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Did you all know I do Monster Hunter?
2 months ago
"I remember Owen you a hug,
You Otter get one!"
"Helloe, it's Chloe!"
You Otter get one!"
"Helloe, it's Chloe!"
I started officially on Monster Hunter with Rise on Switch. Me and my Ferdinand Ferret were really excited to co-op together and... he hated the controls, and the learning curve that goes with using them. He fell off the wagon immediately. but I stuck with it for a change.
You see, I tried the franchise with 3 on Wii, and it failed to catch my interest. The loading times between pieces of map were awful, the beginning grind all Monster Hunters remember was tedious, and I was not sold on the tribal aesthetic of that setting. I gave it a pass.
I tried again with Monster Hunter 4, and again with Generations, both on 3DS. I wasn't expecting miracles of it this time, but the Charge Blade and Insect Glaive new additions of this entry were appealing enough. But once again the slow walk up to gather early materials and learn the controls, plus map loading times... I once again bounced off like Hammer off a Konchu's carapace.
So the fact that I can make references to Konchu - a large ladybug-like brown shelled insect that pelts you with it's swarm like bowling balls made of ill will, and durable enough to withstand a freight train - should tell you Rise made me a late-adopter enthusiast. I believe "Fifth Fleet", after the characters in the adjacent Monster Hunter World, is the fandom term?
Speaking of World, I did try to go back to it, and it is a GORGEOUS game, amazing, but the HD scenery was too cluttered and busy for me to properly see what I was doing, making that initial mat grind now dizzying with foliage, and it lacked the panache I was used to in the Japanesque setting of Rise's Kamura region or the coastal vibe of later Sunbreak content in the Kingdom colony Elgado.
Which brings us to Wilds.
HOLY FUCK THE STEAM PORT SUCKS
I bought that first, I figured my Steam friends list would give me an edge in finding friends to co-op with, should I wish to, but a lot of my friends fell off in the early going 'cause of RL drawing them off, and my favorite MH streamer chose *now* to burnout on MH games and change their content. I was kinda banking on at least hunting with her community, but it sadly was not to be. I wish them well.
So I started over on the PS5, and I will update / edit this journal later, so watch this space if you want to hunt with Chloe Callisti!
You see, I tried the franchise with 3 on Wii, and it failed to catch my interest. The loading times between pieces of map were awful, the beginning grind all Monster Hunters remember was tedious, and I was not sold on the tribal aesthetic of that setting. I gave it a pass.
I tried again with Monster Hunter 4, and again with Generations, both on 3DS. I wasn't expecting miracles of it this time, but the Charge Blade and Insect Glaive new additions of this entry were appealing enough. But once again the slow walk up to gather early materials and learn the controls, plus map loading times... I once again bounced off like Hammer off a Konchu's carapace.
So the fact that I can make references to Konchu - a large ladybug-like brown shelled insect that pelts you with it's swarm like bowling balls made of ill will, and durable enough to withstand a freight train - should tell you Rise made me a late-adopter enthusiast. I believe "Fifth Fleet", after the characters in the adjacent Monster Hunter World, is the fandom term?
Speaking of World, I did try to go back to it, and it is a GORGEOUS game, amazing, but the HD scenery was too cluttered and busy for me to properly see what I was doing, making that initial mat grind now dizzying with foliage, and it lacked the panache I was used to in the Japanesque setting of Rise's Kamura region or the coastal vibe of later Sunbreak content in the Kingdom colony Elgado.
Which brings us to Wilds.
HOLY FUCK THE STEAM PORT SUCKS
I bought that first, I figured my Steam friends list would give me an edge in finding friends to co-op with, should I wish to, but a lot of my friends fell off in the early going 'cause of RL drawing them off, and my favorite MH streamer chose *now* to burnout on MH games and change their content. I was kinda banking on at least hunting with her community, but it sadly was not to be. I wish them well.
So I started over on the PS5, and I will update / edit this journal later, so watch this space if you want to hunt with Chloe Callisti!
