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azuarc 11/19/20 6:43:12 PM #90:	31. Monster Hunter: World Genre whatever the hell I said God Eater was Gameplay: 5 Rest of Game: 7 Engagement: 5 New to Me: 5 Playtime: 4 Total score: 26/40 Song selection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po_t8I9FC2Y Monster Hunter is a series I was always casually curious about, but never thought Id actually play. Then a buddy I havent seen in ages decides he has some time off from work and asks me if Id like to co-op something. After a little time in Borderlands, he says, hey, lets play something else. My treat. Next thing I know, the two of us are trying to learn how to play MH:W. (I got him back by buying the expansion.) To be fair, a lot of what I said about God Eater was also true here. The controls were weird to adapt to and I had a hell of a time trying out all the different weapons and trying to find something that felt right. If I didnt have a friend to join, Im not sure if I would have wanted to continue. For a non-MMO, the buy-in cost for this game is on the high side. However, I certainly havent played anything that does what Monster Hunter does. Videos of it make it sound like the main loop is horribly cumbersome, and while the cycle is a little unwieldy, you can skip over parts of it if you want. Basically, you decide youre going to leave camp to go hunt some large monster. You eat a meal for stat buffs first. Situationally you might need some extra items like antidotes or traps. Then you go hunt. After you kill the monster, you skin it and take the parts back to make better equipment from. Of course, I say that you kill the monster part like its as simple as hopping on its head like a goomba. No, these are epic freaking encounters. Massive beasts with a slew of different attacks that you have to work around. If youre fighting solo and all the attention is on you, finding openings to deal damage is tricky. Far better to have a team so you can coordinate. And the idea of killing the monster with other people was a heck of a lot more fun, even for someone like me who absolutely abhors playing with randoms on-line. And because the dozen weapons all play significantly differently, theres a ton of mastery to the game if you want to learn everything. Exploring the wilderness is also a blast, up until you learn where everything is. But after that, the game becomes a grind. You have to re-kill the same enemies 20, 30 times. You have to hope it drops the parts you need for your new upgrade. The side missions to allow you to progress are very repetitive. If youre playing this game, its because you enjoy the actual act of fighting the giant fucking monsters, because the sense of progression slows down real quick after the ten hour mark. I also felt like I was never really handling the menus and the interface very well, and there was often an overwhelming amount of things to consider when it came to trying to play my character optimally. Im sure I could have stuck with this one longer if I really wanted to dedicate myself to something, but my friend disappeared back into his hole, and I returned to playing Borderlands. Should you play it?: If you enjoy a game about exploring wilderness, collecting flora and fauna, and using potentially outrageous weapons to fight enormous beasts, then yes. Just be prepared to do a lot of dodge-rolls. Next: Stop And that means we're at the top thirty: 20XX A Hat in Time A Plague Tale: Innocence A Short Hike Borderlands 3 Cat Quest DanganRonpa V3 Dishonored 2 Genshin Impact Hades Hearthstone Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption Hollow Knight Kingdom Rush: Frontiers Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Lenna's Inception Monster Train Muse Dash Night in the Woods Ori and the Blind Forest Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright: Spirit of Justice Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations Soda Dungeon 2 Super Mario 64 (randomizer) Super Mario Odyssey The Jackbox Party Pack (1-6) The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel The Metronomicon Z3R (A Link to the Past Randomizer) Prediction leaderboard: 10 - Shonen_Bat 4 - ArkOfTurus 0 - everyone else because you're too scared to try! I will be closing predictions after the top 10. --- Video Game Music Contest 14 champion: Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour <cite>azuarc posted [p:947374472] in azuarc ran... [t:79089143]...</cite> <quote>31. Monster Hunter: World Genre whatever the hell I said God Eater was Gameplay: 5 Rest of Game: 7 Engagement: 5 New to Me: 5 Playtime: 4 Total score: 26/40 Song selection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po_t8I9FC2Y Monster Hunter is a series I was always casually curious about, but never thought Id actually play. Then a buddy I havent seen in ages decides he has some time off from work and asks me if Id like to co-op something. After a little time in Borderlands, he says, hey, lets play something else. My treat. Next thing I know, the two of us are trying to learn how to play MH:W. (I got him back by buying the expansion.) To be fair, a lot of what I said about God Eater was also true here. The controls were weird to adapt to and I had a hell of a time trying out all the different weapons and trying to find something that felt right. If I didnt have a friend to join, Im not sure if I would have wanted to continue. For a non-MMO, the buy-in cost for this game is on the high side. However, I certainly havent played anything that does what Monster Hunter does. Videos of it make it sound like the main loop is horribly cumbersome, and while the cycle is a little unwieldy, you can skip over parts of it if you want. Basically, you decide youre going to leave camp to go hunt some large monster. You eat a meal for stat buffs first. Situationally you might need some extra items like antidotes or traps. Then you go hunt. After you kill the monster, you skin it and take the parts back to make better equipment from. Of course, I say that you kill the monster part like its as simple as hopping on its head like a goomba. No, these are epic freaking encounters. Massive beasts with a slew of different attacks that you have to work around. If youre fighting solo and all the attention is on you, finding openings to deal damage is tricky. Far better to have a team so you can coordinate. And the idea of killing the monster with other people was a heck of a lot more fun, even for someone like me who absolutely abhors playing with randoms on-line. And because the dozen weapons all play significantly differently, theres a ton of mastery to the game if you want to learn everything. Exploring the wilderness is also a blast, up until you learn where everything is. But after that, the game becomes a grind. You have to re-kill the same enemies 20, 30 times. You have to hope it drops the parts you need for your new upgrade. The side missions to allow you to progress are very repetitive. If youre playing this game, its because you enjoy the actual act of fighting the giant fucking monsters, because the sense of progression slows down real quick after the ten hour mark. I also felt like I was never really handling the menus and the interface very well, and there was often an overwhelming amount of things to consider when it came to trying to play my character optimally. Im sure I could have stuck with this one longer if I really wanted to dedicate myself to something, but my friend disappeared back into his hole, and I returned to playing Borderlands. Should you play it?: If you enjoy a game about exploring wilderness, collecting flora and fauna, and using potentially outrageous weapons to fight enormous beasts, then yes. Just be prepared to do a lot of dodge-rolls. Next: Stop And that means we're at the top thirty: 20XX A Hat in Time A Plague Tale: Innocence A Short Hike Borderlands 3 Cat Quest DanganRonpa V3 Dishonored 2 Genshin Impact Hades Hearthstone Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption Hollow Knight Kingdom Rush: Frontiers Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Lenna's Inception Monster Train Muse Dash Night in the Woods Ori and the Blind Forest Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright: Spirit of Justice Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations Soda Dungeon 2 Super Mario 64 (randomizer) Super Mario Odyssey The Jackbox Party Pack (1-6) The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel The Metronomicon Z3R (A Link to the Past Randomizer) Prediction leaderboard: 10 - Shonen_Bat 4 - ArkOfTurus 0 - everyone else because you're too scared to try! I will be closing predictions after the top 10. --- Video Game Music Contest 14 champion: Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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