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dragon enthusiast posted:Basically the MH world is a postwar post-post apocalyptic world and all the monsters are descendents of bioengineered living weapons I think that second part might be speculation to also explain why the fauna is so huge. My favorite fanon for that is that the hunters are all distant descendants of the Captain America-like super soldiers engineered to fight against dragons in the apocalypse war, and that's why they're all super strong and durable. Another fun idea is that those suits of armor, weird enchanted jewelry, and weapons all made from monster parts somehow imbues the hunter with superhuman might, but that falls apart mostly for Naked Hunters 
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dragon enthusiast posted:Basically the MH world is a postwar post-post apocalyptic world and all the monsters are descendents of bioengineered living weapons I love this. BEHOLD, THE ULTIMATE WEAPON, THE PINNACLE OF MY WORK. HARBINGER OF DEATH...LAGOMBI *loving stupid rabbit waddles out*
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Jan 22, 2018 21:43
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It's a super weird feeling to be going into a new Monster Hunter without knowing absolutely everything from people translating Japanese copies. I like it.
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Jan 22, 2018 21:44
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Ape Has Killed Ape posted:It's a super weird feeling to be going into a new Monster Hunter without knowing absolutely everything from people translating Japanese copies. I like it.  I spent an inordinate amount of time pouring over the Japanese material leading up to Generations.
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Jan 22, 2018 21:46
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Emron posted:I love this. Khezu is definitely some 'bring your kid to work day and maybe let them hit some buttons' level stuff. Jimmy you didn't even put eyes on it.
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Jan 22, 2018 21:47
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I always liked the idea that the companions are the actual Monster Hunters, using and manipulating us like tools. Doesn't hold up in multiplayer, but multiplayer is outside of canon in enough games I can buy it.
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Jan 22, 2018 21:48
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Saint Freak posted:Khezu is definitely some 'bring your kid to work day and maybe let them hit some buttons' level stuff. Gore Magala is what the 15-year-old bullied whiz kid intern cranked out. His original name was xXX_DarkGore_xXx but they talked him out of it.
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Jan 22, 2018 21:49
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I was musing about taking Friday off of work to dive into MonHun and my SO said "must be nice" since she spent all her PTO giving birth/caring for our child and while she was definitely being snarky I realized that yes, it IS nice and put in my time off request. I may sleep in an icy bed but my Friday lunch is going to be ~so tasty!~
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Jan 22, 2018 21:50
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LawfulWaffle posted:I was musing about taking Friday off of work to dive into MonHun and my SO said "must be nice" since she spent all her PTO giving birth/caring for our child and while she was definitely being snarky I realized that yes, it IS nice and put in my time off request. I may sleep in an icy bed but my Friday lunch is going to be ~so tasty!~ youre married to the guildmarm now, with a fulltime fur baby palico
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Jan 22, 2018 21:51
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Deviljho was designed by an 11 year old that wanted to make the coolest dinosaur ever. With laser breath! He's the best 
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Jan 22, 2018 21:52
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Bananasaurus Rex posted:Deviljho was designed by an 11 year old that wanted to make the coolest dinosaur ever. With laser breath! I played through my first MH game with a friend who told me nothing about Deviljho, so I was laughing at his stupid bullfrog-looking rear end, then he went into enrage and wiped me off the face of the earth.
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Jan 22, 2018 21:54
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LawfulWaffle posted:I was musing about taking Friday off of work to dive into MonHun and my SO said "must be nice" since she spent all her PTO giving birth/caring for our child and while she was definitely being snarky I realized that yes, it IS nice and put in my time off request. I may sleep in an icy bed but my Friday lunch is going to be ~so tasty!~ Ask your SO what's worse: taking PTO to play a video game, or bringing a child into a society that doesn't provide mandatory family leave for new parents. Just radicalize the heck out of her. (dont' do this, it's not worth the weird fight)
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Bananasaurus Rex posted:Deviljho was designed by an 11 year old that wanted to make the coolest dinosaur ever. With laser breath! I'd say five year old who loved both Dinosaurs and Pickles. and was also really hungry at the time.
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Jan 22, 2018 21:56
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Yeah this is what I was talking about with the art book from the first game. Equal dragon weapon and the great dragon war were concepts that never made it into the game
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Bananasaurus Rex posted:Yeah this is what I was talking about with the art book from the first game. Equal dragon weapon and the great dragon war were concepts that never made it into the game Some of the cut poo poo from the art book is awesome. I like the armorset that’s just a swarm of bugs that you can control. Another armorset that’s a bunch of paper charms that fall off as you get hit, or you can purposefully take them off in order to cast spells and poo poo. There were lots of cool ideas that unfortunately got dropped by the wayside. Doubt they'd fit in the game, but it makes me wish the Mosnter Hunter team would start a new series to implement some new ideas that wouldn't work in MH.
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Jan 22, 2018 22:01
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im still waiting for the boomerang weapon to get added to the game
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Jan 22, 2018 22:09
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dragon enthusiast posted:im still waiting for the boomerang weapon to get added to the game Zelda costumes are out.
