#monhun mondays

[maxkirin]

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My anniversary week starts with some monster huntin'! I'm just making cute armor and crafting huge weapons, join us it'll be a chill time~ 🤙

BYOE (Bring Your Own Eggs) 🥚 youtube.com/mistrekirin

[kc5rings]

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[emery-matsushita-vt]

Here's the schedule for this week, skaters! Back to the normal stream routine!

We've got: - Clone Hero on Monday! Random songs + taking requests! - Maybe finishing Tunic on Wednesday? - MonHun Rise collab on Friday!

See ny'all there!

[yoshizora]

momomegu monday..... monhun monday........

[rothsothy]

🎃 Mosgharl armor drawn in Scribble It with mouse and rearranged piano cover of the Monster Hunter theme for this spooky MonHun Monday! 

Of course, I’ll be streaming some Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak tonight and each Monday on Twitch, YouTube, Kick, DLive, Trovo, etc. If anyone has the game on Switch, feel free to join. Otherwise, Happy Halloween! ✌️  🎃

[veggiebed]

update on my silly streaming journey, i figured out an overlay finally and went live last night with some monster hunter rise (monhun monday) and tonight i'll be doin some splatoon 3 (splatuesday 🥸). i'll be goin live around 7pm est tonight if you wanna see some frantic squidding. :^) twitch.tv/veganbed

[bugsinadungeon]

Stream schedule for this week!

Monday: BG3 Gazpacho Time

Tuesday: Nintendo Night! BOTW

Wednesday: BREAK DAY

Thursday: Phasmo with the Bugs!!

Friday: Monhun or Pirates

Saturday: MINECRAB

Sunday: NO STREAM

[sleepy-stitches]

list of tabs i have had open in the past 24 hours alone:

list of dril tweets

definitions for at least eight different words

transcripts for not one but TWO different medias, oftentimes with at least three tabs open for each

train maps

a search for that one image thats like "my bf sent me a photo of himself and he looks so gay. the way he poses and dresses. i dreamt i killed him and set fire to his body"

i have the kiranico open six different times across three devices. monhun monday

industrial knitting machines, a post about physics labs that look like churches, and computers that take up whole rooms with wiring (these are all related)

yaoi synonyms

and this is to say nothing of my bookmarks

mentioned it to a friend earlier but i earnestly believe there is a really large amount of storytelling in the tabs i have open in my browser at any given time. like every time i share my screen im like oh you can really put together more than you should about whats happening to me right now

[tobii-kadachii]

GUESS WHO JUST FINISHED ICEBORNE’S STORY

[magicalgirlmindcrank]

Okay capcom I got an idea for an event palicoe layered ar-wait no why are you leaving

[cruel-coldcalmness]

🕹 Video game you are currently playing

Today is MonHun Monday, meaning I play World with a friend. Other than that, Genshin Impact is eating my life and everything but I somehow can't stop playing it.

[retphienix]

Just gonna ramble aimlessly for a moment about Yakuza 3 since I just beat it and, well, talking about games is this blog’s purpose and I’m not going to let my current inability to properly capture stuff stop me.

I would say ‘where to begin’ but I’ll let it flow however messily it does, and begin with Mine.

I have to say, pretty early on I saw Mine and said “I bet they are the final bad since they are a bit subdued right now” and I was right. Yakuza has a weird thing where half the ‘reveals’ are plain as day and half of them are entirely unexpected, at least for me. That was plain as day, the fact he remained loyal to Daigo was not, the reveal of the third party (Black Monday) was a surprise, the way the top of the hospital ended with Black Monday betraying Mine and then both offing each other was so easy to see since it’s pretty much a carbon copy of, well, each Yakuza story thus far.

And yet the combination of obvious plot points and entirely suspensful unexpected ones is kinda what makes Yakuza so great, right?

Well, that and incredible characters like Majima, Kiryu, or the supporting case of this one such as Rikiya (my lord what an entertaining character that tore my heart out!)- and the way Yakuza mixes serious scenes with excuses to put Kiryu in awkward moments- it gives both sincere times and laughs with both feeling real and in-world, which is always nice :)

What to say:

This marks the first “old-school” Yakuza I’ve experienced, and it’s hardly old school. My experience from 1 and 2 were both the Kiwami remakes, so this is the first “barely upscaled” one I’ve played and I can feel some of the weaker aspects, but as expected it didn’t bother me.

