how does a ship sail through sand ?

[BeastKingSmash]

I know it's video game fiction but, like... how ?? cmon now

[Chipmunk]

wow the game's physics is not like our world, how surprising.

[StarChief]

There are creatures in many a fiction that can swim through sand, including this one. Just like in the real world we model our planes after birds for flight, people in the monster hunter universe look at sand creatures and copy what they're doing.

[Wild]

If that bothers you don't look up at diablos, nibblesnarf or jhen mohran and the fact that they're literally swimming on sand as if it was water.

[D. Flame]

Because sand is not solid, and gravity is obviously less intense in the Monster Hunter universe, else humans could not wield such large weapons, and those massive monsters would collapse under their own weight.

BTW, IRL, you can float in quicksand.

[Xaelon]

It's 100% possible for sand to behave like water if the conditions are right. It's an actual principle called "Fluidization". Search it online however you like and you'll see.

[Applejuicee]

Omega prime clearance님이 먼저 게시:

I know it's video game fiction but, like... how ?? cmon now

hunting a dahren mohran the giant sand whale also has you sailing a ship through sand in 4u

[BEEP!]

D. Flame님이 먼저 게시:

Because sand is not solid, and gravity is obviously less intense in the Monster Hunter universe, else humans could not wield such large weapons, and those massive monsters would collapse under their own weight.

BTW, IRL, you can float in quicksand.

Yep it's not Earth the gravity is clearly different from Earth and the ancestors of the Hunters are genetically engineered super soldiers from a long forgotten age, I don't know why OP is expecting realism in the MH universe.

[kiotheslayer]

Clown take. You are complaining about the ships when we literally have people swinging giant swords, jumping off mountains and landing in an entirely different zone hundreds of feet down just fine, DRAGONS, DRAGONS THAT FLOAT WITHOUT WINGS, creatures that can burrow through sand immensely fast, among so many other things. You're insane.
Also, not the first time in this game series and many others where "land ships" have been used.
Also, in the real world, there is land sailing, just because you don't like the comparison doesn't mean it doesn't exist. On top of that, if you know anything of the background story of Monster Hunter, you'll know how the humans are genetic super soldiers from a long lost advanced race. Further making your issue more ridiculous out of the things in this game.
On top of that, if you play the right frequency (in real life) sand becomes basically like water and solid objects will sink to the bottom. You could say that they are using some similar technology, or using material from one of the sand monsters that can burrow and travel super fast in this game (considering that the whole game is you defeating monsters and using their parts to make new and better gear, this even fits the narrative).

Do you complain about every sci-fi and fantasy game/world because it's "not realistic"?
Did you get your panties in a twist when in Avatar there were floating islands, hair sex, and transferring your conscious into a living drone? Or completely transferring your conscious to another body using tree roots?
In star wars did you get pissy about the magical and mysterious "Force", or light sabers? (funny Because Science video on youtube about what would really happen if you had one of those and turned it on.)
How about in Inception where they literally go to sleep and run around in your brain?
Or DBZ where people, and aliens, are flying around and shooting energy out of their hands, moving at the speed of light, and breathing in space?
Or any Call of Duty game where you can put a whole clip of bullets into someone and not kill them?
Maybe GTA where, again, you can take multiple bullets to the chest, or fall from inhuman heights and be just fine?
Oooh, I bet the Witcher series really upset you, forcing genetic mutations on someone just from some herbs and plants, and then all of a sudden they can do magic!, oh and Wizards, dragons, and a ton of other creatures that are unrealistic.
Pokemon? Literally everything about pokemon lmao the creatures, the tiny ball that some how Mary Poppins Pokemon to the spirit realm until they are called again?

Cmon now.

[Cuddle_Rat]

In a world with talking cats that can make a 1000 course meal in under a minute, this is the hill OP decided to die on.

[Gigadesu!]

Have you ever seen an anime?

[SpidersInABirthdayCake]

Lucathegreat님이 먼저 게시:

Bro totally missed the Jhen Mohran era

Glad I am not the only one here to remember the sand whale.

[Ersatz]

Realism doesn't matter, but internal consistency does.

Monster Hunter has always been pretty internally consistent.

[Rhila]

It's a fantasy world and I find it cool and fascinating 😉

[Chippawaffen]

There....are monsters that swim and hang out in magma/lava

Real Answer is the strong winds and lighter/stronger materials than our world. usually wind is a key part in Mohran fights. The ships are usually sand skiff in design too.

[Nihrahk]

It works because it's cool. That is all.