The "Best" Story In A Monster Hunter Game
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- Опубліковано 19 лис 2021
- Monster Hunter games aren't known for their amazing narratives. You boot up a monster hunter game because they're fun to play, never to hear an interesting plot.
But there have been some interesting stories in the past-and what's more, they've been told in some really fascinating ways. A great example is Monster Hunter 4, which told the story of a rivalry with the potential to change the fate of the world.
But is it the best story told in a monster hunter game? Well...
Link to Ayyvian's video showcasing green plesioth's move in MHS2: • They turned Plesioth's... - Ігри
I had a friend who I played Monster Hunter with a lot in high school. We both started with 4, but when Gen came out we both had a great time. Unfortunately, he died from an accident almost a year after we started playing the games together. Now, every time I start a new game, I give my Palico his username, so that we can continue hunting together.
This is the most wholesome thing ive read this year
This hurts my soul... thank you for sharing
a hunters salute for you, my friend
Arguably my favorite story I’ve heard from a player ever 😭💖
That's depressing and wholesome at the same time... I'm sorry
I can't really think of any major personal stories of mine playing these games, but I can definitely say one way I know 4U is my favourite MH game. After beating Shagaru Magala for the first time, and that legacies cutscene played, I genuinely cried.
4u is my fav. As well lol after playing world and icebornce I came to to conclusion that mh4u has the best story hands down
damn it... gore just wanted to return to its homeland... it's so profound
I too shed a small tear.
How did monster hunter make you cry
@@nickydarling5208 idk have you seen that cutscene?
I wasn’t good at making friends. I was shy and quiet, but I also sometimes came off as rude because I didn’t know how to really talk to people. 4U was my escape, the characters were my friends, and we were traveling the world. I could make countless mistakes and accidentally hurt people’s feelings all day, but I could come home and do one quest and get my praises sung by fictional friends.
I started writing because I wanted to inspire people, I want to make characters people can relate to. Most of all I want to eventually create a home away from home for someone else. Something that plucks at their feelings and gets their adrenaline going, but also has nice a quiet moments to just sit and talk with fictional friends of their own.
4U was such an inspiration that Varnax’s (my profile pic) background is just the 4U story. Telling his and other characters stories is the reason why I started recording with a friend. I felt it’d set us apart from the other MHTubers and allow me to weave something I hope others enjoy. And while I’m not exactly happy with the current story I’ve put out, I’m working on it.
To others this probably looks like a jumble of words that make no real sense, but I thank anyone who reads this nonetheless. Have a good day/night.
@@bullymaguire9987 That's true, but someone else is likely getting a similar experience in Rise that I got in 4u. Even if I don't fully agree with the direction the series is going, I'm glad it's attracted so many new fans.
Hope you have a good day too 😊
I'm a writer who grew up in a very similar situation so I totally get it.
In 8th/9th grade I spent all monday to friday after school until 1AM playing and meeting new people at mh4u, best gaming moments of my life
Have you ever published anything? I'd be interested in reading some of your works.
I remember Ceadeus more than any other plot hunt in any MH game. It left me awed and shaken my first attempt, and I threw myself at it for days, finally choosing to take up the Lance, and finally defeating the majestic beast at 6 A.M. in the kitchen on a school day. I was elated, overjoyed, but also incredibly and profoundly sad. I loved that fight. It struck me, hard. It crammed a feeling of colossal size into a tiny 3DS screen, and it managed to make Monster Hunter my favorite series *ever.*
And it wasn’t even the fight I was trying to get to. Nargacuga was the monster that got me into the game- and when I did fight it, I fought it dozens and dozens of times. To learn, and to master, this obtuse and opaque game, I had Nargacuga for a teacher.
No matter where Monster Hunter evolves to next, I will always find my way back to Moga.
Ceadeus was a great monster! I remember seeing the likes of Gobul and Lagiacrus and hoping that something big like a whale was hiding somewhere in the game. Ceadeus was a brilliant way of pulling that concept off!
Ceadeus gave me ptsd, but i hurdled him solo on 3ds and it was fulfilling
ceadus is to this day my favorite monster of the entire series
Ceadeus still has the best battle theme in the entire series. That song _feels_ like you're fighting a god of the sea.
The rivals idea is smart, and definitely worked on me. After playing the demos and getting rocked by Nergigante and especially Valstrax, there was nothing I wanted more than revenge and best them in a fight
i consider valstrax as my frenemy. made me frusterated, and each time i came back to try again, i could practically hear it saying, "Back for more?"
I play GU btw, prowler main
Valstrax is another monster that I thought as a rival but my first one was none other that lagiacrus
In Portable 3rd I was really excited about Zinogre, and when I finally met him during a quest he basically scoffed at me, shrugged his shoulders, and walked away. I made it my mission to make him see me as a threat after that. I vividly remember hunting him, learning his entire moveset, and crafting all of his gear.
Really? He whooped my ass and stayed on it the whole hunt.
My personal favorite story in Monster Hunter is not about a rivalry between a certain monster and me (though I definitely have those as well.. damn you Ceanataur!), but the journey of me and my brother. How we got to bond as we play this series together.
I started out way back in 2010 with MHFU. And while I had one friend I'd play with, it was only occasionally and I definitely was more into the game than he was. And a couple years later, when my younger brother got a PSP aswell, I convinced him to try Freedom Unite.
It obviously took some teaching and mentoring from my side, to really get him into the game and understand the basics. But after a while he came to like the game and we played together for a good ammount of time.
The years went by and new titles came out. We got to play a lot of them and so the two of us managed to fight back the frenzy virus, we struggled against the most ferocious EX deviants and we solved the mystery behind the elder crossing together.
And finally, our biggest challenge yet had arrived, in the form of Iceborne Fatalis. Like many others we got slapped around hard the first few days after his release. But after some practice, carting would not be the issue anymore, but the time limit. And so both of us knew we could do it, we just had to keep at it and improve as much as we could.
In one of many attempts, I did cart by a stupid mistake on my part - the timer close to running out. While I hurry to get back into the fight, I latch on to my wingdrake and make my way into the burning Castle Schrade. But before my feet can touch the ground, I see my brother dealing the killing blow to the Black Dragon, with only 30 seconds left on the clock.
And in all of my 11 years of MonHun, this has to be my favorite moment. Seeing my own brother, my partner through it all, taking down Fatalis on his own... It just filled me with a sense of pride and happiness. As we both screamed our cries of victory, I couldnt help but to remember our humble beginnings. How I showed him the ways of a hunter all those years ago. How he was stuck on a damn Khezu for months in FU, before he finally overcame his challenge. And now witnessing him being my equal, fighting side by side with me.
I could not wish for a better hunting partner. We went through so much together... keep on dooting that Hunting Horn, bro - I love ya ;)
That's a fantastic story, thanks for sharing!
This is epic and beautiful!
A legacy I could only wish to aspire to, what a story.
Listen, I don't really understand why, but I started crying while reading your comment. So I figured I should say thank you, for touching my heart enough to elicit such a response.
Brothers unite. Me and mine as well. It's 2024, we've been playing since 2004. Your story reminds me of my brother and I. Now our kids play and the pride I feel is indescribable.
(Sorry for the absurdly long comment, I've been waiting for an excuse to share this story)
Looking back, I have tons of stories from playing monster hunter. From the classic "hey guys, do my urgent" stories, to killing an apex diablos in about a minute with my brother and an online random, seeing a bnabra break a rajang horn, to wearing the "gotta get that sharpness +1 somehow" set that looked like I got dressed with my eyes closed. Most recently, helping my friend beat MHWI alatreon for the first time while only I was playing an elemental weapon. But one comes to mind as my backstory as a hunter.
My character name in MH4U was simply "Sol" so many Spanish speaking hunters would assume I could also speak Spanish. But funny enough, I had been taking my Spanish classes very seriously, so I could usually manage to hold conversation. Starting off, I had the master-of-a-thousand-skills approach when making armor, so I was wearing a set that would make any seasoned hunter retch, trying to kill gore magala online. After getting stuck for a bit, and having people cycle in and out of the hub, a dude in this glowing, black and gold armor I'd never seen before. He was among the many hunters that assumed I spoke Spanish, so I was the first person he would talk to in the room (although if I recall correctly, he spoke English as well). As soon as he joined we absolutely bodied gore magala. In fact, after we beat it, he helped me farm it to make my first full set. As everyone else came and left the hub, this guy stayed in and carried me all the way through high rank and into G rank in one night, joking all the way where one of us carted or got 2 gems from one quest or a dual blades user woke up the monster. By that time, we had to call it a night and disconnected.
Later, I would get online and meet other cool people. Sometimes talk about the guy who helped me run through high rank, but when I mentioned his gold accented armor, other hunters would shudder, then tell me about the terrors of the furious rajang. In my mind, rajang became the true final boss, and my endgame was to get a hold of the dazzling armor for myself. No matter how far I got in G rank, people still had nothing but horror stories about furious rajang, until one day I got to see him for myself.
Initially nothing like i expected, probably among the smallest monsters and he wasn't THAT bad at first, he was just really fast and hit really hard. A tough fight for sure but not the demon I've heard rumors of. Until he went Super Sayin.
