Comments on: I Went Underwater Hunting In Monster Hunter 3

By: badfish

badfish — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:55:00 +0000

I was looking forward for the PS3, but oh well. I hope the Wii version is good in anycase.

By: Al3xand3r

Al3xand3r — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:59:01 +0000

They’re not at Capcom’s throat because it’s only one aspect of a game that is 30% developed and everything else already looks so grand, people just have faith, duh.

By: jeffx

jeffx — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:10:16 +0000

It’s probably that way because the classic controller is an alternate control method. Agreed that it would make more sense with IR aiming.

By: Razien

Razien — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:18:12 +0000

^ Yeah, IR is the only thing that bogus me A LOT. Everything else seems cool imo.

By: Mario

Mario — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:55:54 +0000

How is using the D-pad instead of the IR sensor to aim a ranged weapon anything less than retarded?

I don’t understand how everyone isn’t jumping down Capcom’s throat for such a ridiculous decision.

By: Al3xand3r

Al3xand3r — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:48:03 +0000

Also, the controls seemed very easy and intuitive to me. It might sound simpler if you see it like this:

The A button is used to attack, do small combos and a charge attack by holding it down.
Tilt waaaaay to the left and THEN press the A button and you do a horizontal swipe.
Tilt waaaaay to the right and THEN press the A button and you do a back swing.
Alternate between all of the above for different combos.

The + button sheaths your weapon and you unsheath with a subtle(ish) remote shake either standing or while running to actually do a running slash.

The d-pad’s left/right is used to chose different items you carry to be the next in the queue to be used when you push the item activation button (not sure which it was).

You could also do a running roll, perhaps with c or Z.

That’s all I understood.

For the attacking, keep in mind the slow as hell animations (thanks to most of the weapons being larger than the players) and you have more than enough time to think of and alternate the tilting so it’s all rather easy and intuitive actually.

But there’s always the classic controller support for people who just aren’t willing to get the hang of it all and prefer the older PS2 setup.

By: Al3xand3r

Al3xand3r — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:39:23 +0000

This isn’t WoW. If you want a heal, make sure you have your own damn potions and the time-between-getting-pwned-by-a-giant-lizard to use them, prefferably while said lizard choses to target someone else who will soon be in need of using his own potions.