Monster Hunter Tri

[Seneschal]

Well, at least this'll be the end of it- Tomorrow he'll have a new video, and it will be excellent and everyone will remember how damn awesome Yahtzee videos are.
Else they'll join the hate groups over on tvtropes. I've never seen that many feminists in one thread before...
And yes, I AM amused at the fact that there exists hate groups.

Link pls. I gotta see this lol.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/DethroningMoment/ZeroPunctuation
Ok, now I KNOW there used to be more stuff there. The note at the top does say something about removing stuff if it's untrue, so maybe that's what happened to all of it. It's less of a hate group and more a critique spot now...

Heh. Impressive how everyone on that page, no matter how thin-skinned and offended they are, seems to know all of Yahtzee's pet peeves, gaming habits, expressions, and they can quote each of his reviews word-by-word. I guess none of them actually stopped watching yet.

Well, I'm seriously amused by the whole Monster Hunter thing, so I guess Mr. Croshaw did his job better than he usually does. What is this game, anyway? I've never even heard of the series. Under which rock were the fans hiding that they only now jumped out and made a 1500-comment whine?

 

[Rakkana]

I'd love it if people could actually play a game before creating an ignorant opinion. You know who you are.

 

[Adamc-mh]

Just goning to put this out there I'm defently a monster hunter fanboy but it's yatzees opinon I mean theres quite a lot of times he's done this before for example his reveiw on oblivoin and there is no point getting annoyed at it

 

[GloatingSwine]

True, but, in an ideal world where Monster Hunter had no budget restrictions, it's hard to say it would be a better game if placed on a console such as the 360 and PS3.

It's not like Capcom couldn't afford to put Monster Hunter on the 360 and PS3 (indeed, Monster Hunter Frontier is coming out on the 360) they put it on the Wii because it's the largest market. It's on the Wii because they wanted it to be, never mind the fact that other consoles might be able to do the game better, or that there was some technical barrier to doing so, they decided the Wii was likely to sell more copies.

 

[RaikuFA]

i thought i did mention why

ive seen monster hunter fans threaten on forums and real life over others saying they couldnt get in to it. im one of those threatened

I'm not quite sure if I get what you are trying to say.

Nevertheless you can't blame such a thing on the game itself.
There are douchebags in every community.

well considering the fact that i tried getting help online to do some missions and all i got was threats it can be a real turn off. i was trying to do WHAT THE GAME ENCOURAGES!!! and all i got was "if you cant beat these games, you dont deserve to play games." "im gonna find where you live and beat you to death and break all your games"

plus im a huge megaten fan and ive never seen anyone threaten someone over how to beat a certain monster

 

[Adamc-mh]

tbh yeah ;D

 

[Adamc-mh]

also the game isn't perfect all that yatzee went over was it's problems just exxagurated them which is what makes his videos funny

 

[The Lunatic]

It's not like Capcom couldn't afford to put Monster Hunter on the 360 and PS3 (indeed, Monster Hunter Frontier is coming out on the 360) they put it on the Wii because it's the largest market. It's on the Wii because they wanted it to be, never mind the fact that other consoles might be able to do the game better, or that there was some technical barrier to doing so, they decided the Wii was likely to sell more copies.

The reason they stated was "Production costs".

It's debatable, but, we don't know what they had in mind or how much it would cost I guess.

I think the likely reason is as you stated, however, my argument is that the game would be better on another console, which it would have been, it financially, it may not have done as well, but, that doesn't make it a worse game.

 

[Mindmaker]

Just goning to put this out there I'm defently a monster hunter fanboy but it's yatzees opinon I mean theres quite a lot of times he's done this before for example his reveiw on oblivoin and there is no point getting annoyed at it

Just wish both sides would accept this and move on.

Well it already happened.
Yahtzee created another video, so the focus kinda shifted.

The new video is quite good, I must say.
Looks that Wii + JRPG really makes a huge difference.

 

[teh_gunslinger]

Sheesh! That's a lot of posts about a game (franchise) I've never even heard about before. I'm impressed!

I'll reveal my bias: I loathe the Wii, I generally don't like grinding, I dislike Japanese games (and Japanese culture in general), the use of stars in games infuriate me, the title of makes me wanna laugh (only a bit worse that Killzone or Gears of War when it comes to lame titles. And having bought both those games I'm thinking that a lame title is a sign of a lame game.).

In short, I doubt there is any way in hell I would like this game, but I have to be honest and say, that Yatzhees opinion makes no difference. Heaven knows that I frequently agree with him, but I also take a different view of some aspects. Should I actually try this game I'll let the game do the job and give it a fair go at impressing me, as far as my bias goes. Granted, my bias considered, it would be hard pressed to do it. But I would be silly to let anything in ZP influence my liking of the game too much. Just as a lot of people here are very silly for getting all up in arms because a game they like got a new one torn.

