Why did no western developer attempt to make a Monster Hunter clone?
And for my second question, why didn't Monster Hunter franchise try doing spinoffs with different setting / skin / weapons?
Too much effort?
>Why did no western developer attempt to make a Monster Hunter clone?
Only japs like them
Also it's a shit genre
>>340861560
But that's wrong you fucking retard.
>>340861235
Because nobody would buy them because Monster Hunter sucks ass.
Boring repetitive gameplay: the franchise
Double Fine tried to make one, but it didn't get past the prototype phase.
There are monster hunter clones
>>340861235
It doesnt make that much money in the West.
MH is mainly a Japanese thing, its only been MH3U and MH4U that the west has actually gotten some sales for Capcom.
And to most Western developers MH is just a less profitable MMO, so they make WoW clones instead. Or shooters, lots and lots of shooters.
>>340861235
Because the west doesn't like repetitive grindfests like the chinks and japs do.
>spinoffs
There's multiple spinoff games though. MH frontier, MHO, and then there's that other one whose name I can't remember.
>>340861235
Western developers cannot make good action rpg gameplay
>>340861235
The west only cares about realism
>Requires skill
>Requires time
>It's not realistic
>Doesn't focus on the story of a hero character
>Doesn't focus on strong independent transgender snowflakes
>Enough content for the players to have fun without having to buy DLCs
>No room for cosmetics, since the whole point of the game is to improve your gear
Why would it sell in the west?
>>340861235
>>340862565
This
Seriously, we have fucking nothing that comes even close to what the Japs do with action RPGs. Most people here consider games like Skyrim to have good combat.
>>340861235
The only grindan game that acceptable for burgers are korean rice grinder game.
MH don't make that much money on burgerland.
>>340861235
It's not particularly popular in the west, so developers are less likely to make something like it.
Plus western developers seem to shit the bed when it comes to APRG combat more often than not.
>>340862701
You literally just described Dark Souls
>>340862704
This looks nothing like MH, gameplay-wise.
>>340862701
You just reminded me that MH will never have a transmog feature
>>340862704
>Cinematic combat.
Only one step better than QTE.
>>340862792
>Dark Souls
>requires skill
Because monster hunter doesn't do too well in the west compared to their eastern release
People don't go out of their way to group up locally and play some monhun, nor do they want to invest the same amount of hours into a single game
The game also is quite hard to pick up and if you don't plan to invest said hours into it it can backfire quite a bit
despite contrary belief on 4chan, the general western populace is looking for a more cinematic experience and is actually really really bad at videogames
>>340862704
unf
I love You know Nothing Jon Snow lady. What's her name?
>>340862824
>>340862704
>spam arrows at armored spot until GIANT RED WEAK POINT APPEARS
>hit once
>win
Yeah, no. MH has its fair share of weak points but at least its actually hard.
>>340862926
Western folks are very good at competitive FPS and fighting games.
>>340862924
its one of the hardest games ever... so yes.
>>340862851
I agree with Capcom not doing transmog
But fuck them for not implementing a way to make LR/HR armor viable, like upgrading
They objectively look infinitely better than anything in G rank.
>>340862792
You're right. It has always surprised me how well recieved souls games have been. I think it all started with the "hardest game ever meme".
However, it has that grimdark atmosphere every western AAA is going for, and is a bit more cinematic.
Horizon is a good example of an adaptation of MH to the west:
>Female strong character
>Cinematic camera angles
>Dumbed down gameplay
Because westerns developers CAN'T make a game like that.
The talent to make it is not there.
>>340863082
That is a very very small margin of western video game players though, and shooters keep to themselves most of the time, often even within a single series
>>340863082
Those are PvP games
>>340861235
>a MH clone would require average AI, a basic level of balance across multiple weapon groups, diversity in monster types and patterns and favoring making a game over making a cash cow
Literally impossible for a Western developer.
>>340862704
>>340862905
>>340862983
nice framerate
>>340863127
>But fuck them for not implementing a way to make LR/HR armor viable, like upgrading
Worst part is that they did make it possible, once.
In Tri you could spend some HR materials to boost the defense of LR stuff up to HR levels, while (obviously) keeping the same skills/slots.
And then it didn't ever return.
Sure, you can boost defense by pumping enough spheres into them, but they'll always have less total defense than High or G Rank variants.
inb4 >getting hit
>>340863247
Yes PvP is video games. Hell it's the hardest form of video games.
Because no one wants to spend hours hunting the same monster in the same stage in the vain attempt you will get a new pair of shoes with higher numbers than the numbers you have now.
Grinding isn't for everyone, but in the case of the 3DS where it's either that or shovelware.. well....the choice is obvious, deshou?
>>340863365
Should be a way to increase skills, or LR/HR armor comes with blank slots for you to drop in gems once you grind them up enough
It just seems like a massive waste to me because 90% of the gear in MH is never used
>>340863389
What I'm saying is that very few people are willing to invest a lot of time into a game where you don't compete with other humans. Just look at how everyone got crazy about DaS PvP making it the main foucs of the game while it was supposed to be a minor thing
>>340863167
>>340863305
We wrote Look Homeward Angel and Grapes of Wrath, the 2 greatest novels ever.
Suck a fat chode weebs
>>340863420
>Because no one wants to spend hours hunting the same monster in the same stage
I actually do want that.
I enjoy the MH combat and it's literally the main draw for me.
>>340863528
It'll never stop being weird how like 70% of all armor pieces are so incredibly useless.
>>340863420
>Because no one wants to spend hours hunting the same monster in the same stage in the vain attempt you will get a new pair of shoes with higher numbers than the numbers you have now.
Considering the single largest (non phone) gaming genre is MMO you are objectively incorrect.
>>340863582
What? Who are you to decide how people should play their videogames?
>>340863420
>Because no one wants to spend hours hunting the same monster in the same stage in the vain attempt you will get a new pair of shoes with higher numbers than the numbers you have now.
Except, you know, the most profitable types of games there is which are MMOs and grinding shooters like CoD.
>>340863686
Anon, it's pretty evident that PvP in DaS was supposed to be in the sidelines and amounting to "dickass darkwraith inades you and kills you" instead of the dueling bullshit people started, just by how shit the netcode and balancing were
>>340863902
What part of FPS and fighting games did you not understand? And what's wrong with playing PvP is Dark Souls more?
>>340864520
>>What part of FPS and fighting games did you not understand?
Are you telling me that you enjoy playing against AI in fighters and arena FPS? That's pretty bizarre
>And what's wrong with playing PvP is Dark Souls more?
Nothing, I was just citing it as an example of how PvP is what Westerners like the most even in games where that's not the focus
Western kids are too casuals for Monster Hunter.
>>340861235
>he hasn't heard of Horizon Zero Dawn
>>340862546
So no mmorpg has ever been successful in the west then I take it.
>>340864984
>Horizon
>like MH
I don't think you've ever played a Monster Hunter game.
>>340862905
Imagine if it actually had melee combat
Because getting the animations, hitboxes, attacks, everything takes more time, effort, and money than can be reasonably justified to make from scratch for a big studio.
