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Monster Hunter 4 delayed until summer in Japan
- Thread starter Hobby
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As someone who has played very little of (and disliked) Monster Hunter games, can someone tell me why MH is so much more popular compared to games like Gods Eater or Ragnarok Odyssey or etc? Besides obvious reasons like it's a longer running series, what does the actual game offer that others in the genre don't?
Soul Sacrifice looks a little different I guess, but still quite similar. The only game I'm excited for that fits kind of with these games is PSO2. Maybe MH alone is boring but MH online is fun? That might make sense for me, as the only MH experience I've enjoyed has been Peace Walker HD.
Soul Sacrifice looks a little different I guess, but still quite similar. The only game I'm excited for that fits kind of with these games is PSO2. Maybe MH alone is boring but MH online is fun? That might make sense for me, as the only MH experience I've enjoyed has been Peace Walker HD.
^ The design - monsters are gorgeous and fascinating creatures - their behaviour, the complex and dynamic battles (the endless combinations of weapons and tools and strategies used to take down the same monster), etc.
That's a crazy theory with nothing to support it.
The game is, graphically, more advanced than 3G. It keeps that game's advances (shadowing), improves animation further and gives us much more varied, detailed and dynamic scenery. The ground textures have taken a hit and it would perhaps be preferable to have them just go with simpler but cleaner ground textures, but to say the game looks tame compared to 3G is ignoring the many nuances of reality.
That's a crazy theory with nothing to support it.
The game is, graphically, more advanced than 3G. It keeps that game's advances (shadowing), improves animation further and gives us much more varied, detailed and dynamic scenery. The ground textures have taken a hit and it would perhaps be preferable to have them just go with simpler but cleaner ground textures, but to say the game looks tame compared to 3G is ignoring the many nuances of reality.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
I don't get why they don't just make smaller textures that tile more if the problem is system ram due to all the new climbing animations they've had to add (though they've taken out swimming anyway) and the more complex ground geometry given all the jumping and elevation additions. I'd far prefer more obvious tiling over a stretched blur. Plus it doesn't make for good screenshots and that's why the positive changes aren't evident to most who compare it to Tri, especially if they don't play MH.
IIRC the numbers for the first portable MH games are similar to the numbers for Gods Eater and RO. Why would you discount reasons like it's a longer running series?
I don't think there was ever much chance of MH4 making it to the west before 2014
if it makes it to the west
The reason it has flourished in Japan is that it did fit right into the high school kids, who don't play console-based online games much but rather gather up with PSP in their hands.
Remember the Monster Hunter started as PS2 title that you have to pay subscription to play, and "portable" version was supposed to be gimped version. It never got THAT popular on consoles (200K-400K-ish lifetime sales).
Well not really discounting it, just was wondering if there was something that different about the game itself since I can't judge.
Ah, I wasn't aware.
Smiles and Cries
Member
means more sales for MH3 HD now that the fans will not run to 3DS for MH4 so soon
MH4 HD would be sweet too
MH4 HD would be sweet too
They delayed MH4 to give MH4 HD 8 player rooms. Believe.
More likely they wanted to add more compelling ground textures.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
What does all this have to do with MonHun4? Be more obvious.
Also, there's like 3 games at best there that will do good numbers. The rest will do ok for themselves maybe being niche games that will sell tens of thousands of copies at best but will do nothing for Vita at large.
lol yeah, sure. Maybe you're serious
about the delay...it's obvious they still haven't finished squeezing every possible yen out of MH3. Postponed release should build unimaginable hype
another reason could be they were not going to have enough consoles in stock. Dragon Quest is going to cause shortages for weeks, probably, so it was a wise decision
Smiles and Cries
Member
whatever they do to improve that is worth the wait lol
Vita fans are awesome, they give me hope for my Wii U excuses in the future
Don't forget One Piece Warriors 2 and Jump Superstars Vita.
Spieler Eins
Member
Old ports on WiiU are embarassing, but even older ports are an ,,onslaught'' on Vita. Good to know.
Opus Angelorum
Member
MH4 will outsell all of those combined.
DeaconKnowledge
Member
Monster Hunter and DQ aren't magic bullets that will save any platform. Problem with Vita isn't necessarily that it doesn't have those games, but that it has little else besides though two games.
AranhaHunter
Banned
It's funny because it's true. So will DQVIIR
Vita has plenty of other problems besides lack of games, but had DQVIIR and MH4 been vita exclusive instead of 3DS, vita sales would have gotten a huge boost based on the announcement alone and more games would follow since those two games would build up a big userbase. Not the best analogy, but it would be the west equivalent of GTAV and CODMW4 being WiiU exclusive and never being announced for PS3/360. That would be guaranteed huge sales for the WiiU but it wouldn't fix other fundamental issues that the system has.
The news was so shocking that people don't get the jokes.. j/k
But seriously, this is becoming like biggest game-related news of the month in Japan now.
What's worrying the main audience (high school kids they are) is when the actually "Summer" is. The original release date was just before the spring break so kids can enjoy ganging up and enjoy MonHun all day. Now they are hoping for the July release, which is another period right before summer break starts.
Smiles and Cries
Member
Vita is not a joking matter how cruel
The game does look iffy in 2D I thought it was suppose to look great once the 3D was turn on as the environments and backgrounds were designed for it. I think that can be seen in the video below. That and screens of hand held games in general look horrible when blown up for magazines and websites.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikFFT-8n3wc
The game looks just fine to me graphically. I hope this ends up with a worldwide release. If not it just makes the wait for a english localization that much longer.
Looks fugly as fuck.
xxbrothawizxx63
Member
Fix those textures Capcom....please.
CrunchyFrog
Member
lol exactly what i thought
It looks like someone vomited mustard on it.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
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I'm sure they were pumping some other things with their fists too.
Get Monster Hunter 3G HD for WiiU.
no shit
Hey man, I think that person just felt the need to rub some salt in some GAF members' wounds.