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[Retropunch]

I've spoken about it at length in the MHW thread (and had a great convo with Nighthawk on PM) - it's not that I really mind the anime style, it's that there's this real dissonance between style; one moment you're on the edge of your seat, tracking this horrible bone dragon monster thing across a nightmarish landscape (really quite scary) and in the middle of that some stupid dancing cats turn up and start saying 'oh thank you meowster! ur my besty frendy!' and really ruin the atmosphere.

It's like it's being pulled in two directions - a sort of Witcher-esque feel and a mega-anime feel; neither is bad (i'm not a huge anime fan, but I wouldn't mind it), but they don't work together for me.

That's just the tone and the story - the game play loop (which it's all about in MH) is fantastic and I can't fault it. The monsters are suitably scary and take a lot of prep to take down, and there's tons to do and customise.

[Retropunch]

So what should it be called, exactly?

Japanese? It's a Japanese video game, it has Japanese tropes, so calling it Japanese is accurate. "Weeb" isn't a Japanese trope, it's a derogatory term for Western people who are obsessed with Japanese culture. What he probably meant was that the Japanese video game was very Japanese.

Double post to address this: I'm using weebish in terms of that it's the cutesy kawaaaiiii anime that seems to appeal to Weebs. It's not like Cowboy Bebop/Attack on Titan/Akira anime, but annoying dancing animals and lots of screeching. 

[Parsely]

Oh, I see. I was thinking you meant it felt like something that was produced by weebs: something that was a weird mix of Western and Japenese tropes. To me it feels like a very Japanese game, which it seems like you agree with that. But yeah, I do agree that a lot of popular Japanese media has tonal dissonance and it feels awkward.

[Retropunch]

Oh, I see. I was thinking you meant it felt like something that was produced by weebs: something that was a weird mix of Western and Japenese tropes. To me it feels like a very Japanese game, which it seems like you agree with that. But yeah, I do agree that a lot of popular Japanese media has tonal dissonance and it feels awkward.

I feel it's a very Japanese game that they've tried to make western - it's like they had half Japanese devs (who wanted to make a more cutesy anime game) and half Western devs who wanted to create the next Witcher. Instead of going one way or the other or reaching a compromise, they decided to do both styles and just jam it together.

Only tonally is it an issue, the game is great and I'd recommend it on sale for sure unless you're a firm hater of anime.

[Trolldefender99]

On topic of Monster Hunter World. Its cheapest (with code) on greenmangaming. I got it for 31 USD, cheapest its ever been and likely will be for a while.

[SeriousConcentrate]

You're hunting dragons and giant lizards with shields bigger than yourself and lances that explode. I'm not sure what part of Monster Hunter was meant to be taken seriously.

[Aoi]

You're hunting dragons and giant lizards with shields bigger than yourself and lances that explode. I'm not sure what part of Monster Hunter was meant to be taken seriously.

To be fair, there is historical precedent for hunting giant animals bigger than yourself with an explosive lance: Patent. (Okay, it doesn't quite work the same way, but it matches the description.)

[Wiles]

Only tonally is it an issue, the game is great and I'd recommend it on sale for sure unless you're a firm hater of anime.

I'm a firm hater of anime and anime inspired games. But I loved MH:W (I couldn't stomach the dialogue though, so I skipped almost everything that was skippable )

[Kagus]

I watched a tiny portion of an LP before, where the fellow tried to bring a little more believability and realism to the setting by turning the protagonist into Johnny Bravo.

[nenjin]

Yeah, I want to play MHW but the uh......heavy japanese kawaii influence often stops me.

Anyways, didn't mean to derail the SALES thread with a referendum on MHW.

[marples]

I'm going to mention some games that people probably already own, but are on too cheap a sale to not be missed for those that didn't get them fisrt time round.

Borderlands 2 collection Everything BL2, plus all of the presequel.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided First person shooter or third person stealth; your choice.

Darksiders II Link, but with the edge cranked up to a million.

[nenjin]

Darksiders II is more like an MMO/Open World game. Darksiders 1 is the more Link-esqe experience.

[heydude6]

I watched a tiny portion of an LP before, where the fellow tried to bring a little more believability and realism to the setting by turning the protagonist into Johnny Bravo.

Know the youtuber by any chance? Been looking for a monster hunter world LP that didn’t bore me to tears

[Kagus]

I watched a tiny portion of an LP before, where the fellow tried to bring a little more believability and realism to the setting by turning the protagonist into Johnny Bravo.

Know the youtuber by any chance? Been looking for a monster hunter world LP that didn’t bore me to tears

Can't guarantee it won't bore you to tears, as pretty much the only particularly interesting parts I remember were Johnny Bravo and his immortal feline sidekick, Catpool. But here.

I didn't watch the whole thing either, ended up getting distracted after a couple vids. He skips most of the dialogue as well, after the intro section at least.

[Ygdrad]

After years of forgetting about it I finally grabbed Neo Scavenger. If you somehow missed this survival roguelike like I did, it's definitely worth grabbing, especially with the current 75% off sale.