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25 minutes of Monster Hunter World footage
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Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. If you don't mind playing a game in Japanese then you could also get Portable 3rd. It's not as good as MHFU but it's a much better entry point into the series due to it's relatively low difficulty and better hit boxes.
Comandr
Member
Whoa there. Let's dial down the crazy talk. Portable 3rd is excellent. Easily the best MH on PSP despite not having G rank. If you can play it in Japanese or get your hands on the translation patch, it really is excellent.
Wow nice catch. I didn't even see that. But yes it definitely appears to be exactly as you describe it. I guess monsters have a "health bar" now after all.
Western spinoff trash confirmed
Nah, man. P3rd is poop in comparison. Too easy and far too many subspecies. Fighting monsters reskinned with different colours gets really tiring. It's one of my least favourite MH games.
Animations and monster movements have been improved so much. Monsters don't move around like bunny rabbits now. They actually turn like you'd expect a living creature would.
You'd be better off with a 3DS entry, to be honest. Even though you won't have a second stick, the target camera does a really good job of keeping your focus on the monster without feeling like a crutch, which is something the PSP games never had available. Plus it's really hard to go back to the old broken hit boxes.
FirmBizBws
Becomes baffled, curling up into a ball when confronted with three controller options.
This is the best advice.
I'll never forget the horrors of Plesioth's hit box or the ridiculous placement of the camera controls on the psp.
pretty done
Member
Whichever you pick, you're still losing. Monster Hunter with those controls... yikes
NormalFish
Banned
Best PSP monhun is P3rd for sure. FU has a fuckton of content but hitboxes are a mess, the weapons are lacking some functionality added in gen 3 titles that adds quite a bit, and the gen 3 monsters are some of the best. Not to mention FU is not a very attractive game in comparison and soloing G rank is masochism.
Not to mention you can use two analogs on the vita.
You say that like the 3DS is an improvement.
Not to mention you can use two analogs on the vita.
MHFU G rank solo is some of the best content the series has to offer.
I wonder how many ppl have actually beaten "Monster Hunter" in MHFU..
ChronotriggerJM
Member
I liked playing freedom unite on the Vita, you can map camera to the right stick.
Lack of online multiplayer really held back the PSP versions in the west. Having to use Xlink Kai to play online was ridiculous. :/
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Ah, those were the days on PSP - MHF/2/Unite/3rd. When Kai didn't work I even put up Craigslist ads for local meet-ups at Starbucks to play, and always met cool people to play with.
Just play the PSP games PC with PPSSPP. They work quite well even on low PC specs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOrG_qPZgFs&t=488s&ab_channel=EmulatorUniverse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOrG_qPZgFs&t=488s&ab_channel=EmulatorUniverse
The WiFi Max dongle was the worst. Buggy drivers that would BSOD my PC all the time and all the sync issues it had with Xlink Kai. Argh.
I'm glad Capcom finally saw sense in implementing online multiplayer on the handheld games.
Probably everyone that unlocked it. I feel like if you're dedicated enough to do every single village and Nekoht quest then you're probably the type that would also beat the Monster Hunter quest. I'm more curious in wondering how many people have done that quest with high rank gear instead of coming back to it with G rank gear.
NormalFish
Banned
I just don't have the patience, honestly. I enjoy some longer hunts, but I find soloing G-rank just too grueling.
Safeto20Scroll
Member
I did - I was a changed man after that.
"The real Monster Hunter starts here." if you will..
Primethius
Banned
The red coloring points it to being Rathalos, though I can't even think of a game that had just Rathalos in it, so she's a lock.
You may not believe me on this, but after playing Monster Hunter FU on Psp and vita and iPad, p3rd on vita and 4u on 3ds I actually found the iPad version of MHFU the best of them all. It controls shockingly well for an iPad game and has the best control of all of the games. i got two of my friends to join me without no previously experience with MH, they were hooked and we did almost every quest in the game. Two of us did the last single Quest called Monster Hunter. I cannot say enough good things about the game. There was a good amount of players online when I played, so it was easy to find a group, I don't know how it's populated now, since it's a while since I played it.
Monster Hunter World | New Weapon Changes & Gameplay Analysis by Arekkz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyY6PPEJLVQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyY6PPEJLVQ
Comandr
Member
Sweet! Bless you for this.
ShemhazaiX
Member
I'm in the UK so I don't know what the time difference is. Is MH global or regional matchmaking? If global, will PM you the friend code.
The NA and EU versions are shared, but not the JP one.I'm in the UK so I don't know what the time difference is. Is MH global or regional matchmaking? If global, will PM you the friend code.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
Please add Nargacuga.
