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MONSTER HUNTER NOW PREVIEW – NEXT-LEVEL AR GAMING

Niantic evolves the Pokemon Go formula.
Justin Wood | June 30, 2023


When Pokemon Go came out in 2016, it was an instant success. It seemingly took
over the world, and it penetrated world-televised news stations. Even my
Grandmother, who dislikes video games, was asking me how to get it on her phone
so she could play it on her walks. It was a crazy time to see people covering
parks trying to catch rare Pokemon. But there was a set of people for whom it
never really caught on, and I was one of them. Being based in a more rural area,
trying to find different Pokemon and stops was next to impossible unless I
wanted to take a drive. 

Thankfully, during Summer Game Fest, I was able to play through a few hunts with
one of the developers of Monster Hunter Now and see how they have made changes
to a few systems to make this a more fine-tuned experience. 



I was immediately put at ease after bringing up my issues with being in a more
rural area. While on the map screen of Monster Hunter Now, while on the onset,
it looks familiar to Pokemon Go but has a few key differences. The major one is
where your character stands will be in a biome, and the biome will change,
bringing with it new and exciting monsters. That would be a game-changer for
someone like me. Not having to rely on these populated areas to be able to hunt
already makes Monster Hunter Now much more appealing to me.


THE COMBAT IN MONSTER HUNTER NOW IS VERY FLUID AND TAKES QUITE A BIT OF
UNDERSTANDING TO MASTER

Much of the minute-to-minute gameplay is massively different because this is a
Monster Hunter game, not Pokemon. Instead of trying to capture monsters, our
primary goal is to defeat them. But there is also a big side goal that goes
along with defeating them, and that is just like in the core Monster Hunter
games. We need to try and break off specific pieces of the monster as we fight
it to try and get monster parts to craft certain weapons and armour.

The combat in Monster Hunter Now is very fluid and takes quite a bit of
understanding to master, having to time swings and rolls and, if you have time,
charge up for a more powerful attack. This is all done via taps and swipes on
the screen. Even being pre-release, I never really ran into issues, which is
surprising because a lot is happening on screen at once.




“THEY ARE REALLY PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS TO BRING MONSTER HUNTER TO THE MOBILE
WORLD.”

Something really cool that I got to try out was the coop battling system. If you
are close to a friend, you can, with extreme ease, invite them into a battle.
This is when Monster Hunter Now really hits those Monster Hunter highs of
getting together with friends to take down more challenging monsters. 

The weapon system is also present here, and I went with a greatsword as it is
usually what I arm myself with in my Monster Hunter journeys. But I did notice a
long sword, sword and shield, and a hammer. I asked if we would eventually be
able to mess around with the Hunter Horn, to which I was told they were
constantly evolving the experience with Monster Hunter Now, and they did with
Pokemon Go. And just to touch on this, I will say the game looks gorgeous. They
are really pulling out all the stops to bring Monster Hunter to the mobile
world.

There is an even more significant key difference between Pokemon Go and Monster
Hunter Now: Niantic is making the game much more flexible with our time. There
is a much more relaxed way to face these hunters when you are short on time or
away from your usual play area. This is the paintball feature that we saw in the
Monster Hunter world, and it works very similarly here.



If you come across a monster you want to tackle later, you can use an item to
paintball it. This means you can wait until later to take the monster on alone
or with friends. In addition, you will have your companion like in other Monster
Hunter games, but this time they will be able to mark monsters for you as well,
making this a much more laid-back game than Go is.

Overall I am incredibly excited to gather a group of friends to hunt down some
monsters and grind out animal parts. Niantic seems to really be making this
title more accessible for every, which is always a good thing. I hope they can
keep the content updates refreshing and frequent to keep everyone on board, but
with their past experiences, I think it’s safe to say we are in for a fun time
when Monster Hunter Now launches later this year.

File Under: Monster Hunter, Niantic
Games Discussed: Monster Hunter Now


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