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11/20/09
I hate you AJ.
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It would be interesting if it had like a camera lock-on though, for those who gets disoriented by the camera work and monster movement, but I doubt fans really care much since camera control is just part of the game play.
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You're the first I have heard to complain about the underwater before though so it seemed like maybe you hadn't played one before. All that I have heard said its different but actually quite good.
#speakup
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11/19/09
Everything I've seen before this preview has suggested that the game looks excellent so hopefully it was just the setup.
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Myself, I still used the d-pad. It's familiar and works fine.
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I wonder what they're going to do about monthly fees?
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I've managed without it plenty of times before. It does make it more fun in some ways though and allows you to coordinate better on what you want to do. I've found playing online over Kai though most people know what they're doing without having to be told.
11/19/09
Even with experienced people, VC could prevent a lot of little annoyances that add up. Like unintentional games of Bomberman.
11/19/09
The REAL deal break or make is pay to play. I never bought a PSO hunter's license, I do not plan on getting a Monster hunter's license if I have to pay.
Capcom knows what they have to do in order to make this thing sell.
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I know I will be flamed, bashed, and crucified for going against the Wii, but I used to own one. I bought it 3 months after it's release (and stood in line at Target at 5 am in the morning) and I was unimpressed with the line up of games and sold it for an X-box. When Online games came out, I played Brawl and Mario Kart online and off and it still did not "wow" me with its online infrastructure. I just feel with a franchise as popular as Monster Hunter in Japan, it would come out on a system like on the PS3 that could make it look amazing and have a decent online system (and online voice chat).
11/19/09
Anyway, for the people bitching about voice chat, I just hooked up my headset to my laptop or computer and used a Steam voice chat room.
11/19/09
I'll probably do the same with Skype or something. My PS3/Wii and PC are all hooked up to the same HDTV, I have the sound routed through the PC speaker system and a second monitor so I'm pretty sorted as far as getting voice in game goes.
Still even though I own a Wii it's been hit and miss for me and I have to say as far as online is concerned it's a good way behind its competition. I mean I'll take your word that PSN or XBL wouldn't add too much that it doesn't have already. But keep in mind that's because Capcom are completely side stepping Nintendos online setup. It says a lot about it that they had to put their own system in place.
Also we're in the age of game patchs and DLC for consoles now. MH is definitely a game that would benefit from incremental updates, new missions, items, monsters, even weapon types. With no HDD the cap on what they can do in that area is probably a bit lower. As such we'll end up with how MH has been so far, buying a revamped version of the last game a while after the first.
I still <3 Monster Hunter and will buy it and force as many of my Wii owning friends to buy it as possible and then play the shit out of it. But I can't shake that feeling that it'd suit the 360 or PS3 just a little bit more.
11/19/09
#speakup
11/19/09
That's a big problem when you are as spread out as the US is compared to Japan. Ways did exist, but were rather difficult to use, cost money, or required a very technologically adept skill set.
I'd also imagine lock on would hurt you more than you would think since the camera would lock on but your character wouldn't. You'd have to constantly be aware of the changing camera and how your character would move at that camera angle. Character and camera lock on would ruin a lot of the hard won fun of Monster Hunter, in my mind.
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#speakup
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However, your clearly a more capable player than myself and all credit to you.
11/19/09
If you need it to swing THAT FAST, then face the monster and tap L. It instantly centers on whatever you're facing is.
I mean, I just don't see how it's necessary. I never missed it even in the first game, and I honestly think it's just that people have been spoiled by lockon for so long that they don't know how to deal with the lack of it.
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Really not that hard. Just attack at an angle. And I'm sorry if I come across as rude or blunt, but I run a major MH forum and I hear people say the dumbest things about my favorite series constantly, so I'm kind of on a hair trigger when it comes to it.
#speakup
11/19/09
I guess when it comes down to it, MH is a game that needs to be learnt gradually and perhaps I myself didn't put enough time in. For what it's worth, I don't dislike MH, not at all, but I personally wouldn't object to a lock on. Not necessarily at the expense of the major fans though.
11/19/09
Really? I just set my camera at a comfortable angle (normally default) and used the left trigger to bring the camera to my facing when I needed to. Sure you can mess around using the D-pad for more precise views but merely springing your camera to your direction is fine for most things and is easy peasy.
11/19/09
It's just better this way for the community, let alone the actual gameplay.
#speakup
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11/19/09
Make Monster Hunter on PS3 or 360 as soon as possible, okay?
I'm beginning to think there is something wrong with you guys...like, mentally.
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I'm considering buying my Wii back at the prospect of an underwater duel with Plesioth right now. Seriously. Put pay-per-play would be in instant no to me. It's the reason why I plumped for PlayStation this generation instead of getting an Xbox, and if I do get my Wii back, I don't want it going down this road too. I don't play games online very often so to be forced to pay a fee every year in order to do so would be a bit much to me.
11/19/09
The game is great though.