Topic: Monster Hunter Rise

@Northwind
Oooh, that's good to know. Thanks!

I love how the text shoutouts are now voiced. So much better than reading on screen, which most people never paid attention to. Obviously custom text shoutouts can’t be voiced but they usually have pre-set shoutouts that cover all the necessities.

@Northwind
Eh, I like it.

It's not like I'm constantly using them. They're just a once in a while thing to say "this way" or "lay a trap". Its a means of communicating when not using voice chat, not a fashion statement on personality.

And I typically missed 4 out of 5 shoutouts because I dont catch the text on the screen. Make it audio I can hear, and that's a huge upgrade.

@JaxonH
May i ask ?
Who is usually create Mon Hun tunes ?
I think you know a lot about Capcom games so i want to ask something about Capcom.
Well... I wonder if you ever heard Naoki Maeda.
He was former DDR sound director and artist from Konami, working at Capcom currently since 2013.
I wonder if he was included in other Capcom games for making the tunes.

@Anti-Matter
I know a fair bit about MH but truthfully, I dont know much about the composers, aside from absolutely loving their music. Monster Hunter has epic scores. Whoever's involved, they do fantastic work!

@Anti-Matter Tetsuya Shibata was the sound director And composer for many of the monster hunter games, along with Street Fighter, Resident Evil, and Breath of Fire. Hideki Hosoi was the sound director for World, I don't know if either of them are doing Rise.

Ill probably stick with using great swords and long swords like I have always been doing since Monster Hunter Freedom Unite to Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate.

I kind of liked switch axes when they were introduced in Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate but didnt really understand the phial thing.

Besides sticking with Great swords and long swords when Monster Hunter Rise comes, Im going to go back to using sword and shield and do a few quests using sword and shield for Monster Hunter Rise.

@Ulysses
Ya, I trust the portable MH team so, if they think it’s a good feature, then I’m not too worried about it. But I’d be lying if I said I had no reservations about it at all.

Plus it will be nice having your Palamute to ride you around in MP.

Btw, check out this comparison of MH Rise to MH Generations Ultimate. It really helps one appreciate the advancements being made in portable Monster Hunter, and it’s great to pay respects to Generations Ultimate one last time. It’s incredible how good that game looked for being developed on 3DS.

Wait, is this confirmed or something? I kinda figured the character voices were just for the trailer or something.

@Joeynator3000
It seems self evident by the callout that said, "After it!" And another hunter responded, "Got it". Pretty sure those are the automated shoutouts you set up in the menu that are used whenever X occurs or when you activate the shoutout.

shrugs I dunno, I mean I figured the voices would still be in there somewhere, but they were just used that way for the trailer or something. we'll see, chances are we'll know for sure at TGS.

Yeah, I mean, chances are we can turn off voices anyways, so whatever. lol

I was never a fan of the voice acting in World (for some reason i never turned it off, lol), it's pretty much the same here. But yeah that's what I was thinking, it was just for the trailer...if not then oh wellz, who cares. xp

@Joeynator3000 @Ulysses Capcom is going all out in gameplay at TGS. They already said more will be shown at TGS, not to mention the flipping two-hour long demo of Village. I also heard a buzz that Street fighter 6 has a chance of being revealed, I have a soft spot for that series.

Looks like the collector edition is not GS exclusive, which is good since it sold out there really fast.

BestBuy orders still live if anyone wants.

MH Rise CE

My friends and I would figure out the few ways to get around the profanity filters, set those phrases as our shoutouts, then shout expletives at each other while hunting. Good times...

@Northwind
Same as always. The shoutouts usefulness hasn’t changed, just the method by which it communicates the shout-out.

And ya, it usually is obvious, which is why most people don’t use a shout out saying after it. But every once in a while they are useful. Such as lay a trap, or sleep bomb it, or don’t kill it, or in some cases, even “chase after it” might not be necessary but it’s just fun to communicate with little shoutouts.

The point is, we’ve always had this feature. There’s nothing new here. It’s just higher budget now. We’re graduating from text walls to spoken dialog, and that’s a huge plus. If you don’t find it useful, you don’t have to use it, same as always. I don’t use them much myself, but I do on occasion, and I certainly appreciate not having to read text on screen when I’m hunting because my attention is usually devoted to doing some thing and I don’t have the attention to divert to reading a text box.

Ugh, I was planning on taking a break since 3D All-Stars came out, but...Rise just made me wanna play GU again. >.<

@Joeynator3000
Lol the hype never dies

I played so much MH Gen Ult, and so much MH World, I feel like a nice break is in order before Rise. By the time it releases it’ll have been a good 2 years since playing any MH game. Don’t wanna get burned out like I did with Generations after MH4U. Was also the fact they were so similar though. Rise is making a huge graphical leap and adopting the more modernized niceties of World, so it’s likely to feel fresh regardless, not to mention the Wirebug and Palamutes, but still. March 26th is going to be an occasion. Probably take an entire week off work.

@Northwind
??

Why would you think customizable shoutouts are removed? This is just for the preset messages. Customizable shout outs aren’t going anywhere unless you have evidence to the contrary.

This is literally the exact same thing we’ve always had, but better.

@Ulysses
Bad experiences from GameStop myself. I always ordered via BestBuy thanks to the GCU 20% off discount, but that’s since expired. Still, 6% back with CC as an Elite Plus Member, and free expedited shipping. At least a little better than GameStop. Comes damaged less often.

Sometimes it’s best to pick up in store to ensure it doesn’t get damaged in shipping. They have a habit of slipping thinner cardboard boxed games in a bubble mailer, which just ends up getting crushed. The amiibo should ensure it’s large enough to warrant a box, at least.