Current Events > i cant get into Monster Hunter World

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on paper this sounds like my dream game, pretty much checks the boxes for everything i like, but in reality im not having any fun at all. just beat the jyuratodus, going to try and kill one more boss and if i dont like it i think i will give up
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I'm having the same problem.

Apparently it's normal to feel like it's the dumbest game ever for the first few hours? Then, supposedly, it picks up and becomes amazing.

I'm going to give it more time.
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Is there something about it you're not enjoying, or is it a more overall feeling?
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Use the Bow.
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The weapons are MASSIVELY different in how they play. If you're a bit bored, try switching it up. You may also find the pickup online more fun since you're with other people.
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WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted...

Apparently it's normal to feel like it's the dumbest game ever for the first few hours? Then, supposedly, it picks up and becomes amazing.

that's what i heard too

M_Live posted...

Try a different weapon maybe

was thinking that, i cant decide what clicks with me. so far i like the sword and shield best but it's a bit boring & feels like a noob trap. long sword is ok but feels too imprecise, and the charge sword is cool but kind of complicated and not fast enough for dodging. i might give ranged weapons a shot but they look boring

l Dudeboy l posted...

Is there something about it you're not enjoying, or is it a more overall feeling?

what comes to mind:

- boss battles take forever, for what feels like no reason. it's not like they're switching forms or changing the arena, it's just that you slap an enemy around, he runs away, you run after him, rinse repeat for 30 minutes or so

- combat feels floaty. seems like you get behind some giant enemy with questionable hit boxes and then start dialing in combos and hope that it connects

- multiplayer feels way too chaotic. maybe i will get used to it but i cant really tell what the other players are doing

- game mechanics are really poorly explained

- overall setting and vibe isnt really gripping me, like the aesthetic

- online infrastructure is terrible, at least on Xbox where I'm playing. i fail to connect to lobbies nonstop, there is insane lag in matches, etc. i'm on a wired & fast connection and this is the only video game i have that consistently gives me problems. apparently this is across the board for xbox players
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It's because our work life is bleeding into our gaming, everything sucks
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these games sound boring
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Get to high rank before you drop it. You're still super early on in the game.
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The game ain't for everyone. It starts simple enough but the deeper you go the more it opens up and in turn more complicated it becomes.
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I had a lot of the same issues when I tried the WiiU one. Nothing is explained. The boss runs away every 2 minutes. Turns out I have to stop and sharpen my weapon every 2 minutes. It felt like they were making it annoying on purpose.

-monster hunter
-fun

pick one
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There's ways to make the monster not run away. Especially when they're weak. Remember to use your slinger. If they drop red ammo on the floor shoot them with it when they're dipping. They'll almost always stop and try to fight back. Also the early monsters shouldn't take you 30 minutes to beat other than the Anjanath. I hate to say it but you have to git gud.
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Im loving it, though still not quite used to the lack of health bars for enemies.
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I worry this will be the case for me. Having the monsters run away to heal 2-3 times per battle just seems unnecessary, and for me doesn't add to the "fun".
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I remember trying the psp game coz i heard it was good.

Turned it off 5 minutes later
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BignutzisBack posted...

It's because our work life is bleeding into our gaming, everything sucks

even my digital soma is not working anymore

Smashingpmkns posted...

Get to high rank before you drop it. You're still super early on in the game.

when i was younger i would be ok with something like this, but these days i cant stand "play the game you dont enjoy for X amount of hours so you can get to the part of the game that is actually fun"

SSJ2SocksForWok posted...

Im loving it, though still not quite used to the lack of health bars for enemies.

yea i hate the lack of a health bar, i cant tell how far into the fight i am or how i am even doing. i just slap a monster with a sword for 30 minutes until i go "oh yea, he's dead"
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Romulox28 is the best Evil Within 2 player I've ever seen
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SSJGrimReaper posted...

Romulox28 is the best Evil Within 2 player I've ever seen

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SSJ2SocksForWok posted...

Im loving it, though still not quite used to the lack of health bars for enemies.

There is sort of one in this game. It's the heart beat indicator underneath the monster's icon on the bottom left of your screen. It gets smaller the less health a monster has. It also shows when a monster is in rage mode by flashing yellow.
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Not sure what advice I can give that hasn't already been given, tbh. He's past the Anja Noob Wall so it's not a case of piss easy monsters. He's aware of different weapons. Though it does sound like he's just randomly attacking and hoping some crap connects, but you either learn or don't, especially depending on weapon. *shrug* Though if you're going after something for 30 minutes, you're doing something very wrong.

