It took 8 Years For Monster Hunter Fans to Find This

[@flyann2]

It's really heartwarming to read everyone's experience with this game in the comments, I'm very happy to share this with all of you. I'm live on twitch right now playing some MHTri if you'd like to join and reminisce! twitch.tv/flyann

[@spyro115]

i respect your input on explaining the uniqueness of MH3-TRI being that MH3U is one of my 1st MH games i had bought along with MH4U. MH3U is one of my favorites along with MHW.

[@culex8197]

Using the wiimote pointer to scan monsters like a Pokedex was cool. I also think they took out armor/weapon wishlists in 3u

[@xSolarPhantomx]

I spent so many hours in Loc Lac with my friends, we did so many stupid runs like kicking monsters to death with no armor, boomerang kills, etc. It was a nice change from the solo/random hunting I was used to. None of my friends owned MH on ps2 or even owned a psp, but they all had Wii's. While MH 3 is one of my least favorite games in the series, I would be lying if I said It was a shitty and boring game.

[@IIIIllllllllIIIIIllll]

I really love how every person talking about their first MH game is so pasionate about it , cares so much about it talks so highly of it. It's like me with World , since i've put 1000 hours into it and Iceborne i've always said it's the best game out of the thousands i have played. Cool to see that the wholesomeness torch passes on to the new generation i guess.

[@luigivenom6054]

Also so more life with the littles monsters moving to a zone to a other and not only disappear on the border. Also many kind of little monsters can be see in the same zone not only that zone is for the Bnahabra or the Jaggi. We can see a lot more Felyne, both color something. Also I had found, well my cousin find that we can use a bomb of poison to poison some ants that the Barroth enjoy to eat in the land of the extreme to get the Barroth poison !

[@NCHProductions]

remember the good Ol days where the literal WALL was the Barroth urgent in loc lac city...and everyone tries their best to help each other clear their urgents.... it was really a time I still remember and the dreaded Barroth urgent quest....

[@AngelMass]

That is the core of the monster hunter veteran community, that's why I don't like how toxic the gamers are getting, specially after World and now Rise

[@mystacron3702]

@@AngelMass I would say that I’ve met a fair few genuinely outgoing vet hunters in my time in World (haven’t played as much of Rise as of yet so wouldn’t know) so the values are still there, just not as widespread as in previous gens because of the huge influx of newer players from World’s popularity.

[@ianholliday5956]

Barroth hit zones were brutal back then

[@OwenOrNewo]

I'm so happy to hear you say this. Recently whenever I say Barroth walled me when I first played Monster Hunter, to the point I nearly gave up, I feel bad. It's reassuring to know I wasn't the only person who had trouble with him!

[@cassa9759]

@@OwenOrNewo I started with 3U (after this video i kinda wish i started with Tri lol) and i was walled by even the nerfed Barroth as well for a bit x) though my first big wall was Qurupeco, that little shitter always got me with his flints

[@sybdoodles]

there are literal tears in my eyes, I wasn't aware of just how much I've missed Loc Lac Tri was the only game I actively played with people online, met a bunch of sweet people I've sadly lost contact with since. seeing that it's being revived makes me feel all kinds of warm

[@DepressoSquad]

I'm in the same boat, I had some really good friends I met on mh3. I also lost contact with them, it's always a sad feeling when it happens. As you cannot tell them how good of a friend they were etc.

[@TeamDarkside]

How wholesome this video is... Fantastic script and choice of footage! Thank you for that! Not gonna lie it brought up a tear - Chris

[@flyann2]

It's an honour to hear such praise from you! I appreciate it

[@frankemme5160]

True, I got chills

[@dirtyconsole2247]

I’ve already had my moments of reliving it, so the nostalgic pain is gone, but I still got chills when the Tavern theme played at the end. The song of my entire teenage life.

[@daethedeva8055]

Ugh, I was trying not to be sad. But for the fact Team Darkside posted this comment, I broke.

[@dirtyconsole2247]

@@daethedeva8055 no need to be sad if you have a PC or Wii that can run Tri on Dolphin. Live it again, bro.

[@TheBlackLink]

MHTri really was an amazing experience of a game. Online play, underwater, the feel of Moga Woods, and the clash with Ceadeus. To this day it still stands as my favorite Monster Hunter.

[@JustSomeMemes]

This brought me right back to middle school! Very nostalgic and well narrated. Good video!

[@adhdproductions1851]

Fancy seeing you here

[@samuro3420]

Oh hey it's you

[@edowado6245]

Where's Ted???

[@Soulmizute]

1) where's Ted 2) nice to know you are also nostalgic to this game

[@TheHorseWhoKnows]

Man. It’s so unreal seeing those final moments. I lived the final moments with a best friend of mine. We’ve been friends for nearly 10 years now. This is so nostalgic. We got one final clear on alatreon as a send off together. Brought a tear to my eye

[@TheMiketroid]

Game preservation? That’s the good shit right there

[@Mestrinox]

Blessed be the KZbin algorithm. I have a huge feeling of nostalgia and emptyness in my heart. Tri was not my first MH but was my first online experience of all. I had such a great time playing it. In this game i really feared the Barroth and although now it feels like a tutorial monster i have great respect for this animal thanks to Tri. Thanks for the video

[@acozygoji]

This is what I love about Monster Hunter as a series, it actually feels like each game in the series has its own unique feel from each other, even from their expansions. I look forward to experiencing this game eventually.

[@baconboi4482]

@Keshuel yeah it’s sad how people are so graphic focused now, people will overlook Tri just because it doesn’t look like it was made this last year

[@AkumaFromYomi]

I agree like I can understand for some games but this here...as long as I can beat the shit out of monsters and use their bodies to make more weapons to beat the crap out of monsters

[@zikof5646]

@Keshuel The scenarios are still very detailed and the art direction aged well too, i don't think why anyone would find this game ugly

[@rinnnnnnnnnnrinRinOnishi]

@Keshuel bruh I'm the exact opposite. I love these old visuals. Theres a difference from an art style and visual fidelity and the art style of these games still hold up quite well

[@jakesnake1793]

I actually thought this was the best looking game in the series until World. Maybe my rose colored graphics are too thick, but the visuals were much better looking in their more muted state in this game.

