Hey there guys! If you wanna take a look at the map I used in the video here is the link: www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/y8xz3k/i_tried_making_a_world_map_of_the_old_world_in/?context=3 You can also find the link in the description of the video!
i just love monster hunter, thank you for making this video, my first monster hunter game was MH4U and when i played it when i ACTUALLY knew how to play games, i swear i fell in love with monster hunter
In gen 1 and 2 small monsters had a big role in fights, as the paving and openings were slow, focusing them down can be optimal and are totally part of the fight to hunt. Also to stop melynx from taking max potions.
It's a love hate gimmicks lol Love it because it gave nuances of being "thrown" in to the wild where everything tried to kill you while hating it for unnecessary faint rofl
Playing Freedom Unite, and got slightly tapped by a Blango that somehow stunned me which lead the Tigrex I was fighting to charge and kill me. I have never wanted to strangle a fictional creature more than when that happened.
Describing the fights as dances is soo accurate. Truly once you’ve fought and learned a monster so well you develop this odd affinity for them. Sounds super nerdy cuz it’s all pixels and code but the way they’re presented and how much life they have… There’s nothing else like it. Got my favorite monster, Nergigante, tattood on me arm out of respect for the best franchise ever.
Yes I have played xenoblade. Oh and monster hunter. Mh really has made it hard to play certain types of games though, after getting into this series with mh3u, other action games were just not fun to play anymore. Heck that first year most other games just were not fun to play anymore.
so many games have combat systems that are just flat out trash. Its all fancy graphics without substance. Thankfully there are still games like monster hunter that really know how to make satisfying and engaging gameplay. Melee focused games in general seem to have really good and addicting combat systems- mh, sekiro, mordhau or vermintide just to name a few
Nice video, I think it's rather interesting and overall a decent summary of some of the very many aspects that come together to make Monster Hunter what it is as a franchise. Here's an unreasonably large amount of thoughts: About the genre talk at the start, monhun actually is sometimes referred to as its own genre with a term that already exists, "hunting RPG". It was also special for an action game in that gen 1-4 had a rather more proactive style of combat as opposed to reactive, which gen 5 is more on the other side of. This doesn't make gen 5 worse or anything, but it is a bit less unique in that sense. Also about the story section: It's a bit more varied than that. For example, in Rise, Magnamalo wasn't considered the cause of the Rampage to begin with, but was an issue alongside it. In GU, guild and village story are separate, as they were from gen1-4; Valstrax and Ahtal-Ka are completely separate issues, and both stories there are resolved upon taking them down. And earlier, gen 3 for example did the "Flagship isn't the cause of the issue" route with Lagiacrus. I do admittedly think the section on the world is a bit too psuedocanon, as the Equal Dragon Weapon and ancient war were just concepts that were never necessarily put into the series. Even Fatalis is arguably interpretable as rather just very territorial. Point being, it's debatable and very much up for interpretation, and as such is something I think people should be encouraged to find for themselves. An ancient civilization *did* exist and fall, but it doesn't necessarily mean that the world itself is entirely post apocalyptic. I wouldn't consider it such, and especially not in tone. For something so subtle and a video targeted at people without knowledge of the series, I'd say it's both a little stretching the bounds of the conversation and possibly giving people the wrong idea that this is all objective lore of the series, which is already somewhat widely proliferated misconception. If you wanna read them, some random nitpicks and trivia: -Longsword was actually the most popular weapon before Rise even, and probably for a good few games in a row. I guess it's just got a strong and adaptable move set with interesting combos, decent mobility, and decent speed. -I think "starter weapon" is a bit of a misconception of SnS now, and to my knowledge even the devs had something to that degree. Granted, the combos aren't that tough, and as everyone says, you don't need to know how to Perfect Rush in order to use it. It's pretty versatile in general, but not exactly a specialist in anything imo. -Gimmicks haven't just been a thing lately; Most of the main releases have some sort of game changing gimmick, whether it be underwater combat or the introduction of swimming. I like the editing and style, as it's engaging and fits the script, but also doesn't constantly spam jokes so much that it's over the top. Also, the Lao-Shan Lung's walk speed at 14:30 is way too fast. smh entire video ruined.
Thank you for the hyper detailed thoughts 😂 Also I tried making the Lao Shan Lung move slower at first but it looked way too awkward Edit: Also yea I don't like spamming jokes. I would be too much work aside from it being annoying to the viewer
I think monster hunter fits comfortably in the “post-post apocalypse” feeling. Civilization wise its definitely “rebuilding” compared to most of the ancient stuff. I could compare it to the horizon series. Personally i think fatalis works best as the walking apocalypse he was treated as in iceborne. His design is weirdly alien to monster hunter. Along with saafi jiiva as well. Im a normal fantasy dragon and that feels wrong works well for what is a couple of super powerfull end bosses.
@@cuccoinferno1189 Him appearing out of a black hole in his white fatalis form, or his armor mutating, erasing or driving the hunter insane or his eyes being yellow crystals make him feel even more eldritch
@@cuccoinferno1189 I guess "post post apocalypse" can work, that's a different type of setting than post apocalyptic. However, the entire concept of Fatalis being otherworldly is something that can be seen as retroactively applied after Iceborne emphasized it. Prior to gen 5, you'd rarely see people calling Fatalis otherworldly. It was a fantasy dragon in a game full of wyverns with a style based on "normal animals souped up". White Fatalis was always "godly", but normal Fatalis wasn't always seen that way to such a great degree. In a certain sense, it could be said to be more alien to *our* world than Monster Hunter's itself, due to not really sharing characteristics with animals from our world, but instead being a literal fantasy creature. But that doesn't make that huge of a difference to this discussion imo, just about Fatalis conceptually. FWIW, ,my interpretation on the legends around its armor and parts is that they're likely just legends sparked by peoples' fear and perceptions of Fatalis- Since we almost never see evidence proving the particularly outlandish things mentioned from it actually happen. A lot of weapon and armor pieces have descriptions that are heavily exaggerated, so that would line up. Sorry for the essay, I just had a lot of thoughts on Fatalis mythos lmao.
@@Marxeru fair enough on fatalis’s strangeness mostly being applied by iceborne. Personally i like haveing a few creatures that just feel “wrong” when compared to the rest of the world. Would love to see dire miralis get almost the same treatment if we ever see underwater combat again.
The intro played the MH tri theme and all the memories came flooding back, no pun intended. I almost shed a tear, almost.... Thats it im gonna try to teach my nephew how to be a hunter.
"All weapons are viable in one way or another." While that is true in the mainline series. There was one weapon in the Frontier series that made Hammers largely obsolete. That is the Magnet Spike, and my goodness is it a hilarious weapon that seems to come straight from Devil May Cry.
I watched some gameplay of that thing and I just don't understand it. Hopefully I will get some time to unlock for myself at some point but there are so many other good games coming out so soon 😅
@@ItsHawxessentially, there are two modes, and one special movement option. The modes are Blunt Mode and Sharp Mode, which change your damage type as well as your moveset. The movement option is being able to shoot a magnetic node onto a monster, and being able to pull or push yourself towards/away from the node. You also build up a magnetic status on monsters as you hit them, and can perform a special move (think Gunlance’s Wyvern’s Fire or Charge Blade’s SAED) on them when they’re fully magnetized.
It explains the ruins present in a lot of the maps of the game as well as the fear of fatalis Some people see it more as fatalis destroyed the kingdom of schrade only but I see it as the world cuz the ruins are spread across continents. And not just in schrade.
@@ItsHawx If the world is post-apocalypse, and if there is lore supporting that, then sure. But, could it not also be that humanity is just that old? Kingdoms rise and fall, war and famine, rivers change course and dry up. People just leave, and a hotspot for strong monsters is an incentive to move early rather than try to stick it out as long as possible. Quite a few of Rise/Sunbreak maps are examples of non-Fatalis caused destruction/abandonment of human lands.
I'm not surprised that people had no idea about MH existence before MH:W. It's used to be locked to the console and even an exclusive title for certain console. While lots of hunter (probably from newer gen) complaining about inability to cross platform, I'm just happy it's playable through multiple platforms. But yeah, in this time and age cross platform would be awesome
I liked how you went into explaining some of the differences between wyverns and dragons. Grew up steeped in dnd monster ecology so it is cool to see other people know things.
I always get upset at people that see something with scales and breathes fire and say "oh a dragon!!!!!" like I know it is petty and no once cares but that is a wyvern bro come on 😭 Same with drakes or the like.
@@ItsHawxdepending upon where you are in the world, Wyvern/drake/etc can mean the same thing as dragon. I do agree that people should use the distinction that the subject media uses.
I've known about Monster Hunter since I was 9 (this was when Tri was the newest game,) but I recently got into the series like two years ago, and I'm glad I did. Playing the games have been some of my favorite moments in gaming, and Sunbreak quickly shot up to one of my all time favorite games I've played.
Planning on revisiting Tri online since the new community servers are a thing, that's the one I started with and have my fondest memories from. (I also REALLY miss the underwater hunts!)
Tri was my first multiplayer experience. I remember as a kid playing the fuck out of the original MH on PS2 and really wishing I could play multiplayer, if nothing else just to access more content. I knew nothing about technology at that point, I was like 12 or something, and when I eventually worked out I could run an ethernet cable to the PS2, the servers had been down for years. I was so sad. Then, I never had a PSP so couldn't play the portable ones. So my next game was Tri and oh my god did I play that game so much. It really helped solidify my love of the series.
14:31 Well, if Joe happens to live in the place you show in the background, he absolutely will see monsters in his lifetime. Probably quite a few of them, even. That place is Dundorma and it is basically the military headquarter of the guild, surrounded by highly defensible fortifications that were built because it keeps on getting attacked by monsters and even bloody elder dragons all the time. So, Dundorma is as unsafe as a city is gonna get.
I mean the guy is the Hub Quest Handler for MH GenU so of course he will see a lot of monsters but I used his PNG as I couldn't find a good villager npc png
My first game in the franchise was Monster Hunter: World. Pre order was available on the PC and I thought it looked neat. Once I adapted to mechanics something in my head clicked and bam - I was addicted. I have now 400 hours in Word and 450 in Rise. I even learned Charge Blade. This is the first grind game I played which never makes grind boring. Also shoutout to Hunting Horn mains.
I've played every monster hunter since Tri, so I already knew everything but I was still curious about the video. Good job, you encapsulated the essence of Capcom's best franchise well
@@ItsHawx dude was weiß ich... I'd say work on your thumbnails a bit, they feel very...amateurish and don't accurately reflect the quality of the video. Make 'em more dynamic or something, pick a better font and make the image and text interact with another (i have no idea how to make good thumbnails🫠)
@@ShikiRyougi05 the real name of an insect glaive in mh world and a play on words with the original poster liking the content creator vid and calling him ma guy rofl
"Best Franchise is Gaming" GogDamn FAX ❤️🔥🔥 I 100% believe MH is the best gaming franchise, and this isn't nostalgia, I only started with MHW in 2018 and fell in love with it. Pros: .Best Combat in the entire gaming landscape .Best environment design in gaming . Best Boss design in gaming . Best RPG Gear system in gaming . Best weapon design in gaming . Best Armour design in gaming . One of the best soundtracks/music in gaming _And most importantly...._ . Best Community in gaming Cons: . People who don't at least give it a try
@@MisfortunaExo I basically only listen to Ragegamingvideos and Arekkz when it comes to Meta and don't question them. Just as long as my dude is somewhat powerful then I don't mind which one is the absolute best etc. etc.
@@thmistrapillay1811 i would highly recommend the jinx and tuna server for meta sets In it the community makes properly mathed out meta sets which they post in a google doc that gets updated with each update Plus it is server of a former friend!
