When a Game has "too much" Content 

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Man, GU is awesome, ngl monster hunter is always been a massive content game, hell I still find myself coming back to so many different monster hunter games

Its probably worth noting that GU allowed you to port over progress from Generations, so many people who already fininished Generations already had a lot of that content completed. GU basically added more content on top of original Generations

the biggest mistake any hunter can make is rushing to G rank that's like skipping your whole childhood, teenage years and early adult life struggles to go straight into your 60's when you're retired and rich and have nothing left to do skipping the best part of the life of a hunter is skipping low and high rank. In the end you're only ruining the experience for yourself by choosing not to enjoy every second of that experience it's like eating an ice cream, sure you can bite the whole ball and end it quickly, but it will give you a nasty brain freeze and you won't have any ice cream left

This was actually my first monster hunter game, I really enjoyed the slow progression. Makes it feel like the game doesn't outscale me faster than it took to farm up my fucking gear.

To this day I still think 4U was the best in the series. The cutscenes and story for Low and High Rank were legitimately intense for a 3DS game

GU is like a chocolate cake for me, you can take one or two parts from time to time and it's delicious. But eating too much and you'll be quickly disgusted

Being able to talk to all the previous characters and their brilliant dialogue, helping all the villages and gaining points with them all and then it culmuinating in every village chief coming together and cheering you on as you take on Valstrax... It felt like a celebration of the player just as much as a celebration of the series. It felt like a giant party saying goodbye to all your friends as you move on into a "new world". I felt special. _(I understand the negatives of how much content there is in this game and also probelms with its structure... but... as a veteran it was nothing but pure joy to have all these requests all these monsters, all these villages and all these unlocks all with no slow intro or annoying tutorials and cutscenes being forced upon you. As you said "just play it" just do things and enjoy the experience, dont worry about rushing, rushing games seems to be a bit of a problem these days, dont stress you have a lifetime.)_

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MHGU is a beast of a title. It's peak Monster Hunter for me. So much content. Capcom should re-release the game on PC & next-gen consoles.

Well, when it comes down to it I definitely prefer my games to have too much content than having just the necessary. Specially with games really light on story like MH. It balances things out.

If there's any game in the franchise that's going to have this problem, it should probably be the celebratory anniversary title.

I came into GU from World, looking to experience what the series was like before. I ended up putting 1100 hours into it, maxed out HR 999 and 18/18 EX Deviants. I can't really say that any point I felt that overwhelmed by the game, but I believe it was due to my approach. I liked the challenge and I was learning 'classic' MH as I went - getting used to the more rigid movement and combat, and placing more emphasis on hunt preparation. Since I was learning that as I went, every series of key quests in each rank felt like a new, exciting challenge. However, I did follow Kiranico for key quest guidance, so I never experienced confusion or frustration due to being 'stuck' at a specific rank, other than my own gameplay ability. I ran the key quests through G-Rank completely solo because I thought multiplayer would be dead with World out (boy was I wrong). After I beat Ahtal-Ka, I started to dip into multiplayer, and set off on a journey to learn one weapon for each style, and complete multiple transmog sets. It was an amazing journey. GU was my main game during the pandemic and it ended up becoming my favorite MH title. While my active time with it has passed, it's earned a place for me as one of the most satisfying gameplay experiences I've had in the past 10 years or so.

the separation of deviants is actually important specifically because it makes the ocean of content less overwhelming to look at, and also to make that ocean of content even larger as deviants have plenty of their own unique mechanics, including how they progress and your second issue, while it's true that key quests arent shown when they should be, the quest lists per rank also dont start out at an absurd size and most ley quests are all on the first page, second page at the latest, and it's intutive to understand that villager requests arent going to progress the story because they're side quests, same for harvest tours since they arent even hunts. not to mention that requests and harvest tours take up the vast majority of the quest list, and many quests dont even unlock until you complete other ones within the same rank, request or not, so this bloat really isnt a problem because it's lept in check when players first reach that rank, and having more than 3 to choose from, unlike some previous games, means you can actually choose what you want to fight, which is especially important for grinding gear and experimenting with styles this game also promotes mastery above all else. World and Rise actually make the MISTAKE of using every single monster in their keys and urgents. by not using every single monster in keys, especially with so many of them, GU avoids funneling progression into learning an entirely new monster every single quest. instead, you progressively master each monster that frequent the roster of keys, which also makes it coear that high rank and G rank upgrade monster movesets, not just their stats. it's actually rather genius for them to NOT utilize their entire monster roster. it means there's plenty more for you to discover even after you've finished the story also Barroth is higher tier in the old world games than in World and Rise, and the G rank urgent is actually a Diablos, which was not present in Gen and establishes a standard before you fight his deviant Bloodbath also there's 2 storylines lol. village and hub both take about the same amount of time each

