It's Monday once again. What monster collecting or monster raising games have you been playing? What upcoming ones are you looking forward to?
>>3949912How is mhs3? I want to buy it and play it when I have some time.
>>3949912I just finished a run of Black 2. Got bored of the post-game trying to get a Sunkern. I'm about to start a Platinum.
I love Maya so much.
God, I want to be dead soon.
>>3949964That's what the 6 month long thread was probably thinking
>>3949973Okay, man. I get it.
>>39499642030 is coming soon brother.
The Aethermancer update came out. Both of the new monsters are pretty neat and I'm very fond of Dullahan as I love status teams, I've had amazing success paring him up with Medusa. Still figuring out the Alchemist class, I've had some fun mixing up monster types and elements but I'm not sure when I'd ever change a signature trait.
>>3949994I still need to play it but I probably won't get around to it until after I beat Stories 3.
>>3949912i couldn't get into the original but this is so fun, i can't put it down.
Does the new game have any good shotas to continue the franchise tradition?
>>3950111There's Kol but that's about it in terms of important NPCs. Unless you count the flashbacks showing the male protag as a young kid.
Currently torn between Digimon Time Stranger and MH Stories 3, both seem like pretty big games and they're about as much as I'm willing to pay on a key site so will probably only get one for nowAny opinions on either? I know Digimon has been out for a while
>>3950229Digimon is getting a big update DLC in 2027
>>3950109its kinda hard to get into a gameboy game in 2026 even though the gameboy version is my favourite gaem of all time. glad you gave that version a try. its crazy that they never got this over seas. its such a great game. do you play on emulator? because this one and more often dqm2 3d got notorious problems on never versions of citra.
>>3950229That's a tough choice honestly.I think Digimon would generally last you longer, having multiple difficulty options and longer main story not counting side content.Stories 3 I think has a more satisfying gameplay loop, which more noteworthy challenges throughout. But if you don't do optional content it is shorter. >>3950250This is true. Though from what I've heard, data-mining has confirmed Stories 3 is also getting big content updates in the future too.
Just finished Stories 3.God damn is it good. 9/10, genuinely so close to being perfect and missing just a few things with a couple design hiccups that make it miss that mark.Final team. Finished with everyone at level 70-71. Final few fights managed to be genuinely challenging.
sad that it looks like we're not getting any crit, regen, or summon-types for the next aethermancer area>Bronze Lion: Shield / Age / (Purge/Affliction)>Caduceus: Sidekick / Heal / (Poison/Purge)>Ettin: Tank / Poison / Power (no listed shift)>Living Armor: Shield / Weakness / Affliction (no listed shift)>Philosopher's Stone: Aether / Tank / (Weakness/Burn)>Ranger: Dodge / Weakness / (Force/Sidekick)>Stiltskin: Sidekick / Terror / (Dodge/Shield)
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>>3950595Does having Dual mono element actually increase the STAB by two?
>>3950932From what I've heard, no. But it actually improves a monster's base weaknesses. Espinas for example has 2 arrows of weakness against Ice. But the Dual Fire Espinas only has 1 arrow of weakness against it.From what I know this is consistent across the board.
>>3950595The worst ofender is not being able to remove rathalos from the party. Imagine the backlash if digimon time stranger had agumon forced in the party or pokemon required you to have charizard in the party
>>3950960It's kind of baffling they did it for a third time. But without a post-game (yet) Ratha is genuinely stuck there taking a party slot. If they absolutely HAVE to have the forced Rathalos, they could've at least made him take up essentially a non-essential/guest slot like Aegiomon does in Time Stranger.And having finished the story, the super special Rathalos in his game feels especially tacked on and forced given how insanely unimportant it is for like 90% of the game. At least in Stories 2 the story genuinely centered around that super special Rathalos at basically every major plot beat.
>>3950934Thanks, I probably should get mono duals but I enjoy my funny coloured wyverns more
>>3950968Duals from other elements can still improve weaknesses if it's the right one pretty sure.Plus they do get the natural STAB for that element, and can make fishing for battle passives that have other elements as requirements have more benefits by boosting that element too.
Man my Bishaten has been carrying me so hard>fruit spam with sleep spam>get dodge up buff when feral/wyvern gets darkness>they dont ever get to do anythingjust need to find an inflict (L) and SIW (L)+ since he's still stuck with (M), probably a Quick (L) too so he can outspeed any wyvern, might not be the strongest build but it's so fun to see them just get stunlocked
