"Things that I don't like: Lunastra." man I feel that so much

I didn’t realize until recently that being part of the 5th fleet is a reference to this being the 5th mainline monster hunter

Inability to pause, finaly someone adresses this huge issue with the offline gameplay.

"I can't stand the fact that the Decorations are RNG and the Charms are craftable" ...And me here, wanting both of them being craftable lmao.

There is a reason why they didn't call this game MH 5, despite what veteran hunters call it. The Developers have said it numerous times in interviews, and Developer Diaries, that they wanted MHW to be it's own entry in the Genre that introduces more people outside of Japan to what the Japanese have been enjoying for the past since the release of the 1st MH game. The risks they took, in the way of gameplay, quality of life changes, were not for the benefit of veteran hunters, but to not discourage newer hunters dropping the game after just trying it for the first time. I am one of these new hunters. MHW was my first introduction to the MH genre, and for a person who doesn't like soul's like games as much as others, I could not put this games down from when I first started playing. I want to get past that first wall, of defeating a monster. I did it without any guides or tutorial videos, only after the base story did I even look at weapon tutorial videos, like Arekkz Gaming's, Rurikhan's, and your's Gaijin Hunter. One lost game save file, 4 separate character creations, and 5000+ hours later, I still enjoy playing this game, solo and with other Hunters/Streamers. This game got me interested in playing MHGU, and I look forward to the next iteration of MH that Capcom releases, portable or otherwise. I just hope that they release more monsters this time, explore what is possible in the way of gameplay mechanics, rather than limiting them...ahem(clutch claw) ahem.

I really agree with the weapons having their built-in skills, really makes them feel unique

Gaijin: “Overpowered hunters though is a general issue of the entire 5th generation” Me: *Looking at Brave HBG*

Things I don't like: No more "HEY GUYS THIS IS GAIJIN HUNTER"

I don’t like: Soften part become almost a must.

I’m surprise he didn’t mention the loading screen. I like the one that you get during the iceborne story and I wish we could keep it instead of the plain black one. I remember all the quirky and fun loading screens from the previous titles and it just makes me sad to see that tiny blue star

I never played a monster hunter before so for me this game is incredible.

Am I the only one who thinks the music in all monster hunter games is rlly underrated?! , like they know how to make you feel in a battle or in a safe place all with just beautiful and epic music, like the amazing raging brachydios theme, or the peaceful Private Suite theme, or even the main theme which is amazing. I would've like more this video if there were more mentions on the soundtrack.

As a solo player I absolutely despise the Sieges.

What disappointed me the most is that almost every monster is a wyvern or an elder dragon. I miss the neopterons like the Seltas family, the crabs and the beasts. Also I kind of miss the wyverns with a serpentine skeleton like Agnaktor or Najarala or even Lagiacrus. For the rest, I love the game more than any other title I played, to be honest. Edit: they had to build the game engine from scratch, so the lack of skeleton variety is somewhat excusable. Can't wait to see what they will do for the next home console / PC title. I'll skip the switch.

You want RNG charms again? Brachy: Oh you've got to be kidding me!

Excited to hear you round up the game after these past few years.

Unpopular opinion: I still don't like Sieges. I like being able to go into hunts on my own and not having to rely on randoms. Also the fact that Safi and Kulv stuff is SO overpowered compared to many weapons/armor is a little annoying.

I respect that you didn’t just trash the game like many older monster hunter veterans do. Although it’s not perfect for the vets and it’s geared towards adding newer players to the community. Isn’t that the goal? To grow the community with as many diverse people as you can. :)

Regarding "Monsters run away too much", I think that's not really that true. Monsters have always moved around a lot, and thanks to camp fast travel we no longer have the problem of catching up a Rathalos or something just in time to see it leave and go somewhere else. The reason people notice monsters running away more is because of the lack of loading screens and zoned areas. Before, if a monster moved from one area to the adjacent area, it took you a few seconds to cross the small arena zone you were in to the loading zone, then you had a short loading screen, then you were back in the fight. Now you have to run after it and see the monster running away while you chase. The further it's moving, the longer that lasts. So you are more conscious of the time you are chasing a moving a monster, and it lasts longer and takes longer to get from A to B, and this is something that can't be fixed without removing the new connected map concepts and going back to the old arena zones, or without making it that monsters basically don't move from one place to another. But I love the fact that monsters move. Often the different terrain or things you can use can change the way a hunt feels, it keeps it fresh. You can suddenly have access to things like poisoncups and nitrotoads and paratoads that you can use to your advantage or be detrimental to you. Ledges and slopes in different areas can be used in a much more diverse, interesting, and organic way than they were in previous generations; they become opportunistic and you can use the resources of each area to your advantage if you know how to, which feels great! Fighting a monster in one locked-down arena can be compelling (Alatreon, Raging Brachydios's final area, etc) but the movement makes hunts of most things feel more different, more interesting. Similarly people talk about the "deliberateness" of old weapons, and this was true, to an extent. But there was also a lot of jank and awkwardness, bad quality of life, and glaring flaws in weapon moveset designs. That had to go to make the series feel more accessible, and it's better for it. To make monsters faster and more fluid and alive, they had to allow hunters to be more free. Hunters were always powerful, we're just now more able to leverage that power, and have access to ever more ways to lock down monsters (which offsets making them move more and having more aggressive AI and better hitboxes so they don't get too frustrating and hard. Coordinated, skilled play can shut them down without resorting to specific niche templates like HAME used to. They're also things that any weapon can do, rather than having everyone play Insect Glaive and trivialise half the monsters by doing so, as in 4U). And I don't agree with the complaints about colour. We don't have the same on-hit effects, palettes are less saturated, but World and Iceborne are full of beautiful colour palettes. Walk around each of the major maps, or each area of the Guiding Lands, and compare it to the way maps used to look. Look at the sky, and compare it to how the sky used to look. We don't need sparkly gold hit effects and huge blood effects, and the hyper-saturated armour and weapon colours of previous generations would look horrible and clash violently in a world with as much colour as the maps now have. Just look at how jarring and nasty a lot of mods look; the colour palettes are focussed on producing a cohesive world in the new games. I'm rambling and will end this comment here, I think this is all very subjective.

