Whilst Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate has sort of existed for a while in the form of Monster Hunter XX in Japan, it's not until this version that the average English-speaking Switch owner could play the game and understand it at the same time. Although the gameplay is essentially identical to the Japanese version, we still thought you might be interested to see how it runs in the video above.
It's a shame to see it's still locked to 30fps to ensure compatibility with the 3DS version, although considering said 3DS edition was never released outside of Japan it does feel a bit mean to cut the potential frame rate in half. More on that when our written preview is finished, which will be very soon indeed.
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I would hop in on this but I already beat this one on PSP.
Damn, those 30 fps are really disappointing.
At least it looks stable, unlike certain other MH. And having ten 1 second loading screens during a hunt seems much better than three 30-60 second loading screens as well.
You know, if your girlfriend ever sleeps with some dude, then attempts to make it up to you by giving you left-over action...
Yeah that's what this is on the Switch.
is this a ps2 port? wow looks rough.
and those load screens. are the areas like 6' x 6' or something?
I'd be disappointed by the framerate if it wasn't for the fact that I usually don't notice anyway. It's been a while since I've played Monster Hunter (I skipped the original Generations) but ended up preordering this. Kinda dreading it in a way though. Monster Hunter is such a big time sink and I already have a really big Switch backlog.
Any word whether this will get a demo?
I know that BoTW came out last year but looking at it again since I beat it's starting to look rough. 😋
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@siouxrunner15 You may want to double check that. This is the Ultimate/G update to a 3DS exclusive game has over 90 monsters
@BenAV Tell me about it. I have actually sold part of my Switch collection knowing that I won't be ever going back to them once MHGU drops.
Though I'm more concerned if my skills didn't deteriorate, since there will be no handholding in this one. Deviants were already plenty hard in base Generations.
Looks really rough.
@Preposterous mind if i ask something? See i never really got this, I get MH, i understand how to play it, but what really gets me, is how anyone could enjoy just how hard this game is?
I personally play games to unwind, this game isn't that, i know everyone is different but i've always wanted to know the appeal in a game that makes you wanna pull your hair out?
@Razer Maybe you're looking at this the wrong way. It's not really "hair-pulling" difficult, that would imply that the game is unfair or scales the challenge poorly. You gradually get better through the game and that is the enjoyable part. Finding the proper rythm to a fight and finishing it without a hitch, even though you might have struggled a bit when you tried it for the first time.
In other games you level up your character to overcome challenges, in MH you level up your skill.
I was looking forward to this game but after watching that is looks very bad I've just cancelled my pre order.
Hope a demo comes out as watching a video is always different from playing it.
@Tsurii @Preposterous TY fellas.
Hmm... maybe i'll give the series another chance with this, i wont day one it, but i'll grab it on the cheap after a few months, just to try again.
Well...Capcom did say they were looking at releasing more re-releases and remasters.
I'm not usually a Graphics person, but this looks really not good.
Looks gross.
Or download the Japan eShop demo - run around - and get a first hand look. Mud, blurry textures everywhere - The waterfall in #4 looks like the ones in Tomb Raider on PS2... and had to go past 3 load screens for the luxury.
Not on MHGU... this is all on Capcom.
😐Looking at the comments (not just here) I can tell that a lot of Switch owners don't care about the game because of the graphics, I feel like Capcom should've release this game last year on the 3DS where the true fans were waiting for G rank and didn't care about just graphics and more on gameplay, honestly I'm still a little salty that they took forever to localize it only to later decide to release it only on Switch and not the 3DS, oh well now I don't mind since I play MHW and it's amazing especially with the new DLC crossover Behemoth
I hope Capcom has someone reading the message boards on gaming forums... If i was them i'd pull the plug on this.
I'll buy it to try out the series (after a year or so, when i can get it second hand dirt cheap) but judging from the comments from people who have played the games before, and even some who have played XX, this will flop very badly.
Capcom clearly hates the Nintendo Switch.
