Learning to Love Monster Hunter

[@Sidestep-jd8hd]

Boyfriend mcboyman here, can confirm, total g, all the interaction makes both of us extremely happy, thank you all and have an awesome day

[@Waker_of_Winds]

A wise person once said: “Everyone loves Monster Hunter, they just have to stick around long enough to realize it.”

[@Suirioujin]

who said it already ?

[@ThiccThighEnjoyer]

@@Suirioujin All of us, every individual has said this 👍

[@TheMigratedItalian]

its called stockholm syndrom

[@notsoamazingmoth]

I didn’t like it when I first picked it up now I’m addicted Btw should I fight brachydios or tigrex

[@Lator_the_Gator]

​@@notsoamazingmoth Tiggy!

[@SuperRADLemon]

Always find the first attempt to get into the series fails and then you end up loving it the next time

[@Sing_LoveWRS]

Holy shagaru it's SuperRAD!

[@kwagmeijer26]

"I really enjoy Phantasy Star Online" me: "Oh, you mean the first Monster Hunter game?"

[@Isaac-tj9zu]

This is really how the experience goes for a lot of people with Monster Hunter. It never clicks until it does, definitely helps a lot to have someone willing to explain the mechanics to you. Always good to have more hunters around to enjoy this fantastic series with. Happy Hunting!

[@zerghunter3545]

I played 4 ultimate with my brother so as 2noobs it was really fun to figure things out and i still use full armor sets and hate missmatching lol

[@amedeo1098]

As soon as you mentioned phantasy star I knew where you were going: monster hunter's director explicitly said that the franchise as a whole is inspired by the philosophy of PS games, in which the main loop is get quest>complete an objective in a certain map>get back at the hub and improve your gear. Very nice and short vid, yt's algorithm blessed both of us today!

[@nathanielcunningham2472]

I bought rise and hated it and didn’t play for like a year. Then my friend kept trying to get me to play more, and now I’m obsessed

[@NoxTuk]

As someone that has put in almost 500 hours in MH Generations Ultimate the past few months, I can tell you I had the exact same problem when I tried MH3U, it felt sluggish, and like I didn't progress at all. It's a fantastic series when it finally clicks for you, and I can say that playing with a few friends is even better than just going solo. Great video! :)

[@bluerhyno2710]

Simular story but probably 200 hours in gu instead of 500 now revisiting mh3u for the first time in years because water mechanics made me quit

[@rupletrooper]

Very nice anecdotal take on what is absolutely a common Mon Hun experience. That 'click' moment comes at different points and for different reasons. But it gets us all eventually. (Also a lovely use of the Mother 3 OST ;) )

[@CeaEva]

I was hoping someone would recognize the Mother ost :D I'm hoping to do a video on mother 3in the future. Thanks for the kind words, I also feel the click happens eventually for most people, it's why I made this video mainly lol

[@unfrogettable9495]

For me I immediately loved Monster Hunter when I played it for the first time 12 years ago. I now can't go a week without a hunt

[@SPIDERVITOR27]

As a friend who made more than 6 friends love the franchise, I say that this is absolutely accurate

[@iamdoom9810]

I remember when my brother and I got into Monster Hunter Generations as our first MH game. Since we were both new to everything and agreed to not use any online resources, we had to learn together and work together to get through guild quests. It was fun having someone who knew a comparative amount to yourself rather than an experienced mentor because it meant that you could catch each other up to speed on what you discovered about the game and wonder about what will come ahead without anything to force you out of that sense. There were many hard lessons to be had, yes, but now that I've been continuing my journey for a good half-decade since, nothing can replicate what made those early days so special to me.

[@blankcanvas3358]

It seems the consensus is that Monster Hunter is often rewarding for people who are patient and eager to learn. I did a lot of research online to better understand MHWorld because it looked interesting for my first game, which made it easier to understand than the in game tutorials. The big element may be something about having a person who’s been there sharing the experience, vs having the info dumped on you by the game’s recycled text made for everyone. Everyone has different learning curves and speeds too, so I’d call you especially lucky to have someone in person to answer your questions. It goes to show how even the best things need a good explanation before they are even considered as such.

[@TanegiHoneydew]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that WAS how earlier Monster Hunter was meant to be played in Japan. You took your PSP out after school / after work and let your friends / your co-workers teach you how to hunt. It's almost like a subculture, and maybe it's still happening nowadays with ppl who play Rise on Switch too.

[@blankcanvas3358]

Now that you mention it. That’s how it went in an episode of the anime Haikyuu. It’s usually about volleyball, but one time a guy tried to beat a monster in the game and the others took turns with different methods against it. I imagine they took inspiration from the fans experiences.

[@njmontano1625]

"Now choose one of our five bajillion weapons..." seems accurate.

