Monster Hunter: Rise. Sunbreak confirmed for June 30th, 2022

[ChewMagma]

Yeah it adds a ton of monsters, new craftable weapons and armour, some new weapon skills, new stages, Master rank (aka G rank) and so on and so forth. 30-50 hours content. MonHun games always have a big expansion 12-18 months in to introduce master/g rank.

 

Does it fundamentally alter the game? No, it just adds more content and a deeper end game.

[bradigor]

Thanks will hold off until I can get Sunbreak then and start properly.

[bear]

I'm probably remembering this wrong but I thought you needed to have levelled up quite a bit in the base game before you could access any of the Sunbreak content. 

[moosegrinder]

36 minutes ago, bear said:

I'm probably remembering this wrong but I thought you needed to have levelled up quite a bit in the base game before you could access any of the Sunbreak content. 

 

They gave you a shitload of armour to grind through the main game quicker. At least I presumed that's what it for and you can't just skip straight to the content?

[ChewMagma]

You have to play the base game through to the end before unlocking Master rank. But as you say there is a special armor set that will let you power through Low and High rank if you so choose.

[Kayin Amoh]

5 hours ago, bradigor said:

Does Sunbreak add anything to the main game worth worrying about? It is it an expansion? 

 

Yes and yes. The additions to Sunbreak are pretty great.

 

However, I wouldn't worry about only starting once you have Sunbreak. It''d be nice to have a short break between finishing the main game and delving into the expansion, especially if you're intending playing it via Game Pass, rather than feeling like you should be racing towards the new content.

 

[Garwoofoo]

It would also be a shame to use that special armour set to power through the base game. Base Rise is still superb and there's not much point skipping through it just to get to more of the same. Playing it properly will give you hours of entertainment and also teach you the skills you'll need to cope with Sunbreak when you get there.

[moosegrinder]

Yeah, I restarted as I'd forgotten almost everything on how to play it and used that armour for a couple of hours before I realized what it was for. It makes everything absolute piss.

[Goemon]

This is out today on PS and Xbox. Anyone picked it up?

 

I started this morning, the game seems to be forcing me straight into a quest when all I was thinking was what are the different weapons and where can I try them out?

 

Anyone know if you can pick your weapon before you start questing?

[Garwoofoo]

I can't remember quite how the tutorial works but you'll quickly get access to the main village hub where there's a full training area that lets you try out any weapons you like. If it's given you an initial quest before you get to the village then just play it through and it'll drop you in the village very soon.

[cassidy]

48 minutes ago, Goemon said:

This is out today on PS and Xbox. Anyone picked it up?

 

I started this morning, the game seems to be forcing me straight into a quest when all I was thinking was what are the different weapons and where can I try them out?

 

Anyone know if you can pick your weapon before you start questing?

There's a chest I found that allowed me to swap to great Sword before starting the first mission and that's as far as I've gone so far. 

[Yuujiin]

I can't remember how this starts but I'm sure once you get to the village you can swap out your weapons to your heart's content.

[Yuujiin]

Go to this chest in the village and you can swap all your equipment.

[wretcherd]

Good dog.

[Yuujiin]

30 minutes ago, wretcherd said:

Good dog.

It's better behaved than the one in my house.

[Jg15]

How are these games solo? I have no real experience bar a PS2 one years ago and Dragons Dogma, which was fine.

[mechamonkey]

This is screen tearing like a mofo on my Series X, wondering if it's my rubbish monitor or the game?

[cassidy]

45 minutes ago, mechamonkey said:

This is screen tearing like a mofo on my Series X, wondering if it's my rubbish monitor or the game?

No tearing on my series X running at 60fps on the LG CX. 

 

Don't want to go back to work just wanna hunt. 

[Kayin Amoh]

55 minutes ago, mechamonkey said:

This is screen tearing like a mofo on my Series X, wondering if it's my rubbish monitor or the game?

 

Monitor, 100%.

