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Mute

Feb 6 2004, 01:00 PM

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From GameStop

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Capcom's Monster Hunter has been on our radar since the game was first revealed at Capcom's pre-E3 event last year. The unique online game casts you in the role of a prospective monster hunter out trying to make a living. We got a brief look at the game in playable form at last year's Tokyo Game Show but have finally been able to get a solid feel for what to expect from it at Capcom's recent press event.

The promising game seems like a mix of slick, original ideas along with an evolution of many of the gameplay elements introduced in Sega's Phantasy Star Online. You'll create a character that you can use in either single-player or multiplayer mode, and you can customize it by tweaking a number of features. Aside from being able to personalize your character's name, gender, face, hair style, hair color, and voice, you'll have to decide which faction your character comes from. Monster Hunter will feature several different groups, which all have unique arsenals and fighting techniques. Once you've created your virtual avatar you can choose to hop into an offline or online mode.

The game's story appears to be fairly simple and serves as more of a gateway to get you into hunting than anything else. You'll play as a young monster hunter who is looking for some prestige. Your road to notoriety will be a long one, thanks to a deliberate design that ensures you don't plow through the game. You'll have to talk to different characters and look into expeditions that will send you out into the wild world. However, the development of individual characters doesn't hinge only on clearing levels but also on the strength of the weapons and protective gear you'll possess, which will influence action and battle tactics. Weapon shops located in the neighboring towns and villages let you buy, create, or strengthen powerful weapons and armor using items collected during combat and the skin or horns acquired from monsters you've killed. The effectiveness of items will vary depending on the materials used to produce them. Capcom is stating that the variety of armaments used or obtained is almost limitless.

The core gameplay online or offline is simply to get stuff by killing things--the tried-and-true method of other action RPGs. As you collect items and check in with the local guild in the town you reside in, new expeditions of varying difficulty will open up. The collection element in the game looks pretty cool--you can collect items and use them to power up your armor or weapon. As you'd expect, such items don't grow on trees and have to be used carefully to ensure maximum gain for all your hard work. However, no matter how solid the single-player game is, the online multiplayer mode is going to be the place to be. Fellow human players help you tackle the nasty creatures in the game, and you'll also be able to trade unwanted items with them.

Controlling your character is pretty easy, especially if you've played PSO and have had to deal with centering a camera behind you fairly often during combat. The interesting addition to the mix is using the right analog stick to attack, as opposed to a face button. Directional combinations of left and right or up and down will let you perform combos that can seriously hurt your quarry. You'll have one weapon whose firepower will vary depending on what you choose to use over the course of a hunt. You'll find quite the arsenal to choose from before heading out, but you'll have to be very comfortable with your choice, since you'll be stuck with it for a while. As usual, larger weapons are deadly but slow, while smaller weapons do less damage but afford you greater attack speed. In addition to using traditional weapons such as swords, you'll be able to use guns and set traps that will come in handy for taking down the larger creatures.

The online multiplayer game in Monster Hunter is pretty standard but looks to be fun and addictive. You can participate in group sessions with up to three other players. You can either compete to see who can be the first to achieve certain goals or work as a team to take down powerful monsters and accomplish tasks. For example, you can work collectively to create traps for unsuspecting monsters or distract a monster's attention so that a party member can escape from a dragon's nest. In addition, new quests and items will be slated to follow over the course of your time with the game.

The graphics in Monster Hunter are looking sharp and are certainly atmospheric. The lush prehistoric setting has allowed for the creation of some expansive and beautiful environments that are chock-full of monsters of all shapes and sizes. You'll encounter everything from mellow herbivores to much more aggressive velociraptor-like creatures. And the poster boys for pain in the adventure appear to be massive wyverns that come in a variety of strains that are all pretty deadly.

From what we played so far, Monster Hunter is looking very promising. We noticed a few hitches to the control system that could be smoothed out, such as the camera and use of the right analog stick for attacks, but the game has a good feel to it already. Monster Hunter is currently slated to ship this fall for the PlayStation 2. Look for more on the game in the coming months.

