiences not knowing what the hell the series is at all. I can practically see the missed sales target already!
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Monster Hunter: World (PS4/XB1 early 2018, PC later, directed by MH4 lead planner)
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There's something amusingly ironic for an installment that seems more geared to appeal to western audiences that winds up generating more positive feedback from Japan, though that's easy to chalk up to western console audiences not knowing what the hell the series is at all. I can practically see the missed sales target already!
MatrixMan.EXE
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The Actiony trailer reminds me of Uncharted. I dont think Im supposed to be getting uncharted vibes from my hunting game
My take away from this post is that you've never played an Uncharted game. Looks nothing like one.
Dat "hardcore" illusion. I could hardly finish, Generations. I loved my time with 4 though got through G, but got bored of the grind. Can't wait for this.
Vital Tundra
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I will say the bowfin being a machine gun has me a little worried about the way they are handling weapons. They probably thought bowguns as they are wouldn't be interesting to western audiences so they spiced it up. I'm hoping it's actually not a big deal but it could Indicate some casualization of the combat. Maybe they just decided he light bowgun should be that way with the heavy being a mortar type gun. Hope to see real gameplay soon. If XX comes to Switch in the west I hope it comes far enough before the PC version of this.
The Last One
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The Actiony trailer reminds me of Uncharted. I dont think Im supposed to be getting uncharted vibes from my hunting game
This thread is delivering so hard lol
Jawbreaker
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The Actiony trailer reminds me of Uncharted. I dont think Im supposed to be getting uncharted vibes from my hunting game
Lay off the sauce, son.
Now you're reaching.
The Actiony trailer reminds me of Uncharted. I dont think Im supposed to be getting uncharted vibes from my hunting game
Bowguns have been a thing in MH for some time now, don't you know?
The Actiony trailer reminds me of Uncharted. I dont think Im supposed to be getting uncharted vibes from my hunting game
And btw, Monster Hunter is an action game.
My take is that, while I'm not thrilled by what I saw, they also didn't show enough for me to get a real feel for it. I love monster Hunter but there are definitely some systems in place there that really need updating. If the core hunting/fighting mechanics remain the same, then this has the potential to be really good. Really, really good.
I saw a post earlier stating that the series will still continue on portable while also pulling from World. I'm really curious to see this game now, what mechanics itll pull, and what the reaction to it will be.
I saw a post earlier stating that the series will still continue on portable while also pulling from World. I'm really curious to see this game now, what mechanics itll pull, and what the reaction to it will be.
The action in the trailer reminds me of MH4, which also had an initial teaser of some dude running away from a monster that's crashing the environment. Now, in this game they might actually pull off such a sequence in reality.
MH even had chainsaws.
They are probably thankful for being finally able to play something with no 2004 assets
To be fair, this doesn't look westernised enough. It feels MoHun will always be in a limbo where moving too far away from the formula will not sit well with the people that already buy these games and made these games successful in the first place, and at the same time, not moving away from the conventions enough to be appealing to the western demographic.
Not sure if want, I will wait for more info before I freak. Sound pretty meh, but who knows, even if it won't be able to stand on the same level as the main series (which is anybody's guess right now), then it may still be a good and fun game: hunting prey in a jungle in a Monhun inspired game without all the baggage the Monhun series drags around with it may well be fun.
And it's probably going to have the same regular way of aiming every game but MH adopted ten years ago, thank Diablos.
The thing is MH is a mainstream game series in Japan, players in the west are more of the hardcore type.
I'd argue that was the case early on, but they worked around that limitation by making the evironments per transition. I thought I'd want a seamless map at first, but wouldn't want to trek the space between "areas". Yes, the game does still need Areas/Zones because they set the stage for certain fights. Because monsters interact with the environment, they're set up in ways to accomodate them. I assume making it seamless would mean dialing in the total area that map takes place in. Some maps contain mountaintops, lush jungles, valleys, and icy caverns all in one, but because of their geographical setting they artificially space out via the stitched nature of each map. Imagine how long it would take to get from place to place without those transitions.
Yeah, this is my take as well.. but I've played through every game that's been released in the west. Stagnant is a great way to describe it.
The series has effectively been releasing content patches on top of the original game since its inception, with later releases dropping old zones and enemies and even later releases adding those old zones and enemies back in. A major new feature gets added with each proper expansion pack (the numbered games in the series) even if those features aren't always great like the underwater content.
Just having better controls alone would be huge. Even if the game's aren't comparable beyond a surface level, the Souls games have substantially better controls than MH simply because they were designed with dual analog stick controllers in mind which is something that you can't even say (with a straight face) about the latest in the MH series (and no, the awkwardly located and unweildy nub doesn't help)
I think this is likely. I think that a lot of newcomers to the series in the west are going to be in for quite a shock with how eccentric the whole thing actually is, and that is bound to rub people the wrong way. I just hope that Capcom isn't expecting MHP3 numbers out of this, though knowing them, they've already set their modest expectations at 20 million in two quarters.
