Thread 722934363

Is there a conflict of identity in Monster Hunter? for one side they aim to be extremely (to the point of being ugly) "realistic" but at the same time they are also going anime as fuck, you can't have both styles, they are opposites.

>>722934363 (OP)
The anime one is the spinoff for the Japanese and weebs, while the mainline series is (now) for a global audience that includes peoplethat look like the character in the top half of the image.

>>722934363 (OP)
Monster Hunter is the nortubel of Capcom

>>722934941
Nobody looks like the thing in the upper image unless they are heavily ill.

>>722934363 (OP)
Pokemon mh is good but i don't care for these 2 extreme, even world is pretty boring to replay because of all those walking segment and good luck if you're playing it without cutscene skip mod
Monhun "fan" claim this series is a hunting sim but in reality it was always a monster fighter game
Older mh are slow but i find myself spending less time walking than worldwilds

>>722935113
Pajeets DO look sickly.

>You cant have both styles
Why not? They're separate series. It's clearly worked so far.

>>722934363 (OP)
The irony is that the ugly kid in the upper pic seems to be written to be in MHS instead but he is not so he comes out as extra annoying and useless.

>>722935530
>Monhun "fan" claim this series is a hunting sim but in reality it was always a monster fighter game
Well, duh. It's clear they have no intention on making actual hunting games in the first place. BUT a lot of its slow burn aspects in the older games SELL the idea of how a hunter in that fictional world works

>>722934363 (OP)
Thete isn't. Stories is a spin off series with a completely different audience in mind. The actual mainline series is having an identity crisis because MH is the newest IP to fall to the "casualize and sterilize" approach Capcom is taking with all their games.

Capcom once again wants the Call of Duty audience. They want to dumb their games down to the point where even braindead children can complete them. Capcom is removing all the bite their IPs once had in favor of courting casual retards. Wilds is a Monster Hunter game in name only and is an actual embarrassment. The focus on story is not necessary needed (and the story is utter dogshit), Focus Mode completely ruined MH's combat paradigm, the game is sparse on content and Capcom is once again proving the MH team doesn't learn ANYTHING from successes or failures, and numerous MH staples were left out of the game. Wilds is a game made by people who have no faith that Monster Hunter can grow as a franchise by being itself. So Wilds is full of hand-holdy casualized shit full of western AAA tropes people were sick of 10 years ago.

>>722934363 (OP)
One of these games was designed to pander to americans, I won't tell you which one.

How the fuck do you people not realize this is YET ANOTHER Monster Hunter hate thread? OP has no interest in genuinely talking about the game, especially when he's using a bait image. I think I'm done. I think I'm gonna filter MH threads now. They're no longer what they used to be.

I just beat Omega forma de Savage by the way. Goodbye.

>>722934363 (OP)
Is Agnaktor a rideable monstie?

>>722936523
Quality post.

>>722937787
So far, no.

I fucking love festivals.

>>722938829
I hate Wilds

>>722935630
>I just remembered that, due to religious beliefs, India is effectively a cesspoll of sicknesses and mutations.
>so Indians born in the actual India DO looks sick.
Well shit, this is not even something racistic but an actual FACT.

>>722939953
Something can be both a fact and apparently racist, like crime statistics.

One is a Pokemon-knockoff/spinoff series, the other is mainline AAA dedicated to the western & international audience.
Then you have the B-Team, which is clearly targeted towards their traditional Japanese fans.

>>722940530
How a non black medic explains to a black patient that they have to take care of their health because they have high risk of heart attacks because they are black?

>>722940702
>knockoff
This doesn't apply here, is an official game done by the original series developers.

>>722934363 (OP)
I see stories as an alt timeline since you don’t hear about them in the mainline series so it can get away with the anime look

>>722940821
Yeah, heart disease with blacks is another good example, though it's hard to prove how much of it is cultural and not genetic.

>>722934363 (OP)
Imagine a mainline MH with the artstyle of MHS.

