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Why can't we have a break from these threads?

Why is khezu such a shit monster

Not fun and roars too much

>>15505276

That better not be a frontier armor set I see in there OP.

>>15505293

Probably not a bad idea.

>>15505844

Just play counter lance/CB or use HBG with earplugs/shield if it's bothering you so much.

Has anyone else tried running 4U on citra? I imported my saves but the game keeps asking me if I want to create extra data. The controller is also completely unresponsive during this, not allowing me to create the extra data

Is SnS attually viable in later game?

I am on VR 10 and HR 7. And the monsters are starting to get bigger and beefer and to their size more difficult to avoidance and sometimes in sword reach.

Other players are suggesting to go full Element just hack&slash, I did bit but on later hyper monsters and deviants can this be more difficult because of their huge dmg output. (Don't ask I got evasion+2)

Any other suggestions?

If their is no answer then I have to go with status effects weapons and a lot of bombs.

>>15506927

Yeah I forgot. I am playing MHGU.

>>15506927

Go Striker, and bring lots of oils, if you're not already.

>>15506927

>Is SnS attually viable in later game?

Generations SnS is literally the best SnS out of every game. Its not HBG/Lance tier but its still the best.

>(Don't ask I got evasion+2)

Get rid of that crutch skill and get some damage armors. The first good set to make in G rank is the Shogun Ceanataur GX set.

For SnS you want to stick to striker. Chaos Oil is pretty much mandatory though good luck getting a group of not shitters to unlock Chaos Oil 3. Critical Oil is your god. Any G rank set you make should have Critical Boost. The elder weapons are good until you get something better. Frostpeak SnS is good but the crimson fatalis SnS is top tier.

>>15506632

Have you mapped your inputs properly?

>>15507316

But Monster Hunter never had a story to imply any of this..

>>15509960

>Who's this Anderson guy though?

The guy who directed all the resident evil movies

world or xx/genu

pick one

>>15510809

xx easily

>>15511537

>What's the consensus on prowlers?

Only good for gathering quests

Kick anyone who tells you they main it.

>>15505293

If people stop posting I'll stop posting the threads, but I'm not the only OP, and it's not like it's hard for anyone to do it so I can't exactly guarantee it'd stop the threads from appearing. Basically, only thing you can really do to stop them from appearing is to stop posting.

>>15506612

>That better not be a frontier armor set I see in there OP.

I have no idea to be honest, just was grabbing from thumbnails and thought it was Teo armor.

>>15506632

For some reason, you need to map inputs while a game is running instead of before. Don't know why.

>>15510809

XX

>>15511537

>I'm sorry. I was wrong.

It's OK, it's natural to assume hardcore fans are overreacting to things like that if you aren't familiar with the thing in question.

>>15513460

>is XX/GU just an updated version of 4U?

No, it's an updated version of X/Generations, the same way 4U was an updated version of 4.

>Just like 3U had everything P3rd had plus extra content?

Not really. P3rd was it's own separate thing entirely, 3U was more like Tri's upgraded version with the full weapon sets restored, no weird Bowgun mechanic, and Village High and Port G Rank added in.

>>15513530

I see but I didn't mean updated version as in literally the same but updated. 3U was the definitive edition of Tri but it also had everything P3rd had except for the village. It had the same areas, armours and monsters (plus a few exclusives). I've heard that XX has pretty much everything from the last few games, so is it even worth buying 4U?

>>15513569

>3U was the definitive edition of Tri but it also had everything P3rd had except for the village. It had the same areas, armours and monsters (plus a few exclusives).

Nope. P3rd had a couple monsters 3U didn't, most notably Amatsumagatsuchi, an Elder Dragon that wouldn't show up again until X. 3U did have the lion's share of P3rd's monsters, but it wasn't absolutely everything.

>I've heard that XX has pretty much everything from the last few games, so is it even worth buying 4U?

Less that it has everything, more that it has a lot of references and shout outs to previous titles in the series. The monster list is impressive at 93 total large monsters, but not comprehensive by any means. Other than Gold and Silver Rath, for instance, you won't see any of the subspecies monsters in XX, and many Elder Dragons or rare variants of monsters are exclusive to a certain entry, like Dalamadur and Gogmazios to 4/U, or Dire Miralis and Lucent Nargacuga to 3U. Also, while I'm no fan of Apex, it's something you're only going to get to experience in 4U, so it's not like XX can just be a replacement for it, for better or for worse.

>>15513851

Oh shit I forgot about Amatsu. Alright, so what's the better game then?

>>15513569

>It had the same areas, armours and monsters

Nah. The maps in P3rd have no underwater shit and are better for it.

>I've heard that XX has pretty much everything from the last few games, so is it even worth buying 4U?

4U and XX are completely different games so yeah

>>15514212

>4U and XX are completely different games so yeah

Last MH game I played was 3U and I refuse to buy World, redpill me on the new Generation.

>>15514320

4th gen added a lot of much needed improvments to to the movement in the series. You got aerial attacks, faster climbing, the ability to quickly climb vines, maps with verticality and so on. A lot of 2nd gen monsters returned in 4U like Rajang, Gravios, Dromes, Fatalis, Khezu, elder dragons,Yian garuga and so on. It added new types of monsters with different body types like Seltas Queen and Najarala. A lot of quality of life improvements over 3U. The "hook" of the game is the ability to mount monsters which can help break parts and down the monster for 10-20 seconds.

4U is busted shit with retarded weapon balance, asinine progression, RNG grinding and shitty endgame. Its worth playing though.

XX takes all the 4th gen mechanics and polishes them. It had tons of quality of life improvement over 4U which made it less of a grind. It has the largest pool of monsters with each G rank quest list having 3 pages of quests minimum. Mounting was nerfed to be more balanced, weapons introduced in 4 got nerfs and usability improvements. Generations had 4 fucking flagship monsters and XX had 1 flagship elder dragon. The weapons are all around better balanced to be closer to each other in terms of solo clear times. The main hook of XX are the weapon arts and hunting styles. You have 6 styles which change the moveset of your weapon and weapon specific arts which are special moves which range from useless to game changing. Progression is a lot better this time around and a lot of RNG grind for talismans is minimized as you can meld them for free and farm them using quests. Another major thing is that sub species are almost non existent, instead you get deviant monsters which are kind of remixed versions of their original versions.

note: a bunch of people really hate styles because they're not very well balanced and several hunter arts have a shit ton of invincibility that kinda really fuck with the game

>>15514435

Oh and one thing I forgot to mention for 4th gen

The exhaustion mechanic is nerfed to the point of nonexistence. Only a few monsters have exhaustion states which matter. Others will just rage out of their exhaustion or practically teleport and eat stuff without giving you any chance to catch up.

man i wish they brought over the 3ds version of mhgu having to buy a switch is lame

>>15514535

certainly there's a translation patch or something, right

>>15514544

ah thought it was for a trans patch for other game

but i also don't have a homebrew 2dsxl so oh well

Easiest way to get mhxx eng patched on n3ds? I've never updated frimware so i guess it's about 3-4 years old. Local online should work too because i want to play at my friend's place.

>>15514577

download the game and then apply the patch

>>15514589

I'm asking what to do if you have the clean n3ds. Which pirating method should one take? Which tutorials should i use

>>15514603

https://3ds.guide

>>15514625

allrighty, i'll check this one out. i assume local play works flawlessly right? iirc people said online even hooks you up to jap servers since there was no western release of mhxx

>>15514627

Just emulate it

>>15511588

>Funnily enough so is GU/XX compared to any of the earlier gens.

Still much less casual than World.

>>15514630

But if i emulate i have no reason to go and see my best friend in person, and not doing that would prove to be a mistake that may be realized too late

>>15514625

>read the link

>New 3DS or New 2DS only: stream live gameplay to your PC wirelessly with NTR CFW

>NTR CFW

Not sure if this is the kind of things i expected to encounter

>>15514435

So XX is just the better game? Guess I'll get a Switch then. I don't care about portability it's not like I'll ever leave my house and I've heard good thinks about Octofag and Xenoblade 2. I've also heard that it's really easy to install CFW there's that, don't care about online since I've never had Monster Hunter friends so I'm used to playing alone.