[Kayin Amoh]

1 hour ago, Jg15 said:

How are these games solo? I have no real experience bar a PS2 one years ago and Dragons Dogma, which was fine.

 

Better in multi, but certainly fun solo. I just played a prerelease copy solo and had a blast still - though the rampage quests are annoying solo. Not hard, exactly, but annoying.

[Goemon]

1 hour ago, Jg15 said:

How are these games solo? I have no real experience bar a PS2 one years ago and Dragons Dogma, which was fine.

Any particular reason for solo?

 

I started World solo and while it was okay as soon as I jumped into MP it was a real light bulb moment.

 

The beautiful thing about these games (for the most part) is that there’s no requirement to have a ‘good team’ or list of buddies that you play with otherwise it’s just a bit of a chore. Jumping in with randoms is totally fine and makes the game so much more fun (IMO).

 

I played World for 130 hours online and couldn’t tell you the name of a single person I played with. TBH I was largely playing solo, in that, I selected a monster I wanted to hunt and joined a game that was hunting it. Having the other people there just gives you the opportunity of a a bit of a breather when things get sketchy in the fight as the other players are also a focus for the monster.

[mechamonkey]

30 minutes ago, Kayin Amoh said:

 

Monitor, 100%.

It's weird because I can run it on PC (thx gamepass) and it's fine. No other games do it either /shrug

[Kayin Amoh]

That is weird. I've been playing it for 60+ hours on Xbox and never noticed it tear at all. Don't have a fancy display or anything either, just a Hisense 4K model.

[Mallet]

The best thing about multi-player games are the people you play with. 

 

The worst thing about multi-player games are the people you play with. 

[Jg15]

2 hours ago, Goemon said:

Any particular reason for solo?

 

I started World solo and while it was okay as soon as I jumped into MP it was a real light bulb moment.

 

The beautiful thing about these games (for the most part) is that there’s no requirement to have a ‘good team’ or list of buddies that you play with otherwise it’s just a bit of a chore. Jumping in with randoms is totally fine and makes the game so much more fun (IMO).

 

I played World for 130 hours online and couldn’t tell you the name of a single person I played with. TBH I was largely playing solo, in that, I selected a monster I wanted to hunt and joined a game that was hunting it. Having the other people there just gives you the opportunity of a a bit of a breather when things get sketchy in the fight as the other players are also a focus for the monster.

 

For me it's a mix of being antisocial and the times I play.

 

Saying that I don't mind playing with randoms, especially if it isn't all a bunch of kids screaming at you down the headset etc.

[Goemon]

1 minute ago, Jg15 said:

 

For me it's a mix of being antisocial and the times I play.

 

Saying that I don't mind playing with randoms, especially if it isn't all a bunch of kids screaming at you down the headset etc.

You’re fine. I never even had a headset plugged in in all the hours I played.

 

You should definitely give the MP a go.

[Kayin Amoh]

It's not a game where you have to communicate at all, just do your thing and everyone will do theirs. Smash up a monster.

[mechamonkey]

Here's a quick clip to show you I'm not going mad!
It''s running through an Elgato capture device and HDMI splitter so guess they are interfering, as I said though, it's literally the only title I have that does it.

 

[Kayin Amoh]

I do have an HDMI switch in my setup for hopping between Series X, PS5 and PC but no capture card in there.

 

And no, I've nothing like that happening there - I'd imagine it can't be the monitor or it wouldn't be picked up by the capture card.

 

Have you tried just directly plugging it into your display to eliminate that as the problem? Then you could do the splitter alone, and the elgado alone to see if removing one fixes it - not handy, of course, but at least you'll know which is the culprit.

[pinholestar]

MH World was my introduction to the series and it became something of an obsession. 
 

This one’s got its claws in deep all over again within the space of a few hours.
 

 

They’ve refined and polished the concept to a fine sheen by now. I especially love the verticality and general expansion of movement options with the wirebugs in Rise.
 

See you in about 300 hours. 🦖