Mounting to get a knock down? He's way to fast and will beam you out the sky for and instant kill. Pitfall trap to keep him still? No use, he was still boxing us from inside the trap. Stand behind him and hit his legs? He had a back hop that i could never react to that did about half of my health. Punish his rare opening with an attack to the face? You'd better space it correctly or you'll bounce off his arms and he punishes you instead. I thought I'd seen it all until he ripped an overpass out the ground and threw it at us.
Needless to say it was a bust. I may or may not have double or possibly triple carted.
Long story short, I had to do some studying. Made an ice weapon, worked out my armor skills, watched an Arekkz Gaming video, practiced rolling roars, I spent more time putting together a strategy than I did attempting to hunt him. Finally, I got my first kill, excited to get my carves I anxiously ran up and got punched by his body. Even in death, this guy was scaring the life out of me.
Instantly I went to make his gear and learned how many ghoulish gold gorers I'd need to craft it all. Which meant I'd have to be in the most dangerous spot I could be, between his anchor arms, to break his horns.
Rajang was my introduction to the sweatier aspects of monster hunter like prefight strategy and learning openings, which are the bits I enjoy most about the series nowadays. Hes probably the reason I still love monster hunter today. Even after I made the set and realized the skills weren't even that good, I wore it to every hunt as a trophy, and my favorite pass time became joining random online hubs and helping hunters in low and high rank so I guess It all came full circle.
Oh lord, the Rajang...
So many years and I still can't confidently take him on... And soloing an Apex one?!
Not even drunk!!
But I feel you.
Even if the armor you've chosen isn't the most efficient of them all, what matters is what means to you. Nobody but you knows all the insane grinding you've gone through to get it!
And that's what makes it so valuable.
I'm glad for knowing there still are a bunch of hunters who fight with and for their heart, and not "bEcAuSe MiXeD sEtS aRe ThE mEtA".
My greatest cheers for you, lad.
(Also...
As a Spaniard, I couldn't hold myself from saying this, but it's Spanish!!!
Every time I saw spainish I died inside!! 😂
Don't take it personally, though. I still loved your story)
@@youraverageenclavesoldier lol my bad, good catch!
this comment should have more likes whole story lol
The amount of euphoria i felt when i finally beat “The Masters test” in 4U was indescribable, i audibly yelled in relief. That quest was/is so unfair
that was the triple apex arena fight right? I think I pulled out the T-Zam dbs for it. such an incredible relief when I beat it lol.
4 also had many technical achievements that the series never saw again, like an uncapped framerate, touchscreen item controls and stereoscopic 3D. Also, Guildmarm. But the way Shagaru stares into your soul always stuck with me most of all from that game.
Idk about uncapped frame rate but those other two things were introduced in 3u, and touchscreen item controls are less of a technical achievement and more of a console gimmick.
I'm just a simple fiver, who got carried through the majority of World's base game, but I'd say that the closest thing to a story like you described in the game would be Velkhana. It's still one of my favorite hunts in Iceborne, even if they're one of the weaker Elder Dragons. I struggled against them for probably a few days. The eventual hunt in which I beat Velkhana felt more like a dance than a fight, and it was very fitting for a monster with such a regal motif. I'm trying not to make this a wall of text, but I loved the video, and I'm happy that there's such a great community for these games
I have played Monster Hunter since Tri's release, and while I went back to Freedom Unite to experience that, I played that game alone.
And the story I remember are not ones of hunting alone. It's hanging out with people in Loc Lac City, enjoying a beer and chatting with a keyboard hooked to my Wii.
It's the hunts I had with total strangers in 4U, where it clicked and we had such a synergy that it felt like we were old comrades playing for years together.
It's the silly hunts in Generations with joke weapons, or going in Dreadqueen Rathian with a Fungisax and dooting our way to victory because poison was not a threat anymore.
It's World and doing some stuff with the Adopt-a-Hunter community, organising Paintball and hunting with what would become some of my best friends.
It's the demo/beta of Iceborne and finally pulling the victory against Velkhana with 2 other friends after countless hours timing out or fainting too many times. It's going through Iceborne with them and experiencing Safi, finding strategies.
It's Guinding Lands hunts that lasted for hours, because after so many Tempered Namielles, we could go for a Tzi-tzi that just had spawned to relax. It's knowing each others so well that we chained CC after CC, gunning and feeling as a part of a team.
And finally : it's beating Fatalis. Our first clear as a team of 4 on voice chat. After 2 evenings of unsuccessful tries against that absolute unit of an Elder Dragon, hearing Proof of a Hero, going ham, and finally... the victory fanfare. The realisation. The voiced reactions. The carving. And finally "Guys, should we do it one more time ?"
Thank you to all of the amazing hunters, be it the ones I know and still play and talk to, or those that I met years ago in a random Tri hub and went on to kill festival Jhen Mohran. Thank you for the amazing communities and the memories. Friendship is the best story in Monster Hunter.
Edit : didn't realise I wrote so much, apologies for the wall of text.
The only memories I have is alone. That's because where I am from, no one really plays Monster Hunter. Sure, there could be someone somewhere but it's hard to find. And because I am far away, my connection isn't usually good. But it's fine, I am used to hunting alone. It makes me better at hunting, too, I suppose. Monster Hunter is one of the best games ever in my opinion, whether you play solo or multiplayer. It's for both types of players.
One thing I really liked about the frenzy virus was how you, the player, also personally experienced it. Almost everyone has carted at least once (or likely multiple times) trying to get "just one more hit in to overcome the frenzy!", right? It's the virus making you, the player, more reckless, or even frenzied! That's a really cool immersion detail that makes me really like the whole frenzy plotline.
Right now, in my case at least, my rival is fatalis. When he came out for mhw (which is the game that introduced me to this wonderful series) I was truly thrilled. Alatreon was already a hard fight for me due to lack of experience compared to vet hunters, but fatalis really has me reeled and I even started using different weapons and builds (even tho they're not all complete lmao) to fight him. I haven't won yet but it's been an amazing journey with me and my friends.
I think Iceborne Fatalis is/was the wall for many players-it took me ages to bring it down the first time too! Good luck!
Fatalis has always been insanely powerful. I have a friend who started in MHF and in that game it's almost undefeatable. I started with MHF2, continued on to MHFU and even with G rank gear fighting high rank Fatalis is still really, really hard.
@@Skill5able yeah i startet with MHF the first month i didnt even understand the game and wasnt able to kill rathalos. MHW Fatalis is nice and all but nothing beats the White Fatalis my Cousin's and my struggle were real.
did you get him yet?
@@infant_annihiIator yup. I got a full set of his armor and a couple weapons. After that tho, me and my friends kinda slowed down on the game, leaned towards ff14. Although we don't play mhw anymore we always find ourselves talking about it due to mhr being popular. I just hope that the next mh game Capcom makes is for console lmao.
I remember struggling immensely against the Green Plesioth as well. Fortunately, I was a Gunlance main at the time, so eventually I learned how to block the hipcheck 9/10. I never dared to fight him without a guarding weapon for that exact reason.
The closest thing to a rivalry I got came with World however, with none other than the Bazelgeuse, a.k.a Beetlejuice, a.k.a B-53. Although a hate-hate relationship would me more appropriate, and I'm sure anyone familiar with the beast can guess why. I lost count of how many surprise bombings carted me while I was busy with some other monster, or how much dung I threw at him, only for him to come back not even 5 mins later to ruin my still ongoing fight again.
Then I eventually upgraded my gear, hunted it down and gloated as I added my upgraded attack and defense charms in my inventory. But that wasn't enough. _I_ hadn't had enough yet. And I still don't. Now, just as he would previously ruin every single hunt I started where he was also present, I stop everything I'm doing on the spot and go out of my way to dismember him first as soon as he shows up in my quests. I made a new character from scratch using HBG just for the sole purpose of laughing at him while he wails like a powerless toddler as I riddle his body with holes from piercing and Wyvernsnipe ammo. I must truly look like a psycho when I'm hunting one down, but I don't care. I will erase his kind from existence at any cost, until its AI becomes self-aware and avoids me like the plague he was to me. Fear me, you flying vermin, for you made your own deathbed.
Ha. Yeah, BZ is kind of an asshole. I would say it’s moderate difficulty but I can see why you hate it so much.
One time I was doing a BZ hunt - I thought it was Seething but I’m looking at the screenshot and it’s clearly HR; - anyway, I think this was my first time hunting it, and I’m a solo SnS for some reason using a raw weapon so it’s taking forever, when none other than doughy Joey the angry pickle himself shows up. I do the usual thing of dung pods and avoidance as I wittle down my mark. I get BZ finally running off to rest, and as I set up the shock trap, there’s DJ looking straight at me from the other area. I manage to get the second tranq on BZ while DJ is lumbering towards me, seconds away from being able to attack and ruining my capture attempt.
I don’t know exactly how close that hunt was, I may have had very little time left or been out of dung pods but I don’t remember exactly. I just know I had to take a screenshot to commemorate how close I came to probably failing that quest.
The monster I hated more than anything was deviljho. That was when I was playing mh3u. That sucker kept getting into middle of the hunts.Especially since Queropeco just kept summoning Deviljho like it was on speed dial. I figured using using drugged meat finally had a use. Eventually overcoming him felt like I trumped against a big bulky troll.