[@RedHornSSS]

When I first laid my eyes on the first MHP I knew this is the game for me. And i've been always blessed with friends alongside the way that'll play the game with me. I'm quite lucky

[@derekwalter4238]

Man, this kind of story is just relatable to all of us, isn't it? I remember when I first got into Monster Hunter with 4u in like 2015 - 2016. I may have put in 20 or 30 hours trying to figure it out and it's not that I didn't like it but it didn't grab me enough to make me want to play it over any other game. So I put it on the back burner for months and then one day I decided to pick it up again and everything just clicked. Still don't know how or why lol but after that I proceeded to put in over 2,000 hours over two different save files and Monster Hunter became my favorite franchise ever. And I never looked back

[@rafitosz]

this video is just TRUE, I had to play monster hunter world through 3 different characters until high rank for it to finally click, and now that Im obsessed with the game, Im stalking the steam store for iceborne to get it on sale. And also kicking my feet in the air and giggling waiting for MH6 !!!!!

[@berryexe]

4 ULTIMATE IS A WONDERFUL OLD GEN GAME OH MY GOSHHHHH MY EYES TWINKLED WHEN I SAW THE 4U SPLASHSCREEN INSTEAD OF WORLD'S

[@CaptainEffort]

Me too lol I’m so happy that’s the one she got into

[@HaruVibes_]

This deserves more views, its a wholesome perspective with how to understand these games. Love seeing more people getting into MH.

[@lokouba]

Your bf is a very cultured veteran. MH4U perfected the old formula of monster hunter and has the best story out of all the games. It has the coolest flagship monster in the series as well.

[@CaptainEffort]

Totally agree, 4U is still my favorite to date. Although Tri will always hold a special place in my heart

[@IngeniousNinja]

Gore my beloved

[@Sing_LoveWRS]

Are you talking about Steve or Gore?

[@lokouba]

@@Sing_LoveWRS I was referring to Gore but Seregios is really cool too.

[@Sing_LoveWRS]

@@lokouba shoulda guessed, atleast ya' didn't forget about steve.

[@trashkitty8736]

Oh that was so relatable... I have tried to get my gf into the franchise years ago and failes miserably... But she has decided to give it another try when i was playing MH2, and it finally clicked for her too. Im so glad we can enjoy these games together. Also, really cool video! Definitely earned you a sub

[@monocasualzari]

Glad to know tons of new monster hunter addicts have been made this year already

[@Andonerf]

I had this same experience. Years ago my brother, through a friend or on his own (idk), found monster hunter 3 ultimate's demo. I remember him showing me the game, then letting me try it. The first ever hunt I did was the demo lagombi hunt, and he and I both used dual blades because we didn't understand the concept of timing attacks. I just didn't get it. The combat was sluggish, and everything was confusing. My brother did though, and he ended up buying the game. He tried many times to get me to enjoy it, to the point it became annoying. I remember just wandering around the deserted island map and just getting bored out of my mind lol. I do remember my brother showing me a rathian for the first time, and even though he liked the game, rathian was still a very much out of his league, and it looking close to a typical dragon really made it seem like a super high level and hard enemy to my brother and I. Though, even with that, it just didn't click. Years later monster hunter 4 ultimate came out, and my brother bought the game right away. Of course, he asked me to play it. I told him I didn't care but he kept nagging. Eventually he told me if I tried the multiplayer that id enjoy it, and I agreed just so he'd shut up. I remember holding his old red 3ds and him putting me into a lobby with a bunch of randoms. They posted up a tetsucabra quest. I don't remember EXACTLY when it clicked, but I was fucking HOOKED. I played in that lobby for HOURS. I remember we eventually went up against a gore magala, and my child brain exploded as to me gore magala = dragon, and the thought of fighting a dragon as a noobie just made it feel so special. Anyways all that extra crap aside, I became hooked to monster hunter. I'm now way more into it than my brother, and have sunk thousands of hours into all the game collectively. This video of yours really just brought me back and I really appreciate that. Seeing as you're starting out with 4U, I can also suggest some reading materials. For starters, kiranico is great like you said, but the MH4U database app in the google playstore is also fantastic if you have an android phone. Super easy to use. Idk what id do without it. Second, Gaijin Hunter is a monster hunter youtuber that has some EXCELLENT guides for MH4U. Pretty much taught me how to play the game when I was new. And thirdly for entertainment the youtube channel NCHProductions makes super funny Monster hunter animations that also have useful information. Id suggest watching the sleep bombing or mounting etiquette video. Super good. Whatever the case excellent video. I hope it gains more traction. :^)

[@jyugwat2952]

Fun video! I’m showing this to my friend! I hope they ask me to explain everything for them! :D

