Nata is quite unbearable

[GoldenDove20]

I know Monster Hunter isn't about the story but holy crap why are they forcing this kid down your throat so much? I get they wanna do something with him story wise but they really need to leave his ass back at camp

[NashDash]

He's the Handler's son.

[Necropants]

Monster hunter has always had a cringe story. I dont know why they bother, better off spending the effort making more gameplay content.

[Lunaire]

Originally posted by Nolo Contendere:

Originally posted by b1nary.n1nja:

And the father doesn't seem like he is the father, Nata might have been adopted to begin with hahaha I don't know this insistence of "multicultural families"

wouldn't it be funny if the "father" of nata doesn't mention being a good friend of nata's dad as being the reason he takes in nata.....

oh wait...that's exactly the reason

Originally posted by Patriarch Misha:

its a cliche trope of revenge kid but hes so stupid and spinless its annoying bouncing from "give me your weapon" to crying like a ♥♥♥♥♥ even at one time saying "why did this monster destroy my home" i dont know maybe its a monster??? its part of its instinct not like its malicoius its just a beast

its almost as if learning that last part is his whole character arc......

god, are monster hunter players so simple that they can't handle a story with more nuance than "here is big club, go kill thing threatening village"?

There is no nuance in this story. All of the ideas are heavy handed as ♥♥♥♥. Don't know where you got that from. Nata is a complete wind vane and goes into the extremes from one scene to the next. It's baby's first talk about the environment and animals place in relation to humans. There is no subtlety, no nuance, nothing that will make you think, for more than half a second.(if that) They tried to fit 3 characters into one because they couldn't imagine a story-line with three interesting characters with his positions instead. Hell, there is no middle ground actually, so it's two characters but if you wanted to have a semi interesting debate, you'd need someone in the middle.
The world setting is nice, the environment art and design are nice. The writing is abysmal.
It only serves as a reason to bring you from one location to another and I think they shouldn't have advertised the story as being "something", when it's clearly ♥♥♥♥ and only serves that purpose.

[Parmak]

I think people here just hate kids in general, and seeing as how Nata is a kid that I think is actually well written to act like a kid it's easy to see why people hate him.

Like bro he's a kid! He makes dumb surface level observations, he gets emotional and says things without thinking, he tries to butt in to adult conversations to feel important. He's one of the more believable child characters I've seen in a game and that's exactly why I think people don't like him.

The character I didn't really like was Gemma, she had some good character moments when she wasn't relegated to delivering one-liners. Alma was great, but she had no flavor, I think they took the handler hate they got from the last game and learned the wrong lesson from it. She's a bit too reserved and there were so many missed moments where they could have used her passion for archaeology to give her something to be excited about and show some emotion.

[Thuse]

I know at least 2 ppl that skipped all cutscenes etc cuz they couldnt handle the ltitle ♥♥♥♥.

[DerpTron]

I think the game could use 10x more zoom ins on Nata's face.

[JF]

most of the time i would let this little mf get eated in the wilds

[Urban Anthem]

i'd let him take his lil rock an go fight Arkveld, then throw a huge celebration when he got ripped to shreds by the monster. Capcom does some great things with thier games but just like the handler from worlds they also make some of the most annoying and useless support characters known to the gaming industry.

[Fyyyyysh]

Originally posted by Parmak:

I think people here just hate kids in general, and seeing as how Nata is a kid that I think is actually well written to act like a kid it's easy to see why people hate him.

Like bro he's a kid! He makes dumb surface level observations, he gets emotional and says things without thinking, he tries to butt in to adult conversations to feel important. He's one of the more believable child characters I've seen in a game and that's exactly why I think people don't like him.

The character I didn't really like was Gemma, she had some good character moments when she wasn't relegated to delivering one-liners. Alma was great, but she had no flavor, I think they took the handler hate they got from the last game and learned the wrong lesson from it. She's a bit too reserved and there were so many missed moments where they could have used her passion for archaeology to give her something to be excited about and show some emotion.

Yeah, gamers just hate child characters who behave like children, instead of being serious and skilled mini-adults like a lot of video game children act.

[Sevariel]

What a weird complaint. I think the story and characters are compelling. It's refreshing to see monster hunter with such strong story telling. The animations are so well done too.

[Sevariel]

Originally posted by Parmak:

She's a bit too reserved and there were so many missed moments where they could have used her passion for archaeology to give her something to be excited about and show some emotion.

I LOVE her. Her expressions and since of duty and curiosity are so strong and not campy. The choices she has to make really weigh on her and big props to the artists for conveying so much with their glances and expressions. The way she dead pan stares at certain comments seemed intentional to me, and if not the worked out well.

[Malik]

When this child "Nata" opens his mouth, he makes me angry. They make him an important character the whole game, and he's a useless, moody kid who gets his ass wiped.

[Mason]

Checkbox

[Mortmal]

Yes, it's too much cringe in an already so-so story. If there were even a minimum of player agency, I'm sure most people would throw him off the cliff and let him 'fight' after his first tantrum.

[palacentes]

i lost immersion when he started liking arkveld... I can see that he can relate to a cool monster, but it wasnt that long since it attacked his village and killed people from it... possibly friends.... And it was clearly still violent and capable of attacking the village again...

Just keep that stuff subtle, like draw a comparison for some observant viewer to notice, but dont shove it in their face.