>>722938829
cringe. this shit is trying so hard to be an mmo. fuck off. killing frontier than regretting it and baking social stuff into mainline, the WORST mainline title to date. fuck off.

Make western frontier capcom and I MIGHT forgive you.

>>722934363 (OP)
World and Iceborne made the realistic DEI artstyle mainstream thought
Everyone was complaining about the ugly goblino and the BONED weapons

>>722942568
Unclog your anus and have some fun.

>>722936523
Quality Post And FPBP

>>722938829
how is it possible for something so whimsical to be presented so utterly unflattering and performative

>>722938829
>>722943404
So is this stuff permanent, or is it one of those things where if I don’t play within the designated timeframe that Capcom mandates I’ll miss out for a whole year (and maybe permanently if they don’t bring back some events, like they’ve already done in World)?

>>722943940
Because you can see through the illusion and are subconsciously picturing a bunch of mocapped dudes prancing around in spandex, rather than being able to see the scene as an organic, in-universe scene. It’s going to get worse the more “realistic” graphics become.

not gonna lie, FeMC looks pretty mid in Stories 3

>>722944305
That's some real shit you just said, I never thought of it that way
Goes to explain why I thought all of the animations in MH seem so gross and uncanny now. It's because they're barely animating shit themselves anymore

>>722945405
You can customize her.

>>722945405
Who cares about the defaults? we can customize them.

>>722945405
I gonna make myself a himecut princess again!

>>722936523
Looks like I found the thread where the only competent post of today's /v/ is located, normally I miss them completely (if there even was a good post that day)

>>722938829
I never thought I would say this, but how can a video game be so ugly and so disgusting at the same time?

>>722938196
>>722943624
>>722947527
>Samefagging this hard

>>722942850
Fuck World, everything went wrong with it.

>>722938769
Dang it, and is the crab rideable?

>>722934363 (OP)
He's a cuck in the new Ahemaru doujin an that's more than enough.

>>722948782
Still not confirmed, we do know that Plesioth is rideable this time, though.

Chasing trends when you make new maingame once every 7 years is always gonna fail. They released their wokeslop at the tail end of the death of wokeslop.

>>722945548
Really? Can I have my transparent sclera himecut girl back then?

>>722950118
I guess.

>>722948928
Well, at least we finally got Pleasioth and its mighty hip check.

>>722950118
Presumably.

MHS3 better have a romance system.

>>722952038
Only if I can marry Kayna.

>>722952208
Kayna's dead

>>722938829
>all that asshurt from a simple webm

>>722952314
She lives in my heart.

Monster hunter was always presented in mundane/hostile nature environments. So You have the silly hunters with goofy animations venturing out into an oppressive nature to fight these beasts. And of course there are felynes for even more silly nonsense.

Now, it's reversed - your hunter is presented as this 'cool guy' in a cinematic storyline full of DRAMA and EMOTION, and the environments have gotten more wacky and fantastical so the monsters don't stand out as much. They ruined the vibe

I miss the flex and I will always miss the flex, no matter how many Worldbabies try to gaslight me into thinking it was bad

>>722953048
The flex was a sort of litmus test to filter idiots, it was necessary. I miss when monster hunter games punished idiots and rewarded dedicated players.

>>722954145
I wonder if you can get it early in the game.

>>722954145
Where the fuck you got this?

>>722942850
>Everyone was complaining about the ugly goblino and the BONED weapons
>history revisionism
How sad

>>722954806
Ugly and uglier.

>>722954806
And Grummz was right as always. Rise in comparison.

>>722935530
Rise is the last classic MH game.

>>722954145
Lmao, why is moving its head like those funny toys you put in your card?

>>722955259
What a cuties, do any of them have a bf?

>>722955514
yes, me

>>722936523
>>722952876
Man, it feels so good to read smart comments, it's refreshing.

>>722954805
Twitter, originally sourced from today's NYCC Capcom Presents stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMN4-fQftpk&t=1015s

>>722950118
I miss the old cartoonish style.

