Board 8 > Monster Hunter: World beated!

(+) Yeah! (+)

42 hours. B****slapped Xeno and the other 3 Elder Dragons all over with my Rarity 7 Dual Blades.

Nergigante was by far the hardest monster in the game for me because of his dive bomb with the insanely wide hit box.

Bazelgeuse would probably rank second because of his annoying bombs.

Suffice to say, this game is far far less tedious than MH4U which was the only other Monster Hunter game I have beaten.

Will come back to the post game monsters and DLC after I beat Red Dead Redemption 2.

Anyway this is my overall ranking for the games I've beaten this year.

01. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
02. God of War (2018)
03. Marvel's Spider-Man
04. Octopath Traveler
05. Monster Hunter: World
06. Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
07. Dragon Ball FighterZ
08. Mega Man 11
09. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

Playing SoulCalibur VI and loving that game as well.

1-2 are GOAT material (Top 30). 3 is amazing (pun intended) and my 2nd favorite superhero game of all time. 4-5 are great games. 6-8 are very good and even no.9 is a pretty good game.

A solid year of gaming with still more to come (RDR2 and Smash) after the best year in gaming ever. Truly privileged to be a gamer in this day and age.

You call defeating the final boss "beating" Monster Hunter? Oh dear...
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platinum when
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ninkendo posted...

platinum when

How long does that take?

I can already see that raising your HR past 16 is ****ing tedious. I guess I will do that after I'm done with RDR2 and waiting for Smash.

HR is easy. Especially if you do the event quests that give out extra rank xp.

Getting all the crowns will make you beg for death.
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but that's just the beginning of the game how is that beating it lol
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Axl_Rose_85 posted...

ninkendo posted...

platinum when

How long does that take?

I can already see that raising your HR past 16 is ****ing tedious. I guess I will do that after I'm done with RDR2 and waiting for Smash.

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Grand Kirby posted...

Getting all the crowns will make you beg for death.

Yeah I think I'll pass. I will just raise my rank till I can face the postgame monsters and then whatever DLC monsters there are.

ninkendo posted...

Axl_Rose_85 posted...

ninkendo posted...

platinum when

How long does that take?

I can already see that raising your HR past 16 is ****ing tedious. I guess I will do that after I'm done with RDR2 and waiting for Smash.

Ok. Not quite as ridiculous as my Skyrim file but I think this will have to be on the back burner for a while. RDR2 and Smash is gonna take up most of my time for the remainder of the year and KHIII and RE2 is coming out early next year.

My stats:



Still playing the game by the way.
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Is this the switch monster hunter or ps4 one?
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PS4

The Switch one has like 3x the content of the world and would take much longer to see everything it has to offer in terms of completion
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ps4
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ninkendo posted...

PS4

The Switch one has like 3x the content of the world and would take much longer to see everything it has to offer in terms of completion

Would the switch one be a decent game to start on if I've never played a MH game before?
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It's basically the culmination of all Monster Hunter games pre-World, the last time they'll use the engine they've had for quite some time. World is basically a prototype of the new engine with a lot of quality of life improvements but a lot less content

MHGen (switch one) is the 'classic' monster hunter experience. World is definitely going to be more beginner friendly, but it's not easy to go back to MHGen if World is your first experience. Not impossible though
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Wreath posted...

Would the switch one be a decent game to start on if I've never played a MH game before?

Yes

Generations Ultimate is basically an homage to the past games with tons of content from all of them while also having some gameplay changes to make it more accessible to new players (Generations, the game it's an expanded version of, was generally seen as an easy starting point for this reason). It's not as totally beginner friendly as World, but it's definitely better as an introduction to the series as a whole - World is a bit different in a lot of ways, enough so that there's no guarantee liking World will make you like other games in the series, whereas liking GU almost certainly means you'll like at least some other games in the series.
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Congrats. I'm glad you were able to push through the difficulty spike.

When/if you go back, try a new weapon type! One of the best parts of the series is exploring the diverse roster of weapons. It's like learning the hunts all over again.
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Oh yeah I had a MH related question.

I'm currently playing Generations, and the only other one I've played was Freedom Unite on the PSP several years ago. I'm at 5* now.

I feel like I'm playing the exact same game with the exception of the far from game-breaking Hunter arts.

