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On MH GEN...Is it crap? I've never played any monster hunter and was going to take the plunge in that one.It's good, but MH4U is much better.Yeah - Monster Hunter is an acquired tasted, but one well worth acquiring - a bit like how stomaching blue cheese and dog milk now will pay off when we're reduced to eating out of bins and killing eachother for the last potato grown on the only bit of lucan that hasn't flooded yet. MH4 has the right blend of available weaponry, quest pacing and narrative to pull you along where MH:G basically pisses in your face at every turn and demands you put it down. It's still great but it's very unfriendly.CastorTroy wrote: »Was gonna pick up MH4 on Saturday for £15, decided against it
To anyone looking to get into the ridiculously confusing, and badly explained quagmire of mechanics that is Monster Hunter (which I love, and is an amazing game series), I'd break the recent games down as follows:
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Wii U/3DS): The last entry of the third generation of Monster Hunter. 3rd Generation was a "reboot" where they dropped a lot of old stuff wholesale in favour of brand new content. I love this but a lot of MH fans take issue with the reduced total content compared to Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (last entry of the second generation). I will always prefer less content that is good, over lots of content that is crappy.
This is my personal favourite entry but the hardest to recommend of the recent games. It also has swimming, which is a divisive mechanic among the community. The Wii U version has HD textures and online play, the 3DS version has portability and local play. This is arguably the "easiest" monster hunter to solo start to finish on your own, if you like that kind of satisfaction (I do), but you're missing out on a lot of the quality of life improvements that come in later iterations.
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (3DS): The last entry of the fourth generation. Does some stuff really excellently: More quality of life improvements, a great story (by MH standards), a great supporting cast, two cool new weapons, cool rebalances to all the old weapons and great new monsters. It also drops swimming in favour of climbing and jumping mechanics, which was generally well received.
It does some bad stuff too, like randomly generated end-game content, frustrating gating of armour upgrades (keeping your defenses lower than should be, therefore making monsters hit you harder and artificially ramping up the difficulty); as well as bringing back a lot of the crappy first and second generations monsters (who were dropped in the wonderful 3rd generation "reboot").
Overall though I'd say this is the "Best" monster hunter game overall, and also the best place for new people to get into the series.
Monster Hunter Generations (3DS): This is a weird anniversary title that exists outside of the timeline which is meant to celebrate the previous 4 generations of the game.
This game does lots of crazy stuff I won't bother going into, but the primary theme of the game seems to be "Lots of content, no polish". So there is a lot to do in the game. Probably more to do than any other monster hunter game before, but MOST of it is bad. The good stuff is great, but in the minority. The optimum play path for the game (and I'm not being disparaging, this is literally true), is to look up a guide to see which quests are necessary for progression, and ignore ALL other quests. Otherwise you'll spend dozens, potentially hundreds of hours doing nothing but non-combat resource gathering/transporting quests.
I don't want to outright say it's a bad game. Hardcore Monster fans are having a wonderful time with it while acknowledging it's flaws, but I think it's a poor overall product, and a terrible place to START (no tutorial, no plot and tons of filler).
Also "Generations Ultimate" has been announced for Japan, and is expected to release in the west at some point, which will have all the Generations content and more. There really is no reason to get into MH with Generations at this point.
Absolutely go with 4U, and if you love it, wait for a western Generations Ultimate release date.
If you don't love it, come to me, and I'll talk at you until you realise you're wrong :pac:
Whoops, that was a lot of MH writing outside of a MH topic.....
...ON Topic, I got a Switch with BOTW, Snipperclips and Fast RMX, and having a good time so far.
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I picked one up meself, just for the Amiibo for BotW.
Couple of problems:
1. I don't want to stop playing BotW to play TP:HD long enough to get lots of hearts for the Wolf.
2. I don't actually want to open the box to take the Amiibo out.
So I think I'll just leave it there and not use the Amiibo at all...
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No, as per the post I haven't tested powering the Switch from the battery while the switch is discharging. That was in Sleep mode.
The Anker is currently on charge, I'll hopefully squeeze about 20 mins of play in at lunch and I'll plug the Anker into it to see what happens to the charge. The Switch will be starting from a 20-40% charge based on where I left it last night, which I gather gives the battery a better chance of pushing more charge to it. (that's not some sort of intelligent test design on my part, I was just playing Switch off the dock for a good while last night)
I'll edit this post after 12 once the grand experiment is underway!
BTW, I maybe should have said, I ordered the 20100 powerbank from Amazon via An Post AddressPal in Hertfordshire. There was a MASSIVE sticker on the bottom indicating that there was an Li Ion battery inside, that sticker had an An Post sticker partially covering it so they must have seen it but they shipped it anyway.
Edit :
As the wise sage and philospher, Macho Man Randy Savage, was won't to say : Oooooooh yeeeeeah!
Ran from 12:46 - 1.21pm with the Anker 20100 Powerbank. Started at 43%, ended at 45%.
That is not a massive gain, but I'm running Zelda during this time and I gained charge. That, my dears, is ****ing awesome considering how high the capacity of this bank is. Yes, the 20100+ with QC might be a better bet since it can take charge from 2 sources simultaneously, but frankly I wasn't going to pay more than double for the privilige. I got mine on special for about £21, it's usually around £28 on amazon.0 -
I picked one up meself, just for the Amiibo for BotW.
Couple of problems:
1. I don't want to stop playing BotW to play TP:HD long enough to get lots of hearts for the Wolf.
2. I don't actually want to open the box to take the Amiibo out.
So I think I'll just leave it there and not use the Amiibo at all...
So I found a solution to this...
I got drunk last night and spent about €40 on a loose wolf amiibo off eBay. 0 -
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Incoming Ninty goodies!
Specifically this beauty
Hori arcade stick for the Super Famicom, otherwise known as the Japanese SNES.
http://www.adverts.ie/12509417
Can't wait!
I've a ton of games to try with it.
When it comes to Ninty goodness there is no statute of limitations, it's been awesome since the Famicom!0 -
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It has been so long I'm not sure. Will have to take a look and post up some pics. Must get that cable 😀
@CptMackey Pm me i can send you a cable free of charge to help you get back gaming
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