[@romanchristian3707]

nah, that's valid. when i also first fired up monhun, i was overwhelmed and doing all things wrong but when i tried it again with a new save, i got really into it and started to really understand the mechanics, basically how to play the game 100%

[@Teko-san619]

A very good friend of mine really like mh, but we (friend group) always make fun of him about mh, like, how would anyone would like that game (we have 0 information about how the game was) But after several tries of him making us play mh, I finally granted it to him, me an another friend, because I genuinely wanted to know why he liked mh and wanted to play with him. If I hadn't played together with him, I think i'd never attached to mh like I'm now. It was so fun to play this game and he explaining it to me like he does. We started with p3rd and then we played mhw (700 hours of us playing that game)

[@NotControlledByMillipedes]

I think im the exception. Started with rise, 100%ed it, played world, burned the disc and then 100%ed GU, then sunbreak

[@danitankmen8213]

0:10 the fact that was genuinely the case before world came out is so wild to me I'll never get used to seeing mh content in my recommendations I swear

[@amazyprincess]

I remember when I first played MH 3. It was so slow, I didnt understood the mechanics, and having 9 or 10 weapons to choose from was overwhelming. Now it is more of a crippling addiction and trying to figure out if i can afford MH Wild lol. So, excited you are having fun now.

[@CeaEva]

Ye :>

[@kumatesukyuta9350]

The first one being mhgu is a really difficult one to start, what a bad luck to GU be in sale

[@R2Otube]

I really enjoyed this. I hope you never stop taking the time to edit your videos.

[@CeaEva]

Thank you ! This video was so hard to edit cause my last video I didn't focus so much on that side of the production and it was learning curve to get this video to look as good as it came out lol

[@R2Otube]

@@CeaEva looking forward to seeing you get better at it. 🤙

[@Zythria]

Oh... Generations was not the starting point for anyone. Oof. You had rough. That game was made for people who knew hunter already. Then doubling back to the first game. Yikes. But, I am glad you finally able to understand MonHunt. They are not for everyone as much as Capcom is trying to push it as some big Triple A game, when Hunter is best as a Double A or even Single A game. I am glad you are able to enjoy playing these games with your partner. Solo hunting is just not as fun as team hunting and having someone you know you can relay on, is awesome! Have fun and kick monster butt!

[@RuthlessShadowGamer]

For me, one of the most annoying things about starting mh (3u and 4u, my first games) was the fact that you start on yellow sharpness but don't know what that exactly means. It took me a while to figure out that I needed to upgrade my weapon, but until you can do that, the constant bouncing and getting hit because of it is definitely rage inducing

[@therighttrousers343]

World was my first, and I enjoyed it well enough with Defender Dual Blades and Guardian gear sort of til about i think start of Iceborne but then I heard that it was already a thing, just a franchise I hadn't heard of and i was looking for more 3ds games so I got the 3ds quadrilogy and stuck on 4u before touching the others, cos it was already jumping at me with the kind of quality and characters that i was worried i wouldn't like the others as much. Which i don't and 3u's camera i hated at first but they showed me that they're great too. But yeah, 4u is the best original Xbox game might be a way I'd put it. The incredible colours, the beautiful but you can still see the limitations skybox and models, the tempo of the fights and controls. Like it's got what makes Rayman 3 and Sonic Heroes, the rhythmic beats, the colours, the weights, the aesthetics, the humour. I remember getting lost in area 2 while getting thrashed about by cats. And just gazing into the treeline of 4u. And you're totally right with the dark souls thing, the reason i moved onto switch axe in world was because it felt with its weighty smooth sword mode chops and the explosion stab like the moonlight greatsword of Bloodborne. I also appreciate the Rise recommendation, it's faster and the skill ceiling is the highest i think, frankly i put it in the same pace and complexity as Devil May Cry 5 and Nioh 2 but it's still an incredible game. My favourite I think, even though I've less hours in than 4u, and my favourite monsters are still in 4u. I like fast and flashy games! But even so i think any one of the core Monster Hunter games, least that I've played i know of, 3u or 4u with the immersive and close feel of the locales, or those locales where it opens up and you're thrown into somewhere vast and have to figure it out, and all the little things, some absolutely crucial, some just helping to do a tiny not-even-a-sidequest like whatever i needed the incredibly large aptonoth dung for in 3u, i don't remember. World with its cinematography and focus on environmental storytelling and endemic life, the pretty graphics make the entire thing a big James Cameron Avatar big Hollywood movie. GU and Sunbreak with the flashy supers and versatile movesets, plus even compared to the rest the number of high level monsters, the stuff you're wanting to fight most probably, is super high, and failing that the low levels have endgame gimmick versions that push them into difficult territory. If you want lots of fights here you go. And none of them are particularly lacking in what i consider the others' specialties, course, neither. 3u might be simple compared to Rise/Sunbreak but you better inow what you're doing also. And there's plenty of fights too. And it's still pretty if you can rock with the comparatively muted palette, especially versus 4u. And they all have their own senses of humour and different but still engaging characters. The enthusiatic about monsters guildmarm, the seeking to put her town on the map Bherna Gal, the arrogant but ineffectual hell hunters, that one cat that keeps forgetting to make the obligatory cat puns. I consider any one of them childhood material. Like you could play them after school or on summer holidays for years upon years still discovering things from What Felvine Does, or What Do Torches Do to Weapons Have Sweet Spots, and Impact Phial Explosions And Gunlance Explosions Disregard Hitzones. Took me long enough to learn then subsequently do Guard Points, and i just know somewhere out there in someone's copy of 4u is tucked either a sticky note or a printed out gameFAQs kinsect tree.

