Have you played generations. If so which do you think is better?
Yes. I'd still vote 4U too but I don't know if my reasons are so valid
I didn't really like the styles. That's kind of a "ok, we've got 12* weapons and we want many many more, how do we do that? Just change bits here and there and call that new gameplay"... But not really. I liked switching from Great Sword to Dual Blades to Insect Glaive to Charge Blade because they were different, I don't want weapons that are the same but not the same but still same. Plus the fact that with Adept, I find myself spamming evades and that's basically all I'm doing. Ok, I have to pay attention to what the monster does, but I still try a lot less things than in 4U.
*note, I didn't check how many they had exactly
I didn't like the online hall's look either. Grass and sky. Reminds me of Windows XP. The Guild Hall was much mure stylish though it had less features. I'd agree that the Elder Hall was boring though.
I wasn't so fond of the new music either. I mean, hear the Gore Magala's music in 4U. Well ok, maybe not so awesome. Then hear the Shagaru's. You like it or not... Then hear the Chaos Gore Magala's. You still have the right to not like it, but damn, the Chaos is an irregularity somewhere in between the Gore and the Shagaru, and its music is an irregular piece that takes from the Shagaru's and the Gore's! Meanwhile, the Great Maccau has a circus music or something. Well ok, not exactly a flagship, but that's not the right way to make a good first impression.
And the Gogmazios at the "end". It was some wall to overcome for people who were playing with Mizuha sets lol. And the first time you meet it, you get that communist music in your ears, you're like "ok, I'm doomed", and indeed you lose. Then after some fights, you manage to survive for 10 minutes, you think you get the hang of it, you almost get bored and you think that well, it's not so hard actually. And the music changes lol. You signed in for Monster Hunting and here you are, playing a Sudden Death in Smash Bros, trying to avoid everyone's final smashes or something.
Ok, then you've got 1 smart person in your team, activating that big cannon at the back. It lands on the big guy. And the Monster Hunter theme starts and plays until (hopefully) you win.
There was never anything like this in Generations. Or I missed it.
This is what I'd say if you asked me why I like 4U better than Generations. But in the end, maybe it's just that I spent more than 600 hours on it, and even though I was hyped for the new game, I couldn't bear changes, even if they were intrinsically good...
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Now, for someone who would like to get into MH today, maybe it's best to get into Gen. I guess it has more full halls than the old 4U.