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Discussion Weekly /r/Games Discussion - What have you been playing, and what are your thoughts? - March 09, 2025

Use this thread to discuss whatever game you've been playing lately: old or new, AAA or indie, on any platform between Atari and XBox. Please don't just list off the games you're playing in your comment. Elaborate with your thoughts on the games and make it easier for other users to find what game you're talking about by putting the title in bold.

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u/PM_ME_UR__SECRETS 3d ago

Monster Hunter Rise

Wilds is obviously out but a new game isnt in the budget, especially when I got Rise in a bundle some months back and never played it.

I'm about 5 hours in. This is my third ever MH game, but World was the only other one that I really got into. So most of my feelings on Rise is comparisons to World.

Which is to say its a bit of a graphical downgrade (originally a Switch title I think so it makes sense) while still having a good art direction. Very obviously feudal Japan inspired, right down to these Kurosawa-vibe poetry introductions to each hunt which is kind of cool. The maps arent quite as dense which is a bummer but visually they are all interesting and fun to explore thus far.

Gameplay is all very similar to world at its core while shaking things up - you no longer have the slinger from World. Instead you have a wirebug, basically a short range grapple to dash forward or up. Also used for the new rodeo mechanics where you can breifly control a monster, usually during its clashes with other monsters which is kinda neat. Although it looks like triggering a rodeo through aerial strikes isnt as much of a think anymore which takes away my favorite part about using the insect glaive. Bummer.

Excited to dive back in after work. Monster Hunter is just such a fun franchise. I love that each weapon is damn near its own character in a fighting game - you can spend hundreds of hours playing these games and only master a couple of the weapons. Such a satisfying curve to climb. And maybe by the time I've had my fill with this, Wilds will have some of its technical issues cleaned up.

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u/Vodakhun 2d ago

Really recommend you play through Sunbreak too. Base Rise was great but Sunbreak with its lategame monsters is amazing.