[@mendics]

honestly i dont remember how i got into mh. but im as old as vet can be with mh. i started.in 1st gen, played mh.freedom on the psp. probably my standards were not that picky back then as a kid, but as a psp game, it had so much content, for a mobile game thats pretty rare. 1 wasnt the one that sold me on it tho, it was the 2nd one but i cant really explain how i got into it.

[@vsroxi]

I had a similar experience where I really bounced off of 4U, stopped trying for a while, then picked up Generations which became a vehicle to bond with my now-girlfriend of 8 years. She's a lifetime hammer user, and I'm an insect glaive gal at heart, so we were able to get around our initial lack of skill by using mounts and stuns to give eachother time to just wail on the monster. We both just solo everything now, but I still love watching her pulverize stuff and I still send her my goofy IG killscreens. Basically I'm saying a monster hunter lobby is actually an ideal date if you're both the right kind of sicko.

[@soratheorangejuicemascot5809]

7:08 I think this is very important in other mechanically dense games aswell or any action game that got intricate positioning. For me atleast. I wouldnt be able to survive in shoot em up genre(shmups/bullet hell) if my online friend didnt exist. About Monster Hunter, it clicked on me the moment I hunted Astalos and Rathian multiple times to see on how can I improve my play.

[@tetsuc4bra577]

At times it feels like there are more people who struggled to get into MH than people who liked it from the beginning.

[@Doodoovessel]

Your boyfriend? OUR boyfriend, a true monster hunter G.

[@ninjamurai]

I started with Generations on 3DS and was overwhelmed with all the tutorial text but someone told me to play 4 Ultimate instead, got hooked all this time. 😂

[@ZatClaire]

My best friend got me into MonHun with GenUlt. I started out with Insect Glaive and wasn't really feeling it, but then i switched to aerial style dual blades and it clicked. Got rise as soon as it came out, but haven't played sunbreak yet. A couple weeks ago i got 2 of my online friends into monster hunter with world. I haven't played that much monhun, but right now I'm on an absolute _kick._ I'm genuinely thinking about downloading frontier. All that said, this is a pretty cool video, and i will watch your career with great interest

[@jonservo]

This reminds me of No Mans Sky. That game has a good 2-4 hour window where it feels overwhelming. There is so much to collect and at first the interface doesn’t feel intuitive but eventually you get through it and the universe opens up.

[@azure4622]

Yes! Another hunter joins the fray!

[@FlashPlayerGames]

I had a very similar experience. I played World and it was OKAY but it never really fully clicked. My partner bought me rise and again it didn't click. Then a friend told me of how much he loved MH and it inspired me to try again. I sat both him abd my partner down and told them to give me three weapons that might work for me. Light Bowgun. Dual Blades. Sword and Shield. Dual Blades didn't click for me at all. Light Bowgun was fun enough to keep me engaged. But the moment I tried the sword and shield? That's when it really CLICKED. It was like picking up my favorite STR/FAI build in Elden Ring and it was downhill from there. I played 50 hours over the span of two weeks and I realized "oh shit, I love this game now."

[@aaron8342]

I started mh with playing Stories 1 & 2 and then got rise when I saw it on sale. I've put a good 30 hours into it now, but I've reached an impasse. I'm too scared to play online, so I can't really make any progress. Wouldn't want to embarrass myself in front of internet strangers because of my bad play. Anyways, I really recommend both Stories games if you haven't played them already. They're surprisingly difficult.

[@onkellumos9139]

Just hop online and play a bit with randoms, most people are roughly as good as you are. It's almost always fun to hunt together.

[@CaptainEffort]

lol I really get that, it took me forever to finally start playing online.

