While I have no way of playing it myself 'COUGH COUGH', Espinas being in Sunbreak effectively left open the door. Now the hundred+ monsters unique to Frontier aren't locked in live-service-went-kablooey jail.
You can play frontier On pc wii u psvita/pstv ps3 Just hop on rain frontier server and you'll get to play in no time I play on pstv while its not ideal cuz of fps (also console itself fits in your back pocket xD) But ya it should be cakewalk to set it up See you in mezalorta square
The hyper fixation is real, I dragged my friends to try frontier and we didn't play any other game outside frontier for like a month or two I actually miss those days now
Espinas btw wasn't the only thing from Frontier in Sunbreak, we also got: -Many armor sets (Dusk, Alice, Shui, Asuru, Reflet, etc) -Armor/Rampage Skills (Foray, Reflect, Furious, etc) -Styles (Switch Skills are do it yourself styles) -a ton of Monster got attacks from Frontier as example Lucent Nargacuga poison rain and Silver Rathalos meteor attack -Followers (basically the Rastas from Frontier) -You can get the Frontier Ducks as decoration for your house -both endgames Sunbreak and Frontier focus on parrys/guard point, with most monsters haveing one hit AOE attacks.
Btw, Guanzorumu and Shantien's fights in pre G are just previews, you've seen about 20% of what each can do. Their G rank fights are genuine works of art imo
Forukoruru would be such a perfect monster for wilds the changing weathers could change what flowers are blooming giving it new/different flowers to get buffs from as the weather changes
just in case you don’t know, “Volganos” is lavasioth. Lavasioth debuted in frontier before being brought into freedom unite. Lavasioth is just Volganos’ translated name when they brought him into freedom unite since frontier was only ever released in asia and never saw a western release
I can't believe you neglected to mention that Bat Espinas is the only monster in the entire franchise to use the "Dark" Element. He's the counterpart to Laser Rathalos with the Light element.
idk if anyone else said this yet, but that Abomination you were intoduced to at start of Grank wasn't stock Eruzerion, It was the Musou Version. Those things are a whole other can of worms but in simple terms, they're the Endgame of Endgame(where defense means Zilch), but even amoung them Musou Eruzerion is Something Else
The road to frontier is such an experience. G Rank really picks up the pace and the Zeniths are totally something to look out for. Disufiroa is one fight to try too besides Duremudira
Played the free cap back in the day and few more months thanks to a friend helping me to pay the monthly fees. It's really one of my favorite entries due to how much bs it throws at you and as someone who started with the first game around 2005, this whole "tribal" aesthetic goes so hard for me and I miss it when they ditched it in the 3rd gen. Great video btw, and good luck with the game haha Ps: Fave monster is Dhisufiroa. I hate him lol
Funny thing about the last monster you fought, Eruzerion. They did a crossover with PSO2 and you could fight that thing in there. One of the hardest fights in the game.
@@duskyer The musou Eruzerion is one of the hardest fights in gaming, period. It took half a year after it's release for someone to finally beat it solo on true kill quest.
if you're curious: flaming espinas has so many different names because the Japanese versions of Flaming and White espinas are just espinas subspecies and espinas rare species respectively. More recent translations have changed most mentions of flaming to its official name (flaming espinas), but the translation teams for these games are incredibly small and often dont have the resources to make a change like that immediately
my god you are a pretty dedicater hunter, me an old asian veteran, i played at Taiwan Server last time, having the community, guild and plenty of the weekly event really helps the games experience alot, you on the other hand needs to play it without much support ( except from the local community) and all the way up to the game is a real test of patient. And further more compiling to an VID, it truely brings back all the memory that i had, all the guild friend, all the special event, the NPC at another zone is for Laviente, so i guess sadly for you , no chance to try it.
The last super colorful big bad you fought here (Eruzerion, I think?) visually looks like a mashup of Monster Hunter and Skylanders to me and I can't unsee it lmao also Richmond and Umi are precious :')
I’ve always wanted to play this game but being in the states I could never do so. Zero clue how people are doing it now but glad to still see content on it
Very great video! I think the fast pacing worked very well for this game! Also you're still hearting comments so long after upload is very impressive haha
nice vid! I also plan on playing it, tho I will wait till the complete translation is done for QoL sake. Still, ur comentary and jokes were on point! you have earned a sub
I’ve been on the frontier binge the last 2 months and boy there are so many top notch fights idk where to begin recommendations. disufiroua and shantiens conquest war fights Harudomerugu (the mercury dragons) zenith fight Duremidira and so many more Would love a part two on frontier. Someday LOL
@LouTwoShoes Berukyurosu does have one gimmick I think you didn't talk about adapts to your weapons which is really cool. Also it kills itself if you try to capture it.
Wait what? Can you like link proof or explain how it kills itself cuz I’ve seen a vid of people capturing it and it didn’t seem to do anything weird. Where’d you get that info?
