All Gameplay From Monster Hunter Wilds Developer Showcase

[@lordhandsomeswag1854]

One of the few game franchises that actually innovates on its formula

[@Cptraktorn]

not always for the better.

[@mangoruby1357]

@@Cptraktorn shut up

[@dytyzerpud]

@@Cptraktorn While I agree that perhaps rise did not hit all of my buttons the right way, we should embrace them trying new things. Not sure if you are an OG hunting sim guy or you feel the sawm way about rise, or maybe even a world hater, but I think all of the steps they are taking are making for new multiplayer experiences that no other game series is coming close to. I think I see a beautiful mix all of all of the games (I have played since 3U on DS) and though I do miss some of the ways the older games feel, I think they are going to make the next game their "elden ring" of monster hunter, and I am here for it.

[@DjNinjaRj]

@@Cptraktornshut up

[@Vross_MKII]

@@Cptraktorn rise tried something new and I can respect that while not being a very big fan of the game (I Hate It.) personally

[@kingofflames738]

If you told someone 15+ years ago that Monster Hunter would one day be open world with dozens of large Monsters about they'd not believe you. Yet here we are.

[@AdulAhmad68]

Pretty sure its not going to be fully open world, it still has other locales and the wording suggests they will be contained, but I get the sentiment, Wilds looks insane

[@kingofflames738]

@@AdulAhmad68 According to the website, simply following along the River in windward plains will have you enter the Crimson Forest. Not like them being removed would change it being open world. That's exactly what The Witcher does and no one would even suggest that's not an open world.

[@AdulAhmad68]

@@kingofflames738 But by that definition all of the MH games are open world? Also, from Polygon, "Since Monster Hunter Wilds will have a fully open world, fans can expect more freewheeling exploration through much bigger maps and biomes." Says "bigger maps", so its conflicting information, they're not being very clear about it so far...

[@MrRenanHappy]

The world is more integrated together and it is wider. However, you can still clearly have barriers within a single map that you cannot transpose making it clearly not open world.

[@Tommyvang187]

@@kingofflames738 nah, for a game to be open world, it means you have access to the entirety of the world at all times, and can go and explore anything at anytime, and challenge anything whenever, and however you want. This is 100% not the case with Monster Hunter Wilds.

[@tytsty5716]

The amount of interaction there is from both player and monster alike is blowing my mind I’m so excited for this I want it now

[@AntiBellum]

Man I hope we get a demo or a beta soon. Getting all this gameplay when we don’t have a solid release date is throwing me off

[@DRAG0NSPIRIT10]

I think it's still gonna be awhile. They only really release the demos about a month or so before the full game comes out. I did wonder if we might get a demo in December (if Wilds follows World's January release). But since they're still only saying 2025, even after the new trailer. We probably won't see a demo till around Spring in my opinion.

[@Thevikingninja117]

I know im loosing my damn mind.

[@AntiBellum]

@@DRAG0NSPIRIT10 yeah that makes sense. It’s gonna be a long wait

[@TacticalReaper56]

​@@DRAG0NSPIRIT10jan to march. If they wanna fluff numbers for investors, itll be launched in april before its end.

[@Zulban48]

It looks like there's still some polishing up to do. I've so far only seen the official stream, but during that I saw a Doshaguma with a Ceratonoth in its mouth and the way the Ceratonoth spawned in it was clipping through the floor and it looked like a Garry's Mod ragdoll glitching out. There was also one point where they SOS flared for help and the monster ran away to its nest, so the player and the help mounted up to go chase it, but when they got to the nest the helpers got confused and their AI basically just got disabled, even as the monster knocked one of them off their mounts with an attack. It wasn't until the Doshaguma moved to another area that they sort of woke up again. It's a shame because they were working perfectly in the demonstration they had done earlier. So, I really think the game's not quite ready for release, it needs stuff like this ironed before they do. If people will freak out over decorative rocks on the floor popping in to view as you turn the camera in other games they would get really pissed at things like that.

[@soksocks]

So apparently, not everyone is keen on the "neutral armor" that's mentioned. Like it's not that hard to comprehend, it just means your male or female character can finally wear either or. There's still clearly a distinct between male and female armors through the weapon showcases. BUT that's really a handful, with some returning. A good example would be with the Ingot set. You can finally use the knight looking helmet on your female character rather than having crown on the female ingot set. Or in terms of other armors that gives female skirt/dresses, you can finally wear pants. I personally think this is a great change, depending on persons. On that note, I can finally "knight-ify" with a female character.

[@Cptraktorn]

I think it's good but I'd be willing to bet that in the next mainline game you'll have one armor set for both male and female (like most games) as it really doesnt make much sense to spend all that extra money making 2 versions of the same set.

[@solomon9655]

@@CptraktornThey were already doing that, the only difference is that they can be worn freely

[@Cptraktorn]

@@solomon9655 what i mean is that it'll be the same one for both male and female.

[@sinfulbluez1634]

​@Cptraktorn MH has been making 4 sets of armor per monster since nearly forever basically. Male armor Would have an Alpha and Beta set (Swordmaster and Gunner) Female armor would be same. However it's true that previous actions don't guaranteed future ones.

[@TheIfofThen]

Okay, so a guy in a Lala Barina skirt? I can already imagine that one guy in a Tiara.

[@rainer9931]

Ratatouille did you see the IGN Longsword footage???