And this is why Gore Magala and its family are my favorite monsters, because of MH4’s story
When you talk about the game making it’s own stories through your gameplay I always am brought back to the exact moment I started to get into monster hunter. I started in 4 actually. I used to watch my friend play Tri but I just wasn’t sure if it was really my thing but when 4 came out, he got it on his 2DS. We were teens at the time always hanging out at each others houses and he let me play it just to try it out. I never intended to really get into it I just made a character and goofed around a bit.
What ended up happening was I accidentally accepted a quest that was meant for 4 people. The quest was simple, deliver some eggs, don’t let the great Jaggi kill your. Easy, only catch is 1, you had to deliver 4 eggs since it’s expected to be done by more than one person, and 2, this was like…my first mission ever. These days that doesn’t sound like anything to me but in the shoes of someone who’s never touched these games it was a LOT.
So I failed.
The Jaggi killed me, and the mission was over. My friend just told me “yeah that one’s not meant to be done like that.” And when he says things like that I always get that “I’ll show you” energy.
So I did the mission again, and it took maybe two more tries but I did it, I delivered those eggs and made a omelette in front of that Jaggis face.
It’s cringe to admit but I almost cried, when I completed the mission I ceremoniously threw my hands in the air and was just “AHHH, I DID IT, I DID THE THING YOU SAID I COULDN’T DO!!”
It’s a moment we talk about to this day because I do not have games give me this feeling very often. I bought a 2DS for that game, later I got a 3DS XL that was a special edition for Monster Hunter Generation and those two games became some of my most favorite in the series after playing both old and new. I have constantly been able to recapture that same feeling i had that day but the first time I deified those odds was the most magical moment I’ve ever had in gaming
Really good video :D
I'm completely bias because MH4U is my favorite Monster Hunter game, but I do think the story in MH4U is really the best. You talked all about Gore, and I agree with everything you said, but I feel the traveling caravaan element of the game also worked REALLY well for a monster hunter game. In older games, they kinda just throw new areas at you with little to no reason, but in 4U, I love how each new area corresponds with one of the new villages you traveled to. It makes it feel like you're actually traveling. The characters are also pretty fun aswell. All in all im bias but uhhh yea me like mh4u.
Completely agree that it added a lot- I wanted to talk more about the 'journey' elements but didn't manage to fit it into the flow of the video!
I agree the caravan members personal struggles and personality is what made me love this game even more, all other NPC’s in the other games feel rather generic.
@@cybermark4732 i remember playing through 4u for the first time and was in awe with the side story following the ace hunters in hunting kushala. because this was my first monster hunter it was so cool seeing the mystery and intimidation that came from kushala in the cutscenes. I was so happy when they acknowledged this stuff in the legends of the guild movie. The Ace hunters are up there when it comes to npcs.
@@kbrxion5620 I am glad it was your first game! Great intro to the series!
I remember feeling almost ready to cry when I did the G rank village quest to hunt the Chaotic Gore Magala for the Guildmarm, whose notes on it would hopefully get her accepted into the academy. The way the dialogue box from the Caravaneer popped up at the start of the quest, encouraging me to make her dream a reality even if it was the last we’d see of her in the caravan, got me emotional.
And then when you complete the quest and you find out she did get accepted…but still needs to save up the funds to actually travel? So cathartic, such a nice ending to that questline
MH4U was my second Monster Hunter game and is still by far my favorite. Yhe final fight with Magala was incredible. The breeze as you 2 fight in an area that feels like it's beyond the regular world. It feels like a battle fated to happen in legend. It was mean to be, and the look it gives you before it flies at you in the cutscene is that understanding rivalry. It is by far the most fantastic final battle I've ever played.
my first MH game was tri and the five star (?) quests had a lot of big rivalries. As a greatsword main at the time barioth just ripped me to shreds before I could blink and rathalos cornered me all the time because I didn't really understand that repositioning was a better strategy than blocking.
When 3 Ultimate came out that was the first MH game where I was actually playing competently. There are a lot of memorable quests in that game, but I'll never forget the weeks I spent farming G rank diablos hard horns for the final piece of my miralis armor. Servers were really active back then and I had a total blast taking turns running for our lives in packs of four. Even if you're doing well an enraged g rank diablos can control the field if you're in tri's small desert bit with the stone pillars. Area 8 became a meat grinder when the sonic bombs ran out.
Great sword works best with wyrn monster. The flying type ones. You can literally shaved health but the slow but powerful hotboxes it delivered. But as a longsword player. Every battle is like Playing metal gear rising in monster Hunter a total slug fest
This will be a long one: My personal story is with the silver rathalos in mh4u. I remember it was like the middle of November and it was about to be the Christmas of 2017 and I decided to make the high-rank silver rathalos armor, I don't know, I just thought its design was spectacular (both the wybern and the armor). By that time I hadn't unlocked the quest in story mode yet but I could hunt it in a hall quest, which meant (and as you said in the video) it would be a monster made to be hunted by 4 hunters and the silver rathalos is indeed very very difficult to hunt.
Nothing could go wrong right? I just had to find 3 other hunters to help me and even if it was difficult, I would have the armor in less than a week, right? but the most fucked up thing is that I still didn't know how to use the online mode, I don't know why, I was too young I guess or I just never got around to seeing if that was an actual thing.
Then my torture started. I tried so many times that I even quit the game for a good time. I couldn't even kill him. How could I even get the armor? However I continued with my hunt, I tried to make myself a fire resistant armor and a better weapon (at that time I didn't know about the weaknesses of the monsters either). Just like you, I began to notice that my fights lasted longer (at least until every time the mf got mad). It seemed like this was going nowhere. How would I get the armor before Christmas? But I wouldn't give up. That's when I tried to see if it was possible to play with people online. Guess what? Obviously I made it and I was amazed at all those players and rooms.
I played quite a bit with all those hunters (gosh that was so much fun meeting people, exploring and hunting with them). Everything was wonderful until I saw that Christmas was getting closer and I remembered my purpose. The problem was that nobody wanted to hunt a silver rathalos, heck even several G ranks rejected me and the ones that were willing to help me didn't last long. Not even once did they manage to defeat him without first getting desperate and leaving me to my fate. I was screwed, I didn't have much experience or good armor and I set out to do that crazy thing very soon. I think my story got too long but that's how I remember it. I no longer wanted to ask for help online because as I saw it I was alone against that magnificent beast, although there were still people who were willing to help me. I kept going and people helped me get a better gear, weapon and rank.
I started again with my fight against the rath, I already had better equipment and experience since people in one way or another taught me how to use the abilities of the armor since before I thought that they were only used for their resistances and defense. So I entered the celestial tower ready to take revenge. By that time it was less than a week until Christmas and I had not been able to make a part of his armor or even defeat him. I armed myself with light bombs, mega potions and the required to do more during the battle. I had the magala glaive and a cheap kinsect lol. My battle started and ended with the rathalos sweeping the floor with my face, I tried over and over and over and over and over and I was doing it! The battle was lasting longer!......maybe too much! I had 5 minutes left and I could feel how those minutes were consumed. I was stressed and the rathalos tired! BUT I GOT IT!! I could see how he collapsed on the shattered floor. I put my 3ds on the bed and I could feel my heart beating very fast as well as my hands trembling. I collapsed on my bed in shock and happiness, but remembered that I have to cut his parts, I did and check the time: less than 1 minute and a half...Jesus!
To summarize, I celebrated my victory with... well... . Christmas. In the end I managed to defeat him before Christmas, that ended up being my achievement , I didn't manage to make the armor until the middle of January after a lot of pain. I ended up discovering that story mode silver rathalos was easier. THE END. I know it was a very long story and if you took the time to get here I want to thank you for reading the story of a stranger. I took the time to write this to relive old and beautiful memories and I plan to keep this in my notes to read it some day far in the future. I know I didn't get to make the armor but I managed to defeat a legendary enemy with the help of the people I met. This has been my best story in the world of video games that I will ever have.
My first MH game was 3 Ultimate. It was a change to my gaming experience growing up since it was my first RPG game, and it had complex customizations, never ending boss fights, my first online experience and, I can not stress this enough, it had the best water mechanic boss fights ever(in my opinion)!!! It was satisfying to defeat a monster, but it was WAY more satisfying when I killed both a Great Jaggi and a Barroth for the first time. Now, with all that aside, my story...
I was ready to devour through another campaign quest, I was up against Duramboros. I was impressed with it's massive size and it's overall design, especially when it's a bovine walking on two toed feet with a tumorous growth on it's tail...I know what I said. Then in the middle of the battle, as it was rearing up, it started to spin, putting ballerinas to shame. I just stood there watching this unfold, amazed yet again by the monsters of Capcom; and then it jumped, way high into the air, and then it landed, killing me. This was my first Wall in the game, with many fruitless attempts made. But then I was able to kill it at it's nest, witnessing it's fall, and also it's cursed face on the inside.
I always loved how the Monster Hunter series allows you to have your own personnal story line... the first I ever completed was MH3rd... beating Amatsu made me feel more accomplished than I did when I graduated college
For me, it was Allmother Narwa, I vividly remember going at it almost 40 times before I finally beat her. I kept having to start it over when I took damage from thunder simp Ibushi and I even looked up a guide but, ironically, I got worse the next few hunts. Magnamalo showed up and I accidentally rammed him into her instead of doing a finisher. At that point, I was ready to give up and a I did but I kept getting this nagging feeling in the back of my head. I started the hunt again and I was playing really aggressively while Sabaton was blasting in my room. It took a few tries but I finally managed to do it and I did my best to not tear up because I was so excited.
