Monster hunter rise

murphyebass

Santa brought a switch in to the house at Christmas.

I’ve had no zero reason to play it up to now as I have the Wii U and have played most of the games cause they’re all ports.

But that’s about to change with Monster Hunter Rise.

Even though it doesn’t look great in comparison to MH World it has it does have its own charm.

The new mechanics feel different enough to give it its own identity as well.

I played the absolute hell out or MH World on PS4 so I can see myself falling down the same rabbit hole here.

The handheld mode is handy too for lazing on the couch. Pity graphically it dips. For doing all the customisation though in the hub world it’ll be nice.

Anyone else lookin forward to this one?

Surprised there’s no thread on it already tbh. Unless I’m missing it.

skerry

Played the demo, like what I've played so far. Dont usually pre order but will be for sure with this. The Collectors Edition with Amiibo looks sweet and the pro controller is also a thing of beauty but bit expensive at 80 notes. Modern monster hunter game in handheld is going to be dangerous

murphyebass

skerry wrote: »

Played the demo, like what I've played so far. Dont usually pre order but will be for sure with this. The Collectors Edition with Amiibo looks sweet and the pro controller is also a thing of beauty but bit expensive at 80 notes. Modern monster hunter game in handheld is going to be dangerous

Yeah the handheld mode is enticing. Will take tome to get used to the controller. Very different to a PS4 one.

Not that far away March 26th.

skerry

Pre ordered in Smyths last night. Looking forward to Friday now. Have a decent amount of hours put into World and MHGU (rookie numbers by comparison to some hardcores Im sure), but this will be my first MH game I'll be getting stuck in to from day 1. Looking at weapon videos now, gonna steer clear of my usual longsword and try Hammer and Switchaxe first I think

Star Lord

"Essential" rank from Eurogamer:
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-03-23-monster-hunter-rise-review-the-switchs-best-game-since-breath-of-the-wild

Eurogamer wrote:

With smart additions that move the series forward, this is the most accessible, deepest and simply very best Monster Hunter to date.

I'm officially hyped for this...

skerry

Star Lord wrote: »

"Essential" rank from Eurogamer:
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-03-23-monster-hunter-rise-review-the-switchs-best-game-since-breath-of-the-wild



I'm officially hyped for this...

It's getting great reviews. Looking at the videos and the combat looks so fast and smooth and loads of potential with the wirebug addition. Additional free content already planned for next month so if it gets anything like the love World got from the devs post launch it'll be great. Looks unreal for a Switch game too, engine must be very well optimised.

https://youtu.be/vaG8-fRfSbc

Ravage1616

Whoop, Smyths have dispatched my copy of the game!

skerry

Ravage1616 wrote: »

Whoop, Smyths have dispatched my copy of the game!

Same here. Hopefully have it tomorrow but its with UPS so I won't hold my breath.

Ravage1616

skerry wrote: »

Same here. Hopefully have it tomorrow but its with UPS so I won't hold my breath.

Mine is with An Post, thought they would all be with the same company.

skerry

Ravage1616 wrote: »

Mine is with An Post, thought they would all be with the same company.

Generally with An Post from Smyths for me too so was surprised to see UPS shipping info.

skerry

Copy just arrived from Smyths. Nice steelbook and keyring. Looking forward to getting stuck in later

Ravage1616

skerry wrote: »

Copy just arrived from Smyths. Nice steelbook and keyring. Looking forward to getting stuck in later

Yeah was happily surprised by that!

Corholio

For anyone who pre-ordered the limited edition from Gamestop when it was listed for €79.99, to find they are now charging €99.99 using their online system to redeem the order. Email them and they will/should give you a €20 refund after you order it.

skerry

Havent played a huge amount but really enjoying what I've played so far. So many quality of life improvements over MHGU. Gathering while riding Palamute is great. Super quick to mop up the smaller village quests with the extra mobility. Experimenting with Hammer and liking it so far. Was mainly Greatsword and longsword in MHW and MHGU

Ravage1616

skerry wrote: »

Havent played a huge amount but really enjoying what I've played so far. So many quality of life improvements over MHGU. Gathering while riding Palamute is great. Super quick to mop up the smaller village quests with the extra mobility. Experimenting with Hammer and liking it so far. Was mainly Greatsword and longsword in MHW and MHGU

I'm using longsword and hammer as well. But going to try hunting horn for when I get stuck into multiplayer hunts. Palamute is great, any time I need to sharpen I jump on and avoid whatever I'm hunting.

