http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/04/19/ ... er-hunter/
I can't wait. Shaping to be a very fantastic MMO. I also pre-ordered FFXIV: ARR online, another amazing MMO.
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Magniir wrote:Monster Hunter is great. MMO's, by way of history, are not.
Seeing an MMO do well and thinking "Hey, my IP could do well as an MMO, too!" is a naive thinking practice. Star Wars: The Old Republic and Warhammer Online are fantastic examples of games with incredibly awesome worlds which suffered massive failures due to bad design*.
Neverwinter is a game I've been playing recently. Developed by both a horrible developer and published by a horrible publisher (Cryptic and Perfect World Entertainment respectively) it is yet another game that has an awesome IP and has been ruined by design.
My point? Don't start shooting blindly into the darkness thinking Monster Hunter will be a great MMO just because other same-named titles are successful. The MMO industry is not one which can be compared to any other genre, it has to be compared to others within it.
* It really doesn't matter that both games are around as they failed in the medium they were designed for. "Being successful" in the MMO industry is as much about population as it is about monetary success. They're supposed to be long-term ventures and if you only have a few thousand peeps playing it then it really doesn't bring forth a feeling of "massive multiplayer".
Allan wrote:Possibly the only good game to have a ton of grinding in that people won't bitch about.
Because the whole point of every game was grinding until your wheels fell off.
James wrote:I'm more worried about Tencent than I am of Capcom for Monster Hunter. MoHu is one of the only series Capcom still do right.