[@Blarg892]

Huh, the youtube algorithm sure brings me to odd places. Fun fact: PSO was actually the game that broke open the online play world in Japan, without it's ideas in connectivity using it's hub world and quests, monster hunter with friends would be a very different game. :) And one small adjustment about tip #6. All weapons are viable, some are just easier to use then others. Just like dark souls, your longsword will carry you through the whole game, just gotta remember to get it upgraded. :)

[@CeaEva]

Yeah, the video was really low in terms of views but randomly spiked 2 hours ago lol I never knew that, I knew it was one of the bigger online games of it's time, but I never really thought it was that big. And with tip #6 what I was trying to imply is that it's okay to use basic weapons to get used to the way you'll be moving in the game and that more complicated weapons aren't just because they're complicated, sorry if it didn't come across that way. :>

[@sr.piedra3802]

As a fan of monster hunter I'm glad it finally clicked for you, but starting with Generations Ultimate, the game with horrendous tutorials that expects you to know how the game works; then going to MH1, the worst mh game with the worst control scheme, is one hell of a ride. I'm not surprised you didn't liked it, no one could have like that lmao

[@coffeeandbonfires]

Great video! I had a similar startup with Monster Hunter, took me a good amount of playtime with a friend til it finally clicked and now i can't stop haha

[@vries2008]

My experience getting into Monster Hunter wasn't as bad, but it was similar. I picked up Monster Hunter Tri on the Wii and it was the first game with third person combat I ever really played and I knew nobody who played it. I'm surprised I even found it in a toy store of a small village back when Monster Hunter wasn't popular at all. I couldn't beat the first big monster the great jaggi. I was fighting it for a really long time, getting hit a lot and I felt like I wasn't making any progress. I stopped playing for a while, but the game did seem really interesting so I wanted to try again. I found some videos from an experienced player who explained in a lot of detail how to fight the monsters and it finally clicked. Then I fell in love with the game.

[@CaptainEffort]

I’ve actually got a similar experience, as Tri was my first MH entry too! My dad always prided himself on his ability to research the best games, no matter how niche, and get them for my brother and I on birthdays and holidays and stuff. So that year he got me Tri with an included Classic Controller. I struggled, got bodied by Great Jaggi, but as a kid I found I just enjoyed running around Moga Woods collecting things and hunting Jaggi and Jaggia. I was content, but a little frustrated that I couldn’t progress. So eventually I quit. A year or so later I picked it back up and beat Great Jaggi! But… I got stuck on Qurupeco. So I quit again. Then another year passes, I pick it up again, and beat Qurupeco! Only to get stuck on Barroth. Another year passes and I beat Barroth! But Gobul becomes a hard wall for me, and I give up on the game for multiple years. Finally, years after, I played the demo for 3U and loved it! So I picked up the game, even picking up 4U along with it! And this time it fully clicked, sinking hundreds of hours into each of them. Ever since I’ve been a diehard fan, even playing entries like P3rd and Dos. I actually returned to Tri last year and loved it! I even prefer it in a lot of ways to 3U.

[@JeritHD]

MHW was my first MH game and man I really didn't expect it to be one of my favourite so fast. I mean, I literally just downloaded and played it because my friend had it steam shared with me. I went in with 0 knowledge about previous games and I'm glad to say that i recently clocked in over 140+ hrs over the next two weeks of playing this game! It's amazing how in hindsight, the map areas are kinda small in comparison to other games and within these areas would our the majority of hunting and gathering take place . Yet they surprisingly never seem to bore you despite everything! Probably because the environment are so well made but also the fact that the environment helps with the gameplay aswell!

[@thunderstar7682]

Same here except my experience with World was kinda weird. I didn’t understand a lick of what was going on and I couldn’t play it for long because it was during the time it was about to leave xbox gamepass (and the xbox I have now belonged to someone else so I wasn’t gonna buy anything on it at that point in time). All I knew was that I was having fun and cool armor=better stats. And then later when Rise came out things started clicking faster and faster. I realize what makes the games so lovable, satisfying interactions, cool monsters and a feeling of gratification everytime you annihilate a monster. Eventually I bought worldborne and playing and learning Rise made playing world way more fun.

[@barich25]

My first monster hunter was Freedom Unite and i HATED it. Years later a shop clerk recommended World and i had PTSD flashbacks to Freedom Unite. Now... now i have a problem. It clicked... World and Iceborne... Generations Ultimate... Portable 3rd... Fredom Unite... I play all of them. At the same time. I bought the MH Rise themed switch with the game on release. And it's not enough. I'm on the verge of buying a 3ds for 4U... It clicked too hard. My kid is slowly falling into the same pitfall trap. We have the complete board game. But it's still... not... enough...

[@CeaEva]

It will never... be enough...

[@CaptainEffort]

Not to feed into your addiction but… you’ve got to get 4U. Seriously, if World isn’t someone’s favorite then 9 times out of 10 it’ll be 4U. You could also emulate it if you don’t want to bother with a 3ds.