I don't just recognize entire maps and just about every enemy/boss, I also already know the exact location of many things, like where to find the powderstone in the volcano.

Are the games samey in general or did I just happen play two clones of each other?

I also still know exactly how to use the hammer because in weapons training most I killed it with the hammer almost 3 times faster than any other weapon... It also took me 2 times longer with the greatsword than my next slowest weapon so uh... "Ok" on the greatsword.
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Meow1000 posted...

Oh yeah I had a MH related question.

I'm currently playing Generations, and the only other one I've played was Freedom Unite on the PSP several years ago. I'm at 5* now.

I feel like I'm playing the exact same game with the exception of the far from game-breaking Hunter arts.

I don't just recognize entire maps and just about every enemy/boss, I also already know the exact location of many things, like where to find the powderstone in the volcano.

Are the games samey in general or did I just happen play two clones of each other?

I also still know exactly how to use the hammer because in weapons training most I killed it with the hammer almost 3 times faster than any other weapon...

Generations is using content pulled directly from most of the games prior to it, yes. It does have a large amount of new content as well, but probably the majority is lifted straight from previous games with minor (if any) adjustments.

The game you are playing is the culmination of over a decade of releases and is intended as a celebration of the franchises, revisiting old favorites and including as many maps and monsters from the franchise as they could. It is not exactly typical, but the older games do borrow heavily from their predecessors.
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As far as weapons go, some have changed more than others. Hammer has changed maybe the least since the psp days.
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Yeah hammer was my primary weapon in Freedom Unite and using it feels identical, even down to the angles of the various swings. It's why it immediately felt familiar and why it barely took me two minutes to nuke the training boss with it at the very start.

As far as greatsword went I had a hell of a time actually landing a hit with that thing. It's so ****ing slow. Pretty sure it took me over 10.

(Just about every other weapon was 5-6, despite having no familiarity with them at all)

Actually I just remembered I think I did Lance in like 4.
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I think hammer does get one or two new things to its base guild-style moveset in generations, but nothing that's too noteworthy.

Have you tried changing your hunting style? Those will dramatically change playstyle
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Greatsword is a hit and run weapon, and good usage of it requires a good feel for its charge timings and of how the monster behaves. It generally is a proactive weapon than a reactive one.

Hammer is sort of like this too, but has a lot more leniency because it can move while charging and it doesnt rely entirely on its charges to do good damage
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pxlated posted...

I think hammer does get one or two new things to its base guild-style moveset in generations, but nothing that's too noteworthy.

Have you tried changing your hunting style? Those will dramatically change playstyle

I haven't noticed any real difference but I haven't done anything with styles yet. It changes the way the weapon works that much?
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pxlated posted...

Greatsword is a hit and run weapon, and good usage of it requires a good feel for its charge timings and of how the monster behaves. It generally is a proactive weapon than a reactive one.

Hammer is sort of like this too, but has a lot more leniency because it can move while charging and it doesnt rely entirely on its charges to do good damage

A lot of the hits with the hammer's charge are based on boss prediction and knowing they'll leave themselves open at the right moment. The two bosses that have been a relative struggle so far have been the ones that like to go underground because hammer isn't fast enough to really pick at their openings most of the time.
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It depends on the style and the weapon, but in general, yes.

You lose certain moves in exchange for new benefits. Striker lets you equip 3 arts. Adept gives you a very strong invulnerability period that triggers the opportunity for a special counter attack when you are struck by an attack during the invulnerability period. Aerial lets you jump into the air to do airborne attacks that trigger monster mounts
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Meow1000 posted...

pxlated posted...

Greatsword is a hit and run weapon, and good usage of it requires a good feel for its charge timings and of how the monster behaves. It generally is a proactive weapon than a reactive one.

Hammer is sort of like this too, but has a lot more leniency because it can move while charging and it doesnt rely entirely on its charges to do good damage

A lot of the hits with the hammer's charge are based on boss prediction and knowing they'll leave themselves open at the right moment. The two bosses that have been a relative struggle so far have been the ones that like to go underground because hammer isn't fast enough to really pick at their openings most of the time.

Yeah, greatsword is much the same way. Its generally stronger but slower, and much more reliant on armor skills (focus, primarily) for ease of use. Hammer doesnt really want any skill in the same way, it is much easier to pick up and play.

You can use greatsword without focus to good success, but it's more difficult.
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