F31 Leopard
Member
I'm in the UK so I don't know what the time difference is. Is MH global or regional matchmaking? If global, will PM you the friend code.
I've played with UK players before. I think NA and Europe are on the same servers. UK is 11 hours ahead of Hawaii.
It's hard for me to believe people actually think MHFU is somehow better than the games that followed. I've tried to go back to it many times and it's just so bad. I have no idea what people even see in it besides nostalgia and difficulty.
- The weapons are terrible, like LS doesn't have any of its fun moves, hammer's hitboxes are fucked and lacks the uppercut, lance has no counter, the horn note system is horrible, and so on.
- Monster hitboxes are absolutely terrible, as if they were just placeholders. Besides the infamous stuff there's also shit like certain monsters doing absurd amounts of damage for no reason, like if you're behind Rathalos/Rathian when he taunts, or Nargacuga's tail.
- Monster behaviors are more annoying and time-wasting. Diablos takes ages to come out of the sand. Cephadrome will swim around for minutes at a time completely ignoring you, similar with Plessy. Rathalos seems to love doing his world tour in this game. Flying monsters will peace out to another area, and then leave that area before you can get there.
- Monster designs in first and second gen are shit with a few exceptions like Narga. Compare xdromes with xaggis, or Yian Kut-Ku with Qurupeco, or Cephadrome with Nibelsnarf, etc. So many first and second gen monsters are also just slapped on unfitting skeletons, making them feel generic--compare Gravios to Uragaan.
- Armor sets look just as terrible as the monsters they came from.
- Lao-Shan Lung and Shen Gaoren are right up there among the worst designed boss fights in any game I've played, which would be forgivable if they weren't incredibly long fights AND urgent quests. I could go on for paragraphs about them alone.
- In order to use the farm efficiently you have to go visit after EVERY QUEST, and you have to disconnect from the multiplayer room to do so. It's so tedious. The felyne kitchen is also tucked away inconveniently in a separate section of your home. The game really likes to waste your time making you run around doing your between-hunt chores.
- The maps are bad. They have little variety and often force you to tiresomely run from one far end of the map to the other without any faster routes.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
I didn't see this mentioned anywhere but in ProJared's E3 impressions video he mentioned that they said there's going to be a full day and night cycle while you are out on the hunt.
That sounds pretty interesting compared to how it is now with the static day/night hunts.
That sounds pretty interesting compared to how it is now with the static day/night hunts.
DrROBschiz
Member
Yeah itll be interesting to see how ecology changes in the transitions
dragonlife
Member
Crazy talk. MH3U is still an incredible game, even without ledge-jumping and mounting. Monster selection is also amazing. Qurupeco, Gobul, Barioth (he's finally back in XX), Gigginox. I love these guys, and they haven't been brought back =/. Hopefully they all show up in World.
Underwater combat gets shit on a lot, and some of it is earned, but I personally didn't find it to be too bad *shrug*. Seeing Royal Ludroth's eyes underwater is always a treat with the flooded forest's theme.
I'll have to go back to it real soon to try out more weapons now that my repertoire's been expanded.
The game's strengths are so strong that I wouldn't even bat an eye for missing features like arts, mounting, and weapon improvements. I would play with the mindset that MH3U is its own thing and appreciate it on its own merits. Of course, give it a few more years, and I'll probably agree it's hard to go back to--but not now.
Edit: the most negative thing I can think of is how much stuff requires Plates/some crafting stuff.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
I wonder if they will have monsters that will only show up at night.
They're increasing the amount of large monsters on the field at any one time so it's possible there could be some night exclusive stuff.
It's really just the first generation monsters. The 2nd gen ones (Monkeys, crabs, Kushala and co., Tigrex, Narga, Akantor and Ukanlos) are far better with only a few exceptions like Shen Gaoren and Lavasioth.
No Hunter Styles or Arts. Back to basics, albeit probably with some new elements derived from the different styles and arts.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
No Hunter arts/styles apparently but so far they have shown the grapple, slingshot thing, and the cloaks.
All weapons are getting new moves/changes it looks like too.
Like Dual Blades now get a reverse grip stance in demon mode now for example.
Greatsword has a bunch of new moves, same with everything that's been shown so far.
There's probably more systems that they haven't revealed yet.
Kinda a small thing but I would love if Demon Mode or Archdemon Mode added the Wolf's Maw visual effect in a future game. Such a neat look.
In the 25 minute hunt, I think it actually starts in the day and ends at night. Definitely cool.
Wouldn't be surprised to see a Mantle that gives something like an adept dodge -- so far the confirmed mantles are
-stealth
-taunt (get monster to follow you)
-rocksteady (sounds like it gives increase defense and maybe like the equivalent of guard +1)
There is no hope. Styles are MHX/XX only.
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