This list also fails for not having Oboro Muramasa Youtouden or Sky Crawlers or Fragile or Little King's Story included, but we can all see the obvious bias so it's natural not many Wii games would make the cut, at least not without a fair share of bashing (in a best of list, ha) like Monster Hunter 3 got.
Well I can only judge the article I see here, I have no way to know what else you might have written and some random person who clearly didn't have a clue edited all the important bits out. If it's so different to what you actually write maybe you should consider asking for them to not put your name on these. And maybe not defend the article here by stating things readers can't see.
Monster Hunter however was a phenomenon in Japan long before it hit the PSP, while it's obviously nowhere near as popular anywhere else so you can't have the train experiences and such you describe here therefor the online mode is extremely important to offer that multi player experience the games build off of. Perhaps living in Japan, your personal experience is different to other regions. Here we struggle to find people to play with (actually, I have not played MH2 multi player at all) and the online mode is the one thing we wished Capcom would add back all this time, and probably the one thing needed to make the series popular here. Maybe impressions of a game should go beyond such particular personal experience you know.
Still, even though you put so much emphasis on this aspect after being questioned, you certainly seemed much more willing to play a Monster Hunter on PS3 without even mentioning such gripes. Still, putting a home console game down for not being portable isn't exactly good writing either. Judge things for what they are, not what they aren't. Otherwise Little Big Planet would be a shitty FPS and Metal Gear Solid 4 a sub par platformer.
Besides, don't tell me you'd be so very indifferent to the announcement of an online mode for a PSP Monster Hunter. Sony certainly aren't since United (2nd G for US) will be one of the first titles supported by some PS3 thingie which makes previously ad-hoc only games playable online (I don't know details).
As for your last paragraph, Monster Hunter is unique how it is and is insanely popular as it is. Why would Capcom change the game so much just to bring even more people in, as they could likely put off more of the previous fans? Were you looking for the Wii version to be easier to play so that it becomes more mainstream in the west? I have the feeling you would criticise it further if they did that, for not being the Monster Hunter you love and for becoming a cousin to Phantasy Star Online outings. You can always play that if you want a simple online action RPG which allows you to beat down huge monsters with your friends you know, why should Monster Hunter risk losing its place to take over that place?
I can guarantee they wouldn't change the formula regardless of the system they put it on (they didn't change it for PC). I can also guarantee you wouldn't be so hard on the game if it was on PS3 and was identical to this version with some normal mapping added on top. You just come off as that shallow. Long shorty short, you aren't quite convincing me.
Well, 108, from all your responses it does sound like you're mostly bitter AND overracted with your statements within the article ("exactly like the PSP" isn't the same as "I wanted HD") so my advice is to get a Wii and some of its great games. Namely No More Heroes, a rough diamond, and Metroid Prime 3, one of the most polished gaming experiences ANY GEN period. Expand your gaming horizons a little bit, you know? Don't just try them out in the office for an hour, EXPERIENCE THEM.
Also, do you often lie in the comments area to justify your statements within an article? I just read it again to see if I was wrong to say you stated there's no online mode. It turns out, you did say it has no online mode. Did you even proof read your article? Not to mention you only bothered to respond to one or two points you thought you could one up.
Anyway, here's the quote:
"I mean, it's Monster Hunter where the only local multiplayer requires you to share"
"the only local multiplayer"
"only local multiplayer"
"ONLY LOCAL"
"ONLY"
This does NOT imply there is online multiplayer you merely did not get to experience as you now claim. It states there's none of that because there's ONLY LOCAL MULTIPLAYER. Perhaps you MEANT something else or THOUGHT about something else but the syntax and grammar used says this. Lose the word "only" and it becomes a correct and truthful statement, though you still NEED to mention there's ONLINE TOO.
You'd think a Monster Hunter fan would be FRACKING GLAD that mode returns after years of absense, and also FRACKING GLAD they didn't forget about local multi player either. Yeah, the view is restricted. What do you want them to do, offer a multi screen setup and give away a flat panel TV and appropriate custom cables with every copy of the game? This is how offline multi player on home consoles works.
Also, the word limit prevented you from saying that classic controls are offered after trashing the motion controls? You not only pollute the game's preview with your personal bias but you mislead people into thinking hard factual features are not present. THAT'S NOT GOOD WRITING. If word limit was the real problem, you could delete a sentence or two from the Dissidia preview, the stuff about your Dreamcast era fantasy, or statements of how grown up you are(n't) during the White Knight Chronicles preview, or other such babbling, instead of lead people into all the sycophantic statements about this.
In any case, Monster Hunter 3 looks gorgeous (and at least twice as good as on PS2, and yet you hate it, and yet you're content with 2ndG which looks worse than any PS2 effort, ok then) with zippy load times and adds a LOT to the series in terms of new features and scope and major improvements in mechanics. Even if you want to skip on it you should realise any sequel on any system will be a better game thanks to 3 and the effort they're putting into that, much more than in any of the (still great) PSP parts.
And yes, I know of your "HD" experiences also, I do have a great gaming PC and have played through the likes of Gears of War, Bioshock, Call of Duty 4 and Mass Effect but as a damn GAMER I can also appreciate the BEAUTY of less technically (and ONLY technically) advanced experiences like The Witcher, Aquaria, Cave Story and Mount & Blade (ok, the last one is not beautiful, but still a damn awesome game).
You should be able to too, considering your job. Also, in the future, try to write what you mean and what you want to say and the truth. Three out of three please, don't pick one or two to follow, and if they contradict, for example if you want to say something that is not the truth again, just don't write at all instead.
It's more like cultural differences than racial you know, nobody wants this place to become racist as you imply by feeling the need to state races are equal and/or the same.
