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Tried original Monster Hunter (PS2) (self.monsterhunter)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MrDiamondJ to c/monsterhunter

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Played Monster Hunter on the PS2 for the first time. My thoughts:

It's amazing how much the core tenets of the game have been retained even 20 years later. You play MH and it feels a bit more primitive, but not completely foreign. Monsters are familiar, weapons are familiar, music is familiar. It doesn't feel much different from the PSP games or the even the 3DS games.
Swinging your weapon with the right analog stick is the weirdest thing. This makes the way the PSP games control make a lot more sense.
I really wish there were pirate servers out there so I could play online. That would be great. I wish companies would make open-source servers after the corporate ones go offline, because MH is all about playing with others.

It's a cool look back, though.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

because MH is all about playing with others.

me who has been solo hunting all the time: 🤨❓

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What a mood, ahah. But yes, MH as core is a multiplayer game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

maybe, but capcom also seems to still consider its solo playerbase, as the monsters have less hp when playing solo

[–] MrDiamondJ 1 points 1 year ago

I'm assuming you mean playing with others via Join Request if need be.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

There is at least one server for MH1, played with a friend some years ago but it was quite the trouble to get it working, i heard there is for MH2 and believe MH3 is being worked on. All of this through emulation on pc btw

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is a server. It can even be played on the PS2.

iirc, it's based on Japanese version, patched English. So, you may have to restart from scratch.

[–] MrDiamondJ 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's what I'm reading. Won't go too far down the rabbit hole with the US version then.