[@Lord_Slug]

I remember I downloaded the 3DS 4U demo back in ye olden times without knowing anything about the series just because it looked cool... and I hated it after 10 mins and never touched it again. Years later I got World (not remembering 4U at all) and did have fun and got some hours out of it but didn't really understand how to play right and hit a wall pretty early on (low rank) and stopped playing. Something about it though just really stuck with me. I got GU on switch... and died to the practice arena bird wyvern. And stopped playing 😅 I just really thought the games were not for me and I was sad about it because the idea of the games were so compelling. When Rise came out I was still really wanting to get into the series so I bought it..... and it clicked. and it clicked HARD. I have 500 hours in that game, killed every monster, built every single armor set. And then I went back and suddenly every other game that I had bounced off of clicked as well. I've now played every generation of MH, and even just recently for the #ReturnToWorld campaign decided to try chargeblade, a weapon I was too intimidated to use, and it's now become my favorite weapon in the series. Monster Hunter is my favorite game series of all time, I'm glad I managed to break through and experience it.

[@jackg6887]

On tip 3 always bring normal potions so you can craft more megas mid hunt by gathering honey comes in handy

[@CeaEva]

Dang ! I should have mentioned that, cause I do that but I guess I forgot, mabye I should have had a tip to always be prepared? Lol

[@charlotteruggles7704]

ur lil emotes r so cute !!

[@CeaEva]

Thank you :>

[@cornergroovy2156]

2:06 Spitting some facts

[@soratheorangejuicemascot5809]

This video also makes me wanna try Phantasy Star Online. It sounded like an mmo that I can play solo.

[@CeaEva]

You totally should ! There's some fan servers that are up, the best one being Ephenia (?), you can play by yourself or with others.

[@joetheturtle7768]

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is one of my favorite games of all time. A friend told me to get it back in 5th grade, we’d play it together for hours on end over landline.

[@gio87vr]

I love games with text walls (I play Fate/Grand Order and other visual novels or games with visual novel level of text walls), so I had no problem with the Caravaneer talking so much (MH4U was my first), and I read almost all the in-game guide, and done all the tutorials (weapons too) so even without someone behind my shoulder I was pretty self-sufficient in my early game. Then my "friend that was already into MH" made a coop room and we hunted like crazy for hours. So much that my new2DSXL now has a less responsive C-stick...

[@skadi2911]

Like many hunters, i can totally relate to this. Years ago, in 2013 maybe, i tried the demo for 3 Ultimate on my 3DS, and i was like "What is this sh*t ? It's slow and unplayable." Then in 2015, a friend of mine (who's a lingtime fan of the series) bought me 4 Ultimate, and i tried it extendedly. And it finally clicked. After trying a few other games though, i'd say 4U is the most likely to get you into the series without outside help. Even though the Caravaneer can be annoying at times, he explains a lot of important stuff to you, that is sometimes not even mentionned in other games of the series. The game also has the best story out of all MH games by a long marging. So even if you struggle a bit with your weapon and some monsters during the first few hours, you'll eventually want to stick around for the narrative and atmosphere of the game.

[@darthjarjarbinks2480]

I do not really understand things being to much in games becuse i just go in and do not care about stuff until i understand it

[@KateHikes88]

Monster Hunter speaks to the man in all of us.

[@RogerRoger556]

Too little subs! You deserve more for this amazing vid👍

[@onkellumos9139]

I really hope they somehow fix the tutorials in Wilds. It somehow simultaneously has what feels like 50 different deep interlocking systems, but shortcuts to skip a lot of them and/or ignore them, especially in the beginning. Somehow it rarely tells you about the shortcuts, but you get just enough explanation to confuse you. Not enough to really understand it tho. It's a shame the answer to "What weapon do I want to play and how do I play it?" is almost always answered with: "Look up *MHKZbinr* and watch their tutorial", instead of having a good tutorial.

[@CeaEva]

I totally agree, I think you miss out on understanding some of the best weapons for that reason, like I NEVER would have gotten into the insect glave had my bf not taught me how to use it.

[@anner5069]

I would like to say I did try to help you in the practice range at different points

[@CeaEva]

I don't really remember that lol, I think genU is just not a good first MH game

[@anner5069]

@@CeaEva I tried to help you in world when you came to my house a brick ago

[@CeaEva]

Ok but you can't learn monster hunter by just doing that shit in one session for a game that you Don't own lmao

[@anner5069]

@@CeaEva ik but I did try to help you

[@CaptainEffort]

@@CeaEvaTotally agree with GenU being a bad first MH game. Imo it’s really a game meant for veterans.

