Monster hunter 4

ShadowHearth

So good news it is coming to West, bad news - 2015...

http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mission/68919/monster-hunter-4-is-finally-coming-to-the-west


I really really want it, but its over a year to wait for it.

YouSavedMyLife

Why do they keep developing these for consoles i don't have, aka, the crap Nintendo consoles...

VenomIreland

So hyped for it, glad it's finally coming, shame it's so far away though.

Retr0gamer

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

Why do they keep developing these for consoles i don't have, aka, the crap Nintendo consoles...

3Ds is far from crap, it's the best console you can buy at the moment.

ShadowHearth

Oh Jesus, cant we have at least one thread without fecking Nintendo vs world?!

YouSavedMyLife

Just venting. To be honest i would get a 3DS for Bravely Default and Zelda alone, and a WiiU for MH3. Just the lack of money atm stopping me

Pushtrak

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

Why do they keep developing these for consoles i don't have, aka, the crap Nintendo consoles...

Surely a system is measured by the games it has, and if it has games you want it isn't crap.

Banjo

Mh3 is better on 3ds in my opinion, save yourself 200 and just get the circle pad pro :-)

What minimal dialog there is in these games tends to be remedial at best. What are they going to spend the other 11 months 29 days doing?

ShadowHearth

Banjo wrote: »

Mh3 is better on 3ds in my opinion, save yourself 200 and just get the circle pad pro :-)

What minimal dialog there is in these games tends to be remedial at best. What are they going to spend the other 11 months 29 days doing?

To make it even better on 3ds, it will finally have proper online on it. The major ( or even only ) reason to get wii u, would be mh3 online function. Now mh4 on 3ds will have full online, which is sweet.

Its a shame that we need to wait for over a year now.

Banjo

But MH4 was released on 3DS in Japan a couple of months ago. Aside from translating, what's stopping it getting a western release? Is it that the version shipping at the moment doesn't support online multiplayer and the G version will? If so... actually that's fine then, I don't think MH fever is quite pronounced enough in the west to justify a whole seperate retail release just to add that feature on.

Retr0gamer

Localisation is a far bigger job than you are making it out to be. It's slow and requires a lot of testing since the translated script has to be sent to Japan to be inserted by their coders then tested to see that it went into all the right places. Then you have to test that to see if it's not broken anything. For an online game that's an even bigger task.

ShadowHearth

Banjo wrote: »

But MH4 was released on 3DS in Japan a couple of months ago. Aside from translating, what's stopping it getting a western release? Is it that the version shipping at the moment doesn't support online multiplayer and the G version will? If so... actually that's fine then, I don't think MH fever is quite pronounced enough in the west to justify a whole seperate retail release just to add that feature on.

I think it is not localisation problem right now. they just want to lauch upgraded version of MH4 to West. Instead of launching MH4 and then having upgraded version down the line.
The upgraded version comes in Japan later this year and just few months later comes out western Version. Localisation is not the issue here. Its and Issue of them getting all of it done in one go.

PKdude

I'm Just happy they're going to release it and it will have online multiplayer! I don't know a single person who plays it beside me, so having online will be great!

ShadowHearth

PKdude wrote: »

I'm Just happy they're going to release it and it will have online multiplayer! I don't know a single person who plays it beside me, so having online will be great!

Bumping up a thread, which is so dear to my heart.... With no actual info. I am not a happy bunny...

PKdude

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Bumping up a thread, which is so dear to my heart.... With no actual info. I am not a happy bunny...

I'm just saying I'm excited for it, sorry to get your hopes up. Surely you have also been looking up information about it to get the latest news?

VinLieger

Right so MH4U has finally been released here on 3ds now what vets want to help newbies like myself figure this behemoth out? Any tips or tricks for weapons armour would be really helpful.

Ive been watching this guys tutorials but it really takes some time to figure out what weapon is right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRv1_mGf2R8

Star Lord

One of the trickiest things to get your head around with Monster Hunter is that there is no such thing as the best armour or the best weapon, there's really only "the best currently available for this next hunt and your play style".
Try as many different styles of weapons as you can to see which you enjoy most, then get better versions of those, and after that, try improved versions of the other weapons, see how you like those then! It's always worth playing around as it changes!

VinLieger

Star Lord wrote: »

One of the trickiest things to get your head around with Monster Hunter is that there is no such thing as the best armour or the best weapon, there's really only "the best currently available for this next hunt and your play style".
Try as many different styles of weapons as you can to see which you enjoy most, then get better versions of those, and after that, try improved versions of the other weapons, see how you like those then! It's always worth playing around as it changes!

Thanks, so as you progress better versions of each weapon and armour will become available? so you dont have to go back and find mats to craft up form the starting weapon again?

Just checking if theres any permanent decisions you have to make about things or that will take you a while to get back from?

