-
For our US members, be sure to check on your voter registration status and if you are not registered it will only take a second to do so!
[Grubbsnax] Certain Affinity is working on a "Monster Hunter style" title for Xbox
- Thread starter Raigor
- Start date
- Rumor Microsoft
Can't say that Certain Affinity instills me with confidence, especially for a game inspired in Monster Hunter, but cool that Xbox Games Publishing is expanding even more. Hopefully we'll see more quirky single player stuff too (like As Dusk Falls) and more companies outside USA/UK working with them.
Also cool:
Also cool:
Dauntless was right there. Game is surprisingly fun although limited in terms of content. Would like to see that studio try their hand at a more realistic looking game.
My guess? A good back up in case Monster Hunter ever goes excluisve. Maybe they know that Sony has tried or has money-hatted Monster Hunter 6.
This is dope. I said this in the Xbox thread but there's plenty of room for more Monster Hunter-likes.
They just need to nail the monster designs. Dauntless was a bust because none of its enemies were memorable.
They just need to nail the monster designs. Dauntless was a bust because none of its enemies were memorable.
Weren't they suppose to be making a transformers game as well?
was that secretly cancelled?
cause transformers looter shooter (or at least that's my understanding of it), just sounded sick… unless that & this are the same thing, which then makes my imagination run crazy 😶
was that secretly cancelled?
cause transformers looter shooter (or at least that's my understanding of it), just sounded sick… unless that & this are the same thing, which then makes my imagination run crazy 😶
Because one version of that competitor is switch and pc exclusive, and the other version could be moneyhatted by sony at any time. Its a genre with a fanbase, always room for more in it.
Huh. This tracks though - iOi are supposedly working on, what, a Diablo-like Looter? Then you have Avalanche working on Contraband.
If this keeps studios like Bethesda, Ninja Theory, and what not on making excellent singleplayer experiences - I'll take it
Exciting! I really wanted to get into MH: World but the menus and stuff was too much for me. I'm assuming this one would be more casual friendly and easier to just sit down and play.
Cool. I'm glad to see the Microsoft is willing to also do these kinds of deals as well.
Good luck to everyone involved!
Good luck to everyone involved!
Wrap it up, guys!
No point making anymore Military Shooters, CoD has won!
Arcade Racers not named Mario Kart! Get outta here!
Oh, you trying to make a Soccer Game? No point when FIFA is here!
Guerrilla is working on a MP title and Horizon was envisioned to be a co-op Monster Hunter esque game so it could happen
Yep, and there's plenty of room on Xbox for a big competitor if MS puts big money into this. Dauntless had some good ideas in it, but the lack of compelling monsters and loot really put a damper on its reach.
I'm listnening to Grubbsnax now. The reasoning he explained is that co-op is king for Game Pass, but they don't just want Left 4 Dead-style games. they want a wide variety of co-op games. And they're not gonna get Monster Hunter on Game Pess Day 1...
They have 3 projects under development if that's the case I think?
The other 2 known projects is some play-to-earn blockchain NFT shooter called Last Expedition that they recently tweeted about, whilst they are also making some Transformers Online game.
Although the gameplay footage for Last Expedition does have some Monster Hunter vibes.
The other 2 known projects is some play-to-earn blockchain NFT shooter called Last Expedition that they recently tweeted about, whilst they are also making some Transformers Online game.
Although the gameplay footage for Last Expedition does have some Monster Hunter vibes.
Last edited:
I lost track of all the unannounced games XGS Publishing is working on now. Off the top of my head:
Kojima Cloud game
Princess Momonoke-esque game
Wu-Tang RPG
Project Dragon (RPG) by IOI
And this Monster Hunter-like game
Probably forgetting a bunch. Game Pass is going to be more ridiculous then it already is.
Kojima Cloud game
Princess Momonoke-esque game
Wu-Tang RPG
Project Dragon (RPG) by IOI
And this Monster Hunter-like game
Probably forgetting a bunch. Game Pass is going to be more ridiculous then it already is.
You wonder why any open world game would ever come out when GTA exists
Thats belfry from Stoic, and its only mononoke esque in aesthetic https://www.windowscentral.com/project-belfry-xbox-working-devs-banner-saga-exclusive
That would be pretty surprising coming from Xbox as it's basically some NFT blockchain game.
Based on the trailer on the website it looks like a sci-fi co-op shooter.
Even R* is scared of GTA that they keep updating and releasing GTA 5
Just because that's the style of the game doesn't mean they are interested in competing directly 1:1 with monster hunter, or that there isn't room on the market for different types of titles. You all can view things so narrowly sometimes.
Also more games like it pushes the genre forward also. Resulting in Monster Hunter getting better also.
It's not that much of an untapped genre. There are so many Monster Hunter clones already, though I guess it is technically a genre that Xbox hasn't seen much of.
Ew on the Blockchain thing.
But it's hard not to picture this being the game with that title.
I mean, Sony and Nintendo money will literally never compare to MS money to begin with if recent events weren't a solid reminder.
I do think there's space for more Monster Hunter likes. The concept of Dauntless at least was/is alright since it's a more streamlined version of MH with less of the management stuff you have to do in between fights. Lots of people seem to like God Eater. Vita had a couple too that weren't so 1:1 like Freedom Wars.
And if Capcom or someone else had to choose between Sony and MS for a deal what Studio do you think will make it?
It's not all about "I have infinite money" if that is the case MS would have dozens of deals with asia studios.
Microsoft's goal is to be releasing at least one first party game per quarter staring in 2023. You can't release that many games if they are all in the same genre.
The MS publishing rumors (this, IOI Dragon, Wu Tang, Belfry, etc) are some of the most exciting and weird things going on at Xbox right now, and that's saying a lot given the 30-40 internal studios they'll have
They've also been floating out there for awhile, I hope we start seeing some of the announcements soon
They've also been floating out there for awhile, I hope we start seeing some of the announcements soon
Never been so disinterested in a game this fast
I assume MS is smart enough that this isn't the game they are funding though
Depends on just how good that paycheck is when you're dealing with capitalist megacorps strictly interested in making more money. This is a thread derail though, my apologies
So because there is competition that other players shouldn't compete…ok then.
I enjoyed Soul Sacrifice
wtf is this
Totally agree. A lot of non-mainstream titles and ideas. I'm hoping that a lot of the teams and leads on these projects aren't just white dudes. We know Wu Tang game is from POC devs and I'm hoping some of the leads and teams for the others are as well.
There used to be a lot of clones, but it's dried up by quite a bit in recent years as some of those IPs killed themselves due to baffling platform decisions or publishers stepping out of competing altogether. It's pretty much just Dauntless now for competition.