Haha "thunder simp ibushi"
@@TheFos88 He lets himself get eaten in the name of "muh queen" I don't know how else he would be described.
Absolutely agree, the other “rival” monsters were cool like lagiacrus in mh3 but gore Malala was something else, when you meet him as shagaru Magala specially it’s very well done, almost looks like it’s showing off it’s new form with pride to you (it’s rival since you have fought multiple times by then) before the fight. Not only that but I felt very attached to the caravan members and characters (the caravaneer specially he’s such a bro).
4U has got to be one of my alltime-favourite games.
Not only due to the great implementation of the rival story, but also for it's good story dynamics. Like, in the other games you just sit around in the same village all the time and the guild eventually decides to let you tackle new challenges and travel to new places. 4U on the other hand tied your hunter to a group, a caravan, rather than to a specific place. You traveled alongside the caravan and so it made sense for you to arrive in new places and perform whatever hunting tasks were required in that place. It's the polar opposite of games like Freedom Unite or Rise where there was a strong sense of isolation, with you living in a remote rural place. 4U quite literally had you going places and it worked perfectly.
Another great thing is how they handled the overall driving force. You begin your journey following that Caravan which is basically just in search of an explanation for the Caravaneers McGuffin, but as you move through places you notice that you are starting to make a difference for people. And just at the right time, Gore is introduced as a threat, giving you something more concrete to worry about than just pondering the nature of some weird shiny thing.
The first Monster Hunter game I ever played was Generations, and I beat it till the last high-rank quests for myself so I thought I'd completely dominated the game. When Gen Ultimate was released in western, I was really excited about the new monsters I could hunt, the so acclaimed G-rank and the new styles that looked so cool and all. Then I had to fight Diablos, a monster I never have hunted before but many people said that "yeah, it's hard but nothing out of this world" (at least in the other games), so I was confident I will beat it in a few attempts in the worst case. Diablos beat the shit out of me so many times that I thought in G-Rank you're obligated to play with other people in order to hunt monsters properly. It never showed signs of being weakened or having got any damage so I was quite frustrated. However I was quite prideful back then and I didn't want to play with other people till I hunt this mf by myself, so I took this new hunting style "Brave" with my beloved greatsword and tried once more. Diablos this time... beat the shit out of me even faster than before because I didn't know how to use this new hunting style, but attempt after attempt I was learning more and more about this style until I dominated it, not to the point to be a speedrunner but enough to defeat Diablos after 30 minutes of hunting, healing, running out of potions and praying not to get stunned. After then it became the monster I feared the most, and every time I gotta hunt a G-Rank Diablos alone in any other MH game for the first time I've got flashbacks about all those attempts I failed, but also the satisfaction for the first time I defeated it. Now, years later, I decided to solo Bloodbath Diablos. I'm still struggling and being defeated even more than the first time I fought Diablos, but at least I'm more used to fail. 👍
Good stuff, I managed to solo a G1 Bloodbath Diablos once out of spite and because he's so fun, I used Adept Charge Blade if memory serves right
G1 Bloodbath is easy, I couldn't even imagine beating G4 Bloodbath, even with friends
Omg i remember that it took me around 30ish trys to beat it with my great sword
@@arzr_er double Bloodbath is fun man
Also I havent managed to solo Ex Bloodbath with anything other than the broken Valor LS
My first ever wall like that was 4U
I was soloing my way through the hub quests to finish the G rank story completely blind, the only weapons I used were dual blades 95% and charge blade 5%.
I reach a quest to kill a Tidal Najarala
"oh, its just a subspecies of the para snake, no problem! I'll just beat him up like always"
I attack him the same way as his regular version, going for the softer area on the lower body I can reach and attempting mounts to aim for the durable head. I get in to hit him.... and my weapon bounces! It bounced!? off the soft spot!? no, he had extra armor! I couldn't reach his weak head, my fire dual blades didn't have good enough sharpness to hit elsewhere, and I could only do aerial demon dances to try and dps him. I lost track of how many times I triple carted, timed out, and otherwise failed that mission. I was utterly defeated.
Until I remembered a friend said "Insect glaive lets you fly"
I began a mission to forge the best fire insect glaive I could by this point of the game, from low rank to g rank I grinded monsters, practiced with insect glaive on the way, and when I got my last upgrade in I was read. I went in, bug stick in hand, and took that snake down in 1 try!.
I never touched insect glaive again.
God, thank you for talking about 4U’s story. It was my 1st game and it’s story really drew me in, and part of what kept me playing
4U taught me more about thinking critically, solving challenging problems, and developing practical strategies than school ever did. To this day, MH4U remains my favorite game of all time.
Due to popularity i decided to play MH4U while waiting for MHR Sunbrrak and Essentially im loving the game, everything you said is accurate, Gore Magala is one of my favorite monsters now
I know I'm late to the party, but I just happened to start up 4U again after revisiting Generations over the summer and man, seeing people still on online play after 10 years really surprised me. Even after seeing that I had only played for ~438 hours (definitely more with resets) and only G3 somehow, I wanted to continue playing to finally get to 100% the game, but I knew that I had already experienced what would most likely be the best out of the game knowing that I beat the main story. I remember looking through all the quests I had completed and being able to remember the time I spent on each quest and how much fun each of the fights were and how my first encounters with Gore and Shagaru felt, and I don't think any of my gaming expereinces will ever top them.
What an amazing story and beautiful video. Not only has this video and story made me come to appreciate Gore Magala/Shagaru Magala more - it also made me appreciate my own personal rivalries with these monsters so much more. Thanks for making this video.
MH3U was my first Monster Hunter game, and also the one I think I have the most stories from. Two in particular. The first being with the monster I consider my own rival - Deviljho. Hunting it in the Tundra probably far before I should have, killing it with only seven minutes to spare, learning it was my first ever six-star threat level monster, and even calling my dad while he was at work to tell him about it 😂
And then there's Jhen Mohran, who I would try relentlessly to slay instead of simply repel. It was a rare 35-minute quest rather than a 50-minute one, but regardless, I killed it with only SIX SECONDS to spare. Probably my closest call in any Monster Hunter game.
This is why Vergil is the quintessential final boss. You fight him as you progress the game, but as you go stronger so does he. This culminating in a final showdown where you both fight no holds bar.
Gore Magala def replicates this well, and is prob why it's my favorite monster in the series so far. Having the frenzy mechanic show up for other monsters helps indirectly learn the matchup as well.
Having a rivalry is such a simple premise too. Making the flagship be the Main Character of the monsters essentially. I'd love to see it expanded upon now.
I'd watched a youtuber play Monster Hunter Tri *years* before I ever bought a Monster Hunter game. But watching that series was what intrigued me about the game. I'd strategized what armors I would use, what weapons, what skill would be the best, despite me not having the money the get the game for myself and being unwilling to ask my parents to buy it for me (I was still a teenager). I had decided for myself that the monster I was going to love was Barioth. A decade later, I turn on my 3DS and find out that the game was on sale... I think it was for free. I was so excited to finally play the game I'd always wanted to play that I downloaded it immediately. EVERYTHING grabbed me, and I could hardly wait to get in. I play through the story, get a few quests under my belt...
And the Lagiacrus crashed my small monster hunt, scaring the living daylights out of me. I come back with stronger gear, wearing the Gobel armor I'd seen that youtuber wearing so long ago, and *that cutscene.* It was such an intense fight for me as I tried to damage it while staying away from it's electrical attacks. That fight cemented the Lagiacrus as my favorite monster in the series ever. I made it's dual blades, I made its armor, I loved everything about it. Still miss it to this day, and I'll always be sad that it's likely we'll never be able to recapture the glory of being hunted by the King of the Sea in the waterways of the forest and off picturesque oceanic coastline again. Not without underwater combat.
Excellent video!
Mh4U still stands as my favorite Monster Hunter game to this day.
Something I'd like to add to your video is that even after you finish off Shagaru Magala the effect he's had on the world still lingers in the form of the apex monsters, which I think is the best implementation of the stat boost kind of quest.
Sitting in the so called Turn rooms back in 3u was such a rich experience for me. i was fairly good at the game and i would just pass all of my turns and help others. And it's the little things from giving them tips when they asked, meeting a quirky Stranger for 3 quests or a whole afternoon, meeting someone that speaks neither german or english but still finding ways to make it work or seeing someone grow as a player right in front of you. Tri and 3u's multiplayer experiences were truly blessed.
As for the actual built in elements of the games, i cant help but look at moga and loc lac specifically. I love 4u but a Part i never liked toooo much about the story is the adventure - travelling through the world - aspect. In tri it was so satisfying to work for ressource points and commodities to break up quest progression and see moga grow and the people of the village growing to respect you. Similarly in loc lac as you make a name for yourself in the game you level up your private room a couple times and all that.
Outside of stories tho, it is the lore that makes mh stand out so much. They might not be terribly creative, when writing stories (theyre kinda held back by game elements it makes sense) but their world writing makes for such immersion. The NPC dialogues, quest descriptions, item and Equipment text less so... but they still add to it.
Really enjoying your video essays, some interesting topics covered.
