Dedicated To Gamers preview the as-yet-unannounced-for-the-Wes t Monster Hunter Portable 3rd for the PSP.
Dash Bomber writes, "I’ve started noticing a trend in certain video games recently. Developers appear to believe that if you release a multiplayer online game they will maintain an extremely high player base if they release tiny bits of DLC throughout the following months of release. While this can be a noble goal in the case of certain games in which this DLC is free such as Monster Hunter, or Splatoon; in other cases such as the one with Evolve (which the entire game with DLC (aka season pass) costs about 150+ USD) it works as a way of milking the players of their hard-earned money (or parental units money’s). I fear that in the misguided attempts at extending the life cycle they are completely missing the fact that gamers are usually a fickle group."
I can't help but think this is Capcom's own doing. As much as I love it on the 3DS maybe it's time to release it on other consoles. And if you are going to do an mmo, release it in the west. 2 perfectly good mmos that doesn't look like they want to localize. This is one of my favorite games. >.< I really don't want to see it buried.
It's on life support because of Capcom's terrible decision to make it exclusive for the 3DS and Wii U. They have only themselves to blame for the decline and fall of the franchise.
um... monster hunter 4 ultimate has a very active online community even now.
l read the article. it goes on about fucking fps and evolve. Capcoms monster hunter is as unkillable as WoW is here in the west. Click bait about essentially the first sentance in that paragraph...
It's another case of Capcom pulling dick moves. I'm to the point of not wanting to support them anymore with my wallet. They chose the exclusive route for the Monster Hunter series, they let the Resident Evil series turn to crap, i can't remember if they have had any new IP in the last 10 years,... I wonder how they maintain any sort of significance in today's gamer market.
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Does that sound like a game that's on life support to you?
The state of Handheld Gaming in the current market. Order A Game Podcast 7
Are dedicated Handheld Game Systems doomed?
We cover the major news from the last week in gaming and then move on to our topic of the week - The State of Handheld Gaming in the current market.
The State of handheld gaming is really good. Always has been and always will be. Those who think otherwise fail to look at history and learn from it.
There is no doom and gloom within the gaming industry, the media just makes it seem like there is so people read their BS.
How big the fan base is for Monster Hunter is something that might puzzle you. In fact, with Monster Hunter Tri being the largest third party selling game on the Wii in Japan, it’s bound to raise a brow or two. Not only that, but it is so popular that in Japan there are Hunter meetups and camps that have been organized where fellow hunters gathered together to, well, obviously play Monster Hunter together, mainly on the PSP (Monster Hunter Freedom Unite series). Its success in Japan is also spreading to western cultures with Saturday nights online community being in it’s thousands on the Europe and Australia/New Zealand servers. And with the anticipation for Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on its way to stores in March 2013, what else could be more exciting?
I've played Monster Hunter on PSP, I really wasn't impressed... I don't get what the big deal is about it, perhaps I didn't play enough?
Huge MH fan here. I've beaten all the Chief (solo) and Guild (Co-op) missions in FU. I have to agree, it is better with friends, but I also like being tested 1v1. It tests your merit as a hunter. However, the PSP titles are far superior to Tri on the Wii. I have both, and not to be mean, but I can honestly say that if you have friends with a PSP/MH, there is no point in getting Tri.
On a side note, MH4 for 3DS looks like it has great monster design, but I wish the graphics didn't looks so jaggy in comparison to previous games. I also wish they would get rid of this "chase sequence" crap highlighted in the trailer, and remove the Dragons Dogma climbing on monsters stuff.