MH1 was my first game I played in the franchise, way back in 2005. Now that I'm a lot older and better at MH, I've decided to document my experience playing it in 2022. I'm genuinely shocked about how much I remember. Hope you all enjoy! I'll be playing this at twitch.tv/cera_cymmetry for those interested >:)

@nuke2099

2 жыл бұрын

Same dude....same. I remember...May 27th 2005 (I think) a journey began and Kut-Ku kicked my ass. I enjoyed the "hunting simulation" aspect. I still do it's just that's been lost especially with Rise. I also miss hit lag since...well Rise just doesn't feel the same. Side note but I consider MHFU to all of third gen to be the peak of the franchise so far with most of 4U as well. Edit: Oh yeah and the small monsters were often the real boss.

@kiroo886

2 жыл бұрын

I got MH1 around 2010 i think. I played it when i was in elementary school. Absolutely love it from the bat. There's something about gen 1 MH that make you feel you progress from peasant with dogshit equipment to absolute chad

@alice0795

2 жыл бұрын

my first MH was mh dos...and it was painful but entertaining as well

@kassmalz2069

2 жыл бұрын

2:02 what a wrong way to claw grip. attempting to click the face button in the default grip will lead anyone to arthritis. the ANGLE of the WRIST is crucial in claw gripping.

@slade178

2 жыл бұрын

been playing every N.A title since december 2004,im a lifer at this point lol

As somebody who beat freedom unite solo, getting through G-rank is the equivalent of waterboarding.

@CeraCymmetry

2 жыл бұрын

Monarch tier comment

@lordnuminex5738

2 жыл бұрын

Yian Garuga and that sleepy G rank bird hypno something

@no-face-tj7238

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah man feel your pain, i did the same thing, made me better i guess

@tobiasrex8052

2 жыл бұрын

The feels when you and your younger brother pick up MHFU as your first monster hunter game & worked hard breaking into G-Rank only for him to quit halfway Into G-Rank Guildhall so you're left alone to finish all core quests to fight Ukanlos solo..

@manuelchalarca5350

2 жыл бұрын

Try to beat G rank white fatalis... 3 hours per fatalis :,v I suffer a lot

Man I played this as a kid and the feeling of conquering a Rathalos for the first time was UNPARALLELED

@SandMan1998

2 жыл бұрын

The first time encountering rathalos was unnerving tho.

@serge470

2 жыл бұрын

I know right! I remember it like today. I'm on my last breath, half health bar remaining, out of potions, 5 minutes left, that's it., And then velociprey jumped and killed him!...

@erosplox7166

2 жыл бұрын

@@serge470 bro it took me a week of training and gathering to be able to beat him, I remember taking my psp at school to train at lunch time to get better and I told all my friends about how hard this thing was to kill they thought I was joking and they all tried and failed, beating my first rathalos thought me a lot like how to prepare for things and be ready before I even start something this includes real life to

@apocolototh1948

2 жыл бұрын

When I played the psp version rathalos really spooked tiny me. so I went and did some other quests, got massively sidetracked, and reached lao shan in the guild quests. then I remembered village quests.

@Sercroc

2 жыл бұрын

forget the rathalos, the first yan kut ku was already harder than anything in mhw

2004 was 40 years ago unbelivable ...

@CeraCymmetry

2 жыл бұрын

Can’t believe Tri came out in the Bronze Age.. 😞

@GGFOTN

2 жыл бұрын

Ill come back to this comment in 2044

@joaoaraujo9629

2 жыл бұрын

What lol

@unironiccloudshrug340

2 жыл бұрын

@@CeraCymmetry I can't believe Monster hunter 1 came out during the french revolution

@brotbrotsen1100

2 жыл бұрын

@@unironiccloudshrug340 I know, feels like yesterday doesn't it?

Ah yes, back when Blademasters and gunners had completely different sets and it was still possible to get one shot wearing maxed gunner armor because it had weaker base defense but higher elemental resists(I still miss the looks of some of those gunner sets). The absolute state of balancing what items to bring and what ammo to bring was so real back in those days, I still remember when they first gave us gunner pouches, and my inventory woes were gone!

@ABD-pc3jf

2 жыл бұрын

True but a team of 4 gunners deployed correctly would shred anything you put before them.

@snowcloudshinobi

2 жыл бұрын

blademaster and gunner have the same armor sets now?

@nicholasphelps8804

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, now each monster only has 1 armor set per rank instead of 2. Instead, you get a boost to either physical or elemental defense based on whether you use a gunner or blademaster weapon.

@ShinyUmbreon765

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasphelps8804 it's a good change but after 5(10 if you count g/ultimate as separate) games breaking the mold is always gonna have an adjustment period.

