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Working my way into it bit by bit. The opening cutscene/discussion with the town elder was... very weird. Did it change a lot in localization or something? Because that moment where he just starts cackling for no visible reason read really damn oddly to me.
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Yeah, for all the audio-visual bells and whistles World certainly offers, the gameplay additions here in Rise are just on another level.
Going back to World on PC from the Rise demo already has been a tough pill to swallow. Ain't getting any easier.
What a good looking Switch game! Pretty amazing what the dev team was able to achieve on this chip.
Gameplay-wise I love how much faster the game got thanks to the wirebug and palamute. Never liked the tracking of monstern in MHW, in this iteration you can get to the fights much more quickly.
Load times are fast too, which helps the feeling to do just one more quest.
Kamura village feels very homey and at the same time everything is placed very conveniently around to avoid wasting time.
The game is a bit on the easier side so far (played until early HR), but that's fine for me.
Gameplay-wise I love how much faster the game got thanks to the wirebug and palamute. Never liked the tracking of monstern in MHW, in this iteration you can get to the fights much more quickly.
Load times are fast too, which helps the feeling to do just one more quest.
Kamura village feels very homey and at the same time everything is placed very conveniently around to avoid wasting time.
The game is a bit on the easier side so far (played until early HR), but that's fine for me.
Lagombi never had snowballs this big outside the baron did he?
Im not sure if enemies in low rank just died too fast to see anything, but a few monsters seem to have new moves in HR - like the
Izuchi was jumping on and off walls, could he do that in LR?
Im not sure if enemies in low rank just died too fast to see anything, but a few monsters seem to have new moves in HR - like the
Izuchi was jumping on and off walls, could he do that in LR?
What's up with palico/palamute recruiting? Should you just get as many as you need for the trader and the meowster hunters? Is there skill passing and training like in GU?
I assume there won't be any playable palicos in future updates so I shouldn't be sweating over this. Palamutes seem even more straightforward too. But then again I'm not sure.
I assume there won't be any playable palicos in future updates so I shouldn't be sweating over this. Palamutes seem even more straightforward too. But then again I'm not sure.
So I wasn't imagining things lol, he's super aggro. But I guess they have to somehow account for the added hunter mobility.
Could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure going off memory they were always that big when he rolled them. The one Snowbaron did was there he pulled it from the ground and threw it at you, those were huge
So fought apex rathian at the end of a rampage....so you're telling me apex stands for recycled content in this game?
Spent two hours last night getting my ass kicked in the first quest before realizing that wasn't the first quest, and I needed to talk the the girl outside for the beginner quests.
What does the yellow text thingy mean next to a quest? Specifically the one next to the Supply Run quest?
It's not recycled content when they fight differently than the regular version. Different variations of monsters is nothing new for MH.
Prolly referring to the fact that they're basically just reskinned deviants. Apex Rathian is Dreadqueen, Arzuros is Redhelm, etc.
Means it is a request made by one of the people in the village. If you do them you'll get some sort of benefit based on who wanted it done.
The Supply Run specifically opens up more canteen options.
Hunter life is a slow burn anyway, they always take me months to play through. :D
So much fun. I'm upto 3* urgent, everything looks and sounds great, such a streamlined experience.
My one criticism is the game feels very easy so far, I haven't really come close to dieing but this is low rank and I'm a vet so I guess challenging early game may never happen again which is a little sad.
Despite that once wire bug movement clicked I was having a blast.
My one criticism is the game feels very easy so far, I haven't really come close to dieing but this is low rank and I'm a vet so I guess challenging early game may never happen again which is a little sad.
Despite that once wire bug movement clicked I was having a blast.
You con just concentrate on hub or village and then take one of those Special Licensed Test quest to skip a bunch of content from either.
Regarding ditching gathering quests, I actually kind of enjoy them here. They go by fast and they actually help with learning map layout, and endemic life placement. They are a nice change of pace.
I agree that doggos make MP a bit chaotic but you can turn on the option for less visual effects during fights to eliminate visual noise. I dont know about doggs being useless, doesnt get old to see Doggo mount the monsters and then sometimes knock them down
I do wish for next game or even this game expansion the palamutes get a bit more fleshed out in terms of combat abilities.
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Monster hunter gibberish all the way, I always sort abstract the text as an approximation of what was said and then it all just works in my head
I honestly can't see myself playing a future MH game that lacks wire bugs or something similar, the exploration of maps is extremely fun and the way they are beneficial to the fighting itself is as stunning as mounting and aerial combat was in MH4
Edit the ost is majestic too, love the frosty Islands theme
Edit the ost is majestic too, love the frosty Islands theme
Played all MH games except the ones on PSP and never enjoyed one as much as this one. Having a blast.
The movement, combat, music and areas... Everything is really great so far. Game is a bit easy though but hopefully it gets harder when I play higher ranks online. I just unlocked 4* quests.
Using the long sword which I used a bit in Generations on Switch as well and wow it sure is fun once you get the hang of it.
When should I start going for certain sets though and what are some good Long Swords and sets to aim for? Not sure if info like that is already out there since it just released.
The movement, combat, music and areas... Everything is really great so far. Game is a bit easy though but hopefully it gets harder when I play higher ranks online. I just unlocked 4* quests.
Using the long sword which I used a bit in Generations on Switch as well and wow it sure is fun once you get the hang of it.
When should I start going for certain sets though and what are some good Long Swords and sets to aim for? Not sure if info like that is already out there since it just released.
With offline mode and 40% brightness, it took 2h 40min to drain the battery to 10%. Mine is a launch model as well of course.
1h 45 min is quite low tho
For weapons generally go for whatever has the best raw and sharpness without negative affinity.
Right now for armor skills you should look for critical eye, critical boost, and weakness exploit. Attack boost is also a good filler skill for any level 2 and 3 slots your gear has. As the game is out longer and people experiment more, more specialized builds will start to be discovered.
Yeah. And negative affinity is a chance you get negative criticals (your attack does less damage than normal).
With a maxed out critical eye and weakness exploit you have a 90% chance at getting a crit when attacking a monster's weak point, 100% if your weapon has 10 affinity. Add in critical boost which increases the bonus damage your critical hits do to 40% and you'll be dishing out massive damage.
It is also wayy better than the starting armor. You really feel the upgrade.
Yeah, it's really good intro GS armor with the Izuchi GS adding another 10% Affinity at its base.
So basically every returning monster is recycled content as a bad thing. Got it. I mean I guess they could have done 30 completely new monsters or something.
Yeah, it has that amateur hunter look to it that shows you're serious, but maybe not ready for the big leagues quite yet that tells a good story. It's hard for me to not use the Kamurai layered armor because of how damn good it looks, but that is a very strong early game armor design all the same.
Yep. Though I would recommend people replace the legs with the Kulu Ya-Ku legs for even more crit eye.
Yes, recycling the endgame from a previous game (and making it worse by tying it to the rampages) is a bad thing.
Thanks. Even though I've played quite a few of these games I never enjoyed them enough to care about this lol. But yeah Rise is so great I figured it was time to invest in MH for the first time ever.
