I like RPGs. Final Fantasy, Witcher 3, Fallout 3 and 4, Skyrim, Morrowind, Oblivion, etc.
Will I enjoy Monster Hunter: World? Is it good? Does it have a good story? Or is it (too) fetch-questy?
I’m looking at this one because it’s available with Spanish audio and text whereas other Monster World games only have Spanish text, if that. So the others aren’t an option, but feel free to compare this one to the others.
The story is… Just enough to justify the gameplay. You are essentially part of an organization colonizing a new continent. There are gigantic, dangerous monsters in the way. The plot is basically just saying that some sort of unnatural energy is causing the monsters to be too big and bad so they are threatening the entire natural ecosystem. The fact that the colony benefits from hunting them too is purely coincidental.
The game is pretty good, but I’d say a bit too complicated. Monster Hunter has built up systems throughout its life. I’ve not played any others but I’ve heard from people who have that World simplified a lot. Maybe it did, but there’s a LOT of different systems at play that are quite complicated. There’s a huge learning curve to all the systems and the mechanics of your weapons. I needed to lol up a lot on wikis and watch instructional videos.
The game looks and sounds good. The combat is similar to Dark Souls: a lot of dodge-rolls to get invincibility frames while you wait for an opening to attack. Your attacks (with most weapons) are combos like a fighting game.
It’s pretty good, but not a casual game to pick up.
Thanks for explaining this. I looked up some gameplay videos but unless you watch hours what you’ve described didn’t really come across. I think I’ll avoid it if it’s like Dark Souls.
Any other games you could recommend that have a lot of dialogue/language? I can check if they’re dubbed/subbed.
Disco Elysium but only subtitles are in Spanish. Voice acting seems to only be available in English.
That one does look good. How fast is the dialogue? Is it slow enough that I could take my time reading the subtitles?
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I don’t want to scare you too much: it’s not as difficult or punishing as Dark Souls. Just that it has that similar style where you spend ~75% of your time or more in combat waiting to attack.
As for other games, I see someone else responded with Disco Elysium, which is fantastic. I’d also recommend the Yakuza series. Unfortunately most of the games only have Japanese voice acting. They are also lighter on the RPG elements than those other games you mentioned. But they’re overall a lot of fun. Tons of chill vibes, great characters, good music. The combat is just solid brawling: nothing I would say is particularly unique or interesting, but it’s not bad and fits the games well. The writing is mostly great as long as you can excuse the occasional bits that I refer to as “anime bullshit”: the characters occasionally seem to be supernaturally powerful in order to advance the plot in what is mostly a grounded and realistic setting. I’d say it’s kind of like Metal Gear Solid in that respect. The Witcher is based on pulp fiction noir novels, just in a fantasy setting. Yakuza has similar roots from Yakuza crime drama and films.
You might have put it back on the list then.
I was dreading the qualification there, I thought you were going to say it’s as inappropriate as Seven Deadly Sins. That would’ve been a definite no. I can deal with supernaturally powerful. It’ll be like this guy I used to know who got really strong after eating tins of spinach.
Oh no none of that. Not even the slightest whiff. Anyone who doesn’t respect consent is clearly a villain, and you usually end up punching them a lot.
Your role towards child characters is strictly paternal. No “well the age of consent here is 14”. No “actually she’s a 1,000 year-old vampire” creepiness. I’ve only gotten through the first 3 games so far, and I could be forgetting something, but I don’t think any of the villains even cross that line of sexualizing children.
It’s not perfectly progressive. I don’t think I’ve seen a strong female character yet, just damsels in distress. There was some less-than-ideal trans representation early in the series, although I’ve heard they’ve improved upon that in more recent games. The games are definitely marketed towards a male demographic. But there was nothing I’d be uncomfortable playing around my wife or friends.
I really tried to get into the Yakuza games. They’re so stylish and the soap opera storytelling is really fun. But they’re too grindy for me.