I did not play Wildhearts, but it looked like it had potential, but indeed one thing that drove me away from giving it a shot was how it looked almost soulless, focused too hard on trying to take from the Monster Hunter crowd but one thing devs often forget about this tactic is that you'll be fighting a very uphill battle if your target audience is a fanbase already dedicated to another game. People very seldom just swap from their established game, the attachment is too strong. BUT people forget what came before Wildhearts by the same studio that I suspect may have been a step forward for Monster Hunter too, Toukiden. Toukiden was actually fantastic imo as a more casual and accessible hunting action game rather than emulating as close to a 1:1 ratio to Monster Hunter, it focused more on Story, characters, having its own unique identity and progression system while also reducing the downtime between hunts by shortening the preparation step and cutting to the hunting as quickly as possible. I loved playing it just as much because it wasn't Monster Hunter. But they also made large open maps and a "slinger/clutch claw" before Capcom with their connected large maps and the demon hand in Toukiden 2. I loved that game and I'm happy to see that Monster Hunter moved forward in Monster Hunter World in a similar fashion to what Toukiden 2 tried to do with the hunting action formula, in parts doing it better with the Monster Hunter style I love so much (even if in some parts it fell flat like body part tenderizing breaking the pacing of the hunt, though I think Safi'Jiiva handled it well).
I think it’s kinda unfair to call wildhearts soulless from looking at it and not trying to understand it. To start off Wildhearts isn’t a game to take away any fan base like MH and instead to coexist with it. The building system adds a new mechanic to fighting monsters and adds to the map. In fact I feel like freedom of building your camp and placing your contraption’s anywhere in future encounters adds immersion which gives it a unique take compared to world. The locales also gives the vertical height as good as mh rise. The weapons both feels unique and satisfies the average mh player. The Kimeno’s although not as iconic as established monsters, feels unique because they look like animals corrupted by nature compared to mh where monsters adapt to nature. The designs are also pretty good my personal favorite being lavaback. As for the details I really like is how you chop the parts of certain kimono like lavaback, he jumps repeatedly and rubs his severed tail in pain similar to how humans when we get injured or deathstalker (the ice wolf) when you cut the tail of he howls in pains for a short time. Honestly I think the real issue of wildhearts was the frame rate issue at launch, the 70$ price, the endgame monsters to infuriating to fight, and needs more updates to flesh out. I feel like if the game took more time to cook and better organization, it would be better.
@@ItsHawxI think Wildhearts is perfectly good for a first game. Monster Hunter has had many years to refine itself, and expecting any new competitor to immediately be on par is unlikely. Wildhearts has potential, and if it gets a sequel or Iceborne-style DLC, then I feel it will finally be what we’re looking for.
Been playing mh for quite some time (including the first game to tri, eventually mhfZ, world and rise), i purchased wildheart just to try it and i would say the game is fun and have itsown uniqueness. One thing i would say wildheart did better was the character and npc module. However the downside was the movement of the monsters aka kemono in wildheart are too mechanic, doesnt feel polish enough even when it was shown in cinematic scenes. It just looks out of place compare to other things around it.
May be commenting at the start but after what you said there: I wonder the same thing! If it wasn't for finding RageGamingVideos a few years back, this game still would've been under the radar for me! Absolutely love this franchise and currently experiencing the older games. Just so much that it can't be put into words but the combat feels natural for the weapons next to how great the monster designs are. Even if some are irritating (looking at Bullfango and the smaller large monsters). Still remember the first time seeing Fatalis and then actually reaching it myself to then slaying it solo for the first time. Never will forget having 3 seconds left on the timer. Edit: Seeing gameplay from Ghosts of the Deep really kicks the burnout barrel for Destiny.
LOL yea I barely played destiny this season but I had the footage from my solo flawless run and it kinda just worked here. Initially I tried to get some Assassin's Creed footage but then I remembered I don't wanna play Valhalla 😂
@@ItsHawx A lot of the fun is missing from Destiny currently so never much to do aside from the story or dungeon. Need to finish Valhalla at some point but crown hunting has taken that time.
@@Fenyxclips do yourself a favor and don't finish valhalla unless you are like in the final few missions Heard it gets crazy drawn out. I am at a crossroads with destiny tbh. I do not enjoy it lately, bungie is pissing me off and I just don't see care or quality for the game going into Final Shape. I am heavily debating dropping destiny and maybe switching to diablo or something but since I have the annual pass Imma wait till TFS drops This just gave me a video idea 😀
@@ItsHawx May just play Valhalla there when bored out of my head if it's like that then. Planning to leave Destiny if TFS ends up worse than LF given how the content is currently handled. Switching to MH overall as it's just more fun to feel challenge than either steamroll or be steamrolled. Good luck with the video idea!
I honestly agree that it should be its own genre entirely. Monster Hunting genre, there are other examples although I only know dauntless as of now. I have heard others say its (technically) a soulslike genre which I disagree. But I see the reasoning behind it, but I still disagree.
Dauntless and Wild Hearts. I mentioned both at the end. Tho I do not believe Dauntless got anywhere near to what MH does and Wild Hearts got so close that it hurts to see it stumble right before the finish line due to a lack of balancing, lazy designs for monsters, armors and weapons and just a general lack of content
@@ItsHawx I have tried Dauntless, but I never felt invested, I don't know why. Maybe because of the lack of direction, I just got lost half the time... I never tried wild hearts, cuz I was too busy with Monster hunter lmao.
Another neat monster hunting game was Soul Sacrifice on the psvita. Pretty cool but nich game with a surprisingly good story but some very dumb fights (unfortunately)
9:22 I didn't know about this spot for the entirety of base rise and numerous months into Sunbreak and I found it on complete accident, MH man it does stuff sometimes.
Honestly, one of the best parts of this game is that there's usually 3 or 4 big monsters active on the map, and they usually have beef with eachother. I will never forget the time me and a couple lads were fighting a Barrioth in MHW, and just as it was about to wipe us, we hear a loud wet fart and a Rajang comes flying out of nowhere, beats the stuffing out of the Barrioth and then runs away.
12:52 Ye for god sake, they send Hunters to hunt world ending beings and that place is TO DANGEROUS??? There bouta be a fatalis every corner AT LEAST for the guild to say it’s to dangerous.
Your point at the beginning describing what type of game it is to me is the most succinct way to explain the appeal of the game, at least for me. Imagine a game that’s ONLY cool boss fights. Like the game eschews all the minor mindless enemies you have to slog through, weird frustrating puzzles, unnecessary open worlds and was just like, nah, instead here’s 50-80+ fun boss fights. Fights that if they were in any other game, would be major highlights, but in Monster Hunter, that’s just the whole game. The whole game is standout boss battles back to back to back.
@@ItsHawx takin a look at your channel, it’ll definitely take a bit of time to build yourself up if you’re talkin about a buncha different games, UA-cam’s a pain in the neck about it. But ya got a decent foothold. With that MH video. I will say, the title of your MH video is nice and attention grabby, maybe use it as a reference for your other video titles. Won’t claim to be an expert but I’m rootin for ya.
@@cr-volcanicah yea I have been told that jumping from game to game could hinder my growth but I would honestly hate covering the same game or same set of games over and over again. Like I do plan on covering MH6, maybe even quite a lot, but I want my niche to be my videp type. Not the games I speak of. Also yea I did take note that this title was apparently really attention grabbing with how many ppl mentioned it in the comments in one way or another
my personal favourite weapon is the insect glaive, I love just jumping around the place and powering up on the monsters blood to jump around even more, I also use the hammer too if I want some blunt damage just to deal pure massive damage, spin around and not care about sharpness
I have a bit over 8000 hours in monster hunter world with only my precious lance. And the clutch claw counter is perfect for it. Then stupid rise showed up, I got to hr 7 and went back. And how dare they not put my baby boy jho in there
Your clips of spiritbird hunting convinced me to download a mod to spawn a prism spiritbird at the start of every quest. Thanks for saving me a ton of time and never having to do that tedious bs ever again.
It's pretty incredible. I started with Rise and went all the way through Sunbreak. Like 200+ hours, maybe 300+. That's a huge amount of content. Then what's absurd is I can now go backwards into MH and there's still so much more and it's all still so good. I'm doinh MHGU now and enjoying it just as much as Rise.
Oh you have to get into MH3U as it seems as if we will never see underwater combat again, one has to experience the various underwater exclusive monsters and areas.
Hehehe Light Bowgun if for "status effects". As someone who's specifically used the Bowguns, I've never used much of the status ammo. I would say the difference between Light and Heavy is mainly the mobility and that Heavy Bowgun tends to do more damage than Light.
At the end you said that no other game has managed to topple mh and it's true despite the fact i have literally countless hours in the series "over 1000 JUST in world" games like dauntless which uses the same formula were unbearable to me i played it for 10 hours before i just stopped The only hunting game i genuinely got into is god eater to me its the only hunting game that really captures that feeling of classic mh
Thank you for watching till the end! I honestly have no idea what Dauntless was doing. Literally did everything wrong it could do wrong. Over monetized, shallow combat, bland combat areas, boring monster designs etc etc
Rise is more newcomer friendly but has a little less content. World is (compared to Rise) way more difficult but was also made for people to hop into the game for the first time. Really depends on what you are looking for. More grounded and difficult? World More wild and accessible? Rise
@@ItsHawxfor the base games alone yes World has more content than Rise, difficulty wise there around the same, but if you take the Masterrank Expansions for both games in mind Sunbreak has more Content and is way harder than Iceborne.
What can I say bro, Hammer took its spot LOL My previous script for this video even had an I think around 4 minute section just to talk about the posterchild weapon that is the GS but I scrapped that version 😂
Happened randomly upon this video, and very glad I did! Really good summary of what makes this franchise so great. Been stuck here since the very first game on the PS2 and it's still got its hooks in me and I don't see that changing anytime soon. Couldn't be happier. :D I do think the community views on the charge blade and the longsword are both a bit wacky, but it's all in good fun and memes at the end of the day. Though I would say that the ability to take zero damage with the longsword via counters does necessitate the player actually being good enough to counter everything, which definitely isn't the bulk of LS players I've seen. Including me. Goddamn I do my best though. Fffffuckin uhhh,, hashtag,, cringefail LS main squad. I may only counter about a quarter of half of the attacks that get launched at me but it's pretty great when it happens. Also I appreciate the mention of the "not-strictly-canon" lore with the Ancient Civilization. I know it's contentious stuff in the fanbase cuz of how many people are 100% purist with the lore, but personally I love the theories about the zany bullshit they got up to before Fatalis merked em. Especially a fan of how Frontier dabbled a bit deeper into those aspects of the lore. Though then that gets people arguing about if Frontier is or isn't canon and blehh, it's exhausting. Til Capcom fully commits to yes or no on things like the EDW I like to imagine them as potentially canon just because of how interesting the concept is.
you can say i am a newbie cuz my first ever monster hunter game was ris ethat i bouth like month ago but really i have been watching youtubers play this for maybe a couple of years so would i stil count as a newbie or my viewing counts as being apart of this franchise
Interesting, well I personally wouldn't consider myself a newbie even though I only began with MHW in 2018. But I fell in love with it so hard I basically know all the lore, mechanics and secrets of most of all the games.
@@jakubtrapp3509 I would say world forward counts as newcomers. I myself started in 2008 with freedom unite which was second generation We are now in 5th gen MH and going into 6th gen next year
@@ItsHawx beacause there is many quests and dangerous monster and you canbring 4 beacause in canon every other hunter is on their own quest so you can have only 4 i quess
I adore Rise, I feel like it's the Devs love letter to their fans, World is cool, but doesn't have any charm, it's like that angsty teenager that only wants to be cool. While Rise is oozing with lovely aesthetics and actual memorable characters.
man i 100% agree i dont understand how MH isnt as popular as souls games while recently selling around the same level Elden ring the biggest souls game has sold 20million+ world has sold 20million+ (if we counted the master edition which is world+ the DLC) 5th gen alone sold like 50+ million world 20 (around 21 or 22)+ iceborne 10+ rise 13+ sunbreak 6 million thats in 6 years only bruh from 2018 until 2023 AND SOMEHOW PEOPLE BARELY KNOW ABOUT MONSTER HUNTER my friend once said: *maybe because the people who play monster hunter play basically monster hunter and only monster hunter, barely touching other games* and i admit im basically only play MH and LoL barely touching other games lol
I guess you could assume that as World was the first game where it reached mass market appeal and sales it just wasn't on anyone's radar except for those that already knew of it. Plus if you go back to handheld MH era you can read up on how the MH devs were always denied a proper marketing campaign
You are kinda missing the point of the issue. 1. Why did they ever think that would be an enjoyable thing to do? With how hard some endgame monsters hit you are REQUIRED to get the spiribirds to not get almost 1 shot. 2. The skill that spawns spiribirds for you (I am assuming that is the one you mean, feel free to correct me) is AYBSSMALLY slow. By the time I get to the monster STILL may not have full health. I DO NOT understand why eating doesn't max out your health like it did IN EVERY OTHER GAME. But allows you to max your health out via birds. This isn't about "if you don't like it, don't do it" Surviving in the endgame without max health is not fun. The spiribird skill, unless it got a major buff that I missed, will give you random buffs periodically so you cannot ensure to have max health first. Bad mechanics should be called out, not tolerated.
