Monster Hunter Online (PC)

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Originally Posted by Eurogamer

While western Monster Hunter titles are relegated to the 3DS and Wii U, China is getting a spiffy CryEngine 3 variant of the popular series with a just announced MMO, Monster Hunter Online.

Curiously, Epic and Riot Games co-owner Tencent seems to be handling publishing duties on this one with what appears to be a collaboration with series owner Capcom.

While we're not able to glean much from its official Chinese site, PC Gamer forums user Doppelgangerf has deduced that Monster Hunter Online will go into beta this June.

No western release has been announced, but this Monster Hunter Online debut trailer below gives us a glimpse of what the series could look like if it were developed from the ground up for a high-end platform (as the Wii U version of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is but a remake of a Wii title).

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I'd be shocked if this weren't a launch window title for PS4/Xbox or at least announced by then.

I hope this is never brought stateside just so Mzo cries until the end of time.

I wonder if this has anything to do with the Chinese Monster Hunter MMO clone that's been around for a while.

This looks like a very China-targeted F2P MMO that probably won't leave Asia.

And I would be surprised if it played all that much like Monster Hunter, given the trailer and developer.

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Originally Posted by MechDeus

I wonder if this has anything to do with the Chinese Monster Hunter MMO clone that's been around for a while.

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Isn't this being made by the developer who was doing that?

Doesn't look like it. I think Hunter Blade is the game I was thinking of and that was made by JoyChina, this one is be Tencent.

Ahhh this is what I was thinking of http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=484339

DEAR GOD AND HEAVEN!!!!!!!

Tecent has confirmed its coming to the west.

http://mmogamecentral.com/tecent-gam...hunter-online/

There's a lot of CBT videos out there now. It, well, looks exactly like MH.

Only big difference I saw was a new no-slowdown running sheath. Which sucks. And some kind of supermove bar in the lower right. Seemed to disapper after a while during a section where he was running around aimlessly with his weapon sheathed instead of attacking.

And at one point the person took two big hits in quick succession and wasn't dizzied. Curious about that.

That looked like Monster Hunter without everything that makes the game hard. Easy camera control, and it looked like WASD type movement, meaning no more tank controls. Also HP numbers when you hit so you can tell how well you're doing? That's almost sacrilege isn't it?

Also looked like that guy was losing no stam at all, and wasn't affected by the roars. Maybe just his skills.

Some of that might be because it's CBT and they're just bug-testing.

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Originally Posted by Darmonde

That looked like Monster Hunter without everything that makes the game hard. Easy camera control, and it looked like WASD type movement, meaning no more tank controls.

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Tank controls? Like, resident evil style? Were they like that prior to Tri?

With MH4 they've taken another step towards making the movement more fluid by allowing you turn 180 degrees without having to do a small movement toward either side. And you can change direction while doing a walking sheath, as opposed to being locked into the direction you were facing until the animation completes.

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Originally Posted by alan_fatima

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Tank controls? Like, resident evil style? Were they like that prior to Tri?

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No.

Everyone always said the clunky controls and terrible camera were deliberate design decisions, and I'd have to agree (since they barely improved over the course of 20 games). Wonder why they'd change them now, and by doing so are they admitting that they were shit before?

Because they were.

Yeah sorry, not tank controls. Just slow and pretty momentum based. I didn't know that was different for MH4- I haven't really watched a lot of that yet. It just looked like that guy was running full speed in any direction he wanted.

This is a different company making a MH game, so its not really Capcom? That's my guess.