It's not my favorite MH by a long shot but I think it has a good base to build from.
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One of the best games ever imo.

But honestly if you don't like it now you probably won't like it later or in high rank or whatever. I mean you straight up say you don't like the setting and the aesthetic and all that. The charm is one of the big draws of the game, so if it doesn't do it for you, it's that much harder to get into.
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But 30 minutes is a long time to kill. Are you actually crafting higher level weapons?
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I'm at rank 80 something with 200 hours clocked and I'm still having fun. But then again I've crafted and used over half of the weapons and the accompanying armor sets to go along with them <_____<
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You need to play more. Put in 10 hours or so before you judge it.
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Touch posted...

I'm at rank 80 something with 200 hours clocked and I'm still having fun. But then again I've crafted and used over half of the weapons and the accompanying armor sets to go along with them <_____<

I just can't get away from maining the GS. At this point, I feel like if I were to try another weapon, I'd create a totally new character to experience the struggle from the very beginning.
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spanky1 posted...

Touch posted...

I'm at rank 80 something with 200 hours clocked and I'm still having fun. But then again I've crafted and used over half of the weapons and the accompanying armor sets to go along with them <_____<

I just can't get away from maining the GS. At this point, I feel like if I were to try another weapon, I'd create a totally new character to experience the struggle from the very beginning.

I started with Bow then went GS for HR. Then went through a shitload of things and now I'm loving the Drumstick Blades. I have like...almost 30 loadouts @__@
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Sword and Shield has a pretty low damage output, so unless you're constantly attacking it every second, fights are going to take half an hour or more. I'd try the other weapons. They have more of a learning curve but a much higher damage output.
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Also as far as ranged weapons, bows are p damn fun once you get the hang of dash charging and dancing
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now i am fighting the Anjanath. Figured I'd try out the bow.

This fucking boss keeps killing me in one hit. MHW does an absolutely horrible job at prepping you for this fight because everything until now has been stupidly easy and now i have to waste time sitting online googling how mechanics work. can't SOS either because the online servers for this game are trash.

ugh
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Romulox28 posted...

now i am fighting the Anjanath. Figured I'd try out the bow.

This fucking boss keeps killing me in one hit. MHW does an absolutely horrible job at prepping you for this fight because everything until now has been stupidly easy and now i have to waste time sitting online googling how mechanics work. can't SOS either because the online servers for this game are trash.

ugh

Umm...can I ask what armor you have and what level it is? >_>

The main addicting part of the MH games is crafting armor sets from the monsters you kill and becoming more powerful to take on stronger monsters. If you find yourself getting one shot by something, that's a sign you need to go farm an armor set of your choice, and if that concept doesn't appeal to you, then I'm afraid to say the game isn't for you.
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Veggeta_EDGE posted...

Use the Bow.

Hell yeah man the bow is where it's at
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spanky1 posted...

Romulox28 posted...

now i am fighting the Anjanath. Figured I'd try out the bow.

This fucking boss keeps killing me in one hit. MHW does an absolutely horrible job at prepping you for this fight because everything until now has been stupidly easy and now i have to waste time sitting online googling how mechanics work. can't SOS either because the online servers for this game are trash.

ugh

Umm...can I ask what armor you have and what level it is? >_>

The main addicting part of the MH games is crafting armor sets from the monsters you kill and becoming more powerful to take on stronger monsters. If you find yourself getting one shot by something, that's a sign you need to go farm an armor set of your choice, and if that concept doesn't appeal to you, then I'm afraid to say the game isn't for you.

the hunter armor or w/e it's called, the one i made from hunting great jagrases. im using level 2 or 3 weapons, regular steel or iron or w/e.

so far there is no intuitive way to know what's good against what or how to prep, which is annoying
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Romulox28 posted...

spanky1 posted...

Romulox28 posted...

now i am fighting the Anjanath. Figured I'd try out the bow.