I literally can't play world because I need a pause button in my games. A lot of us who started with the series as kids are adults now and sometimes we need to be able to pause the damn game. I don't think game companies understand how integral a pause button is now as less of them are starting to put it in their games and are going more towards the always online concept (i.e. ActivisionBlizzard). Just gimme back my pause button Capcom!

Oh my god I hate the lack of pausing. The amount of times I've had to leave a quest just because I have to go for dinner or something rather than pause.

Another detail regarding "deliberate action": you can roll backwards after attacking in MHW. It's a small thing, and I think it was a fun addition, but I can too often save myself from an over-aggressive action simply by rolling away from the monster.

Man, I cut my teeth on 4u, got big into Generations, and then played world, and I gotta say that I've got very positive impressions of all three, for different reasons. 4U was very well paced, I enjoyed the story, the weapons all felt satisfying and viable, and the game just had *character* for lack of a better term. Gen was 4U minus the story, but with a cool spin on the gameplay with styles and hunter arts. Personally, I think styles were a good one-of gimmick, and don't think they should return, but on the other hand, I actually wouldn't mind seeing Hunter Arts return in the future. Some of the styles were a bit op *coughadeptcough* but that's a balance issue, not necessarily a design one. Deviants also were a neat idea I wouldn't mind revisiting. Then we get to MHW, and wow does it feel drastically different from the other two. First of all, it's absolutely gorgeous, from the environments to the monsters and everything in between. The music and sound design is peerless and adds to the spectacle of the hunts. Spectacle is actually a very appropriate term for world, and I don't mean that in a negative way. There is a sense of scale and awe that is leagues above previous entries. The quality of life changes are for the most part extremely welcome (goodbye forever pick-axe, I hope) and the core gameplay loop of hunt-craft-repeat is satisfying as ever. Moving to GenU and Iceborne, GenU was literally just more Generations, and that's a good thing if you loved Gen (and I did), whereas Iceborne felt like it added more meat to the experience. Both games represent the apex of their respective styles. Speaking of, let's talk about the one thing I absolutely despise in all three games: Apex, Hyper, and Tempered monsters. I love these games, but [Insert Monster Name]+ style of design can absolutely fuck right off forever. It has more health, does more damage, and... end of design. These are never optional either (to be honest, I never really got into Apex much, so I don't remember everything about 4Us endgame), and I honestly hate it. I like playing solo, and these monsters are so incredibly punishing that it goes from being a challenge to me being 2-hit combo killed, or ragdolled around until I cart, and it's just not satisfying to me. I absolutely can (and do) take down Tempered Elder dragons and metal Raths and whatnot, but I really don't enjoy it at all. Not entirely sure why this is. Maybe instead of tempered, we get deviants again next time. Instead of Ebony Odogaron++, we get Shadow King Odogaron, who fills the same function as Tempered Ebony, but at least has a cool paintjob and a few new moves. Oh, and the multiplayer siege events are "meh" but being time gated pushes them well into "fuck off" territory.

Things I don't like in MHW and Iceborne: -Impact Mantle, Temporal Mantle and Rocksteady Mantle -Sieges -Forced MP quests (sieges and Behemoth/Ancient Leshen) -Useless Weapon trees because Safi'Jiiva + Kulve Tarroth stuff is broken and Raging Brachydios is a poor attempt at fixing this -Alatreon being MR24 -Terrible weapon skins (though they're fixing this by releasing subs and variants) -Decoration grind (feels like it kills build variety more than anything) -The Clutch Claw being too mandatory -Ranged weapons being super unbalanced (Bow is not punishing enough, HBG being able to perma stun is stupid and Sticky LBG is the most brainless gameplay I've ever seen) -Monsters being stunlocked too easily -Monsters restricted to limited time event quests I know this is a pretty long list but I feel like it's a fair one overall.

