Hello everyone!
Another very busy week, didn’t really play much at all. And recently my DualSense (PS5 controller) started drifting and options button stopped working, so sent it for repairs, which means no PS5 games for few days. Which leaves:
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Still in water level, I paused the game and left it in sleep mode, which one of my kid closed, so I lost all progress since last castle. Had to replay all that. Now at the final castle of Water level.
- Dragon Quest XI Played some more, killed a boss, and finished all the open available side quests. Now to next main quest.
What about you all? What are all of you playing? Or planning to play next?
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is my current obsession. Hunting monsters, swinging hammer, etc. It’s a good time. Once I’m done or bored of it, my next games are super Mario Odyssey (just got it recently for super cheap) and then Legend Of Zelda Skyward Sword (same deal). I’m set for a good long time though based on how much of an amazing time sink MHGU is. I already have 50+ in game hours and my Hunter Rank is laughably low still.
Monster Hunter is a very addicting game. I tried it before, but really got into it with Monster Hunter: World. I mainly use Long Sword, though have also tried Bow a little and liked it. I just entered High Rank recently and am stuck on a Pink Rathian, but don’t want to call SOS flare and beat it myself, so currently in grinding mode.
Though, due to the Dual Sense issues, not playing it this week. But if you are liking Generations Ultimate, you should really give Rise a try, it has tons of improvements that will make you love the game so much more.
BTW what is your Hunter Rank? I don’t know my time, but I am quite sure it’s much less than 50, so I should be way below you. Though I did had some help from a friend, who is Master Rank.
Super Mario Odyssey is a really good game. Take your time with it, and enjoy all the levels.
Oh man I absolutely loved World. I mained switchblade on that one. I decided to go with hammer to switch it up in MHGU (biggest difference is having to have patience instead of hack and slash). I haven’t done any of the academy quests, so my hunter rank is still 1 in MHGU, but on World I have HR 61 (Im pretty sure that’s pretty low but I’ve been going at my own pace) and MR 10
I absolutely love rathian fights. If you have poison resistance, it’s basically just a big old doge and slash fest with the occasional flash bang to drop em out of the sky. I feel like long sword might be more skill heavy than switchblade, but keep on with it and you’ll get there!
Im currently still technically on iceborn so it might be a few hobby cycles before I get to Rise, but I do plan on playing it eventually.
As for Odyssey, it currently feels like a less good Galaxy, but Galaxy came out right when I was in the throws of teenage video game euphoria, so I’ve been forcing myself to give it a fair shot. I heard a saying that people get stuck in the entertainment they had when they were teenagers, and that seems to be true enough. I don’t want to miss out just because I have too much nostalgia for Galaxy though.
I saw some videos about how Odyssey changes the music based on different actions you take in game, and I’m excited to see that effect in action, so I do have reason to play, it’s just that MHGU is perfect to listen to a podcast to while hunting lol I’ll get there though, it might just be a while
Switchblade and hammer look so difficult to me 😀
How are you feeling about going back to older style games? Doesn’t the lack of quality of life updates make it difficult to go back?
Well, as for Rathian, I think I just get greedy, I have bone armour, and I think I may need to grind for Anjanath one. Also, my long sword is water element, which doesn’t give me much edge, so need to grind Tobi-kadachi for Electro sack to make a Thunder one. With my current equipment, I have to dodge a lot, and my hits don’t do enough damage so fight goes very long. My last couple of fights lasted almost 30 mins. I am pretty sure that if I had lasted about 5-10 mins more, I would have brought it to final stage, where I could capture it.
So, going to upgrade my sword, then try at least couple of times, if I can not beat it, then will try to improve my armour too. Wish me good luck!
As for Odyssey, Switch is my first Nintendo console, so I never played Galaxy. As for the limited release, I didn’t like that business tactic, so voted with my wallet against it (and lost miserably 😀 ). So, for me, I had no other 3D Mario to compare it with, and I loved every single minute of it.
Good luck with Iceborne content! I have heard the last monster is pretty tough.
Hehe I used to mindlessly grind technique in the training room of World so keeping my shield and sword charged became second nature for a while. I saw some memes about it being hard and my stubbornness came out lol. Hammer is just like learning how to be patient and not always run at the monster (and learning to put your weapon away to move faster lol)
As for going backwards, it’s not super bad. I was surprised that the switchblade controls were about the same, just fewer moves. I hated the loading screens at first but now I’m just used to them. I do prefer that World has a few monsters that can interact with each other in every map instance, but I like how MHGU has more areas to visit. I also absolutely love the Palico system in MHGU that is completely missing from World (though it sounds like they may have added it to Rise? I’m not sure about that). All in all, I think I was expecting a major step down to a DS game and ended up actually getting a very nice Switch port, so while I was expecting it to sort of be not easily playable, I’m very much pleasantly surprised by what it turned out to actually be.