Frontier is my favorite. People call it over the top, too difficult, not "Monster Hunter". These same people have never played it. They don't know.. they don't know how much they're missing out on.
Dunno if you noticed it in the beginning but I actually started Frontier a while ago (haven't gotten back to it yet) but I plan on working my way up the HRs and even make a video on it in the future. People saying it is not an MH game just dunno how to have fun 😂
@@ItsHawx haha, you should try putting it to portable mode if you didn't do that yet. Also, setting evasion camera to option 2 makes you evade like how you would in the recent games.
As much as a lot of people dislike Monster Hunter Rise, I appreciate and love Rise so much because it is the only Monster Hunter Game I got my irl friends play consistently to the point where we actually finished the game, including Sunbreak. It has been the most accessible monster hunter game specially for new comers to the series. Plus it's like the reincarnation of my very first monster hunter game, MHP3rd. Amatsu is my favorite monster ever since I faced him in MHP3rd. Some other stuff I noticed in MHR that I really like, 1. It had a lot flagship monster reruns (e.g. Gore Magala, Seregios, Valstrax, etc.). It feels like a celebration of past monster hunter games ("Everyone is here" kind of moment), to be brought in the new generation. 2. Had a very diversed monster line up. I think it almost had all monster types except Snake Wyverns? Which I desperately want but understand the limitation of what they can do for now since they weren't able to bring Lagiacrus back when in fact it was planned due to physics and collisions maybe. It would be much harder to implement a snake wyvern if Lagiacrus can't be implemented yet. 3. MHR also confirmed Frontier being canon. To bring Espinas in the new gen means we can possibly get more Frontier Monsters which would be awesome! They didn't say that Frontier monsters couldn't come back but I did not expect them to actually do it. Who knows maybe we can get Origin and/or Zenith Species! This is from what I experience playing the game for over 1000 hours, so you or others might feel different about it and it's ok. I am excited for the next Mainline game since technically MHR was made by the Portable Team, while the Mainline Team is probably on going (or about to finish?) another Monster Hunter Game! Happy Hunting!
Ah I cannot find the exact source I got it from but I hope this works for you staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/4095/images/1888/1888-1669223696-1899063260.jpeg
People like you always just make me wonder why did you wait 19 years? Freedom unite was pretty known at its time and 3u and 4u definitely brought more and more. Why did 90% of the players start on the shittiest game of the series 😂 i never get it
Y'know when I first bought World, I played for two hours and then dropped the game, that was in like 2017 and I didn't touch the game again until Iceborne came out... Little did I know Monster Hunter would become my favourite game series ever and I'd put 2000+ hours into it across World and Rise. Even while writing this comment I just got done killing a Rathian and Rathalos in an event quest in Rise (on that layered armour grind). Once the drip marketing starts for the next game my hype will know no bounds, I believe it's gonna be the best MH game yet. It's gonna take what made everyone love World and expand upon it. The way i see it is World was just a test for Capcom to see what they could do with the upgraded specs of a non-handheld console and in the next game they're gonna put what they've discovered to work.
Monsters in monster hunter design is awesome. The design itself talk in the first encounter you fight them. Oh he got wings? Expect him to fly. This one is two horned lizard? Expect bullfight and get rammed despite of his wings, you know it is more like a buldozer. Dang monke got buffed arms. Expect him throwing boulder at you. Except Rajang. He throws a whole cliff. Why is this one reminds me of Dracula? Expect fighting a big lizard with dracula attribute.
As someone who's never played Monhun before, here are my thoughts: 1:25 How have I not played any game of the franchise yet? Simple, I wasn't interested in RPG mechanics. Or beating up monsters in a fantasy setting, for that matter. I mostly play puzzle games, sometimes platformers, and rarely ever, action games. 2:37 Arguably, Dark Souls is a similar game. You don't need to care about engaging the weaker enemies, and if you're skilled enough, you can walk right past them, in order to get straight to the bosses. How much do you walk around in Monhun? And is there anything similar to the "outrunning enemies" part in Dark Souls compared to Monhun? That said, the HP and stamina (?) bars do strongly remind me of Dark Souls. Maybe they're just a common game design element Another honourable mention: Titan Souls. The bosses (called titans) are the only enemies to fight in the game, and they're really difficult. Chances are you'll be dying to them a lot. 8:43 Is that a good thing? Does complexity not raise the barrier of entry for a game? How easy is it to grasp the systems? I, for one, wouldn't have any fun at all trying to understand them; after all, I'm here for the action, not the menuing. 11:52 That's an interesting pitch, especially considering the real-life disregard of some people towards nature. I'm surprised that the ancient civilization didn't cause an ecological disaster, but maybe that just hits too close to home. 14:32 Does the player ever get to engage with those areas? Lore-wise, it would probably be a great opportunity. 19:08 Once again, is complexity a good thing? I have a feeling this many weapons could just lead to analysis paralysis. Then again, you don't get punished for choosing something you don't like, right? 19:49 No, this kind of mechanical variety is not unique to Monster Hunter at all. Any roguelike is built on the idea of giving you new tools and new opportunities to work and experiment with. Take Hades, for example, where while you only get six weapons to choose from, the game actively incentivizes exploring this variety by giving an item bonus for starting a run with a specific weapon. Usually this weapon will be one that you haven't used in a while. Furthermore, the wide variety of boons that you can get is enormous, and while not all combinations are useful, a lot of them can emergently create completely new styles of play that aren't even envisioned by the developers. 23:18 What I like about MH's monsters is that their behaviour isn't anthropocentric. Within the simulation that you get, obviously they'll only be there when you're close enough, because otherwise they would waste valuable RAM. But lore-wise, the monsters don't just serve as a barrier for you to overcome, they interact with each other and the game world too. For example, I've been told that you can get two monsters to start turf wars. And this capability for monsters to mechanically act independent from the player, I believe, is what sets Monster Hunter apart from a lot of games. 25:22 In the modern day, with the Games as a Service model and predatory monetization schemes, designing a game with engagement and fun in mind is always appreciated.
Monster Hunter does not have an open world akin to Dark Souls. You have a hub in which you do everything from tending to your farm, forging armor or eating food and the hunting areas. Those you access by choosing a quest/expedition. So you will most likely never have to run past anything as you have to in Dark Souls. Small monsters are there to (and this is just in my humble opinion) essentially fill the world with stuff so it feels more alive. None of the small monsters pose any significant threat on their own. Side fact: Monster Hunter 1 actually came out before Dark Souls 1 :D The complexity in the various systems can be a lot but it is not like you have to understand them all fully. That is what the community is for or you can even outright ignore some systems. Sharpness for example is essentially a system you can fully avoid thinking about past "oh shit my sharpness is at yellow, time to sharpen". Other more complex systems that you eventually will have to face such as food buffs and skills have been simplified in more recent games but as this was a franchise overview I just spoke about how it is in most games. Nowadays they are extremely easy to grasp unless you have issues understanding some terms but again you can just ask the community about those. Oh yea the reverence for life in this universe is so interesting. One thing that comes to mind for me is the story of the Elder Dragon that lived in a bamboo forest with very strong and sturdy bamboo and can control its growth made a "deal" with villagers that lived nearby in which they are only allowed to take what they need and if they dared to take more the elder dragon would destroy them. They took more in the end. Hmmm not that I recall. The Player is always a Hunter. Hunters are not needed in the safe areas. So we don't get to see them. But we can read about them in the lore or speech bubbles. Complexity in the case of the weapons can make or break the game for you. For the people that like to stick around and just try some stuff out the complexity here is amazing. But for people that expect MH to be a game that allows you to just wail on a monster and have it be dead in a minute without understanding the movesets it will be the wall that they won't be able to overcome. So it is more about the player. Are you willing to sit down for a few quests, try out a weapon and its moves or not? Also thank you for watching the video fully!
The best way to compare MH to Dark Souls is to say they took out most of the exploration aspect (including the small enemy encounters) and made the combat way better (especially for engaging against large enemies).
My own thoughts: -About the ancient civilization, it's largely psuedocanon in a sense and very vague in the game's lore. Not something often referred to at all. The "lore" is usually mostly focused on the ecology of the monsters, and maybe just the situation around whatever village the game takes place in. "Humans get punished for exploiting nature" isn't a common theme in the series, and the stories are usually based on just trying to protect a home village or the ecosystem. -The complexity is not that deep for a lot of systems. Sharpness just simply depletes as you hit enemies, and keeping sharpness high is better. Armor skills aren't that complicated, you just build toward skills that might be useful for your weapon. So it's not tough to get into, and armor skills also aren't that important until later. Furthermore, just building complete sets can give you decent skills geared toward a particular weapon, or general offensive/defensive skills. Mixing and matching armor sets to minmax skills is completely optional, and I think it's a strength of the series that any incentive to farm something is all decided by what the player wants to make, as opposed to a battle pass or something.
Technically, I started in 4U, but I couldn't get past the firt Kecha Wacha in the Low Rank, whatever the Rank was called back then, and I just put the game down for a while. Then came Rise. I got it for the Christmas before last. I've sunk around 300 hours now. Including Sunbreak. Honestly, it was nice to have a game that starts out easier. I just did all the Village Rank Quests until I completed everything except for the Quest that unlocks after High Rank. It was nice, doing everything solo. It forced me to take my time and learn. And that shiz really paid off in High Rank and Master Rank. And I have a few good stories of where I got "into the zone" against a monster. What I mean by that is all that was in my head was seeing the death screen of the current monster I'm hunting. I don't feel anything other than the drive to see the death screen. I'm not angry, sad, happy, upset, or anything else except absolute focus. Every move I make is perfect for letting me continuously attack the monster, only getting hit by low-damage attacks that won't knock my character down, and perfectly rolling out of the hitbox of attacks that would. I am able to perfectly read the monster's movements, know exactly what attack it's about to go for, and I know the exact timing I need to perform my reaction. It becomes a dance. And I'm leading. Because after the monster makes its next major attack and I get out the way, I run back towards the monster, and swing ny Greatsword until I need to run again. But I don't think. I just do. My fingers know what directions I need to move the joysticks and what buttons I should press. Because I still do take damage. So I need to get out of there and heal. It's fu**ing amazing!
I terms of design why didn't you talk about the rotten vale with the Odogaron or the Vaal Hazak??? I think they offer more in terms of creativity and will to make their world believable than any travel could due to the parallels with isolated and ressource scarce spaced like tunnels and abysses with the Vaal being a gardener trying to maintain it's ecosystem for everyone's benefit and Odogaron utilizing everything in the vale and the other regions around it to survive like badgers do.
I came into this with world. Came in a year late. As it looked like a cheesy Dino hunter hack and slash. I watched skill ups review a year after he dropped it and then I was like ok I’ll try it. Changed my life. Defiantly not a cheap Dino hack and slash. This game made me tear up the first time I played it. It was the dragon I’ve been chasing since forever.