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GU was the first mon hun game I ever played and I'm so glad it was my first. It was a great way to begin my love for the franchise

I Love GU. It is my favorite of the Old Style. My favorite parts were the Deviants and Ahtal-Ka. Will say the key quest progression was annoying. Had to be looking online for knowing what I needed to do. Beyond that, I want to complete my Deviant armor, and I'm Aerial style GL. I LOVE mounting to the point that I despise IG as they have that infinite Aerial combo and typically mount before I had a chance. Glad that was fixed. If anyone started with World or Rise, GU will be feeling so stiff. If you can cope to the changes, it is very fun.

GU was my first monster Hunter game, made me fall in love with the series. I am still playing it, after 500 hours in icebourne, and 1000 in rise/sunbreak. I love GU.

So what I get from all this is: "No knowledge + rushing to end game = not fun. Play game as intended + at own pace = fun." Yep, that & the "11 hours of rushing to end game" only showed that this game is for those whom are drawn & committed to finish it at their own pace that's essentially: "I'll finish this game when I feel like finishing it at all" TL:DR most of it: Game is fun by adding more time to it.

While it does have content bloat. It's one of the things I like about the story progression. Having to travel between villages gives more context to hunting in different locations than suddenly being sent to the Sandy Plains when you're based in Moga. The entry into G-rank hunt is out of place. Given you're being tested it would've been a great opportunity to have the quest be single player only and bring back Monoblos with an updated moveset. Given that most of the old monsters had just been in 4U it would've been nice to see things like Gigginox instead of Khezu again, bringing back Hypnocatrice, and Qurupeco with this many monsters would've been hilarious especially if Deviants were and option even if you hadn't fought them yet.

I actually believe that GU was really good with all of its content. Didn't feel bloated or anything, and it felt like a complete game. Wish I could say that about Rise and Sunbreak, idk why but even after the updates to the game, I can't go back to Sunbreak and enjoy myself.

GU was my first MH game, and while it did take years of off and on sessions for me to complete the base story, I had fun every time I picked it back up. It feels like a never ending game where you can come back to it and always have something engaging to do. It’s still my favorite MH (though I need to play more games in the series admittedly). Also the crossover and event quests are amazing. I do see where the bloat can come from if you are grinding out the whole game. Even though I did play and beat base rise when it came out, I always came back to (and prefer) GU for the monster variety, the amazing styles system, and prowler (beast prowler should come back).

GU for me had the right amount of content, since then I feel like content goes by too fast, I really enjoy a slow burn kind of game. Been into frontier for about a year, have taken some months off here and there but that game has C O N T E N T. It starts off like a standard mh game with its progression, and hr 5 + 6 are easily the hardest mh content ive been able to solo, but once you hit g rank the content gates are opened. There are no key quests. You have access to every single quest as long as you have the hunter rank requirement and the easily acquired tickets required to start one of the quests. This serves as your replacement for standard gameplay progression system. But theres so much more, you gain access to "hunter's road". A hunt a thon with very limited items where you see how far you can go for crazy rewards, this gamemode even has its own skill system adjacent to the rest of the game. You've got diva story which is kind of a guided progression system, the my mission system that wants you to complete 180 something missions, many of which require multiple monster slays. I've heard things about tower quests, dont know anything about those, then theres Raviente hunts, which I've heard the grind for the best gear is part of that and can take hundreds of hours to complete, I wouldn't know tho since I haven't started it yet lol. Then theres zeniths and mosous. Depending on the server you play on there can be other things, like I play on Rain server which has a bounty system that is pretty lengthy but has tons of rewards. All of that, stacked on top of having a crazy 50 level upgrade system for g rank weapons, in the later parts many times requiring 1% carve rate drops of hardcore monsters, which is a whole other thing. Frontier is a good game, big thumbs up

