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Wyrdness on 07 November 2017
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NoCtiS_NoX said:
Wyrdness said:

World is not the first console MH to hit the west previous games on PS2 made it to the west and the PS2 also had a large install base in fact I'll say PS2 had an install base that is larger then what PS4 or any console will ever have.

The problem non MH players don't get is MH's gameplay is something western players aren't warm to the is a tonne of grinding and redoing hunts over and over, the appeal to the fan is doing the hunts and finally creating new gear but that is a concept that is hard for most western players to get into.

1st:
Did you just ignored the bold?  and did you just seriously compared it with the PS2 version when we all know that PSP popularized it because of ad hoc. Multiplayer is what made MH a popluar franchise for Capcom. PS2 doesn't have the right online infrastructure as opposed with PS4 for the west. It has potential outside Japan and PS4, XBO and PC will help that. 

2nd:
Well, When I played BloodBorne. I will need to grind a lot in order for me to get stronger. Although I get better the more I play it.
I think you are generalizing and under estimating the diversity of the gamers in PS4. I mean Horizon is similar to MHW. Those who bought and loved it might take a look at MHW. 

As I said potential. 

I suggest you watch videos of MHW the open world aspect hardly changes anything in how you appraoch the game in fact it plays like any of the previous games down to a tee. Guess what MH has had PC versions which does have the online infrustructure and they're the worse selling not to mention the were MH games released on PS3 and 360 as well you going to argue they don't have good online structure either. The only way it's ever going to have potential in the west is if the gameplay is completely overhauled.

The true reason why the game is popular in Japan is the social lan like gathering nature of the games, Japan has a culture of people moving around a lot and gatherings and MH allows lan style parties that's what adhoc added online was never the central pillar in Japan for the series. This is why the series has done far better on portables than consoles.

Comparing BB's grinding to MH is either naive or you've not played a MH game at all as BB's grinding doesn't even compare to MH on a basic level, in BB and Souls you gain what you need to level up with each fight while in MH you have to do a multitude of different grinds and many cases you don't get the required resource. The fact you just tried to compare Horizon to MH tells me you've likely never played the series the two games are nothing alike.

Last edited by Wyrdness - on 07 November 2017