MH World spoiled me. I not feeling the loading between areas when hunting. I kinda demand it to be seamless now. A heavy heart pass on this one. Rats.
Looks good enough for me to put at least 100-150 hours in it. But i still wonder how it would've looked liked if it was build from the ground up for the switch instead of just upping the resolution from the 3DS version
I'm sure there are enough folk interested in this, but for me, I feel Capcom need to raise their game with their Switch output.
Graphics and constant loading screen are a big turn off. Never played MH and was considering giving this a shot but that looks like it would grate on me too much.
My Switch is ready. As well as my mind so I can read it this go around !
@siouxrunner15 Except Generations and GU aren't on PSP. You trippin?
@Razer Even though they helped get the extra ram for it by being part of it's dev process.
@Razer Not really. This ain't some sloppy seconds. Unless you bought and played the Japanese version on Switch, you haven't had the experience.
@TuxDC The graphics look pretty good though. Not sure what your problem is.
Lets face its if we only cared about graphics we wouldnt be playing on switch. This is about the enjoyment and the prize not graphics!
@Razer No offense, but are you sharing your account with someone else? Because you're weirdly flip-flopping in your comments. Trust me, there's a lot of people looking forward to GU and I think it's merely people who are for some reason attached to MHW who feel threatened because of the exodus that's going to happen in 4 weeks.
Let's pretty good to me.
@Preposterous no i don't share my account.
I've not really gotten into MH so i dont really know too much about it... I only just today found out xx is actually gu.
So when i said i would try it out i will, i stuck by that too, but reading other comments on other forums avout the game gave me the conclusion that most switch owners are disappointed by the graphics.
Infact i get such a strong indication that that is indeed the case, that your response here comes across as defensively grasping at straws...
@MegaVel91 yeah so name me one Nintendo Switch AAA exclusive thats been lined up by Capcom.
I'll wait.
I put about 350 hours into XX as a non-Japanese speaker, and based on my experience I can safely say that the difficulty curve on XX/GenU is the best balanced I’ve experienced in a MH game. Sure, G4 Hypers and Super Deviants are sometimes insane, but the game does a much better job of building you up to those than, say, 4U (cough cough G2 Black Gravios cheese)
@Razer You just seem to have a little too much to say about something you admitted to not know much about. I'm a bit disappointed in the graphics myself, but it's not kind of a series where it matters in the long run.
@Blizzia well actually it kind of is... In fact it seems to be a sloppy seconds port.
I mean Nintendo should really be Capcoms main focus, considering Nintendo has basically kept their business alive until they managed to claw back from the brink themselves with some solid games.
World should have been made for Nintendo and ported to ps4 and Xbox...
Instead they try to say "thanks" with a port thats more than a year old and judging from the response, has a luke warm reception at best (i can't seem to really find much hype for the game outside of NintendoLife) and shoddy graphics to boot.
@Preposterous how about this... I'll add you... Then in 6 months when the flop becomes evident I'll message you and you can say hi.
I may not know much about this game but i know a successful highly anticipated release when i see one... This isn't that.
Okay?
@GrailUK yeah big time
@Razer You really should have said from the get go that you're here for the sake of trolling instead of wasting my time.
@Djgoa
that's silly. one can want better graphics and still want good gameplay.
no reason a switch game needs to look like a mid-gen ps2 game. that's extremely lazy on Capcom's part.
then again; not sure Capcom cares. just look at the emulation for the megaman x game collection. cheap dirty ports shoved out. no wonder the western devs are destroying the japanese devs. those guys in the land of the rising sun appear to have completely given up.
@Razer
But how does it seem to be a sloppy seconds port? The graphics aren't shoddy, they look pretty good tbh. There's not much hype because the die hard hypers have played it for a year. That's how it works.
And yes, I agree, Nintendo should be Crapcoms main focus, but it isn't, because they're a bunch of backstabbing liars. They're massive turncoats, and we knew it all along.
World shouldn't even have been made. It's a massive step back for Monster Hunter, feeding on the flavor of the month mentality. It also has bad monster variety and crafting is a joke.