[@calebfoley5872]

Boyfriend mcboyman is cultured and has goodtaste

[@SilverHawk0987]

Nearly everyone I've met that likes monhun now didn't like it at all at some point previously

[@CaptainEffort]

This is the way

[@Omaha555]

i’ve put 250 hours into world iceborne so far on ps5 it’s so good. i wanna try 4 ultimate but i don’t have a snazzy gaming computer to run emulators on :(

[@darthjarjarbinks2480]

I feel like world is the most do quest upgrade repeat

[@LucasTigy2]

ok, but the caravaneer has so much personality like all of the other characters in 4. i really hope you didn't skip "all "the dialogue

[@TheGrandKoopa]

I did not see any Generations Ultimate footage in this video. Surely you're not just gonna NOT play the rest of that game now that you've got the hang of old school Monster Hunter right?

[@CeaEva]

Well I wanna finish 4U first, than I might play either 3U or GenU, I'm not sure. I only used 4U footage cause it's all I had on hand and my download speed is shit so I couldn't even download GenU lol

[@TheGrandKoopa]

@@CeaEva Going from 4U to 3U is kind of a weird experience. I solo'd my way through 4U, then I went to solo 3U and I felt like I basically had to learn the whole game over again lol. Good luck to you whenever you start that journey

[@matthewchen952]

good video (-w-)b im glad im not alone with being overwhelmed with the mechanics and systems of the game since they seem to be second nature to most players

[@CeaEva]

Thanks ! The editing alone took like 20 hours lol (tbf tho I'm was getting used to the software). But yeah, it sucks Capcom just can't seem to the game easily digestible heh

[@oscarbarron3681]

Sarcasm about monster hunter being niche? what year is this??? I remember i got into the game a like a month or so before they announced world lol it actually was niche back then😂 i refused to look it up how to play it and when they announced world i was like "noob friendly? Yup ill actually understand it this time"😂

[@CaptainEffort]

Fr Monster Hunter being so popular in the west now is still weird to me. Doesn’t feel real.

[@desdenova1]

"Any game that has a dodge roll is worth your time." No, I will never touch that New World MMO ever again, it was not worth my time.

[@kaden-sd6vb]

"too many items" read descriptions "and you dont know what those items are used for" *READ THE DESCRIPTIONS* i swear, people just dont read item descriptions, its not even just a monster hunter thing, its all over multiplayer games, I dont understand what the problem is, most of the time the description tells you what its for I will however say that the weapons usually arent quite explained well enough, I always look up a weapon guide to ensure I learn a weapon beyond its absolute basics. had no idea gunlance's full-bursts existed till I watched a guide.

[@Ricky17776]

I love the souls games and pso/pso2 but couldnt get into MH

[@CeaEva]

Yeah, I feel it's alot harder to get into something like MH and it's just generally not for everyone I don't think...

[@darkknight8828]

Ah another soul lost to the deep of the mh

[@NiohArcadia]

Monster Hunter World was specifically designed for new players to get into. I never got into the other games for the same reason you did. World not only is "easier" by way of streamlining grinding but is actually eases new players into mechanics and how each weapons functions. The upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds Wilds is going to be more of World in terms of design and ease of entry. If you have a firend each of you pick up a copy and get ready for Wilds. Also Jokes on you. You can't be in my walls because it outside as I'm writing this comment. 😌

[@thebirddudecalledJako79]

Monster hunter was for me just a challenge i loved it the pain but this feeling when you win its amazing just try monster hunter world or rise as start

[@monsterhunter-q8z]

I started in world hated the pace of the game until I killed the great Jagger felt very accomplished, and now I have almost 800 hours on ice born

[@chaunceylee4081]

How do you get mh4u 1.1 on Citra?

[@j.s.t.6515]

If you liked PSO, you literally had no chance to ever scape Monster Hunter, it would eventually ruin your life. Just embrace it. I'm really sorry 😔

[@tipsy634]

monster hunter is a pain in the ASS with its explanations. if it wasnt for the demo for rise, i would've never gotten into it. but i think the demo was a perfect way to demonstrate the gameplay without the baggage. also - please make more videos! you have earned a subscriber. you have good music taste too lol (mother 3). the only thing id recommend is you raise the volume, and ABSOLUTELY make sure no audio is louder than your voice. there are some jumps to loud audio on this video and they are jarring because your voice is so quiet by comparison.

[@CeaEva]

I actually never played any of the demo's, I might play one to see what it's like, I still haven't picked up rise at all so I might just do that. Also tysm !! You're kind words mean alot ! And also always nice to see another Mother 3 fan hehe. Mixing is not one of my strong suits but I'm trying to get better at it, so I'll def look into what I can do to improve, but know that new videos are on the way !

