Is Monster Hunter Stories 3 worth $70? Thinking about playing it. I like jarpigs
Depends on how much you like MH/the previous games.
>>735929702I’ve played most mainline and portable MH games. I think they’re pretty good. Haven’t played any previous stories games
>>735929616Play the demo first. If you like what's in there, then you'll like the rest of the game.
>>735929616it's just rock, paper, scissors slop. it's only performative shilling by people who want to "own" pokemon fans. skip it. play yokai watch 4 or SMT instead.
>>735930015What's the bet this anon recommends SMTIV first?
>>735930015Harman Smith, please.
>>735930164Nocturne or Vengeance are more newbie friendly. 4 is very overwhelming for a first timer and unfair with the dogshit RNG.
>>735930015>it's just rock, paper, scissors slopHow are people still parroting this when the overwhelming complaint is that it doesn't do enough of the rock paper scissors anymore?
>>735929616>70 dollaridoodles third person game>can't jump
>>735930313But you can?
>>735930418I played the demo, don't fucking lie to me faggot
>>735930227Nocturne is not newbie friendly at all, man.
>>735930446You can't jump inside of towns.
>>735930585I checked the fucking keybinds, no jump button.
>>735930313Yes you can, both on foot and while riding a monster.
>>735929807Well, it's basically MH as a jrpg then, if you really enjoy the monsters of the main games then you get to fight alongside them.
>>735930676>liar accuses other people of lying
>>735930015I already played all the SMT games. Is Yokai actually good?
>>7359310244 is.i really liked 2, but the gameplay isn't very appealing to some. i heard 3 was better, recieved but i actually disliked the combat in that one.
>>735930756next you tell me we can fly in this game too right? oh wait you can only do it in specific situations when mounting a specific monster. The protagonist of this game can not jump.
YOUWIRRRIKERATHAROS
>>735930015>people who want to "own" pokemon fans.Is this one of those "post outrageously retarded shit to make people bump the thread" or are you just outrageously retarded?
>>735931163Yes they can, but it doesn't go far. This is a weird thing to have a hangup over considering in the main MH games you actually cannot jump unless you use insect glaive/a ledge.
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>>735929616YOU WILL RIKE RATHAYOU SHALL NOT REMOVE USELESS RATHA FROM YOUR TEAM
>>735931242Any time someone makes a comparison between games I just either assume they're retarded or shitposting. It rarely fails.
>>735930015The game heavily toned down the RPS, and it's a problem because some of the core mechanics are tied to it.
>>735931242people were obsessing about how the new digimon looked so much better and how it was over for pokemon only to end up selling 1 million compared to pokemon's 10+ million. once Stories 3 got announced, i saw people started doing the same shit. lol.
>>735931242theres a bunch of retards who try to claim that basically any game that is a turn based RPG or monster collecting/raising game is some kind of "pokemon killer" and they then drag the game through the mud because all they care about is console warring against nintendo persona/SMT gets it sometimes, palworld got it, mosnter hunter stories gets it
>>735931813>a bunch of whiny bitches means NO MONSTER CATCHING GAME SHOULD EVER EXIST OR BE MADE EVER AGAIN
>>735932350How many monster eggs has she laid....
>>735932350what does this smug brat know that we dont?
>>735929616The gameplay is refined compared to Stories 1 and 2. The tone and aesthetics are also more serious compared to 1 & 2 as well. Just a heads up if you plan to play 1 & 2 as well at some point.
>>735931163>The protagonist of this game can not jumpAnon I booted up the game and pressed space, and the MC jumped.
>>735932572She's a human, silly.>>735932574She knows Injun Joe's secret.
>forgot to do an early game mission to hunt a gypseros and kut-ku>go back to azuria>look for gypseros and kut-ku>rathians>nargacugas>lagiacrus>astalos>glavenus>brachydiosHOORAY THE ENVIRONMENT IS SAVED
>>735933472>sets S rank deviljhos into every biome on every map nature is healing
>>735933582He's back! He's back! Voldemort's back!
>>735931242I thought this image was a rare honey gathering node at first
>>735932350>>735933436This just makes me want to try starting 2 again. The characters were way cuter there
>>735932629Which is funny because 3 is hilariously forgiving of it's characters, we are supposed to believe no one cares about Vermeil attacking during peacetime and roasting soldiers with Rathalos, while in 1, Mr Owtheedge literally starts indiscriminately hunting monsters as revenge for the frenzied Narga attack.
Holy shit, what are the odds of these rare dens? Problem is I haven't beat the feral Espinas yet so these will all be C-rank eggs.
>>735934736collect them and then store the genes on a mon you're not using.
>>735934736>>735934769You can't even get XL genes off of non elders until the final chapter so really those dens are kinda useless right now.
>>735932528reading comprehension of a fucking toddler.
>>735935348
>>735930015absolutely keyed post
Are Debuff/Omni Chaser skills worth using? How much more damage do they do if you meet their conditions?
>>735929616There is no JRPG worth $70.
what the hell do you even need to max out the Bnahabra set? I’m missing a couple mats from one monster (?) and the game refuses to tell me anything. Anyone got the full upgrade list?
Man, that Feral Espinas fight was great. Screwed up and didn't use my kinship move at the right time and got blasted off my Stygian Zinogre.
Rejoice! I have released ice dragons to the desert.
>>735935884Can't remember, but a lot of the mats I think are from subs, like black diablos, azure ratha, ebony odogaron, etc. if it's not invasive material.
>>735935884Ivory Lagi.
>>735936067>>735936085Thanks!
>>735932350>interviews stated that the protags of stories 1 and 2 were around 11 and 14 respectively>you could wear the slutty armor like kirin and narga with zero censorship modificationsTroubling to think about.
>wilds lets boys wear girl clothes>non-zero chance of this for the next storiesThey should bring back younger protagonists.
>>735936353Not really. When normal people go to the beach they don't think it's troubling to see children wearing swimming clothes, it's the people who think it's sexy that are troubling.