@mamayareborn

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShinyUmbreon765 I disagree that it's a good change. It's more oversimplification mascarading as quality of life. These things are being changed willy-nilly without any regard for consequence on the overall design. Some shmuck thought it was a very good quality of life change to make whetstones infinite. Then someone added the dog. Then someone said you should be able to sharpen on the dog. Then someone said you could do that *while moving*. Well why the fuck even have sharpening or durability anymore at that point? It requires no commitment, thought or strategy to sharpening anymore so it just becomes a speedbump. And now they'll have to find a way to fix that too on the next game. They're just creating more issues for the sake of fixing things that never needed fixing in the first place. : P Having gearsets that enhance your performance on the type of weapon you play is a much better choice than everyone wearing the same thing and there being an extremely rigid meta that applies to everybody, which in turn makes balancing weapon damage effectively impossible and so every weapon has to have roughly comparable damage outputs, further ruining the balance imposed by their movesets -- thus all the wirebug shit that was shoehorned in to ensure every weapon had generally the same options. And so, why even have different weapons? See? xD

One of the biggest regrets of my life is learning about the series 2 years after World's release. i had ps2, and played on it daily for a few years around 2010 (got it first time around 2007) and never realized how much i was missing. I had no internet either until 2013.

@Mr.Mcjerkface63

2 жыл бұрын

Same, but with gen and 4. Played the demos and was kind of interested, but games I was more interested in came out.

@xxartemisxx1982

2 жыл бұрын

Same. Had a ps2 I absolutely played the crap out of. Decided to randomly pick World a couple of years after release and fell in love with the series. MH veterans are so hyped for returning monsters, and I'm happy for them, but I wish I could feel some of that nostalgia. My childhood games were by no means bad (God of war, Dragon ball z tenkaichi, tekken, street fighter etc), but I didn't even know about Monster Hunter because it was not very popular. Really wish I had grown up with the MH franchise

@homelessperson5455

2 жыл бұрын

I just joined in World recently too, better late than never

@zheta42

2 жыл бұрын

Can get GenU and experience a lot of the old games' content!

@W00JDA

2 жыл бұрын

@@zheta42 i guess half of the series being released on nintendo consoles and psp didn't help much with it's popularity. most of people playing on either pc or ps2/3 in early 2010's and even later and for most people to get psp, you would have to pay them for it.

I still wake up in cold sweat from powderstone quest. Old gen Gravios is my sleep paralysis demon.

@CeraCymmetry

2 жыл бұрын

OUR sleep paralysis demon :(

@azarakh13

2 жыл бұрын

I still remember the giant gravios in mhfu who you just could only tickle the wings whit a LS, had to kill it in 48min with a bow builded specifically for him after god know many tries. I still cringe when i see a gravios too big to this day....

@Exel3nce

2 жыл бұрын

Man, after seeing the 5 min mark, i was fcking afraid yet still had Hope and with only some seconds left, he fell and it felt great. Much adrenaline

I remember Rathalos never stops flying in MH1

@CeraCymmetry

2 жыл бұрын

God he sucks..

@rac1equalsbestgame853

2 жыл бұрын

_Infuriating_

I absolutely loved the medieval aestethics from first two gens MH. I mean, i do like every game in the saga, and 4U is a close second, but the first two gens have something special, i even liked more how the felynes looked before with their calm and more "animal" eyes and behavior rather than the actual way.

@calebfoley5872

2 жыл бұрын

The more beast like felynes are sorely missed. Something was lost there.

@gamechanger8908

Жыл бұрын

Gen 4 and onward made it feel like we were living in a post apocalyptic world(aside from the lore), where civilizatipn is trying to rebuild itself through the old technology gathered.

@zangetsu1614

Жыл бұрын

@@gamechanger8908 in fact that was always implied since before, via the rusty and ancient weapons with weird hi-tec looks

@gamechanger8908

Жыл бұрын

@@zangetsu1614 Chargeblade and Switchaxe were apparently one of those weapons recovered, aside from that regular smithys lorewise tend to actually have a harder time crafting these transforming weapons.

The original games have an unforgiving level of difficulty. I remember a few of my friends wanting to play some of the older games after playing MH World and I had to warn them that it was a totally different kind of gameplay and felt more like a souls like title for me. A few backed out and some of my friends really grinded and played the older games and ended up enjoying them even more due to the extra challenge.

@xloltimex38

2 жыл бұрын

i started with mhf2 on psp. after that i got unite. what i spent time in these games is insane. next game was mhtri which i really enjoyed. after that i got world. i really liked it but it is soo much easier.

@marcelhunter1862

2 жыл бұрын

Don't compare Monster hunter with this easy Souls games and the older games are as Hard or easy as the New games.