I love how you put "Lunastra" in as a complaint! XD But tbh, Lunastra gets more bearable if you learn her patterns more. Especially if you use a hammer to bash her face in.... 😈

I've seen several youtubers claim that the 5th generation is an action-game that foregoes the slower pace, more deliberate style of older games. This is just the natural result of livelier and better-animated monsters requiring the same evolution for the hunters; having monsters move and behave like they used to with the current level of fidelity would look ridiculous, and having to deal with current monsters using old-gen clunky animations would be frustrating. We'll see if that rumoured new portable game materializes, but if it does then I feel capcom won't be able to just remake an old-gen MH game as some would hope, and it would be a mistake not to capitalize on the massive following of new players that came with World.

Definitely prefer the old style. Like the term "deliberate choice" suggests, your conscious choices in a game need to have the requisite potential consequences, as well success to feel substantial. That's just something I miss dearly about the older style MH games. The punishing aspects were core to the unique experience they offered (not unlike FromSoft's games). 5th gen has chased streamlining, accessibility and realism, but that's sucked some of what I loved in MH out of it. For example it certainly feel more like you're out on a hunt when you have to deliberately prepare the necessary (limited) supplies to take out on a hunt with you. I unironically miss those moments, realising I forgot something crucial like traps, because it just solidified the fact that careful preparation was as much of a crucial part of carrying out the hunt as whacking the big beast. Or being too careless on a hunt, and burning way too quickly through my potions (thus galvanising a motivation and requirement to improve and refine your gameplay).

I just want to point out that, in my 500 hours of experience,I super agree with basically this entire list, and you even mentioned some things that I was like "wow yeah I hated that and didn't even know why" (decoration/charm system, for example) One point you made - introduction of MMO mechanics - nailed what killed the end-game for me. I was excited to take on crap like Behemoth, Alatreon, Kulve Taroth and Safi, but they have so many gimmicks that change the entire flow of hunting that just killed ALL the fun. Additionally, the amount of grind required for each (except Behemoth) is so stupid and borderline necessary for complete end-game sets that, yeah, I'd rather them actually NOT be in the game than have to deal with the grind to obtain their armor sets, at least in regards to Safi. Frostfang Barioth did it perfectly imo. It introduced a monster subspecies with a unique armor set and weapons. While some of the weapons contribute a bit to the powercreep factor (mostly referring to the LBG), the armor set wouldn't be considered overpowered but does introduce a new and fun style of fighting for some weapons like LS or GS.

It's really interesting though, MHW is my first MH game so I went and played the older ones but found out they aren't for me. Maybe it's the difference in art style plus all qualities of life that made me like World better.

About the issue of “overpowered hunters” you mention in relation to new moves at 9:10 - I see what you mean, but I think how hunters move should always be considered alongside how monsters move. As a separate issue from the overall balancing and difficulty, the 5th gen’s monsters are a lot fluid in their movements. No more is, for instance, the 90 degree turns. The monsters would just look behind them and in a single continuous movement turn around and charge toward the hunter. I think this “fluidity” is a product of technological advances rather than a design decision, and if that’s true, the movesets given to the hunter would have to keep up. Understandably, some fans don’t care for the more reactive flow of the battle, but I suspect quicker and more precise controls afforded by technological developments will only push the franchise to more fluidity. Imagine how more sophisticated VR controls would affect MH in the future.

One small complaint I have is that i don’t really like the fleets as a concept. I miss just coming into a village and helping out

And to this day, 0 special weapons for Switchaxe. Since day 1 launch to now. None.

“...I may be craving a more traditional Monster Hunter game but with the quality of life improvements of Iceborne for the next entry in the series...” 👀👀👀

MHW is the first MH I went hard on, thoroughly enjoyed the time playing with friends, and the combat was intense enough to keep me engaged solo 👍🏿

Ruiner is one of my favorite hunts in the series. Any time I'm feeling a little bored with this game I can go hunt a ruiner nerg and it makes me feel a little better. That single monster can keep me coming back every now and then. Either way, everything in this game makes it worth playing and it is absolutely one of the best games that came out in the past few years.

I honestly also miss the older gen as well. Boy do I remember my first wyvern quest from Monster Hunter 2 and being scared shitless going head to head with the first rathalos.

As a parent with a toddler, the inability to pause in offline is inexcusable. If I'm playing 3 or 4u, I can just pause when I need to do parent stuff and pick back up when I have time. Not in MHW, I'd honestly be a lot farther along in it if I didn't have to just abandon or fail any quest I'm doing when I need to stop and tend to my daughter.

I’ve played since MHF1, and it amazes me how far the quality of the graphics and loading times have come over the years. But the biggest thing to come out of MHW? The sheer influx of new players, which from a business perspective is a HUGE victory.

I feel like, for this entry where power creep is becoming part of the game, having a way to layer every piece of armor would mitigate/hopefully prevent new content feeling like a waste of time. For example, in warframe where power creep is basically unavoidable, fashion has become the end game. Tldr: master rank layered armor please god i need this. biggest hope that made me pre order iceborne. I know it's coming but good lord its been over a year coming

Being able to hunt with the same people through multiple quests was awesome. You really got the feeling of a hunting party that helped each other

As always, you could not have been more spot on with this review. Good to know you haven't lost your touch.

