Son turned up with his Switch this weekend so had a chance to play it again with the new content updates.

After waiting ages for the two updates to download, finished off the final village quest. Good fun and liked the changes to Bazel - less openings but also less lethal bombs, compared to World.

No idea when I’ll play it again but it was nice to go back for a bit.

Have you already found a weapon you like?

If you go to menu ( + ) and then to the right tab where "move around village" is located, you should be able to go to the training area. There you can easily switch weapons and try them on a dummy.

X and A button are your basic attack for all weapons, so just try those and pick something that has a speed and feel you like.

I didn't realise I could change weapon, thought I was lumbered with the heavy and slow swing of the one I've got because of the character class I chose. Will find something less cleaver-ish.

The stuff in the box at the start of missions - is it not a case of don't take it unless you need it? Does the box fill up with goodies for each hunt then (no punishment)?

Pick SnS and get used to running around a monster and using the camera to keep the monster in view. Watch its patterns and get in a few hits. Roll is used to avoid stuff but also to cancel the animation after your attack.

MH is not about button mashing and each attack takes time to complete. Combos can lock you into unskippable frames of animation so you need to learn what you can get away with for each opening.

The beauty of MH is that you can have different experiences depending on the weapon. Great Sword is slow, SnS is fast, ranged weapons obviously keep you out of immediate danger but require more management.

There is a lot to learn but Rise is the easiest to get into.

edit: Long Sword is the starting weapon here and isn't that slow really. Get used to the overhead slice, roll, and wait for next opportunity. Then start adding in extra button presses to add to the combo.

Anyone else hyped for Monster Hunter Stories 2? 

I've hit the level cap on the demo.  I absolutely adore it!

Roll on tomorrow.

Is that the trad RPG where you get to pokemon up with the monsters? Am vaguely tempted.

And don't forget the grind for the best roll of each species. Thats gonna be the timesink.

Gotta hatch 'em all.

Had to look up Khezu since they've never been in World.

They're horrible.

I hope they're in World 2.

This forum is proper slacking. "Tut-tut" MonHun fans!

Lots of speculation out there, but its seems to be a European setting (probably Rhodine's homeland) and will have monsters influenced by western themes/folklore. 

That flagship monster in the trailer is clearly a vampire! "Slurp!"

MH Rise is up for pre-order on Steam... but won't actually drop for another three months. And still no word on cross-play/saves, but Capcom would like to know how interested you are in these features.

Tigrex in World had been bit of a wall - hadn't failed that many times but I was getting stomped (literally) and the damage from it was overwhelming. Failed again earlier but went back having invested in Evade Extender - barely got hit. Even used the clutch claw wallbang naf'ness a couple of times for extra damage.

Back into this big time. Finally started Master Rank despite owning Sunbreak since launch.

The time away was actually a good thing because I enjoyed re-visiting the early monsters. It was a nice refresher course. Nothing too stressful or surprising.

Managed to hook up with @Bollockoff this evening and help him with a few side quests. Jolly coop forever!

It’s funny how 2 days ago, my muscle memory and button pressing/choices were a fucking shit show, whereas today I was dancing and bullying the monster without getting a scratch….and doing it pissed out my face.

double post

Yes.