Nice video! When I made my vid years ago about too much is not better focusing mostly on online lobbies and the fragmentation of that, but this is a great angle at how the critical path was also affected. Ultimately, the breadth of content is appreciated and wonderful but you’re right that it’s a fun case of showing how too much good can have downsides.

Im proud to say i first played this game when it released on switch and i did every single quest in the game, really loved every second of it

Okay you convinced me😂 I have this game in my backlog for 4+ years already, but now I want to play it!

Me when monster hunter hunts the monster:

The Monster Hunter Portable games as a Transit Games is something I really like, if I am going to be on a bumpy bus for an hour and a half twice a day these games really did something good. They were functionally time neutral and that was great. I feel that the Anomaly Grind is trying to do the same thing, there isn't really a reward for getting to the end but it taking a long time means that someone who plays 4 hours of monster hunter a day because they are in transit a lot has something to do. I legitimately consider the portable Monster Hunter games a functional public service for this benefit that it offers transit commuters.

Honestly GU gave me the chance to fight monsters from previous entries that I never got the chance to fight. I come back to it every now and then and it's still a lot of fun getting to acquire so many different weapons and armor pieces that just generally look cool to me

can we pls give this guy the likes he deserves? His content is such a blessing on YT when you think of how content like this is made nowdays (clickbait- thumbnail /-title, all that matters comes only at the end and tons of adds)

I’m a huge MH fan, and still go back to play FU, 3U and 4U almost yearly in full, as well as gen/u maybe every 2 years. Because of this I have many many opinions on each of the games, and this is the one I have maybe the most to say about because of how much it’s gets right, and how much it gets wrong. The things it gets wrong are frustratingly misrepresented or skimmed over and totally unmentioned by most massive MH personalities online and I just want to say you really did this discussion justice in only 9 minutes

MHGU sounds absolutely insane! It took me around 90 hours to get through MHTri as quickly as possible, including the online content, and that game was 90% smaller than GU, with less than 30 monsters from what i remember, so i can't imagine how long it would take to complete GU, as i played Tri for years up until the servers shut down, before eventually moving onto World.

My goal on this game is optimisation, with that much content you can always be surprised, I find so much fun discovering a weapon i thought was bad (like the ranged weapons) and finding out it's actually very strong if you know how to use it, then doing a very optimised build around it and around my friend's build, he was the one with swords, I was the one with a bow, I would inflict the monster some status effects then my friend would just attack it while i'm supporting him. This game has endless possibilities and can be played however you want, that's the real fun.

As someone who started with mhgu i love it to death and unfortunately it destroyed my outlook on monster hunter. Where games like world and rise always ended up with me feeling dissappointed by the tail end with my favorite parts of them being the endless expedition quests. And its gotten to the point where im hoping wilds can be almost as large as mhgu in scale. A man can dream

The amount of content in GU is literally the reason why I love this game so much, I just feel like there is always a new challenge for me to take on even after 650+ hours. Especially deviant monsters. Hunting style are also a big factor, if I get bored of playing bushido longsword I can just switch to brave and suddenly it feels like an entirely different weapon while staying familiar. Apply that to all 14 weapons and I'm sure to never get bored playing GU

Generations Ultimate made me feel like I really got my Money’s worth. The amount of content and beautiful art style running at a smooth and crispy 1080p made it a truly enjoyable experience. All for $60. We will NEVER have a more complete game for that price. No DLC needed it just had everything.

GenU is so damn awesome, and probably the title that defines the flashiness of portable team, though 4U is just the right kind of content, on low, hr, or Grank

What I wish a gimmick that carried over to other games from GU was the hunting styles. It really allowed to personalize the way you fight with your weapon.