>>735929616Didn't this game flop bigly?
>>735938596It got a launch Steam release so the console numbers are lower. MHS1 was a 3DS release and MHS2 a Switch release.
>>735938596We just don't know. The only numbers we have are japan physical for 2/4 platforms.
>>735934634>>735932629To me, 3 feels way more cartoony than 2 or 1. The first two actually have real losses and villains you can relate to, but in 3 everything feels way more babyfied. Characters don’t really die, they all have plot armor, there’s convenient amnesia, and a pussy ass MC who justifies everything for no reason.I find Ena’s necklace to be a really dumb asspull, but goddamn if an eldritch horror eating Rathalos was not kino.
>>735934296Its like Goldilocks and the 3 bearsMHS 1 - MC too youngMHS 3 - too oldMHS 2 - just right
>>735939002Stories 4 needs to be someone orphaned by Clarisse who wants to enact revenge on Vermeil.
>>735929616I'm tired of trying to help brown people save money. If you're too stupid to not look for alternatives to purchasing off steam then yeah, go ahead and pay full price for this shit, retard.
>>735929616Like every monster hunter game, Ill wait for the significant price drop
How are you supposed to beat Ibushi and Narwa in one go?Their AoE attacks are extra bullshit and can easily wipe your team and I can't seem to survive them and always gets killed in one hit. What type of damage do they even do? Thunder or Dragon?Also for some reason your party members refuses to use the heart healing item on you.
>>735930015Why would they play yokai watch or smt if they want monster hunter's monsters
>>735939002>pussy ass MC who justifies everything for no reasonThisI'd rather have a silent MC than a bland one. For all the shit Navirou gets, at least he has a personality other characters bounce off so you can feel something about him which is important since he is your mouthpiece in Stories 1 and 2. Stories 3 MC is just boringly supportive of everyone. He doesn't need to be edgy but a fleshed out person if you're gonna make him speak
>>735939002>MC who justifies everything for no reason.They literally give a reason every time.
>>735930015>it's just rock, paper, scissors slopso are all the games you listed
>>735939894i get you're upset, but you dont have to lie.
>>735939939oh so you are retarded, sorry for your loss anon
>>735936353Never got the Kirin armor on the switch version but yeah, this kid is stacked.
>>735939997no, anon. go ahead. explain to us how is YW4 and SMT RPS.
>>735940074>he cant work it out for himselflmao
>>735940280I accept your concession
>>735938207
>>735940328>she still cant work it outBAHAHAHHA
>get around to making a gear set for each element to save>realize I have almost no ice weapons>realize I'm more than halfway into the game and the only ice monster I've fought is an aurora somnocanth
>>735930015>Yokai 4Come on anon, at least recommend something localized. the Digimon Story games are right there
Kek, I can't believe how early the game lets us get Boltreaver Astalos, I'm sure there are more monsters that get bonkers if you min-max with all sorts of skills but Boltreaver Astalos comes with the whole package built in.
>>735940596here comes the plane. open wide.https://gamebanana.com/mods/480884
>the equipment crafting menu has a button to automatically select materialsHoly shit, I wish I realized this 80 hours ago.
>>735939002>I find Ena’s necklace to be a really dumb asspullHow? She got it midgame as a "important heirloom from her family" and they made clear her ancestors did something when the original Oltura attacked (although at the moment they haven't figured that out as the legend was incomplete).
>>735938672MHS2 got a steam release on the same day than the switch version.
>>735936441>wilds lets boys wear girl clothesWhat girl clothes? All the armors were turned into shitty gender neutral bullshit.
>>735933582This face makes me think in that old visual novel about a town where everyone goes batshit insane. You know which one.
>Feral Glavenus did a 2-turn wipeOh fug.
>>735940370
>keeping the popo population in check with arkveld>thinning the aggressive jaggi population with deviljho>preventing plant overgrowth with bloodbath diablos
Does it matter what secondary element a monster has?
>>735943346Only if you are building them with it in mind, like using a dual fire/ice to have fire res plus ice attacks.
>>735943346Doubling up on a monster's element will reduce their primary elemental weakness.
Is it just me, or do these Stories games generate fuck all in terms of fanart? I occasionally see doodles (mostly just OC headshots) from western accounts and almost no high quality JP art. It was like this with Stories 2 as well. What's up with that? Is it a case of japanese artists not tagging or uploading their work properly?
>>735943990Japanese are notoriously bad at tagging, yes. Though not sure on the fanart aspect for stories as I never looked.
>>735943707>>735943751Neat, thanks. What about for Caynes? Neutral, or something like Dragon?
>>735944187Up to you, canyne faces/heads visually change a lot in case you want a certain look.
I hate controller slop. Does this also have 100 keybinds like MHworld and rise? Or is it playable with M&K?
>>735944365it's a turn based rpg.
>>735929616Capcoms sales strategy is 20% within a few months, 50% off within 2 years, 80 to 90% off in 4 to 5 years. If you are on the fence, just wait
>>735944365>I hate controllerlmao filtered, get gud noob
>>735930015This but unironicallyVanilla pokemon games are somehow more engaging than monster hunter stories. It's a shame because this is the only major problem the series has, other than some fan favorite monsters not being available as monsties. Team building also being useful for exploration thanks to monsters who can fly, surf or climb trees is genuinely amazing but then, you're forced to keep rathalos and there's no real type advantage to make use of. Such a shame really. So close to greatness
>>735944812Element typing is a lot stronger in 3 though.
>>735943990Nah, there's barely anything out there, tagged or not.
>>735941272Actually, he does, but I don't. Lay it on me, biggus niggus.
>>735932350>>735933436cute himeposter!
How high level is wild Deviljho?I'm level 53 and he's still considered at least 5 levels or more higher than me.
>traitor queen's rathalos invades and kills azuriansTOTALVERMEILDEATH
>>735946045Like 60 - 70, you can press RT to see.
