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Monster Hunter World (XB1/PS4, PC later, Early 2018) E3 info [Up: Effectively MH5]
- Thread starter Nirolak
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I went into 4U a while ago to do some post G rank stuff and it was pretty dead for random groups.
Of all the monsters you could have named yourself after, you picked Khezu. Why would you do that?
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I think it'd honestly be hilarious if they just announced the game was called Monster Hunter 5 in Japan when they do the livestream next week. There would be no better way to make it clear this is the next mainline MH game. I guess they've already committed to World in Japan but the idea people still think this is a spinoff is weird.
As a hardcore MH fan. I'm indifferent now. Capcom really wants this series to take off West and willingp sacrifice its portability sales for Western reveneue. If this bombs saleswise, I really hope Nintendo doesn'y take them back. Nintendo built up the brand, made it a juggetnaut and this is how Capcom repays them. I'll buy the PC version to see how it plays, as PC settings are probably more suited for co-ops. Capcom, you laid your neck out now. I hope for your sake you survive. I don'y want to see IP's split up due to potential financial difficulties
PdotMichael
Banned
PSP... lol
Though the post wouldn't be less cringeworthy even if you got the basics right.
Please tell me this is satire. Actually even then it's still a post equivalent of a dumpster fire.
Okami Haundo
Member
Posted this in the wrong thread at first... But here we go:
Just looked through all the info in OP and holy shit, I'm so hyped! Console MH with somewhat modern graphics and a streamlined approach sounds great to me. I loved the series up through Tri but lost interest once it started focusing heavily on portable play. I felt like it would take too much time to learn all of the systems and it felt like a game that was meant for consoles to me.
Will gladly play this will fellow Gaffers on Xbox.
Just looked through all the info in OP and holy shit, I'm so hyped! Console MH with somewhat modern graphics and a streamlined approach sounds great to me. I loved the series up through Tri but lost interest once it started focusing heavily on portable play. I felt like it would take too much time to learn all of the systems and it felt like a game that was meant for consoles to me.
Will gladly play this will fellow Gaffers on Xbox.
Ghost Slayer
Member
Never thought PSP version sold the most in the series
The Last One
Member
at one point I was good enough to roll through narga tails and gypceros flashes without evade armor, at least as far back as FU. But it was a very tiny window.
You called youself a hardcore fan when you forget that MHP2 on PSP sold the more and before MHTri on Wii and MHP3rd on PSP sold the most.
Thanks for exposing yourself that you only played MH first on Nintendo.
if anything, sales were starting to slightly decline even on 3DS.
Renna Hazel
Member
Well I own all consoles but don't necessarily want to pay for their online service(PS+ is on and off for me) so it would be nice if Switch received this game as well.
With that said, it still looks interesting and I'm tempted to give it a try. I wanna see what all the fuss is about.
An overwhelming percentage of these sales are on portable platforms.
NegativeCero
Banned
Haven't checked in this thread since the initial trailer reveal, but everything I'm reading about is quickly hyping this game up for me. I was afraid they'd change too much, and while they still might I'm liking that they're going for more building around core MH and not reinventing it.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
His point was Nintendo didn't build the brand when the best selling game in the series wasn't on a Nintendo platform.
Also if it was feasible at all to do a PS4 portable this game would justify it.
That definitely seems to be the case. I was very skeptical when I saw the reveal trailer, but it looks like this is the title I want it to be. Though we won't know that for sure until until we know more about the combat mechanics.
It's frustrating that so many of the impressions are coming from people who aren't experienced with the series, but we will know everything soon enough.
Well it's just true that nintendo build it on the WEST at least, with all this free localizations/adverising or publishing..
If anything they'll never reach that point ever again. It was the game released at the heigh of the franchise popularity, during the peak of psp performance, with a more japanese setting aswel. Conditions were ideal and the game sold like hotcakes.
It helped that it was the easiest installment from a difficulty perspective, which I know isn't what a lot of fans want to hear, but that kind of thing does help more than it hinders.
This is the point that angers me the most, too. MH got bigger in the west over the years thanks to Nintendo actually doing fucking marketing and putting that shit out for Capcom.
World at least should've been on Switch. Not saying it should've been exclusive. Let everyone have a taste of the cake. But this? This is fucking horseshit.
*internal screaming intensifies*
For the love of god, Capcom, do not Capcom the DLC pipeline.
Hopefully not (The DLC part not the LE part).
I was just making an observation on the numbers.