@firework1929

2 жыл бұрын

Even worse than a souls 😪

@zangetsu1614

2 жыл бұрын

Monhan is older, so souls games HAVE monster hunter difficulty. Lol

@marcelhunter1862

2 жыл бұрын

@@zangetsu1614 sorry no Souls game come even near Monster hunter

This is such a nostalgia buzz for me. I remember getting Monster Hunter in a preowned section of a game store. I tried it out and fell in love with its aesthetic and immersion. So many memories of online lobbies and the ability to unlock potions when you beat solo story. I'm glad it finally has its time in the light and the direction it took, but its nice to see someone cover the classic. Thanks for this!

Oh man nostalgia. My father bought me the original monster Hunter when I was little and I played the living hell out of it. What a great video!

Ah yes, the OG -Quests have registration fee -Weapons controls use the right joystick -No means to gather from maps without having to get into pre-existing undedicated quests -Monster materials eat up space at the inventory and the ones attained in quest rewards CANNOT be sent straight to item box. -Small monsters still don't give an f and would gang up with large monsters against you. -While this was something that's entirely new to 5th gen, the fact that QoL was so undeveloped back then made it hurt so much in retrospect: there were no weapon utility safety nets! Today we are spoiled with infinite use of Whetstones and a Normal Bullet lvl1 being available by default. Edit: Adding some more nostalgic inconveniences: -You can't capture monsters outside of capture quests, considering the limitations of the og game and how frequent monsters changed Area, capturing a sleeping monster could have been a time saver (OG). -Nearly every item procurement on the map is randomized, in 5th gen, utility and consumables-related items are guaranteed and doesn't initiate the "slot machine" animation (pre-5th gen). -The Book of Combos, and the inability to combine stuffs INSIDE the storage box which plagued the series until recent years. -Mining and Bug-catching used to be an economically exhausting activity because you needed breakable items to commit to those activities, which while can be crafted throughout combination, was simply way more convenient to buy... And of course, they consume space in your inventory. -Recovering health at camp was awkward af, you need to have your character do a lengthy animation of them throwing themselves onto a mattress (yes, they brought those effing mattresses to the wilderness) and take a short nap. Now camp-healing is not tied to animation, as your character heals automatically as you enter inside and you can do other stuff all the while.

@air1744

2 жыл бұрын

The extra bag slot in quest from gen3 and separate bullet bag from gen4 was so good.

@spammerman7556

2 жыл бұрын

Remember when you have to BUY pickaxes to mine ores? Good ol times.

@hansalanson3497

2 жыл бұрын

@@spammerman7556 Yep, and by extension, skills that help preserve tool endurance (Pickaxe and Bugnets) were a thing, at least during 2nd Gen till 4th. Oh, and we had to carry freaking editions of books to lessen the chance of our item combinations failing. Early MH was just something else.

@onlyicedgarrett7791

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly a lot of the stuff listed here is relevant up until Generations, lmfao.

@vazazell5967

2 жыл бұрын

Wait, there is no fee in new games?

I remember as a kid playing this game for hundreds of hours and loving every moment of it. Outside of maybe various Final Fantasy titles, I had invested nearly all of my time playing on my PS2 dedicated to this one game. I was stoked when Game Informer finally did a review of it, and absolutely crushed that they rated it so low because they couldn't deliver the egg unlocking the 4 star missions.

Man the times playing with a PS2 despite playing a ton of games I’ve never heard Monster Hunter not even on the PSP. I only got into it fully through Monster Hunter Rise and over time fell in love with the game and by extension it’s community of passionate Monster Hunters from all different points of media. I’m glad I became a fan.

@joaoaraujo9629

2 жыл бұрын

Same here ... Didn't even know about World never knew Monster Hunter.... Now i have 100 hours on generations ultimate 300 hours on base rise, and i can sink a lot more on both... XD great games but they are intense games demand a lot of you specially generations ultimate

@treebush

2 жыл бұрын

Just how

Found this in my recommended and I'm super invested in this.My first MH was MH3 TRI and ive played every MH game released after that in the west, and I really want to see how the OG Monster Hunter was and how it played. Subbed man