>>735943751 Yeah you can see it right there with Plesioth. Double water bumps his water res to the moon but his thunder weakness chills out from double down to single. It’s basically minmaxing for survivability vs his hard counter. The tradeoff is you’re locking him harder into one element instead of flexing coverage. Good for PvE where you know what you’re fighting, kinda mid if you want generalist builds.
>>735946265It's kind of busted with Ebony Odo and Arkveld.
>Is Monster Hunter Stories 3 worth $70?Is flushing $70 down the toilet in order to watch the notes swirl, worth it?
>>735930494It is, always was>bbbbut it was my first jrpg and it was super hardcoreall atlus games are braindead easy, this is how they become popular
>>735946045That deviljho in the second area is the power leveling spot once you figure out how to safely approach it
Rey Dau's sounds are so funny in this while riding. It's like he's complaining about you making him do anything.
How do we feel about Capcom refusing add new monsters in free updates?
>>735946575I'm fine if they throw in a ton of new ones in a mini-expansion instead. Isn't there an unused volcano area in the game files?
>>735946575We don't know about that for sure, they said the usual look forward to more info later.
>>735946053Considering Azuria tried to murder that Rathalos at birth for no reason but prophecy, they fucking deserve it
>>735946769The killing of Rathalos is a sacred task all Riders and Hunters and otherwise should undertake until Rathalos are all fully and permanently extinct and we can start with something new in Stories 4.
>>735944238>canyne faces/heads visually change a lot in case you want a certain look.
>>735946045wouldnt know anything hard on the overworld gets the back initiation then ohko attack then run and repeat until i kill it
>>735946853Water is super cute, gonna get one of those.
Pro Tip: If you are still too weak to beat Jho in the 2nd area you can use Green Narga OHKO move to instantly kill it, it does require luck but this is a free strat since you can just run away if you don't get the kill.
>>735949451Is Narga the same movement speed as a Cayne? Or is Cayne the fastest?
>>735949652Cayne is actually middle of the road for speed, its just looks fast because of the low angle. Fastest are the tiggy, and Great Poogie. I'm pretty sure the zinos are the same speed as dogs also. Dog is worth having just to ride though since its one of the only mosters that can dig.
This seems like a good thread to ask. Just started this franchise because I saw the good reviews for 3 and I like MH in general. I blasted through the first and enjoyed it, but I'm loving the 2nd much more. But is there any point in going into Dens that aren't rare? Kinda just seems like a waste of time for the most part. Like, sometimes I can get a smelly egg, but otherwise the Monstie i pick up doesn't even have useful genes. Unless i use them to buff up the same genes on another Monstie, but that also doesn't seem worth it since this early in the game everything is like Buff (S) or (M) and I know the (L) versions will show up later.
>>735949738Oh wow, I see. Nice, I'm replacing my dog with a Narga then, unless I need dig.
>>735949652>>735949738https://youtube.com/shorts/n-cSi_fhKKA?si=Kh-jC8YS2XHla89YGyp of all things is the 3rd fastest monstie in the game lol.
>>735949790In 2, you can do basic dens just for the sake of upgrading passives fastIn 3, there no reason to touch dens before you level the shit out of zones
>>735949790I remember in 2, space is at a premium and low quality monsters are significantly weaker so not really worth it outside of basic story progression.
>>735949790>>735949858One problem with 3 is the XL genes don't even spawn until you are in the final chapter of the game for non elders, after that though even common dens give XL genes.
>>735949858Is upgrading the passives even worth it though if it's like Health Up (S) when I can just slap a Health Up (M) on it later? >>735949985Thanks for the advice, I'll keep it in mind. Excited to get to the third seeing how much of an upgrade going from 1 to 2 was.
>>735929616no, wait for at least a 33% sale
>>735949451Does Inflict Up buff Narga's assassin tail?
>>735951227It should since OHKO is a status effect. There might be some fuckery behind the scenes making it not get buffed by it for all we know since we really have no datamined values for anything combat related in this game.
Any completion autists in here? I’m losing my mind over this.I’m stuck at 98% decorations and I have no idea what I’m missing.I’ve got all the normal decos (sleep coating, antiburn.... etc etc.), but the weird variants (the ones with random letter soup at the end like BLNT/BST/WYVN) don’t move the percentage at all. I tested a bunch and nothing. If they really don’t count, then they’re just a massive waste of mats.So what actually counts toward 100%? What the hell am I missing?
>>735929616I just beat 2 so I'll wait a bit before I play 3
>>735952203Good idea, or you'll be disappointed by lack of sou
>>735952238I mean I beat the first one way back on the 3DS when it first came out tooWhy is this one worse?The trailers make it look pretty good
>>735951921Have you killed all the Elder Dragons? You get an XL deco by the end of that. Otherwise check your map of each area and look at the view that shows chests on the map, maybe some of those...
>>735952293More cinematic and story focused, including trying to make player feel cool and special, even at the cost of gameplay and natural progression(You already experienced rider and start with flying rath, kut ku and tobi, first boss after tutorial is one of fated four), people happy that dens aren't caves anymore and just area with eggs, but it unironically took a lot from gameplay without giving anything in exchange.It's not bad game, just don't play right after 2, so it'll be harder for you to compare
>stupid narga 1-hit kill keeps proccing when the boss is at 10-20% health leftWell now I know I can already defeat a Deviljho without the 1-hit kill skill at least. Should I stick Deviljho on the no-element or dragon areas?
>>735952502No-ele Jho looks fucking awesome.
I picked this game up recently knowing very little about Monster Hunter but craving a modern monster catching game. I'm also kind of retarded. Any protips? Don't actually tell me what to do or anything, I'm just not sure what I'm doing with monster habitats and channeling so mostly ignoring it besides obvious upgrades. I'm having fun collecting cool looking monsters at the moment but I'm sure I'm missing out on a lot by not diving into the mechanics.