[@TheMuddler]

Do you have a link?

[@surkhabsingh5856]

Ratatouille. Lmaoo

[@Urkikk]

Tbh Longsword one people share is like everywhere to me.

[@magicmungis8822]

​@@Urkikkmind sharing cuz I CANNOT find it

[@Urkikk]

@@magicmungis8822 Arekkz Gaming has one

[@jacklion109]

At the 10:00 minute mark when the dune tries to swallow the hunter, the sandstorm is raging, the monsters are having a turf war, the dev genuinely seems to enjoy that moment.

[@ninjack11]

19:04 the fact you can climb monster bodies to carve them now is so cool

[@Zulban48]

The real reason is so you can take photos of yourself making disrespectful poses on its corpse.

[@Stinkyremy]

So what did it do before in past games? Just invisibly reward you with components? Bit boring. Even GB relink allowed you to go open chests even if it gave you the rewards if you didn't open them.

[@Zulban48]

@@Stinkyremy In previous games when monsters were killed their collision was disabled, so you basically walked inside of their corpse and carved them from there. It looked pretty unnatural but we just sort of accepted it as one of those weird Monster Hunter quirks. With especially large monsters it was possible for the camera to clip inside of them when killed and you would see the model from inside out and it just looked bad. To my knowledge carving itself was introduced in the very first game because having items dropping on the ground like in Diablo took more resources (it was a PS2 game), so carving was a nice thematic way to handle looting monsters. Carving stuck around because it makes more sense than having a bunch of monster parts fly out like they're a loot pinata.

[@Stinkyremy]

@@Zulban48 My only hands on experience with MH is the MH crossover missions in MGS PW. In that game say there was rathalos, you broke off parts of his body, say a wing or a horn and that would reward you with that part (iirc, but was also RNG) Does it work the same in actual MH, each enemies have parts to focus on that reward you with specific loot? Also what happens if you DON'T carve. Are you still rewarded with loot? I know you have 60 secs so more than enough time, just something I am curious about. I tried it in GB relink and even if you don't open the end chests you still get the loot in the reward screen. Another question. Do you get rewards from doing the quests on top of the actual pieces of the monster? Asking questions because I am a complete noob at MH but this game is looking great to me.

[@Zulban48]

@@Stinkyremy I'm aware of those crossover missions but only because of a Let's play series made by Chip and Ironicus. I only vaguely remember what you're describing since it's been years since watching those videos. So, in previous MH games (perhaps all of them even) once the quest is complete you have 60 seconds to carve the monster, but you could also capture it and you would get different rewards and the timer would be shorter. Once the 60 seconds are up you are given a bunch of 'quest rewards' based on a reward pool specific to that quest, but most of the time it's loot related to the monster. So, the 3 carves you get on a monster is sort of 'bonus' loot. However, if you capture a monster you instead get the 'capture loot' on the quest rewards screen in its own section reserved for part break and capture rewards. In fact, sometimes different rewards had a higher chance of being obtained as a reward for capturing and some were more likely to be rewarded as a carve, but in Monster Hunter World they normalized the loot so that the only difference between killing or capturing was the timer at the end of the mission (or some specific quests required you to capture or you would fail). As for part breaks, when you break a part in old games you would get rewards related to the part break at the end on the quest in its own reward section, the same section as you get rewards for capturing the monster. So breaking a Rathalos' wing would very likely give you a Rathalos wing webbing after the quest is over (but because of RNG and the way the reward pools work you could break 5 wings and still only get Rathalos scales or something from doing so. This is why people despise the 'desire sensor' so much, especially when your friends are getting rewarded with untradable wing webbings you're trying to farm for). The one exception is tail cuts. Tail cuts leave behind a tail on the floor that you must carve in order to get the reward related to it. I could be wrong but it appears in Wilds they have changed it so that breaking a part immediately gives you the reward? The rewards system is kind've weird too, since a lot of it is RNG and the reward pool for different part breaks or even quest rewards can sort of overlap. This is how you get situations where you get multiple Bulldrome heads from a single Bulldrome hunt, because maybe you broke his tusks and the reward for that rolled a head, but just the basic quest reward may have rewarded you with one too, and maybe you even carved one off of its body. EDIT: Sorry I sort of glossed over the second half of your post, and no worries about being a Noob, this stuff is kind've more complicated than it really needs to be (which is probably why they're making it simpler in Wilds). But yes, the rewards for doing the actual quest will certainly give you stuff, the three carves you get is mostly a bonus (unless they re-introduce the mechanic where carving gives different rewards compared to capturing). So basically if you do not get to carve the monster you miss out on some loot. Normally this isn't an issue but in certain fights such as Dalamadur where you can carve its head 4 times and then have to run to its midsection to carve that 4 times it was tough to get all 8 carves in those 60 seconds, but that was a very specific case for an elder dragon that has way more carves than a normal monster and cannot be captured anyways. Notably in Wilds the quest complete screen does not bring you back into a new instance of the map so it's much more seamless. I suspect that as long as the monster's body has not disappeared you should still be able to carve it even if the 'quest complete' timer has run out, but I cannot say for certain until I get my hands on the game.