I feel like your assessment of the clutch claw was spot on. Could’ve made it like a one-use tool like mantles or something, but the game “forcing” you to use just feels meh. Overall I agree with all you said, and Im excited for the future

Man it has been a wild ride with World, still cannot believe the first time they revealed the game at E3 - a built from the ground up modern Monster Hunter for Current gen platforms. There were so many ups and downs with the community especially but it was all in for me! My one wish for the next gen entry is there to be cross play between all platforms, I have so many friends who have been playing with me from the beginning to new ones who are on their first time all playing on different systems. For now there's still so much World has to offer, so much so I hope to keep playing into the next generation!

I have been playing MH3 tri. I miss the small gatheringhubs, and that wearing certain high rank armour really meant something.

things i do not like and want to see improved/ changed: 1. Tenderizing. I hate it. I'd rather they changed it to a status effect similar to defense down, with monsters being able to build a tolerance to it. 2. Lunastra's Nova attack: get rid of the wind pressure. or give her a diving attack. She WAS called the indigo meteor in older games, just like teostra was called the sun with fangs 3. Siege weapons. WAYYYY too overpowered, and no variety in design. Also, I'd rather they use the safi augment system on all weapons, and get rid of the tempered monster crystals 4. decorations as RNG. gaijin hit that nail in the head. 5. Alatreon's 1HK DPS check. 6. Hoarfrost is just a tad too big. Things i want to see added 1. return of older models. I want seltas, nerscylla, zamtrios, gore magala and valstrax back 2. One new weapon type, preferably ranged or blunt based in damage 3. New status effects for hunters to use, such as defense down and elemental resist down 4. weapons with a skill- weapons with similar stats but different skills can make all the difference 5. Early weapons still being viable as endgame gear (ex: great jagras may have average stats but with quality deco slots VS teostra weapon which is inherently powerful) 6. monsters hunting in packs. like wulgs/ shamos/ jagras but to a whole new level. 7. improvements in MH lore, and Clarifications on subspecies/ variants could also fall into this. make learning about monsters more involved than "hunt and you get more info from the researcher." Track them. observe them (with the binoculars you never use!) learn about them and the hunter adds to their field notes. 8. a deeper story that serves as more than a vehicle to introduce new monsters. Iceborne tried this with the handler's grandfather, and i'd like to see more of this.

"Rocksteady Mantle is OP" - We can be literally be chipped down in less than a second wearing this mantle in end game hunts. "Longsword is to versatile" - *looks over at Charge Blade*

The #1 thing I hate about MHW: No prowler mode. The fact that MHGU improved on MHG's prowler mode in such massive ways and MHW didn't continue the trend of having prowlers as a "weapon" just hurts my soul. I put over a thousand hours into prowlers across the two games, and it saddens me that may truly be the last time I play as my beloved cat son. I do appurrciate that palicos were buffed enough to be useful, but... this ain't it, chief.

I love this game, but I totally agree that the game is not punishing for abscence of preparation, this is why I really like alatreon, it forces you to prepare, adapt your weapon playstyle or even the weapon you're using, that's what older games were about, adapting for each monster...

2:00 I disagree there. That's kind of how the originals looked like too, it was more toward the transition to 3DS with 3U (Tri was still relatively desaturated) and beyond that the games got a lot of saturation - which is too much for a big screen (especially 4gen and X). I guess 5th gen is the polar opposite of 4th gen in that regard so it's easy to think it lost all color, but I don't see it as too far off from 1st gen especially but also 2nd gen and Tri.

Oh hell yeah, Ruiner Nergigante is my favourite Elder. I like to run him with Lance lately, so much fun.

I will disagree on the visual style point to an extent. Yes, World is less cartoony and has less bright colors, but it's not really that different from the older games, especially 1st, 2nd and 4th gen. MHGU just went full on flashy anime with its visuals and it made every other game look more toned down. Yes, base mhw had less goofy and cute stuff, which is a shame, but that's more of a criticism of content than artstyle

I knew you'd get to the actual elephant in the room as a Lance player: "why does the Longsword have two counters? does it need two counters?"

One thing I miss from old games is the Zinogre HH guitar sound, the new one just doesnt cut it for me.

Honestly I was hoping Mizutsune would be added eventually. In generations, I found that deliberate positioning and movement was the way to beat Mizutsune, and the fight was so fun I ended up grinding it for over 200 hours

I still play Monster Hunter freedom unite! A man’s MH.

0:10 Subtitles say "Ice Porn"

I don’t care, cause it’s Monster Hunter! The gameplay loop is just so very satisfying no matter the game in the series, I find.