I suppose it goes against the whole eco conservationist angle to feed monsties into a woodchipper but it feels so cheap that they don't disappear after channeling. There's also no thrill of the hunt since you can just swap genes wherever.
but why does the cast look so bad? They all look boring
>>735935509>GS&hammer unga-bunga wife>big titsBest girl
>>735953614>brash dumb girl who likes to cook>anjanath and glavenus>greatsword and hammerLiterally custom-made for us.
>>735929616>preorderbonusslop
>>735953109Upgrading monsters to S (feeding the same monsters to a habitat) unlocks better signature moves and genes. Monsterpedia notes will have pretty obvious hints to unlock mutations for endangered monsters. Have fun!
>>735946265single element makes most of the times more sense. There is always some low stamina cost move for each attack you can slap on it and the elemental bingo bonus increases the damage significantly especially if you abuse the enemies weakness. Something like Espinas with Ice secondary vs Velkhana is worse than another pure fire monster with natural ice resistance.
>>735932350>>735933436Is that a mod?
>>735952441Yeah, I did. But I booted the game again just to double‑check… anyway, I got the missing deco. It was "Taunting Tremolo". I only got it because I upgraded some random weapon. Your comment made me check again, so I ended up getting the medal before going to sleep. So thanks for your comment, anon. And for anyone else going for 100%: I was right. Don’t bother with the alternate versions of decorations. They don’t count for anything and it’s a complete waste of mats.I wasted like 5–10 hours because every English guide out there is garbage.
>>735929616No jarpig is worth $70.
>>735929616No game is worth 70 $/€
>>735953769Thank anon, it's been fun so far. I'm not sure when I should be adding new monsters to habitats though, I saw with the tutorial adding Rathian to a land also adds pink and mutated versions, is it the same with every monster or should I hold off on adding non-endagereds? It looks like there is a limit to additions so I don't want to fill an area up and miss out on a cool alternate form later.
>>735931446can't believe i'd ever agree with someone who looks like this
>>735952441>look at the view that shows chests on the mapwait this exists? I just ended up going up and down and find most of the things eventually other than some Poogies I looked up
>>735954884For the most part you can just add them to a same-element habitat if you want to play it safe.
>>735953295I disagree, the girls look great.
>>735954884>It looks like there is a limit to additionsDon't worry, if you have 5 monsters in the habitat, and add a 6th, the 5th is backed up, you don't lose it.
>>735954884Endangered monsters so you can get more from them, when you want mutations that have certain conditions you can look up in your monster book or monsters you want in your team since you can mix/match egg skills via excursion later if the monster is S-Rank in one habit of the map.
I'm at 102 hours but I'm autistic and want one of every monstie in their original color. Also Thea is my daughter wife.
>>735930015Every jrpg is hit the weakspot to win, pokemon and smt more so.
>>735955259Thea is a big sister now!
Anyone gone back to an older Mon Hun after playing Stories 3? I say older, what I mean is I reinstalled Rise/Sunbreak. The Rise monsties made me nostalgic for it.
>>735955728No but you can tell Stories 3 had a priority for portable monsters. I did actually like seeing Magnamalo.
>>735936018these will never not be funny kek
>>735955728Still thinking about returning to wilds, because I have lagi, final boss and goz to huntBut, kinda don't want to, because voiced npc talking to me evrytime I enter camp is annoying
>>735941652>you can only glide, not flyslop
>Blangonga over LagombiFUCK YOU CAPCOM I'M GOING TO KILL AS MANY RATHALOS AS I CAN IN RETALIATION
>>735945721Yo!>>735954149It's an armor you get from a Tigrex subspecies.
fresh from the oven
>>735929616>$70No. You can get a used copy on ebay for half that price already.
>>735956319Drawn by someone who never played the game, it seems
>>735956319Girl was born to birth a whole new dynasty.
>>735956319I am disappointed that the cooking cutscene just shows her in her default outfit sans the jacket.
>>735956280getting ready to cum
thing i hate about stories 3 is there seems to be a severe imbalance of monster types. there's a TON of non elemental monsters in this game compared to every element that isn't fire.
>>735957119you're not wrong but that's an issue directly inherited from MH itself. Fire or no element monsters were always the majority.
Oh god, I hate the dens in the 4th area. The Blangonga seems to have the fastest speed in the game and keeps appearing after 1/2 eggs. I literally cannot get a Legiana egg because he keeps appearing and crossing the entire map in 2 seconds every time.
guh!
Is Deviljho good? I got one but he seems way less useful than my Stygian Zinogre.
>>735958238search for a den with a monster sleeping and kill it. afterwards you can pick eggs in peace with Rudy not having his second dialogue allowing you to pick up eggs faster as well. Works best in double egg dens if you look for something specific.
>>735958724Yeah, I found a double den and got what I wanted, but holy shit is Blangonga ridiculous in dens. He immediately lunges towards you at high speeds.
>>735956191The wabbit was already in the other two, it can sit this one out.
They really want you to care about Odagoron, I've seen like 3 different kinds the past while.
>>735956280always good to see you himeposter! hope you are well and enjoying yourself
>>735929616Just reached the fourth area, and it’s alright, I guess.I don’t know, I just enjoyed Stories 2 way more. It’s still fun, but something feels like it’s missing for me.Though I do like Corbin, and I had fun with the poggies races.
>>735929616its worth 40 dollars maybe, I'd wait for the winter sale
>>735956319>Good art>But it's OOCDamn
>turn off motion blur>motion still blurs
I've heard World and Rise are decent entry points into MH. What would you recommend as a first game and do DLCs add anything to the base game or is it just more content?
>>735961430Sex
>>735930310They didn't play the game
>reach Arkveld boss>WHY YOU NO USE RATHAROS, YOU DEFEATO THE AKUVERUDO WITH RATHAROS
>>735963507fucker always was out of stamina for his crappy fireball so I just beat the shit out of Arkveld without it
my wife and daughter (who is also my wife)
>>735955728I never got around to playing Sunbreak after Rise since I got burnt out. Playing Stories honestly put me more in the mood to play actual Monster Hunter
>>735957119>>735957687its a good thing the game doesnt force a fire element monstie in your team haha...