>>15514755

well the good news for you is XX has a shit ton of single player content

>>15515047

Just to be sure XX and MHGU are effectively the same game right?

>>15515080

Yes. It's just stupid localization name changing. Hard to break the habit when you've been calling it XX for years.

>>15515084

I never understood why the MonHun games always had such retarded localization names. The Jap names all make sense, Portable because it's portable and then a number (or G). Why call it Freedom? What does Monster Hunter have to do with Freedom? XX also sounds way cooler than Generations Ultimate.

>>15515128

Its called Generations here because the west would pronounce "X" like the letter x, instead of "cross", which is its actual pronunciation.

Monster Hunter Cross Cross and Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate both sound stupid to me tbh.

Also if you're a Xenofag did you play Xenoblade1 and XenobladeX?

I enjoyed those games a lot but I can't stand Xenoblade 2 due to everything looking so bland, soulless and generic, not to mention a good chunk of the characters look like as if they have down syndrome this time around.

Its really fucking jarring when you compare it with the previous 2 games.

It was so bad for me I refused to borrow it when a friend said that I could, he apparently didnt like the game due to the same reasons also.

>>15515143

actually it's "Double Cross"

don't underestimate arbitrary japanese readings

>>15515143

P.S. xenoblade2 is incredibly good and you're retarded for dismissing the entire game just because you don't like how some of the characters look

>>15515153

I like how you guys say that its "good" and never even give any reason why.

I can't even stand the main characters voice, every time I hear it I just want to fucking murder that godforsaken voice actor or just punch the screen. I had to either mute footage of the game or skip it entirely when I was trying to judge the gameplay for myself.

I also heard that the game has a generic shounenshit story in a fucking XENO game out of all games, which is downright inexcusable. I know that the early game forcefeeds you tutorials like no tomorrow as if you are some kind of retard who is incapable of learning about the game their self, and I abhor handholding like that no matter what game it is which the previous xenogames never did. No mechas either for some gay reason.

If you are gonna defend a shitty abortion of a game like that then I shouldn't care about any other shitty opinion you give me either.

>>15515143

Found the SJW. Put this fag on hide he is just triggered by massive tits.

>>15515143

I don't own a 3DS or Wii U so no, I've never played any of the games. Is it mandatory to have played them?

>>15515379

>You can emulate XenobladeX on pc

How well does it emulate?

>>15515248

I like how you guys say that it's "bad" and never give any reason why

I don't want to shit up the monster hunter thread, fuck off

>>15513986

Opinions, unfortunately. I'd say pirate both and try them out.

>>15514535

You could just stick with the 3DS version, there's no reason to play (((localized))) versions.

>>15514627

Correct.

>>15514755

>So XX is just the better game? Guess I'll get a Switch then.

XX is on 3DS as well.

>>15515080

GU is the kosherized version of XX.

>>15515128

Because (((localization))) is a cancerous practice by definition.

>>15511537

>Mfw world actually was casual

In a similar situation as you, I got MHP3rdHD for the PS3 coming in the mail. We'll see then.

>>15515713

Why not just play it on PPSSPP, my dude?

>>15515898

psp games have shit resolution and on the PS3 I can use a second stick. I tried patching a PSN version of MHP3rdHD from nopaystation but I'd rather use my own disc image.

>>15515915

PPSSPP has much better resolution, has isos patched for P3rd's HD textures, and can be used with a second stick.

I'm play p3rd atm and I just noticed that I don't have anything that can cut tails. Should I go GS or SB? I've never really liked DS and I've always used LS as a pleb crutch so I don't want that again.

>>15515143

It gets weirder, since they went ahead and called Portable 3rd "Portable 3rd" in the west.

>>15515986

Portable 3rd never got a foreign release at all though.

>>15515933

I love the Switch Axe, GS is too slow and meticulous for me.

>>15515932

Its still in the PSP's aspect ratio or with stretching, isn't it?

>>15515933

GS is the best weapon for cutting tails. You can get it over with in a few charge attacks so that you don't have to chase the tail for the whole hunt.

>>15516011

>I love the Switch Axe, GS is too slow and meticulous for me.

>GS is the best weapon for cutting tails.

Guess I'll just try both. Now I just need a good LR armor for blades and a good GS/SA. I'm climbing out of LR but it takes ages (Village 5* Guild 5*) my Wroggi Revolver III was definitely a worthwhile investment though, that shit is carrying me through everything. There are still a lot of of quests left and most of them are just "Hunt Monster XYZ 3 times" There's nothing that allows me to get any new materials.

>Its still in the PSP's aspect ratio or with stretching, isn't it?

Yes but the PSP has an aspect ration of 16:9, so no stretching on a normal monitor/tv unless you want to play at some meme shit like 21:9 or something. I'm not even sure if the PS3 supports 21:9 or not.

So thoughts on the apparent movie? Mine are "Shit, this is going to bomb" and "Please for the love of god let Ron Pearlman save it"

>>15516123

>Please for the love of god let Ron Pearlman save it

What is he gonna do? Piss his pants and call it bravery?

>>15516455

>LAGIACRUS

Is that a digimon?

:^)

>>15516455

Because in world they all look the same, and in XX I can't bring myself to part with mizutsune weaposn and armor. It just looks too good and my boner for fox masks has wedged itself deep in my skull.

>typically play 3rd HD on PPSSPP for an hour at most before feeling like I need a break

>can play much longer with just about any other game

I'm not sure what it is about 3rd in particular that has this effect on me. It's not like the resolution or framerate are ass, and I don't think you can even get motion sickness from playing it. Has anyone else experienced this before?

>>15516486

Maybe you're just not used enough to 30FPS, do you have texture filtering on?

>>15516484

>Because in world they all look the same

I've heard that HH is fucking ass in World, is that true?

>>15516521

nah man, HH can reach sub 2min cleartimes.

>>15516526

Thats almost every weapon in World

>>15516510

>texture filtering

Have it set to auto by default, so whatever PPSSPP would have it (I'm guessing nearest). Maybe it is the FPS though, I didn't really consider that since I don't experience any drops in it.

>>15516560

30fps takes some time getting used to but as long as it's stable you just stop noticing it. PPSSPP also has good frame pacing so it doesn't feel that bad. Compare that to shit like Way of the Samurai 3 which feels like it's running at a constant 15 fps with 5 seconds input delay.

I feel like blast shot for the bow deals by far the most damage in p3rd. Am I wrong or is that actually true?

>>15516611

>I feel like blast shot for the bow deals by far the most damage in p3rd

Its more for stun. You still want to use your bread and butter level 3/4 charges at critical distance for damage.

Things Monster hunter players never say:

>I wish Temporal mantle lasted longer

>level 140 Yian Garuga is a fun fight

>One Rajang? Lets make it two.

>Go ahead and flash Teostra.

>Stygian Zinogre is easier to fight than Zinogre.

>I shure do love hunting Lavasioth, Kirin and its ice nigger variant

>Lets hunt some Black Gravios for fun

>MHW is too hard

>Everyone has DC'd half way through the hunt. I am fine with this.

>Prowlers are awesome

>HH is SO easy to use

>Mantles are better than hunter arts

>>15517457

Hey you have to deal with capcom randomly nerfing the shit out of you every generation though. That takes real skill to see that and go "well time to still play this"

>>15509090

>Critical Boost

I farmed the frostpeak and the barioth dual blades. Thanks this made fighting monsters easier now.

>Get rid of that crutch skill and get some damage armors.

I am adept now. Got Nargacuga set with evasion extender and evasion+2. In this way I can keep hitting Monster on their head without waiting. The results are very good.