On charms and decos: I think the new way makes a lot more sense in terms of game design, thanks to the change in how armor skills work. Charms in MHW gave you a maxed out or nearly maxed out skill up-front and decorations filled out the rest of the build. And you would easily have enough decorations to fill out all of your slots, it just wasn't the stuff that people meta-chasing wanted, and there were very few rare decos that would actually make or break a set (Mighty Bow and Protective Polish off the top of my head). If they kept the skill system and made decorations free to craft with charms being random, then you would not have the diversity you desire, since charms still just give skills up-front and you would not change up builds in any significant way to how it is currently. You would need to rework the charms to something different than it is in the game currently, beyond just "random values of XX skill 1-5 points," otherwise the game would look pretty much identical to how it is now with decorations filling out what is missing from the RNG charm, just with less farming (probably). It is my belief that random charms only worked in the old system because of armor skill points, and "god-decos" are easier to get than "god-charms," which made or broke sets much more significantly. All of that said, I preferred the old armor skill system in some ways, because it meant that the majority of players wouldn't bother, and often still wouldn't succeed, trying to get a god-charm to do exactly what they wanted, so they would instead build around the best charm that they got, which meant most people had completely different sets. At least, that was my experience with other players over the years. And of course, MHW's system has the benefits of being exceedingly simple to understand by comparison, and allows people to share builds with others much more easily, which lessens the learning curve. This all seems very intentional, and was probably for the best, save for the fact that most people simply chase the meta now and build no utility/survivability, which I think is an unfortunate side-effect. Either way, both systems have their benefits and detriments. I simply don't see how reversing the charms and decorations role as being the RNG element would really do anything significant, but I am open to some enlightenment on this point.

For me my complains are: --lack of monster varieties. where are my insects?! --only one bond special move. teostra and lunastra bond. --reused turf war animations. glavenus not even using its tail smdh. --not having materials trade for monsters that are not in the game. I wanna really craft Great Wroggi armor set.

All I want is a new Monster Hunter for the Switch.

Safi imo is the perfection of the "mmo" mechanics in mhw. The agro is easy to control and the ultimate attack is very VERY well done.

As a long time mh fan who has played every title since freedom unite I can easily say that Mhw Iceborne is the peak of all monster hunter games. It sure has some flaws but it did so many things right and surprised me in so many ways. It had the perfect mix of returning and new monsters and the design of the world is simply breathtaking.

I started the series with Monster Hunter Tri.... on the Wii. The hilariously low monster count was countered by the stunning visuals (for the time). I bring this up because my first MH experience was on console level graphics, instead of handheld. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed when I transitioned to handheld because of the dip in visuals. However, MH soon made up for that with content and variety that hooked me all the way from 3U to GenU. I loved the classic monster hunter experience. But that’s just it. It’s the classic monster hunter experience. It kind of felt to me like the Legend of Zelda series or the Pokémon series in that it felt afraid to step out of its comfort zone that made it successful and caused the adoration of so many fans. However, much like the Legend of Zelda, and unlike Pokémon, Capcom took the leap that not many franchises are willing to and greatly shook up their formula with MH World. World was a fantastic reimagining if what makes MH so great. The combat was overhauled instead of tweaked or just given a single new mechanic. The monsters were designed in a way to make them feel more involved in their environment. And the areas all blended into each other as one environment instead of the sometimes clunky area system of the past gens. If I don’t mention something here, it’s safe to assume I agree with it or just don’t have strong feelings on the topic. The event schedules is just a problem with live events in general which they even combat in the game with festivals which happen thus far 4 times a year. This still gives the dedicated player base a reward while not giving people with busy schedules an ultimatum. And let’s be clear, if your schedule would cause you to miss a specific event on rotation and all 4 festivals, you’re either extraordinarily unlucky or extraordinarily busy with the latter making it hard to play a game like MH in general difficult given it’s relatively high time commitment for a lot of hunts. The power creep to me hasn’t felt any real difference between now and in earlier titles in that only a handful of monsters will ever be useful as gear at the very end of the game. The difference in world is that line moves more frequently than it used to which I would argue is a good thing. You also bring up how you’re disappointed in the community voicing their distaste for end game content that doesn’t compete with other end game content. That in itself is fine until you mention we should just “be excited to hunt and craft more”. No. That’s not how that works and is a bad consumer mentality. If something is dissatisfying as a consumer, you’re allowed to be dissatisfied. It’s actually a good thing in that the devs can improve the future content based on that negative feedback. Don’t encourage complicity for complicity’s sake. I completely agree about decorations. I know it’s there to encourage grinding and min maxing, but there’s a limit. I don’t understand why they don’t have the Elder Melder just meld you decos you need using other decos as fuel. They did it for some decos so why they didn’t for the rest is baffling to me. The armor is absolutely one of the best evolutions World brought. The armor and deco system makes creating viable mixed sets more accessible to almost anyone who pays attention and still allows for excel based min maxing from those who want to pursue it. I would point out that the monster count isn’t just comparable to past titles with Iceborne. The quality of mixing monsters in the settings in World has so much detail, so to reach the same monster count when the project and details are so much more ambitious is doubly impressive. Im actually like the Clutch Claw. I do think it was overbalanced and by result it ended up too OP, but I’m fine with it being a game defining mechanic though as long it doesn’t feel out of place. And, at least to me, it doesn’t. It helps balance out the overuse of Flash Pods in High Rank if outright replacing their usefulness in most scenarios, but it’s not required by any means to finish a hunt. It’s a great tool and you should use it, but I can’t really say you’re punished if you don’t. It’s just another option in the same way that Flash Pods or Traps were. I’m not sure what you meant to say but deliberate and aggressive aren’t mutually exclusive. World’s combat is both deliberate in the same way the past games were while just being quicker and more dynamic. If anything, the increase in options makes for more rewarding gameplay. Of course, if you like the slightly simpler system of the old games more there’s still merit to that. I like Super Mario 64’s mechanics more than Super Mario Galaxy’s despite the latter being objectively more dynamic. That and the fact I’ve played hundreds, if not thousands of hours of classic (pre5th gen) MH means I can emphasize with that notion is what I’m saying. I will take umbrage with the notion that the new move sets are too versatile. I think versatility is great and almost all of the weapons in World excel in their versatility. I think what you mean to say is that they should be balanced more, but regardless I’m not sure what your concern is. You say it takes away beauty found in previous games and then don’t elaborate on that statements incredible vagueness. Beauty is completely ambiguous in this context. What is it that made the previous gens move sets beautiful? Is it the simpler play styles? Is worlds combat not challenging enough? It’s hard to know what you mean so I won’t belabor the point. I will say it’s funny you bring up chasing down monsters as in World the flightiness of the monsters seemed toned down to me for the most part barring some exceptions. And I would be more concerned with the MMO mechanics if they had a bigger place in the game, their incorporation is contained to such a minority of the monsters though that I fail to see it as a problem and more as a way to diversify the gameplay to an extent. And again I’m not sure what part about the hunters moves are so at issue here. The move sets allow you to speed run monsters at crazy low rates.... but so did previous installments (ie a 6 minute Valstrax speedrun, etc) That’s mastery not inherent problems with the move sets. The ability to infinitely get items from camp could be considered over powered but most players don’t want to waste the time running back to the monster after restocking. Surely some do but in no way does the game encourage it. It’s just an option for the less capable players. My friend is awful at this game, and can barley get out low rank, but was able to persist through some tough fights because he played it slow and safe. I don’t see anything wrong with that level of accessibility when most players don’t even touch the tent on a hunt unless they cart. I will say investigations are another layer of RNG, but it’s one that has never seemed relevant to me. If I got a quadruple gold reward investigation for the specific monster I wanted then I saw it as a bonus to what otherwise would be just World’s version of the MH grind, which was, barring Deco farming, just as bad in previous titles. MH is just a grindy game in general. Regardless, you get so many investigations, the odds of you not having at least one relevant investigation for what you need is pretty low. And this is only helped by your ability to save the good investigations you see for later. Ironically enough I would actually prefer if the damage numbers, while exciting, were actually kind of distracting and took away from a lot of the battle. This is toggleable in game though so I can enjoy it without the numbers so it’s not really a criticism. Just kinda funny. (cont. in reply)