To respond more directly your post, Western MH sales greatly increased with the 3DS titles (whereas Japanese sales have declined), but I would credit this more to Capcom and the growing MH community than to Nintendo. The single best selling title was Freedom 3 for the PSP, but more overall games have been sold for the 3DS. You can see international sales totals here:
http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/finance/million.html
For me Monster Hunter Worlds sounds like a typical Capcom Move. If you can't have all the money, why even bother. So they will change their games to appeal to a different target group, which makes a series lose its identity, and at the same time they believe to make all the money immediately. At the end they just alienate their old fans and the Frankenstein's monster of a game applies to no one.
Let's hope, this time Capcom doesn't forget, what makes this series work.
Let's hope, this time Capcom doesn't forget, what makes this series work.
I'm very interested in the game but it's far from what I would call beautiful.
It looks like a PS3 game and should have been running at 60fps really. But game seems really good!
why would you credit more capcom than nintendo, when nintendo is doing the job of advertising MH on the West?
Night Angel
Member
Notice that there's almost no 3rd party support for the Switch right now? Blame Nintendo for this game not being on their console. It's probably been in development for years, long before anyone knew what the Switch would be.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Everything you said is irrelevant to MHW. The core of the game is still present. Its being made by the same team who made MH1,2,3 and 4. Did you even read the OP?
Night Angel
Member
I'm sure the team responsible for making mainline MH entries has forgotten how to make them.
Laplasakos
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aeroslash
Member
That new info doesn't mske it look that bad really. I loved MH on the Wii. For me the best game of that generation. So i never got into local co-op, but i can see why so many people is pissed.
I really don't expect previous MH numbers in Japan. At least if it was on the switch they could play on the go.
I really don't expect previous MH numbers in Japan. At least if it was on the switch they could play on the go.
AmethystEnd
Member
You sound like a typical driveby poster who wants to give their hot take but hasn't actually played the games being discussed.
Frankenstein's monster?
You fucking kidding me?
Infinite_Daremo
Member
That moment a single image lays the smack down.
This thread is delivering the salty goods now.
The first infos are promising. They are sticking to the core parts while offering some nice-to-have features for modern audiences. But I still think that people will be debating about the changes which will happen quite passionately. The core audience is pretty strong with MH. And I don't know how Capcom wants to expand that group of people.
KZObsessed
Member
If you had mixed up Capcom with Konami, this would have been perfect.
This is obviously Sony at play here regarding MH World,when you have the Head of Sony Japan CE inviting Ryozo Tsujimoto to talk about MH World, there is no doubt about it rumors or not.
But Capcom is smart. By using MT Framework engine for World means they could create Monster Hunter Portable 5 for switch that is based on World since they can reuse assets. Don't forget MT Framework is very flexible and versatile based on the games we saw last gen.
chrisPjelly
Member
Everything sounds FANTASTIC so far. The traditional hunting loop is still present, and stupid things like clunky aiming controls and stopping to take potions has seemingly been fixed (I'll miss the cheap monster shots tho ). Not a big fan of damage UI, but let's see how important it is to the varying weakpoints. Since this is on the PS4, I can't wait to convince my console only friends to buy this!
And for people still complaining about Nintendo being left out; The Switch is doing great. Capcom likes money. The Switch is the only sustainable handheld in Japan. Japan won't play monster hunter on anything that isn't a handheld. Put 2 and 2 together people...
). Not a big fan of damage UI, but let's see how important it is to the varying weakpoints. Since this is on the PS4, I can't wait to convince my console only friends to buy this!And for people still complaining about Nintendo being left out; The Switch is doing great. Capcom likes money. The Switch is the only sustainable handheld in Japan. Japan won't play monster hunter on anything that isn't a handheld. Put 2 and 2 together people...
I think the opposite, it will tank in Japan (still do a million but not 3DS-PSP numbers) but will make up for it in the west with 5-6 million across 3 platforms
AmethystEnd
Member
Good drive by post. Grade A material. Holy shit.
GameCenterXDS
Member
Can everyone just stop with the "this isn't true monster hunter" talk? It's just flat out wrong. I'm sorry to portable fans and people that want offline multiplayer but beyond that this is Monster hunter. I have been a fan since PSP and the moment I saw that trailer on sonys conference I knew it was true Monster Hunter. It's the same art style. It's the same animation style. It's perfect. It's not some radical new take on Monster Hunter. People comparing it to Dmc are just wrong.