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This list also fails for not having Oboro Muramasa Youtouden or Sky Crawlers or Fragile or Little King's Story included, but we can all see the obvious bias so it's natural not many Wii games would make the cut, at least not without a fair share of bashing (in a best of list, ha) like Monster Hunter 3 got.
Well I can only judge the article I see here, I have no way to know what else you might have written and some random person who clearly didn't have a clue edited all the important bits out. If it's so different to what you actually write maybe you should consider asking for them to not put your name on these. And maybe not defend the article here by stating things readers can't see.
Monster Hunter however was a phenomenon in Japan long before it hit the PSP, while it's obviously nowhere near as popular anywhere else so you can't have the train experiences and such you describe here therefor the online mode is extremely important to offer that multi player experience the games build off of. Perhaps living in Japan, your personal experience is different to other regions. Here we struggle to find people to play with (actually, I have not played MH2 multi player at all) and the online mode is the one thing we wished Capcom would add back all this time, and probably the one thing needed to make the series popular here. Maybe impressions of a game should go beyond such particular personal experience you know.
Still, even though you put so much emphasis on this aspect after being questioned, you certainly seemed much more willing to play a Monster Hunter on PS3 without even mentioning such gripes. Still, putting a home console game down for not being portable isn't exactly good writing either. Judge things for what they are, not what they aren't. Otherwise Little Big Planet would be a shitty FPS and Metal Gear Solid 4 a sub par platformer.
Besides, don't tell me you'd be so very indifferent to the announcement of an online mode for a PSP Monster Hunter. Sony certainly aren't since United (2nd G for US) will be one of the first titles supported by some PS3 thingie which makes previously ad-hoc only games playable online (I don't know details).
As for your last paragraph, Monster Hunter is unique how it is and is insanely popular as it is. Why would Capcom change the game so much just to bring even more people in, as they could likely put off more of the previous fans? Were you looking for the Wii version to be easier to play so that it becomes more mainstream in the west? I have the feeling you would criticise it further if they did that, for not being the Monster Hunter you love and for becoming a cousin to Phantasy Star Online outings. You can always play that if you want a simple online action RPG which allows you to beat down huge monsters with your friends you know, why should Monster Hunter risk losing its place to take over that place?
I can guarantee they wouldn't change the formula regardless of the system they put it on (they didn't change it for PC). I can also guarantee you wouldn't be so hard on the game if it was on PS3 and was identical to this version with some normal mapping added on top. You just come off as that shallow. Long shorty short, you aren't quite convincing me.
Well, 108, from all your responses it does sound like you're mostly bitter AND overracted with your statements within the article ("exactly like the PSP" isn't the same as "I wanted HD") so my advice is to get a Wii and some of its great games. Namely No More Heroes, a rough diamond, and Metroid Prime 3, one of the most polished gaming experiences ANY GEN period. Expand your gaming horizons a little bit, you know? Don't just try them out in the office for an hour, EXPERIENCE THEM.
Also, do you often lie in the comments area to justify your statements within an article? I just read it again to see if I was wrong to say you stated there's no online mode. It turns out, you did say it has no online mode. Did you even proof read your article? Not to mention you only bothered to respond to one or two points you thought you could one up.
Anyway, here's the quote:
"I mean, it's Monster Hunter where the only local multiplayer requires you to share"
"the only local multiplayer"
"only local multiplayer"
"ONLY LOCAL"
"ONLY"
This does NOT imply there is online multiplayer you merely did not get to experience as you now claim. It states there's none of that because there's ONLY LOCAL MULTIPLAYER. Perhaps you MEANT something else or THOUGHT about something else but the syntax and grammar used says this. Lose the word "only" and it becomes a correct and truthful statement, though you still NEED to mention there's ONLINE TOO.
You'd think a Monster Hunter fan would be FRACKING GLAD that mode returns after years of absense, and also FRACKING GLAD they didn't forget about local multi player either. Yeah, the view is restricted. What do you want them to do, offer a multi screen setup and give away a flat panel TV and appropriate custom cables with every copy of the game? This is how offline multi player on home consoles works.
Also, the word limit prevented you from saying that classic controls are offered after trashing the motion controls? You not only pollute the game's preview with your personal bias but you mislead people into thinking hard factual features are not present. THAT'S NOT GOOD WRITING. If word limit was the real problem, you could delete a sentence or two from the Dissidia preview, the stuff about your Dreamcast era fantasy, or statements of how grown up you are(n't) during the White Knight Chronicles preview, or other such babbling, instead of lead people into all the sycophantic statements about this.
In any case, Monster Hunter 3 looks gorgeous (and at least twice as good as on PS2, and yet you hate it, and yet you're content with 2ndG which looks worse than any PS2 effort, ok then) with zippy load times and adds a LOT to the series in terms of new features and scope and major improvements in mechanics. Even if you want to skip on it you should realise any sequel on any system will be a better game thanks to 3 and the effort they're putting into that, much more than in any of the (still great) PSP parts.
And yes, I know of your "HD" experiences also, I do have a great gaming PC and have played through the likes of Gears of War, Bioshock, Call of Duty 4 and Mass Effect but as a damn GAMER I can also appreciate the BEAUTY of less technically (and ONLY technically) advanced experiences like The Witcher, Aquaria, Cave Story and Mount & Blade (ok, the last one is not beautiful, but still a damn awesome game).
You should be able to too, considering your job. Also, in the future, try to write what you mean and what you want to say and the truth. Three out of three please, don't pick one or two to follow, and if they contradict, for example if you want to say something that is not the truth again, just don't write at all instead.
It's more like cultural differences than racial you know, nobody wants this place to become racist as you imply by feeling the need to state races are equal and/or the same.
No, you said it looks "exactly like the PSP" and you said there's "only local multiplayer" so, don't lie to justify yourself.
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