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This game looks pretty darn sweet. Unfortunately the release date is still TBA so it's no telling when we'll see this game. Perhaps Capcom will reveal some more on this one at E3.

Also, check out the official trailer 2. It's intense.

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Guest_Zio_*

Sep 28 2004, 06:33 AM

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QUOTE (DarkEpyon @ Sep 27 2004, 05:12 PM)

Thanks for the tip, amigo. Still however, as they say in Spanish, "no tengo teclado." However, I'll try to change that by this weekend.

Somebody pway wiff meeee!

Well Im on during the day and on all night sometime during the weekend. And yeah that Yian-Kut-Ku is a pain in the jungle offline...it was funny stuff the other day I played with 2 people who tried to kill the bigger wyvern called gycerops or something like that (whatever the one is that can poison you) needless to say they got owned. Btw Mute my character finally got rid of that thong

he went from lookin like a jackass to a badass.

DarkEpyon View Member Profile	Sep 28 2004, 10:03 AM Post #92
Revolution to the Destruction Group: Paragon Caste Posts: 2007 Joined: 14-March 03 From: The Black Spiral Member No.: 21	Last night with Mute was truly a blast. We beat up Yian-kut-ku in true fashion, although I did die twice and it went to sleep once. The best part was getting sloshed afterward. I really gotta hurry up and get me a keyboard so this game will be even more fun. -------------------- "Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination." -Albert Einstein

Dive View Member Profile	Sep 28 2004, 10:06 AM Post #93
Antarctica Traffic Control Group: Dark Templar Posts: 1823 Joined: 10-December 02 Member No.: 1	Bummer, I missed out on a Yian Kut Ku beatdown? Oh well there will be more, and DE, you might have had a better chance of survival had I been there. I have been known to load in a Recovery Shell from time to time as I blast my teammates with Pellet Ammo.

DarkEpyon

Sep 28 2004, 10:08 AM

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QUOTE (Dive @ Sep 28 2004, 12:06 PM)

Bummer I missed out on a Vian Kut Ku beatdown? Oh well there will be more, and DE, you might have had a better chance of survival had I been there. I have been known to load in a Recovery Shell from time to time as I blast my teammates with Pellet Ammo.

Yeah it would've come in handy. After it went to sleep, I really felt we were needing more in the way of manpower. Looks like that big pink bird will soon become our bitch like dark falz was.

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Mute

Sep 28 2004, 10:25 AM

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QUOTE (DarkEpyon @ Sep 28 2004, 11:08 AM)

Yeah it would've come in handy. After it went to sleep, I really felt we were needing more in the way of manpower. Looks like that big pink bird will soon become our bitch like dark falz was.

To beat the wyvern, one must respect the wyvern.

Tell me, did you think we had a chance in hell after it killed you the first time? It was all about patience. Heck, I even ran out of potions toward the end of the fight and had to run back to the camp to heal up. However, our strategy was to have someone keep the sucker awake when it tried to rest in it's nest (area 5). Ended up working out nicely, for in the end, we carved up some pink bird.

style.

QUOTE (Zio @ Sep 28 2004, 07:33 AM)

Btw Mute my character finally got rid of that thong beigebiggrin.gif he went from lookin like a jackass to a badass.

All I can say is thank god.

Oh and warn others, never equip the light belt! X_X

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DarkEpyon View Member Profile	Sep 28 2004, 10:28 AM Post #96
Revolution to the Destruction Group: Paragon Caste Posts: 2007 Joined: 14-March 03 From: The Black Spiral Member No.: 21	No, I didn't think we could pull it off after that first time I kissed the ground. In other news, my keyboard's on its way. -------------------- "Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination." -Albert Einstein

Guest_Zio_*	Sep 28 2004, 02:15 PM Post #97
Guests	Haha thats cool guys...Im on Monster Hunter right now. People in here are teh crazeh! We all went to the jungle and smacked down the Gyncerops or whatever that things name is. He fakes death and stuff all the time so it was pretty tough. About the only thing I got was rubbery hides but you can make Gyncerops armor with it.

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