We just need a new proper mainline game.
I'm going to preorder this through Amazon and take advantage of the discount. This series was no doubt my favorite on the 3DS. It would have been awesome to get a game designed from the ground up for the Switch, but I'll gladly take this!
@Razer The joke was pretty funny but saying this is some leftovers is very inaccurate. I know a lot of hardcore mh players myself included that couldn't really get into mh world but are looking flrward to this one. but yeah this talking from the hardcore point of view. I mean just because one game was good doesn't mean the other can't be
This is insane !
Graphics, framerate, loading screen...
The Switch deserve 100 times better than that atrocious stuff... :/
@Razer Really, Do not listen to the apologists here with a misguided sense of loyalty. This is not about the Switch, or Nintendo, or MH. This is a 3rd party (this time named Capcom) making a lazy port of a popular iP (called MHGU) to milk the FanBase of $59.99 (You)
Just wait for a 29.99 sale (barely worth that in 2018) and use the other 29.99 to support an Indie (Flipping death) or a studio that is actually trying on Switch. Or buy Octopath or DLC from ubisoft. Hell, go buy something in FortNite.
@Blizzia well from what im gathering this is just a 2.0 version of another game that came out on the 3ds? That would kind of make this a port, but i just dont know enough about monster hunter to know what goes where. I thought this game first came out on 3ds tho? Especially as there are 3ds comparison... This would mean port no?
But i really agree with @Agramonte on this, this is just a cash grab and not a good one at that, i don't see much hype even from the die hard fans because as you said, they alreasy got it and played, language barriers aside.
So i really see this as an excuse for Capcom to stop supporting the system citing "bad sales" knowing full well they never tried to begin with. Exactly what they did with the WiiU.
Despite the Switches moderate success, which does earn 3rd party support, capcom just doesn't have talented enough developers to do decent games, its why the made MHW which from my understanding from peoples comments, its a watered down "made for the masses" version of the game.
@Preposterous lol trolling, nobody's forcing you to reply, i didn't know the site belonged to you? "Wasting my time" get off your high horse child.
Don't reply if you don't agree, im not the only one who feels this way, if you even bother to read anybody elses comment.
Acting like you own the place, little troll.
@EightBitMan im more inclined to blame Capcom for laziness here, Monster Hunter aside, the Switch merits some actual effort from them from a development stand point, they were kept afloat by the 3DS... Then turned their back on Nintendo.
After reading through the comments, I actually think a lot of people will end buying this game more then most of you think. Like many have said if you did not play this game on the Japanese version this will be a new experience. I myself have never played MH and I am on the fence on whether I want to take part of this game mainly because I dont know if I will like the gameplay.
That being said the graphics did not look that bad IMO based on other games that we get for the switch. Obviously if it was cheaper I wouldnt complain but for this being a new game for the US, I dont see the big issue especially if you take advantage of the Amazon Prime pre buy....
I'm not a Monster Hunter fan. And watching this video I don't think this is going to be the one to change my mind. I'm giving it a wide berth.
@Razer Wasn't trying to prove you wrong. Mind taking that serious stick out of your backside?
@EightBitMan So the only reason you're here is to bash on Nintendo and croon like some haughty parrot who thinks himself a raven? Get out, you're not making yourself look smart here.
Edit: After looking at your profile, yeah, that's exactly why you're here. Pathetic.
I don't understand how MH World nullifies this game in any way. You like World? Fine, go play it on another system and let people enjoy this one.
@Blizzia agree, the general graphics are good when not too close up and enjoyed the scenery. The clipping of the models really bothers me where the sword or bodies go through each other. It happens in any game but seemed more center piece in this game so that was rolled into "graphics" comment. I thought the loading map seemed lower res and found it jarring there were so many loading times in short distances not being familiar with previous MH. I can imagine the compelling gameplay and environment make those issues quickly fade after playing for a bit.