>>15517539

For what purpose?

>>15517393

>>One Rajang? Lets make it two.

Two rajang Guild Quests are fantastic. You need two people minimum to do them effectively but the loot is great.

>>15519121

I know but the amount of "thats crazy" or just general fresh G-specials that couldn't hack it and wanted something easier was large.

Double Jho was my staple GQ or Jho with some B.blos or S.zin.

I regret deleting my double Zinogre GQ GS/LS

>>15517539

Its a pretty game.

It really needs more monsters though.

A bit over 30 isnt nearly enough.

>>15520192

Pretty sure they held back on the number of monsters in World on purpose to drip feed a new one every couple of months to keep players coming back for new updates. Lately it's been nothing but arch-tempered elder dragons though. I'm personally holding out for them to add the Valphalk into World.

>>15520334

Yeah, aside from Behemoth, Lunastra was the last one and that was a late May release.

AT Monster armor helps fill in gaps, but I swear the power creep is going to lead to really strange things happening by the time G-rank releases.

There are literally no monsters doing water damage in world.

>>15520574

Barroth and Jyuratodus, checkmate. They teased a swamp area for april fools with Legiacrus

>>15520334

>I'm personally holding out for them to add the Valphalk into World.

Nothing introduced in XX is going to be added in World.

>>15517457

>It is pretty easy to use though. Hard to master, like most weapons, but not hard to start using. Unless you're some dumb asshole who can't memorize a few four note songs.

The hard thing isn't remembering the songs but managing to attacking the enemy efficiently which is the best part about HH but also the hardest, the fact that it's able to hit everything in a 360° radius.

>Hey you have to deal with capcom randomly nerfing the shit out of you every generation though. That takes real skill to see that and go "well time to still play this"

Isn't HH pretty good in XX?

>>15521251

If they didn't have any of the old monsters people would have ignored it.

>>15521315

Jet Pack Dragon is a result of Monster Hunter becoming more and more anime the longer the series went on.

>>15521360

More like they wouldn't have any excuse to kill the franchise to replace it with World instead of just making it a new IP like it should've been.

>>15520598

mud is actually physical, not water

>>15521315

I've restarted my character in MHGU 15 times now because I can never fucking get satisfied with my face/voice/skin combination. Fucking Switch and higher resolution is making my autism flare.

>>15522081

>I've no issues with Stylized Monsters, but Rajang has always been Anime as fuck.

I'm not saying that it was ever not anime but compare Rajang to a jet pack dragon, hunter arts and your eyes glowing when you activate demon mode.

I don't get how I'm meant to beat a Pukei Pukei in two minutes for the arena fights. Even with a near constant assault I still take like 12 minutes to actually kill it.

Jesus Christ, I've been grinding Zinogre for so long that I'm pretty sure I can make all of his weapons twice now. But now matter how much I grind, I just wont get another Zinogre plate, I looked it up and it has a fucking 3% drop rate. At least the fight only takes between 12 and when I'm lucky sub 5 minutes.

>>15511537

Monster Hunter has been easy as shit since p3. World is just as easy as any other post FU MH

Heck yeah, I finally got that Zinogre plate, petting Poogie was definitely worth it. Now I just need to cut that tail.

>>15522097

>World is just as easy as any other post FU MH

How would you know, you haven't touched anything but world

>>15522343

I'd guess that Behemoth was worked on late or after development, whenever they started talking to Squenix about a crossover event, which is why he wasn't on the list initially. Even then, they probably didn't have to do much work on Behemoth itself besides broken parts and visual damage.

>>15522688

Fucking flag

what kind of new weapon would you like to see in the next monster hunter game?

would you like toned down versions of tonfas and magnet spikes from frontier?

>>15522735

A sword with a dagger that I can parry with like in Dark Souls.

>>15522768

>parry enormous fucking dragons

Might seem a little silly, tbh.

>>15522841

>Might seem a little silly, tbh.

So is beating up enormous fucking dragons with a music instrument.

>>15522858

But the hunting horn is essentially a hammer with a musical instrument built into it.

>>15522928

>But the hunting horn is essentially a hammer with a musical instrument built into it.

That's not any less silly.

Which isn't to say that i have something against hunting horns.

>>15522933

But I mean it can function as both a musical instrument and a big metal hammer to hit things with. Using a tiny parrying dagger to redirect the force of several hundreds pounds of pissed off Nergigante just seems daft.

>>15522841

That was actually meant as a joke but if you want a real suggestion, I'd kinda like chain swords or a whip. Or a mace on a chain, it would be more unique than just a new kind of sword.

>>15522735

I'm surprised there isn't really a pilebunker/piledriver type weapon given how overtly Japanese the series is. The gunlance might somewhat fill the role, but I'm thinking of a two handed weapon that can extend and retract a spear to change the moveset, the retracted mode capable of charging up and thrusting the spear out for a signature piledriver attack. Admittedly though this might just be me being a nostalgic faggot about using the pilebunker from Lost Planet 2.

>>15522965

A kind of mace would be good, it would be another source of impact damage. A new type of gunner weapon but I don't really have any ideas for that, maybe take the world slinger and make it a full on weapon

>>15523212

I thought about a sling/flail combo weapon once. It uses coatings like the bow but you can use the shell like a ball and chain. Just remember when the shell is loaded and you hit a wall or monster the impact bullet will explode in your face dealing minor damage which fucks your natural healing. Weapon does pure impact damage. Even the exploding bullets do impact.

>>15523212

JoJo bolas.

>>15523212

>A new type of gunner weapon but I don't really have any ideas for that,

I thought about a bayonet as a "medium" bowgun

>>15522735

Fists. I want to punch things with big fat gauntlets.

>>15523270

i think one mode of the tonfas is basically that, i'll have to watch more frontier videos for that.

>>15523350

Frontier actually has some neat ideas but it's also fuck ugly and the monsters all look completely terrible because the chinks can't design anything that doesn't look soulless and shitty.

>>15523414

>the monsters all look completely terrible because the chinks can't design anything that doesn't look soulless and shitty.

chinks is online, frontier is still japanese.

also, forokururu (the nectar drinking brid dragon) looks okay. The crystal scorpions are fine too.

>>15523554

Eruzerion seems okay besides the horns. Though there's probably no good reason it's an elder dragon instead of a fanged beast when its body so greatly resembles Zinogre's.

Maybe my tolerance for visual monster designs is too high. The stupid silly designs are the "upgraded" versions of monsters in frontier like the hard core and zenith ones.

Also, frontiers main problem seems to be the grind and gameplay on higher rankings, on the G and Z ranks you not only deal apperently deal with huge AoEs on a constant basis, but the occasional straight up one-hit-kills, too.

>>15523554

>Eruzerion seems okay besides the horns.

Respectfully disagree. I like Frontiers idea of high rank monsters dealing massive damage by reducing your max HP and I like some custom styles the game has. It's still cheap Korea MMO garbage but at least you only need to pay for it once.

Whip sword.

>its a whip and a sword.

>Wide whip attacks make LS tripping look tame

>Kinda like a LS in sword mode but without Spirit gauge

>Sword thrusts do piercing damage

>Whip does cutting damage

Think of that weapon from Bloodborne Old hunters DLC the Beastcutter, as i think it would fit into MH.

>>15523270

We had a lengthy discussion about a fist type weapon in OG MH about a year ago.

My vision would be something similar to Goliath from DMC3 or Balrong from DMC5 because it has more kicking mechanics and different modes.

I wonder what the MH devs themselves would come up with as a hand to hand punching type weapon.

>>15523350

Fuck tonfas and fuck frontier.

Its nothing but korean MMO bloated trash.

We've had a lot of World cringe in the past few threads but cancer has many forms. I present to you, the worst thing I've seen since I first saw healing and walking at the same time in the E3 World trailer.