[@AndrewTooyak]

Whoa, did not expect to see my Split-Screen video clipped in this video KZbin recommended to me 😆 Thanks for the nod and thanks for the high-quality video about Tri 🥰

[@mhbarney8499]

I am literally crying right now. Everything u just sad is true for me as well. - First MH i played - Best online modus a MH Game has ever had - made so many Friends - the Part of my soul being destroyed when the servers shot down ...I will 100 % try to make this work.

[@korayk1999]

So true.. i miss this game so much.. i was there before the server shut down forever 🥲

[@kennethsmith5383]

Big same. I miss playing with randos in france and zimbabwe. We should petition to get the stuff to revive the servers.

[@xSpyroTheDragon]

same. Poeple these days can´t even understand why I was so disappointed with MH World or Rise for example. They don´t deliver this unique awesome challenging experience. I remember dying so often even against Great Jaggi, since it was my first MH.

[@caaltaes732]

Me too, who knows maybe we met in Loc Lac and never knew. My characters were Carlos (male) or Ayla (female) in the American Server.

[@somewhereelse1235]

@@xSpyroTheDragon I can somewhat understand that. A friend got me into MH through World and another recommended me GenU before I got too far in Pre-World games feel clunky from World back, World feels hand-holdy from GenU and before. I had the interesting experience of having had friends who had long time experience with the series to direct me that way as I got a switch about when I got World

[@Tomohran]

MH Tri will always be special to me. Loc Lac was my first “online” experience in video games and I’ll never forget it or the way it made me feel.

[@kingofflames738]

We really haven't had any BIG cities present in the games for quite some time, have we? Loc Lac was the last one. 4th Gen Dondurma doesn't count. The amount of the city accessable in 4U is more akin to a village.

[@digiquo8143]

Loc Lac wasn't even really technically that big, World's solo area is larger. But it's the sheer scale of the backdrop of it that really makes it feel huge, the gigantic Jhen Mohran fang sticking up out of the oasis, the buildings sprawling for miles around you, the gigantic gates as you enter the city to find a lobby, all really build the feeling that you really are in a city.

[@creativebusinessunit7506]

Hopefully in the next big Monster Hunter game which hopefully will be made for PC/PS5 we will have the biggest cities ever seen in MH history

[@West_Out12209]

I just want old Monster Hunter back, that feeling of new things never seen before! All the weapons and choosing which to pick out. It felt so much more fun then now with Rise and World. Something just feels missing and I think it's just me being stuck in the past.

[@somewhereelse1235]

@@West_Out12209 as someone who's first few months MH was shared of GenU and World, I can't say I blame you. Having gotten rise and having seen a lot of returning monsters from World, which in of itself didn't have many new monsters with many coming from previous games still, it was a little disappointing. I don't want to fight Rathian for the 4th game in a row.

[@somewhereelse1235]

@@Goodboy77717 Which is a bit of a shame with how many variants the two have that function close to the same as the originals. I probably wouldn't grumble as much about fighting them every game if they changed them up every now and then.

[@TufanK93]

I am playing Mh Series since 2004 but Tri is something special to me i cant explain.

[@RiftFishing]

My friends who never played Tri think I'm crazy when I say I prefer Tri to 3U, but this video expresses perfectly why Tri will always have a special place in my heart. The pacing, the atmosphere, the sprawling online city and the feeling of logging into Loc Lac while a sandstorm was ongoing was something that rivals some of my favorite moments in my gaming history. I love that this is now possible again. You can be sure that as soon as multiplayer is available, I'll be frantically grabbing my friends to join the hunt and experience a piece of lost history again.

[@flyann2]

I'm very happy to hear it. Hope I see you folks online when the day it becomes possible!

[@ALankstah]

Loc Lac is without a doubt one of the best times for me as a monster hunter player, I can't wait for the day online returns to play with everyone again

[@WusterWasti]

Pacing is something that later Monster Hunter games didnt really have. You just wanted to breeze through all the monsters, it didnt feel that much impactful if you thought your first Rathian you just wanted to see the golden Rathian. It made a huge impact on me that Tri was my first MH so every Monster really felt like i was encountering it for my first time. The difficulty was challenging but so rewarding. Killing the Jhen mohran for the first time, not knowing what makes damage or what you have to do, was an amazing experience. Leveling up your Hunter Rank, earning new Rooms, getting furniture, it felt like you were living in Loc Lac. Everytime you had to connect to it, via Internet, it felt like you were traveling to it. I really hope that soon we can play it again with friends and experience Tri again to its fullest.

[@Hazearil]

Eh, I got in the franchise with Iceborne, and I can't say I agree on just wanting to breeze through all the monsters like you said. And me wanting to do each monster at least once solo before getting help made it also very challenging.

[@WusterWasti]

@@Hazearil Understandable, first time MH is always great. You experience every monster for the first time and learn their patterns. Im glad that you are having a good time with Iceborn.

[@dhedemadong]

sacrifices had to be made... i do feel like that, world just seems so short for me and my fellow mhfu friend, we used to take time to strategize and preparing for the next urgent quests. In world tho, i remember just need to make 2 different armor set before facing nergi and going straight to teostra set and then begin to grind those fkin attack decos

[@WusterWasti]

@@dhedemadong Yeah there is no denying that MH got easier and newcomer friendly with every entry. Which is totally fine and many QoL improvments in World are really great. But what made the older titles so good, was that the journey to High or G Rank was the main part of the game, like leveling in Classic WoW. Also I thought that vanilla Worlds engdame was really lame, grinding elders for decos so.. you can grind them faster .. for decos? Wasnt really that exciting for me as a goal.

[@jimjimson6208]

I honestly really like the pacing of new monster hunter games, but maybe that is just because I have less time to play videogames than I did back when I picked up Tri for the first time. I have gone back and played the original Monster Hunter and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite since then and while I definitely enjoyed them (mostly, I'm looking at you bullfango), it often felt to me like content was unnecessarily spaced out and (especially in the original) required an unreasonable amount of grinding to progress.

[@jonahrodrigues]

Tri was my intro to the series as well. Thank you for this fantastic video.