>>735964769Sunbreak is great, can hunt monsters with cute women. And a mod allows you to bring em on any quests.
>>735953295I agree, the designs all look like shit thanks to globohomo
>>735953295Why does the guy in the middle look like Link from BOTW?
>>735962353Hard to say right now, monhun is in a weird place and the future of the series is unclear. I'd normally recommend Rise because I like it more, but as a first game I'm not sure because it does a lot of stuff that no other games besides GU do. World is probably the answer you'll get the most because it's a game that was designed to make the series appeal to a wider audience, but I personally would never recommend it to anyone. Either way, the only DLC that matters for those are the Iceborne and Sunbreak expansions; they're just more content, but it's a lot more content so I'd say they're worth getting. Just be wary of using the cheat gear they give you to let you rush to those expansions.Everything before World was more straightforward, with similar gameplay on the same engine. Can't go wrong with FU, 3U, 4U, or GU (wait until you play another game before GU), but they're less beginner-friendly than the newer entries and lack a lot of QoL for better or worse. The gameplay is more position-oriented than reaction-based for most of these, so they'll give you a different flavor of monhun compared to the newer entries. There's also Frontier, but that's another one I'd leave until after playing another monhun.
>>735930494nocturne is quite litcherally babbys first smt
>>735954915congratulations on sharing opinions with one of the most insufferable genuine tendies then I guess.
>>735965523Default protag look.
>>735955728Yeah, Stories games always make me want to play more real monhun. Currently playing some Sunbreak, but I'm itching for some GU lately too>>735964769Sunbreak's a lot better than base Rise, would recommend. Switch skill swap and some of the new switch skills are huge game-changers
>>735965523Custom character's default design
>>735965523To encourage you to customize him into something better
>return to area you restored>now there's like 8 rey daus flying aroundThis is so funny.
>>735966497aw she smiling :)
>>735960691Thanks, I'm having fun despite the absence of hime hairstyle. Funny thing is now my rider resembles my hunter from way back.
Are any of the S+ habitat bonuses worth aiming for?
>>735969219Yes.
>>735968690Shame you can't replicate the same level of smugness as your MHS2 rider.
>>735964769sunbreak completely redeems base rise, one of my favorites in the series
>>735968690she's still pretty cute!
>>735971153Why is he so tsun?
>>735971574It got annoying by the later side stories.
>>735971153Murray
>>735971886Manny?
>>735961430Avinia my beloved
If there's no post-game how the fuck am I supposed to know the point of no return?
>>735972375The game tells you.
>>735972431I see thanks I'm fighting the whale again and I was wondering if I could go back after this.
>>735929616I’m playing the first game now and I’m sorta confused how the progression is supposed to work. I’m in the Darj Snowfields and my strongest monstie is still Velocidrome purely because it was the first one I caught so it has leveled up the mostEvery time I hatch a cool new monstie I wanna use its all the way down at level 1 so I’m not sure what I’m supposed to be doing really besides grinding a shit ton every time I get something cool I wanna use or do leveling up items become really common soon?
>>735972532The game will unlock a expedition sort of thing where you send monsties out to get xp.
>>735972650Ah perfect I was hoping there would be something like that
>>735972532This isn't pokemon retarded leveling system. Low level monsters get a huge exp multiplier until they catch up to your level. Just stick them in your party and go kill the strongest monster you can defeat reasonably.
>>735972532Lower level monsters get a LOT of catch-up EXP. Eleanor can learn a recipe to increase the amount they get.Eggs with higher letter grades also hatch at higher levels. You'll need to have a camp in the area though.
>>735972494even if you defeat the endboss you'll just spawn right before it again and can finish whatever things you haven't done yet.
Bring back rider cards.
>>735972532You can pretty much make any monstie strong with rite of channeling I have my starting team and I've just been transferring higher level monstie genes to them
>>735973191CUTE
I've played and beaten 1 and 2 100%.I just finished the Malzeno fight in 3 and I'm currently doing eggs stuff.In my opinion they ruined the stories gameplay almost completely.This Feral Monster shit where if you hit it it does a gay backlash attack until you break the parts with crystals on it has single-handedly almost ruined this game for me.These fights should not be this gimmicky.That, and they really, really toned down the RPS gameplay which in itself wouldn't be an issue if they had reworked how Kinship is earned in combat.You basically have to dedicate a gene slot for Solar Cry and do a bunch of other nonsense to build kinship now when in the prior two games building kinship was so easy that you were almost always able to have it on deck in a pinch.Kinship Attacks and their animations are kind of the selling point of these games and now it's rare you get to do one in a fight unless you build with kinship XL genes.And I don't know why the fuck they did all of this and for whatever reason that have you star fights off with only half of your stamina bar full.Like really? You're going to make all of these dogshit changes and make stamina a chore to manage on top of it all as well?And really nigger...no arena? I'm really disappointed with this game so far. I don't know if things will turn around once XL genes become commonplace but fuck man this game was not that good of a play compared to 1 & 2.
>>735973754you are aware there is no backslash if the part isn't glowing even if the break is slower?
>>735974151Doesn't matter the system is shit regardless.
>>735973754>Anon didn't realize you can avoid backlash for the entire gamekek
>>735974249I'm pretty sure those crystals do fucking nothing if you just ignore them. It's just a normal encounter otherwise. Stories 2 had much more bullshit like Tigrex attacking twice enraged each turn.
>>735974360how
>>735974585They tell you how in the first encounterWait until the Monster switches phases
>>735974585You can also tell because crystal dust stops flying around.