Star Lord

VinLieger wrote: »

Thanks, so as you progress better versions of each weapon and armour will become available? so you dont have to go back and find mats to craft up form the starting weapon again?

Just checking if theres any permanent decisions you have to make about things or that will take you a while to get back from?

In 3 they did anyway, not got my hands on 4 yet! As you progressed you could buy some better weapons which would cost more than building up from scratch, but save you the time.

No permanent decisions really, can always craft more from scratch or from a weapon/armour along the upgrade path that you buy.

VinLieger

Star Lord wrote: »

In 3 they did anyway, not got my hands on 4 yet! As you progressed you could buy some better weapons which would cost more than building up from scratch, but save you the time.

No permanent decisions really, can always craft more from scratch or from a weapon/armour along the upgrade path that you buy.

Thanks just had a good fight with the new Insect Glaive think I'll main that for a while and see how I get on

ShadowHearth

VinLieger wrote: »

Right so MH4U has finally been released here on 3ds now what vets want to help newbies like myself figure this behemoth out? Any tips or tricks for weapons armour would be really helpful.

Ive been watching this guys tutorials but it really takes some time to figure out what weapon is right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRv1_mGf2R8

My first solid choice was always Long sword and then I switched ( no pun intended ) to Switch axe. Switch axe works for me, because its just very versatile and a middle ground between Long and great swords.

I really want to get MH4, but no way I am spending 300eu just for it. Ill wait.

VinLieger

ShadowHearth wrote: »

My first solid choice was always Long sword and then I switched ( no pun intended ) to Switch axe. Switch axe works for me, because its just very versatile and a middle ground between Long and great swords.

I really want to get MH4, but no way I am spending 300eu just for it. Ill wait.

I like switch axe too probably gonna have it as my secondary to the Insect Glaive which is a lot of fun, I want to love the Charge Blade as its animations are awesome but its just too lumbering and difficult to get used to

VinLieger

I predict an addiction, 13 hours in barely scratched the surface and loving it

VenomIreland

If you're addicted at 13 hours, where am I with almost 100 hours already?

Sephiroth_dude

Wish I had a Wii u to play this or a 3ds. Is it fun to play on your own?

ShadowHearth

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Wish I had a Wii u to play this or a 3ds. Is it fun to play on your own?

Its only on 3DS. They had 2Ds on amazon for 49.99£ and I was tempted to buy it just for this game. Cant really justify spending 300eu on new 3ds now just for mh4

Sephiroth_dude

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Its only on 3DS. They had 2Ds on amazon for 49.99£ and I was tempted to buy it just for this game. Cant really justify spending 300eu on new 3ds now just for mh4

Awww crap thought it was Wii u too

ShadowHearth

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Awww crap thought it was Wii u too

Yup, one of the reasons why my Wii u got traded in. I love MH3 and I bought wii u just for it. Not putting MH4 of Wii U was a retarded move.

eastyy

i am really really hoping this comes to wii u

VenomIreland

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Wish I had a Wii u to play this or a 3ds. Is it fun to play on your own?

It's great solo, but you can also play online this time around on the 3DS.

Star Lord

Not got to play too much yet, only 11:38 in, but just discovered how to use the Charge Blade properly, and it's instantly become my favourite weapon! Anyone else still playing?

PKdude

I'm still playing, took a while to get a good team going for the G Rank 3* quest final boss. Mostly excited for Monster Hunter X, and want a release for here

Star Lord

I'm a solo player really, never played multi (mostly as I'm a sporadic player, can't really schedule/co-ordinate times to be online to play!)
Only at the early stages, tried the Tetsucabra once so far, and it beat me with ease... so I went back and I've ground the Guild Quest for the Velocidrome to get a full Velociprey armour set.

PKdude

Yeah, it serves in a way, where for every new big threat you encounter, you need better armor. I got Kut Ku armor and it served me well until after the Gore Magala.

VinLieger

I hit a bit of a wall and gave up for a while keep meaning to get back into it

PKdude

What metaphorical wall did you hit?

VinLieger

PKdude wrote: »

What metaphorical wall did you hit?

First fight in Cathar after a couple of attempts i wasn't doing too badly had his patterns down but it just seemed like I didn't have enough damage and have no upgrade path available for the IG which is the only weapon I've used

PKdude

You could try get a different insect glaive, one that has a different element. What's your armor?

VinLieger

PKdude wrote: »

You could try get a different insect glaive, one that has a different element. What's your armor?

Thats the thing theres no new ones available to craft and the mats for the next upgrade are higher than my current quests will give, cant remember the name of the armour but it makes you look like a lobster

PKdude

Now I'm confused, if I'm right on the monster you're facing, you should be able to create better armor. In terms of weapon, I'd consider using another one. For my first game in the franchise, I used 2 different kinds of weapon, and that's gone up to 7. I'd branch out, easily the best option is Great Sword or Sword and Shield due to the easy nature of them. Long Sword is good as well.