Wolverine359

Corholio wrote: »

For anyone who pre-ordered the limited edition from Gamestop when it was listed for €79.99, to find they are now charging €99.99 using their online system to redeem the order. Email them and they will/should give you a €20 refund after you order it.

Oh really? Damn I wish I did this, the game arrived in the post yesterday, I had originally ordered it for collection at my local store but since it’s closed they sent me an email with a link and 5-step procedure to arrange for home delivery. I thought I was lucky enough that the whole thing wasn’t cancelled. Did you get a discount then? I might email them to ask for a voucher so off my next purchase.

Star Lord

The lack of lock on is a minor irritation so far, but living the game so far!

skerry

Star Lord wrote: »

The lack of lock on is a minor irritation so far, but living the game so far!

Havent really missed it to be honest. Think I'm using the standard press L to centre on the monster set up. According to the article below you can change lock on settings for the camera im options so might be worth a shot.

https://www.gamesradar.com/monster-hunter-rise-lock-on-target-focus-camera/

Corholio

Wolverine359 wrote: »

Oh really? Damn I wish I did this, the game arrived in the post yesterday, I had originally ordered it for collection at my local store but since it’s closed they sent me an email with a link and 5-step procedure to arrange for home delivery. I thought I was lucky enough that the whole thing wasn’t cancelled. Did you get a discount then? I might email them to ask for a voucher so off my next purchase.

You still should be able to get it. They told me to purchase it at €99.99 and then to email them the order number after and they would refund €20.

rejkin

skerry wrote: »

Havent really missed it to be honest. Think I'm using the standard press L to centre on the monster set up. According to the article below you can change lock on settings for the camera im options so might be worth a shot.

https://www.gamesradar.com/monster-hunter-rise-lock-on-target-focus-camera/

The standard camera doesn't lock on but if you change it in settings it locks on perfectly. You can even lock on to the head or tail of the monster.

Ravage1616

How are ye finding the difficulty? I'm relatively new to Monster Hunter, I played Monster Hunter World which was my first monster hunter game.

I'm on the 4 star village missions now and it's not been overly difficult. Fainted once i think. Maybe I'm just getting more proficient with my weapon choices.

Lagombi

I've found the village quests easy so far (about to move on to 4*) but I played Iceborne not too long ago so I've had plenty of recent practice. The hub quests seem more challenging from what I can see, 2* hub Barroth kept me on my toes.

I tend to change my main weapon in each new Monster Hunter so I've switched from Hunting Horn in World to Switch Axe in Rise and I'm enjoying learning it so far.

Do people here play online much? It might be nice to team up with other people for the hub stuff rather than rely on random join requests if anyone is interested. My friend code is SW-8084-8633-7900 if anyone wants to

skerry

Lagombi wrote: »

I've found the village quests easy so far (about to move on to 4*) but I played Iceborne not too long ago so I've had plenty of recent practice. The hub quests seem more challenging from what I can see, 2* hub Barroth kept me on my toes.

I tend to change my main weapon in each new Monster Hunter so I've switched from Hunting Horn in World to Switch Axe in Rise and I'm enjoying learning it so far.

Do people here play online much? It might be nice to team up with other people for the hub stuff rather than rely on random join requests if anyone is interested. My friend code is SW-8084-8633-7900 if anyone wants to

Immediately suspect about the Monster I beat the sh!t out of with a hammer last night asking to team up the following day

Good idea, I'm tipping away on village quests but will fire up friend code once I get to the hub quests. Pretty sure monster health is scaled up for a team in hub quests regardless of being in a team or not so that's probably why Barroth was tough to put down.

Lagombi

skerry wrote: »

Immediately suspect about the Monster I beat the sh!t out of with a hammer last night asking to team up the following day

If you can't beat them, join them

I think it's just because I'm so used to being well equipped in Iceborne that I wasn't expecting to be hit so hard by a Barroth, really just a walk up call that it's time to get some better armour

super_furry

So what's the best/easiest weapon to start with for an absolute newcomer to the series?