Renegade Frost
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Did you watch the intial gameplay trailer for Uncharted 4? You know the one with all the climbing and the sliding and slipping around that looks really cool?
Looks alot like this to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-RAeDfOMM&t=3s
There's no reason for the bowgun to operate like a machine gun pulled outta gear of war.
Are you OK? Have you been screaming too much?
The Actiony trailer reminds me of Uncharted. I dont think Im supposed to be getting uncharted vibes from my hunting game
You sure you don't mean it looks like a console game as opposed to handheld? Monster Hunter visually hasn't exactly progressed much from PSP days after all.
There have been fast firing Bowguns before alongside grenade like bombs, lances launching massive explosive attacks... The only real change there is the fact you can walk backwards.
Monster Hunter has always had a lot of climbing and jumping. What you're doing is looking at blended animations being introduced to a series and then drawing some weird conclusions.
Assuming this is true, this warms my heart. But words are words, I'm perched for that first week of sales in Japan.
Renegade Frost
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Lmao I post a picture and look at all the replies.
You all do realize I'm responding to the guy talking about the bowgun right?
My point about uncharted has little to do with the image and everything to do with the trailer. watch the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-RAeDfOMM&t=3s
Look people can talk about how much a stagnant series needs changes and modernization, but I dont think things have to change just because you want to sell more units to people who dont even like japanese game design or aesthetics to begin with. I think that's a bad idea all around.
Gotdatmoney
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I think its the yellow glowy shit and the whole first half of the trailer that made me meh about the game. Do not like that at all. But the Rathalos attacking the other dinosaur and the grappling hook definitely seem like the type of additions I wanted.
The Actiony trailer reminds me of Uncharted. I dont think Im supposed to be getting uncharted vibes from my hunting game
Looks like Gears of War.
Yeah, that GIF looks like Gears.
The Actiony trailer reminds me of Uncharted. I dont think Im supposed to be getting uncharted vibes from my hunting game
Dino Crisis 4 looks nice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bc6Hk0xISg
ArekkzGaming, famous youtube streamer/MH nut is sitting down to play the game and talk to the community manager tomorrow at E3. Hopefully we'll get a slew of new data out of this
ArekkzGaming, famous youtube streamer/MH nut is sitting down to play the game and talk to the community manager tomorrow at E3. Hopefully we'll get a slew of new data out of this
DriftingSpirit
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Looking forward to this.
GwyndolinCinder
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Hype, wanna see actual combat,cats, armour sets etc.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bc6Hk0xISg
ArekkzGaming, famous youtube streamer/MH nut is sitting down to play the game and talk to the community manager tomorrow at E3. Hopefully we'll get a slew of new data out of this
Zombegoast
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Having a particle effect that guides you in game is not good design, the game should have a map for that. And it takes away the attention to detail that artists put in if players get distracted. The Witcher sense was the worse thing about The Witcher 3 a long with it fish eye lens that make people sick.
That's actually something that concerns me right now, since I don't think Capcom has earned the trust to not fuck up the DLC pipeline for a game like this, since cordoning off new monsters would be a surefire way to ensure that this game dies a quick death. This is especially important in the event that the game ships with a leaner amount of content to begin with.
I remember playing Tomb Raider in grey most of the time *shudder*
Particle effect is at least better than a full screen color filter. Also we don't know yet if it is even automatic and active all the time.
That would be nice. Hopefully Capcom doesn't end up selling things piecemeal where it ends up being more expensive when all is said and done.
Judging on the what's been shown, it looks like They wanted to make Lost Planet and Dragon's Dogma but ended up combining the two and slapped a Monster Hunter skin on it.
Hopefully XX Switch gets announced for western release today. I'll probably be getting the PC version of World. Also hoping that the Portable series retains the "classic" MH mechanics with assets from MHWorld.
Hopefully XX Switch gets announced for western release today. I'll probably be getting the PC version of World. Also hoping that the Portable series retains the "classic" MH mechanics with assets from MHWorld.
Infinite_Daremo
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lol of course they fucking will. Its Capcom.
Sammy Samusu
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These closed door demos are not it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bc6Hk0xISg
ArekkzGaming, famous youtube streamer/MH nut is sitting down to play the game and talk to the community manager tomorrow at E3. Hopefully we'll get a slew of new data out of this
Yesterday I heard something about an E3 panel. Is that really happening?
Yes. Support me on iTunes.Are you OK? Have you been screaming too much?
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