MHGU is a great game if you are someone who appreciates the journey more than the destination, and it just so happens that after playing MHW:I and especially MHRS, I realized that's exactly who I am. When I play through MH games, I meticulously complete every quest as I go, and before GU was even announced and all we had was base Generations on 3DS, I was slowly working my way through the lower ranks because I was insistent on making and upgrading every Sword and Shield as it became available to me. My only real issue with the pacing is that there are way too many gathering quests. I understand and appreciate the value in them (to the point where I miss them in 5th gen, _especially_ in World), but a lot of the early rank quests are gathering quests and at some point I can't help but feel like it becomes redundant when you consider what purpose they actually serve.

What? Could you imagine the tears if deviants were the urgents? Your looking at this with MH veteran tinged glasses

The playing in small bits part is key to the enjoyment of old monster hunters. I've been in g rank in mh4u forever, but still love to hop on and join any lobbies I see in the morning, and help out with a hunt or two before work. This is why your HR gets unlocked eventually. So you can still progress and level up, while helping teach fledgling hunters. I love world, but the streamlining of multi-player, definitely hurts the sense of community the older games had.

The comment about GU being a "playground" rather than a proper progression I think really nails it. I played through all of it solo, over the course of arund 350 hours, completing every quest up to the EX. The game offered an incredible variety, but the pace was an absolute slog, with some thrilling moments completely surrounded by hours and hours of "filler" quests. Another couple parts of the problem that you didn't mention: - the monster distribution related to their "tier". Usually in a MH game, the 2* and 3* monsters will be only an handful, but in GU they are 15-16 of them, so if you want to complete all the quests or at least the majority of them, the early parts of LR, HR and G-Rank are insanely bloated with insignificant monsters. - This lack of sense of progression also applies to the maps. Usually in MH every map is introduced once at a time, and with a decent amount of time between them. So every new locales feels fresh and exciting, and you can spend multiple quests focusing on it, exploring it very well. Meanwhile in GU (and in Rise village too tbh), the maps are thrown at you one after the other, even more than one at a time. You don't get the time to truly "get a feel" and digest each of them, and a new player will easily get distracted by all the options. It makes them less memorable. Overall I really enjoyed GU as its own thing, but I REALLY disagree with people saying every game should be like it, or that MH6 should be another anniversary title. We can have games that have a roster as big if not bigger than GU (honestly I'm not gonna be surprised if MH6 reaches the 100 goal by the end of its life cycle), but they still mantain that classic progression and pacing.

I bought XX on the Japanese eshop when it released. It was a lot of fun trying to figure out the skill names in Katakana so I could use the charms. I think that GU is definitely top 3 in the franchise for sure.

GU is probably my 2nd favorite MH game only after 4u. It allowed me to fight so many monsters i already loved, in so many different ways. It has awesome new monsters, really cool arts, really Nice visuals and just in general has everything i like about MH

i actually played this game mostly on train rides to work and it was perfect for that

Gu is outright my favourite game. The progression is tied too how fast you want too take the game and your skill. No matter the skill level there's a way too play the game that feels rewarding, and no matter the day there's always something different to do so that I feel like I'm accomplishing something. You have too come into the mindset of accomplishment. Whether it be small like a single weapon upgrade, or large like a full deviant set. But depending on the time you have, you CAN do something different and I can't get enough.

i really like this progression for monster hunter with this much stuff. it basically just made the grind a mandatory part of the game which it already was except instead of doing the same quest over and over again it atleast feels like your doing bespoke different quests each time. if you just do the mandatory ones you are most likely not going to have the necessary resources to build up better tools to progress anyway. this way it simplifies the progression to, just do all the quests and you finish the game instead of do the rathalos fight atleast 15 times while constantly checking the weapon you want to make. it also builds up resources in different ways than grinding the same monster over and over again because the missions are relatively varied giving you the chance to use and make weapons you wouldn’t have been encouraged to use other wise

I played this game solo and have 100s of hours in this game. I never once felt like I wasn't getting anywhere. I was always getting better, building and creating stronger weopons and armor, knocking off one quest at a time and although I'm almost beat every quest I think I left with maybe 3 at the most in single player and in the hub like maybe 10 at the most. Also I never looked for what quests to do to advance and I beat almost ever quest in that tier to stay somewhat difficult and I wouldn't change that play through for nothing. Also completed solo and way into hub before I even found out you could have two palicos. I absolutely love this game and wish they would add even more content

