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Monster Hunter Stories demo coming August 10th in NA
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Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Will anything in the demo carry over to the real game? If so I'll play it. If not, then I better wait. I really want this game fresh.
clay_ghost
Member
Your progression carry over.
Yeah, they've basically given you the entire beginning of the game here. This is probably the best demo that any game in the series has ever gotten.
Seems to be the beginning of the game, but your save data will transfer over to the full game, along with some special items you'll get for having a save file from the demo.
TDLink
Member
Oh sweet. I'm all over this then.
Sammy Samusu
Member
How many hours to clear the demo?
Nope, this one is unlimited use, no doubt due to the fact that data carries over to the final game.
moozoom
Member
I must have been playing for more than 2 hours and still haven't encountered a "wall" or someone telling me that the fun is over... I've been doing side quests, gathering and taking my time but this is quite surprising.
The file transfer to the final game is a nice bonus and avoids the need to redo all that.
The file transfer to the final game is a nice bonus and avoids the need to redo all that.
MissileTrick
Member
Havent been keeping up with news for the game, but is there English VA or is it Japanese only?
Neither, I'm pretty sure it's a fake language.
They use a made-up language here, so it doesn't matter. The VA does use the Japanese name for the monsters, so there's that, I guess.
Excellent. Gotta find me the Amiibo set now.
MissileTrick
Member
Gotcha. I just saw a few people( from other places) questioning it . I'm one of those players who like to play in English as much as possible. Not a big deal if I can't.
I am excited that everything transfers over to the main game. Gonna download and play this right now.
Thanks y'all!
Suspicious_Jug
Neo Member
I didn't have much interest in the game, but it's almost a guaranteed purchase. These types of demos make me want more of the game. The gameplay is pretty simple, but still fun to play, and it looks great for a 3DS game.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
For serious? Sheittt
Lord of Ostia
Member
While the combat is fairly simple, it is quite intense. Fodder monsters are easy, but actual monsters are a hefty challenge, even when it's two on one with you and your monster against them. You are especially fragile, which makes directing their attacks towards your partner or getting a ride on as quickly as possible very important. You lose out on skills/healing/multiple attacks by riding though, so there is a nice risk/reward there, riding isn't always your best option.
Dragoshi1
Member
To defend against powerful monsters more easily, make sure you get the S&S(Sword and Shield) from the shop, get it to Lv2, and learn the Shield move from the NPC near the weaponsmith by doing her quest(s). It negates 75% of the monster's attack against you if you plan/use it carefully, costs 15 kinship power to use.
It's a pretty rough start, but once it ends, it really picks up and lets you do more.
TDLink
Member
Is this your first JRPG?
That's good to know. I'll give the demo a further try later.
No. This game is especially bad. The game feels like it's designed for kids who think cutscenes are special so it goes from 1 to another with almost no gameplay in between, some of them are literally back to back cutscenes.
Lord of Ostia
Member
It's really not that bad, there's the opening movie, one CG cutscene at the beginning, then another in engine that basically establishes the story of the game after you've been in control for a bit. All in all its like...15 minutes.
And it is a game primarily for kids, it's a mixed media franchise.
There's definitely more than that. I'm talking about every time you get the "hold start to skip" prompt. Every one of those are what I consider a cutscene and there are easily 5+ before you are in the big green field hunting on your own.
Dang, this demo is a lot bigger than I expected. The combat seems kind of easy so far but I really like the graphical style and how accurate all of the details are to MH. The cutscenes are also surprisingly well animated, even though I originally didn't like Navirou's design I immediately did a 180º on him after seeing his wacky introduction. Definitely getting this at launch.
Lyon N. Laap
Member
Had a much better time with the demo than I expected. Went from not caring about the game at all (even if I do find the art cute), to a definite purchase.
The demo was bigger than I expected, and I grinded for a while since I knew the data would carry over to save my future self some time. The combat is fine, nothing amazing but I like the animations and riding/double attacks so that works (how do combos work though?).
Did the female character I usually do, except this time with a heart(!), and I am very happy with the way she looks (didn't even look at the male character at all since I didn't expect to particularly like either anyway).
