Going from MHGU to World and very recently to Iceborne I can say that Rise is somehow an even more convenient game than World/Iceborne! You don't have to do any Palico side quests to unlock quick transport since you have your Palamute, no more hot/cold drinks, maps are smaller than world which makes it easier to not get lost looking for a monster, no more gathering tracks slowly to know where a monster is on the map, gathering at bone piles/mining nodes is faster, and the Wirebug is way more useful than the clutch claw since you can use it both for combat and exploration. I still wish the healing animation from older Monster Hunter games returned because I think healing while being able to move is TOO easy, but other than that I am a fan of most of the changes made.
I was worried that combat in Rise would make fights too easy, but to me the difficulty seems in line with other Monster Hunter games. I have been playing Monster Hunter ever since Tri and I can't remember the last time I have enjoyed the Low Rank mode in a Monster Hunter game THIS much!
@Ralizah and @JuiceMan_V explained it best! The Dual Blades are simple to use and are one of the fastest weapons in the game. I mainly use Great Sword because the MASSIVE damage you do with it is very satisfying to pull off, but eventually I started facing off against faster monsters and moved to Dual Blades.
Once I began thinking of Monster Hunter less like a hack-and-slash game and more like a game of Punch-Out where I had to look to see what attack a monster would use and position myself to counter the monster was when the series finally clicked for me. It's not a game everybody will enjoy/like, but it is a series I started hating and ended up loving.
@NathanTheAsian Sadly Monster Hunter games does not have the best tutorials and they have a habit of throwing too much information at the player, but newer games are trying to be better about this. I started off playing Monster Hunter Tri, hated playing it, and 6 months later I picked the game back up after looking at a few tutorials online to better help me understand the mechanics of the game. The first 2-3 hours of Monster Hunter are usually the worst, but after that it only gets more and more fun. It's the reason I consider the series as my favorite action RPG even though I know it's not for everyone.
@shazbot Not at all! Demos for Monster Hunter aren't usually a good way for people new to the series to understand what makes the games fun. For a vet of the series like me a demo for Monster Hunter is there to show off a new monster, new mechanics, or new movesets to weapons I like to use.
@J-Biz I didn't say it was illegal to do this. It doesn't surprise me that so many people are not just excusing the company for shutting down a charity, but also cheering it on. It's just a scummy thing to do from a "family brand".
Maybe I would believe in the message of this article if perpetrators within the Smash community were not already ostracized and forced out of events or if there were people actually defending the terrible things they have done. This article just seems like licking Nintendo's boot for the sake of licking their boot.
It's not a true successor to Jet Force Gemini unless you can brutally kill the cute animals you are supposed to be saving on accident.
I still remember being terrified of the game when I played it as a kid! I'm sure if it were to be on the Switch it would suffer graphically. Might just grab it on PC if it turns out decent.
I feel like Origami King would have benefitted the most if it completely dropped the RPG aspects of its design. If Paper Mario wants to return to its RPG roots then good, but for now it looks like it wants to keep a little bit of everything without committing to any particular genre.
@Fandabidozi I would even argue that not being good since they had to shut down a massive fan project in order to do it, but it's also something Nintendo has done countless times.
@Wool_Sheep I remember seeing the 2nd game on sale and not buying it because I heard about a 3rd game being in development. It is even more confusing when 2 different reviewers gave the games very different scores without a reference to either game.
As someone very interested in this game I will just wait until either game is on sale.
I remember thinking I just stopped liking video games because of my disinterest in the WiiU. I still liked my 3DS and aging Wii, but if you asked me if I was a gamer around 2015-2016 I would have said no. Once Breath of the Wild was released I immediately wanted a Switch and have had no regrets since; even if this year is a little slow on releases.
Surprised that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt didn't make it on the list. It had a few problems on my playthrough, but heard that with patches it really fixed many of its issues.