The anti-clickbait of already mentioning the score in the description is much appreciated

Honestly, my biggest disappointment is the community. I'm being sincere here. The new gens came along, shoved the meta up everyone's ass, and now we got our first wave of toxic players. Of course I'm not talking about everyone. Players these days commonly gravitate towards the highest dps builds and that's about it. This game is not competitive, stop. I miss classic Monster Hunter so much, I miss the way people used to be in this series. I hate to say it but your average player isn't exactly cheery anymore. I met maybe 3 toxic players before MHW. Wannabe pro gamers are gonna hurt this series.

To me the best thing about mhw is how successful it is. A game I've loved for so many years finally getting mainstream recognition and more people than ever discovering this fantastic series.

As a old hunter back from mhp2, this game is beyond my imagination. I love it more then any of the past entry, i guess that is why could never get any of the old hunter complain this game is "not as good as the old mh". But your explanation of false expectation does put it in the right spin for my understanding of this kind of mind set.

i love the fact that in mhw you can easily see where the monster is right away if you've gathered the tracks. No more running around trying to find where the monster is and then forgetting to paintball it (or use psychoserum, but it's not a common item), only to lose it when the monster flies away... So much better in iceborne too now that we can just use mount to take us to the monster.

7.8/10 Too many lizards

Id like the clutch claw being used to bring some underwater combat back.

I’ll die on the hill that crafting charms and farming decos is nicer than crafting decos and farming charms. Charms are much more direct to letting me zero in a skill I want to focus on like marathon runner or handicraft and decos let me garnish a set with extra skills I have lying around. I always hated listening to people talking about their sets on older games and hearing them say, “This set will need this ultra specific RNG charm,” when back then charms were about adding extra skills to armor sets and decos were about filling in the gaps between the missing points. This view is of course dependent on the old armor skill system, but if I overall like how it works now, including how decos and charms are, it stands to reason I don’t want to go back to the old one including how charms and decos were.

I feel like the fifth generation was a very much needed leap forward, one that took risks, and one that showed us many things. Like stuff that needed to change on the series, and other things that could stay the same. I love the weapon trees, armor preview, mixed set potential, gathering speeds, the more than one camp, overall smooth feeling gameplay, the new monsters, the updated looks for old monsters, and I like monsters leaving, obviously, if your kicking down some monster butt, wouldn't it try to leave, and flee, like actually a hunter hunting it's target? The connected areas, better crafting, turf wars, everything else you said was good. But of course, there's plenty things I miss, like the cool weapon designs in the old games, I do like rng charms more than decorations, and I miss the ability to pause. And about the rng... I hate both old, and new on this. While in the old ones, I really hated how often you had to grin just to get a gem, or a plate, while in World you can get easier, cutting down on the demotivation that can come from not getting an item after like 15-20 hunts. However, as stated before in world, the rng decorations are not kind, and neither are the times when you can fight Xeno Jiva, the event quest, or Zorah. So both have their faults here. And I do miss the colorful nature of the old games too, and the stupid joke weapons. To me, something like World, something that was such a leap forward, was needed in Monster hunter, because even with the new features of mounting, and hunter arts from 4U, and Gen, the series was starting to get a bit stale, and very much the same. So yeah, playing World felt refreshing, and then after playing world, going back to the old games felt refreshing. As for the future of the series, I do hope it comes to switch, and other platforms, the series deserves not to be stuck on one console any more, and everyone should be allowed to play the monster hunter goodness. Anyway, this was just an odd wall of text from a SNS, and CB main, I hope you all have a good day, and wherever the series takes us from here, we keep having happy hunts together!