It DID dissuade me from a couple bits of side content I really adored in the “Previous” entries, namely the arena or the hitman missions, or farming money in general, and the cabaret replacement here was extremely weak.

Basically the only impact the earlier engine gave me was making me not strive for excessive fights as I had in the remasters prior, and more or less ignore the bar mini-game.

I loved playing through this and getting to see the changes in the town. Getting to laugh with Majima both as a construction man and tossing his weight in the Tojo hq. Loving Rikiya’s adoration for Kiryu and crying at his loss. Saving Saki, growing an appreciation for the kids of Morning Glory. It was just a swell time.

I also enjoyed the quirks of the game, like how this game’s attempt to expand on combat involved a lot of crafting weapons which I found entirely forgettable, as in, I used no weapons save for expendable pick-ups during the entire final hospital tower (and a brass knuckle, should have had 3 then I would have actually used weapons).

It’s interesting, but weapons break so quickly in Yakuza and in this one they really REALLY don’t feel like they do much more than just hitting a guy with your fists, so it’s a lot of weird hassle to get a stun baton or shoes that make stomps stronger. It’s bizarre and feels like a touch of missplaced focus. I enjoyed it conceptually, not something I looked at while playing though.

Still a shame some parts of the game feel awkward when the concept is interesting- like Haruka’s Trust remains a boring thing to LITERALLY grind out so I just passed this time around as I have in prior titles. Money in this game felt so much less frequent since there wasn’t any sort of roaming ‘big bad’ to farm or ‘golden fights’ to go through for big paydays so I ended up ignoring a lot of what I could do with money, which was pretty much just weapon management so that’s fine.

Sub-stories remain such a strong STRONG part of Yakuza, it really breaths life into the cities and lets you feel like you know the weird mannerisms of the cities themselves through the people you meet- and there are both funny ones and sincere as all heck ones, like that nice transgender one which had small details that made me smile like Kiryu never misgendering and understanding things. I feel like I’ll devalue the situation by dwelling on it, but I really liked that sub-story both in its humor (with the descriptions of her crush sounding EXACTLY like Kiryu but not being him) and it’s sincerity.

A great time. I look forward to the next one when I finally sit down for that. I have the HD collection so the only ones in the main series I’m missing are 6 and 7 but I’ll get those when I can and when it’s more pressing to get them (since I have 4 and 5 on hand to beat!).

It will take some time since I don’t want to wear myself down on the series, I have done that to some games and they now require a HUGE break for me to truly enjoy them again (hello Monhun), and I did relatively little of this one’s side content (21.94% completion rating) and it still took me 30 hours (ignore that some of that was afk). I need a break before I tackle Kiryu’s story again :)

I’m sure a hundred more thoughts will hit me after I post this, and maybe I’ll get the chance to share those thoughts in a reply or something- but for now I’ll cut things here.

Yakuza. A beautiful series, and 3 was quite the ride, kids and all.

[emery-matsushita-vt]

Here's the stream schedule for this week, skaters!

This time around we've got: - The usual MonHun collab on Monday! - Elden Ring on Tuesday! - Continuing Stardew on Thursday! - Plus I'll be on Mochi's channel for more Code Vein on Friday!

Hope to see y'all there!

[shunliveshere]

We got a new twitch channel!!! This is where we are going to be streaming the Hyper Grand Galaxy Gaming (Monday) and Boredom Breakers (Saturday) streams!!!!

The team is still going to be streaming on their respective twitch on other days so make sure to follow them too!!!

Also Diablo 3 and possibly MonHun depending on people!!!!

[aeoneris]

i still have my art tumblr at @oolongnoon also but i think i'll update that one when i'm back at work on monday....... but otherwise it's like im here for the shitposts and maybe posting my monhun stuff

[halovian]

good afternoon morax! its always good to take all the time you want with online correspondence, being present in your own physical life is a real treasure :)! i hope youve been having a good time too! AND i saw you beat elden ring, congrats!!! do you have any plans to go back on NG+, or is it on to other pastures? :3c

as for other games, those are all very good choices :D i tend to skew towards 2d retro games for a few reasons (easier to emulate on low-end hardware, lack of an extra dimension often allows more Density in world/area design, and pixel spritework is really fun to study irt character/game design; it condenses the details down to only the essentials, but still manages to convey so much!) but every title you mentioned has a sleek focus and a really clearly rendered setting/tone/purpose that are super fun to explore! plus that third dimension does give the ability to express a true sense of scale and movement, and details that you can really sink your teeth into!