This fucking boss keeps killing me in one hit. MHW does an absolutely horrible job at prepping you for this fight because everything until now has been stupidly easy and now i have to waste time sitting online googling how mechanics work. can't SOS either because the online servers for this game are trash.

ugh

Umm...can I ask what armor you have and what level it is? >_>

The main addicting part of the MH games is crafting armor sets from the monsters you kill and becoming more powerful to take on stronger monsters. If you find yourself getting one shot by something, that's a sign you need to go farm an armor set of your choice, and if that concept doesn't appeal to you, then I'm afraid to say the game isn't for you.

the hunter armor or w/e it's called, the one i made from hunting great jagrases. im using level 2 or 3 weapons, regular steel or iron or w/e.

so far there is no intuitive way to know what's good against what or how to prep, which is annoying

Try crafting a water weapon. The anjanath is weak to water
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i felt the same but i'm still pretty early in the game. figured it might get better as i get higher up. i haven't touched it in a week now. but every time i do play i end up picking a new weapon and there's a few i've liked but everything still feels way too weak. even if i upgrade them a few times they still seem way too weak and fights take longer then they should. i only used online once and the dude that joined me was doing like 70 damage a hit while i was doing like 15 with the hammer.

i forget if i killed the anjanath or if i stopped at that fight. i know i was fighting it for awhile and it wasn't even that hard despite all the warnings i heard about it. if i did die it was probably because whatever weapon i picked to use i didn't like.

i'll still try the game some more and it probably would be better if i was able to play it with a friend but i have a few that play but we're all on different times and i barely get any time to play with working so much right now. guess i could try looking in game and see if i can get that to work.

The anjanath is basically the "get good" monster. I've heard about it being the ultimate roadblock for a lot of people
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the game is casualized garbage so maybe that's why
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Nightmare_Luna posted...

the game is casualized garbage so maybe that's why

Oh it's one of these guys
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Yeah. Angie is the Pontiff Sully/Pursuer of the game.
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Romulox28 posted...

spanky1 posted...

Romulox28 posted...

now i am fighting the Anjanath. Figured I'd try out the bow.

This fucking boss keeps killing me in one hit. MHW does an absolutely horrible job at prepping you for this fight because everything until now has been stupidly easy and now i have to waste time sitting online googling how mechanics work. can't SOS either because the online servers for this game are trash.

ugh

Umm...can I ask what armor you have and what level it is? >_>

The main addicting part of the MH games is crafting armor sets from the monsters you kill and becoming more powerful to take on stronger monsters. If you find yourself getting one shot by something, that's a sign you need to go farm an armor set of your choice, and if that concept doesn't appeal to you, then I'm afraid to say the game isn't for you.

the hunter armor or w/e it's called, the one i made from hunting great jagrases. im using level 2 or 3 weapons, regular steel or iron or w/e.

so far there is no intuitive way to know what's good against what or how to prep, which is annoying

Make sure your armor is upgraded too. Getting a new set wouldn't be a bad idea either (and upgrade that). At that point I had a full Barroth set, which is high defense and also very weak to fire, but I was never one shot by Anjanath. If a monster one shots you, that means you need new/upgraded armor.

After you track a monster a few times, you'll get information about it in your hunters notes. You'll see the weaknesses/resistances, weak points, breakable vs severable, tips about their mechanics, basically all the information you'd need to prep.

You can also change your weapons/armor and grab items out of the chest in camp at any point, so prep isn't even that important. It's not like previous MH games where once your in the field, your stuck with your current inventory until you beat it or quit.
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Monster Hunter = game for bored unemployed people
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It seems like they're only making Monster Hunter games only for people who already like them

Rexdragon125 posted...

It seems like they're only making Monster Hunter games only for people who already like them

Its my first game in the series and I love it
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REMercsChamp posted...

Monster Hunter = game for bored unemployed people

what do bored employed people play

markconigliaro posted...

Make sure your armor is upgraded too. Getting a new set wouldn't be a bad idea either (and upgrade that). At that point I had a full Barroth set, which is high defense and also very weak to fire, but I was never one shot by Anjanath. If a monster one shots you, that means you need new/upgraded armor.

After you track a monster a few times, you'll get information about it in your hunters notes. You'll see the weaknesses/resistances, weak points, breakable vs severable, tips about their mechanics, basically all the information you'd need to prep.

You can also change your weapons/armor and grab items out of the chest in camp at any point, so prep isn't even that important. It's not like previous MH games where once your in the field, your stuck with your current inventory until you beat it or quit.

good to know, i'll give it another shot later
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Romulox28 posted...

what do bored employed people play

Not these giant games that drag on with busy work for 50+ hours. What kind of employed person has time for that?
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REMercsChamp posted...

Romulox28 posted...

what do bored employed people play

Not these giant games that drag on with busy work for 50+ hours. What kind of employed person has time for that?

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It's not for everyone. Play a game you enjoy. Don't try to force yourself into an experience that isn't doing it for you.

REMercsChamp posted...

Romulox28 posted...

what do bored employed people play

Not these giant games that drag on with busy work for 50+ hours. What kind of employed person has time for that?

TC
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