>>15524730

>"bowgun introduced in MHO"

>is using paintballs to deal damage

>unironically uses bow melee right in the monster's face

>doesn't even charge his shots

Where do you people keep finding these mouthbreathing retards?

These are the mongoloids that should have been killed by cholera.

>>15524730

>MMO Bytes

I remember these retards. They stood out as particularly brain damaged among youtubers due to them constantly saying Sword Art Online:Fatal Bullet was going to be an MMO for months after the devs said it was a single player game and for their absurdly retarded PSO2 videos where they played for weeks without ever upgrading their weapons or getting new PAs. They got called out for this in the comments, and their reply was "I don't do that stuff because I play for fun."

>>15524195

>Fuck tonfas

Tell me all about the problems with tonfas

>nobody has said the obvious thing yet

FISTS.

BIG STONKING GREAT KNUCKLE DUSTERS SO YOU CAN PUNCH THOSE CUNTS FUCKING RETARDED.

>>15525634

See >>15523270 and >>15524195

>>15505276

my irl friends can't shut up about mh but i'm too poor to have a pc or a console that can play mhworld

where should I start? what should I play?

>>15525708

>where should I start

You should start by getting a spine and not giving into peer pressure

>what should I play

if you're not playing world make sure you're ready for investing hours and hours into a game. P3rd is a good starting point but everything from FU to XX is a quality game worth playing.

>>15525708

PPSSPP, and Freedom Unite. Portable 3rd is a slightly lower barrier to entry, but if you're a total beginner and don't know Japanese, the tutorials in Freedom Unite will be very helpful. Whichever you choose though, be prepared to invest some time - it's a very slow start for new players, and you won't get a proper feel for what the majority of the game is like until several hours in most likely.

>>15525634

rapid hitting blunt is missing from the game, so this sounds like a good idea from first thought I wouldn't mind a god hand armour too

Nothing wrong with Tonfas, I'd rather have them then not. That accel axe looks fun too.

>>15525981

>Nothing wrong with Tonfas

I wouldn't be surprised if crapcom puts them in the mainline games with no changes after World.

>>15525983

I'd be suprised if they put it in world at all considering how awful the weapons in general look, they really didn't put much effort into making them look good.

>>15522735

Nunchaku. It could be like an impact version of dual blades.

>>15525708

I would actually advise anyone to play FU because it teaches you all of the basics and series mechanics but I know that nowadays it's hard to get into. I don't even know if I would do it solo again, it helps if you've never played any MH game before though. Play 3rd for solo or FU if you can get your IRL friends to drop that casualized piece of garbage. PPSSPP is by far the best emulator on the market and all the games play perfectly, the only downside is that there's no working 60fps patch that doesn't break the game.

>>15526261

FU is honestly not all that good though. GS and Hammer are dogshit compared to the updated movesets from 3rd gen.

>>15526265

It's been ages since I last played FU on my PSP but I remember GS and Hammer being top tier and raping everything.

>>15526265

GS and hammer are strong as fuck in FU. The newer movesets are nice, but the weapons were still good without them.

>>15526265

Hammer didn't change much from 2nd to 3rd gen though, its only worthwhile addition being the upward swing on the level 1 charge, mostly because it helps with range. Everything else about it was better in FU, especially the dodge windows after every attack.

>>15526310

>GS and hammer are strong as fuck in FU

Hammers are, GS not so much.

>>15526312

The exhaust damage was a massive all around buff to hammers in 3rd gen and the uppercut level 2 was a game changer. The exhaust doesn't apply for 4th gen though because it got nerfed into being useless.

I don't think Zingogre armor was a good decision for GS, that weapon is fucking terrible without fast charge. I think I'll craft either an SnS or an LS. I need a different set for GS. I could possibly just make the pumpkin set a second time (already have one for bow) but it doesn't have anything useful for blademaster asides from fast charge, it does have a shitload of slots though.

>>15525634

toukiden has fists

Is Gigginox in XX?

>>15526977

No

>>15527041

Thank God.

>>15527055

Gigginox is easier than Khezu

>>15527055

>He doesn't like Gigginox

>>15527081

It's not the difficulty, I just really dislike his gimmick attacks. Same reason why I dislike Nibelsnarf.

>>15527157

>Same reason why I dislike Nibelsnarf

Why the fuck do you dislike nibelsnarf?

Its fantastic

>>15527176

Because he's a lame gimmick monster that just exists to annoy you. He's creative, yes but I'm just not a fan of his gimmicks. Probably one of my least favourite monsters.

>>15527157<

>Same reason why I dislike Nibelsnarf.

>bring bombs

>fish it up

5 minute nibelsnarf

>>15527194

Yes but that's not fun. I never said that he was hard, he's easy as fuck even without bombs. I'm not saying that all gimmick monsters are bad, I really liked Zinogre and Brachydios but Nibelsnarf is just not for me.

>>15527187

>He's creative, yes but I'm just not a fan of his gimmicks

Gimmicks?

>>15527190

>I've noticed the red shield parry doesn't really work for shit

You need guard+ skills to parry strong attacks other wise you'll go into a recoil, same as lance. For Striker red shield is a 1.2x damage multiplier in Axe mode. One way it differs from its 4U counterpart is that you'll be using your axe attacks a lot more instead of just relying on explosions.

>>15527201

>Nibelsnarf is just not for me.

I get that but my point is at least it is a quick kill so you can get your parts, get out and then fight something you enjoy more.

>>15527202

>Gimmicks?

He's swimming in sand the entire time and if you want to get him, you have to sonic bomb him out of there. His entire move set is based around a single gimmick. Without his sand shit all he can do is charge at you. Sand Plesioth also used sand a lot but that wasn't the only thing he could do.

>>15527229

>He's swimming in sand the entire time and if you want to get him, you have to sonic bomb him out of there

Are you sure you're thinking of the right monster? You can't sonic bomb nibelsnarf out. He also keeps out of the sand most of the fight and on your ass as soon as it detects you.

>>15527229

>nibelbro

<somehow worse than dune plesioon

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>>15527236

>Are you sure you're thinking of the right monster? You can't sonic bomb nibelsnarf out

You can, just not completely >>15527194 even mentions it. You can however force his head out of the sand during specific attacks of his.

>>15527258

Both are awful

>>15527271

>You can, just not completely >>15527194 even mentions it

When he says bombs, he means barrel bombs not sonic ones. Sonic bombs are only useful during its sand tunnel attack.

>>15527287

>When he says bombs, he means barrel bombs

Oh, I see. Still, the village and guild quests even give you free sonic bombs at the start.

>>15527202

>You need guard+ skills to parry strong attacks other wise you'll go into a recoil, same as lance. For Striker red shield is a 1.2x damage multiplier in Axe mode. One way it differs from its 4U counterpart is that you'll be using your axe attacks a lot more instead of just relying on explosions.

Makes sense. Any info on the damage output of Energy Blade?

And I was using Guild with it.

>>15527315

Energy Blade is only good when coupled with Limit Break which in turn is only useful if you want to spam SAED instead of AEDs which is something you don't want to do.

>>15527315

Drop Energy Blade and use Absolute Evasion+SP or Healing Oasis (Healing Phial burns 5 phials for a mega potion grade heal). I rarely use Energy Blade. Great way to burn all your phials in a miss. Plus it's rarely hits the part I want to cut. Because it's an uppercut you'll usually hit the foot instead of the head of tail. And breaking parts in axe mode is faster and precise if you know what you're doing.

You're going to waste more time setting up Energy Blade unless you have speedrunning and AI manipulation down.

>>15527532

>Absolute Evasion+SP or Healing Oasis

No

Use absolute readiness. Don't use shitty skills like healing oasis

>>15527648

Absolute readiness is upgraded absolute evasion though. Was thinking before getting that skill.

Deleted last post because some fuckery is going on my end. Apologies.