I saw this game sit on the shelf month after month year after year. I thought it looked okay but never payed it much attention but the price- never went down it stayed at its maximum listing and being a penny pincher youngin I was focused on other titles until .. one day I saw it and I don't exactly know why.. I finally picked it up and looked at it, I bought. To this day I tell everyone how great this game was. In the last few months that the game was up was when I had connected my playstation 2 backplate network adapter. I was finally able to play online. Alone in my room in the dark I played this game all day single player, it was so hard so frustrating. This game was literally an adventure unlike anything else I played before. The action combat, the way your weapon dulled and bounced off hard plate, it didnt punish you it simply changed the game. Everything had function and utility. The environments were peaceful I could literally sit and camp in them, the tall grass plains above the swamplands, or the roaring bubbling beneath the looming mountain. The sound of nature as light rays shown from the mysterious canopy of the lower ring of the forest hearing the ominous music. This game was so much darker and more mature than any of the other games. It was filled with a dark realism- A real roguelike with consequences. From the Egg quest avoiding the raptors chasing you figuring out how to do everything without a guide or any help from any community, to printing out the latest info from game helpers that were playing about armor sets and printing out concept art with Hunitar gear that was comparable to FF. I played this game in the final months of online. Nothing since captured that nostalgic anime-like mmo feel that anime itself portrays than monster hunter did. or has since then. You can feast drink eat and emote at the tavern and drink get drunk. stumble around and get into trouble. Nothing was known too much about recipes and it was all failures and learning from more experiences hunters at the time. To the coolest and most epic fight to this day. Mt Shao Lung. I remember my very first time fighting him. A literal walking mountain. Way, way cooler than the modern games, it was mono e mono a race against time with how much dps you could pump out and not getting killed trampled setting up bombs hacking at the legs to hunting Diabalos or later.. the black dragon. Its a bit nostalgia but also fact, I be sure to remember this game because its very much a part of who I am and how I hold games to standard. If it doesn't use feel good mechanics like monster hunter then why not. Its the baseline standard to tell what's wrong in games at times and always a source of inspiration for me. I played it so much even after the servers went offline. To the very last day to the last hour I- you know its funny I hadn't realized it until now but I'm getting faint flash back memories of the people and names I used to play with. If anyone remembers Jenova lemme know! I know there is at least one of you out there :D I hope time has been treating you well. Well, I kept playing single player as a form of protest for the shitty hand held ports to psp etc. I played so much I wore out the reading optics of the console. I was able to prolong my ps2 for a while but.. I was able to get full black dragon armor online. Probably one of the few people ever to have full dragon armor set as it was only craftable in town. I'm sure there is a way to emulate it but still. I got my data on a memory card now, still. I had to comment. I love this game. To this day. To clarify the majority of the content of this game is actually online, to my surprise. [about 40% single player 60% online]

@milchkopf3881

Жыл бұрын

nice read and i can feel you. i recently finished (not guild quests) mhf on the psp. in what way are the psp ports shitty?

@armandoalvesferreira6756

4 ай бұрын

It wasn't shitty, it's just some of us weren't able to get a psp. I had no idea about the 2nd gen. Monster hunter 3 was the next instalment for me. I was there too, Ulfgar I think was my username which I went onto to use in tri. I was there mate, 2000 hours solo. My story was your story. I miss that community, a lobby was always full, we taught each other.

Great video! I started with Freedom Unite myself, And I do kind of miss certains aspects of the older games. Not so much the slowness of gathering, but rather the feeling of being a trapper/hunter, facing large beast. Where modern games are more Anime fights against big bosses. I feel like Generation, World and Rise are kind of their own beast, I love the more twitchy gameplay and Rise is definitely my second favourite game. I feel like MH4 was the perfect mix between the hunting-gathering aspect and the flashier gameplay.

Great video, this was really engaging to watch. I like the sandpaper analogy with FU💪

My younger brother and I started on MHFU. That's the mh game we both have the most time in. literally thousands of hours. Such a good game. We even had MHP3rd on our chipped PSP's before it was translated into English. We were so comfortable with the games on psp that we beat the whole game in Japanese with only some dialogue and none of the text translated except some monster names. Good Times.

I've been playing MHFU through an emulator recently with the goal of reaching G-Rank, and one thing I noticed about these older games (specifically Pre-3rd Gen) is that the game is incredibly unfair, but at the same time, it has so many exploits that make the monsters act like babies while you bash their skulls in with your hammer. Its unfair in the sense that monsters have hitboxes that make you cry, and that we have none of the quality of life changes we see today. On the other hand, monsters can get stunlocked so easily because of the lack of KO cooldowns, flash bomb and trap deteriorations, and easy to exploit AI that you CAN do, but you dont HAVE to. Comparing to what we have today, it's honestly amazing how tedious MHFU was, it makes me appreciate what we have today. Having said all that, MHFU is a ton of fun.

@thefraser5131

2 жыл бұрын

Hey I'm doing the exact same, almost done with high rank village and hub. Still got to fight the final boss and unlock the fatalis trio though. Probably going to put the playthrough on pause when sunbreak releases. I haven't seen too much of a need to exploit AI so far, except when you have to fight 2 monsters at once, then I just flash bomb spam until one dies or leaves. And strangely enough I've found High rank easier than low rank so far.

@DarkOminigiri

2 жыл бұрын

Yes ai was predictable but my question it can a average player exploit it? Most people are just gonna spam flash bombs....

@johnross5098

2 жыл бұрын

I'm doing the same thing. I honestly didn't have a hard time with the hitboxes, with one big exception (You know who). I have a lot more trouble maintaining all my items, and it became the longest part of the game for me. I think this has become my favorite game in the series (but that could change because I have yet to play a MH game to completion). Also hammer is the best.

