A topic debated to death, but never once mentioned in RGT, I'll take my chances and plunge into the heart of the disscussion.
Monster Hunter is a game series that spans countless numbered and non-numbered games, all of which vary in quality and game ideias, some work (Faster Gathering, Drinking while running, No screen transitions) and other's not so much (The possibility of a meal failling, Underwater Combat, Silkbind Moves...) but alas it is safe to say that Monster Hunter is a game series that has come a long way... But there is a disscussion to be said about what it was lost during the 4th gen to the 5th, as players who played the originals found themselfs lacking in the new world, and returning back home from the same boat they took to the new frontier.
Personally, I enjoy both old and new world games, but I do have a slight bias for the old world since it was the one that I grew up playing with, but bias doesn't cut it here so I'll try and explain my preferences:
- If we talk exclusively about GenU, then it has the most monster in the entire series, many fan favourites and newcomers that became beloved by all hunters are in this game so it's really hard to beat this game's roster.
- The visuals seriouslly look way better, due to them being on a handheld device the team had to compensate by making everything very colourful and pop out, the monsters, the weapon models and the maps all where very beautifull even compressed on a original 3DS, and on Switch it was upscaled so it looked even better.
- The content on GenU was abundant, and the DLC quests where some of the best, so many collabs from many different creatives made up for some of the most fun quests I had played in the games, and the rewards where always fun and creative weapons and armor from said series, like the Varia Suit for the Metroid quest or the Makai Golden Armor for the Garo quest.
Those are my reasons why I prefer the older games, but what about you? If you have played the games, please comment on the thread and give us your reason for.
Monster Hunter is a game series that spans countless numbered and non-numbered games, all of which vary in quality and game ideias, some work (Faster Gathering, Drinking while running, No screen transitions) and other's not so much (The possibility of a meal failling, Underwater Combat, Silkbind Moves...) but alas it is safe to say that Monster Hunter is a game series that has come a long way... But there is a disscussion to be said about what it was lost during the 4th gen to the 5th, as players who played the originals found themselfs lacking in the new world, and returning back home from the same boat they took to the new frontier.
Personally, I enjoy both old and new world games, but I do have a slight bias for the old world since it was the one that I grew up playing with, but bias doesn't cut it here so I'll try and explain my preferences:
- If we talk exclusively about GenU, then it has the most monster in the entire series, many fan favourites and newcomers that became beloved by all hunters are in this game so it's really hard to beat this game's roster.
- The visuals seriouslly look way better, due to them being on a handheld device the team had to compensate by making everything very colourful and pop out, the monsters, the weapon models and the maps all where very beautifull even compressed on a original 3DS, and on Switch it was upscaled so it looked even better.
- The content on GenU was abundant, and the DLC quests where some of the best, so many collabs from many different creatives made up for some of the most fun quests I had played in the games, and the rewards where always fun and creative weapons and armor from said series, like the Varia Suit for the Metroid quest or the Makai Golden Armor for the Garo quest.
Those are my reasons why I prefer the older games, but what about you? If you have played the games, please comment on the thread and give us your reason for.