>>15527696

>One get out of fuck-free card

>Better than two get out of fuck-free cards

If you're going to use arts might as well go all in with the retarded (useless) HA moves and I personally enjoyed using the laser blade with 10 phials, but if you want the best arts it's almost always 2xabsolute + 1xbuffing. Even 10 phial laser blade still only has a MV of like 300, pretty big, but hardly worth it for all the effort it takes when a handful of double a hits already do that much while readiness and evasion keep your sharpness up, let you reposition and also open more opportunities for attack since you can play stupidly recklessly when either one of them is readied. I must admit I have used the lance healing skill, only for 'fun' though, but the CB healing phial is really fucking atrocious. At least lance procs on counter hits and basically gives you max health to you and anyone near the monster if you're ever blocking near wind pressure or countering lots (bearing in mind that absolute evasion would still let you do this+more since it instant sheaths), building up five more phials and going through the stupid animation, plus how it effects your attack options, when you could've just used your phials normally and sheathed (i.e. w/ AbsEva) then healed normally is garbage. Healing oasis goes beyond being a joke or 'fun', it's just worthless, maybe if it was an XS HA it could be 'fun', but at XL it's exclusively trash

>>15527315

Recoil isn't always a bad thing with XX CB, since it allows you to stay in sword mode which is safer while no recoil forces you into axe mode no matter what, but it is usually better to have at least guard+1 since the counter let's you go straight into the double a hit.

>>15531256

>AAA

Are you playing a male?

What if they add a fist weapon in the next game but with the Gunlance heating mechanics from generations?

>>15531440

Yeah, I dont get why this guy is playing as a male.

>>15531603

maybe because most of the female armors look like shit?

>>15531603

>Playing as a female

I want a hunter who can reliably swing a sword with some strength behind it.

>>15531889

Nigger it's a fantasy universe with gigantic dragons and unicorns that can shoot lightning. I don't care about realism in games like this, I care about my hunter being a cute girl.

>>15531949

>I care about my hunter being a cute girl.

That's not your hunter though

There are only two reasons for not picking a girl: a.) you haven't reached puberty yet b.) you're a faggot..

>>15532458

i don't like the female armors that try to be normal armor but with holes to show of female skin. the sets that don't really pretend to be armors are okay.

Ok how the fuck do I play HBG in GU?

Seems to be the go to cheese weapon for quick Brachy charm farming and EX munsters.

Ive done a couple hunts so far and cant wrap my heas around valor style

I get the perfect reload shieth thing but whats the deal with running and gunning and stuff with siege mode

also what shots are the best?

>>15535081

>thing but whats the deal with running and gunning and stuff with siege mode

Siege mode is the complete opposite of running and gunning. In Brave mode the more you fire your gun the faster it it gets in Siege mode. You can slide into a dash that doesn't consume stamina and is pretty much half iframes.

>>15535102

Fuck the haters, play World as it is easily the most accessible title.

>>15535102

>What is the best monhun game for newfags?

Probably either Portable 3rd on the PSP/PS3 or 3G on the 3DS/Wii U, though the former is Japan only with a fanpatch to translate most things, but not the tutorials so if you're not quite good enough at reading Moonrunes yet probably best to play through Freedom Unite's tutorials first.

>I emulated Freedom Unite years ago and it didn't click for me, felt clunky and I wasn't sure if that was due to emulator input lag or if that's just the way the series plays.

The series has never felt clunky to me, so it might just be your computer. If you can get it on legitimate hardware to test out that might be for the best.

>>15535149

It's the most accessible, yes, but that's exactly why it's very much the opposite of the best game of the series.

>>15535220

>More importantly the hours of tutorial shit had me bored by the time the game started being somewhat challenging.

Honestly, you're kind of fucked either way then - proper Monster Hunter games tend to take quite a while to get to the proper challenges for first timers, just because there's so much shit to explain. World streamlines it a lot and shits tutorials at you as you progress in the game, but it never actually gets challenging anyway so it's a moot point.

>>15535241

World is worse than tutorials because the entire story is unskippable

>>15535297

Do people really not watch the story for the games they play? I agree that it SHOULD be skippable but still.

>>15535220

>More importantly the hours of tutorial shit had me bored by the time the game started being somewhat challenging.

Absolutely this. It's the sole reason I never really got into MH.

>>15535241

So you're saying every game has those fucklong tutorials and not a single one lets you skip them even if you've played a bunch of them before? Sounds fucking horrible dude.

>>15535334

4U and XX have the least amount of tutorials and I think you can skip all the tutorials in FU.

>>15535309

Why would I play monster hunter for the story?

>>15535309

>Do people really not watch the story for the games they play?

Read books. Games are for playing, not telling you are a faggot.

>>15535380

You're not playing FOR the story but if it has a story why not watch it? It's like you are missing out on a part of the game for no reason.

>>15535309

If it's a good story with interesting writing and likable characters, sure, I read most of SRW's story scenes. World's plot and characters are middling at best, and not being able to skip cut scenes has been a problem with this series for years. It's especially noticeable when I start replaying 4G, and if I ever for whatever unholy reason ended up replaying World from the beginning not being able to skip the constant and far too long-winded cut scenes would be just painful.

>>15535334

>So you're saying every game has those fucklong tutorials and not a single one lets you skip them even if you've played a bunch of them before? Sounds fucking horrible dude.

Depends what you mean by tutorials. The very handholdy "This is how you gather, this is how you cook meat, etc." is entirely skippable in 2nd and 3rd gen PSP games if you state at the beginning that you've played before. In 3G and 4G they integrate it into the early quests a bit more but as a result it becomes 100% necessary. Even in the PSP games though, you've got a fair bit of low-tier easy fights to warm you up before you start getting into the meat of things, and most first timers don't start really enjoying things until around Village 4 stars I'd say.

>>15535408

On your first playthrough maybe, but on replays it's just a chore. In the case of World, the story is fucking obnoxious in how heavily it's thrown at you and gets in the way of getting to the hunting. It's not remotely interesting either, and after a while I just turned off the subtitles entirely and made up my own dialogue to pass the time while waiting for it to end because there's no skip feature.

First about story/plot: does plot influence gamepley outside of goal, theme, and level design? If so does it keep you from playing the game because it forces you to sit and watch cringe? If it's the latter then congrats you fail at storytelling in video games. Plot in old school RPGs and adventure games work because plot is the goal. It sets up the pieces of the game to force the player to learn the game mechanics through lore or in-game context without a manual. Plot in Monster Hunter is a glorified tutorial or contract flavor text no one reads.

If you want to make plot effective in Monster Hunter then show your client's reliance on the natural ecology. Show monsters tearing up farm land or eating livestock in farms that you have to defend. Have one quest from a noble demand you hunt 20 bullfango for a banquet, and then the next morning defend your ranch from a Rathalos with no prep time because he's pissed you killed his game. Show what happens when the balance of nature is thrown out of balance through GAMEPLAY, not cutscenes.

>>15535297

At least you can just tab out during the cut-scenes, and the escort quest shit is so scripted you can just run around doing whatever until the handler or someone else calls for you. Although I forget how many forced walking segments there are, I think 2?

>>15540176

Never played 4U so I've got no idea what that thing is, is it fun to fight against and is it in XX?

>>15535550

what game is the one in the screen?

Looks like P3rd but i don't recall the farm mining being automatic at all

>>15540247

It's P3rd and mining isn't automatic but later on in the game you unlock a comrade mining cart that mines for you. You can get an insane amount of materials, the only downside is that it's based on RNG.

>>15540221

It's not in vanilla X, but it's in XX, so don't expect to see it until High Rank village or G Rank multi.

>>15540579

Sweet, I really need to pick up that game.

They call him Boggerbadorme, but i call him Boom Boom.

>>15540176

why

>>15540728

Why is there a giant MHFZ logo in the lower left?

>>15540738

probably to obscure the chat window

>>15540750

why are female nerscyllas not allowed?