[@F-aber]

jesus this looks good, havent been as excited for a game as this in at least 5 years

[@nonex1820]

The HP Bar needs to chill out

[@jacklion109]

Seriously they made it look sexy

[@Zulban48]

Have you seen the clip of when a monster is about to do a really big attack? I wasn't paying attention to it during the showcase but there's footage of someone fighting a Rey Dau and when it does its big charge-up railgun attack the health bar freaks out and the amplitude of the sine wave effect explodes from the health bar to such a degree that it nearly reaches the middle of the screen. The hunter also flashes with a red scoutfly effect pointing at the monster when this happens, so I'm not sure why they also decided to have the health bar freak out the way it does.

[@nonex1820]

@@Zulban48 Exactly why i said that the hp bar should chill out it suddenly becomes a heartbeat monitor and is a bit distracting imo

[@Mepharias]

I'd be shocked if there wasn't an option to get rid of the animation.

[@gabrielturcato1235]

​@@Zulban48 The health bar like this is supposed to represent the hunter's feeling, his heartbeat, represents fear, when he is almost dying his heartbeat and fear increases, when he sees a big monster making a massive attack, the same feeling happens, fear of "oh shit, this is going to hurt/my god I'm going to die", I think that was the intention, at the same time that it makes the player feel and see the importance of these moments and attacks. Personally, I think it works well and I think it's cool, at the same time the design is elegant in a way, but I understand those who don't like it or don't understand it

[@bananarama4925]

My goat. I did not want to look through all the footage myself

[@LOLDEMOS]

Not carving gave me an anxiety attack

[@kumori9940]

Yes they use true value on weapon. Not the bloated one... That one making upgrade easier.

[@Thevikingninja117]

Yes I am happy to see no bloated numbers that was honestly just confusing going from work to rise and back.

[@kingofflames738]

I can't believe it took until sixth gen until they did that in the main titles.

[@RangaMasterRace]

​@@Thevikingninja117They actually used true values in Generations and Generations Ultimate.

[@alexedwards5152]

@@RangaMasterRaceI’m fairly certain Gen and GU are handheld MH games

[@athos9293]

​@@RangaMasterRaceand Rise. And every portable game.

[@juanchitoa]

19:38 rurikhan spotted

[@Vertilgung]

Wow you must be his favourite fan boy vongrats. I hope you got some para social plus points for that comment

[@mandalore41]

The care the devs have is clearly evident in the level of detail of the open world as well as the cooking. This showcase has put Ubisoft to shame. Any excuse/argument made for their lack of attention to detail, this gameplay showcase destroys

[@Fusible_1]

People excuse Ubisoft? Dear God ...

[@kaley3280]

Tbf putting ubisoft to shame is not a hard thing to do

[@mandalore41]

@@Fusible_1 oh yeah, some clown tried to say Wilds wasn't open world so it couldn't be compared to SW Outlaw. Had to quote lead dev Ryozo Tsujimoto to end that nonsense

[@Stinkyremy]

Capcom has been releasing top tier game after game with only 1 or 2 poor quality or failure games since they created REngine and released RE7. (exoprimal and REmake 3 come to mind) They completely did a 180, because before RE7, while not being THE worse devs in the industry, they were in the low ranks with only EA and maybe ubisoft being worse. Now capcom are probably the or some of the best devs in the industry. They were absolute scum for on disc day one DLC!

[@sponsoredbywater1374]

that moment you realize there are combo inputs are in the top right

[@grahamnaismith1791]

So much cool stuff here, actually excited. First time in a while

[@commandotaco3299]

Idk what you guys are talkinh about with the health and stamina bars. Ive been focusing on the hunt the whole time and only even notice it when the hunter gets hit or someones mentions it in the comments. Its fine. I dont know if you guys want this game to be just like world or just complaining to complain. This has to be its own game and it is. Ui and all

[@rainbowkrampus]

It's when I want to look at the health bar and have to parse the actual health meter vs. the noise of the wiggly bar that is annoying. It's a distraction that does not need to be there when I'm only trying to look at a gauge for less than a second.

[@commandotaco3299]

@rainbowkrampus dude it's super simple you look at your health bar, see how much it went down and boom focus back on the hunt. It's not that serious

[@rainbowkrampus]

@@commandotaco3299 You are thinking about this in the context of a video where you are passive and don't have the mental stack which comes from actually playing the game and being in a tough fight.

[@hlongvn4258]

Fair point

[@commandotaco3299]

@rainbowkrampus so you're going to be more focused on the health bar rather the monster? It takes 1 look to see my health bar went down and I'll know if I have to heal or just keep going. It's just a nitpick that makes no sense.

[@matilozano96]

Focus mode is striking me as a mix of Tenderizing from MHW and Afflicted Monsters from Rise. The wounded parts can be focused for extra damage, but at one point they’re shown to be “destroyed”, meaning the damage buff is gone, probably. Interesting how both games come together for different things. Edit: and there’s AI companions, too. Man, people really underestimate how important Sunbreak was

[@mcgruber]

I hope there is still monster tracking etc. I don't want to be able to see the monsters on my map right off the rip. World has a great system of finding more and more tracks to finally be able to tell when, when and what is in the locale.

[@artival22]

I heard that you still have to track them when you're hunting them for the first time, so the first time the suspense is still there but on frequent hunts it gets more streamlined

[@KoongYe]

I hate how streamlined the game is becoming for the sake of "more action"

[@topcat59]

That’s pretty cool that they improve on the cooking when you’re out hunting.😺

[@snowpaletehdog]

so if im understanding the way ammo is going to work now we wont be crafting it but we will have set amounts?

[@LexusZero]

So no tracking system ? really like that aspect in World, i did see a monster specific icon that was fetched by the scout flies but i don't now if it is for tracking.

[@KhangNguyen-ij4xh]

There are tracking. The first time you will have to do it manually then afterwards the bird will do it for you

[@TuriGamer]

Tracking was the most time wasting movie game feature in that entire game It added nothing

[@Daefus]

@@TuriGamer immersion, and there's a moment in your hunt during which you have another objective than just "kill monster". It also makes you think about where the monster could be. Overall it helps to make the game not feel like just a mindless grindfest

[@TuriGamer]

@@Daefus 😂you new kids are insufferable

[@fw00m62]

​@TuriGamer listen to yourself, then you will realise who is truly insufferable

[@SaintBehelit]

Do we have any further details on the Perfect Guard mechanic, particularly as it applies to the Great Sword? From what I can tell, a well-timed GS guard means no chip damage AND no sharpness reduction..!

[@Mr_Wallace97]

Access to all my potions in pop-up camp? Extra potions in the Seikret pouch? Vigorwasps? Giant Vigorwasps? Those little quick use vigorbug things?

[@antobatta1551]

It looks good, I'm just glad there's no tenderizing

[@graze7162]

The wound is basically improvised tenderizing, and it looks good

[@KoongYe]

I hoped they showed some more preparation phase... if they have any left at this point.

[@matthew44able]

So the quest timer DOES STILL EXIST. It's just put to the side for some reason...

[@nicjolas]

where else would it be?

[@d5dizzler962]

@@nicjolasNext to your health and stamina where it’s been for literally every other MH game?

[@nicjolas]

@@d5dizzler962 oh thats right

[@ShadoDiablosXD]

Its by the quest objective so it keeps it nicely compact into a single location. I miss my big clock, but I don't think it'll be too much of an issue.

[@legobuyer03]

This looks... fantastic

[@911choroszcz]

I loved the mobility of Lance in Rise, I Hope there are some more moves for my beloved weapon.

[@Muddysoap14]

Is that Rurikhan in the white shirt and hat, bottom left at 19:45

[@weavejer26]

lol yup!

[@AscendantStoic]

Don't really like the animated life bar, looks like it belongs to a sci-fi game or something, hopefully there is an option to switch to classic looking UI or turn off the animations.

[@DRAG0NSPIRIT10]

I wouldn't be surprised if there was an option like that, given that previous games left you fiddle with the UI to your taste.

[@joshualuurtsema5806]

I thought the same thing at first, but I think it actually might be nice for new players because it gets more animated the lower your health gets so it draws your attention to it. I think it could be toned down a bit especially at full health, but I think it might be a more beneficial change that it looks like at first glance

[@kg888]

Yeah. It does look Sci fi game.

[@AscendantStoic]

@kg888 Nothing is "sci-fi" about Monster Hunter really, that health bar looks like it was copy pasted from Exoprimal or something.

[@AscendantStoic]

@DRAG0NSPIRIT10 Hopefully there is an option to tone it down.

[@Dododjddjixjxjxjs]

Layered armor confirmed at 3:20 so that’s awesome! Hope we get layered weapons too

[@BaronSterling]

That's not at all what they're confirming there, theyre talking about armor no longer being gender-locked. That being said, considering how immensely popular layered armor has been in the past two games, I'd definitely be willing to put money on them bringing it back.

[@Dododjddjixjxjxjs]

“No matter how you build your hunter, how you look” like sound to me like no matter how you build your persons armor you can customize with any armor as long as you have the parts. Really we probably need a more straight forward answer than this cause this can probably be interpreted differently

[@Dododjddjixjxjxjs]

Also having 2 different versions of an armor set was the norm till rise so that’s also something to consider when looking at them choosing armor.

[@Dododjddjixjxjxjs]

Otherwise is gonna be really weird seeing a full bearded old man wearing the Lala Barina dress armor lol

[@petercottantail7850]

it's probably going to be saved as a title update for post game. i didn't see anything that suggested the armor being selected was only for appearance. the talking Is targeted to new players, that already know the vets are getting it. usually this kind of talk ends up with lots of hot air completing features rather than actual information. the usual course in game commentary for any game to avoid silence so you have to read between the lines

[@mint5438]

15:08 Was that a semi parry I saw? Also 16:20 So glad we got this back from Sunbreak.

[@dmgdisciple9680]

It looks like there’s moves called offset moves for varying weapons (maybe all? I know SA has one too) that are able to do this. I’m not sure what conditions are needed to pull it off yet or if you can just do it whenever. That one is called offset rising slash.

[@ethanself2405]

Hearing the dev react to the buggy body at 23:51 is lowkey funny

[@IsaacG97]

The greatsword being able to turn mid slash is going to be so good. I swear he turned 90 degrees during TCS

[@rainbowkrampus]

I gotta say, the wiggly health bar is distracting. Be nice if there was an option for a standard bar.

[@ShadoDiablosXD]

There most lively will be. Rise had very good customizablility so I trust they'll bring it over as well. These devs have been very smart in their decisions lately so I have high hopes for them.

[@chesster423]

would be cool if that HP bars detects your blood pressure. Where it gets intense when your BP goes up.

[@Mepharias]

Imagine finding out you have hypertension from Monster Hunter.

[@fernandofaria2872]

I like how the camera outlines your character when you're behind the monster. I would say "take notes, FromSoftware", but by now im convinced they are not interested in ANY change whatsoever.

[@calus_bath_water]

Tbf that would make the game easier, they very obviously are trying to make their games hard as possible

[@fernandofaria2872]

@@calus_bath_water Don't conflate difficulty with inconvenience, it's a bad look.

[@itspetahhh5304]

⁠​⁠@@calus_bath_waternot all types of difficulty are good difficulty, i hardly think “bad camera” constitutes as such

[@kechawachaSLAYER]

Do we know if there will be a public demo too? I live near cologne, so I'd love to play some at the venue.

[@nicoalvarezp2]

Can I customize my dinosaur thingy??

[@dreamsoffury8369]

Someone said yes somewhere during one of these

[@Thevikingninja117]

“Seikret”.

[@kaley3280]

There was a purple one

[@ENZEED]

thank you for compiling them

[@yseress655]

MALE AND FEMALE ARMOUR AVAILABLE FOR BOTH??? LETS FAKEN GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@justkubz]

Seems pretty awesome to me, I can't believe people in this comment section are actually crying about it 😂

[@Willow4526]

As soon as that was said I squealed enough my partner got frightened 😅😂

[@IsraTheBlack]

@@justkubz They are crying about it because they didn't understand what they meant. Now we know for sure that male and female armors are still in the game but we get to choose which ones to equip. No way anyone can be upset about this on purpose.

[@lmaocat759]

@@justkubz yes it's not like the dev force you to use the female armor if you a male 🤣🤣

[@justkubz]

​@@IsraTheBlackI dunno, it looks there are just some people who do not like that a male character can potentially wear a cute skirt and show off their nice legs lol it's pretty silly to get upset over

[@CatwhiskerPurr]

God damn even the health/stamina bar has animations! UI looks so much better now too

[@TuriGamer]

It has literally lost all identity This is just a generic frosted glass tablet UI

[@Thevikingninja117]

@@TuriGamerwrong. L take. Think it’s bad? Ok go make a better game and show us you are smarter than the devs. Go on…prove it. Shut the hell up, stop bitching and get excited. GET EXCITED HUNTER STOP YOUR WINGING.

[@kingofflames738]

​@@TuriGamerit's basically the same as world's but animated and more stylised.

[@Mepharias]

@@TuriGamer What does that even mean?

[@CatwhiskerPurr]

@@TuriGamer I know what you mean, but at the same time I like the new direction. Sometimes you gotta break some eggs they say. I think the idea is more functional for multiplayer hunts. Before it was hard to see if our team mates were doing ok or about to get one shotted, but now we can see it based on their health bar animation. If you see your team's health bar change to red alot you know a big attack is about to happen- this would be the time to get your group heal ready or interrupt the monster. Normally in multiplayer we just focus on our own character and the monster a lil too much. I also think that in Wilds, monster will tend to focus target on a player kind of like the agro mechanics in MMO and the health bar on that player will go a lil crazy. This time if someone carts they can say- " Hey! you saw my health flashing red and you dint save me! I hate you! were not friends no more!" yea this will get more interesting now and i like it!

[@mastazenkei]

Didn't watch it yet , was it confirmed/denied if weapon buffs stay when you swap weapons ? Like hunting horn buff , or max charging longsword giving atk+ buff , will that buff stay when we swap giving a boost to the other weapon ? do we lose charge / insect glaive kinsect progress when we swap ? etc

[@Wordgoblin]

Not sure if I care for the new health and stamina bars. Seems a bit excessively animated.

[@teero121]

agreed. i personally wouldnt have minded if the wavy effects were inside regular solid bars similar to the sharpness icon but the way it is now feels like an unnecessary change. maybe there will be a "simple mode" for the UI. the past games have tons of options so there might be hope

[@manuelito1233]

@@teero121 On top of that, i think it might open up different status effects affecting the colour or animation of the bar, instead of just pulsing purple for example

[@teero121]

@@manuelito1233 thats a very cool idea actually. the waves could become faster and more frantic when on fire or stop completely when hit with ice blight. love that

[@Wordgoblin]

The key is to make it noticable without it being distracting, and not obscuring the actual remaining health (the most important part).

[@FireStormUnleashed]

It looks a bit too modern and busy for my liking, like a SciFi game. And does it warn you when a big hit is coming? That would be super lame ngl. Other than that it all looks clean af

[@wayne-b5u]

can we customise upper body like dragon’s dogma 2 ?

[@かずま-e5e]

やりたい 神ゲー間違いなし！

[@noirknight9770]

one of the few game franchises that has actual god tier gameplay instead of movies

[@objectivelybad]

I'll hold my final judgement until the game is actually out and we can see all the armor, but I'm also not holding out hope that the removal of genderlocked armor is the "ultimate mix and match fashion dream" that everyone is hyping it up as. I remember when they stopped locking armor between Blademaster and Gunner in World, all that really did was turn 90% of armor into Blademaster armor aesthetics, with occasionally an armor set actually looking like Gunner armor used to. We'll get notably feminine armor like Lala Barina, sure, just like with the occasional Gunner armor aesthetic in World, but we'll see what the ratio is on release.

[@cynicalgold9992]

it's not one or the other. we're getting both male AND female armor, just like always. the only difference is now we can wear both no matter what gender we choose

[@kingofflames738]

We're still getting both armors. We're literally seeing that in the weapon trailers.

[@objectivelybad]

@@cynicalgold9992 They said that about Blademaster and Gunner armor too, they were just being renamed to Alpha/Beta armor and you could mix and match now. Great! Except Beta armor was almost always just the Alpha armor with an extra doohickey added/removed instead of being distinctly Gunner armor like it used to be when it was locked. Let me put it this way: You used to have Male/Female and Blademaster/Gunner. So you'd have Male BM (1), Female BM (2), Male GN (3), and Female GN (4). Then they changed Blademaster/Gunner to Alpha/Beta and removed the lock. But the result was Male Alpha (1A), Female Alpha (2A), Male Beta (1B), Female Beta (2B). We lost designs 3 and 4 for a slight variation of designs 1 and 2. Rise then removed Alpha and Beta variations, resulting in just Design 1 and 2. Now they're saying you can pick from Male or Female armor regardless of gender. Based on how things went in World and Rise, what do you think this will result in for the majority of armor: Designs 1 2 3 and 4, Designs 1A/B and 2A/B, Designs 1 and 2, or Design 1A/B? This is why some people are skeptical - we remember the past two games reducing armor variety, one of which said the exact same thing they're saying now about mixing and matching as you please.

[@AysarAburrub]

@@kingofflames738 the weapon trailers dont show all the armor sets in the game. Those could just be different and unique looking because they're the new sets from the new monsters, you know because they're only showing us the cool stuff for promotional purposes and to hype up the game. We still cant be sure that this will be the case for all the armor sets in the game. I do hope that you're right, but ill hold my judgement until the game is released and we see everything.

[@MHrrs78]

Sure is looking good. Was hopeing for some new weapon types but not too disappointed about that. Also love sand dune environments so hopeing for a few interesting sand swimmer designs, like a desert beotodus. Also hope they add some cool insect/invertebrate monsters. This game is gonna land and im all for it

[@addie1198]

There is no tracking in the game like collecting footprint and what not ?

[@Thevikingninja117]

Only first time you hunt a monster apparently.

[@addie1198]

@@Thevikingninja117 you mean you only track for the first time when you hunt ?

[@kg888]

Hopefully not. It annoying.

[@TuriGamer]

All that did was waste a few minutes sniffing poop the first time you fought a monster Completely worthless feature glad its gone

[@addie1198]

@@TuriGamer it's not worthless, it's value is in immersion and it's not gone, it's there for the first time hunt.

[@BasketCase-rr7tx]

I really hope you can turn that white outline off around your character and weapon, it makes your attacks look less impactful for some reason.

[@BBBerti]

Most likely, we had that option in World and Rise

[@BasketCase-rr7tx]

@@BBBerti Never even knew it existed in World and Rise so thats good to know.

[@ninjamurai]

hope we see a demo soon

[@artival22]

Small pet peeve but I liked the classic health and stamina bar much more, this one feels like in the next game we loose the classic item icons too and get rotating 3d models instead...

[@WERSV11]

Release Date is 28th February 25

[@CaptainOrlax]

Bow and Gunlance combo looking hottt 😫

[@TheKniteOwl2686]

You would think as much info and videos they are putting out the game would be releasing soon. Weird

[@sawdust8691]

Ya, they sure are eager to keep throwing out info and trailer😂. I'm down for it, but it does make it feel like it's imminent, but it's not for a while yet.

[@Mepharias]

I think it'll be officially announced during the Nintendo Direct next month. Just a guess, though. I have no evidence for this.

[@kaley3280]

@@Mepharias it isnt even on the switch though

[@honeychonav4027]

They're still cooking, the only thing for release date we've got is early 2025 and you know what? I'm happy for it. Games should give themselves the time to develope. I'll let them cook.

[@seanfussa3076]

This looks like the best game ever made, it's so awesome that I can't even express how excited I am. I'm watching the gamescom footage with a dumb smile on my face the entire time. One moment that is indicative of how dynamic the game is and how much love the devs are pouring into the game is at 9:50 when the one dev asks the dev playing what we're seeing, and he starts getting sucked into a sandpit during a turf war and he just starts panicking and going off topic. Like even one of the people who works on the game, takes part in designing systems, and interacts with it every day is having heaps of fun because of the chaos they've managed to create with this game. That level of enthusiasm is infectious and because of that I can't wait for the game to come out anymore. I NEED IT NOW

[@Vertilgung]

Astroturfing bot comment, wrong platform its not reddit

[@King_Slime1xp]

Everything about this looks great, except for the animated health/stamina bars.

[@ShadoDiablosXD]

That UI made me bust immediately. THIS GAME IS BEAUTIFUL!!

[@moeverine5024]

Where os the impact of weapons

[@tannerpickle]

Man this game is gonna be awesome. I'm just really hoping for a performance mode on console though

[@Kamelosk]

between PoE2 and MH Wilds, my 2025 is pretty much covered x)

[@Loxly-ti4sq]

It shattered my dream that it runs at 30fps on console. I have PC that has similar specs with Xbox series x but damn, it's gonna be like Dragon's dogma 2 optimization all over again isn't it?

[@chrishandsome7012]

Dude this is running on console, it’ll be no different than World quit whining 😂

[@nicjolas]

​@@chrishandsome7012world had performance issues when it first came out, and then they fixed it. lets hope its not the same as world in that case

[@kingofflames738]

This is console gameplay iirc. They set them up there for the demo.