Currently I'm 120hrs in, G ◇◇ rank and I gotta say it's a lot content

I love games that feel like they're endless. Completing a game is fun but being able to progress in my favorite games for many years without ever having nothing left to do is the best!!! This is my favorite Monster Hunter, one of my all-time favorite games and a game I play on 3DS and Switch at the same time. Right now I'm working on my Palico training, I want all those cuties on max level with armor that fits their looks and skills alike

I played MHGU during the lockdown and loved it. I had plenty of time and played it stress-free. I completed all village quests and defeated the final G-Rank boss in around 360 hours

Well damn, now I *really* want to try GU

You can make the same argument about mobile games and triple A mobile games like diablo 4. The moment you disconnect your brain from critical thinking just start enjoying what's in front of you, they stop being so bad.

This video makes me want to play this game. Too bad those days are pretty much over.

i love how the content of Monster Hunter is offered in a straight forward approach, obtained as the player progressed as he/she climb thru the ranks. now imagine all that info being thrown into a player how overwhelming: weapon class, weapon combos, biomes, environmental interactions, visual cues/ audio cues, armors skill, decorations, inventory( oh the prep time), team play orientation, dynamic mechanics, and time; and all that bares to a cohesive and seamless gameplay as soon as you depart.

As someone who's first game was rise then went into GU I was very overwhelmed by all the content. Also semi disappointed cuz the monsters i bought GU for were then announced a month later for sunbreak

This biggest issue with this for me is that with the "just playing quests for fun without a specific progression goal" is that I'm never gonna hunt the Great Baggis or Gypceroses of the game after the first time, because they're all the same and suck. But there's an INSANE amount of required quests with those monsters. That's why I ultimately never played the game again after about a third of the way through high rank

It stays true to its name, it will take you generations to ultimately finish all this game has to offer.

Ive been playing the game on and off for YEARS and i still havent reached late game. There really is so much

More games should be as content rich as GU was and it's wild that some people want less.

Capcom need to get off their butts and port Monster hunter generation ultimate to the Xbox series X and Ps5 as humanly fast as they can.

12:20 - 12:30 THIS, THIS IS THE MONSTER HUNTER I FELL IN LOVE WITH ALL THOSE YEARS AGO!! It doesn't feel like this when playing Rise... :(

How you approach the game is very important. I still think some games feel bloated no matter how you play it, but in many cases you can almost completely eliminate that feeling of overwhelm by simply not being in a hurry to complete the game. Take it little by little, enjoy the moment.

One of the biggest issues in gaming is bloated games . Quality over quantity anyday

I hate too much content grr I wish most of my games were empty landscapes filled with nothing grrr I hate content.

I just recently started to play MH rise because I heard online that it’s probably the most comprehensive and less complex game in the series, but still very information heavy. I’d already bought GU about a year before getting into Rise and played as far as getting the tutorial missions. I then realized that I must’ve missed some things that would eventually help me on harder hunts cause before Rise, GU was my first time playing any MH game, so I think after I’ve finally finished MHR and the sunbreak expansion, I’ll eventually get to playing through GU on switch especially when I learn all or most of the ins and outs throughout the game. That and MH Wilds was recently announced not too long ago, the only issue is that I don’t have very powerful enough pc (the game will probably most likely end up with high end minimum requirements judging by how detailed it looks) and I also don’t have a series x or PS5, so I’ll just focus on Rise and eventually GU. Edit: forgot to mention that I’ve been playing monster hunter world too, so completing it will be a real time sink lol

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I've never played a monster hunter game and the same goes for my friends but our most difficult part is finding a good game to play together. We actually have this as our #1 we could try as it is old gen and has some good graphics and fps

absolutely love MH series. amazing content and replayability indeed. many game contenders for "way too much content" - e.g. guild wars 2, final fantasy 14 (or any FF actually), warframe, path of exile - absolutely crazy options.