Subbed.
Damn, that was a good wrap up. And that music brings back so many memories.
How the hell was I not subscribed.
For me, the best example I can give is fighting Lucent Nargacuga solo in MH3U. One of the most terrifying fights I’ve ever had, I remember dying twice within the first five minutes, and then fighting tooth and nail for thirty more minutes before finally beating him. By then, I’d gone through every healing item, I was running on fumes, desperately trying to dodge poison attacks while also keeping track of an invisible enemy. It is probably my proudest achievement when he was slain
A friend introduced me to Monster Hunter when I was 12 or so. He had a PSP & Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on it. I didn't like it at first, but like 2 hours after watching him prepare for quests, farming, gathering & combining items, I absolutely felt in love with it.Later I got a PSP & the game & started playing with him. We hit several barriers in the game just like the green plesioth in your video here, but the one I remember the most is Akantor. When I saw him for the first time, I couldn't believe we could beat him at all. Weeks later, that friend came to visit & told me, he had beaten him by his own. I couldn't believe it, but it was true & that motivated me to get better too. I'm 25 now, still playing MOnster Hunter games & this franchise will always have a special place in my heart.
I started with monster hunter rise and it’s crazy to see tigrex being the rival monster for an early game. The literal name of my existence
This is exactly why this is my favorite monster hunter game, i remember my friend throwing us into a gore magala arena hunt before id ever seen it in the story and us both struggling, barely even getting a hit. I remember barely beating gore magala with 1 cart left with a jumping attack. Weeks later after multiple trys in a car ride at night i beat gore magala in the same way. it managed to really create such a rivalry and the feeling of a journey even when the games story is comparitively short to a game like world.
My rival was my first High-Rank after beating Gore Magala- Monobolos. The damn triceratops dragon kept kicking my ass over and over. I tried everything to beat it, and it just kept beating me instead.
So, I'm trying one more time. Fully stocked on everything and running Charge Blade. Me and the monster are going all out. But I'm out of healing options and low on health. He gets me again, I'm done.
But I finally got him limping. And the bastard went off to sleep it off. I'd gotten him limping before, and figured he was still going to have enough health that I couldn't beat him, anyway. But, I had a subquest to break his horn. I figure I can try that, and just quit via subquest if I get it, because there's no way I'm beating that big headed fucker.
So I set my barrels around his head, charge my axe form, and bring it down. At best, I break his horn and die, but at least get the subquest.
But no.
With a blast that made Hiroshima look like a kid's cherry bomb on July 4th, Monobolos screams his last and collapses, fallen at last.
I broke his horn, too.
Kiss my ass, Monobolos.
I remember solo farming Royal Ludroth in MH3Tri because hunting monsters in 50 hunt intervals unlocked hunter titles. Unlocking the hunter title “Aqua Lion” for 100 or 150 Royal Ludroths was a big accomplishment. Especially since water combat was a highly debated topic back then.
Hunting 50 Jade Barroth gave you the title of “Shattered”. People were obsessed with these titles and it was a form of status back in the day. Fighting monsters you hated for fame forced you to learn the monsters you had no intentions of facing more than once.
The bane of my existence for some time in 4U was the quest 'Bad hairday Rajang'
I also wondered how they could make Yian Kutku hard so I leveled up one of those guild quests you get. Boy was that hilarious.
I really hope we get to see stories like these again after World and Rise which seems to use moreshorter story arcs layered one on top of the other for ease of production, and so its monsters have more quantity and not as much quality in storytelling.
I think my most fond memory was finally taking down my first tigrex in freedom unite. Now in retrospect most players would probably just bat an eye specially in recent installments due to the updated interface or easily predicting its movement. For some reason no matter how hard I could enticipate his next move or how much damage I could deal to this monster he would always get the advantage.
Even when I brought friends with me, the challenge posed by this killing machine proved to be insurmountable. The one day I'll always look back to was releasing the final killing blow with one well placed greatsword hit to its head.
The satisfaction of seeing him collapsed frantically to the ground gave that moment so much meaning that if the hunt went any other way, I might have wrote it off as just any other typical moment. Crazy ride down memory lane.
The first monster to give me trouble was Duramboros in 3 ultimate. It started out as a terrifying monster due to its size and power. I was barely making through quest prior to it, but Duramboros carted me 3 times within the first 10 minutes. I was in shock on how powerful this monster was. And being a nosey person, I went online to see others reactions to it and was surprised when I found out it was made to be a roadblock for a reason. It was a monster that heavily relied on the player making mistakes and not watching out for certain moves. Eventually, I was able to go longer and longer, timing out Duramboros 5 times, but no victory. Then a miracle happened. I had figured out that you could attack it while it was spinning if you hugged its legs before the wind up and it eventually toppled over. I had found the key. Overtime, it became faster and faster to hunt it. It was amazing. Only other monster to do a similar thing was espinas in sun break, but to an extent that it was telling me to slow down and react to it rather than reacting to its actions (I would react to it taking a step, rather than reacting to it when the attack came). Now Espinas and Duramboros are my top 2 favorite monsters
i had something similar to you in 4U. dalamadaur was by far the hardest solo hunt i have ever done. i kept fighting it for literal weeks without victory, changed weapons, looked up weaknesses (already figured them out prior to looking them but but had to make sure i didn't miss anything just in case). almost threw my DS across the room because of how hopeless and infuriating it was after several weeks of 5 hour daily attempts. i gave up...... a month passed and i gave it a go again with a fresh mind and but a weaker determination. i finally started hitting third phase consistently after that,after that my determination grew and another 3 days of attempts passed by...... on the last hunt that day the timer warning of 5m passed and i was starting to panic a litte since i ran out of items aside from a single demon drug. in the last few moments i finally won. 5s left on the clock and i got the cutscene of my victory, the message quest complete popped up and i screamed victory in my excitement (which might have angered my neighbours). this moment was one of the best feeling of liberation and conquest i have ever had, and i don't think another can take it's place.
Simple, minimal stories can be just as good as anything complex. In fact, making a simple story good is more impressive and a testament to the skill of the writer(s).
Damn, this channel is underrated. I got here because of your Metal Gear Rising video. Don't let it discourage you that your recent videos are not as big. Your stuff is great and I'm sure it just a matter of time before the youtube algorithm picks up on this.
My Story is the first time encountering Rajang and Furious Rajang in MHFU. It was the infamous Arena Quest (my brother and i shared a save file and if a Rajang is a prerequisite i missed it). The first Rajang was already tough as Nails and carted me once but then the second Rajang jumped down and all hell went loose. 2 unknown Monsters one a stronger Variant even at once was terrifying. It took me 2 weeks of trying, farming other gear and learning the moveset to finally defeat the Rajangs. My first clear of the Quest still took 46 Minutes. It was an awesome feeling.
Great video man
The unbridled rage I felt when solo hunting the High-Rank One-Horned Diablos in MHFU still haunts me to this day.
And the joy I felt when I finally killed it in my 5th attempt is something I'll never forget.
Your green Plesioth story reminded me of something... I wouldn't call this a rival fight, as I managed to beat it on like the tenth time "only", but here it is:
I was a SnS/GL/Bow main on MHFU, my first MH game. I was fighting the devil Garuga (can't remember if it was village or guild), and I couldn't beat it with my main weapons (looking back, I was really, really bad, wether it is in my armor choices or gameplay in general)
Finally, I decided to use the lance to try and beat it. It took me 49 minutes and 45 seconds. I was stressed out the whole time, trying to not fail this another time, with my cousin watching/mocking me on the side. The moment it went down, we both got really, really hyped up. I guess that's the closest I can get to this kind of story.
I was only 10 when I started Tri. I never beat it, but as an adult I am impressed with my younger angery self for getting as far as beating Lagiacrus before losing my patience and never touching the game again until Double Cross. It wasnt even the swimming that made me angry, it was the weapon upgrade needing me to hunt him again after a month of trying to beat him. I definitely shouldve waited a few years before getting into MH but it was cool then and MH is only getting cooler. Bring back paintballs 2022
Alatreon and Gore Magala had a great impact in my experience with the franchise but one of my all time favorite fights was Shara Ishvalda.
I mained the HH in World so a dynamic fight between two opponents who utilizes vibrations through sound and shockwaves was really cool in trying to see who was better. Realizing unarmored Shara stared directly into the camera creeped me out and while it was armored I remember it jumping into the air to slam its body on me but I used an Impact Echo Wave to release a shockwave that launched it further into the air to disrupt the attack.
While Shara had more memorable moments and Alatreon had the spectacle Gore Magala really made it possible to use a set that felt unique. MHR implemented different movesets that made it possible to use songs actively and very frequently but my favorite combination is with Chaotic Gore's berserk skill and the magic wand HH (forgot the name). It reminded me of the manga Berserk with the armor mimicking the Berserk armor and the wand reminding me of Schierke who has kept Guts from going totally insane while wielding the cursed armor. Using bead resonance and spamming health up L + Sonic Barrier lets you outheal the health drain (barely) and sonic barrier lets you continue attacking/buffing so you can be mostly aggressive but you still must be wary of grabs, multi hit attacks and other sources of health drain because you can and will die quickly if you aren't paying too much attention to those or your own resonance bead incase it despawned. Having recovery up (not speed) lvl 3 is also necessary. This playstyle and build allows you to keep berserk mode on far longer than normal and it lets you ignore most attacks while needing to have more game sense since generally ineffective attacks or stress-less moments now become life threatening.
