TheMetaleek

A bit afraid, it looks mostly good but I worry about power creep, the passive seems insanely strong, and the weapons seem at least good. I guess we'll see ! I hope this isn't a Democratic detonation 2 situation, where it becomes almost indispensible to have for any good loadouts (and I say this as an eruptor enjoyer)

Thank you for taking the time to express your thoughts more in depth, it makes a lot of sense, and I now think I was a bit too certain while writing my initial answer. Of course, different people care for different experiences, and that's absolutely fine :)

It's true that I took a bit of a shortcut in my previous statement, I shouldn't have been so absolute.

And as a sidenote, I believe that I read somewhere that the intent of having sleep not activated by default in MP was also somewhat of a counter to not having timeskip, allowing players to "use" all of their available time (though as you said, you're still just waiting so I'm not entirely convinced by the argument)

I couldn't disagree more, I love the game and think it's first and foremost a solo experience. I have around 500 hours in, and about 400 are exclusively solo, in various games since build 38. It's in single player where the truth of the apocalypse hits you, the dread of being alone against the world knowing you will fail but not knowing how and when... Even the sleep mechanic is exclusive to single player and drastically changes how you can approach the game, sticking closer to the gritty realism themes. Multiplayer, even in really harsh settings, often ends up with a somewhat trivialised survival, and sort of a devaluation of defeat. Unless you want to play it hardcore and reset if anyone dies (which can be understandably upsetting to some), you'll just respawn a character, get your stuff back, and you'll only have lost some xp and time which your mates can help you power through, instead of a entire "life" you really cared about.

Don't get me wrong, multiplayer can be heaps of fun, but I truly don't think it's the core of the game, and I'd really encourage you to try your hand at some solo play if you can be convinced :)

Perhaps a 1 user bump to their online user count, so really nothing of importance, like to other said, enjoy yourself with what you already payed for, and rub in that publisher's face that they didn't make anything good since ;)

Really good summary ! I've been a fan of MH since the very first game, only missing out on the wii and 3ds games, and my most played is MH Freedom Unite on the PSP with several thousand hours...

However today, I find myself more inclined to appreciate MH World as my go to, there is so much quality of life going on, while (in my humble opinion) avoiding too much casualisation like in Wilds. Perhaps it's just aging and all, but I find myself less and less attracted to games not respecting players or their time, while of course acknowledging that this is only a matter of personal taste.

Anyways, play Monster Hunter ! Try several, and find out which one you vibe more with, there's bound to be an MH experience tailored for your preferences out there :)

Ah yes, the "near meaningless term" being only the centerpoint of this community, what a great analysis you've provided

Hi ! I don't need any of these, but I still wanted to thank you for this initiative :)

Yeah actually I can weigh in, I worked in a dairy farm for a summer, and besides I have a bachelor's degree and a Masters in animal biology and ecology.

Dairy production is at best questionable, most often barbaric. Cows undergo forced impregnation as soon as they are of age, go through pregnancy (a stressful situation for most mammals), have their baby almost immediately taken away from them so that all their milk is available for farming, and are again impregnated as soon as production starts to dry up. The cycle goes on until the cow's body can't take it anymore, then it's killed.

Some farms, especially smaller ones, are more humane, with the newborns able to stay with the mother, and a more delicate milking procedure, sometimes even keeping the older cows in the fields instead of sending them to the slaughter, but it's VERY rare.

And to be precise, I am neither vegan nor even vegetarian, but I am definitely politically opiniated against the agricultural industry as a whole, and meat industry first and foremost

Jizz is only a few percent spermatozoids, the rest is seminal fluid mainly produced by other organs like the prostate and seminal vesicle, so you can absolutely ejaculate with no testicles

I said the tone was inappropriate, this is literally it, what they said was not appropriate, neither in a conversation nor in this community, and we agree, I don't know why you're looking to fight where there is no reason. I just agreed with what was implied rather than said, it seemed pretty clear.

Your comparison with various and horrible crimes, is both fallacious and even more inappropriate for the community than what was first said by the user, so congrats about that I guess.

I'll end by saying again that I am not looking to fight, I'm subbed here to see wholesome and indeed soul healing content, and I was only signifying that there was little about that in the original post... Thanks also to the mod(s), for all your work here and elsewhere !

I mean, while the tone is definitely inappropriate, I agree with the user that there is very little wholesome about relying on the whims of the rich and privileged to make health and research progress...