I hope they got rid of the grinding.

Have you ever played Monster Hunter? Grinding is basically the entire game and the reason why it's so addictive.

Not sure how well this will sell at least in the West. Seems Capcom is trying to cater it more to the Western Audience (open world, design changes, etc.) so we will see how some of the MH fans end up liking/disliking the changes.

MH is a much bigger thing in the Japan market. But the Japan market is also somewhat adjusting more towards portability over home console. Yet the Xbox market in Japan is so very small that it likely won't help games sales that much. It will still probably sell well on PS4 though.

This seems like Capcom is testing the waters to see if the changes to the franchise will still keep the Japanese market interested even though its not portable and has some change in design, while getting a foothold in the Western market due to the changes.

Photoshop can do wonders for such photos to be paired together.

Besides you've posted more than one in the OP anyway. That is unless you aren't trying to rub any particular groups the wrong way?.

I wasn't around when they did that.  

And them having done it before doesn't make it better, it makes it worse.

Nd it's not Sony or Nintendo fans they've screwed over 6 separate times, it's the Monster Hunter fanbase by dragging the franchise all over the place.  It would be different if just for once in their existence MonHun made a linear jump.  PS2 to 3, Wii to Wii U, PSP to Vita.  But no, they continue to screw around going from PS2 to PSP to Wii to 3DS to Wii U - PSYCH - actually still 3DS to Swi- PSYCH actually PS4.  

It's plain stupid, the whole story behind the franchise's spastic movement is dumb.  

And you're just making up a future game to excuse them.  And they aren't even localizing MHXX, at least not in a remotely timely manner.  Wouldn't be shocked if they try to sell XX in the west in mid to late 2018 and bitch when it underperforms.  They announced a WORLDWIDE RELEASE for Worlds and told western Switch users to shutup on Twitter.  That's just plain contemptuous. 

How many passionate MonHun fans bought a PS3 or Vita or Wii U or Switch anticipating MonHun as inevitable because it was assumed to be - and in the Switch's case Capcom actively encouraged the mindset that it was - the only logical place the series would be?

This kinda of idiocy should be called out, no matter what year.  Period.  Stop shielding them from criticism, they don't deserve your loyalty.

I wasn't around when they did that.  

And them having done it before doesn't make it better, it makes it worse.

Nd it's not Sony or Nintendo fans they've screwed over 6 separate times, it's the Monster Hunter fanbase by dragging the franchise all over the place.  It would be different if just for once in their existence MonHun made a linear jump.  PS2 to 3, Wii to Wii U, PSP to Vita.  But no, they continue to screw around going from PS2 to PSP to Wii to 3DS to Wii U - PSYCH - actually still 3DS to Swi- PSYCH actually PS4.  

It's plain stupid, the whole story behind the franchise's spastic movement is dumb.  

And you're just making up a future game to excuse them.  And they aren't even localizing MHXX, at least not in a remotely timely manner.  Wouldn't be shocked if they try to sell XX in the west in mid to late 2018 and bitch when it underperforms.  They announced a WORLDWIDE RELEASE for Worlds and told western Switch users to shutup on Twitter.  That's just plain contemptuous. 

How many passionate MonHun fans bought a PS3 or Vita or Wii U or Switch anticipating MonHun as inevitable because it was assumed to be - and in the Switch's case Capcom actively encouraged the mindset that it was - the only logical place the series would be?

This kinda of idiocy should be called out, no matter what year.  Period.  Stop shielding them from criticism, they don't deserve your loyalty.

You think I'm going to get photoshop for a forum op and spend time on that? I never even user it before. Please. 

I'm not actually trying to rub anyone the wrong way but looks like I unintentionally did. 

Please stay on topic. 

Well yes, I enjoy these gameplay elements. And that's why there are Monster Hunter players and non Monster Hunter players. This is the same discussion as the one that Dark Souls shouldn't be that hard, or if turn-based or real-time RPGs are better. Some people like these gameplay elements, other prefer a different gameplay. I have nothing against someone making another not-MonHun game or even a MonHun-spinoff which has different gameplay. But exactly these you mentioned above are key to MonHun.

What I can get behind is the open world and joining in the midst of the quest. These don't impact gameplay but remove annoyances. I also like these mantles with luring monsters or stealth. That's cool.

We're actually on topic as I was asking about adding another cover photo since you already have some, no need to give out orders. Also it doesn't take long to shop two photos together at the same size, 1 minute at best. You can use paint, everyone has used paint in their lives. 

Also bringing up that thread from 2015 begs to differ.