Zinogre fight in 3rd Portable was my most memorable one. It felt like the fight I had to prepare for the most, grind towards preparing the most, and by the end of the fight against it, lost the most, as I've consumed every single potion I had at the time. :'D
Naturally, I wasn't very good at the game, but the music and the environment of the village after the fight, with every NPC thanking you for saving the village... IT was a very special feeling.
I got some major nostalgia goosebumps from this video seeing the good old freedom unite footage. MHFU was my first MH game as well and it still holds a very special place in my heart. I remember struggeling so much with a high rank guild quest that had you fight a khezu in the deep jungle. Sadly, even after beating that I never made it past ukanlos since I played completely solo. I'm still not done with 4U, but I guess Ukanlos will be my ultimate rival monster for all eternity.
You said that a monster becomes your rival and that resonated with me. I'll never forget the Seregios from this game. I hunted it over 70 times to get the two gems I needed from it and even after that many hunts it still suprised me with its speed and creativity to land attacks. Probably my favorite monster in the entire series outside of Zinogre.
Oh man… my own story. I’m guilty of this. I haven’t done this for any game before 3U yet because I haven’t gotten there but I like to name my character Requii and if I decide to choose a female hunter like I did for 4U then it’s Yunquii. And the palicoes named Stuart ,except for 4U named puffball but is still related to the family, help them come from a long family that the very first Requii rescued one and so every time a new palico is born into the family they are assigned a Requii to partner with. Basically I like to imagine them all as a big family and them tackling whatever events they go through as a timeline like thing. Whatever the MH timeline is. But I like to imagine that 3U Requii is the father of 4U Yunquii. 3U prefers a run away style since he’s still young and afraid of monsters so he uses bow, but as I continue through the game he started using hammer too because it taught him that sometimes it’s best to take a monster head on which he learned from many failed attempts at taking down Bracydios. He also has a mentor named Ambi, who is my friend’s character as we play through the multiplayer together. Now for Yunquii she loves to use IG and named her insect Scrunches. Her rival monster has yet to be found because I’m still playing through 4U. GU Requii is a bombastic and loudmouth aerial hammer user. He thinks he’s the best because he knows he’s the best. He’ll use valor GS if needed. To him Rustrazor and Bloodbath are the embodiments of strength and tactics. He admires both for their adaptability and cunningness and will hunt them any chance he gets to see how much his skills have improved. World Requii is a kind hearted and very quiet hunter. He prefers to use hammer over all. He has a thing for a female hunter that came over with him on the fifth fleet but he has trouble telling her how he feels. I’d also like to mention that he loves Radobaan. It’s his favorite monster and will refuse to hunt it and protect them from other hunters if he has the chance. There is one in the Rotten Vale that has become quite fond of him after he rescued it from a team of hunters. Of course he doesn’t hurt the other hunters he just finds ways to distract them or throw them off. Then there’s Rise Requii with his trusty palamute, Walnut. A jack of multiple trades when it comes to weapons. Hammer, GS, Gunlance, Bow, LS, and SnS. He tries to be serious a lot of the time but ends up falling flat and making a fool of himself. Everyone gets a good laugh out of it and the joy of his beloved village brings him happiness. There is one monster that always gives him the challenge he wants, Zinogre. When he fights a Zinogre it’s like a dance. He knows every move and reacts to them on point. He can feel the soul of the battle with each one he fights. He tends to slay them except for one that he let go. He mentions about how the fight was legendary and that they both went separate ways feeling a connection that they will meet again when stronger to hopefully have a even grander battle. And that’s basically it for me. I know it’s seems like a little too much but after I really got hooked into the series back in 2020 it’s just been uphill from there and I’m excited to see what more I can add to my story in the future.
I think my monster rival was Brachydios. First, in 3U, I had to hunt 42 of the dang things in g rank to get my first pallium. That was a tough fight back then, brachy moved way more aggressively than most other monsters at the time. Then, there was the Clashing Fists "nuclear brachy" that would oneshot you if you had less than 650 def. But I eventually beat that sucker enough to make the heal hammer. Then in 4U came the actual nuclear brachy. So much lava damage, so many explosions.
I've had many great conquests on 4u. But my absolute favorite has to be during one online session with 3 strangers. We found out we all occasionally used the hunting horn. So we all grabbed a different HH and we went to the Grank quest involving 5 monsters in the arena. We failed once or twice I think, but we eventually beat them. We cheered and laughed and soon went our separate ways, but it was memorable for sure.
Don't get me wrong, I do believe that the gameplay in Rise is the best it ever was in MH. But I really really do miss these days of great challenges. I still remember in MHF2 fighting this bloody Khezu Village Quest to get to 3 (or 4) Stars over and over again, crafting new weapons and armors, learning its attack patterns. It took me literal days. Nowadays, while being fun, you breeze through every hunt first try, not matter if you have ever encountered the monster before or not.
MH3U was my first game, and while notorious for its underwater fights, it shaped me into the hunter I am today. Doing some underwater stuff when a Lagiacrus suddenly pops up and almost murders me was the hardest panic I ever had in that game. When it came time to repel it, I did not think I had a chance, as the previous monster I hunted was a Gobul, which I barely eked out a victory. During the last seconds of that hunt, I somehow chopped off its tail (I didn't even know that was a feature in this game until then). It was such a rush, I felt like I was on top of the world. When the time came for me to face it in a battle to the death, I felt as if I could finally slay it because I had its tail as a trophy already
One time, I developed Stockholm Syndrome farming Dreadqueen Rathian because I really wanted her set. (I'm a sucker for Wide-Range and Status builds) I went from absolutely loathing her to considering her one of my top 5 monsters in the series. Ended up making both Blademaster and Gunner sets out of her.
That's interesting to see how many people really liked 4U, I had no idea. It was my first MH game, learning the combat was sooooo hard and frustrating but very rewarding and addicting. This was when I learned the importance of each and every attack animation, and where on the monster's body the weapon was going to hit. The type of damage to use on which body part, the stagger/break limits, exhaust/KO, the depth is amazing!!! I soloed the entire thing through G rank too, sans the absolute most difficult quests like the Master's Test. I haven't played every release after that, but 4U is still my favorite even if it's because of first time bias. Maybe one day I'll go back to playing but with a cool group to chill with 🤷🏽♂️.
4 Ultimate is my favourite even though I started with Tri. 4U is peak MH and everything after it has dropped off a cliff.
10:42 i forgot that tigrex would fly around sometimes in unite and it always looked so stupid and funny on him how hes flapping his wings that are probably not made for flight. Great video mate.
I think in 4U I made my rivalry monster was the monster of the Dalamadur because it was the quest I helped out a lot of hunters with and I learned to respect the hard long path every hunter travels
Mh4u was my first game in the series, and the biggest roadblock for me was definitely the village pink rathian. I hated that thing with a passion and I remember being so hyped when I finally overcame it.
A couple years later, playing monster hunter world, after finding the tracks for "a mysterious unseen monster" I entered the Coral Highlands, started the cutscene, and was attacked by non other than pink rathian, my old enemy. I definitely felt a sense of "oh god".
But then I beat it first try, proving that my skills had indeed improved with the game.
Rise came out 2 weeks after having to put my dog down from old age and quality of life. To find out I was able to make an exact copy in game with my nickname for him, I still sometimes play just so I can pet him in the game and just remember the good times.
My story has to be when I got Monster Hunter Tri on a whim. The trailers looked great and it seemed to be right up my alley. I booted up the game... and couldn't care long enough to even get out of the tutorial, I didn't really know what to do. So I gave up on the game. Later that year, I watched good ol PrinceBoo play through Monster Hunter Tri and it gave me the drive to try again.
I managed to work my way to Great Jaggi and fought him with my Sword and Shield. It couldn't have taken more than 10 minutes but that fight held my full attention, and as soon as that final hit landed and the quest clear music began... I was hooked. That was the big turning point.
The rest is history. I started listening to the Monster Hunter Podcast, got excited for new games, Monster Hunter became my favorite video game series ever and here I sit with thousands upon thousands of hours.
I do wish the newer games stories could give us something like Gore Magala and the Caravan again. They were something special.
Just found your channel today. Your videos get to me on such an emotional level that I start crying, and it's always right at the end when you lay just the perfect thematic statement. I don't see it coming at all.
Legiana. Legiana in MHW was my rival. I loved that fight already - it wasn't exactly easy, but not unfairly hard at all. Most of all, it was fun and unique since Legiana does a wide variety of attacks and has a cool as hell design.
Now, I'm not as hard sunk into the game as most, even if I'd like to be. A variety of mental disorders and inhibitions I need and want to overcome mean I have tons of hobbies but barely commit any consistent investment into them even if I want to unless someone else gives me reason to be consistent. Some games, like FFXIV, have broken this habit a bit but issues like money and lack of a core game group restrained them. League of Legends has shattered it to the point of unhealthy addiction. In MH games, I don't get far into HR before I peter out. In FFVII and some other old games, I never finished the final quest. So I haven't seen a ton of the content for MHW, etc., and only did a single tutorial mission in Rise despite being hyped for it for as long as it'd been announced.