EDIT: Looks like they fixed it! In that case I would add that Spyro: Reignited Trilogy was a solid port to the Switch as well as Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen!
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Re: Soapbox: Monster Hunter Rise Is The Perfect Hybrid Game
Going from MHGU to World and very recently to Iceborne I can say that Rise is somehow an even more convenient game than World/Iceborne! You don't have to do any Palico side quests to unlock quick transport since you have your Palamute, no more hot/cold drinks, maps are smaller than world which makes it easier to not get lost looking for a monster, no more gathering tracks slowly to know where a monster is on the map, gathering at bone piles/mining nodes is faster, and the Wirebug is way more useful than the clutch claw since you can use it both for combat and exploration. I still wish the healing animation from older Monster Hunter games returned because I think healing while being able to move is TOO easy, but other than that I am a fan of most of the changes made.
I was worried that combat in Rise would make fights too easy, but to me the difficulty seems in line with other Monster Hunter games. I have been playing Monster Hunter ever since Tri and I can't remember the last time I have enjoyed the Low Rank mode in a Monster Hunter game THIS much!
Re: Capcom Reveals The Most Used Weapon In The Monster Hunter Rise Demo
@Ralizah and @JuiceMan_V explained it best! The Dual Blades are simple to use and are one of the fastest weapons in the game. I mainly use Great Sword because the MASSIVE damage you do with it is very satisfying to pull off, but eventually I started facing off against faster monsters and moved to Dual Blades.
Once I began thinking of Monster Hunter less like a hack-and-slash game and more like a game of Punch-Out where I had to look to see what attack a monster would use and position myself to counter the monster was when the series finally clicked for me. It's not a game everybody will enjoy/like, but it is a series I started hating and ended up loving.
Re: Capcom Reveals The Most Used Weapon In The Monster Hunter Rise Demo
@NathanTheAsian Sadly Monster Hunter games does not have the best tutorials and they have a habit of throwing too much information at the player, but newer games are trying to be better about this. I started off playing Monster Hunter Tri, hated playing it, and 6 months later I picked the game back up after looking at a few tutorials online to better help me understand the mechanics of the game. The first 2-3 hours of Monster Hunter are usually the worst, but after that it only gets more and more fun. It's the reason I consider the series as my favorite action RPG even though I know it's not for everyone.
Re: Capcom Reveals The Most Used Weapon In The Monster Hunter Rise Demo
@shazbot Not at all! Demos for Monster Hunter aren't usually a good way for people new to the series to understand what makes the games fun. For a vet of the series like me a demo for Monster Hunter is there to show off a new monster, new mechanics, or new movesets to weapons I like to use.
Re: Arcade1Up Is Releasing Its Very Own Killer Instinct Arcade Cabinet
@Just_Steven_92 Not Arcade1Up, but SNK already made their own cabinet with 50 games on it for the same price as an Arcade1Up. https://www.neogeoarcade.com/pages/snk-mvsx-home-arcade
Re: Custom-Made Etika Joy-Con Which Raised $10k For Charity Fell Foul Of Copyright Claim, Creator Reveals
@J-Biz I didn't say it was illegal to do this. It doesn't surprise me that so many people are not just excusing the company for shutting down a charity, but also cheering it on. It's just a scummy thing to do from a "family brand".
Re: Custom-Made Etika Joy-Con Which Raised $10k For Charity Fell Foul Of Copyright Claim, Creator Reveals
Nintendo hates you and they want you to know and understand that.
Re: Nintendo Cancels Splatoon 2 NA Open Livestream, "Free Melee" Believed To Have Played A Part
There is nothing a fan of Nintendo hates more than Nintendo and other fans of Nintendo.
Re: Soapbox: If The Smash Community Wants To #SaveSmash, It Needs To Start From Within
Maybe I would believe in the message of this article if perpetrators within the Smash community were not already ostracized and forced out of events or if there were people actually defending the terrible things they have done. This article just seems like licking Nintendo's boot for the sake of licking their boot.