[@professorbean5791]

This game made a Monster Hunter fan for life out of me. I've played every entry since, and even went back and played many of the previous titles, but there will *Never* be another Monster Hunter experience quite like Tri. At least not for me. I remember when I first picked up Tri. I had never even heard of Monster Hunter, but looking at it it seemed like a neat action RPG. Still, being on the Wii I had no idea how insanely enthralling the world, combat, and even just crafting gear would be. I played through the ENTIRE game on Wiimote and Nunchuck using Switch Axe before finally getting a pro controller and somehow still had a blast with every second. Most of all I was blown away that such a thriving, robust online community was present *on a Nintendo Wii tittle.* Plugging in a keyboard and getting to chat with players online? again- *ON THE FREAKING NINTENDO WII* was just such a wild thing to think was real. Also, I will fight anyone who tries to tell me Tri didn't have one of the BEST marketing campaigns of the day. If you've never seen any of the Ironbeard ads... You should really remedy that.

[@digiquo8143]

Bro, the Ironbeard ads and the Monster Ecology videos that were featured on the Wii Shop channel leading up to MHTri's release are literally what convinced me I had to buy the game.

[@pezaroo1234]

All of this!!! 😍 I literally went out to buy myself a keyboard purely for Tri, and funnily enough I still use that keyboard for gaming to this day lol. Tri has hands down the best online experience out of all MH games so far, and I truly wish for another MH game to bring back that experience! As I met so many amazing friends and had so many awesome memories that still heavily influence my life now , it's crazy 🙂 Tri will always be special

[@StevenSanterre]

Fancy seeing you here. Tri was my first game! I was so confused, but eventually fell in love!

[@Animalace3]

I'm only sad that I wasn't able to play MH: Tri when there was online capability. My brothers and I picked up the game after the servers were shut down IIRC (or very close to shutting down) since I don't remember ever playin in Loc Lac.

[@rinnnnnnnnnnrinRinOnishi]

I wish rise had a social space like tri and to a lesser extent,world

[@ChronoSapien815]

Tri was not my first MH but it was the one that hooked me. By far the best experience I had on my Wii was running urgent quests for ppl in Loc Lac. Nothing brought me more joy than shepherding a new player, helping them understand the way the game works, or simply helping them get over their own personal 'wall'. The closest i got to re-experiencing this was the first Dark Souls dropped, it was so satisfying to help someone get through a tough spot. Thanks for reminding me of how much I loved my time playing Tri.

[@annoyinprophet2229]

We used to call the Worldeater Jho Jhozilla. Man tri was a good game. Thank you for giving us this sweet trip down memory lane:)

[@flyann2]

My pleasure! I hope to fight him again someday :)

[@florianp1283]

It is my 1st mh game and this game leaded me to try the older games. Every game is a jewel for me. Even if the older lead to rage 😅😂

[@morganpriest7726]

Epic idea: bring back jhozilla as a deviant deviljho

[@AegisAuras]

I miss the days when MH actually had a community feel to it. On MH1, Tri, TriU, the endgame for me and my friends was the social aspect. For hundreds, some times literally thousands of hours after all the content was cleared and gear was crafted, we’d just spend our time helping others clear, farm, do whatever. We’d actually chat, like all the time. We’d stay in a single lobby for up to 8 hours some days. We’d go to lunch, take breaks, come back, and the boys would still be there. We made friends. The true MH endgame was the people. Now, since worlds and afterwards, the community aspect is nearly gone. The focus is on quick joining and then ditching town the instant you get the item you need or even right when the quest is over. There no more “turn towns”, no more sustainable lobbies. At least on console, the chat system isn’t even usable in combat, as it takes so long to load and disables your control of your character. No one chats anymore besides the occasion pre-set. I barely even see those anymore either. Now, after me and my friend get the latest even cleared, there’s nothing else we can really do. In the past titles we’d head off to low level lobbies, help the same people out for hours and make friends. We made so many friends we’d have to appear offline at times otherwise we’d constantly get messages to join up. Now there none of that. Monster Hunter feels so lonely now. I suppose we’ll always have the memories, but it’s hard seeing the most beloved series of your life, one you’ve been with since 2004, devolve into something less, something empty and lonely.

[@kaen4299]

It's not true there is nothing to do, you can still help people out with the high rank missions or even master rank and jiva siege's. At least that's what i do. But yeah i'd also like it to be more alive when it comes to communicating, especially chatting. You can chat in PC but even then people barely chat. The gathering hub is always empty nowadays people just stick to SOS flares.

[@DexFire1115]

@@kaen4299 SOS flare... Even though I started with and have only played World (Stories 2 doesn’t count), I hate the SOS flare so much. To me, it feels like it defested the point of even struggling in the game and probably costed the enjoyment of millions of players. “Whats that? You can’t handle Teostra’s supernova because you lack the knowledge to slot in fire resistance and eat a veggie platter? SOS FLARE TO THE RESCUE!” *HR 999 joins* Back in bade world (I was only like 11 lol) my dad, his friend, and I were trio-ing the game. My dad’s friend would always tell us to use the SOS flare, and my 11-year old self decided “why not!” Before quitting for about two years around the middle of 2018, I always played multiplayer yet never interacted with anyone; I was basically playing on easy mode. Then around the summer of 2020, I returned to Monster Hunter thanks to one day I was bored and felt like booting up my xbox after a year of inactivity. I wouldn’t get Iceborne till August, yet I would grind high rank for at least 100 hours. During that time, I played completely solo and learned dual blades (before then I was a NORMAL AMMO Heavy Bowgun main). When I got Iceborne, I played that solo as well, even up to Fatalis. Since then, I’ve felt as though SOS is just a crutch that doesn’t teach you about the game because there is nothing forcing you to learn. Playing Iceborne solo with zero game knowledge really forced me to learn and adapt. Out of all of the monsters I fought, I would have to say Barioth was my mentor in Iceborne. Prior to him, I was running the HR Fire & Ice dual blades which, despite their dual element, are practically worthless. That added on to the fact that Barioth was hitting like a truck unlike those prior to him meant I couldn’t kill him in my first few attempts. Then, I found out how to exploit elemental weakness and used the anjanath dual blades. While it might sound like a meaningless tip, it changed my play-style as a dual blades main, the most element reliant weapon in the game. If I just chickened out and SOS flared, I would’ve never had the drive to learn elemental optimization. In my time playing end-game worldborne, I helped plenty of low level players, both in SOS and hub. When I did these quests, I always looked at every build and mentally critiqued them. In fact, I would go on to help two people optimize their builds. Those that I just saw were depressingly horrible. After defeating Fatalis solo, I went on hub sessions to grind Fatalis eyes, and on one occasion I saw an incest glaive player who was wearing safi and *NO* decorations! This person must’ve just skipped all the guides pertaining to decos or was doing a challenge (unlikely since it was multiplayer). There were others that were just terrible and not tales of decoless gaming. Basically what I’m saying is SOS took away the little challenge in the game for so many players by drugging them into basically getting auto completes on quests that otherwise would hard clap they because they are still using bone armor- oh wait... *DEFENDER* This game’s story was easy enough if you knew what you were doing, SOS just killed the experience. I’m glad I soloed every monster, and it actually felt like an accomplishment. Fatalis was such a fun yet frustrating fit, and finally defeating it brought so much joy. I definitely wouldn’t have felt the same if I did that on multiplayer.

[@aninymouse1651]

This 100%. Playstation community is nonexistent compared to the Wii community a decade earlier. I used to text chat and VOICE CHAT constantly in Tri, and just with the Wii and add-ons.

[@shakalakalegend1216]

As someone who plays MH mostly alone now i realize that tri really was something, joining lobbies with no goal in mind just to have fun was an experience i probably wont have in the future titles, unless they put out something more mmolike which i cant see them doing.

[@jerelhooper4477]

@@aninymouse1651 it used to be somewhat alive during the portable 3rd series tbh with like the little green app I can't remember what it was called exactly, but communication wise it prob will never be the same :(

[@daltonchandler5217]

While I love the games themselves as they are, the true reason I put in over a thousand hours in Loc Lac city was the social aspect. Meeting new people, making new friends, staying up for hours and hours hanging out with total strangers. I remember using my HOME PHONE as if it was voice chat. Been a fan ever since. Tri's online component was truly special and for me personally, has not been rivaled by any other Monster hunter, or really any game since. Worldborne just doesn't scratch that same itch, no one really chats anymore, and with the SOS system you can't stick around with people doing quests you need. Sixteen player lobbies also took some of that charm away, made it less personal. My hope is that with Wilds, that changes.

[@suzannafreund5745]

I never had the chance to experience Tri, having only gotten into the series in 2013 when MH3U released. (I was 11 at the time, if you can believe it. I hardly can.) I absolutely love how every fan of this series has such an emotional connection to their experiences with their first time playing it. I don't know if it's just me, but it sounded a lot like you were close to tears towards the end during some of those lines. I felt that in my heart, despite only having adjacent experiences. I can't get over how cool it is how these games give us empathy for each other and the nostalgia it brings us. I wouldn't have met my wonderful girlfriend if she and I didn't share those same experiences. Even though she's a bit older than me and played Tri as her first MH game, I am so thankful for the fact that she and I can share those same feelings for Moga village and 3rd-gen MH in general. I'll share this video with her after writing this comment. :)

[@falconeer3245]

Man, that’s hella beautiful. Too bad there’s like no one around my age that plays MH, they’re all playing the popular games like counter strike, split gate and so on. I mean everyone at school only knows about it because I play it at school, so while they’re all playing the new games and spending a lot of money on micro transactions, I’m still sitting here with my old ps2 playing monster hunter 1. I mean yeah the MH games cost a bit, but they can bring you endless hours of fun. And while they’re sitting there with their $20 worth of skins because they think it looks cool, I’m sitting here with my armor that actually makes a difference in gameplay. And that’s what I love about Monster Hunter, and don’t get me started on the gem that is the community, almost everyone’s friendly and is willing to help out on a difficult quest or material farming. Most of my best friends and I met while playing MH4U and now we still play it and we play through the entire games together. I hope I used the dollar sign correctly. I’m not really sure how to use it since where I live we use Sek

[@roxxxydubois]

kids

[@kaisolomon5187]

Crazy, I have a similar story. I was 11 too when I first played 3u

[@DyingFireDC]

Hey man, just needed to make it apparent how excellent this video is. It means so much to me. Tri was my first MH as well, and I played it absolutely to death through house moves and multiple grades of school. I had so many friends and spend hundreds (thousands) of hours hanging out with all of them, even if I have no way to connect with any of them now. It is surely THE most formative game in my life, and seeing someone praise exactly what I would say about that magical experience means a lot. Almost crying, lol. Thanks so much for making this video.

[@noaokami]

I've never clicked on a video so fast! Seeing someone highlight just how unique and fun Tri really was warms my heart. It was the game that got me into the series and I think the difficulty curve made clearing the fights so much more rewarding. I too remember the day the servers shut down... I never played online much, but it was sad to see Loc Lac disappear. I'm really glad there's a little community out there trying to amend that. Great video :)

[@hubhikarilives]

So cool to watch the reveal that online works, and then see how much hope you had a year prior. This is so cool that it is back

[@jangelorum]

Man, this got a tear in my eye. I can't even describe the feeling i got just thinking back on my experience in Tri. I'm playing Rise and I thought the difference was just the fact I won't be able to feel like I felt in 2013, but it also is because the game is also just a charm all on its own. How I miss it. To see it again...i must thank them for this project. It truly means a lot. Loc Lac be eternal!

[@bryceconner2663]

I never played Tri. For me, my first big Monster Hunter experience was Freedom Unite. I put literally thousands upon thousands of hours into it. My friends data corrupted, so I deleted an 8000 hour file and started new with him. He and I played so much together. It was a big foundation of my teen years. He and I were best friends and it was in part to MHFU. Even though I never played Tri, I love what seeing passion and fun experiences other people have just for the franchise as a whole. You're clearly passionate about tri and it was really interesting to see some of the unique things I missed out on. Thanks for the video. (:

[@XiasIV]

You said everything I've felt about Tri. The difficulty. The art style and color palette....it's magical.

[@ChunkyTheClown]

I completely agree, especially regarding the style of the game. I recognize that many people enjoy mobile gameplay and the bright, fun, highly saturated color pallets of titles like 4U and Generations, but I personally feel like investing in more powerful engines and utilizing a more muted, realistic style like we see in Tri and World absolutely works to Monster Hunter's advantage. Like, I adore all the games in the series, but Tri and World are easily the ones that have stuck with me the most and I'd argue that it's primarily due to way their realistic designs get me so much more immersed in their worlds compared to every other title. There are other gameplay elements that tie into immersion, of course, but the style difference is definitely one of the primary factors at play in a point by point comparison. Don't get me wrong, I love the colorful pallets of the other games. I think they're endlessly fun and I can feel the energy and passion of the developers coursing through their bombastic style, but at the end of the day, they always wind up feeling a bit too "gamey" to me. I'm motivated to hunt, sure, but it's almost always JUST to hunt, to repeatedly engage with the core gameplay loop for a while before stopping when I've acquired the drop(s) I need, only to repeat the process later on in search of something different. In comparison, Tri and World make me feel like I'm truly living in their worlds, a part of the village just like any other hunter, pursuing monsters that are more animal than mere boss enemy. They completely sell me on the idea that the other games put forward, but fail to capitalize on in quite the same way: that this world is beautiful, interconnected, and deserving of respect. They make me want to not only hunt monsters in an endless grind for materials and gear, but to seek out and explore hidden places, wander about in their open areas without a focused goal in mind, and just vibe out in the towns and cities while music plays in the background and the villagers and palicos go about their business. At the end of the day, it all comes back to the style of these games and the feeling of immersion that results. It is the primary reason I have passively hunted more Great Jaggi on the Deserted Island than any other monster in Tri and spent endless hours seeking out every single endemic creature in World (gold crown, large and small), yet I never managed to muster the motivation to find all the Relic Records or taking pictures of all the endemic life in Rise. Again, don't take this to mean I don't love the other games with all my heart, this is just my subjective take on why I think I have such emotional ties to Tri and World relative to the others. 4U's emphasis on verticality completely revolutionized the series and it had a genuinely interesting story that got me more invested in the Caravan than I've been in any other Monster Hunter plot, Generations was a beautiful love letter to the series and its weapon/hunter arts turned the entire framework of combat on its head in a delightfully entertaining way, and Rise is currently proving that the technical leaps we saw in World can be translated effectively to a mobile platform and complements those innovations with the versatile Wirebug mechanic. All of the Monster Hunter games are incredible and have pros and cons that are very worth discussing, but in the single case of style, I personally believe many of them come up a bit short of Monster Hunter's true potential.

[@XiasIV]

@@ChunkyTheClown I see I have met a cultured hunter. 4U happens to be my favorite for the amount of content and things such as a driving force monster -How Gore Magala was this looming threat and how the Frenzy Virus affected like everything in the game..and the standoff you had with his true form ontop of the sacred peak. In terms of color palette I think for what its worth in my opinion, 4U gets a pass..here's why . 4U kept the identity of its direct predecessor. 3U did not. I think back to how we agree on Tri's entire aesthetic and world building. 3 Ultimate was really fun, but it was trying to be something Tri wasnt...meaning it did not feel like "Tri But Better" A super bright over colorful monster hunter game with low difficulty vs a more subdued style with high difficulty. 4U expanded off of 4 in the same direction of world building and color pallete. 3U ,visually, feels as if it was having an identity crisis in terms of what to do. It made me cross compare Tri and 3U and I wasnt sure what 3U's redesign choice was supposed to accomplish. I adore 3U. I have like 600 hours in it. However alot of atmospheric and gameplay letdowns were things like you,me, and this video talk about. Difficulty just plummeting to rock bottom. Atmosphere such as the overly bright cave systems and areas took away a sense of exploration even though they were small areas. In summary, there is just something about Tri that will always stick out to old veterans like us. 😁

[@blazingruin2975]

Tri was my first entry into the series, everything you mentioned is absolutely true of how I feel. I clocked in over 2,000 hours of total play time. The slow burn, the well paced monster progression, the difficulty, everything nails it on the head as a perfect gaming experience. Now the #1 thing that Tri had that no other game has in comparision is the social connection. In all titles after Tri, I've been hoping that the next game would fill that hole of being able to have such deep intricate relations as Tri had for me. But with each new title, I was met with disappointment. I am looking forward to seeing Loc Lac rise to glory again. It is an experience all Monster Hunter fans need to have!

[@MegaNancyLover]

Why didnt you try 3 Ultimate? I had a fantastic online social experience in that game.

[@BurnerShiro]

I loved listening to the tavern music right after quest. Made so happy listening to that. Nothing can’t replace Loc Lac. My only disappointment was my nephew deleting my 800+ hours file from the game. Felt like a piece of me was destroyed with it

[@mrb6088]

Oh dude that's horrible! My original MH1 file is still on my memory card in my PS2. But yeah I sometimes play the music from the MH1 online hotels "Queen room" as although king was better for player boosts the music in queen was the best. It's crazy how much this game series connects with people.

[@derdessennamenniemandwei2473]

People always complained about the clunky water combat, however I always thaught it was very enjoyable if you just focus.

[@AllyJ1141]

Ahhhh Loc Lac 😔😔😔.... I swear to god people just dont know what they missed! Tri was far from just being a MH game. It was a chat room.. Like a whole social platform to meet awesome people, like, just random like minded hunter chatting. I used to just sit in Loc lac and LITERALLY talk and chat with friends and randoms for literal hours and hours... Sometimes I went through entire sessions without hunting a single monster! The MH tri community was the BEST back in the day, and the best part was it was complicated enough that smaller kids didnt even give it a second look, SO, we were always around someone our ages(15-19) or older. It was like Discord BEFORE Discord 😌😌😌 Maaan I miss it

[@mrb6088]

MH1s online was the same, the amount of times I was just sat in the Queen room of the hotel cause the music was lush and just chatting with people for hours. I loved that Tri had it aswell as by then the MH1 serves were gone and the psp games (though fun) didn't have the community aspect. Don't get me wrong I love MHW but I do miss the having a city side of it as the gathering areas are too small in world

[@pcdeltalink036]

It was sometimes annoying working around the chat filter though. Heaven forbid you say the word "kill" in a game about capturing or killing monsters (we used "slay" to get around that). And same thing with just stupid censoring, like the word "after." I don't care if it's a curse word in German. I'm not German and I'm not speaking in German.

[@Tri-xz2yx]

I have tears in my eyes, man. Thank you SO much for making this video and the YT algorithm for recommending me it. Tri was my first Monster Hunter game and it was the best gaming experience of my life with thousands of hours in this charm. When the servers closed I didn't have the oppurtunity to play and was heartbroken. I've been following the development of private servers for a long time, but none of them managed to revive Loc Lac sadly. This is such great news

[@sauze_5607]

I just wanna say from that bottom of my heart, thank you for making this video, this game not only got me into the best series in all of gaming imo, but it showed me what a real gaming community could be, the almost 3k hours I spent with random people across the word every day helping eachother out with our goals of reaching Alatreon one day, and then finally doing it and beating it with those same people are the memories I think of first when I hear “Monster Hunter”. I hope you guys and gals are living great lives, and thank you for helping me with Barroth!!!!

[@shiron1076]

Ghaddam man. Never played this game and only saw this vid in my recommended but damn you made me cry. Hope everyones effort come to fruition

[@zadonzd8604]

I'm actually in tears. That ending hit hard man. Well done dude!

[@MaryArts]

Chatting with friends in MH was never the same again since Tri... I miss the times when you would really really befriend other hunters and chat about everything. Now it is already a hustle to just write what quest you want to take.

[@KnightsDisillusion]

Tri is where i REALLY got into Monster Hunter. Also yeah! Tri really does stand on it's own two feet in the series. 1500 hours well spent.

[@spoiledrice1185]

I haven't tried MHTri, but i love the cutscenes where people walking are wearing their hunting suit interact with other hunters and stuffs, like they made it like hunting is everyday job. Unlike in MHRS where cutscenes are mostly focused only to the player and no other hunters, mostly people wearing their uniforms and MHWI where things are going too serious

[@deblu2206]

This was my entry to the franchise and I’ve been playing ever since. This brought back all the nostalgia and feels my dude. So happy you could remind me of those days. Thank you!

[@flyann2]

I'm glad I can make someone else feel the same way I did when I heard the news! Pleasure is all mine.

[@argo6043]

I love when the random passionate video about a game I have no connections to shows up in my recommended. Hearing people talk about the games they love will always be one of the most enjoyable things to me. Super well made!

[@ChosenOne41]

I started with MH4U but when I heard about Tri being on a home console I felt the need to find a copy of it for myself. I know that 3U was on Wii U but I only had a Wii. Thing is I started playing after the online was already shut down but as a single player game it is actually quite interesting how it is a bit slower in pace for how it introduces monsters compared to other games in the series.

[@omar7311]

I played nearly every MH. The memories that i have from playing mh2ndg with my friends are as precious as it gets. I did not play tri, but i can understand your suffering and it moved me.

[@mystacron3702]

As someone that finished village in Tri but never got to experience Loc Lac fully before 3U came around, it’s brilliant to see that myself and others can now share in the nostalgia that so many hunters have of the place. Sepalani, InusualZ and everyone else involved you all are madlads and a credit to the MH community!

[@pheonixMHTri]

I know alot of people say they didnt like the underwater combat, but I loved it and Cedeaus is one of my favorite monsters to this day.

[@n0ctiz456]

I really like how this video is, sort of like a documentary, huge W

[@MonMoon2]

The Fact that all of this is coming back to us, puts me in tears. I can't wait to be able to experience Loc Lac again. imo still the best city in the series

[@Soulmizute]

None of us can lie the best online hub list goes loclac, dos dundorma and then minegarde

[@badasstoad9419]

I started on MH1. I played every MH game since. And yet, MHTri feels like my real home as a Hunter. ❤️😊 MONSTER HUNTER FOR LIFE! And Loc Lac be eternal! 🍻

[@prasmahendra4172]

Yeah thats my first MH too, that game was a mythical experience. Thats game felt so real and so amazing full of mystery and really touched my soul. even the first encounter to velociprey felt so dangerous and amazing. I picked MH because I liked Jurassic Park Movie and thats why I felt so scared to velociprey which are look like velociraptor. The best experiences I got in MH 1 is when I climbed up to the Rathalos Nest to stole some eggs. Thats was amazing experiences when you go to unlocked area in the area you usually go to find some herb and mushroom and finally meet the dragon in the cover art of the game

[@ceratedsign4825]

🍻

[@Nifty02020]

Seeing this actually has me crying. I spend thousands of hours in that city growing up. I couldn't possibly be happier that I could return, and even potentially on the wii with my original character. Thank you so much for bringing this to light and to all the people who got it working

[@SuperRitz44]

Incredible, this jogged up my memories, wonderful effort by you and these people! MH Tri was my favorite and I remember exploring Loc Lac like it was yesterday

[@eligonzales186]

Remember. This is our first monster game. It's got lot to offer.

[@ivoryfalcon5494]

man, you made me remember all the good times in this, i found 3 friends randomly hosting, we were up almost every day for weeks levelling through this, i remember our first devil jho, jhen moran, and the worst, Ivory Lagiacrus, the frustration and eventually win against that beast, and we'd always meet in loc lac, an amazing experience

[@maximillionpegasus5160]

Sorry to be that guy, but Ivory Lagiacrus was introduced in 3U- so not Loc Lac That said, I'm also super nostalgic for Loc Lac and can't wait to get my WiiU setup to join a private server (hopefully with my old save file)

[@Lucky_pumpz]

This video really hit home man… I miss this game so much, the amount of times I went through it from start to finish waiting for another mainline game. You deserve a sub for this one buddy

[@malakazam]

This is main channel worthy. Can’t wait for more vid essays

[@Mini_Minamitsu]

For an outsider, this felt like a massive bait. Was expecting to hear about some kind of mystery that people finally uncovered, but it's just a nostalgia trip ending with "and people might get multiplayer to work again but not yet"

[@fayro2319]

I got MH Tri about 2 years after online shut down. After having completed the base game a few years back, I felt robbed that I couldn't continue my time hunting on the online expansion. Seeing this video has really made me happy and I love you with all my heart. Tri was my first, and favorite, monster hunter game of all time and being able to play the other quests has made me super happy! Thank you!

[@notsae66]

I started the series with Tri, yet I never even got to Loc Lac before the servers closed down. To me, the closest experience I have to sitting in Loc Lac and chatting with other hunters was helping people through the Zorah Magdoros fight and shooting the shit while the timer ticks down. To me, that fight was my random MH chatroom; being a MR 999 hunter talking with fellow veterans and newbs alike, just casually sitting atop a massive monster and talking about whatever, is something I'll never forget.

[@pablosoria4071]

Ah, the game that made me fall in love with the series. This was one hell of an experience for 8 year old me, the dificulty, the art style, the uniqueness of it all… Thank you, you’ve made me remember a lot of great memories. Even though I love the modern titles, I really hope they bring back the old style of Monster Hunter. I’m not talking about something like GU, I want something like Tri and Dos (I haven’t played that one but I’ve heard and seen stuff from the game and I think it would be great to go back to those days)

[@mhnorton3577]

You can hear him half-crying in the end

[@tailesque]

I'm surprised Moga's day/night cycle (and accompanying Moga night theme) wasn't mentioned in the differences between Tri and 3U. It was always one of the most striking omissions in 3U to me; Moga never felt quite the same, eternally bathed in sunlight.

[@deadbyhammer9815]

I'm really glad this didn't aged well 0:39

[@dirtyconsole2247]

Just watched an 8:50 ad for one of my all time favorite games. I ate up every second. Have successfully gotten back into my home Loc Lac and did indeed cry. Thank you to Sepalani, InusualZ, and the developers of Dolphin for making this possible. And thank you, flyann 2, for helping to spread the word.

[@7XHARDER]

Holy shit I’m late, I remember being on the servers and everyone saying their goodbyes. I don’t think any movie or anime could break my heart more than that moment, glad to have hunted with the ogs

[@fabianscholz6721]

The socialising was a very big part in this game that nowadays is missing. In MHW no one even uses the chat which is very sad. Back in MH Tri I would only go online to see If any of my ingame friends were online and I could chat with them. For me the endgame of MH Tri was basically just communicating with Others players. A chat room with the possibility to hunt monsters.

[@macmurfy2jka]

Having started with monster hunter freedom 2, hearing all these folks going on about how difficult Tri was is kinda endearing. It took me a year to just make it to high rank, first time I played on MHF2. That Said, Tri was special. I loved the underwater combat. The dark caves were spooky and fun! The open hunting in the Deserted Island, all of it was so engrossing and emmersing. I miss that all. The only thing I missed was fighting with my beloved felines. Chakka was fine, but I missed those cats.

[@StrawberryBnnuy]

This almost brought a tear to my eye to see. This was also my first monster hunter, and while I didnt get much time with the online, nor did I even get into the series until 4 ultimate, I had this strange sense of nostalgia for something I never got to quite fully experience and I longed for the day that I as a massive fan of the series now, could go back and experience this game again, knowing how unique it was even compared to its expansion. It tugs at a deep seeded nostalgia for something I wish my younger self understood and appreciated more. I will absolutely be setting this up, and staring in wonder at all the things I missed out on

[@rept7]

Loc Lac was probably one of the best hubs I've experienced because it felt like it had the most capacity for socializing. The gate was a literal chatroom with smaller lobbies to actually enjoy. Only could have been better if the lobbies supported more than 4 players at once.

[@thatanonwholurksmoar7386]

I sense a huge amount of bias with the tri to 3u comparison

[@randomartschoolstudent8254]

MH Tri was my first MH game! When MH World was released, one thing I complained the most was the SoS flare. It completely killed what I loved from MH Tri and 3U, that meeting random strangers and become friend with them in a whole afternoon or evening of hunting.

[@SuperInfinitezero00]

I'm super happy that this type of thing exists, even if I wasn't ever a huge fan of Tri. I started with Freedom 1, so its definitely a preference and I don't think P3/Tri/3U are bad. They all felt like transitional period games to me, but I'm sure for the people that started with them, they felt as magical as the ones I started with.

[@jackthompson7546]

Seeing this video a year after its release. And the social aspect is actually a big point, if youre not active on discords or things finding active friends while in game jusf doesnt really happen :( this was my first mh game and i made so many friends with hours spent in the hub just chatting with random people

[@lednael]

Man this makes me want to get more into the mh series. Ive only played a bit of World. But just from that alone i felt the different charm of the series. Gotta play more of World and then hopefully either emulate tri or buy Rise

[@Draphia]

Heck yeah! If you feel like going through a bit of extra work, getting an english patch of MH portable 3rd is a treat.

[@nightmarishcompositions4536]

If you want to experience the good old days of MH without having to hunt down the older titles, you can't go wrong with Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate! Rise is pretty much an improved version of World so you're bound to like that one too.

[@thecringeprophet]

@@nightmarishcompositions4536 I second this!

[@vivid8979]

5th Gen (World + icerborne and Rise) is a really good starting point if you're new to the franchise..

[@CaptainEffort]

@@vivid8979 It might be the most accessible, but I don’t think it’s the best place to start. I think it sets the wrong expectations for what most of the series is, and makes going backwards *much* harder.

[@Dagothownsneravar]

tri came out when i was 9 or 10. im 21 now. my character's name was 21. i was so addicted because the game was just so beautiful and I made 3 other friends. there was this hacker who wore Bnhabara armor and used an Alatreon long sword. a girl named plum and another girl named Emery. they were at the top of my friend roster. i miss them snd hope their doing well after all this time. long live Loc Lac

[@EchtkrassLP]

That brought back some memories, like damn. Not my first title in the series but certainly one of my most played titles. Loc Lac was such an amazing place. Fck now i remember 3 friends i met there with whom i played months on end leveling up to HR 282...simple and good times.

[@goddamnarshia]

I wish devs started preserving their online game somehow , leaving options to experience events and versions again. This game took 8 years to be dug out of time , and games like destiny 1 are truly lost to time with no way experiencing parts of them

[@korrag4]

This is making me so nostalgic and kinda sad, I remember having some really great friends in Tri that I didn't manage to keep in touch with after I moved on from the game. I adore Monster Hunter and it really just makes me happy to see people go back and appreciate the game that really got me into it.

