Want to get into MH but...

[SBan83]

I've always been curious about getting into the MH games so I tried the Rise demo. Unfortunately, it seems geared toward experienced players only since there's no tutorial? Suffice to say, I couldn't even survive more than a few seconds with the "beginner" monster in the demo.

Any suggestions on how I can find my feet and learn? Some guide you recommend, or one of the earlier games perhaps, which will teach me how to play a MH game.

[Nasty]

Full game is much better suited for new player. Also Arekkz has great weapon guides for new players on youtube

[Emerald Lance]

Honestly, you just gotta take it slow and keep trying. Maybe look up a weapon guide like what Arekkz posts. This game is about learning a monster's moveset so that you're the one controlling the pace of the fight, and sometimes that can take a few attempts.

The community is pretty nice to people who want to learn. Consider a LFG thread here ir reddit or something, and tell them that you're new and trying to learn.

[SBan83]

Yea, I'm sure once I get an understanding of the key mechanics, I can begin to enjoy it but it's so different from the usual stuff I've played (shooters and third-person stuff like God of War) that I'm not even sure what I'm doing lol.

[Peridot]

Honestly, Monster Hunter is a hard game. It's supposed to be hard, there is just boss monsters to hunt after all. If you don't enjoy that type of content, you wont enjoy monster hunter.

For me, Monster Hunter means dying repeatedly on a new boss until everyone learns how the mechanics works and then beating it. I love that rush of finally figuring it out. I'm a little bit of a noob tho, and my coop partner is a longtime monster hunter fan so he usually carries my ass.

But, there is usually a training dummy in town you can try out all the weapons + combos on. I'm the kind of idiot who just goes outside and tries to kill people, my partner will sit his ass on a training dummy and try out all weapons and combos for half an hour before going to kill something.

It helps, if not there are many good youtube tutorials that might help you out!

[Duskyer]

Originally posted by SBan83:

Yea, I'm sure once I get an understanding of the key mechanics, I can begin to enjoy it but it's so different from the usual stuff I've played (shooters and third-person stuff like God of War) that I'm not even sure what I'm doing lol.

Think of MH as a mix between Dark Souls and a Fighting game. You need to learn the enemy as well as the weapon you're using. Many of the moves monsters do are telegraphed in some shape or form, be it roaring or certain motions etc. It's not a hack n slash game, you have combos and you need to make use of your positioning.

[Dagoth Ur]

The menu shows moves that you can perform, like fighting games. You can also watch how-to's on YouTube such as "arekkzgaming" which is pretty good source of beginner stuff.

I would say the easiest weapons I played in the demo were hunting horn, hammer, greatsword, heavy bowgun. In terms of mechanics, hunting horn is has a more learned style but can do just fine mashing buttons on the screen.

Rise is a better game to start on because it simplifies some elements compared to MHWorld, such as movement (no weapon is sluggish in terms of moving around). Weapons are customizable (as in the Switch skills) to people's style so they are less prone to learning new weapons just to beat a boss.

Can always buy an refund the game within a two hour period as well (https://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds/)

Game also works best on controller, but to each their own!

[archonsod]

Rise is actually one of the best in the series in terms of learning curve. The campaign introduces the mechanics gradually (with tutorials). The village quests also have a pretty good ramp up in terms of difficulty.

[War-A-Tron]

Originally posted by SBan83:

I've always been curious about getting into the MH games so I tried the Rise demo. Unfortunately, it seems geared toward experienced players only since there's no tutorial? Suffice to say, I couldn't even survive more than a few seconds with the "beginner" monster in the demo.

Any suggestions on how I can find my feet and learn? Some guide you recommend, or one of the earlier games perhaps, which will teach me how to play a MH game.

Yeah the demo is aimed at speedrunner or those wanting to practice the new monster. The HP values on LR Magnamalo are higher in the demo than a 4x team in the full game.

The full game does have tutorials and a gradual easing - in fact much of Rise's complaints was that it was too easy on the switch (at least until Emergency hunts post endgame).

[Duskyer]

A lot of the complaints most likely came from people who started from World and didn't realize that once you've played one game the rest become easier. This isn't a new thing, people just got better at the base formula of MH.

[stevo]

The core thing to understand about MH, outside of every detail, is the kind of combat mechanics you're engaging with. The instant you start prioritizing the avoidance of enemy attacks, the better you understand what the game wants from you. This isn't a game where damage trading and mashing potions works like in an MMO or top down RPG. And, in principle it's not really like Dark Souls where you can just I-frame through everything (though some weapon playstyles do give those kind of options in a limited sense)

Pick a relatively simple weapon ( Great Sword, Dual Blades, Hammer ), watch a tutorial for that weapon type and take it from there. I'd also suggest Rurikhan's New Player guide specific to Rise. It tells you all you really need to know

[Jethro]

Originally posted by SBan83:

Unfortunately, it seems geared toward experienced players only since there's no tutorial?

But there literaly is

[Cr1spy_w0lf]

One thing I've learned from previous titles, "it's not hack and slash game."
Imagine you are a normal human being try to fight a 7 feet tall dragon. You always look for an opening to punish monster's move then repostition for next counter.


you got 50 min, always take your time.
1 small tip, use everything at your disposal (Traps, Bomb, whatever you can find in the map that are useful)

[Zouls]

Originally posted by SBan83:

I've always been curious about getting into the MH games so I tried the Rise demo. Unfortunately, it seems geared toward experienced players only since there's no tutorial? Suffice to say, I couldn't even survive more than a few seconds with the "beginner" monster in the demo.

Any suggestions on how I can find my feet and learn? Some guide you recommend, or one of the earlier games perhaps, which will teach me how to play a MH game.

I would say thats the issue with a demo since its a hoirzontal slice of gameplay that just throws you into the mix, i also loathed the monster hunter worlds demo cause you just got a full gear set, but playing the full game felt much better.

Im sure there are still going to be obscure mechanics that requires a wikipedia in the best of fashion, but if you search for monster hunter rise weapons you can get a good idea of what everything does, and if its like world you have 1 of each weapon in its beginner form from the start, vs very easy enemies, so you can get an idea of what kind of playstyle you like.