[@yoastertoaster8306]

They really need to change the healthbar imo I really dislike how distracting it is and how it's harder to read it for no reason.

[@Vormelon]

Why does the UI font look like it was made for the switch?

[@ShadoDiablosXD]

It may be the game engine. Rise was made on the RE engine so they could've reused the RE engine. I'm not sure yet.

[@Sirfortune881]

I hope yian kut ku comes back lol miss him

[@AJLoco-]

finally they made the running animation not look disgusting

[@7thmoon438]

Just two things the abilty to Pause the game and a new weapon type(dlc).

[@dylanmo8180]

Thank you 😊

[@ZombieKun5441]

Im not a huge fan of how fast it seems you can get on seikret. Im hopefull that there will be some form of deterrent to keep you from using it for easy rescues. Im however very happy that they have confirmed that you can just have regular meows for the palico, I can see myself getting extremely annoyed with a voiced cat making constant cat puns. The removal of male and female armor also makes me very happy. No longer have to make 2 games to see all the sets.

[@rainbowkrampus]

It's gonna be like Rise. You just ignore the dog. People (cowards) who want to use the dog as a quick escape are free to do so. But they will know in the back of their minds their true shame.

[@Londoniusthe3rd]

@@rainbowkrampusOut of curiosity, do you mind telling me why someone would be ashamed of using the Palamute to disengage if that’s what the game allows?

[@sazo1st]

​@@Londoniusthe3rdjust feels a lil cheap when thinking back to older mh Games where you couldn't even walk with a potion which is already huge for escaping attacks so I feel it could take away a bunch of tension. Yes I know the monsters got faster too but seriously go back to the older games it's still harder to escape. That's at least my experience.

[@ZombieKun5441]

@@Londoniusthe3rd what it is for me is that I just kinda miss the feel of old school MH. I started in 3u and I find myself longing for the preparation game and slow, methodical movements. I've definitely used the palamute to get away from a sticky situation but I just feel it kinda cheapens the experience for me. No shade if someone wants to use it but I would like to have a balance. Jouno did say in rurikhans stream that there will be a downside to using seikret to get out of trouble but didn't specify what that would be.

[@rainbowkrampus]

@@Londoniusthe3rd Sure. It was a joke. The premise being that you could never do that in the past and you couldn't just instantly disengage from a monster. Thus, people who engage in the mechanic are weak and cowardly. The humor being that there were even more cheap ways to disengage in older games by simply changing zones, meaning a monster couldn't even chase you. So anyone engaging in this sort of deranged argument would necessarily be unserious. Of course, one could argue that World offered neither zoning nor dogs. But World didn't have hot and cold drinks. So all 5th fleeters are scrubs.

[@BadEnd98]

Ok, those female presets are gorgeous

[@TheRoleplayer40k]

Only if we get a feminine run/walk cycle too

[@asliceofpecanpie6981]

MANTLES ARE BACK REJOICE

[@WhereIsTiffanyDover]

Still can’t play as the Palico? Shame. Playing as a jacked Palico (like the chef from World) would have been cool

[@gamer4christ654]

I could be wrong but you could hunt as a Palico in GenUlt I think

[@Cptraktorn]

not a big fan of the automation of not only moving around the world but also tracking monsters.

[@BBBerti]

Then just ride to it manually. It is a non issue

[@Cptraktorn]

@@BBBerti arguments like these are actually r*tarded

[@EmilAhvenainen]

@@BBBerti The thing is you already know where the monster is and here is no way to unlearn it. This automation takes the tracking out of the picture completely.

[@DPAE-xc4ph]

Tracking sucked. It just added 5 minutes of wandering around the map wondering where the hell the monster was. Especially in the Ancient Forest. It was a waste of time.

[@MrRenanHappy]

You already had that in MHWorld, so they've only kept it the same way it was before. I dont know what the fuck you mean with automation of moving around the world, it is clearly only for tracking monsters when you toggle it on.

[@dyvawn]

It feels like they're playing it on ps4?

[@Fatlumpthe1st]

It's on a PS5 you can tell by the UI sound at the beginning of the presentation

[@GoofiusNgl]

The game is a demo so most likely not optimised to the fullest, however i'll probably get the game on pc if it runs 30 fps on ps5

[@calus_bath_water]

​@@Fatlumpthe1st so just a ps4 but with no games

[@SuperDeluxe80]

i see the character gets dirty from rolling in the sand.

[@snimon5824]

Finally, my female hunter can look like a knight and my male hunter can have thighs out.

[@Fredinator2011]

All characters being able to wear male and female armor is actually so amazing I don't think people realize how great this is.

[@AysarAburrub]

as long as there are distinct male/female armors then yeah, it's a very good feature. HOWEVER, this opens the door to unifying the armor set designs in future games where we only get one gender-neutral version that everyone can wear and this would suck. It would suck from an artistic design point of view, and dont even get me started on the whole gender neutrality discussion which is a can of worms id rather not open right now.

[@calus_bath_water]

​@@AysarAburrubthen why did you just randomly bring it up💀

[@SuperBulletguy]

The only problem so far is that it's locked at 30fps on consoles, which screams bad optimization, but it could get better until it launches (i hope so). Aside from that, peak MonHun, GOTY material.