At it’s heart I consider MH an action rpg with greatly designed enemies, action and some great minor exploration. I don’t really consider it a hunting game because the vast majority of hunting is the journey and not necessarily the fight. In MH the fight is epic.
If someone got inspired to get their 1st MH game, I would buy MH World over MH Rise. The drastic drop in graphics compared to world made me quit rise half-way through and go back to world. (Maybe it gets better later on and no clue how good the dlc is, maybe someone has opinions in favor of rise, but that's just my opinion with 770h in world and 30h in rise)
this guy knows how to tug on my heartstrings brings up 3u theme with the 4u trailer...and 4u easily being the greatest monster hunter that needs the graphic kick up
Had around 4000 to 5000 hours in World. Only thing that annoyed me in world was the deco grind. And it never got so bad that I dropped the game. In Rise a LOT more annoyed me to the point where I dropped the game after Title Update 2 and returned to it a few months ago. From the unifinished state it released in, the lacking endgame back in vanilla rise, the lack of a good charm farm to sunbreak's entire anomaly system. Having to hunt a monster for so long to get it to an absurd level requirement to even unlock a certain item is asinine. Rise in my opinion is way worse than World, the most popular monster hunter game in the world mind you, ever could be.
@@ItsHawx100% true World > Rise. Not to mention the quality title updates, sieges, a collaboration with a monster in said collab (FF, The Witcher) Grinding is world is more rewarding since you farm the actual decos from different monsters that makes you wanna grind more rarher than craftable ones. More satisfying combat. Oh even the base world has more content than the base rise, better match making, and alot more to mention. It's subjective but pretty sure majority of playerbase agree that world is better than rise. Unless rise is the player's first MH game.
@@ItsHawx As someone who literally platinumed MH Rise/Sunbreak two days ago; I can say that while Rise in a completed state is better than World in my opinion, the reasons for this aren't technically the game's fault and with a few tweaks I might have played World all the way until Iceborne released instead of dropping it and then picking it back up later... The first issue I had with World/Iceborne is how Offline play was handled... specifically; the lack of a Pause button, the amount of times I've had to abort a quest before of stuff outside of the game is a major factor in my original departure from MHW after 150 hours of playtime, by the time Iceborne was finished; I had over 1000 hours of playtime and if I'm honest it was only the last few monsters like Alatreon and Fatalis that actually forced me to become a more competent hunter, as World was the first MH game I actually put serious time into and I'd come to rely on SOS flares before that point (for reference, before World; I had fought Great Jaggi in the MH4U demo at school, and then I later rage quit to low rank Gyceros in MH Generations on the 3DS and didn't return until years later) So with just ONE change, i.e. the ability to pause while playing offline; MHW changes for the better... I'd even go as far to say that I probably wouldn't have stopped playing World if it had a pause button I definitely loved Iceborne more than World (I caught up to everyone else by the time Raging Brachydios was all the rage, no pun intended) probably because unlike in World, where I looked at Behemoth, Lunastra and the ATs with awe and fear (even if my HR was high enough, I wasn't game to fight them) in Iceborne; I saw the trailers for Alatreon, I saw this all powerful monster and I was super pumped to fight it and to my shock; my go-to strategy of relying on others for help disappeared instantly... Because I wasn't the only one fighting this beast for the first time, EVERYONE was and so everyone was struggling to beat Alatreon, after 3 days of chipping away at it, I managed to slay the beast with help from another player... it was easily the toughest enemy I'd faced in ANY videogame, and yet; if that monster was brought to Sunbreak right now, I'd slaughter it in an instant, not before it's easy... but because I have faced the beast before, I know it's attacks and how to deal with them I actually proved this fact a while ago... I did a second playthrough of World with the intent of recording Fatalis' intro... but I also had a grander idea, to slay the Black Dragon on my first try... I managed to do so, with underlevelled, unaugmented gear before I even reached MR 50, with 2 minutes remaining... I actually have the video on UA-cam if you're interested World is probably objectively a better MH game, and with a few tweaks I'd agree that World/Iceborne are the best of all time... but as someone who played Rise from the start (even waking up a few hours before I had to go to work to get my save file ready for the afternoon when I get home) from base Rise on the Switch, to playing it again on PC, to Sunbreak on PC and then more recently Sunbreak on the Switch; the games basically been my life for the last year of two, so I am a bit biased in saying that I think Rise is better than World... simply put, I was there from the very start, seen it's ups and downs... and will be there until the next game is released, and when the next game is released; I'll repeat this process again!
@@deinonychus1948 Imagine someone playing an MH game and then NOT getting excited for the next one. I would honestly love to meet that person cuz I cannot imagine such a person existing
@@ItsHawx In regards to the next game; there are also many things from Rise/Sunbreak that SHOULD be in the next game, namely: -Switch Skills: We need them to return, it allows for weapons to be played in many different ways, for example; Hammer, Strength Hammer is the base style and perfect for raw damage, but swap to Courage Hammer and boom; it's an elemental powerhouse! -Palamutes: I love dogs, and given how large the maps can get; having a fast mode of transport is a must -Wall Running: No Wirebugs, but they could easily repurpose the Clutch Claw for grappling onto walls instead and have a character in-game say "Many hunters complained how cumbersome this tool is when used to actively attack a monster, so we modified it for use in exploration" -Relic Records: Because it means more lore and more collectibles, and by extention; more reason to explore -Followers: Because it means that if we return to the New World, we will get to see the Admiral fight a Rajang with his bare hands! -Hazard Quests: Because Advanced quests are so last generation lol If THESE were mixed with the good stuff from World; you'd pretty much have a perfect game!
Mh is the best rpg. You are a hunter and it is your decision you choose what role you would like to play within the hunt. Not only are there roles but with gear being you're main way of leveling up your character you have complete freedom to be creative and find ways to get passed channeling fights.... There's no sitting and killing boars over and over to level up but instead seeing an opportunity to hunt multiple different monsters to get pieces of equipment that will create a build that fits your own personal play style. Not to mention the fact that every weapon is characteristic to a fighting game with combos you can execute within windows of the monsters move set. It think the biggest reason why people don't get into monster hunter is because the discovery and execution of actually playing the game is the best part and with so many tiny details that create an massive picture mixed with the foreign aspects of the game just not "feeling" like any other game it's a lot to digest for new players.
I don't know, have you tried persona? Or maybe zelda? God of War? I can keep going. Im not saying they're better than this game. Just trying to highlight the boldness of your statement.
I have all the named games except for persona. And yes I still do believe MH tops them all. But these videos are just my opinion. You are very welcome to disagree and say MH is NOT the best if you do believe so
"Once you hunt your first large monster, you most likely won't hunt a small monster again" Rajang and Kirin: "Am I a joke to you?" Ok in all seriousness, this video is SPOT ON... I never understood why this game doesn't get more recognition. Everybody wanna talk about Souls games and elden ring etc... where do they think those games got their algorithm from? 😂 This is where it all started. And the franchise has never missed. Every single game has been AMAZING
I remember when world came out and a lot of people said MH had a ‘caveman’ stint and - very ‘dinosaur’ era flair… after I started with MHgen and went out fighting in the cute Wycademy ‘office lady’ uniform and the Wycademy having a massive fleet of airships. I was like- the f@k are these people talking about?
Anyone else know that one guy who you’d love to play with but they don’t like that it’s pretty much all bosses? I would argue so is Elden Ring after your first play through, except you don’t have to deal with a bunch of annoying enemies on the way to the boss or Invaders who just use the cheesiest gear imaginable in Monster Hunter.
Hey there guys! If you wanna take a look at the map I used in the video here is the link:
www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/y8xz3k/i_tried_making_a_world_map_of_the_old_world_in/?context=3
You can also find the link in the description of the video!
i just love monster hunter, thank you for making this video, my first monster hunter game was MH4U and when i played it when i ACTUALLY knew how to play games, i swear i fell in love with monster hunter
@@Shinjiuuuh No problem I just love talking about games :D
Monster Hunter isn't just a game
Its a lifestyle
Its a drug🥴🥴🥴
@daorasama 100% and I'm a fuckin addict
@@Lator_the_Gator NOT ONLY AM I ADDICTED TO IT, IM A FLIPPING DEALER OF IT
Hammer bros for life
@@thequadrants7075how much the 4U?
Didn’t even MENTION THE MUSIC!!!
I am sorry 😢
Right? The music has the power to make you feel invincible even against the god of all monsters
Proof of a Hero is helluva drug
The music alone can carry the franchise.
With the exception of Khezu, the monster themes are pure audio magic.
In gen 1 and 2 small monsters had a big role in fights, as the paving and openings were slow, focusing them down can be optimal and are totally part of the fight to hunt. Also to stop melynx from taking max potions.
And the fucking bullfangos
It's a love hate gimmicks lol
Love it because it gave nuances of being "thrown" in to the wild where everything tried to kill you while hating it for unnecessary faint rofl
I just started MHXX on the 3ds, and those blangongas, hermitaurs, renoplous, bullfangos, etc toy with me like ragdoll :U
Playing Freedom Unite, and got slightly tapped by a Blango that somehow stunned me which lead the Tigrex I was fighting to charge and kill me. I have never wanted to strangle a fictional creature more than when that happened.
Describing the fights as dances is soo accurate. Truly once you’ve fought and learned a monster so well you develop this odd affinity for them.
Sounds super nerdy cuz it’s all pixels and code but the way they’re presented and how much life they have…
There’s nothing else like it. Got my favorite monster, Nergigante, tattood on me arm out of respect for the best franchise ever.
Oh shit you got a tattoo from him? Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice my dude!
Tattoo!! That’s on another level.
Yes I have played xenoblade. Oh and monster hunter.
Mh really has made it hard to play certain types of games though, after getting into this series with mh3u, other action games were just not fun to play anymore. Heck that first year most other games just were not fun to play anymore.
Yup, xenoblade and Monster Hunter are my go to games.
They Just never miss
so many games have combat systems that are just flat out trash. Its all fancy graphics without substance. Thankfully there are still games like monster hunter that really know how to make satisfying and engaging gameplay. Melee focused games in general seem to have really good and addicting combat systems- mh, sekiro, mordhau or vermintide just to name a few
Ah, a man of culture. Seriously I always joke and tell people the Xenoblade is more Final Fantasy than Final Fantasy has been for quite some time
Nice video, I think it's rather interesting and overall a decent summary of some of the very many aspects that come together to make Monster Hunter what it is as a franchise.
Here's an unreasonably large amount of thoughts:
About the genre talk at the start, monhun actually is sometimes referred to as its own genre with a term that already exists, "hunting RPG". It was also special for an action game in that gen 1-4 had a rather more proactive style of combat as opposed to reactive, which gen 5 is more on the other side of. This doesn't make gen 5 worse or anything, but it is a bit less unique in that sense.
Also about the story section: It's a bit more varied than that. For example, in Rise, Magnamalo wasn't considered the cause of the Rampage to begin with, but was an issue alongside it. In GU, guild and village story are separate, as they were from gen1-4; Valstrax and Ahtal-Ka are completely separate issues, and both stories there are resolved upon taking them down.
And earlier, gen 3 for example did the "Flagship isn't the cause of the issue" route with Lagiacrus.
I do admittedly think the section on the world is a bit too psuedocanon, as the Equal Dragon Weapon and ancient war were just concepts that were never necessarily put into the series. Even Fatalis is arguably interpretable as rather just very territorial. Point being, it's debatable and very much up for interpretation, and as such is something I think people should be encouraged to find for themselves. An ancient civilization *did* exist and fall, but it doesn't necessarily mean that the world itself is entirely post apocalyptic. I wouldn't consider it such, and especially not in tone. For something so subtle and a video targeted at people without knowledge of the series, I'd say it's both a little stretching the bounds of the conversation and possibly giving people the wrong idea that this is all objective lore of the series, which is already somewhat widely proliferated misconception.
If you wanna read them, some random nitpicks and trivia:
-Longsword was actually the most popular weapon before Rise even, and probably for a good few games in a row. I guess it's just got a strong and adaptable move set with interesting combos, decent mobility, and decent speed.