>>735974151>>735974360yeah but you get an explosion from the cristalized parts
>>735975424Wait until the crystal dust stops flying, indicating it's changing phases, then hit the gem to your liking
>>735973754>This Feral Monster shit where if you hit it it does a gay backlash attack until you break the parts with crystals on it has single-handedly almost ruined this game for me.So you didn't read the tutorial
In MHS1, did changing a monstie's element affect its basic attacks and Kinship attack? The way it works now feels half-baked.
>>735961430Barioth is the best general traversal monster in MHS3. It can wall climb, glide, jump, roar, attack in melee, and shoot a breath weapon, unlike Tobi and the monkey. The only things it can’t do are swim and dig.
>>735976526just give your monster a projectile attack and it can use breath on map. I gave my Brachy a poison projectile attack gene afterwards I could shoot down things on the map with it.
Is there a Blast-related Technical move?
>>735976821yea from Ajarakan
Purple Gypceros has been my mvp by miles, his stuns keep coming in clutch in fights I'm struggling with.Who's your best monstie?
>need to bring monsters back from extinction >drop pantsI'm ready
Post teams.
>>735976131Yeah, they got different effects on their kinship attacks too. Probably too much work to keep doing it that way
bros ibushi and narwa are filtering me....
>>735980071level up more, use a monster with dragon and/or thunder resistance, stack up all-resistance or dragon/thunder resistance yourself, use absolute evasion.
>get dreadking>look at the skills he comes with>chance to inflict blastblight>seems like some memeshit>it's actually pretty consistent and can easily chunk 2k+ with bombadier xlis it a meme or am I just too easily satisfied?
>>735980407I moved Dreadkings move to Ratha and it was pretty decent against Velk. Stamina cost are a bit high.
Haven't played yet. Is Mitsuzune's Spiral Claw still a neutral attack or did they fix it and make it water.
>>735978209>drop pantsI got a ring in dere last night!
>decide to finally use low cost low damage high wyverfell skills>every boss just chain topples like crazylmao is damage stat just a meme?
>>735969219the one that starts you with +30 riding gauge for thunder monsters, they get it for free basically
>>735980457>can't even swap savage fireball for +i am not using ratha
>>735981975I think you can, but he needs to reach the level he would have actually unlocked it.
>do ibushi narwa>no line>oh I guess double aoe, use up critical eye>lol jokes, it's just double roar to buff>get aoe'd next turnbruh fuck this shit
>>735982131The end game boss fights in this game are fear and hunger tier knowledge checks, better guard your coin flips right anon.
>>735976901My Malzeno and Boltreaver.
>>735929616If you haven't played a story game before, it's like pokemon mixed with rock paper scissors.
Is Dancer good for surviving one shots? I'm torn between Ebony Odogaron and Stygian Zinogre armor, E. Odo gives more defense but Sygian gives Dragon attack XL and Dancer L
>>735984865You want some form of tenacity.
>>735984510>pokemon mixed with rock paper scissors.pokemon is rock paper scissors
>>735985194Imagine you took Pokemon typings and dropped it down to 3.
>>735976609…Seriously? I had no idea.
>>735985358thats not stories though, stories is rock paper scissors layered over rock paper scissors
>>735976901Brachy carried me the entire game.Started using Soulseer Mizu after beating it.
>>735976218>Eleanor finally eats not trash>her thights are biggerbased
>>735985758It was moreso like that in 2, in 3 elements are stronger and you can get chunked or do way less damage if it's a mismatch.
This doesn't seem very safe to ride.
>>735986032Don't you trust him?
>every head to head line is a bait in ibushi narwa fight because you can either get stunned by ibushi first and lose or just get aoe'd by the 2nd monsterlmao nice rps game
>>735986032Plesioth is still very funny to me since you are trying not to fall off at all times.
>>735985956I think that's what he means by RPS on RPS, you have to match the attack type and the element. I don't remember element being as strong in the previous games.
Does anybody actually give their monsties different colors or do you just keep them as their default look/element?
>>735986378I have an Ice Boltreaver and a Dragon Brute Tiggy, purely for visual appeal.
>>735986378Depends how cool they look, Ivory Lagi i've kept default because it's original color scheme is nice
>>735986378I made my grimclaw all blue.
>>735985194Pokemon is RPS with extra steps: 18 types (19 if you count stellar), IV and EV, abilities and moves with extra steps (Freeze Dry).
I personally hate every single MH gameThe “gameplay” is just dogshit, totally not fun at all. It’s dodgeslop without a good dodge, like the bottom of the barrel action game/souls like possible. Has been since ps2
>>735987115Looks sick
>>735986341yeah you get what I was saying.>>735987119so is stories but anons will gloss over that to wank over pokemonim not saying that this game is deep im saying that pokemon and other monster collectathons tend to focus on gimmicks and other things rather than strategies >>735987237wrong thread this game is an rpg not an action game
>>735987237Just unbind the dodge button, it'll make you appreciate the fights more.
What is Power Charge?
>>735988347Its a separate form of attack boost that stacks with others and works for only one attack.
has anyone found the difference in damage between power charge L (like the egg skill) vs thunder up L + power charge M (like boltreavers skill)
>>735988652I don't think so.
>>735929616SAY A CAT PUN ONE MORE TIME RUDY I DARE YOU
>>735986378I like white Hellblade. all the red glowy bits really pop when everything else isn't also red
>>735929616No game ever made is worth $70. Barely any games ever made are worth $50. Most games are worth $15-20 max.
>>735989504I want the big head cat back, rudy is annoying and cringe
i got a double lightning boltreaver nigga, what does double of the same element do
>>735990158reduces his ice weakness a bit, that's it
do the 3* attack/defence excursion actually make a difference or is hp/stamina a bigger priority?
>>735987814>so is stories but anons will gloss over that to wank over pokemon>im not saying that this game is deep im saying that pokemon and other monster collectathons tend to focus on gimmicks and other things rather than strategiesI can't speak for other monster catching games, but for Pokemon, I will agree that those games stop being mainly strategy. It's clear that they want the games to be easy as possible for anyone to play through it and collect monsters they discover. They used to have battle frontiers and it's many copy for a postgame stuff where you need strategy as every fight was random and it was gauntlet. Now it's all about the VGC, PVP baby.