With that in mind, back to Legiana. In games like Guild Wars 2 and FFXIV, I explore a lot instead of doing story, until I one day stop coming back to the game. In MHW, I had a similar but different issue - I'd do side missions and collect weapons instead of progressing the story. As a result of this, I wound up fighting Legiana a lot - because I wanted to upgrade my hammer. In particular, the Cryo Hammer ended up taking me weirdly long to finish - I had to get so many Frost Sacs and, later, Freezer Sacs, that this fight I already loved... became constant over the course of a few days. I gained newfound respect for the monster. I wasn't analyzing it on a technical level, I prefer playing games to -feel- and learn that way. I can be inhibited in terms of skill growth by my aloofness, but I also learn better if I don't try too hard to think rationally and logically. Still, I was coming to respect it as we went toe-to-toe over and over. Being I was a hammer and long sword user (and only later picked up a Fate's Ember I sometimes used), I was often not optimal for the fight, so I had to do things like constantly jumping onto the monster to fight it. This didn't mean I lost, like, ever, except maybe a time or two, but I did have a comfortable level of back-and-forth with it, and sometimes interesting things happened, like Uragaan starting up turf wars.
I loved this experience, and while things like Nargacuga, which I've never fought, Tobi-Kadachi, which is a fluffer and just cool as hell, Barioth (fought in 3U), which has the cool body structure Nargacuga has, and Arzuros, which... sure, isn't that strong, but, is just, it's a fucking honey badger bear, what do you want from me???, are amongst my favorites for design and theme reasons... Legiana was an experience to me. All Monsters in these games are. But Legiana surpassed that by making me invest multiple days for a reason I myself chose. And that's, that's just great.
Here's another story - one time, I was hunting Diabolos. A Black Diabolos spawned - this Quest is the first time you see one, though it's not your mark. I decided to focus on the Black Diabolos. It took ages, and careful fighting, deciding to forgo my actual mark in favor for this when I realized time was running out, but I eventually got it down... and realized I had forgotten, I think my Tranq Bombs? Time was running out. I flew back to camp, grabbed them, and ran like hell to get to it and wittle it down again.
I think I fumbled one? Not sure. Anyways... I failed that quest by seconds.
Seconds.
...I was... kind of... not even mad. The whole ordeal had been my decision - how could I be? I just vowed to get it next time.
Also, shout outs to the one or two times back on Tri that I played online and when I fucked up a Jhen Mohran quest. I, as total newbie, had died twice and they told me not to die again but I made a mistake and did, after we had invested a lot of time into it. Heck, because this was the only time I played that mission, I didn't even know there was another phase past the sailing and mining segment until I saw flyann's The Secret Wall of Monster Hunter video yesterday.
You talked about the rival at the end of the video, that one monster that was special for you specifically and not the same as everyone else. For me, that monster was kushala Daora. Me and my best friend were hooked on mh4u for a while, but we weren't that amazing at it. However, we were improving, and upon reaching 5* in the guild, we wanted to challenge ourselves. So, we loaded up the kushala event quest and grinded hours and hours to finally bring it down. The satisfaction and celebration from bringing down a true elder dragon as early as we did remains the highest high I've ever had in a mh game, and why I will always have a special place in my heart for our wind dragon friend/nemesis
Mine is the childhood memory stucked with me, when I was like 7 or 9 years old my two bigger cousins just introduce me to play Monster Hunter 2 and 3, with a PSP. It was a experience where I have no understanding of the game but grind it so that every couple weeks I met my big cousins I can play with them, but me being a kid not knowing about anything makes a terrifying experience where I get my body panic from fighting low rank big monsters. So the greatest experience I got is when they are also stuck, and so invite me who's still like barely lv20 to a Lao San Loun fight, and it was amazing, I don't need to face the big monster directly, and moving and carrying the cannon ball, feel like setting up behind them jumping right under Lao's feet and attack him, it was so fun and so exhausted, 30 min of continuous task and failure and then retry the mission.
I remember the fight I had with EX silverwind in MHGU.
I thought EX would be a piece of cake for me after I beat two silverwinds and one redhelm in G5 on my first attempt, but it wasn't.
I was surprised and shuddered when I realized that defeating just one silverwind was much more difficult than defeating three monsters at the same time.
I started with a used 3ds software, so when I met a switch player in online multiplayer, we couldn't be friends, and I myself never thought a shred of trying to beat silverwind with other player.
While the world was talking about iceborne, I was the only one playing EX silverwind at GU.
I really tried a lot of different things. I tried all kinds of skill and weapon combinations, I tried to give up Ls and touch Gs because of the TA videos I saw, and I even broke my promise to use nothing but the Adept style and used the valor style, which I had stubbornly decided to do when I first started playing the game. But I couldn't win.
But one day I realized. I realized that even if I changed myself and won, it would not be a victory that I could be proud of. So I went back to the drawing board and fought in the Adept Ls. And to my surprise, I won.
I was knocked down by two consecutive tail attacks in the first 5 minutes, and then by bleeding in the 25 minutes. There was only one attempt left, but strangely I was not nervous. Finally, with 2 minutes and 34 seconds left, I was able to defeat silverwind.
The shock I felt at that moment was tremendous. I forgot it was 2 a.m. and screamed so loud. My father came yelling into my room, but I was so happy that I didn't care.
So now I'm playing sunbreak. But I still can't find a foe as strong as silverwind. I hope Capcom will bring silverwind back in future titles.
4U is so great, I felt so immersed in the idea of a travelling caravan. My main story was with the brachydios. Me and a friend spent so long trying to fight it and get the brach hammers we needed for our charge blade. What made fighting Brachidyous so funny was the way the way the quest was introduced: the guildmarm was travelling through the volcanic area, when she fell in love with someone she saw, turns out the person she saw was a brachydios! Thinking about this while fighting the giant purple dinosaur monster was just so funny to us, that combined with it's awesome attacks and immense difficulty made this fight iconic to us.
My first Rival was the MHFU Tigrex, I remember being about 9 or 10 and being genuinely scared when he roared and charged me when I was collecting popo tongues and when I finally received the quest to hunt him for real it took me months to even work up the courage and materials to just dive in and make battle with him.
Even tho he’s a relatively easy fight if you’re prepared (I massively overprepared, I remember grinding for most of that time and going on ancient forums and the wiki looking for the best ways and builds to take him down) and can deal with his massive Jumbo Jet sized hitboxes i still felt like a great hero from a fairytale when I finally dropped him and I then immediately made it my mission to get his weapons and armor. That’s why he’s my favorite monster in the series flat out because every time I face him in World or 4U I get a pang of nostalgia back to the moment I faced him down and finally defeated him.
My First game is Generations ultimate. And you're actually right, that Glavenus that hunted me down on your egg collecting mission left such a mark to me and has since became my favourite hunt. I still always wear his Armour and use his Greatsword/SNS whenever I get the chance.
The event quest for Narwa. She kept wiping the floor with the entire party. I decided to make that rampage hunting horn and become a healer so I could keep the team alive.
For me, my rival was iceborne's zinogre. I had enjoyed my play through alot up to that point but something hadn't clicked yet. If i came up to a wall, i would just fire an SOS flare and let others help. When i got to zinogre, i decided for some reason that I would beat him solo. It wasn't even a wall I could have just skipped him. After like 7 attempts, the fight finally clicked and I had the nost memorable hunt of my life. I look forward to fighting zinogre in every game he's in now.
Honestly, the first major "wall" I remember was Glavenus in MHW:I. For the life of me I could NOT beat him at all. Normally I'm fairly cautious when it comes to new monsters I've not fought before but Glavenus made me play extra careful until I finally overcame him. I gave out the biggest cheer when he finally went down. Now I can beat him relatively easily, even in the Old World games.
One story that started my most favorite type of story in MH was when i was like 14 and first tried out MH Tri online not knowing it was on its last legs... I met this hunter in full rathian getup and we both had a good time hunting and chatting together for days even creating rooms to find back to each other again and again. Till one day the dreadful message appeared on my screen that i could not go to loc lac again... man i was devastated cuz it was the end of the journey for me and hunting with said fellow hunter and since i beat the game in single player it truly was the nail in the coffin. What it did do to me was wanting to experience that feeling of comradery again and it was finally back with 4U. That game has cemented my love for the series. To this day the stories that happen with meeting random ppl in online MH play are my favorite ones and i was thankful for being lucky enough to meet really good people thanks to online play. Im 24 now and this game still to this day makes me feel that big feeling of comradery when playing with others.
im a new mh player, started with rise but my personal mh story (thats honestly become one of my most treasured memories) was playing through gu with one of my best friends. we trekked through the whole gu hub story off the heels of rise and when we fought ahtal-ka we were just speechless, both over the incredible fight and that we had reached the end of this particular journey. the only thing that broke our silence was our sobs. honestly, there really wasnt any reason to end up in pools of our tears but we bonded so much over this game that i guess it just got to us. we've got 3u and 4u ahead of us and we're insanely excited to make more memories with these awesome games
4U was my first monster hunter game, and to this day, is the one I think the most fondly of. Funny enough, the story I think about the most was not the intended one, but what happened immediately after. It was my first hunt in high rank, and it was against a Daimyo Hermitaur.