-I think "starter weapon" is a bit of a misconception of SnS now, and to my knowledge even the devs had something to that degree. Granted, the combos aren't that tough, and as everyone says, you don't need to know how to Perfect Rush in order to use it. It's pretty versatile in general, but not exactly a specialist in anything imo.
-Gimmicks haven't just been a thing lately; Most of the main releases have some sort of game changing gimmick, whether it be underwater combat or the introduction of swimming.
I like the editing and style, as it's engaging and fits the script, but also doesn't constantly spam jokes so much that it's over the top.
Also, the Lao-Shan Lung's walk speed at 14:30 is way too fast. smh entire video ruined.
Thank you for the hyper detailed thoughts 😂
Also I tried making the Lao Shan Lung move slower at first but it looked way too awkward
Edit: Also yea I don't like spamming jokes. I would be too much work aside from it being annoying to the viewer
I think monster hunter fits comfortably in the “post-post apocalypse” feeling. Civilization wise its definitely “rebuilding” compared to most of the ancient stuff. I could compare it to the horizon series. Personally i think fatalis works best as the walking apocalypse he was treated as in iceborne. His design is weirdly alien to monster hunter. Along with saafi jiiva as well. Im a normal fantasy dragon and that feels wrong works well for what is a couple of super powerfull end bosses.
@@cuccoinferno1189 Him appearing out of a black hole in his white fatalis form, or his armor mutating, erasing or driving the hunter insane or his eyes being yellow crystals make him feel even more eldritch
@@cuccoinferno1189 I guess "post post apocalypse" can work, that's a different type of setting than post apocalyptic.
However, the entire concept of Fatalis being otherworldly is something that can be seen as retroactively applied after Iceborne emphasized it.
Prior to gen 5, you'd rarely see people calling Fatalis otherworldly. It was a fantasy dragon in a game full of wyverns with a style based on "normal animals souped up". White Fatalis was always "godly", but normal Fatalis wasn't always seen that way to such a great degree. In a certain sense, it could be said to be more alien to *our* world than Monster Hunter's itself, due to not really sharing characteristics with animals from our world, but instead being a literal fantasy creature.
But that doesn't make that huge of a difference to this discussion imo, just about Fatalis conceptually.
FWIW, ,my interpretation on the legends around its armor and parts is that they're likely just legends sparked by peoples' fear and perceptions of Fatalis- Since we almost never see evidence proving the particularly outlandish things mentioned from it actually happen. A lot of weapon and armor pieces have descriptions that are heavily exaggerated, so that would line up. Sorry for the essay, I just had a lot of thoughts on Fatalis mythos lmao.
@@Marxeru fair enough on fatalis’s strangeness mostly being applied by iceborne. Personally i like haveing a few creatures that just feel “wrong” when compared to the rest of the world. Would love to see dire miralis get almost the same treatment if we ever see underwater combat again.
The intro played the MH tri theme and all the memories came flooding back, no pun intended.
I almost shed a tear, almost....
Thats it im gonna try to teach my nephew how to be a hunter.
Yeeees indoctrinate him tooooo
now's a great time to give Tri a try with the community bringing Loc Lac back
"All weapons are viable in one way or another."
While that is true in the mainline series. There was one weapon in the Frontier series that made Hammers largely obsolete. That is the Magnet Spike, and my goodness is it a hilarious weapon that seems to come straight from Devil May Cry.
I watched some gameplay of that thing and I just don't understand it. Hopefully I will get some time to unlock for myself at some point but there are so many other good games coming out so soon 😅
@@ItsHawxessentially, there are two modes, and one special movement option. The modes are Blunt Mode and Sharp Mode, which change your damage type as well as your moveset. The movement option is being able to shoot a magnetic node onto a monster, and being able to pull or push yourself towards/away from the node. You also build up a magnetic status on monsters as you hit them, and can perform a special move (think Gunlance’s Wyvern’s Fire or Charge Blade’s SAED) on them when they’re fully magnetized.
11:00 thats really interesting, ive played a lot of monster hunter for years. I NEVER knew this game was post apocolyptic
cool video man, thumbs up
It explains the ruins present in a lot of the maps of the game as well as the fear of fatalis
Some people see it more as fatalis destroyed the kingdom of schrade only but I see it as the world cuz the ruins are spread across continents. And not just in schrade.
@@ItsHawx If the world is post-apocalypse, and if there is lore supporting that, then sure.
But, could it not also be that humanity is just that old? Kingdoms rise and fall, war and famine, rivers change course and dry up. People just leave, and a hotspot for strong monsters is an incentive to move early rather than try to stick it out as long as possible. Quite a few of Rise/Sunbreak maps are examples of non-Fatalis caused destruction/abandonment of human lands.
I'm not surprised that people had no idea about MH existence before MH:W.
It's used to be locked to the console and even an exclusive title for certain console.
While lots of hunter (probably from newer gen) complaining about inability to cross platform, I'm just happy it's playable through multiple platforms.
But yeah, in this time and age cross platform would be awesome
I liked how you went into explaining some of the differences between wyverns and dragons. Grew up steeped in dnd monster ecology so it is cool to see other people know things.
I always get upset at people that see something with scales and breathes fire and say "oh a dragon!!!!!" like I know it is petty and no once cares but that is a wyvern bro come on 😭
Same with drakes or the like.
@@ItsHawx yea it is kinda wild… it kinda gets me going on the etymology of words and also how so many things are mispronounced nowadays it bothers me.
@@ItsHawxdepending upon where you are in the world, Wyvern/drake/etc can mean the same thing as dragon. I do agree that people should use the distinction that the subject media uses.
a wyvern is still a dragon wether you like it or not, like a dragon does not need to look like a traditional dragon in order to be one.
I've known about Monster Hunter since I was 9 (this was when Tri was the newest game,) but I recently got into the series like two years ago, and I'm glad I did. Playing the games have been some of my favorite moments in gaming, and Sunbreak quickly shot up to one of my all time favorite games I've played.
Planning on revisiting Tri online since the new community servers are a thing, that's the one I started with and have my fondest memories from. (I also REALLY miss the underwater hunts!)
Same here
Tri was my first multiplayer experience.
I remember as a kid playing the fuck out of the original MH on PS2 and really wishing I could play multiplayer, if nothing else just to access more content. I knew nothing about technology at that point, I was like 12 or something, and when I eventually worked out I could run an ethernet cable to the PS2, the servers had been down for years. I was so sad.
Then, I never had a PSP so couldn't play the portable ones. So my next game was Tri and oh my god did I play that game so much. It really helped solidify my love of the series.
great vid been playin since 3u and don't plan on stopping
Based and water pilled
14:31 Well, if Joe happens to live in the place you show in the background, he absolutely will see monsters in his lifetime. Probably quite a few of them, even. That place is Dundorma and it is basically the military headquarter of the guild, surrounded by highly defensible fortifications that were built because it keeps on getting attacked by monsters and even bloody elder dragons all the time. So, Dundorma is as unsafe as a city is gonna get.
I mean the guy is the Hub Quest Handler for MH GenU so of course he will see a lot of monsters but I used his PNG as I couldn't find a good villager npc png
@@ItsHawx lmao, yeah. I was thinking "Joe there has had a run in with Bloodbath Diablos itself"
Idk whats up with that city loving to get attacked by elders.
My first game in the franchise was Monster Hunter: World. Pre order was available on the PC and I thought it looked neat. Once I adapted to mechanics something in my head clicked and bam - I was addicted. I have now 400 hours in Word and 450 in Rise. I even learned Charge Blade. This is the first grind game I played which never makes grind boring.
Also shoutout to Hunting Horn mains.
damn nice!
Always got to wonder how the most boring game of the series brought in 90% of the playerbase. Its beyond me
@@lecommenter8528looks good
I've played every monster hunter since Tri, so I already knew everything but I was still curious about the video. Good job, you encapsulated the essence of Capcom's best franchise well
The designs The music The fighting
That was really good video ma guy! Keep it up!
highly appreciated! if you have any constructive criticism don't hesitate!
@@ItsHawx dude was weiß ich...
I'd say work on your thumbnails a bit, they feel very...amateurish and don't accurately reflect the quality of the video. Make 'em more dynamic or something, pick a better font and make the image and text interact with another (i have no idea how to make good thumbnails🫠)
True Gae Bulge
@@zergtoss1 wha-
@@ShikiRyougi05 the real name of an insect glaive in mh world and a play on words with the original poster liking the content creator vid and calling him ma guy rofl
"Best Franchise is Gaming"
GogDamn FAX ❤️🔥🔥
I 100% believe MH is the best gaming franchise, and this isn't nostalgia, I only started with MHW in 2018 and fell in love with it.
Pros:
.Best Combat in the entire gaming landscape
.Best environment design in gaming
. Best Boss design in gaming
. Best RPG Gear system in gaming
. Best weapon design in gaming
. Best Armour design in gaming
. One of the best soundtracks/music in gaming
_And most importantly...._
. Best Community in gaming
Cons:
. People who don't at least give it a try
agree with most of it barring 2 points but yes totally agreed otherwise
Won't say the best,
But you're right , just avoid meta build discussions and you're good to go
@@ItsHawx cool👍
Just curious, which 2 parts would you not necessarily agree with
@@MisfortunaExo I basically only listen to Ragegamingvideos and Arekkz when it comes to Meta and don't question them. Just as long as my dude is somewhat powerful then I don't mind which one is the absolute best etc. etc.
@@thmistrapillay1811 i would highly recommend the jinx and tuna server for meta sets
In it the community makes properly mathed out meta sets which they post in a google doc that gets updated with each update
Plus it is server of a former friend!
I did not play Wildhearts, but it looked like it had potential, but indeed one thing that drove me away from giving it a shot was how it looked almost soulless, focused too hard on trying to take from the Monster Hunter crowd but one thing devs often forget about this tactic is that you'll be fighting a very uphill battle if your target audience is a fanbase already dedicated to another game. People very seldom just swap from their established game, the attachment is too strong.
BUT people forget what came before Wildhearts by the same studio that I suspect may have been a step forward for Monster Hunter too, Toukiden. Toukiden was actually fantastic imo as a more casual and accessible hunting action game rather than emulating as close to a 1:1 ratio to Monster Hunter, it focused more on Story, characters, having its own unique identity and progression system while also reducing the downtime between hunts by shortening the preparation step and cutting to the hunting as quickly as possible. I loved playing it just as much because it wasn't Monster Hunter. But they also made large open maps and a "slinger/clutch claw" before Capcom with their connected large maps and the demon hand in Toukiden 2. I loved that game and I'm happy to see that Monster Hunter moved forward in Monster Hunter World in a similar fashion to what Toukiden 2 tried to do with the hunting action formula, in parts doing it better with the Monster Hunter style I love so much (even if in some parts it fell flat like body part tenderizing breaking the pacing of the hunt, though I think Safi'Jiiva handled it well).
i just wish they worked on Wild Hearts for a bit longer cuz it was SO TANTALIZINGLY CLOSE to being a good MH rival
I think it’s kinda unfair to call wildhearts soulless from looking at it and not trying to understand it. To start off Wildhearts isn’t a game to take away any fan base like MH and instead to coexist with it. The building system adds a new mechanic to fighting monsters and adds to the map. In fact I feel like freedom of building your camp and placing your contraption’s anywhere in future encounters adds immersion which gives it a unique take compared to world. The locales also gives the vertical height as good as mh rise.
The weapons both feels unique and satisfies the average mh player. The Kimeno’s although not as iconic as established monsters, feels unique because they look like animals corrupted by nature compared to mh where monsters adapt to nature. The designs are also pretty good my personal favorite being lavaback.
As for the details I really like is how you chop the parts of certain kimono like lavaback, he jumps repeatedly and rubs his severed tail in pain similar to how humans when we get injured or deathstalker (the ice wolf) when you cut the tail of he howls in pains for a short time.