>>735990750that's nice
>all cave monsters cap at lvl 70>all field monsters cap at 80 in sacrosanctum>not even night time changes this>the only things to fight properly is just elder dragons and invasivesso this is the game?
>>735991904your royal monsters update is coming
>>735991092I find Stamina Recovery kind of underwhelming and instead just swap out Monsties since they regen stamina while switched out, so I go Attack/HP. Maybe Stamina Recovery would be useful if you find yourself needing to mount up to avoid damage often though.
>everyone just cheeses ibushi + narwa with magnamalo chucking fruitkek
>>735994879Something poetic about that.
>Invasive Seregios starts attacking twice per turn and spamming shredding scaleslol this is so gay im not even gonna bother with this trash
so how the fuck are they going to implement updates when loading a save file kicks you back to right before aenshin? will yhere seriously be nothing post aenshin?
>>735992190sex
kinda surprised that if you use any charge up based skill on any thunder monster that changes their form you don't get permanent thunder boost until they faints/gets knocked out of it
I thought 2 was honestly worse than the first game. How does 3 compare?
>>735997498I think it's better as a game but has somewhat less content.
>>735996716what?
>>735996194
After counting up the monstie roster, the distribution of attack types is surprisingly somewhat even. In no way did this game need that many Normal types, though.
>>735991904Yeah, but I'm pretty sure they’re gonna sell the post‑game as an expansion with High Rank. Same crap Pokemon and Digimon have been doing for years. Expect one fire map, some Vermeil story focus, old Elder Dragons coming back, a couple new monsties like Seikret from Wilds, and a crossover quest if the leaks are real.
>>735998393Now add monster rarity to types, asshole, and see how uneven distribution between types truly isTired of fags who try to use half truths to push their gay narrative
>>735996041>update adds a post-game, go beat Aenshin again>none of the new additions are post-game, just like how the current Elder Dragon fights aren't post gamePick one.
>>735999026>>none of the new additions are post-gamepretty much this
>>735998992>>>narrativeIt's a simple chart, schizo, take your meds.
Vermeil should offer it's women to Azuria and the men be eaten by Aenshin.
>>735999140>it's a simple chart thatjust simple gives wrong impression if person doesn't know in advance how bullshit it isYeah, totally not because you wanted to push your agenda, assholeHere your "even distribution"
>>735998393>meanwhile ice you're stuck with aurora somnacanth until end area>and water just stops getting any monsters after start of area 3 (shogun/almudron)kek
why is namielle so much harder than yama and velkhana
>>735999026the only elder dragon you could remotely call post game is narwa+ibushi unless you fruit cheese it lol, namielle was a frw resets but it was alright, velkhana is my bitch (I made her a ratha rape victim), yama is a joke
>>735998065SEXO
>>736000527They are in different level ranges. Yama is 60, Nami is 75, Ibushi and Narwa are 85.
>>736000527yama is a story tutorial fightvelkhana just topples like a bitch once she goes ice armor, I literally didn't need any strat except lol highest fire atk nove to break ice armornami you have to deal with double element typing and back to back aoe's, desu once you break one part of namielle you can just cheese the fuck out of her with the highest wyversoul damage move, literally chunks massive wyversoul gauge per hit allowing easy chain toppling
I love how some of the most powerful attacks come from monsters like Bishanten and Aksonom.
>>736000817>all the starter tier monsters have low damage high wyverfell moves>turns out those are the best moves since gauge damage just equals easy chain topplingyou think they might nerf wyverfell damage?
>>736000640
>>735973754>Game tells you monster will counter if you attack crystal spots when they power up>Don't think about timing and attack crystal spots whenever>Get mad when it countersWhy are retards opinions given any weight?
>>735929616no unless you like kid game
So whats the LORE reason for everyone in these games riding monsties, but in the other games riding monsters was made illegal by the guild ages ago and everyone just wants to kill these things. Is it all a prequel to the original MH game?
>>735973754Bwo did you skip the Feral Chatacabra tutorial?
>>736001912You have to raise a monster from birth and bond with them using a magic pokeball stone. It's a seperate setting to mainline MH.
>>736001912Alt universe from mainline, and set 200+ years after the previous stories games.
sex with Tobi-Kadachi
Not allowing you to release your starter Tobi is one thing, but now I have 11 Water Zinogres that I can't release for some reason.
>>736002456I think you need to do habitat restoration with those. I had to do it with base astalos too that I was releasing.
>>736002497Yeah, that was it, thanks.
>>736001912Riders aren't affiliated with the Guild, so they can do stuff that'll get you kicked out of the Guild. Prior to Stories 3 Riders lived in small secluded villages and were treated kind of like primitive tribals by the guild, and by the time of Stories 3 the Wyvarians have build a giant wall that they just put all the Riders behind.
>>736002726I still find it interesting the whole thing started because a hunter went and decided to make riding monsters/monsties into a style.
*kills you*
>>735929616>Is Monster Hunter Stories 3 worth $70? Thinking about playing itYeah it's kino. Also pay a russian guy $5 for it lmao not 70
>>735973754What does the inside of your asshole look like, and how did you manage to fit your entire head up there?
>>735929616Sex with monsties
I tried it without playing the previous 2 and I bounced after a few hours. I like turn-based JRPGs but not Monster Hunter or monster catching games, though. After I saw the crafting screen and then got introduced to the capture mechanic back-to-back I've never been so immediately over a JRPG. I was hoping the way you get monsters was more like SMT or Persona but it's some stupid shit where you go into these caves and pick up eggs. Seems ridiculously tedious to play.
>>735999026It's a little scary how in-tune anons are with me, I see almost exact screenshots that I've taken all the time.
>>736004695>After I saw the crafting screenAnon it's literally idiotproof. Herb + blue mushroom makes a potion.