I struggled to be this quest so many times that I gave up and tried to find a more efficient way of defeating it. That's when I found out in previous games, Daimyo was a cakewalk, but here, oh no that wasn't the case here. I read many stories of other hunters' struggles to take down the dreaded crab, and it gave me relief to hear that every story I read had a happy ending.
With this new knowledge in mind, I recollected myself to continue the hunt. With each attempt, I learned more about the monster and got closer and closer to defeating it. Then one day, it happened. The joy I felt seeing that crustacean collapse was the joy a young child would feel when eating cake on their birthday.
I learned something new about Daimyo that I never experienced in before in 4U, and I took that knowledge with me through high rank and never had trouble with a hunt since.
I agree 100%. Looking back now, I can only think of stories of epic fights, last minute victories and memorable moments playing with my friends. The game itself does not have a story but its mind blowing how it can help you create yours.
Kid who just played the mhstories demo and loves it, gets and loves stories.
later he realizes the other games aren't like stories, plays the mhg demo hates it.
weeks later he can't stop thinking of this demo, looks up what monster game to pick gets mh4u.
And man was 4u good But the memory I remember most was freshman year i was finally doing grank quets and tiger stripe zamtrios. No one could beat him No matter the lobby I found they would cart and cart (so would I). But one night I deiced one more run and it was late into the night and I carted almost immediately like clock work but I kept going. I got a good chunk in then water laser and I dodged too late. I had 1 cart left I was tired and I had more then 50% of the hunt left to go, I was seconds from quitting out but I deiced lets run it.
I have no memory of the hunter after this All I remember was I played out of my skull Glaive combos that would make lord gog above shiver, And once I saw that quest complete screen It was joy pure joy. I vividly remember my father asking the next day why I was in such a good mood I didn't realize but I was still smiling. I will never forget this moment in my life Tiger stripe zamtrios will go down in my heart as the strongest wall I have broken past and good gog was it a fun one.
Tl:DR Tiger stripe zamtrios is the best monster
Also i think you forgot a other part, not only shagaru was a personal rival with the hunter, but it was also a legend, a heavenly monster lets say, in the stories villagers reported a monster that by its presence make monsters go in a frenzy state, and that the own monster could create eclipses by it self, like if it was darkness by itself, not only that but when gore magals sheds and goes to the sacred mountain it like a light iluminating the top, the light is not from hope, is a light from darkness shagaru is a light and darkness itself, and the own monster and the legends say that its own enlighting presence creates an apocalisis making all the monsters destroy everything in this world until the darkness ends
I got Monster Hunter Freedom 2 as a kid and was hard walled by Kushala Daora. Being a kid, my usual hunting technique was "smack it to death" but Kushala's winds tossed my caveman strategy in the trash. I ended up just giving up. But then Freedom Unite came out and dragged me back in. This time I managed to get my sister and cousin to play. We formed a tight team and we all still play to this day.
Fast forward to World playing entry after entry, I was so excited to play against Kushala again. It was the first time since I was a kid we'd have a grand 1v1 and it was so much fun. It felt like a fun dance and having a conversation with an old friend. I always am amazed that even though I quit back then, something in me was waiting to come back strong, take down tough opponents, and break those walls.
Kushala doesn't give me trouble anymore but a part of me always feels that sting from when I was a kid. I've grown a lot, I grew because I made a team with my family, and now I've even helped my partner dunk on Kushala so she doesn't know the frustration I felt long ago.
I remember in my first monster hunter game, there was a high rank Mizitsune quest that I couldn’t beat on my own, I tried and tried, about 10 total times before I got my cousin who started in gen 2 monster hunter, we tried and tried, then we decided to join a multiplayer lobby of the quest, there as me, the long sword player with a fire bonus build, my cousin with some of the best hammer stats at the time, a switch axe player, and a sword and shield player, we all kept fighting and fighting, then in our last cart, my cousin set up a successful earth-shatter into a mega barrel bomb, I landed a full power helm breaker on the tail, the switch axe player got a element discharge on a critical space and rode the monster while attacking it, then the sword player got a successful sword combo and finished the fight, and while I’m sure I can do it on my own now, those 25 or so quests against the stupid soap fox, made me realize how fun this game was and how fun teamwork can be, I’ve dabbled in the other weapons I’ve mentioned, and I’ve got to say, nothing is better than a veteran hammer player, a switch axe pro, an sw&sh god, and a newbie with a samurai sword fighting alongside each other, we all contributed and helped in the fight, and while I was up until 1:00am on call with my cousin all those years back, I remember it like it was yesterday
Monster hunter 4 ultimate was the first monster hunter game i played with close friends. We had bought it before release and when we did play we did an all nighter until our hands hurt from having them wrapped around a 2ds. Now that monster hunter rise sunbreak has released we are still playing although now most of us have jobs or responsibilities that keep us from playing every night, i always have at least one of them there to enjoy the hunt with. They have been my closest friends since high school, and having them enjoy this franchise as much as i do is a testament to our friendship. Monster hunter will always be one of my favorite franchises!
I still haven't finished G-rank, but I've been playing for so long that I barely remember any of my "rivals". I do recall slaying my first ever dalamadur. Me and my little brother were trying to get into G-rank, and we really struggled with this giant snake and his one-shot lazer beam. I eventually started to try him solo, over and over again for a few days, and when he finally went down it was just such an incredible rush and sense of accomplishment. I felt unstoppable.
My own personal rival would be mhw's alatreon, I remember getting absolutelly wrecked when he first released and how i had to adapt my builds and keep failing and learning until i finally soloed him weeks after.
I still enjoy the fight quite a lot and every now and again I jump into the quest to solo it with a draco element weapon, just to make it a bit harder.
I first started in world but have known about the MH series for a long time thanks to a brother and cousin who used to rage at a double brute Tigrex hunt back in the day, I felt world was super fun as I was maining insect glaive at the time, Until I stumbled across my personal rival Diablos a monster I deeply respect for humbling me and teaching me to read and watch my opponents behavior and patterns, What attacks I can do and when I can. I was stuck on this for a day until I started to farm out materials for new weapons that could exploit its weakness and devising strategies, after hours of farming and practice with my weapon I finally got it too keel over and let out the loud "Hell yeah!" followed by flexing and almost forgetting to carve. It was my first sense of rivalry and showed me just how satisfying it was to overcome such an obstacle, it was that feeling alone that caused me to fall in love with the series. I paid my respects by crafting most if not all of its weapons and armor. As of today, I can proudly say I have not carted to this monster in rise at all. But I still treat it with the same respect I used too.
My personal rival is blackveil Vaal Hazak.
On my first playthrough of the game, I genuinely quit the game because of this monster and when I came back I decided to make a completely new character and the story I gave my new character was that she was my old character's daughter, out for revenge against the monster that broke her mother's will to hunt and I absolutely DESTROYED blackveil on my new account and it felt amazing, might even be what made me fall in love with the whole series
Honestly for me the giant sand shark which i forgot the name of but i remember how it looked so vividly was my mentor.
For me it taught me sure the weapons i used were good and i knew how to use them to an extent but soon just use of the weapons alone wont work, items, surroundings, and provided equipment would be needed beyond just healing and tranqs for those capture missions.
It really helped me get into the games and even get into games that use more technical stuff as a whole and i got some giant sand shark to thank for that.
My first Monster Hunter was Monster Hunter Generations. I happen to saw the intro to that game on UA-cam and it made me fell in love with the visuals of beautiful monsters and sense of adventure, i bought a 3DS just for it. It didn't have detailed story like MH4U but my god i was so into the game to the point i imagine my own plot and felt like i was on a grand adventure discovering all these different monsters and travelling to places.
Yeah, that tigrex showing up while doing the popo tongue quest scared me. I literally panicked and thought I need to beat him to continue the quest. Haha
I started this franchise in mhgen. Early on, I mostly played with friends, but slowly I started doing quests on my own. My friends eventually stopped playing after over 100 hours, but I wanted to continue.
It was soon after that I encountered the quest that would be my biggest roadblock of that game and for years to come. I don't remember the name, but it was a fight against a hyper silver rathalos, which for the game's gear had extremely high stats.
I remember that I spent days trying to beat it, until eventually I succeeded in one, almost miraculous attempt: only about 3 minutes left out of 50, and literally completely out of healing resources. In that one attempt I had to run around the map just to scavenge whatever materials I could to squeeze a few more pots, and I still ran out.
Another endearing story is with Iceborne Fatalis. I became a mainly solo player so I wanted to take on the challenge completely alone, but the fight itself, hard as it was, wasn't the only thing I had to worry about.
You see, I picked Iceborne back up after months of hiatus when Fatalis was released. I didn't fight Alatreon and I didn't have the latest meta sets. And as fate would have it, I had a wrist surgery appointment just two weeks after I started playing. I made it my mission to defeat Fatalis before the appointment as I'd have to leave the game for at least a month after that.
The first week was spent entirely to defeat Alatreon and grind to update my sets, which left me with another week to beat Fatalis. I tried and tried again for about 5 hours each day, I even got enough materials to make an armor piece, and on the second-to-last day, the sixth day of attemtps, I managed to defeat it.
Fatalis and hyper silverlos are to this day, far outweighting everything else, my proudest moments as a hunter. I even joke around with the scar that the surgery left on my wrist, saying that it was caused by Fatalis xP.