Coming back from Rise I can say, they got rid of all things that annoy you and kept all the things you loved.

I just hope they remove the stupid timed quests for the next one, just let me play whatever the hell I want

World is my first MH game, for me the game is absolutely amazing. That said you make a lot of great points a lot in which I agree with. Regarding specifically about new monsters being disappointing if their armor isn’t good, I wouldn’t mind if their armor was made available as layered armor and that’s worth the hunt for me. I love the look of frost fang barioth and would to wear that armor at all times if I wanted to. Great video.

Even if 5th gen didn't get every change right, I love that it decided to take those risks and be different. Something I love a lot about the series is that they don't just make the same game reskinned over and over, each one tries something new. It keeps the games fresh and also gives a great reason to revisit previous generations, as well as being excited for what new generations could possibly have in store. World tried a LOT of new things, again some hit or miss, some VERY divisive in the community, but I'm so glad that the series is continuing to evolve and try new things, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

"you NEED to use the clutch claw" wait what? are we playing the same game? alatreon sure, but there is not a single other fight I felt like I needed to be using it...

That was an amazing way to explain why some people love/hate the 5th gen.

As a monster hunter veteran mhw is like a family friendly version of the previous games i also don't really enjoy the clutch claw because i always liked the fact that i get to break parts by bashing its head or sleep bombing it. I also do like the concept of finding monsters before hunting them it gives me the chance to mine ores and also grab some monster investigations, all in all I also did come back and started playing the game as intended without my usual expectations and instead play as a new game experience im finding myself pouring thousands of hours like previous games. Again thank you gaijin hunter for always making guides and tips its always a fun time here!

(Long comment) This kinda of video is why I absolutely love your content gaijin, and why you're still my favorite MH channel. Everything you've said in this video, and previous ones like this, have been what I've been feeling throughout MHW. You and me have had a very similar experience with iceborne in particular. I guess it just feels like you're saying everything in a very calm, and collected, and most importantly, precise manner. While I always kinda struggle with getting my exact thoughts right. You say it better than I ever could. Also, yeah, mh4u is my favorite game in the series aswell, I've actually started playing it again recently, made a new character and everything. Decided I wanted a challenge, and I'm doing all the hub quests before doing the village quests. It's been kinda rough, but very very fun. Idk if you stream or not, I know you're very busy, but an mh4u stream where maybe you put up a hub and any of us still playing 4u could join you. Or hell just a village quests stream would be awesome. Idk man, but hope you're doing well, and thank you for another amazing video. Happy hunting

As someone who started in gen 4 and has 1500 hours in 4u and the generations series combined I didn't play world much at all. I only played the game for about 250 hours according to steam. It feels like there's no point in playing the game because the endless grind seems to get you nowhere and there are so many monsters that just feel artificially hard. Honestly, I can't give the game anything higher than 7/10.

I don't know why, but I don't get the same fun playing MH World. I played all the MH since freedom unite, and as you said I loved the goofiness of the game but primarly the LARGE CHOICE of weapon design and armor design. I'm a fashion hunter (full set only) and i was kinda disapointed with this MH, some weapons are so badly designed ):

Your calming voice has pulled me out of countless panic attacks. Great vid.

I'm so happy to hear you found your way ti have fun with this game! Also, why didnt you mention TURF WARS? I love these. Makes the game feel so alive.

I love world, it's my most played MH at this point, but I still think 3 and 4U wer better. I think it's only cause I love 3rd and 4th gen monsters though. I hate so many monsters in World, and tempered and arch tempered monsters are very uninteresting and unfun. But I think the weapons in World feel better than any other game

Additonal things I don't like: - Not being able to tell for many monsters if they are softened or not due to the effect being hard to see on a lot of Monsters heads. - Effects kill the frame rate of the PC version - Some of the map layouts are annoying like the Ancient Forest, which isn't helped by the monster sprinting halfway across the map - The Handler, especially the game making it seem like you are equals which no, she is useless - The Sorting of weapons Feels like you have to take extra steps for it to be sorted well like the old games, maybe it's that they had bigger pages in the older games? - AT Nergi - Too many of the new monsters are Wyverns/Elder Dragons and they are mostly boring IMO (Anjanath, Jyuratodus, Tobi-Kadachi, Pukei Pukei, Bazelguese, and Great Girros who I frequently forget exists). I think the new 4th Gen additions were much better in comparison. - Special Scope for Gunners, too much damage lost if you don't use it, but it's a hassle if you use it, even if you mostly tap and shoot. - Bloated Raw values instead of true raw values. - Lying/inaccurate Monster weaknesses values. - Not telling you what part you broke, at least with Subquests it was a specific ones or you had a counter. - That dumb shit were you have to sheathe your weapons to remove the mantle to have it recharge Additional things I like: - Palico gadgets are fun. - Guiding Lands, no complaints except the levels and maybe Ruiner Nergi not being sure if it's going to be tempered or not. - The food/cooking mechanic to allow you to select certain skills. - Trade materials for Dash juice. - Less bad trying too hard to be quirky dialogue. - The Death indicator on monsters in the minimap once they are close to death.