@reijocu7378

2 жыл бұрын

also on mhfu is easy deal a lot of dmg compared to the actual games

@janyozenith9037

2 жыл бұрын

I managed to beat the game recently. Even got a full White Fatalis set, but I still can't, for the life of me, fight Tigrex without taking big damage unless I'm using a weapon that has a shield. Seriously, if you don't play it PERFECTLY, you're gonna get wrecked.

This was a lovely video Cera. It's so interesting to me to see how similar it is to Freedom Unite ! Same animations, familiar maps... It's like I've played it without playing out. I'm looking forward to hearing about your later quests ! Thank you for your hard work. 😉✨

@zangetsu1614

2 жыл бұрын

The first 7 games were all more like an expansion and update of the same game, up until third gen for wii. I liked that it felt like an "offline update" of a game and the next one had new stuff, while still hunting the same way with minor tweaks and changes between them.

Great video! looking forward to part 2. MH1 was my yellow sleeve Monday gateway drug. You've made a point that other youtubers have talked as well that of the design difference as the series went on from Fantasy Hunting Simulator to Fantasy Hunting Action. Dos to me personally was the last of the Hunting Sim before they started leaning more towards Action and the 20min fight. With all its pros and cons of modern MH there is still the divergent other path that has not been filled or explored with the series of a more robust Hunting Sim. I personally would love to see the 2020+ attempt at this style again.

The first Monster Hunter has this mythical atmosphere about it I cannot really describe it well.

Not wrong about the lance. In mh1 it was bugged and the "piercing" mechanic was always active

It's crazy how much this series has changed since it first came out

@yel408

2 жыл бұрын

It’s crazy that up until world it didn’t!

Great review bud!, can't wait for part two!

MH1 was my first online video game. I have fond memories of doing plate runs and trying to get my Eternal Annihilator and full Dragon Set to flex on everyone in Red world.

Grew up with this game. Very calming environment i think. Different than nowadays MH. Ty for the nostalgia dude👍🏻

@henrykb.7808

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I loved doing gathering quests because there was something very calming about walking through those maps with the nature sounds and all those little details. Also only having the items that you took with you before starting the quest or that you find while you are there made it feel a bit like you are going camping.

I'm playing my first MH game now, Rise, and it's amazing how similar these games are almost 20 years apart.

@DolusVulpes

2 жыл бұрын

I think the fact that MH has changed so little over the years is probably one of the main reasons it's so successful and has such a strong following. Because no matter what new mechanics they add, you still always know exactly what you're getting into when you pick up a Monster Hunter game.

@Hhukutuu37

Жыл бұрын

True, but Rise and World is what ended MH games for me, the games are still not the same, the MH games for PS2, Wii and especially the ones for PSP and 3DS are the best for me.

I played Monster Hunter when it first came out and I have to say, it was one of the most exciting games I’ve ever played. The cinematics, the designs, I remember how you would have to swing a long sword/greatsword with the direction of you push your right stick. No game is like MH, and if it is, it took it from MH lmao.

Hearing that portable 3rd reccomendation made my day. I return to it every so often because of how good it feels progression wise.

MH World was my first MH experience and since I got a PS2 I decided to get MH1 just out of curiosity and ended up liking it. I appreciate everything that was introduced for the series and respect all the jank it had. Gonna finish it one day, although it's a shame that I won't get a chance to confront Fatalis here.

@rac1equalsbestgame853

2 жыл бұрын

Same exept it was Rise. I love MH1, it is so unfair, simple yet janky and lovable

@janyozenith9037

2 жыл бұрын

You can play online and fight Fatalis due to fan made servers. Not the US version though, just the japanese MH1 and MHG.

@unironiccloudshrug340

2 жыл бұрын

@@janyozenith9037 Alternatively you can play MHF1 on an Emulator which is just MHG but on the PSP, Fatalis and all that are there and there's plenty of content.

@janyozenith9037

2 жыл бұрын

@@unironiccloudshrug340 Yeah, that's also an option.

@zeromailss

2 жыл бұрын

You can also use action replay to extent the time if the time limit isn't enough, it was jank and hard asf but Fatalis on PS2 was quite the experience, I beat it after coming back to the game in middle school, I first play it in gradeschool but quickly given up after Yian Kutku cuz it was too difficult for kid me.

This game is the weirdest guilty pleasure I can name. Janky as fuck, but being the start of it all makes it hard for me to be super brutal on it. Especially considering how the G rank gave it a lot what I love most in Freedom Unite.

This is an awesome video. I would love another video like this. I started Monster Hunter with the second installment on the PSP. Which I think is a remake of one of the PS2 titles.

Very awesome video! I also started with MH1 on PS2 and it was still online as well! Was quite an effort to find a broadband adapter for the fat PS2... But Dayum did I play a lot online! Looking forward to part 2!

man.. i miss Kokoto Village music.

