Why do people love this game?

[Charger342]

I was introduced to this game through me friend, who said it was similar to Dark souls. Having played both, I can safely say the only similar things about them are that you A. fight bosses B. roll and C. use less than 4 buttons to attack.

My friend loves this game to death. He has over 500 hours in it but I cannot fathom why. A lot of the game's reputation is built upon their monsters. These monsters i find have a lot of reused moves and all of them waste 7 minutes (1/3 of what it takes to kill a boss) of my time relocating.

I personally do not get hype when I see a monster I have killed twice before in mandatory quests (pukei-pukei) be reused for a third time. A big problem I have is the unskippable cutscenes ranging from 2 to 10 minutes for said reused bosses, which I was told is exclusive to MHW, but it is my only exposure to the series.

I have given this game 4 separate chances because I want to like it, but each time I end up leaving with the same problems I had since my first playthrough. Farming bosses does not feel worthwhile and is too time consuming, combat feels sluggish in a fast-paced game, and reskins with all of 2 new moves are held in unwarranted high esteem every single time.

[Purple]

There is a very high skill ceiling. No you do not need to reach anywhere close to it in order to "beat" the game or get through it. The game at it's peak is fantastic, requiring an extremely high level of precision with positioning, timing, and accuracy.

[HiImTony]

You friend has great tastes then. I only enjoy it because I love games where you can farm for stuff and gain a lot of currency for doing things. the only games that I don't play that have that sort of stuff are games with pay to win bullsh*t..... as well as mobile games.

I played Lost Ark early and ended up spending 22 hours on it in just 3 days. I don't do that sort of thing and knew it would of ♥♥♥♥*ed my life up if I continued, so I stopped. I do miss it and HOPE that there will be another game like it without the pay to win BS.

Anyways, there are people who play this game religiously while others don't. it is what it is. I never understood why people played boring simulator games like American Truck Simulator..... then I played it and got hooked. chillest game I've ever played, right next to Signal Simulator. if Signal Simulator was an actual job that you can do remotely, then I'd switch from studying software engineering to that in a heart-beat. so good...

[BOWSER]

Top 2 reasons I play MHW. By the way, World is the only MH I've ever played and that is still true after 5 years.

A: Weapon/Playstyle. The amount of weapons gives a lot of options. Watch videos on individual weapons. The in game tutorial isn't sufficient.

B: Monsters. You get to a point where fighting the monster feels like a casual walk. The monster is like the main attraction of the hunt, like it's the whole level, the reason you're playing the game. So learn to embrace the monster in your arms and capture it with your heart.

I play on Xbox. Sometimes here.

[Gibolin]

Personnaly i love World 'cause it's on of the very rare solo/coop game that manage to entertain me (i hate solo games for the most part, so boring).

The environement, the different weapon more or less long to master, all the armor skin you unlock with each new monster you find, the exploration you need to do to fill your inventory and craft things, the special rewards from event quest and challenge arena etc... I like the fact you don't have huge Iframe like in Dark soul games which make combat look so stupid and easy (you need a specialized build to get that)

But i don't like Iceborn 'cause monsters combat design are for the most part really bad. They are not difficult but they are annoying and not satisfying. They looks like Mmo raid boss but with less opening which doesn't translate well at all in an action game like MH, imo.

[Popcorn]

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How far are you in this 4th playthrough?

I quit it a while ago. I don't remember where i stopped but it was after the desert.

Yeah, not really that far into the game yet then.
For me, personally, its the artistic view of: the monster design, the evolution of the armor and weapons and how they change from the first to last form.
Sadly, for World, almost all of the weapons are a slap on monster part onto the base weapons
Armor wise, its sad to see most of them be the same as well, just pallette swaps.

Most of the two are in basegame, the expansion/DLC/Iceborne has some that are more unique

[makinaccion]

You either love or hate MH, there's really no inbetween if you are a dedicated player, you said you've tried 4 times already but I think at the 2nd time was already time to just accept it, some people don't like fighting games, others don't like jrpgs, and so on nothing wrong with that!

As for why people love it, you'd have to ask every single player that loves it because there's as many reasons as people that play it, but a wild guess maybe because if offers a simple world with interesting enough creativity in monsters and a methodical gameplay that's particularly rare for an action game, one that values knowledge and premeditation instead of reaction and speed, easy to play but hard to master.

[HighLanderPony]

I just had 3 monsters fighting a turf war at once. Stuff like that is awesome in MHW since it's not guaranteed to happen. It's a monster sandbox.

[Hammer Of Evil]

no idea, i just got the game yesterday.

[Charger342]

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no idea, i just got the game yesterday.

You're in for an OMEGA epic time, bro. By the time you take down your first anjanath... THIS will be your favorite game you've ever played.

[MarcoPants]

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But i don't like Iceborn 'cause monsters combat design are for the most part really bad. They are not difficult but they are annoying and not satisfying. They looks like Mmo raid boss but with less opening which doesn't translate well at all in an action game like MH, imo.

The only monsters where I'd say they're too fast and aggressive to be fun is Lunastra, S. Rathalos, and G. Rathian. Rajang is hard hitting and aggressive, but also has much better windows of opportunity to strike

[Charger342]

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But i don't like Iceborn 'cause monsters combat design are for the most part really bad. They are not difficult but they are annoying and not satisfying. They looks like Mmo raid boss but with less opening which doesn't translate well at all in an action game like MH, imo.

The only monsters where I'd say they're too fast and aggressive to be fun is Lunastra, S. Rathalos, and G. Rathian. Rajang is hard hitting and aggressive, but also has much better windows of opportunity to strike

Yeah, I agree. Lunastra start going pretty fast, leaving almost NO chill. It can be pretty lit

[Charger342]

Publicado originalmente por Charger342:

Yeah, I agree. Lunastra start going pretty fast, leaving almost NO chill. It can be pretty lit

No. I hated that boss because I couldnt play the game.

[Charger342]

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Yeah, I agree. Lunastra start going pretty fast, leaving almost NO chill. It can be pretty lit

No. I hated that boss because I couldnt play the game.

Now that I remember it... I think I just died and got scared when I was in a coop game... it had such high stakes. intense!!! couldnt let my team down!! *muscle emoji*

[Popcorn]

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no idea, i just got the game yesterday.

He says with 1.6k hours in MHW

[Hammer Of Evil]

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Publicado originalmente por Hammer Of Evil:

no idea, i just got the game yesterday.

He says with 1.6k hours in MHW

curses, my plan is ruined