Honestly I think the real issue of wildhearts was the frame rate issue at launch, the 70$ price, the endgame monsters to infuriating to fight, and needs more updates to flesh out. I feel like if the game took more time to cook and better organization, it would be better.
@@ItsHawxI think Wildhearts is perfectly good for a first game. Monster Hunter has had many years to refine itself, and expecting any new competitor to immediately be on par is unlikely. Wildhearts has potential, and if it gets a sequel or Iceborne-style DLC, then I feel it will finally be what we’re looking for.
Been playing mh for quite some time (including the first game to tri, eventually mhfZ, world and rise), i purchased wildheart just to try it and i would say the game is fun and have itsown uniqueness. One thing i would say wildheart did better was the character and npc module. However the downside was the movement of the monsters aka kemono in wildheart are too mechanic, doesnt feel polish enough even when it was shown in cinematic scenes. It just looks out of place compare to other things around it.
May be commenting at the start but after what you said there: I wonder the same thing! If it wasn't for finding RageGamingVideos a few years back, this game still would've been under the radar for me! Absolutely love this franchise and currently experiencing the older games. Just so much that it can't be put into words but the combat feels natural for the weapons next to how great the monster designs are. Even if some are irritating (looking at Bullfango and the smaller large monsters). Still remember the first time seeing Fatalis and then actually reaching it myself to then slaying it solo for the first time. Never will forget having 3 seconds left on the timer.
Edit: Seeing gameplay from Ghosts of the Deep really kicks the burnout barrel for Destiny.
LOL yea I barely played destiny this season but I had the footage from my solo flawless run and it kinda just worked here. Initially I tried to get some Assassin's Creed footage but then I remembered I don't wanna play Valhalla 😂
@@ItsHawx A lot of the fun is missing from Destiny currently so never much to do aside from the story or dungeon. Need to finish Valhalla at some point but crown hunting has taken that time.
@@Fenyxclips do yourself a favor and don't finish valhalla unless you are like in the final few missions
Heard it gets crazy drawn out.
I am at a crossroads with destiny tbh. I do not enjoy it lately, bungie is pissing me off and I just don't see care or quality for the game going into Final Shape. I am heavily debating dropping destiny and maybe switching to diablo or something but since I have the annual pass Imma wait till TFS drops
This just gave me a video idea 😀
@@ItsHawx May just play Valhalla there when bored out of my head if it's like that then.
Planning to leave Destiny if TFS ends up worse than LF given how the content is currently handled. Switching to MH overall as it's just more fun to feel challenge than either steamroll or be steamrolled. Good luck with the video idea!
@@Fenyxclips honestly by the time TFS is out MH6 will only be a month away (unless they delay it) so I may not even get tfs at all
I honestly agree that it should be its own genre entirely. Monster Hunting genre, there are other examples although I only know dauntless as of now.
I have heard others say its (technically) a soulslike genre which I disagree. But I see the reasoning behind it, but I still disagree.
Dauntless and Wild Hearts. I mentioned both at the end. Tho I do not believe Dauntless got anywhere near to what MH does and Wild Hearts got so close that it hurts to see it stumble right before the finish line due to a lack of balancing, lazy designs for monsters, armors and weapons and just a general lack of content
@@ItsHawx I have tried Dauntless, but I never felt invested, I don't know why.
Maybe because of the lack of direction, I just got lost half the time...
I never tried wild hearts, cuz I was too busy with Monster hunter lmao.
Actually dark souls is Monster Hunter like, they took a lot of inspiration from Monster Hunter
Another neat monster hunting game was Soul Sacrifice on the psvita. Pretty cool but nich game with a surprisingly good story but some very dumb fights (unfortunately)
Great video! You just appeared in my recommended, gained a new subscriber!
Thank you so much! Hope you enjoy your stay!😀
Monster Hunter isn't a game. It's a drug. One sip and you are addicted
9:22 I didn't know about this spot for the entirety of base rise and numerous months into Sunbreak and I found it on complete accident, MH man it does stuff sometimes.
Honestly, one of the best parts of this game is that there's usually 3 or 4 big monsters active on the map, and they usually have beef with eachother. I will never forget the time me and a couple lads were fighting a Barrioth in MHW, and just as it was about to wipe us, we hear a loud wet fart and a Rajang comes flying out of nowhere, beats the stuffing out of the Barrioth and then runs away.
Well I just found a new go-to video for introducing someone to Monster Hunter! Absolutely fantastic video!
You need more subs! This is my first video with you. Just amazing!
I will get the subs once I deserve to get them
But I appreciate the sentiment! ❤
Hey, you got a link to the map, like, anything? Cause I’ve seen a map that expansive before and I really want to look at the intricacies of it.
www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/y8xz3k/i_tried_making_a_world_map_of_the_old_world_in/?context=3
there you go
12:52 Ye for god sake, they send Hunters to hunt world ending beings and that place is TO DANGEROUS??? There bouta be a fatalis every corner AT LEAST for the guild to say it’s to dangerous.
I swear that continent naturally evolved the IRS.
Your point at the beginning describing what type of game it is to me is the most succinct way to explain the appeal of the game, at least for me. Imagine a game that’s ONLY cool boss fights. Like the game eschews all the minor mindless enemies you have to slog through, weird frustrating puzzles, unnecessary open worlds and was just like, nah, instead here’s 50-80+ fun boss fights. Fights that if they were in any other game, would be major highlights, but in Monster Hunter, that’s just the whole game. The whole game is standout boss battles back to back to back.
Makes you wonder how hard it must be to balance such an experience as it is the only standing example in the hunting game genre
I'm glad to see that this video is doing really well for you
Thank you! Sadly I cannot say the same about the rest of my videos
@@ItsHawx takin a look at your channel, it’ll definitely take a bit of time to build yourself up if you’re talkin about a buncha different games, UA-cam’s a pain in the neck about it. But ya got a decent foothold. With that MH video. I will say, the title of your MH video is nice and attention grabby, maybe use it as a reference for your other video titles. Won’t claim to be an expert but I’m rootin for ya.
@@cr-volcanicah yea I have been told that jumping from game to game could hinder my growth but I would honestly hate covering the same game or same set of games over and over again.
Like I do plan on covering MH6, maybe even quite a lot, but I want my niche to be my videp type. Not the games I speak of.
Also yea I did take note that this title was apparently really attention grabbing with how many ppl mentioned it in the comments in one way or another
@@ItsHawx it’s definitely doable. Just gonna be a tough climb.
@@cr-volcanicthank you
Means a lot to hear that as a small creator
my personal favourite weapon is the insect glaive, I love just jumping around the place and powering up on the monsters blood to jump around even more, I also use the hammer too if I want some blunt damage just to deal pure massive damage, spin around and not care about sharpness
Nice video! I really liked your delivery!
Thank you!
Bro the I started with mhfu and I couldn’t stop(highly addicted)
Monster hunter is one of the greatest magnum opus of the 2000.
I fell in love with the monster hunter series with world with its release and didnt regret it even a bit
That first narg fight hurt me physically he got hit by EVERY SINGLE ATTACK!!!
Indeed I was!
That was my first hunt after months of not playing Rise Sunbreak 😅
I have a bit over 8000 hours in monster hunter world with only my precious lance. And the clutch claw counter is perfect for it. Then stupid rise showed up, I got to hr 7 and went back. And how dare they not put my baby boy jho in there
Yeah I don’t really care for rise either.
Big mistake. Sunbreak Lance goes hard, especially once you get the ability to reflect damage back with the shield
Lance I sunbreak got insane tho
you are missing out my guy
Best roommate ever. PS: sorry for the snoring
Right back at you!
9:50 such a sneaky edit
Your clips of spiritbird hunting convinced me to download a mod to spawn a prism spiritbird at the start of every quest. Thanks for saving me a ton of time and never having to do that tedious bs ever again.
Ngl I did that too afterwards😂
Theres also a skill ingame that summons Spirid birds to you during a hunt.
It's pretty incredible. I started with Rise and went all the way through Sunbreak. Like 200+ hours, maybe 300+. That's a huge amount of content. Then what's absurd is I can now go backwards into MH and there's still so much more and it's all still so good. I'm doinh MHGU now and enjoying it just as much as Rise.
Oh you have to get into MH3U as it seems as if we will never see underwater combat again, one has to experience the various underwater exclusive monsters and areas.
Hehehe Light Bowgun if for "status effects". As someone who's specifically used the Bowguns, I've never used much of the status ammo. I would say the difference between Light and Heavy is mainly the mobility and that Heavy Bowgun tends to do more damage than Light.
Monster Hunter is what Pokémon wishes to be. Best franchise of all time!
Correction
Monster Hunter is what Pokemon CAN'T ever be.
Unlike Pokemon MH actually gets better 😂
At the end you said that no other game has managed to topple mh and it's true despite the fact i have literally countless hours in the series "over 1000 JUST in world" games like dauntless which uses the same formula were unbearable to me i played it for 10 hours before i just stopped
The only hunting game i genuinely got into is god eater to me its the only hunting game that really captures that feeling of classic mh
Thank you for watching till the end!
I honestly have no idea what Dauntless was doing. Literally did everything wrong it could do wrong.
Over monetized, shallow combat, bland combat areas, boring monster designs etc etc
This is so real. Also my goat chaotic gore for the thumbnail
You can thank me being bad at thumbnails for chaos gore being in the thumbnail LOL
hey so i wanna get into my first MH game and idk which to play first. World or Rise?
Rise is more newcomer friendly but has a little less content. World is (compared to Rise) way more difficult but was also made for people to hop into the game for the first time.
Really depends on what you are looking for.
More grounded and difficult? World
More wild and accessible? Rise
@@ItsHawx ty i decided to go with rise and sunbreak first
@@ItsHawxfor the base games alone yes World has more content than Rise, difficulty wise there around the same, but if you take the Masterrank Expansions for both games in mind Sunbreak has more Content and is way harder than Iceborne.
I am personally offended that you didn’t mention GREATSWORD when it’s like THE poster weapon? Hello big ass sword to beat big ass monsters
What can I say bro, Hammer took its spot LOL
My previous script for this video even had an I think around 4 minute section just to talk about the posterchild weapon that is the GS but I scrapped that version 😂
You didn't just insult Cha Cha and Kayamba.
They share a single braincell I doubt they'd even notice 😂
Also man I appreciate you even getting to that point in the video
Happened randomly upon this video, and very glad I did! Really good summary of what makes this franchise so great. Been stuck here since the very first game on the PS2 and it's still got its hooks in me and I don't see that changing anytime soon. Couldn't be happier. :D
I do think the community views on the charge blade and the longsword are both a bit wacky, but it's all in good fun and memes at the end of the day. Though I would say that the ability to take zero damage with the longsword via counters does necessitate the player actually being good enough to counter everything, which definitely isn't the bulk of LS players I've seen.
Including me. Goddamn I do my best though. Fffffuckin uhhh,, hashtag,, cringefail LS main squad. I may only counter about a quarter of half of the attacks that get launched at me but it's pretty great when it happens.
Also I appreciate the mention of the "not-strictly-canon" lore with the Ancient Civilization. I know it's contentious stuff in the fanbase cuz of how many people are 100% purist with the lore, but personally I love the theories about the zany bullshit they got up to before Fatalis merked em. Especially a fan of how Frontier dabbled a bit deeper into those aspects of the lore. Though then that gets people arguing about if Frontier is or isn't canon and blehh, it's exhausting. Til Capcom fully commits to yes or no on things like the EDW I like to imagine them as potentially canon just because of how interesting the concept is.
you can say i am a newbie cuz my first ever monster hunter game was ris ethat i bouth like month ago but really i have been watching youtubers play this for maybe a couple of years so would i stil count as a newbie or my viewing counts as being apart of this franchise
Interesting, well I personally wouldn't consider myself a newbie even though I only began with MHW in 2018. But I fell in love with it so hard I basically know all the lore, mechanics and secrets of most of all the games.