Got a Kut-Ku from an egg, it's still as adorable as ever so I'm glad I did.
Edit;
Yeah came in blind too so what happened there actually threw me through a loop for a bit.
The demo was bigger than I expected, and I grinded for a while since I knew the data would carry over to save my future self some time. The combat is fine, nothing amazing but I like the animations and riding/double attacks so that works (how do combos work though?).
Did the female character I usually do, except this time with a heart(!), and I am very happy with the way she looks (didn't even look at the male character at all since I didn't expect to particularly like either anyway).
Got a Kut-Ku from an egg, it's still as adorable as ever so I'm glad I did.
Edit;
Yeah came in blind too so what happened there actually threw me through a loop for a bit.
I got to the endpoint at almost exactly the six hour mark. It's worth noting that I completed nearly every sidequest and also just wandered around some, but this demo is still beefy as hell.
I don't really care about the Monster Hunter franchise, but this demo has sold me on Stories. It is a guaranteed purchase in September.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Awesome. Can't wait to play it this weekend.
I'm surprised at how much I'm enjoying this demo. It does have one huge problem though, Nargy should not be portrayed as a villain.
It's OK. He's clearly a first arc villain, and those tend to swing back to the side of good before too long.
Vital Tundra
Member
Oh yeah, we're getting this. I forgot.... sure wish we were getting another Monster Hunter game.... Capcom can fuck off.
dancrane212
Member
Demo looks fantastic but the unlocked framerate is a bit distracting with how much it jumps around. Is it limited to 30 on a regular 3DS?
I've been following this game since it released in Japan. Sad that it didn't do well despite Capcom even making an anime for it. I like the over the top moves and the fact that you can change the elemental properties of monsters.
Edit: For anyone wanting to check the game out, Apex gaming is making a series of guides.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3xyNuIKLKU
Edit: For anyone wanting to check the game out, Apex gaming is making a series of guides.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3xyNuIKLKU
And there's an Amiibo line but it's not coming to the west.
I can see why it didn't resonate with the MH crowd: the game play is a total departure from the series norm. Did any of the other spin-offs, including the mobile ones, sell well? Don't know what audience Capcom was targeting with this.
They were going for the kid's market. They did it before and failed extremely with their game Gaist Crusher which even had an anime to promote it.
Technically, Monster Hunter Stories did better than the 50k sales Gaist Crusher did but it was probably still below Capcom's expectations of trying to succeed in the kid's market.
I feel like that this game would have fared a lot better had it not been part of a larger multimedia strategy, which is a very difficult market to penetrate in Japan. Heck, for as successful as Yokai Watch has been, Level 5 had to crawl over many of its own corpses of other failed multimedia properties to be able to get there. I feel like that it would have been a smarter play to treat this solely as a new fork for the series without tying it down to anything else, and then see where it could go from there. It's easy to forget that at one point, Pokémon wasn't Pokémon right from the jump.
Glass Rebel
Member
Finished at 5h with almost all sidequests done and all possible monsters hatched (
).
I liked it better than I expected. The production values are A1 as expected from this franchise and from what I can tell there's quite a bit of content. Combat is simple but has some nice subsystems that should make it worthwhile. It's not nearly as complex as Pokémon but it should be fine. I'm not sure how it's gonna be in the full game but I find the egg hatching mechanic to be unnecessarily obscure so far. Otherwise, it's pretty cool. Will probably get it day 1.
Apotonoth, Velocidrome, Arzuros, Yian Kut-Ku, Blue Yian Kut-Ku
I liked it better than I expected. The production values are A1 as expected from this franchise and from what I can tell there's quite a bit of content. Combat is simple but has some nice subsystems that should make it worthwhile. It's not nearly as complex as Pokémon but it should be fine. I'm not sure how it's gonna be in the full game but I find the egg hatching mechanic to be unnecessarily obscure so far. Otherwise, it's pretty cool. Will probably get it day 1.
Lord of Ostia
Member
You mean characters talking with text? Yeah, it's an RPG, that's gonna happen.