kinda waiting till a "monster hunter-like" tag exist

[Lurazius]

I mean, there are really a few now, who tried to copy MH but it never felt like MH.
Do you think we get someday a tag called "Monster Hunter-Like" similar to souls-like?

[zero]

i mean those are just user generated so if people started to use it people would see it, but i dont really think it has enough orginal mechanics to really warrant it, souls-likes are just functionally roguelikes with their own mechanics for starting over, so it ended up its own title.

but for monhun? "fighting monsters in action based combat to get gear to progress"? thats just arpgs

"but only big monsters" bossrush then

[ᔑᓭ∴ᔑリ⊣]

Originally posted by zero:

i mean those are just user generated so if people started to use it people would see it, but i dont really think it has enough orginal mechanics to really warrant it, souls-likes are just functionally roguelikes with their own mechanics for starting over, so it ended up its own title.

but for monhun? "fighting monsters in action based combat to get gear to progress"? thats just arpgs

"but only big monsters" bossrush then

its the combat itself that is unique, and the core game loop combined with it that makes it MH
i could see a new tag for the series in the future, but 'monster hunter-like' is pretty long and doesnt roll off the tongue as well, not sure what else it could be called though. 'hunter-like' is all i could think of but thats dumb seeing as its not a hunting game lol

[Shoah Kahn]

Toukiden and Wild Hearts are already in that category.

https://gamerant.com/games-that-replicate-monster-hunters-combat/

[oOTundraOo]

Hunter-like would probably be the tag used.

[Shift]

Thing is, unlike Souls-Like, all games that tried to copy Monster Hunter formula ended up being not successful and probably we'll never see them again.

Those I recall:

- God Eater: They more of less failed miserably with their 3rd title who came with high hopes of finding their own spot under the sun. Lack of meaningful improvements, lackluster characters roster, boring maps and a story full of outdated tropes couldn't make the game justice. I wouldn't write off this series yet, but the chances aren't that high.

- Toukiden / Wild Hearts: Well known for being utterly crap ports on PC, these games haven't managed to do so well and thus I doubt we'll be hearing about them any time soon. Even EA in the case of the latter decided to pull the plug because it was such a massive flop.

- Freedom Wars/Soul Sacrifice: Both dead since a long time ago, never mentioned again.

- Dauntless: Have their own niche following, but all in all I don't know much about this one, except that it's F2P and I don't enjoy the art direction that much.

With the failure of earning success with the formula, I doubt we'll see that many (if any) trying to bring other games of the genre in the near future to make such tag meaningful.

[Scipo0419]

Originally posted by Shift:

Toukiden / Wild Hearts: Well known for being utterly crap ports on PC, these games haven't managed to do so well and thus I doubt we'll be hearing about them any time soon. Even EA in the case of the latter decided to pull the plug because it was such a massive flop.

Toukiden Kiwami ran pretty well on PC from what I remember, the biggest issue with that game is that you cannot unlock armor/weapons in multiplayer, so you had to do single player first or take breaks from hunting with your friend for the both of you to unlock new gear. Really the worst possible system for multiplayer

[★ Moonlight ★]

Originally posted by Shift:

- Freedom Wars/Soul Sacrifice: Both dead since a long time ago, never mentioned again.

Don't write off Freedom Wars just yet. The devs got the IP, and are porting it to PS4 PS5 PC and the Switch in hopes of making enough to make a sequel.

[Shift]

Originally posted by ★ Moonlight ★:

Originally posted by Shift:

- Freedom Wars/Soul Sacrifice: Both dead since a long time ago, never mentioned again.

Don't write off Freedom Wars just yet. The devs got the IP, and are porting it to PS4 PS5 PC and the Switch in hopes of making enough to make a sequel.

Good news, I really liked that game back when I actually had a Vita.

[Scipo0419]

Originally posted by Shift:

Originally posted by ★ Moonlight ★:

Don't write off Freedom Wars just yet. The devs got the IP, and are porting it to PS4 PS5 PC and the Switch in hopes of making enough to make a sequel.

Good news, I really liked that game back when I actually had a Vita.

Holy crap, I just looked into this game and it seems awesome. I hope we get a port!

[Scipo0419]

Originally posted by Scipo0419:

Originally posted by Shift:

Good news, I really liked that game back when I actually had a Vita.

Holy crap, I just looked into this game and it seems awesome. I hope we get a port!

I "borrowed" it *wink*, that game is both hilarious and very fun, if a bit clunky. I can't wait for the remaster.

[😎Astran😾]

The situation is - souls-like and diablo-like tags cannot be replicated due to the unfortunae/bad/unrecognizable/unpronounceable naming of the contestants

[Scipo0419]

Originally posted by 😎𝔸𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟😾:

The situation is - souls-like and diablo-like tags cannot be replicated due to the unfortunae/bad/unrecognizable/unpronounceable naming of the contestants

MonHun-Like

[ominumi]

WoW is popular with tons of clones. It's not like there's a WoW-like tag. Just a generic MMO tag.

[Scipo0419]

Originally posted by ominumi:

WoW is popular with tons of clones. It's not like there's a WoW-like tag. Just a generic MMO tag.

That's because "theme park MMO" is used instead of "wow-Clone". Not every MMO is a Theme Park MMO. Souls-like games are Action RPGs, just like Kingdom Hearts and Diablo are Action RPGs, so Souls-Like and Diablo-like were created to differentiate the types of action RPGs.

[LexAnimex]

Originally posted by 󠁳⁧⁧ Lurazius:

I mean, there are really a few now, who tried to copy MH but it never felt like MH.
Do you think we get someday a tag called "Monster Hunter-Like" similar to souls-like?

Maybe.

Wild hearts was such a beautiful and fun game. I enjoyed it as much as monster hunter. Honestly I even enjoyed it more than the mh wilds beta l. I really hope they will do a sequel one day