>>>/v/15540787

>no such thing.

this guy is an idiot

>>15535102

I started with world, then moved to MHXX/Generations Ultimate. Honestly I wish I had started with the latter because between the two it's the better game. It might not be as pretty as world but it is much more accessible to someone interested in the series instead of just the latest game.

On top of that the weapon and armor variety is just overall great. A problem I had in World was that most of the weapons felt samey. In particular the insect glaive and to be specific the Pukei one uses the exacat same model down the entire tree and is just barely different than most other glaives. The weapons in XX and other games are just better looking and really makes it feel worthwhile when you finally snag that new set or weapon. When I got to finally upgrade my gear to Mizutsune, my Cleaver and Wok S&S turned into a Bracelet and a Fan. I know it's just an issue of aesthetics but it's satisfying when it actually looks like you got a new weapon, rather than glued a bit of a different monster to your old one. And in a game where you spend most of your time grinding that blatant visual difference really helps on the whole "This is a new weapon" thing.

Gameplay wise I would say the game spoils you with the Prowlers and Hunter's Arts which aren't present in the Mainline games, but are fun to experiment with. As much as I told myself not to, I still found myself setting up a few prowlers to mess with at times, and there's something satisfying about adapting through an attack with a greatsword when I can actually pull it off. I suck at adept and dearly miss areal style. Granted, the controls might still feel "clunky" but that's more a matter of learning how to move.

Why is Nakarkos such a shit fight?

>>15540728

Jesus it's literally AoE: The Monster. He doesn't even move or attack, just sits there and fucking farts AoE.

>>15515463

He just posted some reasons its bad can you not read?

I wish Serigios got a deviant or sub species with like blast damage

>>15549276

There's no real rhyme or reason to the attacks, and it just sorta drifts around the arena.

>>15560971

You fucking EARNED that hat.

>>15549292

>AoE: The Monster.

that's frontier's g-rank roster, due to over ten years of power creep.

I think Burning Freezing Eruzerion (harder version of >>15523554)is the most extreme AoE-nigger yet. And you better abuse those I-frames, because G-rank quests lower your defense by( i think) 150 per star.

>>15560971

In this way you can only get lucky if you quit by doing the subquest.

>>15557809

>removing the freckles

Modder might as well Barrel Bomb L+ himself right now.

>>15517539

I wanna pet those

Couple of questions from a newfag:

Going to buy a second hand copy of 3U for the 3DS (new copies are going for 40€, fuck them), and if I like the game, then I will buy 4U brand new when I finish the former.

Is this a good idea or I might get fucked if the last owner was banned or something like that?

Can I swap between weapons at ease during the game?

Because I wouldn't like to start with a lance, only to find that I prefer the bowgun, but then be fucked for some reason (case in point, like wanting to try a magic class in dragon's dogma but you started as a warrior).

And last one: Are there any weapons that are a big no-no for a noob?

Because most of them sound fun as fuck.

>>15564497

>Going to buy a second hand copy of 3U for the 3DS (new copies are going for 40€, fuck them), and if I like the game, then I will buy 4U brand new when I finish the former.

>Is this a good idea or I might get fucked if the last owner was banned or something like that?

３U has no online, and being banned would be on a hardware basis I think anyway, so that's not a problem.

>Can I swap between weapons at ease during the game?

>Because I wouldn't like to start with a lance, only to find that I prefer the bowgun, but then be fucked for some reason (case in point, like wanting to try a magic class in dragon's dogma but you started as a warrior).

You're not 100% locked out of anything, but the farther you progress it will take that much more work to start making weapons of another class, or full on armor sets in the case of switching between Swordsman and Gunner. That said, plenty of people make weapons of multiple classes, especially on first playthroughs where they're still learning the ropes, and there's a lot to be said for mastering various weapon types. You start the game with access to roughly equivalent versions of each weapon type as well, so feel free to run around early on with each weapon getting a feel for how they handle.

>And last one: Are there any weapons that are a big no-no for a noob?

>Because most of them sound fun as fuck.

Not really, no. While there are weapons that are objectively "better" in terms of allowing for optimal killtimes, nothing is unviable and everything has a playstyle that it works well with. Some weapons may be tougher for new players, for instance things that are slow and thus require observing monster behavior to take advantage of like the Greatsword, or more technical weapons with variation in abilities between various weapons within the class like the Hunting Horn and Gunlance, or of course the Bowguns which require ammunition and can easily leave you in a shitty situation if you run out, but if you find that one of these matches you well or you just really are dedicated enough to put in the time to learn it, you can't really go wrong with anything.

>>15564525

Thank you for your concise reply, will be grabbing a copy tomorrow.

>>15564577

No problem, glad to be of help. Just remember to be patient with the game, as it has a fair bit of a learning curve that turns off a lot of people, and you should definitely experiment with anything you can to get a feel for what works and what doesn't for you. Feel free to pop in with questions anytime.

>>15562695

>>15562271

Speaking of which, I'm currently hunting Khezu for that sweet armor set but I realized something

>Gunner set looks ugly

>LBG looks cool

>Blademaster set looks cute

>Arial Hammer doesn't work as well as areal greatsword

This is cruel and unusual punishment for fighting a dick-wyvern

>>15565818

>Does XX have cancerous online-only things like 3U did where you could only get certain items by sending guild card hunters? Because I hate shit like that and I certainly won't pay Nintendjew for their fucking online.

I don't think so, but even if they do, you don't have to go online since you can get guild cards by streetpassing people.

>>15564525

>nothing is unviable

Playing bowguns blind is practically completely unviable. Critical distance isn't immediately obvious, nor is the fact that pierce shots do 3+ times more damage than the vast majority of other shot types and there's nothing that makes hitzones apparent when playing gunner when its blatantly obvious (bouncing, etc.) when playing melee. Other weapons, except for maybe bow since critical distance and hitzones still apply though shot types are more obvious and arrow arcs will force you to play at least within regular damage multiplier distance, you can fumble through and still do well enough since almost all of the mechanics are apparent or explicitly explained. Even motion values to a degree since you will notice stuff like GS overhead one shotting a *prey while a sideswing takes two hits during the early game compulsory quests. There's also the fact that many bowguns are totally unviable owing to shit ammo types or massive recoil (fire rate halved or worse) while there's only like 2 or 3 melee weapons (e.g. eternal strife) that are straight up unusable compared to similar equivalents, the worst you'll normally get in melee if you pick a bad weapon are just slightly longer quests, not quests taking 2 or 3 times as long and putting you in danger of timing out.

This doesn't mean it's impossible by any means, but unless you happen to be fairly perceptive and infer that the tiny red spark when you hit a monster with a shot from too far away means you're doing piss damage, the screen shake up close but not too close means you're doing extra and also assume that pierce shot does dramatically more damage than normal shot while not assuming that pellet would follow the same rule, plus noticing that recoil affects fire rate rather than accuracy, you're not going to really get anywhere with a bowgun.

Going to sleep but asking for recommendation for weapon+style combos to use. Been using Aerial Greatsword because it feels good and tried Alchemy Hunting Horn which felt like a clusterfuck that I will have to one day return to.

>>15567653

If it's your first game, and considering you thought alc HH was a good idea it probably is, the only styles to ever use are guild and maybe striker. Aerial is a gimmick style exclusively for funsies and you shouldn't use it if you wactually want to enjoy the game, brave and bushido completely trivialise the game so they're even worse. It's also probably a good idea not to use either of the absolute-* skills since they also break the game, but most of the other hunter arts aren't really that useful if you feel the need for a flashy 'super' animation occasionally, note that the damage most of the HA put out is lower or barely higher compared to the risk of using a long animation than attacking normally though.

As an aside, alchemy is thoroughly trash, no matter what you try and do to get it to work. Even when it is 'working' the only thing it manages is to be striker but with a 'free' pirate j bomb or single use earplugs once every 5 minutes, since every item alc gets is just healing or hunter art meter boosts (aka trash AND boring).