Damn, this brings me memories: I'm surprised that I got hooked into the game right from the start. I didn't play it on release, I think I first played it in 2008, but it was so different from all of the hack'n'slash game that were populating the PS2 that I got really invested in it right from the get-go. Looking back at it, I realized that most of the time I spent with the game was farming for resources and money. First gathering the Kut Ku scales from dung and then doing the "Liver of Legend" quest for money and spending countless hours at mining points going after those Machalite Ores. With that said, I still think it holds up pretty well. I mean, the core gameplay of Monster Hunter was already present in it and presented in a straight up manner: Kil monster -> Use its materials to craft its gear -> Use new equipment to kill tougher monsters -> Gather their materials and so on, its just that it lacks all of the QoL improvements we got with each new game in the series, with better controls (right stick analog for attacking was interesting back then, but I can't go back to it haha), better RNG, better monster AI, better mobility, access to farming items in the village, better and more rewards, less expensive crafting and purchasing, screen prompts for gathering/carving... If you take all of that way, you'll still get the original MH game, and I think that says a lot about how strong of a concept they had back then for this game that would eventually become a series.

I soloed the entire Freedom Unite's village quests on the PPSSPP emulator and I can say it was rough in some areas, but it was a genuinely enjoyable experience. The rewarding aspect of defeating tough monsters like the tigrex and nargacuga was an amazing experience. My family never understood why I played this old game on my modern gaming computer, but I never will regret playing it.

The first game I've played of the franchise, has been a long road so far! Awesome video bro =D

Hell yeah Deathprize was my primary SnS I used online. I started with the Iron Lance line but once I got Genprey mats I upgraded it and kept using Deathprize for ages.

I think Freedom Unite contributed to my arthritis more than any other game or work

@KRISIS1451

2 жыл бұрын

The claw....😫

@potatoexe5410

2 жыл бұрын

Some developed the claw others developed a 3rd eye

@uteriel282

2 жыл бұрын

never understood the claw. why make it complicated when you could just use the shoulder button to move the camera towards where your character is looking instantly.

@KRISIS1451

2 жыл бұрын

@@uteriel282 it allowed constant sight of the monster while you moved around at the same time. To me using the camera snap allowed the monster to enter your blindspot make you turn in an undesirable position just in those small moments that made you vulnerable.

@uteriel282

2 жыл бұрын

@@KRISIS1451 its not that hard to predict the monsters movements when its out of los via audio. or you can make micro adjustments of the camera with the shoulder buttons whenever you move off angle. either way its just one button to press vs dislocating your fingers.

Super cool retrospective. Played so much of this when it first came out, but none of my friends could see what I saw in it.

haha the bullfangos and tranq bomb fails gave me a good laugh. I hated it back then but now i miss those days. I remember that you can adjust the height and distance of your throws with the left stick. Throwing while standing still, sneaking, running gave you different throws

i loved the heavy feeling the weapons gave me back then and like you mentioned, it was very important to manage your ressources, it was like a survival simulator :D i loved it

@brutalnobody5240

2 жыл бұрын

Except gs back then, it's just not that same without the charge turning skulls into dust

@DenizDivine

2 жыл бұрын

@@brutalnobody5240 haha that's right, the charge was a perfect addition to the GS

@gamechanger8908

Жыл бұрын

G (the gen 1 expansion) for the Wii pretty much added the charge from gen 2, unfortunately it's only in Japanese.

Huh, the thing that make me stick to MH1 back then, is the gathering and material grind

I'm halfway through the 3* quests as of last night. I remember buying this in 2004 (actually that's the copy I'm playing on my PS2 right now haha) and getting my friends into it. We even did the online stuff which was difficult enough to use I beat the game and have loved the series ever since. Projared started a playthrough not too long ago and inspired me to start playing it again, I'm having so much fun! Also, that's slay 10 bullfango quest is some straight up buuuuuuuullllllllllsssssssshhhhhiiiiiit

Uh-oh you stopped just before the true rookie breaker mission. For me it was the Cephalos hunt with the Greatsword. But for most its the first Egg Carry quest. Surviving that as a true rookie to the series is a true mind breaker. Even then -- if you beat the egg carry quest, beating the actual true Rathalos hunt after is the a real challenge for most to pull off in under 50 mins. I had 3-4 different friends give up on the game on either the Kut-ku hunt, the egg carry quest, or the Rathalos hunt. None of them made it past and i was still left playing the game by myself lol. Great video and retro recap there! Being a long time player of the game really makes the game far more playable thats for sure. I revisited it back on twitch years and years ago while waiting on the Wii U's release to happen so I could stream Monster Hunter Tri via HDMI output. Its definitely helps you appreciate the progress the series has made.

the old monster hunter here has such a magical vibe to its atmosphere to me, the world and all its charm seems so much more intriguing than the newer games, like it was treated with more care or something idk, but i adore the world in that game its enchanting

