{"id":7746,"date":"2018-08-29T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=7746"},"modified":"2018-08-29T22:59:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T03:59:34","slug":"once-more-unto-the-hunt-dear-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=7746","title":{"rendered":"Once More Unto the Hunt, Dear Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate<\/b> is out! Officially released on Tuesday, I was hoping to stay up slightly too late to play it on Monday, since it was supposed to go live on the eShop at 11PM. But it didn\u2019t quite work out that way for some reason, and actually went live at 2AM. I like to think it was Capcom\/Nintendo helping make sure I went to bed on time.<\/span><\/p>\n

The point is: there\u2019s a Monster Hunter on Switch now. Life is perfect.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not entirely sure what else to write about this. I never expected Capcom to actually localize this game (because why bother when <\/span>Monster Hunter World<\/b> is already raking in mad skrilla?). To that end, I hadn\u2019t ever really dug deep into what kind of new things they\u2019ve updated it with. There\u2019s the cover monster, whom I know only as \u201cJet Dragon.\u201d I have actually (and unsuccessfully) hunted him before, via the demo of the Japanese version that came out like a year ago. I also know vaguely of the new final boss who I think is a giant mantis that pilots a mecha made of scrap. Not unlike the old final boss who is a squid that wears power armor made of skellingtons.<\/span><\/p>\n

Monster Hunter has gotten <\/span>weird<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watching the intro movie, it seems that my old nemesis Barioth has returned as well. My short playtime thus far has not revealed any other additions to the monster roster.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, it\u2019s important to note that this is an enhanced port of <\/span>Monster Hunter Generations<\/b>. You know, that 3DS game that I\u2019ve already poured like 200 hours into? If it were a vanilla port, I\u2019d probably skip it. This Ultimate version, however, adds (presumably) a bunch of new (and returning) monsters and also G-Rank hunts. Maybe other things, too? In theory, that means it has roughly 50% more content (quests) than the base game, and that new content will be ultra-mega-hard. Which is great!<\/span><\/p>\n

The huge twist with this release is that you can import your progress from the 3DS game to give yourself a head-start and jump right into the new content (assuming you\u2019re that far). I was absolutely torn on this feature. On one hand, it would be nice to bring over all the hard work I poured into MHG. On the other hand, I kinda want to go through it all again, because it\u2019s fun! This is one of those Tough Life Decisions that adults warn you about when you\u2019re growing up.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the end, since I first launched the game while on the bus to work, I had no access to my 3DS and started a new character. I can always import good ol\u2019 Jenna at some other point in time, should I feel the need. For the time being, I will move forward with Velvet, who I named after the protagonist of <\/span>Tales of Berseria<\/b> because I was drawing a blank on more interesting names. I would like to mention that I find naming characters in this kind of game <\/span>intensely<\/span><\/i> stressful. It would be so much easier if I\u2019d just play as a male character…<\/span><\/p>\n

And so that\u2019s that. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll have much else to say about MHGU. It\u2019s Monster Hunter. I love it. I will play it obsessively until December 7. Some old song and dance.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is out! Officially released on Tuesday, I was hoping to stay up slightly too late to play it on Monday, since it was supposed to go live on the eShop at 11PM. But it didn\u2019t quite work out that way for some reason, and actually went live at 2AM. I like … Continue reading Once More Unto the Hunt, Dear Friends<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monster-hunter","category-video-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7747,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7746\/revisions\/7747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}