Re: Feature: Best Super Nintendo (SNES) Games
Glad to see Chrono Trigger at its rightful place. This community knows what's up!
EDIT: The list got updated with Chrono Trigger in #3 and Super Mario World at #1...typical NintendoLife...
Re: Smash Comp The Big House Cancelled After Cease And Desist From Nintendo
Just because they can doesn't mean they should.
Re: Poll: Rate Your Favourite SNES Games
Shame I can only vote for Chrono Trigger once.
Re: Mass Effect Legendary Edition Isn't Coming To Switch After All
It's a shame, but I'm not too bummed about it. Saves me some money from going towards EA.
Re: Review: Disc Room - A Meat Grinder Of A Game Which Packs A Real Challenge
This game looks like it would be fun with Joy-Con Drift...
Re: Jet Force Gemini Style Platform Shooter Tamarin Unlikely To Come To Switch Anytime Soon
It's not a true successor to Jet Force Gemini unless you can brutally kill the cute animals you are supposed to be saving on accident.
I still remember being terrified of the game when I played it as a kid! I'm sure if it were to be on the Switch it would suffer graphically. Might just grab it on PC if it turns out decent.
Re: Paper Mario Producer Says He's "Not Opposed To The Fans' Opinions"
I feel like Origami King would have benefitted the most if it completely dropped the RPG aspects of its design. If Paper Mario wants to return to its RPG roots then good, but for now it looks like it wants to keep a little bit of everything without committing to any particular genre.
Re: Image & Form's New Game Required Power The Switch Didn't Have, So It Did A Deal With Xbox
Love their games and wish them the best of luck with whatever they do.
Re: Overwatch Director Reminds Us Which Hero He Would Like To See In Smash Bros.
@Fandabidozi I would even argue that not being good since they had to shut down a massive fan project in order to do it, but it's also something Nintendo has done countless times.
Re: Overwatch Director Reminds Us Which Hero He Would Like To See In Smash Bros.
Has Activision Blizzard done anything right this past decade?
Re: Review: Rock Of Ages 3: Make & Break - Between A Rock And A Hard Place
@Wool_Sheep I remember seeing the 2nd game on sale and not buying it because I heard about a 3rd game being in development. It is even more confusing when 2 different reviewers gave the games very different scores without a reference to either game.
As someone very interested in this game I will just wait until either game is on sale.
Re: Review: Rock Of Ages 3: Make & Break - Between A Rock And A Hard Place
So I take it that Rock of Ages 2 is WAY better than Rock of Ages 3?
Re: Poll: No, Really, What Was Nintendo's Worst Year?
I remember thinking I just stopped liking video games because of my disinterest in the WiiU. I still liked my 3DS and aging Wii, but if you asked me if I was a gamer around 2015-2016 I would have said no. Once Breath of the Wild was released I immediately wanted a Switch and have had no regrets since; even if this year is a little slow on releases.
Re: Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes Of An Elusive Age - Definitive Edition Is No Longer Exclusive To Switch
I see this as a net positive. Dragon Quest 11 is a fantastic JRPG and more people need to buy and support it for the work that went into it.
Re: Balan Wonderworld, A 3D Platformer From The Creators Of Sonic The Hedgehog, Is Coming To Switch
It definitely has that "Sega Charm"!
Re: Poll: Did The Nintendo Direct Mini: Partners Showcase Meet Your Expectations?
Didn't have any expectations for the Direct Mini and am happy to say I was not disappointed because there was nothing to interest me.
Re: Feature: Best Switch Ports - The Most Impressive Ports On Nintendo Switch
Surprised that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt didn't make it on the list. It had a few problems on my playthrough, but heard that with patches it really fixed many of its issues.
EDIT: Looks like they fixed it! In that case I would add that Spyro: Reignited Trilogy was a solid port to the Switch as well as Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen!