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What's your favouriote Monster? Mine is Barroth, look at him he is stupid
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Monster Hunter Wilds looks bad I'm not monster hunter fan so maybe I just don't get it but an open world monster hunter game sounds like a terrible idea especially in RE engine. Is this something Monster Hunter fans want?
 
Not sure, but a lot of fans are pretty okay with it. I think an open world Monster Hunter is nothing new since Monster Hunter World already have a big open space kind of setting, but it'll definitely be much bigger in Wilds

The graphics though? I don't mind really, not that bad I guess. If it plays like Monster Hunter then that's good enough for me
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Personally I'm definitely partial to the older, stiffer and more compartmentalized style of classic MH, but I do also absolutely see the appeal of what open world design might add to the experience.

I think in large part it comes down to which part of the MH experience appeals to you - is it the tight combat, the well-designed battles?
Well, in that case open world design introduces a whole bunch of potential (but not unsolveable!) problems to the equation that break design integrity and balance and generally change the entire dynamic between the player, their resources and the bosses.

Is it the fantasy of being a scrappy Hunter of fantastical looking giant Monsters that are designed with at least some degree of evolutionary and behavioral logic?
Well then the open world GREATLY enhances the experience for you (at least potentially) in that you get to see how all of these various different creatures behave, hunt, sleep and generally spend their days as you methodically research and/or stalk them.

Again, I'm more of a fan of the older titles, but I do get what makes the newer, more free-form/open world titles so appealing to so many people.

In any case, I'm definitely looking forward to Wilds, but I'm also a long-time addict, so my judgment is utterly tainted.
(In my ideal world we'd get a Frontier resurgence or something though)
 
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I loved World (except for the clutch claw) but didn’t like Rise very much at all, so I’m interested in seeing if they manage to evolve ”big Monster Hunter” (as me and my friends call the World style) in a good way.

I’m not gonna buy it immediately since I want to see how it performs, but I know that I’ll have a good time with my friends down the line, no matter if it’s a weak or strong entry.

That being said, I’m still not sold on a non RE game in the RE engine, since both Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Street Fighter 6 have their fair share of issues, from technical to stylistic.
 
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I loved World (except for the clutch claw) but didn’t like Rise very much at all, so I’m interested in seeing if they manage to evolve ”big Monster Hunter” (as me and my friends call the World style) in a good way.

I’m not gonna buy it immediately since I want to see how it performs, but I know that I’ll have a good time with my friends down the line, no matter if it’s a weak or strong entry.
Performance is definitely a concern my brother was asking me how much hes gonna have to spend to get a pc that can run it all i could say was "a lot"
RE Engine is pretty cool but I'm afraid Capcom is doing the same thing EA did with the frostbite engine in the 2010s forcing all their developers to use it even in projects that would be better off in unreal
 
I'll hold on any sort of judgment until I try it myself, which is maybe a year or two from now, when they already release all of the DLC and stuff.
 
RE Engine is pretty cool but I'm afraid Capcom is doing the same thing EA did with the frostbite engine in the 2010s forcing all their developers to use it even in projects that would be better off in unreal
Yeah that’s probably a good comparison.
I think it’s a really good engine for games like Resident Evil, but I’m not completely convinced it’s good for open-ended environments yet, or arcadey stuff like SF. Hopefully Wilds will be a good iteration and maybe they learned some lessons with DD2.
 
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whatever Chad Warden, you don't get it. Stick to shooting games or slick black PS3
 
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.
 
Old clunky good
New smooth bad

I grew up with Freedom Unite and Portable 3rd. I played 4U with friends at college. I was overjoyed with World, it felt so much better. I don't have any bias or nostalgia; the franchise just consistently gets better for me. Wilds Beta was insane.
 
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Old clunky good
New smooth bad

I grew up with Freedom Unite and Portable 3rd. I played 4U with friends at college. I was overjoyed with World, it felt so much better. I don't have any bias or nostalgia; the franchise just consistently gets better for me. Wilds Beta was insane.
I also played some of the Wilds beta, won't buy the game since I'm saving up for XCX next month, but the game is pretty fucking good. Maybe later this year when it goes on sale, who knows, I'll wait it out until we get Master Rank in the DLC.
 
I was introduced to the series with Monster Hunter Tri, then eventually played the older games for comparison's sake. The series has been continually improving; that said, World was okay and I'm no longer interested in the series. And no, it's not nostalgia because I started playing in my late teens.

The new games aren't bad. They simply lack the traits that drew me to the series in the first place, like slower, more methodical combat, item management, down-to-earth stories, etc. I understand that the series is targeting a different audience and that's okay. It's found mainstream success that way. I still have the older games I enjoy and people to play them with.
 
The order I played Monster Hunter in was World, Freedom Unite, Portable 3rd, 4U, GU, 3U, World again.
(FU and 4U being my favorites).
World was good. It got me into the series. But I prefer the older games for pretty much the same reason as trickybus. Slower, more methodical combat and difficulty.
 
I also played some of the Wilds beta, won't buy the game since I'm saving up for XCX next month, but the game is pretty fucking good. Maybe later this year when it goes on sale, who knows, I'll wait it out until we get Master Rank in the DLC.
I just tried some weapons and two hunts and was like "okay that's enough cocaine"
I can't wait to explore every inch of that world.
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I like both but I feel that I wouldn't like a game that older than 4/GU
Tri is pretty good, it's got "methodical" underwater combat
 
The only thing I can say here is that they almost fumble it in Iceborne, especially with clutch claw. Other than that, the franchise is still going strong. I'm looking forward to play Wilds someday, if the requirements aren't too demanding

To me, the new ones is definitely much more improved. But I just love how hard and unfair the old ones can be, especially the first one
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The only thing I can say here is that they almost fumble it in Iceborne, especially with clutch claw. Other than that, the franchise is still going strong. I'm looking forward to play Wilds someday, if the requirements aren't too demanding

To me, the new ones is definitely much more improved. But I just love how hard and unfair the old ones can be, especially the first one
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I liked using the second analogue stick to attack.
 
ri is pretty good, it's got "methodical" underwater combat
That no one liked lmao
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The only thing I can say here is that they almost fumble it in Iceborne, especially with clutch claw. Other than that, the franchise is still going strong. I'm looking forward to play Wilds someday, if the requirements aren't too demanding

To me, the new ones is definitely much more improved. But I just love how hard and unfair the old ones can be, especially the first one
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The old games would troll the shit out of the player, too. I miss that ::heart
 
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