Is this is a space where I can admit I didn’t like the mainline Monster Hunter games because I felt bad for the monsters? I fell in love with Monster Hunter Stories because of it. I like fighting alongside them :’)
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You *can* capture most of the monsters rather than kill them, but it's not a whole lot better.
What makes me feel a little better about it is that all of the monsters are absolute jerks who will always try to kill you the instant they see you, even if you're minding your own business.
Capturing is.actually worse for them. Either they get dissected and taken apart piece by piece by the guild researchers, or they get turned into Target practice for newbies. That or a gladitorial test for high levek hunters
If it makes you to feel better, the hunters only hunt monsters if they are causing trouble for some reason or because of population controll. If a hunter hunts a monster without the authorization of the guild they will literally be hunted by a guild knight :)
Yeah that's totally valid. I LOVE the games but I do have to remind myself of the context. In the games, you hunt for ecological conservation or to save lives. Oh, and the punishment for killing monsters when it's NOT for preservation is death. The Guild hunts and kills poachers.
The reason the punishment for poaching is so harsh is that in the (dubiously canon) lore of the game, an ancient civilization exploited monsters so much that they rose up and wiped out the civilization. The Guild hunts poachers to prevent the monsters rising up again.
Though that lore is from an old art book from over 16 years ago and hasn't really been mentioned since. So no idea if Capcom have changed their minds on it or not.
I thought I’d feel too bad for the monsters but honestly they are kind of really big pointy, flame-y a-holes most of the time! I avoid some because they’re just cute lil guys (looking at you Dodogama 😍) but the rest…🗡️
I really want to like the games because on paper they’re everything I like in a game! for some reason I ended up feeling so guilty when I tried. Maybe I just need to try again!!
The first time you encounter a monster pack that is trying to chow down on an innocent, terrified person you might change your mind. Maybe wilds will hit different than previous releases :)
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you gals who dont like hurting the cute monster are all sweethearts
carry on
What makes me feel a little better about it is that all of the monsters are absolute jerks who will always try to kill you the instant they see you, even if you're minding your own business.
I wanna look at a big fuckin Thing and just go “hey bud let’s kill some bad guys” and the monster responds with whatever equivalent of yes is.
Hell sometimes I just wanna look at a monster and just go “hey bud”.