Lagombi

I'm not speaking from experience here but I often see Sword and Shield or Bow being mentioned as two of the most beginner friendly weapons. Hammer and Lance seem straightforward to me as well, no ammo, gauges or different modes to keep track of as far as I know.

You get one of each weapon type at the start of the game so it's always worth getting a feel for them in the training area or an easy hunt. Go into Weapon Controls under Hunters Notes in the menu for info about each too.

ThunbergsAreGo

super_furry wrote: »

So what's the best/easiest weapon to start with for an absolute newcomer to the series?

Interested in how you get on as a newcomer

Tempted myself

skerry

I think Longsword is considered pretty beginner friendly. As mentioned above, the training area will give you a good feel for what works for you. I was new to the series when I played World. Picked up MHGU then and enjoyed the classic monster hunter style a bit more despite its quirks and not being as polished. Rise seems to be a perfect mix of the old and new.

DeSelby83

I'm a total beginner on this and using the dual blades. Finding them a lot of fun. Its fast so no wind up like other weapons but maybe less damage...not sure. Get on close, attack and then make sure you get away when you can see the monster shaping for an attack.

skerry

Easily missed - you can climb the big tree in Buddy Plaza to get to the Cohoots nest and loot it for some Langinapples and silver eggs which are worth 1000z. Refreshes every few hunts, easy zenny

Ravage1616

skerry wrote: »

Easily missed - you can climb the big tree in Buddy Plaza to get to the Cohoots nest and loot it for some Langinapples and silver eggs which are worth 1000z. Refreshes every few hunts, easy zenny

When you see 2 gold eggs in it, that means you get the max amount of items as well. So check it every 3 or 4 hunts.

We could set up a discord for organising multiplayer hunts if people were interested?

Lagombi

Ravage1616 wrote: »

We could set up a discord for organising multiplayer hunts if people were interested?

I'd be up for that, it was fun playing with random people in World but I always thought it would be better to have regular group of people to hunt with

Ravage1616

I've set up a discord if anyone wants to organise some multiplayer.

https://discord.gg/PxcfCEme

rejkin

Played the demo a lot but got to the point where I didnt want to waste any more time on it so ordered the game from smyths sunday. Cant wait for it to get here! I will definitely be joining the discord to get some quests done once I get a bit into it.
I played world a lot and that was great fun, the demo feels like an improvement over that in the combat at least with the wirebug.

skerry

Ravage1616 wrote: »

I've set up a discord if anyone wants to organise some multiplayer.

https://discord.gg/PxcfCEme

Nice one - I've joined there, will post friend code on Discord group once I get on later.

I haven't even looked at Hub quests yet, just tipping away at Village stuff. Nealry finished 3 star quests. How are folks handling the Hub quests, are ye waiting until finished Village stuff or doing both together?

Lagombi

I do the village stuff first, make sure I've fought each monster at least once and have a good armour set for each so I don't embarass myself online. Then I stick to the lower level hub quests to start with, so I'm at 4* village but still doing 1* and 2* hub when I go online.

Once I finished village fully I'll get into the hub stuff and online a lot more but I've no plans to rush a game this good.

skerry

Lagombi wrote: »

I do the village stuff first, make sure I've fought each monster at least once and have a good armour set for each so I don't embarass myself online. Then I stick to the lower level hub quests to start with, so I'm at 4* village but still doing 1* and 2* hub when I go online.

Once I finished village fully I'll get into the hub stuff and online a lot more but I've no plans to rush a game this good.

I'm the same. Dont want to rush the story content. But once I've done that I'm all over the Hub stuff. I think once you finished Village stuff you get a pass for the Hub so you don't have to fight the same lower rank monsters all over in Hub quests like you had to do in MGHU

skerry

Barroth was first hunt that gave me any hassle but I think that was me just being careless. Bunny Dango jingle never gets old

Markus Antonius

Wasn't sure whether to cancel my Smyths preorder last week as Amazon was cheaper and it was clear on Amazon that you get a steelbook and keyrings with the preorder. I decided to stick with Smyths but just confirm that it comes with the extras they showed in the picture:

Me: Does the preorder definitely come with the steelbook and keyrings
Smyths: Yes it does

Game arrives - no keyrings

Me: Game did not come with keyrings you promised
Smyths: Sorry, will check the warehouse.
Smyths: Unfortunately, I have been informed we do not have any of the keyrings left in our warehouse. As an apology I have issued a 5 euro refund.