@bluexephosfan970

2 жыл бұрын

Idk I think both new and old have amazing atmosphere, that's always been the series' strong suit imo. Different vibes tho for sure. The older games really make me feel like a I'm playing a critical but normal role in the community, like MHFU really makes me feel like I'm a hunter in a small mountain village that's just a tiny place in a massive world. On the other hand, the newer games, especially rise, make me feel like I'm some Hercules-esque hero, the defender of the known world in the face of the gods' fickleness and cruelty, but still very much a bound part of the world who can never truly match the power and majesty of the mythical things around us

@daorasama

Жыл бұрын

i played MHFU before...what i like abt it most is the mysterious world vibe...maybe bcos there wasnt much youtube videos abt the game as much as today...but MH world is mysterious at the time i play the game...and i really like the ecology videos...hope they bring those back

@daorasama

Жыл бұрын

@Overlord Audiobooks ya true..they bcoming more and more action fast pace game in each new title..its a new approach..fun gameplay..but not the same vibe as the older game...but...if i have all the money in the world..ill buy n play every MH game existed😝

Ahh I remember playing this game back in the day compared to monster hunter world.... World is super easy when it comes to farming minus the big monsters

Freedom unite has a very special place in my heart. Meeting up with my two buddies after school and just playing the whole afternoon, while watching the newest Episodes of Bleach... It was a great time with less Problems :) dying again and again against two tigrexes or the fatalis.... Just wow. What a great game for its time

My first game is 3u, and I used to say how it was really janky. After I bought a psp and monster hunter freedom, I really appreciate the quality of life features that made the game playable! Seriously, I spent FOREVER getting full iodrome armor and a iodrome bowgun, and i felt like it was UNUSABLE because of the god damn small monsters. Melee weapons are basically required solo. Combined with the fact that the psp was really not comfortable to play on, I just couldn't handle it. Now, I actually started playing the game again on an emulator, and it's a lot nicer to play with an xbox controller. What I really loved though was the dual blade progression. I finished the hurricane dual blade tree completely before even fighting velocidrome, which I found extremely funny. Mind you, it probably took me like 3 hours of mining to get all the materials to make the max dual blades, but I'd say it was worth it! Maybe...

@mikaylacaldwell4452

2 жыл бұрын

3U was my first too! :)

The total Immersion this game astonishing, it's feel like I live in this game.. gathering, scenery location, NPC, complete fulfill my childhood

Interesting to see the concept idea evolved into what we have today.

World was my first MH game. Had a lot of fun with it. Liked it enough to want to go back and try some of the older MH games.

I only played Freedom once, the first quest, after I had slain Fatalis with my group. It was clunky, and I don't wanna return to the game after the new entries being great, but the nostalgia hit me, even though I never played it before. Wish we saw more of the monsters and locations from that game return in the next entries, maybe even a remaster like Resident Evil 2?

@shinon748

2 жыл бұрын

Allow me to present Generations Ultimate. Having basically all the Gen 1 monsters and even Verdant Hills and Volcano map from those games too.

I think if I ever played mh1 I’d enjoy it for the same way I enjoy dragon quest 1. It has a unique charm for its simplicity, even if objectively the game is incredibly flawed, it still feels interesting as a history piece, to see firsthand what a style of game used to be like.

@latinaparfait

2 жыл бұрын

I still go back to play freedom 1 and I love its simplicity. No over the top/flashy combos and the game really forces you to scourge for items, on top of a very limited inventory system. It has a unique feel none of the other MH games have.

@latinaparfait

2 жыл бұрын

It can be extremely annoying though like when you fight rathalos in the volcano when he goes to sleep if you don't have something long range to hit him you literally can't reach him and he will just recover his health.

@Exel3nce

2 жыл бұрын

@@latinaparfait thank god. It may be unique in its mechanics but that Doesnt mean its good

Ohhhh the nostalgia is strong, I can’t remember if I played this or morrowwind first but this is what sparked my love for really involved games.

I had the incredible experience of playing MHF and MHFU with a solid four man group on our PSP's. I miss those times, following the Bullfango to find blue mushrooms so I could have potions.

unleash the claw

Freedom Unite was my first Monster Hunter and I've love love love loved the game ever since. Literally my favorite game series. "Proof of a Hero" still gets me hyped when I hear it ❤ Takes me back to Lao-Shan Lung and Jen Mohran ❤

I miss this game on my PSP sooooooo much!! Many, many hours of fun! I remember cheeseing the Yian Garuga to get its whole armor set and greatsword lol!!!

My first MH game was Tri and I've only recently heard the horror stories of the first game... the hyper-aggressive small monsters, the control scheme... definitely a ton of growing pains as the first game of a franchise, comparable to Street Fighter 1 with its later sequels

Mh1 is basically THE game for people who like big big game hunting. As someone who played mh from 1 to world, i can safely say i fight almost like a monster (more specifically the diablos) nowadays with all the mastering of the gunlance. It's something else to be not only extremely strong at offense, but also in dodging and defense to the point it's just harassing all the monsters. I really do enjoy mh a whole lot. Nothing(god eater, toekiden) will ever play like mh with it's weight and precise controls once you master it.