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Jan 22, 2018 22:10
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Boomerang was cool but I'd rather have that dog weapon. Like the IG but better! 
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Jan 22, 2018 22:12
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Bananasaurus Rex posted:Boomerang was cool but I'd rather have that dog weapon. Like the IG but better! Okay, but only if the dog gets little suits of armor that match what the weapon is made out of.
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Jan 22, 2018 22:13
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dragon enthusiast posted:im still waiting for the boomerang weapon to get added to the game That's one weapon I could see as a worthy addition to Monster Hunter. I'm talking weapons based on the 6 foot hunting boomerangs the Aboriginal people hunted with.
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Jan 22, 2018 22:15
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You could have 6' boomerangs in Generations.
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SettingSun posted:That's one weapon I could see as a worthy addition to Monster Hunter. I'm talking weapons based on the 6 foot hunting boomerangs the Aboriginal people hunted with. The boomerang weapon they sketched up was actually a combination of a huge boomerang and boxing gloves. You could throw the boomerang and then punch the monster as it was in flight, or punch the boomerang as it returned to you to send it back out at a different angle.
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Do all the monsters in Monster Hunter fit the dinosaur aesthetic?
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Bananasaurus Rex posted:Yeah this is what I was talking about with the art book from the first game. Equal dragon weapon and the great dragon war were concepts that never made it into the game I watched some lore video that quoted the developers saying that they were very reluctant to make a world map for Monster Hunter. Like, they had this very pure idea of little human fighting big monsters and using monster parts to make cool equipment. That there's a story at all is a concession they probably made late in development, and I really like how there's this history that's way, way in the background to the rest of the game. At the same time, that history allows for technicolor great swords and drill hammers, to say nothing of "bow" guns, while staring blankly at the lore-obsessed player before taking the MST3k approach of "it's just a game and you should probably just relax."
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Triarii posted:The boomerang weapon they sketched up was actually a combination of a huge boomerang and boxing gloves. You could throw the boomerang and then punch the monster as it was in flight, or punch the boomerang as it returned to you to send it back out at a different angle. This rules and I'm sad now that I don't get to do that.
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ChrisBTY posted:Do all the monsters in Monster Hunter fit the dinosaur aesthetic? Some are more distinctly dragons. There are also giant apes and bear-like creatures, and giant insects and crabs. Not sure how many of those made it into World, if any.
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The apes poo poo and fart at you, so you know GOAT. the farts make you gag and you cant eat or drink anything until you fix the stank status Also a giant snowbunny.
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ChrisBTY posted:Do all the monsters in Monster Hunter fit the dinosaur aesthetic? No, there’s also wacky ones, like giant [bug, crab, rabbit, etc], a monkey that literally goes super saiyan, kecha wacha which is like a silly clown monkey that will gently caress you up, literal unicorn, electric dog, a shark/frog mix, all sorts of weird poo poo.
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ChrisBTY posted:Do all the monsters in Monster Hunter fit the dinosaur aesthetic? Dinosaurs are basically animals today but loving huge. MHW does have some inventive monsters that stray from the concept of dragons and lizards, like the paolumu Dragons and t-rexes are easily marketable though so it's no surprise they dominate mindshare for the game. There are a lot more variety than most would think
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MHXX had a final boss that was a mantis-like creature that piloted a giant mech of itself made from weapon and armor scraps that it glued together and controlled puppet-like using strands of its own silk from inside it.
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Pretty much all the returning monsters are dragons or Trex except for the lava fish, Chimera and Lightning Unicorn. Some of the new monsters break the mold too like the bat puff-ball, skinned wolf and giant chameleon
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deadly_pudding posted:MHXX had a final boss that was a mantis-like creature that piloted a giant mech of itself made from weapon and armor scraps that it glued together and controlled puppet-like using strands of its own silk from inside it. What the gently caress, this is cool as hell. The first hunt of HR in 4u was a crab, and I remember feeling like hot poo poo, I just soloed Gore Magala and now I have to fight a crab? The crab wrecked me.
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ChrisBTY posted:Do all the monsters in Monster Hunter fit the dinosaur aesthetic? Nah          
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MHX also had a giant squid piloting dead dragon skeletons around and usung them to do various iconic attacks and beams. The fact it actually is a squid is a hufe reveal because everyone just reported it as a terrifying two headed dragon loving things up.
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Zore posted:MHX also had a giant squid piloting dead dragon skeletons around and usung them to do various iconic attacks and beams. And XX has a bug who makes its own giant robot out of trash!
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Jan 22, 2018 22:38
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A lot of the coolest monsters aren't dinos/dragons, like Lagombi, Seltas Queen, and everyone's fave Nibelsnarf!
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Jan 22, 2018 22:40
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I apologize for my rudeness, but lagombi sucks rear end.
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Zore posted:MHX also had a giant squid piloting dead dragon skeletons around and usung them to do various iconic attacks and beams. Nakarkos is one of my all-time favorites. I hope it comes back sometime.
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i consider Royal Ludroth more of a sponge granted sentience than a dragon, so they count too
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