>>15567890

In other words just use any weapon you want + guild or striker

>>15567477

Granted, I do think Bowguns are probably the hardest weapon to cut your teeth on, and was working off the assumption that as a brand new player he'd be reading through all the tutorial material as thoroughly as possible, but my point is that if you're dedicated and persistent enough there's no weapon type you can't solo the game with.

>>15568593

Hey lanceboi

wait for grimclaw tigrex

>>15568593

Welcome to MH

>>15568593

I think I hate Plesioth more than Tigrex. Hyper Plesioth can suck a dick

>>15568593

I'm kind of in the same spot with Khezu. Everything it does is either mind-numbingly slow or electric. That doesn't seem like much but I always do better on monsters that are fast and aggressive, so something slow like this fucks my shit up. It's why the Great Maccao's tailstand stance always gets me.

That being said, what's the fastest way to get poison sacs so I can build a hard hitter to upgrade into the khezu gunlance? Please don't say gypceros because "chicken wyverns" are awful things. I'd rather fight rathian again.

>>15567907

I made the same mistake playing 4U. I wasn’t sure where to go to get quests because I was pulling an Arin and found myself having drawn out fights with G Jaggi and elephant monkey.

>>15569374

Not every high rank quest has a second monster roaming around in GU/XX. Hell, there some low rank quests with a possible second monster roaming around, though they aren't usually more than something like a G. Maccao or a drome.

>>15569374

>>15569017

>>15568765

>>15568727

>>15568626

>>15568593

>>15568620

Finally done with this quest, now I unlocked the Heroic Doubles (which I doubt I'll use).

The highlights of the fight include the last 20 minutes of no healing items other than herbs and sleeping at the camp (which I must have done something like five times, had I been careless and eaten for Insomniac I'd have been royally fucked). I did find the patterns on the second part, but I still think the beginning of the charge has it limp too hard to the its left to be able to catch you half the times it does when you dodge to the right of the monster. I also basically waited out most of its rage and got over my "if the monster is not in front of you, it can too regain health" fears, I don't know if they heal up much but attrition battles are definitely possible. I think something like a solid half of all my attacks were just the GL's draw attack. I can see where the value of GS on this monster would be. I had to use the Wyvern's Fire on nothing a few times just to lock the heat gauge because Tigrex knows no respite outside of drooling mode.

>>15569977 (checked)

>200 hours

>village 6*

>can barely beat tigrex

Jesus Christ nigga, and I thought I was bad. Good job nonetheless.

>>15570438

Woops wrong bold formatting. Guess a portion of the egg is on my face.

I'm not sure if I just missed it but does the OP have an upgrade tree chart? The wikis are incomplete garbage and I'd like to build a nice healing horn without wasting resources. Same for S&S.

>>15576059

What's wrong with wanting to hit things and heal yourself at the same time? That just sounds efficient.

>>15576090

The recital action leaves you prone for longer than an item use would, and doesn't heal you by nearly as much as just downing a Mega Potion would.

meat

>the bowgun shots don't actually come out of the turret, because the turret is angled upwards

smh

>>15576599

>The fuck is Kulve Taroth?

A gold covered elder dragon

>>15576576

>It's for Frontier

Damnit, got excited for half a moment

>>15576576

It's amazing how Frontier manages to somehow look worse than the Switch version.

>>15576780

Pretty much this - ironically enough, considering PC proponents usually claim that it's consoles that hold back technical/graphical upgrades.

>>15576795

>considering PC proponents usually claim that it's consoles that hold back technical/graphical upgrades.

turns out, the enemy is the toasters

>>15576795

You say that, but its not as though even XX/GU are all that graphically complex. Its still clearly a more souped-up PS2 game. Doesn't particularly hurt it, because every area is visually unique and players and monsters clearly stand out. It has a nice overall charm to it.

>>15576833

Less the toasters themselves, and more the drive to sell to the lowest common denominator and thus when releasing on PC to keep required specs as low as possible except for Denuvo of course

>>15576971

That's true of Monster Hunter as a whole for sure, but that just means that a PS2 game is still better looking than a PC game.

>>15577037

>>15577031

But does it at least run at or have the capability for 60fps?

I don't think anyone would actually mind a Monster Hunter with fancy grafix so long as players, monsters, and other points of interest properly stand out against the environments, without clashing badly. Also a palette that's not a bunch of muted browns to make it appear "realistic".

Oh, and not a regression or dumbing down of gameplay either

>>15577099

See for yourself, if you want to see more, that guy has like 100+ Frontier videos on his channel where he fights pretty much every single monster.

>>15577125

That's just a re-skinned Zinogre that appears to shit out damage, lol. I guess its nice that it can render out in 4k?

>>15577768

>weeb

That word doesn't mean what I think you think it means.

>>15577802

Nigga, what else am I supposed to call my Hatsune Miku character with my Sailor Moon HH?

>>15577828

Gaudy.

>>15577768

Does it kill monsters fast? If it doesn't then it's shit/10.

>>15577935

Haven't tested it yet but the armor

looks cute and the HH makes funny noises so I'm satisfied.

>mh4u

>Guild Hall 6 stars

>S. Zinogre + B. Tigrex, wycoon quest

>make room because I thought it would be fun to juggle two monsters with another person

>G Crown hunter enters, think to myself “oh alright, I guess I’ll just get this over with and go back to solo farming”

>he takes quest and we leave

>with his superior g rank gear he carts once and quits

>finish the quest anyways because a zinogre was on the verge of death

How did he manage to do that? His gear should have easily carried him through this. I can’t remember a single time I carted in HR with g rank equipment

>>15576599

>Is hammer a bad choice against him in 3rd

No you're just bad at using it

>Hub hopping

>Another hunt is posted

>Don't bother looking since we were farming glavenus

>It wasn't Glavenus. It wasn't Glavenus at all.

>That base camp

>That massive hole

>That music and fight

>That feeling of not knowing what's going on or what happened, just that it was big

Nakakros is pretty fucking cool apparently. But I feel like I've been spoiled on something big.

On a scale of 1 to 10 how spoiled was I?

>>15581099

No such thing as foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

>>15581171

Was it Low Rank or High Rank? If the former, you haven't seen the real Ostgaloa fight yet.

Man nobody wants to ever do the gay deviants like snowbaron or redhelm

been trying to get a hand with G5 of each for days now, i just cant solo that shit

>>15581931

dude lmao just, like, adept dool blades and solo that shit It's what I did for angry glaive anus.

>>15581939

I could totally do it if it wasnt a snow barrow and savage jho at the same time

>>15581965

>are these games worth playing solo?

Absolutely. Some feel they're at their best solo.

>Which PSP version is the best?

2nd G/Freedom Unite has the most content and is the best of the "original" style of games. Portable 3rd is easier to get into and a little more refined, but with less content. If you're still getting a feel for the series and don't speak Japanese, you should at least play through Freedom Unite's tutorials since the fantranslation of P3rd doesn't cover those.

>the graphics were hard on my eyes…grainy….is the psp version smoother? I'd be playing on a Vita, not emulator

Hard to say. The graphics on the Vita look fine to me, but then I also don't have a problem with the 3DS ones.

>Or should I just opt out and play Toukiden Kiwami for Vita?? Seem similar

They're not that similar to be honest. Toukiden is much more Musou/Dynasty Warriors speed.

>>15581975

>Absolutely. Some feel they're at their best solo.

Oh? How come? Isn't it fun to work in teams?

>2nd G/Freedom Unite has the most content and is the best of the "original" style of games. Portable 3rd is easier to get into and a little more refined

thanks, Ill try freedom unite next

>>15581988

>Oh? How come? Isn't it fun to work in teams?

It can be, but generally it sucks any challenge entirely out of the game. There's nothing quite like overcoming G Rank quests solo.

>thanks, Ill try freedom unite next

Have fun, and be patient, the learning curve is a bit long and harsh but oh so worth it.

