I’m holding out for XX (Generations Generations?) but I’ll still likely grab 4U next time a physical copy goes on sale. I hope XX adds the framerate boost on the New 3DS that 4U got- the contrast between how the two looked when I played the demos was pretty stark.
Honestly, it feels like Generations starts off front-loaded with really boring and tedious quests for no good reason. I don’t recall 4U being nearly as bad about having you constantly fight trash mobs and do gathering missions as part of advancing the single player plot. Really, so much in the game is tied to doing boring missions instead of actually fighting dangerous monsters (see: prowler quests). Also, as a greatsword player, adding Blangonga as the HR1 multiplayer key mission really didn’t endear me to the game.
Plus, the new armor upgrade system really just adds even more grind to the game, and makes zenny annoyingly scarce, which was kind of unnecessary.
I think the cat quests are skippable, aren’t they? The kitchen upgrade they gives you gets unlocked in Gathering Hall high rank somewhere?
Now that I’m thinking of it, I think there’s something locked behind the egg quests, which is Bad.
Like, here’s the thing. I love LOVE the actual gameplay in Generations. Adept Longsword is the most fun I’ve had in a while with Monster Hunter. I love the new monsters, and I love Nargacuga. I don’t love the fact that I’m gonna have to fight Dreadking Rathalos like 50 more times if I want to unlock his armor skill.
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The prowler quests are also necessary to unlock more trading carts and some of the farm features.
And yeah, it’s a shame that it has the flaws it does, because I love Adept Bow, and miss it a lot when I go back to the older games.
That’s what I was thinking of! The trading carts also unlock on their own if you reach HR5 online. HR 4 and 5 also unlock a bunch of trade categories.
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UPDATE
Today we have to ask the important questions: What if Qurupeco were more of an asshole? How good is my current set of armor?
Where’s the Pickle?
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“Bigger help” indeed. I’m guessing even when it’s a thing you can do without it being a staggeringly bad idea, fighting The Pickle is a bad plan if you have Qurupeco in the same zone.
Hope you keep the Hunter McCree look going for a few, it’s snappy.
Shame you can’t go full cowboy and ride a monster into battle, but I’ll settle for smashing big-ass birds with a poncho on.
You beat me to it! 
It’s going to take us a while to get some better high rank armor, so you can expect us to be a cowboy for a little while.
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Alright I’ve always been kinda down on Monster Hunter but I’ve been finding this LP pretty fun. Makes the game look a lot better than footage I always saw. And much better than the demo I played on the Wii long ago. Also I am disappointed with how many pun opportunities come up that you don’t take. Shame. SHAME.
Welcome back to Monster Howdy 3.
Yeah, the demos for Monster Hunter have always been bad. Throwing you into the middle of a hunt with no idea what’s going on or letting you get a feeling what you can do. They are mostly there for people who’ve already played previous Monster Hunters to see what’s new in the combat, and that’s just terrible for a demo. They honestly should have made the beginning first 1-2 hours of every game the demo, since those have always had a decentish tutorial about the different mechanics in them and gave you time to explore the different weapons.
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This is something the Toukiden Kiwami demo did exceptionally well. There were some one-off hunts with set equipment you could do to earn bonuses for the full game, but you also got the first couple of original chapters AND the first chapter of the Kiwami expansion in the demo, so it worked for both newcomers and returning players. You could continue from where you left off in the demo, too!
UPDATE
It’s been a long time, and between Breath of the Wild coming out, work, and a whole bunch of other stuff, I’ve been kind of distracted. That said, I did do some work in high rank. It’s time to come to terms with the idea that pink doesn’t look good on everything.
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I’ve missed this, glad you’ve come back to huntin’. Meantime, I really hope that new hammer you talked about will stop some of the long-fight woes, especially against jerks like this one.
just started, and loved the tv-nihon pull. this is good stuff!
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UPDATE
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I didn’t realize McCree was such a good monster hunter.