a little sad that i just have No enthusiasm whatsoever about the new monhun. like, i enjoyed rise but i wouldn't bother breaking it out again these days unless a friend wanted to play it. there are fundamental design decisions behind Modern Monster Hunter that i still just don't vibe with and make it an inferior experience for me, and those decisions have clearly crystallized as the standard. i know the animations are still gonna feel mushy and hard to discren, i know you're still going to slowly waddle around for 6 hours drinking every potion, i know they're gonna keep focusing on being horny for women eating meat (or cabbage) instead of being horny for the monsters as god intended, i know there's gonna be a million nitpicky little tweaks to every weapon's moveset that's gonna make them feel awkward and alien
and it's just... 3U and GU are still there! if i want my ideal Monster Hunter Experience i can boot either of those up whenever i want. the only motivator to keep up with the New Game Cycle is to have an excuse to play with other people, and idunno if that's a big enough prospect to be worth 60 bucks for me rn. also like, idunno, you can still do multiplayer in rise and GU and i feel like maybe "remembering that old multiplayer games still exist too and are still fun" is something We As Gamers could stand to do more