>>722957574
You mean the chibi style, the artstyle is still the same.

>>722957209
Ok, if we are getting these ugly frog shits from Wilds we better also get rideable Tetsucabras.

>>722957672
Ok, the chibi style, I like that one better.

>>722954145
>>722957209
Thanks for sharing, anon.

>>722954145
>>722957209
>ryozo: look how they improved my boys

>>722955259
The portable team understands that style > realism

>>722953048
I don't particularly miss it, but I do agree it was a decent way of making the player pay attention to the monster and think before trying to heal.

>>722944305
>a bunch of mocapped dudes prancing around in spandex
Mocap ruined gaming forever.

>>722944191
>So is this stuff permanent
No

>>722944191
>So is this stuff permanent, or is it one of those things where if I don’t play within the designated timeframe that Capcom mandates I’ll miss out for a whole year
You'll miss out for the whole year. Capcom will probably have all festivals back to back before the MR expansion like they did for World before Iceborne launched. After that, they'll be rotational again until Master Rank is completed and the game updates are done. Then, like World, they'll have the festivals on a two week rotation and a means to swap tickets for gear.
>(and maybe permanently if they don’t bring back some events, like they’ve already done in World)?
The only Events that weren't permanent from my memory were the Monster Hunter movie event and Assassin's Creed event due to licensing. The only thing in Wilds at the moment that is probably a one time event is the Fender guitar event since everything else is related to Capcom or Squeenix.

>>722954806
>history revisionism
Holy kek

>>722961045
>leftists spamming something makes it true
Both asmongold and grummz loved handler, now fuck off

>>722961229
>these two people love the handler therefore she is not ugly
Nah.

>>722942850
>people paid to play this
Eww.

>>722934363 (OP)
Damn, I had already forgotten how shit that character looks

>>722936927
I see people claiming that you need to tank or heal with the npcs, but I beat it now with a 90% success rate with a full dps hammer build, the only thing that you need in a 4 man party is a tank, everyone else has the dusts for healing if necessary

>>722963337
I hope we can customize the "super attack activation" pose as the MHS3 one is lame compared to the mhs1-2 one.

>>722963337
It's curious how they managed to make Ray Dau look cooler and more menacing in a spinoff than in its own game.

>>722964334
More color.

>>722963337
I wonder how Ryozo feels when he looks at this.

>>722964992
He was visible uncomfortable during Capcom direct, he obviously was chewed put because Wilds' failure.

>>722965046
>He was visible uncomfortable
Neat.

>the director's favorite
>He didn't ensure she gets an amiibo.
Lame.

>>722955341
That's i said worldwilds
Even with all the flaws rise still has mh sovl

I finished every monster hunter and went back to world(my first mh) and realise how easy and boring base world was but then i stop playing after reaching ib because how much of dogshit addition clutch claw was and i just realise how much of direct sequel wilds is to world because world also has so much boring walking section and expedition

>>722957209
daaaaaawwww

>>722965690
I hope the game does well and they consider giving Thea an amiibo.

>>722967017
This but also a plushie

>>722934363 (OP)
Realismslop needs to die

>>722934363 (OP)
Mainline team has gone to shit
Portable team and Stories team will save MonHun

>>722967760
Looks like that hurt
NICE upshirt

/v/ posters that try to use Nata as a bargaining chip against the idea of story is weird, he ultimately ends up having no bearing on the plot beyond informing the Guild through his arrival that the Forbidden Lands have humans. The fact that he has no bearing on the plot beyond that is even a plot point and part of his drive to become a hunter after you kill Zoh Shia.

For me, it's Eleanor.

>>722968160
Is Doro a monstie in this game?

>>722967760
>English voice
MY EARS!

>>722954806
Where the fuck is his game? I want Firefall 2

>>722954145
SMASHED AND SLAMMED

>>722968497
>blond Fiorayne

>>722968497
I absolutely despise this pseudo-17th century aesthetic they started doing.