@@thmistrapillay1811 so we both are in the not khowing are we noobs or veterans
@thmistrapillay1811 You know all the lore? Tell me why there is a ruling that a quest can only be taken by 4 hunters max 😎
@@jakubtrapp3509 I would say world forward counts as newcomers. I myself started in 2008 with freedom unite which was second generation
We are now in 5th gen MH and going into 6th gen next year
@@ItsHawx beacause there is many quests and dangerous monster and you canbring 4 beacause in canon every other hunter is on their own quest so you can have only 4 i quess
I adore Rise, I feel like it's the Devs love letter to their fans, World is cool, but doesn't have any charm, it's like that angsty teenager that only wants to be cool. While Rise is oozing with lovely aesthetics and actual memorable characters.
World was them trying to appeal to a wide audience. It obviously worked but it did lose some of the mh charm yea
More like Rise is oozing with cheap fanservice lmao. Bros at Capcom decided to take 0 risks and just make mhp3rd 2.
man i 100% agree
i dont understand how MH isnt as popular as souls games while recently selling around the same level
Elden ring the biggest souls game has sold 20million+
world has sold 20million+ (if we counted the master edition which is world+ the DLC)
5th gen alone sold like 50+ million
world 20 (around 21 or 22)+
iceborne 10+
rise 13+
sunbreak 6 million
thats in 6 years only bruh from 2018 until 2023 AND SOMEHOW PEOPLE BARELY KNOW ABOUT MONSTER HUNTER
my friend once said: *maybe because the people who play monster hunter play basically monster hunter and only monster hunter, barely touching other games*
and i admit im basically only play MH and LoL barely touching other games lol
I guess you could assume that as World was the first game where it reached mass market appeal and sales it just wasn't on anyone's radar except for those that already knew of it. Plus if you go back to handheld MH era you can read up on how the MH devs were always denied a proper marketing campaign
Monster Hunter Tri was my first game and now with online mode available I'm replaying it.
So true king
Bro 2 of my all time favorite games in the same video.
Gas
Do you mean like 2 MH games or MH and Destiny? Cuz if it is destiny my condolences xD
Hey, if you don't like going around the map collecting birds...then don't. Just slot in spiribird rally or something.
You are kinda missing the point of the issue.
1. Why did they ever think that would be an enjoyable thing to do? With how hard some endgame monsters hit you are REQUIRED to get the spiribirds to not get almost 1 shot.
2. The skill that spawns spiribirds for you (I am assuming that is the one you mean, feel free to correct me) is AYBSSMALLY slow. By the time I get to the monster STILL may not have full health.
I DO NOT understand why eating doesn't max out your health like it did IN EVERY OTHER GAME. But allows you to max your health out via birds.
This isn't about "if you don't like it, don't do it"
Surviving in the endgame without max health is not fun. The spiribird skill, unless it got a major buff that I missed, will give you random buffs periodically so you cannot ensure to have max health first. Bad mechanics should be called out, not tolerated.
Frontier is my favorite. People call it over the top, too difficult, not "Monster Hunter". These same people have never played it. They don't know.. they don't know how much they're missing out on.
Dunno if you noticed it in the beginning but I actually started Frontier a while ago (haven't gotten back to it yet) but I plan on working my way up the HRs and even make a video on it in the future.
People saying it is not an MH game just dunno how to have fun 😂
@@ItsHawx What HR are you at right now? 5 and most of all 6 are hell without proper preparation lol. Good luck!
I am legit at HR1. I did 3 quests but spent most of my time rebinding my controller buttons xD
@@ItsHawx haha, you should try putting it to portable mode if you didn't do that yet. Also, setting evasion camera to option 2 makes you evade like how you would in the recent games.
From what i have seen, a lot more people are more positive about Frontier now, because of Sunbreak being one big love letter to Frontier.
As much as a lot of people dislike Monster Hunter Rise, I appreciate and love Rise so much because it is the only Monster Hunter Game I got my irl friends play consistently to the point where we actually finished the game, including Sunbreak. It has been the most accessible monster hunter game specially for new comers to the series.
Plus it's like the reincarnation of my very first monster hunter game, MHP3rd. Amatsu is my favorite monster ever since I faced him in MHP3rd.
Some other stuff I noticed in MHR that I really like,
1. It had a lot flagship monster reruns (e.g. Gore Magala, Seregios, Valstrax, etc.). It feels like a celebration of past monster hunter games ("Everyone is here" kind of moment), to be brought in the new generation.
2. Had a very diversed monster line up. I think it almost had all monster types except Snake Wyverns? Which I desperately want but understand the limitation of what they can do for now since they weren't able to bring Lagiacrus back when in fact it was planned due to physics and collisions maybe. It would be much harder to implement a snake wyvern if Lagiacrus can't be implemented yet.
3. MHR also confirmed Frontier being canon. To bring Espinas in the new gen means we can possibly get more Frontier Monsters which would be awesome! They didn't say that Frontier monsters couldn't come back but I did not expect them to actually do it. Who knows maybe we can get Origin and/or Zenith Species!
This is from what I experience playing the game for over 1000 hours, so you or others might feel different about it and it's ok.
I am excited for the next Mainline game since technically MHR was made by the Portable Team, while the Mainline Team is probably on going (or about to finish?) another Monster Hunter Game!
Happy Hunting!
What’s the song in the intro? For the life of me I can’t remember its name
To One With Life
Monster Hunter Tri intro
Do you have hd link to your thumbnail pic?
Ah I cannot find the exact source I got it from but I hope this works for you
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Honestly im a bit mad at myself for not getting into the series until the tail end of World/Iceborne. Such a great series
People like you always just make me wonder why did you wait 19 years? Freedom unite was pretty known at its time and 3u and 4u definitely brought more and more. Why did 90% of the players start on the shittiest game of the series 😂 i never get it
@@lecommenter8528because it's new and shiny and people hate old games
I can't help but feel that I heard the very same intro speech before
Y'know when I first bought World, I played for two hours and then dropped the game, that was in like 2017 and I didn't touch the game again until Iceborne came out... Little did I know Monster Hunter would become my favourite game series ever and I'd put 2000+ hours into it across World and Rise.
Even while writing this comment I just got done killing a Rathian and Rathalos in an event quest in Rise (on that layered armour grind).
Once the drip marketing starts for the next game my hype will know no bounds, I believe it's gonna be the best MH game yet. It's gonna take what made everyone love World and expand upon it. The way i see it is World was just a test for Capcom to see what they could do with the upgraded specs of a non-handheld console and in the next game they're gonna put what they've discovered to work.
Good man
based man
There's been monster hunter games for consoles before world too.
Monster Hunter makes legendary games!
Actually I found out about the game last year when my friend showed me screenshot that he downloaded mhw and sent me video gameplay
That friend of yours has good taste. Buy them a snickers or something
Charge blade is fun, gotta be in my top 5 favorite weapons
yea CB has been one of my go tos since MH4U
Monsters in monster hunter design is awesome. The design itself talk in the first encounter you fight them.
Oh he got wings? Expect him to fly.
This one is two horned lizard? Expect bullfight and get rammed despite of his wings, you know it is more like a buldozer.
Dang monke got buffed arms. Expect him throwing boulder at you. Except Rajang. He throws a whole cliff.
Why is this one reminds me of Dracula? Expect fighting a big lizard with dracula attribute.
Such good content just subbed 👌
Ah thank you connor!
I would say I improved my content ever since this video thankfully so I hope that is to your liking as well!
As someone who's never played Monhun before, here are my thoughts:
1:25 How have I not played any game of the franchise yet? Simple, I wasn't interested in RPG mechanics. Or beating up monsters in a fantasy setting, for that matter. I mostly play puzzle games, sometimes platformers, and rarely ever, action games.
2:37 Arguably, Dark Souls is a similar game. You don't need to care about engaging the weaker enemies, and if you're skilled enough, you can walk right past them, in order to get straight to the bosses. How much do you walk around in Monhun? And is there anything similar to the "outrunning enemies" part in Dark Souls compared to Monhun?
That said, the HP and stamina (?) bars do strongly remind me of Dark Souls. Maybe they're just a common game design element
Another honourable mention: Titan Souls. The bosses (called titans) are the only enemies to fight in the game, and they're really difficult. Chances are you'll be dying to them a lot.
8:43 Is that a good thing? Does complexity not raise the barrier of entry for a game? How easy is it to grasp the systems? I, for one, wouldn't have any fun at all trying to understand them; after all, I'm here for the action, not the menuing.
11:52 That's an interesting pitch, especially considering the real-life disregard of some people towards nature. I'm surprised that the ancient civilization didn't cause an ecological disaster, but maybe that just hits too close to home.
14:32 Does the player ever get to engage with those areas? Lore-wise, it would probably be a great opportunity.
19:08 Once again, is complexity a good thing? I have a feeling this many weapons could just lead to analysis paralysis. Then again, you don't get punished for choosing something you don't like, right?
19:49 No, this kind of mechanical variety is not unique to Monster Hunter at all. Any roguelike is built on the idea of giving you new tools and new opportunities to work and experiment with. Take Hades, for example, where while you only get six weapons to choose from, the game actively incentivizes exploring this variety by giving an item bonus for starting a run with a specific weapon. Usually this weapon will be one that you haven't used in a while. Furthermore, the wide variety of boons that you can get is enormous, and while not all combinations are useful, a lot of them can emergently create completely new styles of play that aren't even envisioned by the developers.
23:18 What I like about MH's monsters is that their behaviour isn't anthropocentric. Within the simulation that you get, obviously they'll only be there when you're close enough, because otherwise they would waste valuable RAM. But lore-wise, the monsters don't just serve as a barrier for you to overcome, they interact with each other and the game world too. For example, I've been told that you can get two monsters to start turf wars. And this capability for monsters to mechanically act independent from the player, I believe, is what sets Monster Hunter apart from a lot of games.
25:22 In the modern day, with the Games as a Service model and predatory monetization schemes, designing a game with engagement and fun in mind is always appreciated.
Monster Hunter does not have an open world akin to Dark Souls. You have a hub in which you do everything from tending to your farm, forging armor or eating food and the hunting areas. Those you access by choosing a quest/expedition. So you will most likely never have to run past anything as you have to in Dark Souls. Small monsters are there to (and this is just in my humble opinion) essentially fill the world with stuff so it feels more alive. None of the small monsters pose any significant threat on their own.
Side fact: Monster Hunter 1 actually came out before Dark Souls 1 :D
The complexity in the various systems can be a lot but it is not like you have to understand them all fully. That is what the community is for or you can even outright ignore some systems. Sharpness for example is essentially a system you can fully avoid thinking about past "oh shit my sharpness is at yellow, time to sharpen". Other more complex systems that you eventually will have to face such as food buffs and skills have been simplified in more recent games but as this was a franchise overview I just spoke about how it is in most games. Nowadays they are extremely easy to grasp unless you have issues understanding some terms but again you can just ask the community about those.
Oh yea the reverence for life in this universe is so interesting. One thing that comes to mind for me is the story of the Elder Dragon that lived in a bamboo forest with very strong and sturdy bamboo and can control its growth made a "deal" with villagers that lived nearby in which they are only allowed to take what they need and if they dared to take more the elder dragon would destroy them. They took more in the end.
Hmmm not that I recall. The Player is always a Hunter. Hunters are not needed in the safe areas. So we don't get to see them. But we can read about them in the lore or speech bubbles.
Complexity in the case of the weapons can make or break the game for you. For the people that like to stick around and just try some stuff out the complexity here is amazing. But for people that expect MH to be a game that allows you to just wail on a monster and have it be dead in a minute without understanding the movesets it will be the wall that they won't be able to overcome. So it is more about the player. Are you willing to sit down for a few quests, try out a weapon and its moves or not?
Also thank you for watching the video fully!
No problem! Trying to be open-minded practically requires that from you, anyways.
The best way to compare MH to Dark Souls is to say they took out most of the exploration aspect (including the small enemy encounters) and made the combat way better (especially for engaging against large enemies).