>>736005047I'm talking about the player equipment crafting... I'm not managing that and monsters at the same time. Too much tedious shitty micro management. You're throwing that, monster catching, and shitty sidequests all at the same time before anything interesting happens in the story... nah fuck off.
>>736005148All of those are a MonHun staple, I'm afraid.
>>736005148lol, it's extremely dumbed down already and it's too much for anon.
>>736005148Are you 5 years old?
>the FU Tigrex "why is my sword so slow, where is the monster, this game is troublesome and confusing" meme even extends to storiesHoly SOUL
>>736005249>>736005242you'd have to be dumb to enjoy this grindy tedious shit in a single player video game in the year 2026>look at this sick gear I grinded to craft in this purely single player video gamesaid no one fucking ever
>>736005443Did you even play the game? Killing like 2-3 monsters lets you make their both a weapon and an armor. And if you need 10 potions a fight you may be a shitter.
>>736005443>fight 1 monster, maybe 3. You can even just automatically kill it without fighting it.>travel to one of like 30+ smiths around the game>navigate a menu in under 10 seconds>click autofill>done>forgot about the mechanic for the next 20 hoursI pray that you're just shitposting.
>Red's grandson>runs out of potions and jobs to great jaggiKayna will fuck burly village men in disappointment and Ena will return to her village and marry a wyverian...
>>736005536>>736005595No, I quit after I got to the open area and kept getting random levels on things by spamming A picking up plants and seeing 20 monster dens spawn all over the map. The game just lets you fly and climb walls from the start meaning there will never be fun exploration other than running around spamming A and just flying to icons on the map and grinding mats/monster stats. This game stinks. You can tell the whole game is just going to be repetitive and tedious from the first 2 hours
>>736005796Okay, well I hope you find a cure for your crippling autism and adhd.
>>736005897You need autism to play this game. They could at least give you an option to enable auto pick-up instead of making you spam A the whole time.
>>736004695The first MHS was full of nostalgia bait, and carrying eggs while being chased by monsters is an old staple from earlier Monster Hunter games that they pretty much dropped in the later games.
>>736005796>The game just lets you fly and climb walls from the start meaning there will never be fun exploration other than running around spamming A and just flying to icons on the mapBut flying in unlocked like 15-20 hours into the game? And climbing takes a little while to unlock too, your starting dudes are jumpers and swimmers.
When has female Astalos armor ever looked the way it does in this game? Am I going senile?
>>735931446The quality absolutely HAS gone down, though. Opinion discarded kek
>>736005946You can hold A. I just added a toggle for it on a back button
>>736006051It's Astalos X, not the Blademaster default.
https://mhstories3.wiki/eggs/locations/What do they know that we don't?
>>736007001https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucination_(artificial_intelligence)
>>7359762180 sex appeal
>>735930227>IlL eNd It ThUs!>Agi>Minotaur smirksWhat did he mean by this?
>>736001912>Is it all a prequel to the original MH game?One of the PSP games has a book talking about Riders being a thing.
>>735981975You can after you beat Arkveld
4 note songs are way way too hard to actually active in real fights since it takes a minimum of 5 turns to do it, it takes too much stamina to use mag trio, and you have to basically spend all your time on the weapon using the colorless moves that buff the power of your buff and buff the length of your buffs. Also having to use the correct color of notes is just a huge downside in too many situations because you can just lose or draw clashes just to try and get the correct notes. HH is a good weapon but not because of the note system, you can basically just ignore it and spam your buff songs and duration songs and you will do decent damage while helping the team.
>>736010438this is why is I use hammer. No resource management other than stamina, no gimmicks, just hammering
>>736010438All weapons that relied on clashes for it's mechanic got fucked in 3, at least with hh you can still attackGL in 3 is beyond fucked
>>736010438anon the game is all about swapping between stuff, if the monster targets you swap over to another weapon win the clash and go back to dooting, only attacks done with the HH will stack up the notes so why not charge take your great sword or something useful.its the same with mosnties, out of stam dont be a loser and wait either waste an item if you really want it to stay in the fight or swap to something else and spam its attacks while your first one recovers stam
>>736010546If you are swapping off HH then you are taking even more time to play colored notes and your buffs will be running out because you are not extending them.
>>736010582>If you are swapping off HH then you are taking even more time to play colored notes and your buffs will be running out because you are not extending them.? all of my buffs so far can by played with a color swapping out for one turn to win a head to head doesnt drop buffs and isnt detrimental to my song
>>736010710Once you play the buff songs like defensive duty or critical chant they by default only last 3 turns if they are not (Long) songs or if your horn doesn't have mastery L, you have to play the colorless song that extends all your songs by 2 turns often or else you will lose all of your buffs and have to start from scratch. Not to mention all HH buffs are small so you have to play the other colorless tune often that upgrades them to medium and large. It is an involved process, also in endgame elder fights you will probably using things like lightning, water, and ice defense powders which give ele def large to the team for 3 turns which you can further extend with your buff duration songs.
>>736010546Why swap weapons when you can just win the HtH with HH and get a rainbow note out of it?
Hello...*cough**cough* Can you help me? I need big strong monster with amazing electrical power. I need it to help my family.
>>736010830ill take your word for it, I just got up to the desert world and im level 60 so everything feel like a cake walk unfortunately >>736010993because i forgot that was a think/like to use gunlance to remove any damage from the clash
>>736011271You can press R2 on a controller to hover over your allies and enemies and see what buffs and debuffs they have on them and see how many turns they have left.
>>736011206>Azure Voltage>Ray Blade +You are welcome.
>>736001292>>735998065those tits are way too small, Kora has the double of Eleanor
>>736001912you need to capture the egg and use magic brainwashing to mindfuck the baby into accepting you as mom+dad, while you wear said dead parents as weapons and armour. its metal A F and pretty evil. since you are using child soldiers, baby child soldiers.
>>735989585Glaveanus.glave anus.the monster is literally called Sword Ass. Blade Butt.