Kinda glad we don't have a MR Zorah quest. I appreciate that they tried something different, and I appreciate even more that they just dropped it in IB.

The upside to deco farming is you can farm any monster and the chances are the same instead of the only option being speed run brachydios in GU, that got so boring so fast. Cluster bombing lavasioth in world was just funny broken. Overall they improved in user experience and weapon feel.

I have a good feeling the next monster hunter game will be better than world but I am concerned if it will ever provide the community with golden aspects from the old games unlike world.

I see you fighting Black Diablos and be like: "Oh cool! He's using Cantaperme footage!" Then I realize you're actually the speedrunner ;=;

I prefer Velkhana to Nergi, honestly. I prefer her fighting style. Also, that Stonks meme was perfectly timed.

I think the problem with power creep & "meta" sets comes from the overabundant skills that can be slapped into the armor sets, thus creating the problem of armor sets having similar skill sets. If it doesn't have all the usual DPS skills (WE, Crit Boost, Agitator, etc) then it will be considered useless. Arguably, "meta" sets have been around since MH4, but in those days you can only fit in so many skills into a set that you need to pick and choose which skills you needed and build the sets from there.

Them taking the blood out of weapon hits took away from the combat a bit for me. Instead they replaced most of it with a silly rock debris effect. I want the blood mod from PC on console. Also I don't like them taking away the classic sounds such as item acquisition ("dum-dum" sound).

Many people always complain about MHW making things easier. Here is a list on how MHW is significantly harder than older titles: - CC resistance/imunity - DPS checks (Alatreon /Behemoth etc) - more versatile harder to read moves - no more perma CC HAME farming - balance update to nerf OP things (Iceborne fixed a lot, remember the granades?) Just a reminder: 3U on the WiiU had online. And guess what everyone used? Slime weapons, Kelbi bow or a HBG pierce weapon. Often with heroics mixed in because the monster is perma cc'ed anyway. 4U: Same thing, but with Greatswords included and less blast element. People would HAME farm high end guild quests. And I haven't mentioned the "og" charge blade that made you faceroll every monster once you've watched a "when is guard point" guide. GU: HAME meta again + broken a** Valor hunter art which everyone used and let you facetank every attack. Adapt was insane too. In World you can still cheese a monster and speedrun it, but it's not as easy as it was before, you cant just use a God's Archipelago LBG to basicly make the monster a punching bag for 1min.

I saw your other vids... have to admit it brings tears to my eyes at how well they made Alatreon and Fatalis. I come from MHTri and some of the monsters they have done look incredible even behavior-wise.

Working toward 1800 hours and always having a blast with MH can't wait to see what's next not only in the coming months for MH but even after iceborne ends.

in my opinion, MHW just need a little less action mmo style and a little more of Pre~hunt management. I think they made it way too friendly for newcomers to the franchise and it really annoys me when i hear people saying "100% crit meta". Hunts ahould feel challenging and pre~hunt management was always a core part of the franchise(the feeling of abandoning a quest just because you forgot to bring tranq bombs/traps i dont miss at all). I absolutely love the new moves and the overall feeling of the weapons but the Bow, the new bow system is just too weird for me and i cant understand it. I need my MHFU Narga dualblade design i hate the tomahawk design and i dont know why would they do that at all. MHW is to me a 9/10 game but a 6/10 monhun game. I must confess i didnt have much hope for world when the first trailers were shown but the base game was a lot better than expected and Iceborne definitely was one of the best updates possibles if it just didnt made the claw thing that important to use.

I really miss the old art style! My dream is to have a MonHun in old art style but in HD and lots of details (like MHGU in switch but more). Also please no more clutch claw! I dont care about the rest! All the rest is fine!

Ever since I played tri for the wii and I had to switch to handheld I hated it. I hate how it feels and the overall controls and how the 3ds(xl in my case) felt in my hand. And now with world being on world it was like a dream come true and I love every aspect of it. Now goin into iceborne the only thing I really hate is the clutchclaw. I really hate tenderizing and how I always go for one body part but the game is like“nah get that instead“ aswell as how stun works now where mashing the stick no longer matters. Otherwise I love this especially since charms are longer rng and how upgrading armour works

I love World a lot but I went back to Generations Ultimate and I forgot how much I enjoyed the prowler and the insane monster variety. There's so much stuff to do. And Ahtal-ka is probably one of the most well-designed final bosses in the series, I think. You didn't mention Shara Ishvalda at all in your video but I really don't like the fight, it's really hard to do good damage and the attacks hit way too hard for my blood.