I solo'd to G Rank once. Convinced my friend to try it. He gave up when we had to kill like 8 Burst Species to move on. That was like 2 years ago, I can't wait to go back to this game in 2 more years and have the same issue
shoutouts to the G Exotic Magalas for being both insanely cool and hitting like a piano filled with bricks. love em to death, more than the mainline fights even
Great vid showing off frontier. HR 5-7 are tough cause the level squish from 1-999 into 1-7 does not accurately portray some monsters difficulty. The game is so good, definitely recommend doing Zeniths! Also my favorite Frontier mon is probably Guanzorumu
Aw, shame you didn't get to Mi Ru. That thing's a shapeshifter and is basically every pseudowyvern fight crammed into one monster. It keeps alternating between different modes (and it has like 6 or 7 of them too) that change it's attack patterns and behavior. In one moment you are fighting a Nargacuga like speedster, few seconds later you are fighting a slow, heavy hitting brawler.
In case nobody else commented, Espinas has low hitzones when not enraged, so you have to hit it in its abdomen. Once it does enrage, you can hit it pretty much where ever. Personally Rise Espinas left me with a lot of disappointments, though, but I understand an argument that Capcom wanted to "mainstream" the monster for a wider audience by removing its gimmicks. Surely, in Rise, we have higher sharpness at that point + they did increase Espinas' hitzones while neutral, and half the time it isn't sleeping (I have never seen an Afflicted Espinas start sleeping) The hazard Flaming Espinas is pretty based, though
I really hope they come out with another monster hunter mmo. Frontier had so many unique monsters, mechanics, and weapons and I'd absolutely love a chance to play a version with updated graphics and better translation
I didn't have anyone else to help me with HR6. I was the server, hosting locally. HR5 took me everything I had, but HR6 broke me and I used the Halk Potions. I did manage to repel the gold and silver fish and the Unknown without it though. Speaking of, that's one of my favorite fights because it slowly boils you like a frog. The black Rathian starts pretty tame but over the course of the fight it gets enraged. Instead of calming down after, it gets enraged again. Throughout the fight it goes through I believe six stages of rage, getting stronger, faster, and new moves each time. It was a thrill.
Commenting as I watch: Love your art man, great stuff, super charming Never played Frontier, looked super fun That Hammer tgo! CRABS! Diet Deviljho! Fukken Spikey Plesy Main, so many cool monsters I never wore No more peen dragons please! Hot and cold Monkeys look kinda fun, loads of dual hunts that work so well WTF is that mouldy ass Gravios? Moby Dick holy shit, that's coo as fuck Old Yama is from MHFU, he had a one hit hill move back then Literal Satan Cum-talis HR 666 Magnet slammer looks rad as fuck! Monster Hunter Fron-Tier list! Nice work man!
2 things that would be sweet to bring back: the wild Magnet weapon that lets you fly(?), and the Fire/Ice Zinogre boy. As a bonus super Diablos is awesome!
from what i expirienced its basyclly monsters handing you your own ass until you get into g rank where they give your ass and will to live to you back JUST FOR ZENYTHS TO DESTROY BOTH AGAIN
Honestly if they tweek the monsters fighting but keep some of the gimmicks i wouldn't mind have the frontier monster in the main games better than having them fall into obscurity from a online game that should have been world wide in the fitst place Capcom!
Whoa hey, Mezelounge getting some big attention lol, its nice to the server getting some recognition the people there are great, ive been on for a year now and im at z3 (I dont get to play super often lol) It's cool to see some familiar faces in this video lol, hope you keep enjoying Mezelounge
If you want an admin being authoritarian dictating thoughts sure! 😂 Mezelounge is by far the one people get sucked in because it's out there but there are far better options like renewal.
Capcom should remaster the old MH games or atleast port them in like a trilogy to the current gen. They did it with dmc, all sorts of fighter games and they're remaking RE so I don't see why not.
It pissed me off so much the lavasioth I despise for stealing a spot in volcano from better monsters in the mainline series was ripped from frontier but its actually just the same monster, frontier uses the romanic japanese in english. 7:30
Yeah every time I see lavasioth in a mainline game i cry internally. Probably one of the worst monsters for me personally. Agnaktor fills the same role with the lava gimmick and is such a better design
I still do want to play this one, if you have tips, please let me know (also if it's free) because seeing you have this up from only 3 weeks ago? Now I'm curious!
In crimson bird's defense, a horny male in mating season is also EVERY Mizutsune you have, or will ever hunt. That's the lore, males get violent during heat season, so the guild sends hunters when they start to get too rowdy. Every Mizu in-game is male.
The game really wants to to rush through the previous game content but I think most people agree HR6 is borderline unfair. Even in a group. G Rank is when the game starts to get its reputation but tbh. A lot of people rush to Zenith.
I would recommend NPC companions as it will ease the difficulty. Watching this video made me realize how much harder it can be solo, which is what I did initially and it made me take lots of breaks. So if youre doing that its always good to look for new options such as halk potions and rastas to assist you in hunts.
I wish they ported Frontiers to the US. Despite the over the top monsters and other things, I would not mind playing a silly as heck MMO spin off. Although the only two Monster Hunter games I have experience with are World and 4U so Frontier might be really hard for me lol
My favorite hunt in this game is Blinking Nargacuga with SAF, like the most badass hunt The worst? Zenith Inagami. You literally won't get help unless some same mind psycho helps