[@ceratedsign4825]

Hi

[@rexzombiesbrasil]

Monster Hunter World simply doesn't hook me like Tri did it back in the day.

[@justanotherhunter6634]

Wait so tri removing 4 weapons which im sure many enjoyed is made ok by 1 specific weapon that fewer enjoyed having more options? Sir thats not how equivalent exchange works...

[@flyann2]

Fair point! I'm just glad they had something to show for the lack of weapons, even if it doesn't entirely make up for it.

[@dorian7558]

i was about to cry when all these memories come back to my mind. HAAAAA good times for MH that times, 2013, you come back to school and eat your lunch. power up the wii at 14:00 and stay playing with firneds till 23:00. nice times XD.

[@nataliecameron]

Tri has such dark vibes wow

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Let's hope the install process becomes a searchable webpage instead of being on Discord

[@masterphazon]

Tri was my introduction to the series, and while the games after have been good and objectively better, Tri still feels like the best to me. I may visit other lands in the other games, but to me, Moga and Loc Lac will forever be home.

[@awakenedcrowl]

Monster Hunter still is my favourite series ever. But Loc Lac is what made me spend 2000 hours and a few more in a single game. I'm pretty sure to this day, I have not played a singular games as much as MHTri

[@DJFlare84]

Tri is so f**king underrated just because of the swimming...

[@brotherhoodofgame]

Tri was my first MH game and I'll never forget the memories I made while playing it to the end and beating Alatreon for the first time with randoms.

[@aynersolderingworks7009]

Nothing really has felt like tri online to me, in tri people would stay and band together for a lot of quests, since that people tend to just stay for 1, 2 quest and go away, and they’re not really communicative too, I miss tri,s ambience

[@vincentpey3929]

Id love a game that has the visual style, atmosphere and content (by that i mean loc lac and eventquests etc) of tri but also all the monsters, weapons and armour of 3u

[@TheRealSnaxolotl]

Beautiful throwback to my first monster hunter game too. Sadly i never played it to 100% because the servers closed before i could really start playing in Loc Lac. Thank you for sharing, i will be visiting Loc Lac again!

[@sporepics]

Glad i'm not alone in liking how hard tri is compared to 3U! When you took a head on charge from Barroth, YOU DIED! Instant K-O!

[@vahlok1426]

I remember going to a friend's house and hearing that he had Monster Hunter on his Wii, and he let me make a character and play for about five hours or so. I was so hooked I didn't even realize how long I had played. The moment I left, I went out and bought the bundle with a pro controller for myself and the rest is history. Tri is important to me, but 4U has my fondest memories. My friends and I played literally for days on end, local multiplayer in the basement of one of their houses for years. Even after other games came out, we kept playing 4U together, and honestly I still miss a lot of the stuff from 4. Things like the Seltas family, or Nerscylla never came back and that sucks. I would kill to see the Seltas Queen come back, or see a modern, HD Nerscylla, but it'll probably never happen. Probably.

[@hectorescobar3634]

But generation ultimate and double cross have the seltas family and nerscylla.

[@dstneee]

I've never really played or tried Tri, but I felt the honest emotions.

[@holschermarc]

The Monster Hunter Community walking the way of te Demons Souls community. Never underestimate how cracked gamers can be. They will find a way eventually.

[@cronotriggered4314]

This video reminded me that Monster Hunter Tri WAS actually my first monster hunter game. Granted I was 8 years old when I played it and only cleared the first few hunts, but I still have some vague memories of the starting areas. This is the first footage I've seen of the game since then, and it makes me wish I'd been a bit older, and able to put more time into it. I, like many others, got into the series through world. And while I love that game, and have thoroughly enjoyed the half of a game that rise currently is, it makes me sad that I'm no longer able to go back and experience what these games have to offer. Monster hunter would be nothing without it's community and to see how it's evolved with my own eyes would have been a dream come true.

[@DukeofDusk]

Moga village,loc lac, Cha cha and that awkward swimming I wouldn't have tri any other way it was MY monster hunter

[@PignaofLegends]

Still my favorite MH. Tri was a truly magical experience...

[@MTEllipsis]

tri was my first monster hunter, but there are few things i really remember from it... 1: people actually being social... 2: water stuff being annoying... 3: i spent so long grinding to get one of the early upgrades for the sword i started with and i really wanted to try some other weapons but i just couldn't afford it... then i slapped my wii off the table and it broke...

[@galetalon3133]

I just found this. I know it's two years old, but I got hit by nostalgia. I loved Tri. It was my first real taste of monster hunter. I was hooked. I got in so deep that I eventually lived on hub 24. I would always be there grinding away looking for skypiercers or just farming one more set. People would come, people would go. But I'd be there farming away. Sometimes people would come in and I'd help them with their quests. It became a spot people would come into when a slot was open to get help. It's how I met members of Unity and eventually joined them. The shit we would get into. From random things like seeing if I could kill an Agnkator with just a Lance charge, to whom could cap Jho the fastest. Good times. With that said; there is a quarrel I'd pick with people trying to revive Loc Lac. Those were better days. You didn't have a lot of toxic players running around on the servers. Sure, you had a few cheaters, but no one really raged at each other. Sure, occasional issues would crop up, but nothing serious. Everyone was there to unwind. Bringing Loc Lac back today would honestly kill most of that. If it wouldn't be name calling in the chat over stupidity, then people being a personal pain in the ass would be a thing. People kicking you because you weren't wearing XYZ wasn't really a thing. But it is now. It was always a vibe of "Alright, we will manage." Now it's a place of "You're doing it wrong. Get out." And I don't think we need to bring that to Loc Lac. Call it Gatekeeping if you want. I'll agree. Let Loc Lac sleep. Undisturbed. It carried us and now let it rest.

[@delex360]

MHtri probably had the best MH community. Having started from Tri and played up to Rise, non of those games were nearly as sociable I would say. You could very well come across hunters you played with before or run across a player that someone else had once talked about. There wasn't a whole lot of content to the game in terms of monsters but I still put 2000 hours in.