>>15582191

Most people are "spoiled" by newer games, these days, and equate grafix as what makes any game better. Doesn't matter if the game is objectively shit or inferior to previous games, if its got the latest in hyper realism and fancy chromatic aberration, its automatically an improvement and thusly superior. They'll feel right at home playing World because of the fancy presentation and window dressing, without ever knowing or understanding (or likely caring, either) the what or why its worse than several previous Monster Hunter games.

>>15582191

Normalfags gonna normalfag

>>15581171

0 because bonersquid is an immensely boring fight that just looks cool but has absolutely no substance, especially god forbid you want his armor set. If low rank it's at least mercifully short, but fuck if it's highrank you will want to die because of the sheer boredom the fight brings.

More importantly

>spoilers in a game where the entire story is "a monster is here go murder it"

>>15582191

>Everybody I've tried to get to play Monster Hunter has fucked off without even giving it a chance purely because of the graphics.

>trying to get normalcattle to infest monhun

>>15577802

>>weeb

>That word doesn't mean what I think you think it means.

t.fat weeb

>>15582191

Everybody I've tried to get to play Monster Hunter just immediately lost interested after 5 hunts.

>>15582739

You need to find someone who got the game of their own free will.

source: played with a lot of my friends through the entirety of MH4U and MHW and some P3rd/3U

>>15582772

MH seems like a game you need friends to play with. After 10hours I got bored just hunting alone and gearing out for the sake of gearing out. Not a fan of diablo loot-autism unless it's with friends.

>>15582776

it is geared towards giving people something to do during their long train rides back in ye old nippon

>>15582776

I disagree. I only really got into Monster Hunter when playing it alone, and I played it alone for three whole generations. It wasn't until MH4U that I even got the chance to play with other people, and even then only rarely. It's a fantastic singleplayer game.

>>15582776

Only ever played MH solo, FU is hard as fuck but it's doable. MH are good singleplayer games.

>>15582780

>>15582798

>>15582818

Hmm weird. I guess fighting the monsters is challenging, it's not just a mindless loot farm like Diablo.

>>15582829

It's not just challenging, it's full of variety. When you watch autistic speed runs you're watching the one good run where the stars aligned out of 250 because every hunt has so much variation and so many little things go differently. Monsters are not all the same size, they don't all have the same "personality", sometimes one will heavily favor a particular move where another one doesn't really use it much at all. Throw in a dozen plus weapons that all play radically different from one another and autism armor crafting and you've hit the home run.

>>15582191

Are they the type of fags who won't play any ps2 or games or older because it looks old?

>>15582772

This is pretty true. Tried to get a bro to play it, and he just didn't want to. Then a few months later he told me he tried again by himself and loved it.

>>15582776

>MH seems like a game you need friends to play with.

I find it the opposite - if I'd been playing with friends, it would've gotten boring because there'd have been no challenge and I would essentially just have been carried without having the chance to explore the game and figure it out.

>diablo loot-autism

The games aren't even remotely similar though.

>>15582829

>I guess fighting the monsters is challenging, it's not just a mindless loot farm like Diablo.

Exactly. Every big monster is essentially a "boss fight"

I just realized that world doesn't have an opening animation like other games and how much I miss that. The cinematic of hunters at work, and the comfy times between hunts really gets you in the mood and that World lacks that is a crime.

>>15585679

World also lacks a compelling and energizing soundtrack. There's nothing to hear on the menu screen, all of the music in Astera is shit, and every single map besides rotten vale has a trash theme. It's like they went out of their way to not only pick weak bottomless compositions, but also decided to cheap the fuck out on the orchestra too and run with recordings that sound like day 1 sight-reading practice full of mistakes and bad timing (looking at you, trumpet section).

>>15586632

It especially stands out after the masterpiece that was XX's soundtrack

>>15586632

But muh realism

>>15586850

I will never get that argument. Reality is fucking boring, that's why we're playing video games in the first place.

>>15586632

I couldn't believe just how weak Kushala's theme sounds in that game. I like the new section they added, but the overall performance of the song is just pitiful.

I'm almost done with P3rd and I'll probably have to wait until Christmas before I can get my Switch and XX. Guess I'll just have to punish myself with FU solo. Last time I played FU I got stuck at the 2 Diablos/Monoblos quest but that was years ago so maybe I'll get further this time.

>>15585679

It also lacks the entire fucking MH artstyle and character. I'm not talking just about the monsters and world being bland looking, but the UI, sound effects, menu audio, etc.. It's like a super serious no-fun-allowed take on MH. Almost as if it was designed specifically for the western market

>>15587084

And god, the weapons. The weapon designs are all so fucking boring and shitty.

>>15587084

>Almost as if it was designed specifically for the western market

They outright said that it was in the first interview they did after unveiling it at E3.

>>15587109

I think that's the joke

>>15587084

Yeah that too. Really it's a shame because rather than show what's great about the series and showing off it's best traits (Ironically what XX does, and wasn't released in the west for over a year) they instead decided to cut away all the charm and unique traits of monster hunter, rounded off any potential rough edges, and tried to make it fit into the most generic of molds. There's something to be said here about that but I can't really articulate it.

>>15587128

It worked though, it's Capcom's best selling game yet and I know a lot of people who play it. It may be the death of Monster as we knew and loved it but it's the beginning of Monster Hunter becoming a big IP.

>>15587183

>It may be the death of Monster as we knew and loved it

is it time to make mods and fangames?

>>15587183

>it's the beginning of Monster Hunter becoming a big IP.

It was already big, but I understand what you mean. However, we can't know for sure, normalfags and casuals are fickle beasts, easily swayed by hype and "brand power". It could very well be a flash in the pan and the next game fails to capture the same audience because they're distracted by Destiny 3 or some other shit. Part of the reason MHW was a hit were the amount of disgruntled Destiny 2 tards looking for something else to fill their voids after that game completely dropped the ball on release.

>>15587206

>Part of the reason MHW was a hit were the amount of disgruntled Destiny 2 tards looking for something else to fill their voids after that game completely dropped the ball on release.

This is also true since I remember the same thing happening in warframe, but the fact still remains that this sold well. Capcom would have to release at least one more game and that game would have to fail for them to cosider going back to the Old World, I'd imagine. Anyone shitting on world is branded an "elitest" or dismissed as coming from a place of nostalgia instead of "world has a distressingly small roster of monsters, dumbed down mechanics, and bland design across the board to the point where it's only superficially a monster hunter game.

Also there's the supposed movie that's apparently in the works. Shitty "western isekai" that also barely counts as monster hunter and will probably play out similar to the new Jumanji movie (see: shit), but still manage to keep whatever embers of hype alive.

>>15587183

>it's the beginning of Monster Hunter becoming a big IP.

For the foreigners. It was the only property that could be said to rival Dragon Quest at home, though it remains to be seen if that will continue into the future now.

>>15587193

Pretty much. I hope people use P3rd as the base for future PSP game mods, I fucking love Yukumo village.

>>15587206

>However, we can't know for sure, normalfags and casuals are fickle beasts, easily swayed by hype and "brand power"

Pretty much this - our only hope for the franchise at this point is that World follows the Lords of Shadow route of bombing horribly rather than the Persona 3 route of being so successful it kills the original series forever.

>>15587950

>go in thinking it can't be as bad as /mhg/ says

>it almost is

If we're going by what the review in the OP pasta said as "what /mhg/ says" then I would say World is even worse than /mhg/ says it is.

Does XX have rain like Unite did?

i wish a felyne would fart on my face. if felynes were real i'd be homeless because i'd use all my money paying felyne brothels to have male felynes fart on my face.

>>15590559

Don't give Goons replies, just report and ignore

Anyone got a good easy no talisman needed LBG bracby charm farm set?

What weapon do I use? And shots besides Sleep when enter and stun when Its trapped?

>>15594264

I beat him with a simple water SnS and a set that had Water attack +1. Worked out pretty well.