@sword_9mm Well, this is technically a 3DS port (Generation is just on 3DS and Generations Ultimate is just an enhanced version of that).
So that is the reason for those graphics.
Also, funny that you mention PS2, because this actually still runs on the same engine as the original Monster Hunter games on PS2. Though they did enhance the graphics since then quite bit and it makes sense too, since the games were, apart from ports like this, always made for consoles that are not that much stronger then the PS2.
Monster Hunter World is the new game (newer then Generations Ultimate here, actually) that is actually made for modern consoles with a modern engine. Sadly, no sign of that for Switch yet...
What I just wrote also counts for anyone else here complaining about the graphics, this is a 3DS port.
They always make an enhanced "Ultimate" version of MH games and this time they released it for Switch as well, since why not?
It'll do for me. I put a lot of time and fun into MHG, so I'm glad I get to romp a lil longer with my avatar. Bye bye life! RIP 08/28/2018.
I personally expected a bit more of unreal engine 4
They need to patch native chat for online!
£38 at 365.com
It hurts to see this person "run" around with his/her weapon out. The lack of Target Cam usage is also not helping. I'm probably buying a Switch for this later this month.
Not impressed with what I am seeing. And man, those loading screens!!
nope. Pass. I loved 4U to bits but since it's a 3DS port without that many enhancements, Hardly worth 60 dollars. I'm also spoiled by MHW changes and currently enjoying the FF crossover monster.
I read the comments first just to see the reactions. After watching the video, it is definitely ugly as hell.
It will no doubt sell like hotcakes, but it isn't for me.
This looks not good
And they want full price for this game....na I'm good thanks
@TuxDC It IS an upscaled 3DS game after all xD but yeah, you don't really notice these small bits when you actually get into it and play. I'd say "good luck" to most people thinking they'll notice a little clipping while a deviant g-rank monster is chasing them full speed and running amok.
@Razer
It's not really a "2.0" version so much as an expansion. Basically how MH works (or has thus far) is that Japan usually first gets a base game with Low Rank and High Rank. These are pretty much the learning curve of the game. Later on, G-rank is added (this is why all the Western games end in "Ultimate", because Ultimate = G-Rank added, which is why the 3DS game "Monster Hunter Generations" does not have "Ultimate" added to it.)
Low Rank and High Rank vs G-rank is like night and day. There's so much monster variety, and all the monsters you thought you knew get beefed up like mad. Deviants are really crazy to fight as well, as they behave nothing like their normal version.
It's a tricky situation because for Japan it was a clear-cut HD upscaled port since they got Monster Hunter XX (AKA Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate) for 3DS, and then it was ported with upscaled HD graphics to Switch.
The West, meanwhile, only got Monster Hunter Generations. It's like getting the story but no post-game (which is usually where the real meat lies in games like this) So the story doesn't change, but we're getting the game with endgame/post-game. Endgame/Post-game just so happen to be 90% of Monster Hunter games. And that is why it is like getting an entirely new game.
But yeah, as you said, they messed up. The hype is gone and done, though I and many others will still be playing it (I can read Japanese just fine but it's a bit easier communicating with friends when items have the exact same names etc).
The worst part is that it might impact their motivation to release future titles on Nintendo hardware, because they are incapable of understanding why they messed up. It's classic Crapcom.
MHW is indeed just a watered down "made for the masses" version of Monster Hunter. They're made some of the unique elements like crafting and gathering a joke, and just gone all in on high-octane action with a billion monsters on screen fighting you and each other and blablabla. What's worse is... The monster variety is abysmal. If you go play Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate after Monster Hunter World, you'll go beyond the number of monsters MHW has so fast it's ridiculous. In MHGU they just keep on coming with new monsters, and even once you've seen them all, you'll be fighting deviants which are nothing like their kin.
I'm really hoping we get a proper new Monster Hunter game for Switch, and soon. MHGU will be a ton of fun, but I've kinda played it all (though never did perfect my gear, which I'll do in the Western version) and I'm hungering for something new.
@sword_9mm
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