Man, where do I begin? So Fatalis dropped for Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Wednesday night, and he's been something else. Alatreon was already a tough boss fight (mostly due to its elemental DPS check and varied moveset), but Fatalis is just brutal on every level. His moves will 2-shot you even on the toughest of equipment, he hits fast and with a ton of range, and to tie everything together - he has the highest base-HP of anything in the game at 66k, with only a 30-minute time limit, meaning that you have to constantly be dealing damage or you'll time out, even if you don't eat too many faints. Despite all of that, it's without any doubt the hypest fight in the entire game, and it's clear that Capcom really put their all into the encounter.
First off - the music. Good lord, the music!
I know that Monster Hunter World has had inconsistent remixes for returning monsters, but man did they nail both Alatreon and now Fatalis. Even better, we get *2* tracks as the fight has multiple phases to it.
It perfectly accentuates just how ferocious, how dangerous, how exhilarating the fight is! It's perfect pacing for how the fight escalates as you get closer and closer to the end, and then right when you're a decent chunk into the 3rd phase, and the dragonator spawns, you hit him with it and man the nostalgia hits instantly.
...nostalgia that hit even harder once I killed him, but I'll save that surprise for folks to find for themselves.
I think my favorite little detail about the fight, is how you go from hiding in a nook to avoid his nova, to actively putting up a barricade, to rushing through the nova towards him in order to survive the 3rd time onward. The fight's momentum, where it starts to feel like you're slowly overcoming him is just unmatched, and everything from the visuals, to the mechanics, to the music helps tie it together. Capcom wants the fight to hype you up, and boy did they deliver. Just watch the aerial view of his ultimate attack - the sheer spectacle on display is something else.
Just an incredible culmination and send-off for a game that has devoured over 1k hours of my life. Anyone else feel the same way?
