I realize there's a pretty low chance of Yahtzee actually reading this, but I'll address the VN issue he brought up. Think of it as a really fancy book and not a game. You're 'playing' for the story, which all the other elements exist to support.
Zero Punctuation: Monster Hunter Tri
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MH Tri was my first buy of the MH series, and i absolutely love it. The early quests are gathering humdrum, true, but if you actually speak to the NPC's in the village you learn its to make repairs after a series of earthquakes, as shown in the cinematic when you start the game.
Once you've done those, you get to the monster hunting. Finding a monster, chasing it across zones, fighting it, killing it and carving it, or trapping it. You can break some of their parts, or even cut them off completely. It's a simple formula made complicated by each monster behaving completely differently from the last. One minute you're fighting a giant frilled dinosaur, the next you're in some dank cave fighting off some disgusting leech/lizard hybrid. There's exclusive monsters you'll only see online.
Also those trashing it because its on the wii: It was originally intended for the PS3, but due to the costs of production, it was moved to the wii. And it is fine for it. Loading times are a few moments, never really long enough to annoy. It's perfectly playable with the Wiimote and 'chuk, or the Classic Controller. If you still aren't going to give it a chance, then so be it. It's your choice, and i respect that. But just because Yahtzee doesnt like it, doesnt give you a free pass to write it off also, without having formed you own opinion from your own experience of it.
Once you've done those, you get to the monster hunting. Finding a monster, chasing it across zones, fighting it, killing it and carving it, or trapping it. You can break some of their parts, or even cut them off completely. It's a simple formula made complicated by each monster behaving completely differently from the last. One minute you're fighting a giant frilled dinosaur, the next you're in some dank cave fighting off some disgusting leech/lizard hybrid. There's exclusive monsters you'll only see online.
Also those trashing it because its on the wii: It was originally intended for the PS3, but due to the costs of production, it was moved to the wii. And it is fine for it. Loading times are a few moments, never really long enough to annoy. It's perfectly playable with the Wiimote and 'chuk, or the Classic Controller. If you still aren't going to give it a chance, then so be it. It's your choice, and i respect that. But just because Yahtzee doesnt like it, doesnt give you a free pass to write it off also, without having formed you own opinion from your own experience of it.
Being dissapointed that people don't form their own opinions on something is being smug? This is news to me.snowplow said:
My comment aren't directed at those who genuinly agree, but those who pretend to in a vain attempt to somehow appease Yahtzee. Specifically those who haven't given the game achance and merely assume that because Yahtzee says it's shite, that it must be so. These people fail to realise that Yahtzee is easily the biggest troll on the internets right now and should not be taken seriously.Karathos said:
Enjoy misinterpereting everyone elses comments.
It's not one of the worst games. Everyone needs to realise that Yahtzee is a critic. He only cares about the bad stuff, and exaggerates until he gets a good repetitive joke.
The game is great. He never mentioned that it's a challenging game on the Wii for once. He left out a load of stuff. To be fair there is quite a lot of gathering but the wifi quests with friends outweighs this if you need resources quick and you're stuck on single player. I love the way Yahtzee does these videos but you really need to play it before listening to him.
The game is great. He never mentioned that it's a challenging game on the Wii for once. He left out a load of stuff. To be fair there is quite a lot of gathering but the wifi quests with friends outweighs this if you need resources quick and you're stuck on single player. I love the way Yahtzee does these videos but you really need to play it before listening to him.
@Roseveare: This quote just proved what you're talking about. Hi five.Scrumpmonkey said:
Ah, I get it now. A game that starts off kinda slow and requires actual skill to kill something and he dismisses it right from the start.
Maybe Yahtzee was one of the brainless fucktards I ended up coming across online.
Maybe Yahtzee was one of the brainless fucktards I ended up coming across online.
I played the first Monster Hunter, and I liked it.
I'll probably like this one to.
But from my experience of the first one, the grind is fairly bad.
Mostly this is because the game isn't really all that good for playing offline.
It takes a very long time and a lot of luck to get any good loot.
However, if you play with your friends, or find a nice group to play with, you can get some nice loot very quickly, making the overall ride smoother.
Plus the game had quite a thrilling hunt with the big beasties.
I liked the fact I had to learn their behaviour patterns to successfully take them down.
But some monsters are virtually impossible to take on alone.
Its very different to most MMOs, and is certianly not to everyones tastes.
I'll probably like this one to.
But from my experience of the first one, the grind is fairly bad.
Mostly this is because the game isn't really all that good for playing offline.
It takes a very long time and a lot of luck to get any good loot.
However, if you play with your friends, or find a nice group to play with, you can get some nice loot very quickly, making the overall ride smoother.
Plus the game had quite a thrilling hunt with the big beasties.
I liked the fact I had to learn their behaviour patterns to successfully take them down.
But some monsters are virtually impossible to take on alone.
Its very different to most MMOs, and is certianly not to everyones tastes.
Yz has an abnormal alignment with me as far as gaming taste goes. At first this had no effect on my purchases. I just noticed what he says he liked I liked and what he said he did not I did not. Then he came up with a game I never heard of and said he liked it, and so I found it on steam and tried it out. That's how it starts, I find that most magazines and online review sites are too apologetic and would have be buying games I wouldn't like. I've bought games based on his reccomendations and it has always worked out well, and in the case of this one I will abstain from one because of his thoughts and feelings.LeonLethality said:
God, this makes me not want to buy the game more than his review. Everything you see as a plus I see as boring.t_rexaur said:
I haven't actually watched it yet because the current advertisement is a right ass. Surrounded half the damn screen telling me to click on the button so they can tell me how awesome their game is.