This happened to me with God Eater Resurrection, I spent a good chunk of the game only playing story quests and only stopping to farm when I began getting oneshotted, and even after rolling credits twice the game still wasn't done, I was so confused until I realized it was basically 3 games stitched together one after the other.

Very well done video. Thank you for this.

GU has to be played with guides !! - I remember watching Gaijin Hunter's weapon tutorials at 3:00 am. - Spending hours staring at the MHGUDB guide app planning armor sets, learning monster hitzones and moving pattern. - Scouring reddit communities finding the best Mixed Sets, learning about Gimmicks of Power/Armor Charms etc. the list goes on.. All that reasearch made me feel Immersed in a way no other game has ever managed to..

Very early in the game I wanted so bad to progress fast and felt held back by the requests... until I saw a cool armor that I just had to make, then a cool GS that I needed, and it all clicked. while I was grinding for monster parts I tried fighting the monster with different hunting styles and hunting arts.

Yes, one bigass problem with the older titles is the unmarked mandatory quests (bless those folks at gamefaqs for making guides since the early 2000s or so)

I recently started playing GU because a friend of mine doesn't have a PC to play World with me and it was on sale for $10, so as a completionist, when I filled up 5 pages worth of quests on just on LR2 village quests alone 20~ish hours in, I thought this was gonna be a NIGHTMARE. Made even worse by trying to stick it out through LR3. I realized like 3/5's of the way through that rank that I was gonna get burnt out. I've recently decided to adapt a new approach after watching this video where I only approach the content that I want. Key quests, vilager requests, urgents, eventually deviants and maybe hypers. Basically skip the stuff that doesn't have an icon unless I feel like doing that. I'm hoping that will help me avoid burnout with the game, and thus far, it's been working. So as far as the "buffet style of content ingestion" advice, thank you for that.

"You have to present the game😊" Elden Ring: Well... ummm... about that

Haven’t even watched the video yet. But the title made me remember the temples in crosscode.

The beauty of XX/GU was that it was that helluva game on a freaking 3DS, for 40 freaking dollarinis, had online play, and you could take it anywhere and play anytime with something to still do or challenge with friends or new friends at events.

My entry point to the franchise as a whole was from Monster Hunter Generations on the 3ds. I loved every second of playing that game. And when we finnally got the Generations ultimate release in the states i cheered. I still feel this was the best monster hunter game but maybe im a little biased.

Games can never have "too much content", only content that's badly designed, content that doesn't respect your time/causes FOMO, and too little content.

Generations ultimate has almost all of my favorite monsters, but I bought it for my switch after getting rid of my 3ds and haven't played it simply because I remember how long it took to get where I was previously. I truly hope they bring back some of my favorites from GU in the next game

I loved mhxx/mhgu, but I didn't even try to do everything in it, played like 200 hours, had fun the whole time, never ran out of new stuff to do, moved on to other games when the fun started to fade rather than forcing myself to keep going after the the spark was gone just for the sake of completion. amazing experience.

Monster hunter generations ultimate is not only my favorite monster hunter game, but it’s also my favorite game of all time. The og Monster hunter generations was my first MH game and man that young naive me had no idea how much of a chokehold this series would have on me since it was my first I didn’t understand alot of things and was quite frankly booty cheeks at the game but the more I learned and experienced I couldn’t put the game down despite my rage and frustration at getting to roadblocks and throwing temper tantrums I kept pushing forward eventually I decided that I would stop playing because of how bad I felt I was at the game but I still enjoyed myself and considered myself a fan. Fast forward to 2018 when they announced MHGU was finally coming to the west I was so fucking happy I could remember all of the good times with gen and have even more content to get thru but instead of carrying my save data from the 3ds to switch I decided to start fresh and see if I had what it took to actually beat the game, now fast forward 700 hours later and damn this game isn’t just a game it’s a journey of bloodlust, tears, struggle, and most importantly satisfaction IMO too much content isn’t a bad thing as long as you space it out properly and try not to rush to the finish line I took my damn good time with the game and took breaks from it if I felt overwhelmed and till this very day I sometimes still have the itch to play GU even for a little bit MHGU imo is a damn near perfect video game I love how many monsters there are to hunt, the deviants, the hunting styles, and hunter arts, and it has the best final boss in all of monster hunter period. My legitimate only critique of the game is that it doesn’t have quest scaling iirc so some hunts you need a friend or 2 to help you hunt bc it wasn’t meant to be beaten solo. Oceaniz if you actually took the time out of your day to read this long ass comment than thank you even tho I’m 4 weeks late I just wanted to share my piece since its a game I treasure dearly and no matter how many ppl criticize it I will still love this fucking game till I cart my very last. TLDR: MHGU make dopamine go brrrrr very gud geme.

