My first ever monster hunter game was Monster Hunter World(PC). My friend told me to buy it so we could play together. I have 0 knowledge on the franchise/gameplay/gameplay loop.

It's been out in console for months at that point so I watched a couple of videos of it and thought looks fun!

I then watched weapon video guides and most of the YouTubers said Sword and Shield is a very good starting weapon so I thought I'll just use that.

Release day comes, August 9th 2018. I did a couple of hunts and found the Sword and Shield "boring". I mean compared to what I've seen to other weapons on the video guides that has like explosions, jumping slashes and HUGE wind ups.

I then rewatched some video guides and tried Charge Blade next. Video guides also said "Charge Blade is one of the most complex weapons in the game." And I was like "How hard could it be?"

First few hunts were horrible! But it didn't take me too long to get the hang of the loop of Charge Blade.

No shield charge:
Charge → Bank → Charge → Charge Shield → Bank → SAED

With shield charge:
- Charge → Bank → SAED
- Charge → Bank → Charge → SAED → Bank → SAED.
- Etc (AED is here)

Having a shield is really nice too. As a beginner playing MH, i'm not familiar with the small details and attack animations of the monsters so having a shield really helped me out.

I then practiced how to Guard Point. I practiced on Diablos, since it has a very predictable move set. Once I got the hang of it, it became second nature AND IT IS SO DAMN SATISFYING.

Diablos rushing and getting its horns break upon hit. Nergigante dive bombing and getting KOed on impact. I feel like Gandalf shouting "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"

Tldr: I think if Charge Blade is one of the first weapon you've tried it wouldn't feel too complex 😂

We got the Heavy Metal armor second at the base of Lao's neck, Raithan armor next to them, someone in the battle armor (Which I believe is from MH1 but feel free to correct me) on the far right, and then the other GS user I think is wearing the Origin set from world, which iirc is based on an armor set from MH1. I tired to look it up to make sure, but the MHwiki only shows one armor set, and the other one just lists them with no pictures.

Hope you like it :D

Nu Udra, angry Rey Day, angry Arkveld, very silly Uth Duna, and adorable little Lala Barina!

I now have over 35 MH plushies...coming today is Amatsu and in a few weeks Astalos!

Anyone else collect them??

edit: forgot to include Jin Dahaad, my bad. Will include him in another post when Amatsu gets here

What do you guys think of this fella?

This was a bit of a self imposed wall, but after fighting Valstrax after wanting to for so long, I finally hit a wall. I told myself that I would not move further up in Sunbreak until I had beaten him, and man let me tell yall, this dude kicked my ass so many times, and yet not once did I think “this fight is bullshit.” Every cart was a learning experience, and I started fighting him over and over and over, abandoning the quest after two carts. But this time, it felt different, I already carted twice, but I told myself “I’ve cut off his tail, I’ve broken so many parts, I think I can kill
him.” And well, here is the result!!

Why is it this way? something with translation or what?

Edit: My mother language is german, so that may be a reason this doesn't make sence to me

Id argue its Kulu because he can use basic tools.

When emulated the game looks honestly awful. It looks so good it almost justifies old gen’s hit boxes lol

It's incredible. I'm blown away by the scale and the attention it commands. Absolute centrepiece in my collection now.

② Patch Release (Steam version only) Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 12:00

We are issuing a fix for an issue where force closes (crashes) may occur with certain AMD graphics cards.

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pd: The patch comes out tomorrow*

Like the buildup with the singing vocals, the screen getting a deep red flush as the shamisen in the back goes INSANE, the sound of the rain and thunder becoming DEAFENING as we get a good look at Amatsu's form, the vocals reaching a crescendo as the lightning strikes illuminate it from behind, the pose itself from Amatsu, the name LOOMING CALAMITY, god just everything works so well and I don't know a single other cutscene from the series that builds such an amazing atmosphere for a boss

Title!

Got this sick final blow shot at at the end of the quest when i receive my rewards!

Been playing since genu, started with IG then started using SWAXE. World Mainly same, rise same but think thats when I started trying bow. Went back to world to play bow again, now in wilds I decided to try hammer … having a good time there too. What about you guys? Only play 1-3? Play them all? Stick to 1?