and! well! i like quite a lot of games for different reasons ^-^ my favorite Genre is probably jrpgs, specifically turn-based jrpgs (eg. octopath, chrono trigger, persona) and anything with a monster collecting or raising element (pkmn, digimon), but action-rpgs are fun too (monster hunter!!, xenoblade, kh, tales of) and 2d action platformers are also pretty diverse (kirby, hollow knight, cave story!!) and then multiplayer games that you can play forever are always fun to fall back on (stardew, splatoon)! out of those id probably consider cave story, pkmn, monhun, hk, and xbc my favorites! i have a lot to say about all of them! and i do enjoy a good creature :3

i really like elder scrolls as well, but i havent had the chance to play in years! fallout is in the same boat but it stuck less due to fantasy/low-tech/magic settings drawing me in a little more due to their abstraction; persona is very fun but ive only ever had the chance to finish one game :'D ; and as for nier and genshin: ive always been really interested in nier but ive never had the chance to play it! maybe ill go put a playthrough on and work through the drakengard series; but genshin i actually know. ALMOST nothing about! i understand you have a certain connection to the world and i wont pry so publically, of course while offering so little information about myself, but, perhaps in sole relation to the game as media, what are some of your favorite aspects of it?

Good evening dear anon ♥️

And I very much agree! I try my best to keep myself offline as much as I can these days as I am treasuring a few final days with friends - And I think it very important to do so without a phone in hand, as cheesy as that may sound haha. But yes, I have been having a good time ♥️ I hope you've been well, too. :)

Going to put the rest of my answer under a readmore since I got rambling, so preemptive apologies for that, haha.

And I quite did! Thank you so much! I actually put myself on a deadline because I got audibly frustrated playing the final stretch (open apology to my bestie who suffered through it with me in a call), so I wanted it done before this Monday as my neighbour would return from vacation that day and I did not wish to disturb her too much, haha... So I managed Saturday ^_^ And I am indeed planning to go for NG+! I have many builds I would like to try out, so I'll be busy with that for a while yet. ^_^

And ah, I do wholeheartedly agree with that! I do enjoy pixelated 2D games, and I have tried getting into pixel art myself because of them, haha. So yes, I do adore a well-designed 2D game as some developers can do some magnificent things with the restrictions 2D brings ♥️

And if you ever wish to ramble about your favourites, I am more than willing to listen! All of those games you mentioned are all either games I have enjoyed myself (tales of, Stardew, KH and Hollow Knight of course) or are games I have definitely wondered about (I still need to pick up Monster Hunter at some point...) so I would adore to hear anything you have to say about it. :]

And yes, I agree about Fallout - Usually I am also a big fan of high magic/fantasy settings (I deeply dislike sci-fi, in fact, haha) but I... Also have a hyperfixation on anything post-apocalyptic so i got sucked in T_T And I am very curious which Persona game it is that you finished! I definitely have some... Opinions on each of them LOL.

Ah, you should! Though I must say I do recommend Nier: Automata above all - It was the first Nier game I played, and it still hasn't left my mind ever since I did, so it is definitely something I can recommend. Drakengard I actually have not been able to get into myself - So if you do end up watching it, let me know! Maybe I'll finally push myself to go finish that, too, haha.

And aha, I do have some connection to Genshin, yes - It is a mixture of a deep belief in reincarnation and system nonsense, and that is all I will say for now, but you're always free to inquire about it. :)

As for the aspects I enjoy - Outside of my connection, I've always been a sucker for stories with pantheons of gods, so that was the first thing that pulled me towards it! Then I came to realise that Genshin had more story and character develo0ment than I thought it would (I had seen it advertised as a gacha game, and I think we all know how that usually pans out) so I was extremely pleasantly surprised. And then I got friends that played it too, and played it with me, and it just became an excellent way to bond and spend time together, so now I play it mostly to play with friends. :)

Also this message got absurdly long so I apologise to you and anyone with the misfortune to read this, but I am definitely enjoying this conversation so thank you still ♥️ I hope you have a good day, anon!