My own thoughts:
-About the ancient civilization, it's largely psuedocanon in a sense and very vague in the game's lore. Not something often referred to at all. The "lore" is usually mostly focused on the ecology of the monsters, and maybe just the situation around whatever village the game takes place in. "Humans get punished for exploiting nature" isn't a common theme in the series, and the stories are usually based on just trying to protect a home village or the ecosystem.
-The complexity is not that deep for a lot of systems. Sharpness just simply depletes as you hit enemies, and keeping sharpness high is better. Armor skills aren't that complicated, you just build toward skills that might be useful for your weapon. So it's not tough to get into, and armor skills also aren't that important until later. Furthermore, just building complete sets can give you decent skills geared toward a particular weapon, or general offensive/defensive skills. Mixing and matching armor sets to minmax skills is completely optional, and I think it's a strength of the series that any incentive to farm something is all decided by what the player wants to make, as opposed to a battle pass or something.
cant await to see MH6 at TGS!!!
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLL YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Edit: 16.10.23 - There was no MH6 at TGS
did youforget that the bartender took on bloodbath diablos alongside the lady who owns the pub?
Nope. Just used him cuz it is hard to find a good png of an npc villager
I’m all seriousness this is a good vid, good job :)
Thanks! 😂
nice video, will watch other videos later.
Thank you so much!
Technically, I started in 4U, but I couldn't get past the firt Kecha Wacha in the Low Rank, whatever the Rank was called back then, and I just put the game down for a while. Then came Rise. I got it for the Christmas before last. I've sunk around 300 hours now. Including Sunbreak. Honestly, it was nice to have a game that starts out easier. I just did all the Village Rank Quests until I completed everything except for the Quest that unlocks after High Rank. It was nice, doing everything solo. It forced me to take my time and learn. And that shiz really paid off in High Rank and Master Rank. And I have a few good stories of where I got "into the zone" against a monster. What I mean by that is all that was in my head was seeing the death screen of the current monster I'm hunting. I don't feel anything other than the drive to see the death screen. I'm not angry, sad, happy, upset, or anything else except absolute focus. Every move I make is perfect for letting me continuously attack the monster, only getting hit by low-damage attacks that won't knock my character down, and perfectly rolling out of the hitbox of attacks that would. I am able to perfectly read the monster's movements, know exactly what attack it's about to go for, and I know the exact timing I need to perform my reaction. It becomes a dance. And I'm leading. Because after the monster makes its next major attack and I get out the way, I run back towards the monster, and swing ny Greatsword until I need to run again. But I don't think. I just do. My fingers know what directions I need to move the joysticks and what buttons I should press. Because I still do take damage. So I need to get out of there and heal. It's fu**ing amazing!
You know, of all the people you could have shown for "Joe", you chose the Bartender.
...who is an Ex-Hunter. One of the best of his time even.
"This may sound exhausting".... 😅 Me after fighting Gammoth 8 times in a row and not getting the drops I need
Just started playing mh recently, rise is my first mh...... Regret i didnt play world when it was out
Eh that's fine. You joined the fandom just in time for the hype train of MH6 to start!
@@ItsHawx yup definitely doing that
I terms of design why didn't you talk about the rotten vale with the Odogaron or the Vaal Hazak???
I think they offer more in terms of creativity and will to make their world believable than any travel could due to the parallels with isolated and ressource scarce spaced like tunnels and abysses with the Vaal being a gardener trying to maintain it's ecosystem for everyone's benefit and Odogaron utilizing everything in the vale and the other regions around it to survive like badgers do.
Believe it or not I actually think neither of those are super interesting
I think you just inspired me to use the switch axe
I came into this with world. Came in a year late. As it looked like a cheesy Dino hunter hack and slash. I watched skill ups review a year after he dropped it and then I was like ok I’ll try it. Changed my life. Defiantly not a cheap Dino hack and slash. This game made me tear up the first time I played it. It was the dragon I’ve been chasing since forever.
I am appalled you would even THINK of calling MH something like that
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At it’s heart I consider MH an action rpg with greatly designed enemies, action and some great minor exploration. I don’t really consider it a hunting game because the vast majority of hunting is the journey and not necessarily the fight. In MH the fight is epic.
Awesome Video I Love this Saga, been playing it since I was a kid.
If someone got inspired to get their 1st MH game, I would buy MH World over MH Rise. The drastic drop in graphics compared to world made me quit rise half-way through and go back to world. (Maybe it gets better later on and no clue how good the dlc is, maybe someone has opinions in favor of rise, but that's just my opinion with 770h in world and 30h in rise)
2:09 😭😭😭
Glad so many people enjoyed that tiny edit 😂
this guy knows how to tug on my heartstrings brings up 3u theme with the 4u trailer...and 4u easily being the greatest monster hunter that needs the graphic kick up
I was always told I have a way to do that UwU
Man’s never thought about world if he thinks rise is a worse MH game
Had around 4000 to 5000 hours in World. Only thing that annoyed me in world was the deco grind. And it never got so bad that I dropped the game.
In Rise a LOT more annoyed me to the point where I dropped the game after Title Update 2 and returned to it a few months ago. From the unifinished state it released in, the lacking endgame back in vanilla rise, the lack of a good charm farm to sunbreak's entire anomaly system.
Having to hunt a monster for so long to get it to an absurd level requirement to even unlock a certain item is asinine.
Rise in my opinion is way worse than World, the most popular monster hunter game in the world mind you, ever could be.
@@ItsHawx100% true World > Rise. Not to mention the quality title updates, sieges, a collaboration with a monster in said collab (FF, The Witcher) Grinding is world is more rewarding since you farm the actual decos from different monsters that makes you wanna grind more rarher than craftable ones. More satisfying combat. Oh even the base world has more content than the base rise, better match making, and alot more to mention. It's subjective but pretty sure majority of playerbase agree that world is better than rise. Unless rise is the player's first MH game.
@@ItsHawx As someone who literally platinumed MH Rise/Sunbreak two days ago; I can say that while Rise in a completed state is better than World in my opinion, the reasons for this aren't technically the game's fault and with a few tweaks I might have played World all the way until Iceborne released instead of dropping it and then picking it back up later...
The first issue I had with World/Iceborne is how Offline play was handled... specifically; the lack of a Pause button, the amount of times I've had to abort a quest before of stuff outside of the game is a major factor in my original departure from MHW after 150 hours of playtime, by the time Iceborne was finished; I had over 1000 hours of playtime and if I'm honest it was only the last few monsters like Alatreon and Fatalis that actually forced me to become a more competent hunter, as World was the first MH game I actually put serious time into and I'd come to rely on SOS flares before that point (for reference, before World; I had fought Great Jaggi in the MH4U demo at school, and then I later rage quit to low rank Gyceros in MH Generations on the 3DS and didn't return until years later)
So with just ONE change, i.e. the ability to pause while playing offline; MHW changes for the better... I'd even go as far to say that I probably wouldn't have stopped playing World if it had a pause button
I definitely loved Iceborne more than World (I caught up to everyone else by the time Raging Brachydios was all the rage, no pun intended) probably because unlike in World, where I looked at Behemoth, Lunastra and the ATs with awe and fear (even if my HR was high enough, I wasn't game to fight them) in Iceborne; I saw the trailers for Alatreon, I saw this all powerful monster and I was super pumped to fight it and to my shock; my go-to strategy of relying on others for help disappeared instantly...
Because I wasn't the only one fighting this beast for the first time, EVERYONE was and so everyone was struggling to beat Alatreon, after 3 days of chipping away at it, I managed to slay the beast with help from another player... it was easily the toughest enemy I'd faced in ANY videogame, and yet; if that monster was brought to Sunbreak right now, I'd slaughter it in an instant, not before it's easy... but because I have faced the beast before, I know it's attacks and how to deal with them
I actually proved this fact a while ago... I did a second playthrough of World with the intent of recording Fatalis' intro... but I also had a grander idea, to slay the Black Dragon on my first try... I managed to do so, with underlevelled, unaugmented gear before I even reached MR 50, with 2 minutes remaining... I actually have the video on UA-cam if you're interested
World is probably objectively a better MH game, and with a few tweaks I'd agree that World/Iceborne are the best of all time... but as someone who played Rise from the start (even waking up a few hours before I had to go to work to get my save file ready for the afternoon when I get home) from base Rise on the Switch, to playing it again on PC, to Sunbreak on PC and then more recently Sunbreak on the Switch; the games basically been my life for the last year of two, so I am a bit biased in saying that I think Rise is better than World...
simply put, I was there from the very start, seen it's ups and downs... and will be there until the next game is released, and when the next game is released; I'll repeat this process again!
@@deinonychus1948 Imagine someone playing an MH game and then NOT getting excited for the next one. I would honestly love to meet that person cuz I cannot imagine such a person existing
@@ItsHawx In regards to the next game; there are also many things from Rise/Sunbreak that SHOULD be in the next game, namely:
-Switch Skills: We need them to return, it allows for weapons to be played in many different ways, for example; Hammer, Strength Hammer is the base style and perfect for raw damage, but swap to Courage Hammer and boom; it's an elemental powerhouse!
-Palamutes: I love dogs, and given how large the maps can get; having a fast mode of transport is a must
-Wall Running: No Wirebugs, but they could easily repurpose the Clutch Claw for grappling onto walls instead and have a character in-game say "Many hunters complained how cumbersome this tool is when used to actively attack a monster, so we modified it for use in exploration"
-Relic Records: Because it means more lore and more collectibles, and by extention; more reason to explore
-Followers: Because it means that if we return to the New World, we will get to see the Admiral fight a Rajang with his bare hands!
-Hazard Quests: Because Advanced quests are so last generation lol
If THESE were mixed with the good stuff from World; you'd pretty much have a perfect game!
Mh is the best rpg. You are a hunter and it is your decision you choose what role you would like to play within the hunt. Not only are there roles but with gear being you're main way of leveling up your character you have complete freedom to be creative and find ways to get passed channeling fights.... There's no sitting and killing boars over and over to level up but instead seeing an opportunity to hunt multiple different monsters to get pieces of equipment that will create a build that fits your own personal play style. Not to mention the fact that every weapon is characteristic to a fighting game with combos you can execute within windows of the monsters move set. It think the biggest reason why people don't get into monster hunter is because the discovery and execution of actually playing the game is the best part and with so many tiny details that create an massive picture mixed with the foreign aspects of the game just not "feeling" like any other game it's a lot to digest for new players.
i tried the original on psp, didnt really like it and never looked back
I don't know, have you tried persona? Or maybe zelda? God of War? I can keep going. Im not saying they're better than this game. Just trying to highlight the boldness of your statement.
I have all the named games except for persona.
And yes I still do believe MH tops them all.
But these videos are just my opinion. You are very welcome to disagree and say MH is NOT the best if you do believe so
@@ItsHawx fair enough
Persona isn't even the best series in the franchise it comes from
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@@elk3407 that's subjective dumby
@@g_g...Hey, I'm just highlighting the boldness of your statement
"Once you hunt your first large monster, you most likely won't hunt a small monster again"
Rajang and Kirin: "Am I a joke to you?"
Ok in all seriousness, this video is SPOT ON... I never understood why this game doesn't get more recognition. Everybody wanna talk about Souls games and elden ring etc... where do they think those games got their algorithm from? 😂
This is where it all started. And the franchise has never missed. Every single game has been AMAZING
Ah but those are considered large monsters 😉
I remember when world came out and a lot of people said MH had a ‘caveman’ stint and - very ‘dinosaur’ era flair… after I started with MHgen and went out fighting in the cute Wycademy ‘office lady’ uniform and the Wycademy having a massive fleet of airships. I was like- the f@k are these people talking about?
Whomst the fuck said caveman like flair...tf?
Anyone else know that one guy who you’d love to play with but they don’t like that it’s pretty much all bosses? I would argue so is Elden Ring after your first play through, except you don’t have to deal with a bunch of annoying enemies on the way to the boss or Invaders who just use the cheesiest gear imaginable in Monster Hunter.
I only discovered it during world
charge blade is really only hard to use if you have the attention span of a 3 month old kitten
Gathering Birds is fun