[@mhzaneimpact1419]

putting at least 600hrs on each game in series, I can only say this game has sokethimg special that others dont, especially old monster hunter games, it didnt have a good tutorial, it didnt even show what to do to progress, but somehow it got me hooked, it gave me a gameplay loop that I can keep come back to These games has a lot of mechanics hidden, like how the old monster hunter apparently has dragon attribute on their physical attacks and having negative resistance makes you take huge damage from it. It keeps engaged learning that there might be more things to discover, crafting weapons and armors along the way

[@liamhopkins2673]

One of us one of us

[@Revonlieke]

I feel this 100%. Now for me, i was almost instantly hooked to MH, but; For me it was Final Fantasy 14. Took me 4 separate tries over the course of multiple years for the game to click. Some games just take a bit. If anything you probably started with the worst game in the series to start with.. MHGU. :D

[@XxXRhythm_MasterXxX]

Never play runscape 😅

[@disel28-u6t]

i bought world played it on and off then i bought rise and played it for like 4 months straight and now that i got it on pc im hooked again capcom has trapped me in their basement and forced me to play rise am i complaning nope

[@tastytacos8514]

wanted to get away from fortnite.. picked up work 4 months b4 IB… 3000s hours in nd still hooked

[@JLW01470]

Girl... Monster Hunter Is Not About Hunting Monsters. Its A Glorified Dress Up Game; And The Things We Do To Look Fabulous 😁 Thank You For Great Video ❤

[@Dod.O39]

Probably shouldn’t have started on GU lol, it’s basically every single old gen game put into one, not really accessible to new players

[@necrodart757]

I actually do not suggest that you start with a faster paced monster hunter title, as a veteran myself. The earlier PSP titles themselves can be pretty easy to play and experience, as long as you are willing to look for gathering spots yourself. The fights and quests themselves are also slow enough in the beginning and tend to ramp up in difficulty just enough so that you can find time to practice.

[@CeaEva]

I feel 4U is like this too, for me at least, mabye not for others, but with my limited knowledge I thought it was mabye a good starting point.

[@CaptainEffort]

Maybe? I love FU, but so many things in that game make it inaccessible to new players, from wonky hitboxes to the lack of a button prompt when near gathering spots. It’s not an easy game for new players imo. Even the lack of item icons in your inventory is a noticeable downgrade, and makes learning items quite a bit harder for those unfamiliar with them. If someone were dead set on starting with a PSP entry, I’d actually recommend P3rd. It’s not as easy to acquire, but it fixes the issues I listed above and loads of others. Plus it’s a lot simpler and easier, making it a better starting point imo. But truthfully, I still think 4U is the best starting point. It’s faster than the psp titles, yes, but not so much so that the psp titles become impossible to get into. It’s not like starting with World or Rise where the older games will feel too sluggish to play. 4U is perfect as it’s still accessible, and doesn’t make any other entries feel too different to get into. It’s the perfect middle ground imo.

[@CanadianAdim]

If you ever want to try the original Monster Hunter game you should play the Japanese version as it has access to its online multiplayer again :D

[@CeaEva]

That's the one we played actually ! I hope to mabye try it again someday, but I still have to finish 4U first :>

[@CanadianAdim]

@@CeaEva Oh good, have a good time with 4U. I still need to finish 4U at some point but I've been playing the PS2 games to much.

[@10MinutesofGameplay]

How to love monster hunter hunter? Get a bf that good in monster hunter

[@aresdonachelo5283]

Where can I have this type of girlfriend???

[@10XSeiga]

First you need to be gay

[@aresdonachelo5283]

@@10XSeiga Dammit! 😆

[@thefinalday5858]

Never watched this youtuber Is it normal for them to just choose the wrong image This is anxiety inducing help

[@thedazzlingape2006]

monster hunter rise is one I'd def avoid like the plague. that shit is soulless and oversimplified while also being overly complex and will quickly make you go "fck it I dont care anymore." because truly it does not matter. play the older ones and world and you'll have a great time!

[@Dakolu130]

Final Fantasy XVI is single player, XIV is the mmo

[@CeaEva]

I didn't realize I used the wrong picture oops, I think I thought the black haired guy looked like guy on the endwalker cover and I get my roman numerals mixed up sometimes lol

[@abaque24]

MH4U-- The worst MH game on 3DS. Good choice, pretty based--

[@Stories-ji7lz]

Opinions are scary

[@abaque24]

@@Stories-ji7lz Sorry for you, i guess?

[@CaptainEffort]

I’ve literally never seen this take before. Wild.

[@abaque24]

@@CaptainEffort what are you talking about? It IS a good choice.

[@CaptainEffort]

@@abaque24 Huh? No in referring to your opinion of 4U being the worst game on 3ds.