Ahh the good old “you don’t have enough damage to capture me” dilemma. I’m a freak about upgrading to specific monsters in World (not at that stage yet in MHGU) so when I go after a 3 monster hunt, I usually have to visit camp to switch out my armor (biggest complaint I have about MHGU is that this feature is missing but it DOES add challenge to how I approach hunts. Unfortunately, right now, my best idea is to max attack for every hunt though lol)
are you also a “capture all the monsters” kinda hunter? My biggest pride is when I can 0/x a monster type lol (sometimes very hard, especially up against like a bulldrome that just never shows when its limping because it’s almost always in rage mode)
Honestly I’m surprised you can survive with just bone armor against a pink rathian. Your dodge game must be godly! I wish you the best luck possible!
Ahh I didn’t know about the limited release, good on you for voting with your wallet regardless! If you ever get into emulators and end up being able to try it out, it was just exactly what I wanted after an entire childhood filled with Super Mario Sunshine (an even better game, imo). There’s really no reason I should dislike Odyssey though, it’s cute and it’s got everything it should.
Now if only I could get my joycon to connect to the switch farther than half a foot away so I can go back to using the dock x.x
And thank you! I’ve heard there are some nasty fights to look forward to (I’m excited about the Rajang fight, personally, but I also anticipate some rage haha) so I will take all the luck I can get!
What is the Palico system? Something other than what the Palico do in World?
Wait, you can switch equipment at the camp? I didn’t even know that! :-O
I didn’t know how to capture until a bit recently, but yeah, trying to capture all of them now. That 0/x is an interesting thing, will try to go for that too!
Well, it’s HR Bone Armour, and fully upgraded, so not that bad, but yeah. One big hit can kill me instantly, specially if it also add poison state, by the time I get up, whatever health is left, has already gone down by it.
What happened to your JoyCon? Maybe try to get it repaired or something? Are they fully updated?
Oh the Palico system is super fun! You get to have 2 Palico come with you on hunts and you can have up to like 36 hired Palico that can go on separate adventures (they’re called meownster hunters in that mode). You can also have a palico make trades with offscreen villages to get extra resources (this is replaced by the tree box in World). You also have Palico levels for each Palico, and they increase level through either training or going on hunts with you. It’s just an absolutely adorable wrapper to a good minigame system.
It’s been a while since I’ve played World but I have a distinct memory of being able to change armor at the camps. I could be wrong though, so don’t hate me if this is a false memory lol
Hr bone armor should be pretty decent but if you can get the LR rathian armor, I think that comes with poison resistance as a perk, you’d have to check to be sure though (plus, HR bone armor is going to give you way more protection than LR rathian armor, but if it’s the poison that’s carting you, it might actually work)
My switch just doesn’t connect to the joycon anymore. Idk what I did, it might just be normal wear and tear since I got this switch during the initial big rush when they were first on sale. I might just need to wait until the switch 2 or whatever it might be called comes out though. I did buy some off brand joycons, so they might not be fully updated yet, I just found out today. Will have to try upgrading the firmware tomorrow!
Ah, well World has Tailrider Safari, but that’s only 3 Palicos (which is just one group). And Palico level up when they are on hunt with you, but there aren’t any training or anything.
And yeah, I just checked, you can go inside the camp and change equipment. I didn’t actually check if you can only change armour or change weapon too, but there’s a button for change equipment.
I finally defeated Pink Rathian! Just captured it. Upgraded my weapon to Thunder one (Pulsar Shotel III), and finally got it. Now I think it’s time to hunt Nergigante, but I am going to upgrade my armour first. Thinking about farming Rathian (normal one, not Pink). Much better than Bone, and I already have most of the stuff, just need some more.
Sorry to hear about your JoyCon. I also got my Switch at launch, and it has seen some rough use, but fortunately everything works fine. Though when using docked I prefer Pro Controller, it’s really good. Maybe give it a try?
Ahh that makes sense. I only remember switching out entire sets when I was doing a 3 monster hunt on a time limit, so I think it likely includes weapons to switch out.
And congrats on getting it finally!!! That taste of victory is always sweet!
I love grinding for armor, that “to get” list that alerts you when you have all the components needed makes planning out armor builds a breeze. That’s one qol update that I really miss in MHGU.
As for the joycons, it’s no big deal anymore. I already dropped some money trying new joycons, and that didn’t work so I’ll just cut my losses and deal with not having a dockable switch. It’s not like I used it a lot before, it probably stopped working on one of my long breaks from the switch lol