played since 3u on the 3ds. GU is quite literally the best. over 1000 hours after save transfering base gen to GU, love the amount of stuff i can have with my pardner

This has been my first Monster Hunter game so far, and for that reason I think it is the best experience I could have had playing a Monster Hunter game. Given that the game gives such a wide variety of options when it comes to play-style while keeping a low stakes feel for most of the game, I'd say the pacing is actually really good. I've never been the type to rush through a game, and I actually took 2 or 3 multi-week long breaks from GU during my time with it. I finished the game only three days ago as of writing this comment (I'm still going to probably keep playing it for a while; I'm only at rank 95.) I do agree with you on that they should have given the player new experiences for urgent instead of re-fights, but I switched weapons often enough that it was always a different experience. TL;DR good video and I liked the game a lot as a first time hunter :D

Never such a thing as too much content. Only in how said content is presented and paced

GU will always be my favourite. Hunter Arts and Styles were such a gamechanger and made combat so unique and exciting compared to most titles, and I still don't get that same rush of excitement from World and Rise, even with all the QoL changes I just missed GU's customisation for hunting. Though Nergigante is a 10/10 hunt, bring it back for every new game.

500 hours into mhgu and im still going back everyonce inawhile with atleast another 1k hours of content left

The biggest problem to me is when games drip feed content, especially when it's part of the main game. I prefer everything being there when I'm in the initial hype to finish the game. I loved rise and sun break. It got to the point though where I finished the sun break main story and have been really struggling to go back to finish what they added.

Danm this reminded me of the mh3u days back when I got togother with some friends to play for hours on end.Overall all mh games were spectacular (I hate rise tho,and the stories games ngl) and I liked the less grindy nature of world mostly cause I had reached a franchise fatigue.Cannot wait to see what capcom will come up with for the new gen consoles hope we will see King shaka or Copper Blangonga again but with improvements.Also loved the vid and hitted the sub button.

The one punch reference on the save name was very classy

GU is the only monster hunter i have 100%'ed. I was just trying to do all deviants and getting the best sets for all weapons and by the time i finished that i was 6% away from finishing everything, so i did it cause why not. The most painful ones were prowler cause no one wanted to do them lol. I was also lucky that i played and did all that before base rise relased, lobbies where still common and a bunch of people regularly played. As you said you should really play every now and then tho i did play when that virus was still considered deadly so a lot of people had a lot of free time which made hunts more enjoyable

in my mind, if there is too much content in the game it is only because the online system was abysmal there was just too many monsters so the player base was split up. if you wanted to do a popular monster you could probably find a group, but for the less favored monsters it was almost impossible. my main memory of this game was of waiting for someone to join my online session and then waiting for a third person, but the second leaves before the 3rd shows up.

I enjoyed the video, very informative!

Also because GU has more Weapon options than available monsters (14 weapons x 6 styles) + (8 Palico classes) for 92 ways to experience the game really does reward you for trying things out. Playing through the entire game with 1 weapon and 1 style is doing both yourself and GU a massive disservice. Switching styles and even weapons on a whim is a fantastic way to play GU. If you're playing through the game as Valor Longsword and you start to get a little burned out craft a Hammer, do a few quests, try the other styles, still not clicking? Get a Hunting Horn and repeat. Because you're repeating the same monsters for a majority of the game you're going to have an excess of materials to experiment with

I personally don't believe in "too much content" as a criticism. Only "too repetitive" or "too boring".

I love that it runs flawlessly on my steam deck so i can just play it in my bed