>>722973415
Why?

>>722934363 (OP)
Rise 2 will save the franchise.

>>722975689
Influencers hate it, so doubt

I don’t think there’s really any “conflict.” There are basically three MH teams, each with their own vision for the series:
>Team A
Mainline games. Used to be directed by Fujioka, who’s basically the soul of the series. Now it’s run by a nepo baby and his buddy who is obsessed with “next gen” and photorealism. Ironically, he can’t actually use next gen tech and keeps relying on outdated stuff that barely works. JP sites have tons of drama about this, including death threats against these two.
>Team B
Portable games. Still directed by Ichinose. Say what you want, but he’s based and knows what he’s doing. Smaller budgets, but the games are fucking amazing. MHP3rd is still my favorite <3
>Team Stories
The RPG spinoffs. Remember how Lost Planet was supposed to be a “western MH” and Inafune kept blaming the devs for not being western enough? That team eventually became Team Stories. Now they just do their own thing with MH Stories. Probably won’t ever affect mainline or portable, but they’re solid in their own right. The artstyle seems like it’ll stay exclusive to them.

>>722976264
>who’s basically the soul of the series
And who obviously wanted to do shit like 4, world and wilds since dos days.

Do you prefer immersive monster intros that place you right in front of an aggro'd monster, like in 4 and World? Or just a quick ecological intro at the start of the quest that doesn't involve your hunter, like other games?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWipwT9-PDg
I like the former a lot since it serves to give you a good preview of what natural abilities the monster is going to attack the player with.

>>722976650
I don’t even get what you’re arguing. I never said otherwise. Fujioka always pushed for this kind of game...
The new director’s just doing a terrible job, that’s all.

>>722976921
Whichever one interferes with my ability to play through the story with a buddy the least

>>722976921
I prefer longer intros like 4u.

>>722976921
World and 4
Don't care about cringe ecology videos, I want my hunter to interact with world

>>722968008
Shocking her pussy

>>722976921
I like ecological intros with monster hunting their prey or fighting other monsters like Gravios vs Brachydios.

>>722936927
>every thread about mh is about how much it sucks
could it be, the game isn't good?
hmmm hmmmm i don't know man, maybe i need a hint

>>722976921
Ecology intros always
World and 4 fucking sucks

>>722934363 (OP)
>you can't have both styles
they literally do that already, retarded cunt

>>722978525
>World and 4 fucking sucks
hater

>>722963337
releasing a Stories game alongside the muted brown and "naturalistic" mainline game really did a disservice for the mainline game geez, MH2+Rise were both stylized so the gap didnt feel as severe but now? Holy shit.

Mainline truly lost its way with world and wilds, these games does not need these unnecessary things
https://youtu.be/yiKXLDjQB_s?si=d9l-4vplOxI42SLH

Switch holds stories games back
SHould be pc-ps5 release

>>722979894
Stories 3 isnt on Switch 1 atleast.

>>722979894
At this point i rather have them make all mh for switch first so we atleast get better optimisation

>>722934363 (OP)
button has cool white men
top does not

>>722965690
>the director's favorite
Based cunnoisseur.

>>722934363 (OP)
I want a monster hunter game with the art style in the bottom. It will probably run good too and not look like a brown pile of mud like Wilds.

We can never have anything good...

>>722981771
I actually absolutely loved use of cel shading in stories 2, first locale was amazing and I had hopes that they move on it for mainline games(because let's be honest, hyper realistic visuals in world only worked for zones, not characters)
But, doesn't look like it's going to happen

>>722981771
Same, the bottom image also happens to resemble the OG games the most at least until GU in terms of stylization and artstyle. I'm sick of photorealism in vidya and crapcom using it as an excuse to normalize ugly brown shit.

>>722938829
This game looks ugly af and requires a fucking NASA tier computer to hit 40fps upscaled from 480p with framegen

>>722982278
I like it when it comes together, but the RE engine hasn't been well utilized since RE7 imo.