Edit: also, I gather that there is a monster called Great Jaggi? I get a picture of a dude fighting a huge line or polygon without anti-aliasing.

 

[theultimateend]

All I want to note is that he's making a pretty good sized lie just to be funny this time :/.

You can darn near beat the solo mode in 10 hours of actual gameplaying.

So the only way I can see it taking 10 hours to do some magical tutorial is just him sitting there staring at the classic controller thinking "I must hate you! Give me something!" and falling back on an extreme exaggeration.

It's not the best game in the world, there were about 20 things you could have easily complained about, instead you made stuff up :/. I'm sure the next thing will be funny and actually use real problems from the game.

 

[SAMAS]

It's not like Capcom couldn't afford to put Monster Hunter on the 360 and PS3 (indeed, Monster Hunter Frontier is coming out on the 360) they put it on the Wii because it's the largest market. It's on the Wii because they wanted it to be, never mind the fact that other consoles might be able to do the game better, or that there was some technical barrier to doing so, they decided the Wii was likely to sell more copies.

The reason they stated was "Production costs".

It's debatable, but, we don't know what they had in mind or how much it would cost I guess.

I think the likely reason is as you stated, however, my argument is that the game would be better on another console, which it would have been, it financially, it may not have done as well, but, that doesn't make it a worse game.

Maybe, maybe not. Keep in mind that the original was on the #1 console of the last generation. Putting it on the PS3 would either have jacked up the costs (graphics are one of the main reasons games are so expensive to make nowadays), and little else. Remember, the separate areas of the hunts are a matter of game design, not technical limitations (compare LoZ: Twilight Princess, a game originally made for the Gamecube). It would have been prettier, but also bigger than their budget.

 

[Clunks]

I don't like weapon degradation systems. I don't like any method a game might use to actively punish you for playing. What's the point fighting if your weapons going to go blunt after ten hits? It's like pissing into the wind.

No, it punishes you for smashing your weapon against heavily armored bits instead of attacking the squishy underbelly/head/tail (varies based on monster). Don't abuse your weapon and it'll last longer. Besides, it takes all of 5 seconds to sharpen it up to max. You just have to avoid getting yourself hit in the process.

Complaining about the sharpness system (it's really not weapon degradation since the weapons never actually break) is like complaining that Bee Mario has to rest a few seconds to get his flight meter back to full.

Yeah, a few people took me to task about this, and I have to admit that I had completely the wrong idea so thanks to you and everyone else who went out of their way to set the record straight. Of course, this is the whole problem with videogame reviews - videogames being very expensive, time-consuming investments, you do need reviews that are more honest about what the games are actually like. I hate to admit it, but I think Yahtzee really dropped the ball on this one.

 

[Dfskelleton]

Yahtzee has just owned you all, MH3 fanboys. And apparently, with Icy Hot on the end. Also, why would I play a tutorial for an hour and a half? I can't stand one that lasts more than 15 minutes! "0mg! the Tut0rial am 0nly 90 minnets lawng u n00b!!!1111one1111eleven111" says the fanboys who don't know how to talk to females or type and think that their World of Warcraft character is "Uber Secksy Hawt lol". A tutorial should be " Here is how you walk, here's how you move the camera, here's how you attack, and here's how you interact." and fills you in when special things are nessecary.
Like Yahtzee said, up yours with icy hot on the end.

 

[QUINTIX]

Hopefully the last word: whatever the Great Jaggi thing is, other than one of those aliasing artifacts that plague the wii, I doubt that is the "boss" you guys think Yahtzee gave up on.

 

[Mindmaker]

Yahtzee has just owned you all, MH3 fanboys. And apparently, with Icy Hot on the end. Also, why would I play a tutorial for an hour and a half? I can't stand one that lasts more than 15 minutes! "0mg! the Tut0rial am 0nly 90 minnets lawng u n00b!!!1111one1111eleven111" says the fanboys who don't know how to talk to females or type and think that their World of Warcraft character is "Uber Secksy Hawt lol". A tutorial should be " Here is how you walk, here's how you move the camera, here's how you attack, and here's how you interact." and fills you in when special things are nessecary.
Like Yahtzee said, up yours with icy hot on the end.

Interesting.

 

[Lamorian]

So this is where the bile flinging championship was held this year!

 

[aubreym]

Dawwwwww
Yahtzee has better things to do than play games now
why does the escapist pay him if he doesn't do his frickin job