They better pray that I hate this game.

Lagombi

The Bunny Dango song has been stuck in my head since Friday, it's great.

Carelessness was my problem with Barroth too, up until then I hadn't upgraded my gear or been watching my health bar too closely. Then suddenly Barroth has me stunned, on 1/4 health, and I hear that steam whistle sound..

ThunbergsAreGo

If I dont "get" the demo, should I stay away from the main game?

Have only played about 4 "hunts"

skerry

ThunbergsAreGo wrote: »

If I dont "get" the demo, should I stay away from the main game?

Have only played about 4 "hunts"

MH is a simple beast, you hunt monsters, skin them, make cool armour and weapons, hunt harder monsters, eventually get your ar$e kicked, grind for better armor, reach end game, grind for decorations. Also multiplayer hunts.

If your not feeling the mechanics from the demo then don't expect anything fundamentally different in full game that will change your mind

ThunbergsAreGo

skerry wrote: »

MH is a simple beast, you hunt monsters, skin them, make cool armour and weapons, hunt harder monsters, eventually get your ar$e kicked, grind for better armor, reach end game, grind for decorations. Also multiplayer hunts.

If your not feeling the mechanics from the demo then don't expect anything fundamentally different in full game that will change your mind

I really want to like it, it sounds like a really cool idea.

I am just woeful at it!!

Lagombi

I think the Monster Hunter demos are often quite difficult and unrepresentative of the actual games in many ways, because you are thrown into a hunt without much buildup or explanation of what to do or what's going on, and you have to make do with the equipment they give you instead of being able to bring your own items and craft gear that will help you deal with each specific monster.

I think it's easier to get into if you start the game proper and do the introduction quests, read the in-game info and all that. It depends on what parts you were having trouble with of course but if you like the core concept of the game and your main worry is the difficulty in the demo then I would say it's definitely a game you will learn as you go and get better at over time.

skerry

I'm on to 4 star Village hunts and some respectable looking monsters in there so I'm expecting the challenge to ramp up. I'm finishing out all the previous rank hunts and gathering missions before moving on but not sure if there's much need to do the collection style quests as its so easy to gather during hunts now their nearly obsolete. They were useful in MHGU for getting materials as you had to go through gathering animation 3 times to clear out each spot so I typically didn't bother gathering on a hunt.

Lagombi

I'm on 4 star too, it's definitely getting a bit tougher.

Good point about gathering, it's so fast and easy now. Things have come a long way from having to craft pickaxes and bug nets that broke after a few uses.

I kind of like doing the gathering quests as a change of pace, I use them as a chance to relax and explore each area.

Ravage1616

I'm 5 star village and I started gathering hub last night. About to get into HR3.

Played with some randoms and had some good hunts.

Defo a step up from the village quests!

Wolverine359

Just received the steel book case and the cat and dog keyrings from GameStop, after the collector’s edition arrived last weekend, very nice surprise, wasn’t expecting them!

Star Lord

Only been playing a bit here and there, just into the 3* village quests. Feels a little easier than previous games, but very enjoyable, and probably just a slightly gentler ramp up in difficulty, which is probably much more forgiving for beginners!

johnny_ultimate

I’ve bounced off Monster Hunter before (off Tri hard and World gently) but absolutely adoring this. Onto the 4* quests and just thoroughly enjoying the core loop. Had started with the sword and shield but made a big jump the other night and switched to the hunting horn. Possibly the strangest weapon I’ve used in an action game but it’s a delight

I am all in on the speed and ease of navigation. Hitting A to seamlessly summon your Palimute and sprint up a vine cliff never gets old, and the wirebug adds the perfect amount of versatility to the core movement set without overwhelming it.

Lagombi

What does everyone think of the Rampages? I've never been a big fan of tower defense or turret minigames so they are the one part of the game I'm less thrilled about, though admittedly I've only done 2 Rampages so far.