good thing the tweets before and after this put down the context of this post being about people who are adamant about there being a magical hard line between gen 5 and on and everything else despite the monster hunter series featuring a very clear progression of how its presented - ThreadSky

yourpalgig.bsky.social • 14 days ago

good thing the tweets before and after this put down the context of this post being about people who are adamant about there being a magical hard line between gen 5 and on and everything else despite the monster hunter series featuring a very clear progression of how its presented

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yourpalgig.bsky.social•14 days ago

my issue has always been with people putting everything before world in a meaningless blob without definition just to argue without having to think deeper than "people like the entry i dont like."

mawkin.bsky.social•14 days ago

For certain things, that's something I do and don't see any issues with. For example every entry before 5th gen had necessary paintballs, more effectiveness of traps and bombs, no item box during hunts, a completely distinct healing mechanic, etc etc. Those completely change the flow of the loop, --

mawkin.bsky.social•14 days ago

-- so from a pure gameplay standpoint, the games changed much more at one time with World than with previous generational titles. On the other hand, 4U and Gen had lots of structural changes and general vibe changes that went into making 5th gen feel like an expected evolution, so I disagree with --

mawkin.bsky.social•14 days ago

-- people saying "oldgen was better" as a generalization, because after picking up any one of those games in particular, they'd surely have some problem with it, since they're all distinct.

TLDR: I see what you're saying and you're right.

yourpalgig.bsky.social•14 days ago

there's not a lot of video game series left that people can say have decades, plural, of history to draw on like MH. Add on the fact that for a good while a lot of people very likely missed out on some entries means that a chunk of people think there have only been leaps because they missed steps

mawkin.bsky.social•14 days ago

I mean, I agree I guess, sorry for the necropost, but I didn't see the context.

yourpalgig.bsky.social•14 days ago

its cool, its just something i get heated about on the regular and I'm honestly too quick to put the hands up about it

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