Monster Hunter World: 3rd Beta (LIVE NOW)

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Bristow9091 said:

It's weird because I've managed to kill all three monsters solo with the time limit, 7, 11, and 14 minutes respectively... all using the hammer lol (Despite it not being the best weapon for the Anjanath, I just enjoy the playstyle), yet when I played with my girlfriend we tried three times to kill the Barroth and just didn't have enough time... maybe it's because we had different weapon combinations at the time though, who knows, lol.

Wow....crazy @_@ I wonder if they buff the monster for multiplayer...we failed to kill the Anjanath three times before we opened our group up, and it still took over 12 minutes with everyone going wild. Might have to try out some solo tomorrow if I'm craving more monster hunting.

Bristow9091 said: 

The game does feel more forgiving, and due to that, easier, than past entries, and I only really came close to dying once, in my solo hunt against the Anjanath, but my Palico came in to save me with health anyway, and that's because I played a little over aggressively in the midfight. 

However, I feel like the beta is easy specifically as an introduction to Monster Hunter for newcomers, since there are people playing it who have no experience with the series, so maybe they're doing it to ease them in, get them used to the gameplay etc. and still let them feel accomplished after killing enemies, before moving onto the full game and realising enemies can be much harder... it's very beginner friendly, but the gameplay is still there for regulars.

Yeah, that's a fair point. I think most of my worries about the game being dumbed down have been addressed. It still plays very much like Monster Hunter, just with some refinements. The green scout flies make tracking and gathering a lot easier, but my impression right now is that it's not dumbing it down as much as removing some tedious elements from the game. I swear, of my 200+ hours of the previous games, I'm sure about 50 hours alone are just watching stupid carving or gathering animations.

Also...man I love these seamless maps. It really feels open finally!