▲ 73 ▼ Monster Hunter Wilds director aims to push hardware 'to the max' to bring the world to life: 'Any Monster Hunter game where I'm director is always going to be focusing on the ecosystem' (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 2 years ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/games@sh.itjust.works 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 child) Monster Hunter games have a story? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes. Nature good! Science good! Go kill a one-of-kind dragon so we can learn why it's doing nature stuff. Also some of these animals are clearly intelligent. Wear their corpses to warn the others! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Hold up... Nature good so... Exterminate it? 🤔 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Renacles@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think in-universe you are trying to keep the environment in balance but it's so hard to make a good story for a game exclusively about killing and wearing monsters that it never works out. Iceborne ends with the main characters thanking Nergigante only for that particular Nergigante to be the target of a future hunt regardless. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago Not quite as bad as Tri's Elder Dragon being literally just a whale that specifically doesn't threaten humans, but close. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Breadhax0r@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The older monster hunters were more about being a village protector and the hunter guild actively worked to maintain a natural balance....I saw in a video recently that in the newer games though the developers actively shied away from environmental themes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes. Nature good! Science good! Go kill a one-of-kind dragon so we can learn why it's doing nature stuff. Also some of these animals are clearly intelligent. Wear their corpses to warn the others! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Hold up... Nature good so... Exterminate it? 🤔 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Renacles@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think in-universe you are trying to keep the environment in balance but it's so hard to make a good story for a game exclusively about killing and wearing monsters that it never works out. Iceborne ends with the main characters thanking Nergigante only for that particular Nergigante to be the target of a future hunt regardless. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago Not quite as bad as Tri's Elder Dragon being literally just a whale that specifically doesn't threaten humans, but close. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Breadhax0r@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The older monster hunters were more about being a village protector and the hunter guild actively worked to maintain a natural balance....I saw in a video recently that in the newer games though the developers actively shied away from environmental themes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Hold up... Nature good so... Exterminate it? 🤔 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Renacles@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think in-universe you are trying to keep the environment in balance but it's so hard to make a good story for a game exclusively about killing and wearing monsters that it never works out. Iceborne ends with the main characters thanking Nergigante only for that particular Nergigante to be the target of a future hunt regardless. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago Not quite as bad as Tri's Elder Dragon being literally just a whale that specifically doesn't threaten humans, but close. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Breadhax0r@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The older monster hunters were more about being a village protector and the hunter guild actively worked to maintain a natural balance....I saw in a video recently that in the newer games though the developers actively shied away from environmental themes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Renacles@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think in-universe you are trying to keep the environment in balance but it's so hard to make a good story for a game exclusively about killing and wearing monsters that it never works out. Iceborne ends with the main characters thanking Nergigante only for that particular Nergigante to be the target of a future hunt regardless. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago Not quite as bad as Tri's Elder Dragon being literally just a whale that specifically doesn't threaten humans, but close. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago Not quite as bad as Tri's Elder Dragon being literally just a whale that specifically doesn't threaten humans, but close. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Breadhax0r@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The older monster hunters were more about being a village protector and the hunter guild actively worked to maintain a natural balance....I saw in a video recently that in the newer games though the developers actively shied away from environmental themes permalink fedilink source parent