[@paganofthenorth448]

All ready handing out GOTY without have even played it. And we wonder why this industry doesn’t change. Will it be good? Probably, but don’t make any judgements until you’ve actually played the damn game.

[@SuperBulletguy]

@@paganofthenorth448 oh yeah, me with all my reality bending powers can will the game into being GOTY, i have the reality stone in my posession.

[@paganofthenorth448]

@@SuperBulletguy You literally just called it GOTY material. Without having even played it.

[@SuperBulletguy]

@@paganofthenorth448 and that somehow makes it GOTY in reality, because i have the reality stone.

[@sakuranohana1014]

What do game companies get when their game get GOTY?

[@ZeroRulz0]

Im a little confused by the armor comment, are they not different between male and female now? Or is there no more gender exclusive armors?

[@AysarAburrub]

they havent really explained it well so it could be either way. Some people are saying it will be the same old armor sets both male and female styles, but they're not locked to a specific gender (or bOdY tYpE for the woke folk out there). Meanwhile other people are afraid that this will open the door to removing gender specific armor styles (like skirts, crowns, bras etc for females) for SOME armor sets in this game, or COMPLETELY in future games.

[@jaylenharris343]

​@@AysarAburrubThat second one has me worried too.

[@calus_bath_water]

​@@AysarAburrubit's really not confusing they straight up said on stream that males can use female armour and vice versa

[@yengereng9962]

a god amongst men...

[@yamnbam4346]

among us

[@KoongYe]

Feeling like people are just wowing for the visuals smh. Alot of the game mechanics seemed to have dumbed down or gotten rid of for the sake of "more action". How much can you get rid of until the franchise becomes easy mode Dark Souls with dragons?

[@ArielK-a]

Which mechanics have been removed or dumbed down? Because it seems to be on par with world to me.

[@cowan1234]

this already GOTY 2025 ez

[@littlekitsune1]

Did they really have to 3D model buttholes to be in our faces tho. XD If they add them to the Palicos, I quit.

[@yamnbam4346]

These comments make me very glad I don’t interact with this game’s community. You *know* what threads I’m talking about.

[@yourdad5799]

The ones that talk about the new armor system alowing female characters to wear male armor and vice versa? Those always devolve to people saying "mh gone woke" and it's awful.

[@clarkyh2014]

I hope they just remove the Male and Female Armor limitations, if they have one universal set per monster then I'm out

[@justkubz]

They showed that there were two options for each helmet...

[@ninjack11]

@@justkubz and they have showed 2 options for each weapon trailer

[@Fireball248]

They have confirmed that you will be able to equip both sets regardless of the gender of your character, so there are still "male" and "female" sets for each monster, they're just not locked to only be equippable by that gender anymore.

[@TheTickyTickyTicky]

Finally female character models actually look female. No more thick waistline and broad shoulders.

[@calus_bath_water]

Female and males have always looked normal in MH wdym

[@yourdad5799]

They always looked female bro. Twitter has rotten your brain

[@mattiemartini5212]

Man why can the palico speak please I beg dont spout out one liners everytime I damage a monster every single hunt. I hope they'll be an option to turn that off.

[@legalito5930]

you can turn off in options!

[@mattiemartini5212]

@@legalito5930 oh thank god

[@charlieribbit8253]

u are god

[@paulettecasey44]

Please, god, just let me change the palico voice without it being tied to the MH language. I really really hate that voice. It reminds me of Paimon from Genshin and i really hate that mascot type of voice in any media let alone Monster Hunter.

[@randalthevandal4170]

Peak

[@adrian_digital]

Long sword Vs Thor kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWq9YYylh8mrh9Esi=bMUazMgFrq8wlxqV

[@someguy4872]

Looks woke

[@Heracles12Labors]

Its not

[@heyheythrowaway]

I look forward to not using CPU companion hunters, turning off palico voices, not using any environmental hazards, only using the mount to chase running monsters, and playing it straight like classic monhun. Seriously would rather they just show off the new monsters' movesets instead of all this pretty fluff that distracts from core combat.

[@BuzzingGoober]

dragons dogma ripoff

[@D1stop1an]

Im ngl, I do not care how the HP and stamina bars look, its whatever to me

[@Chilli_Tea]

Plz let us skip the cutscenes this time round, mh story is hot trash but gameplay is GOATed, what an odd paradigm

[@justincummings357]

weapons all have the same attack, armor has all the same defense. idk how i feel about that

[@elyadrian8871]

It's MH. ???

[@Krasgov]

That's how it's always been it's just Monster Hunter Freedom, 3, 4 and World showed bloat values and not base damage.

[@axis8396]

it's "true attack values", basically that value is what's actually used for calculations alongside things like motion values and other modifiers. The "bloated" values are a half-assed way that's intended to make comparing weapons across classes simpler: why GS does more damage per hit compared to Glaive or Bow for example. However this actually makes it more complicated to compare across classes because in World a 480 Raw GS is the same as a 120 Bow and you just have to arbitrarily know that. Having true values takes that arbitrary bloat out of the equation so now if you have a Longsword at 100 raw and get a Switchaxe at 120 you know that if you play them equally as effectively then the Switchaxe has 20% more damage and there's no arbitrary math that you have to do. Plus we can see our damage numbers anyways making bloat values pretty pointless since you can just look at the screen and see a Greatsword do a big number and Duals do little numbers(ignoring element)