I.E, not just advertising pricks, but arrogant advertising pricks. Only the consumer is allowed to be a prick, so I'm waiting for a different ad to cycle in.
I.E, not just advertising pricks, but arrogant advertising pricks. Only the consumer is allowed to be a prick, so I'm waiting for a different ad to cycle in.
Maybe all you people hating on this game should have played all the other Monster Hunter games....or maybe having a strategy when fighting a huge fucking monster isn't your thing
Also I DO however agree with his last comment, it never should have been put on the Wii, it would have been so much better on the PS3
Also I DO however agree with his last comment, it never should have been put on the Wii, it would have been so much better on the PS3
I'm am seething with rage at the various fanboys of the game complaining that "Now the everyone here at Escapist hates it..." and "He obviously didn't play mulitplayer..." or "he didn't play it long enough..." or whatever.
If you think that everyone at the Escapist is a mindless sheep bleating at Yahtzee's command, then why, exactly, do you post here? Do you like to hear yourself talk? (Yes, there are sheeple here, but they're everywhere. It's up to you to recognize them and filter out their nonsense.)
If you don't pay attention enough/seen enough ZP to have noticed that he has said that he absolutely does not review MP, shouldn't that be chalked up to your ignorance? Same goes for the bit about not playing it long enough. Jesus: he covered that like only 2 episodes ago.
I don't get why this happens every. single. fucking. ZP. Some poor schmuck who really likes the game being reviewed gets all butthurt because somebody said bad things about something he really likes, and suddenly it's as if the house of cards that comprises his entire belief system has been kicked over. Well, guess what? If you're that insecure about your opinions, that's a YOU problem, bub.
Seriously folks, anybody with half a brain realizes that Yahtzee couldn't possibly hate every single game he plays as much as he would like to portray that to be the case: if he did, why would he do it for a living??? Seriously, that would be like working as a crash-test dummy: I don't care how much the pay is, the multiple fractures and internal injuries make it not worth it!
No, what he does is satire and parody, not critique: it's obvious that he stopped looking for good things about games (except when using them to 'change pace' in the presentation) a long, long time ago.
Please, get a grip.
OK, it's too early to keep seething. I'm going to go get my coffee now.
If you think that everyone at the Escapist is a mindless sheep bleating at Yahtzee's command, then why, exactly, do you post here? Do you like to hear yourself talk? (Yes, there are sheeple here, but they're everywhere. It's up to you to recognize them and filter out their nonsense.)
If you don't pay attention enough/seen enough ZP to have noticed that he has said that he absolutely does not review MP, shouldn't that be chalked up to your ignorance? Same goes for the bit about not playing it long enough. Jesus: he covered that like only 2 episodes ago.
I don't get why this happens every. single. fucking. ZP. Some poor schmuck who really likes the game being reviewed gets all butthurt because somebody said bad things about something he really likes, and suddenly it's as if the house of cards that comprises his entire belief system has been kicked over. Well, guess what? If you're that insecure about your opinions, that's a YOU problem, bub.
Seriously folks, anybody with half a brain realizes that Yahtzee couldn't possibly hate every single game he plays as much as he would like to portray that to be the case: if he did, why would he do it for a living??? Seriously, that would be like working as a crash-test dummy: I don't care how much the pay is, the multiple fractures and internal injuries make it not worth it!
No, what he does is satire and parody, not critique: it's obvious that he stopped looking for good things about games (except when using them to 'change pace' in the presentation) a long, long time ago.
Please, get a grip.
OK, it's too early to keep seething. I'm going to go get my coffee now.
Very satisfying to see the game receive a paddling by Yahtzee after relentlessly bothering me with its awful commercials in cinemas over the last two months. Also, nice to see that the Monster Hunter games have apparently stayed true to the gameplay I already hated in the first game... annoying as fuck, and beating the actual big monsters was near-impossible for layman players.
The design of the giant sea monster made me laugh heartily. ^^
The design of the giant sea monster made me laugh heartily. ^^
The previews for the game made it sound like it was going to be highly immersive, but any chance of that being the case was ruined by it being on the Wii. It comes packaged with an alternative controller, it has its own separate online component to get around the Nintendo standard, and it tries to overcome the graphic limitations to the point that they misstep and break immersion in two with frequent loading screens.
The game is doing everything in its power to be an XBox 360 or PS3 game and failing miserably at it, which leaves me to wonder why the hell it's on the Wii in the first place. It leads me to conclude that some accountant made the claim that it would be more marketable that way, which is reasonable enough, but they could have made a better game had they worked with the system instead of trying to make it something it's not.
The game is doing everything in its power to be an XBox 360 or PS3 game and failing miserably at it, which leaves me to wonder why the hell it's on the Wii in the first place. It leads me to conclude that some accountant made the claim that it would be more marketable that way, which is reasonable enough, but they could have made a better game had they worked with the system instead of trying to make it something it's not.
It's an internet forum, you can't expect much.t_rexaur said:
I'm surprised people are still railing him for not talking about multiplayer components when he states over and over again how he largely avoids it. It's like people forget this is mostly satire performed for entertainment.
