A betrayal of nearly everything i loved about Monster Hunter. Being a veteran myself, having experienced the good and bad of generations 2, 3 & 4 i have to say, the beginning of the 5th gen while graphically impressive, was only just that.
It introduced mechanics like open maps lacking areas that are seperated through load screens, but in return are way too big and confusing to navigate for their own good.
Monster AI was more aggressive than ever which made playing slow weapons like Greatsword awful. This game also introduced dumb mechanics like giving some monsters super nova attacks that have to be avoided by hiding behind randomly placed rocks and the worst of them all, the DPS checks that have absolutely no business being in a game like this.
Then there's the clutch claw and it's main mechanic called tenderizing. This is required to deal more damage but the worst thing about it is that Capcom has bloated the HP pools of monsters to compensate for this. So you're required to tenderize at all times. It's horrible game design in every way because tenderizing always stops the action for a short while and you have to repeat it every 30 seconds.
This is also the worst game in the franchise to play in co-op with friends because they decided it was absolutely necessary for the player to "experience" the cutscenes for themselves. Just why??? The next and even prior games can do co-op just fine without forcing every player to go solo, watch a cutscene and then, and only then, be able to finish the story relevant quest together.
The endgame consists of farming completely arbitrary stats in a new area that is made of reused assets. Also this is the only way to gain access to hunt certain monsters because Capcom didn't bother to just give us normal hunt quests.
This game is full of bad design decisions and arbitrary grinding that i fear for Monster Hunter 6, since it will be the same team that brought us World.
I want to be fair though and still give this game 2 stars, because it helped Monster Hunter to gain much more attention. That also had the sideffect of toxic meta players plaguing the community but since i have abandoned this game for good, i don't even care about that. Play Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak or any of the other games instead.
It introduced mechanics like open maps lacking areas that are seperated through load screens, but in return are way too big and confusing to navigate for their own good.
Monster AI was more aggressive than ever which made playing slow weapons like Greatsword awful. This game also introduced dumb mechanics like giving some monsters super nova attacks that have to be avoided by hiding behind randomly placed rocks and the worst of them all, the DPS checks that have absolutely no business being in a game like this.
Then there's the clutch claw and it's main mechanic called tenderizing. This is required to deal more damage but the worst thing about it is that Capcom has bloated the HP pools of monsters to compensate for this. So you're required to tenderize at all times. It's horrible game design in every way because tenderizing always stops the action for a short while and you have to repeat it every 30 seconds.
This is also the worst game in the franchise to play in co-op with friends because they decided it was absolutely necessary for the player to "experience" the cutscenes for themselves. Just why??? The next and even prior games can do co-op just fine without forcing every player to go solo, watch a cutscene and then, and only then, be able to finish the story relevant quest together.
The endgame consists of farming completely arbitrary stats in a new area that is made of reused assets. Also this is the only way to gain access to hunt certain monsters because Capcom didn't bother to just give us normal hunt quests.
This game is full of bad design decisions and arbitrary grinding that i fear for Monster Hunter 6, since it will be the same team that brought us World.
I want to be fair though and still give this game 2 stars, because it helped Monster Hunter to gain much more attention. That also had the sideffect of toxic meta players plaguing the community but since i have abandoned this game for good, i don't even care about that. Play Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak or any of the other games instead.