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Monster Hunter Tri - No fee for western gamers (Possible Wii Speak functionality)
- Thread starter FishSquared
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Lyphen said:
You'd better play before buying. I wouldn't call MH "slow".
Most people see the videos and think of a Phantasy Star Online with a bit more of strategy and slower weapons, when it is actually A LOT faster and with tons more strategy. You must remember the patters and have fast reaction, all while setting traps and thinking the best way to deal the most damage possible and dodging the most effective way; all while managing camera and inventory real time.
It is a great deal "grindy", and it is extremely addictive. But it is really "love it or hate it": you either fall in love with the above average difficulty (in sp, at least - never played mp), intense action, pattern-recognition hunts, multiple weapon choices, slow grinding nature, "heavy" controls, and believable animations or you hate it for being too hard sometimes, too much focus on multiplayer, relying on pattern recognition, throwing you into the wild with several weapon choices but making you have to craft/buy each one of them to test which fits your style (at least it is like that on MH1), not giving you help with the materials to build items almost essential to beating some monsters, the completely free camera which you have to babysit, and the slow attack animations.
I LOVE it, and can't wait to pour at least 100 hours into MH3 coming March.
FishSquared
Member
Haunted said:
You can solo anything in MH if you have enough skill.
Haunted said:
Some quests are only playable when online. The first MH had a quite thin single player experience, but, once you got online, you could up your rank, hunt bigger monsters, and make some unique weapons and armors. It is a much more complete experience (which isn't really fair, but I can't blame the developers for incentivating you to go online).
Although I will play online, I hope MH3 isn't limited like the first, and let me at least forge all weapons and up some ranks on singleplayer.
Jonny The Pie King
Banned
Thank god, this was the only thing holding me back about the game. I have Freedom Unite on the PSP (haven't dug too far into it yet, but enjoying it thus far), but I can't wait to play it with my friends (most people I know don't have PSP's AND PS3's).
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
manofmandango said:
Then you should clean your house once in a while dude
DeaconKnowledge
Member
I thought this got bumped because it was retracted.
Phew.
Phew.
MiniBossBattle
Member
Oh man, Voice chat! I won't have to use PS3 voice chat rooms for all the OG adhoc MHF2/MHU people that will get Monster Hunter Tri.
Friends lists, voice chat & no monthly/pay-to-play online and I will buy every MH related Wii product to support this product.
Oh yeah, Day One purchase for me.
Friends lists, voice chat & no monthly/pay-to-play online and I will buy every MH related Wii product to support this product.
Oh yeah, Day One purchase for me.
Reported by IGN as well:
Capcom shed the traditional Wii friend codes for an online interaction system built exclusively for the game. When you load up Tri and go into the online mode, it will behave similarly to Live or PSN with immediate connections to friends. If your buddies are entering a quest and they send you an invite, it will appear on your screen and you can join immediately. Also, if you go on a random quest with someone outside of your friends list, you can add them quickly and intuitively and play alongside them again.
Tri shipped in Japan sans WiiSpeak support, a disappointment given so much of the experience revolves around questing with your pals and therefore it'd be nice to chat with them. Capcom is hoping to correct this oversight with the American release of the game. The subsidiary is working closely with Monster Hunter producer Ryozo Tsujimoto to implement WiiSpeak support to the stateside version. It wouldn't confirm to us whether it was a go yet or not, a rep on-hand at CES said only that "... we're trying." But we're optimistic
Wiispeak is pretty cheap atm too ($19.99), unless you've already got one from Animal Crossing.
Also yay on no friend codes and an actual list.
Capcom shed the traditional Wii friend codes for an online interaction system built exclusively for the game. When you load up Tri and go into the online mode, it will behave similarly to Live or PSN with immediate connections to friends. If your buddies are entering a quest and they send you an invite, it will appear on your screen and you can join immediately. Also, if you go on a random quest with someone outside of your friends list, you can add them quickly and intuitively and play alongside them again.
Tri shipped in Japan sans WiiSpeak support, a disappointment given so much of the experience revolves around questing with your pals and therefore it'd be nice to chat with them. Capcom is hoping to correct this oversight with the American release of the game. The subsidiary is working closely with Monster Hunter producer Ryozo Tsujimoto to implement WiiSpeak support to the stateside version. It wouldn't confirm to us whether it was a go yet or not, a rep on-hand at CES said only that "... we're trying." But we're optimistic
Wiispeak is pretty cheap atm too ($19.99), unless you've already got one from Animal Crossing.
Also yay on no friend codes and an actual list.
velvet_nitemare
Member
I would have laughed my ass off if they tried to charge for online play on this.
InsaneZero
Member
No, Capcom hosts the online service themselves on their own servers, eliminating the need for FCs.NeoZylom said:
velvet_nitemare
Member
NeoZylom said:
I know they do, but this isn't Japan.
The series is huge there, they can't get away with that here.
velvet_nitemare said:
Sure they can, PSO did it and it's the same sort of game. XBL fees also gets you more or less what they are offering here. It's all in the marketing and how popular the game becomes.
I think Nintendo is handling the online in the US and Iwata takes a strong stance on reoccuring fees so it should be free. NOE is actually publishing the game in Europe so there even more-so. This should definately be a milestone in terms of Nintendo's own service. If it is indeed free it's instantly on the "to buy" list for me.
flamesofchaos
Member
EvilMario said:
EA has been pretty much been bypassing friend codes since they use EA Nation. I'm just surprised EA doesn't make more online enabled Wii games.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
okay, now that's just awesome. There was no way I was going to "pay to play" but the idea of free online and no friend codes definitely has me intrigued.
You guys honestly want WiiSpeak that much? What am I missing here? I just can't see myself using such a thing, and I'm surprised I'm the only one. I don't live in a place where I can just talk in English to my TV.
It would be pretty awesome though if I can hear other people without owning the peripheral. That could help.
It would be pretty awesome though if I can hear other people without owning the peripheral. That could help.
InsaneZero
Member
Are we talking about the same game?EvilMario said:
Of course MH3 supports USB keyboards. Heck, it even had a keyboard combo when it first came out.
jaundicejuice
Member
If the online is free and the game has its own internal friends list that side steps Friend Codes I'll buy it. I might even track down a Wii Speak peripheral if chat is added.
How does adding friends in the Japanese version work?
How does adding friends in the Japanese version work?
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Haunted said:
lol you and me both.
Anyways, I'd probably fork out the money for Wii Speak if it ends up being supported in-game
SilverLunar
Member
I played Animal Crossing without Wii Speak(didn't get it with the game, was not available), and yes you can hear the other players who have the peripheral.upandaway said:
Gamer @ Heart
Member
They better release this at the start of summer.