I've been enjoying MH1 and MH2Dos far more than I ever did with World and Rise. I hope you'll find something more as you play!

I have never watched your videos before but you instantly had me hooked with "10 trillion years ago in the year 2004"

Only really touched this on a PS2 demo disc earlier this year and while it was jank, it had its charm. It was a very ambitious game for the time.

I may have failed high school due to this love. Had 5k hours total across 3 characters. Every morning and night I played.

As a gen 1 guy myself (mh freedom for psp) i have to say, with no disrespect, lance is the easy mode kek

@CeraCymmetry

2 жыл бұрын

It really is, cleared Mono first try today lmao. I’d already done troublesome pair back in the early 2000’s with GS and SnS so I’ve paid my dues already ;)

I still love the original monster hunter, I still have my original PS2 and welll into 5000 ours on the game, I still go back to it every so often to relax and get a hit of nostalgia

Loveit! Looking forward to more episodes of mh1

Playing through MHFU currently as I miss the older generations. The new ones have some good quality life changes but can feel somewhat easy compared!

@gamechanger8908

Жыл бұрын

Yes like restocking your items, and them giving you free items for downloading additional content, being able to switch gear in the hunt. Though it was a way to make the games not feel slow when gathering.

I've played mh1 on emulator because i was curious how it seemed no one mentioned it all, and it kinda makes sense why. I'm a 5th gen player, but i think monster hunter 1 has a lot of aspects that I like in concept. Namely, it just has a ton of charm. I wish I could enjoy it, but the dated controls and clunkiness make it impossible for me. I would love to see this game remastered, change some of the more broken/blatantly unfair things, adapt it for modern controls, and have it in HD. I'd love to give this game a chance, agonizing grind and all, especially if I could access multiplayer.

@randomnpc445

2 жыл бұрын

There’s a port of the G-rank expansion of MH1; Monster Hunter: G, that’s on the Wii. It’s only in Japanese unfortunately but there is an English patch. You can also play it with the standard controls we have now (though with the limited movesets of 2nd Gen) and while it still has a lot of the slow clunkiness of MH1, it’s marginally more approachable. There’s also fan servers to access the online of the PS2 game, but only with the Japanese version, and believe it or not that one is slightly worse than the US version in terms of features.

@thechugg4372

2 жыл бұрын

You played on emulator so you could have remapped the controls and play multiplayer with the fan server.

@randomnpc445

2 жыл бұрын

@@thechugg4372 There isn't a way to remap the controls so that they're 1:1 the same layout as they are now. The face buttons all still do things (most importantly dodging and sheathing your weapon) so no matter what the controls will be awkward.

@SissypheanCatboy

2 жыл бұрын

@@randomnpc445 yeah, I basically had to dig out a controller and plug it in to my pc because there wasn't really a reasonable way to play it on mouse and keyboard

Oh boy, I started with that one way back in the magical days of the ps2. It would be very hard to go back now 😅

love it! oof, those early battles though. XD

i wish they would split the franchise , like a slower more realistic game and the more fighting focused ones we have atm. i think a lot of ppl enjoyed the more realistic hunter stuff , farming, preparing and fight monsters. but some stuff i would like see to change like loading zones.

@Derpy-qg9hn

2 жыл бұрын

Nominally this is the premise behind main team vs. portable team.. though time has clearly shown that main team will take after portable team more than the other way around.

This game was awesome : immersion was insane ; no numerical data to help ; marking the monster with paintball to be able to follow them otherwise you could run after the monster, like a Benny Hill episode, for tens of minutes ; the "easy as f katana gameplay" didn't exist back then, collecting quests could be really challenging.

@henrykb.7808

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. It really made you feel like you are a part of this world. Also there was no interface or pop up telling you where to gather stuff which meant that you had to look for noticeable plants or objects yourself to get materials. I really loved this about the older generations. (Gen 1, 2 and to an extend Gen 3)

I love that he mentions soloing freedom. That was my first Monster Hunter I played and yes I did solo it.

The little explanation of camera controls makes sure that my first experience with this game (if I do play it) is definitely going to be emulated.

I personally liked the old MH games more. They were more challenging and not so easy like the actuall games. They appeared darker and grimmer, not so flashy.

@wanderingraven

2 жыл бұрын

when in the old games you read a quest about someone messing up mixing gunpowder and dying, it was believable.

@BlurXIII

2 жыл бұрын

I respect anyone who can play the older MH games, I don't think I could tolerate it, especially the bullshit stuff in them. But honestly, making the newer games more accessible and less frustrating to newcomers was the right move.

@Exel3nce

2 жыл бұрын

More difficult but not in a good way. Its tedious, jank, bs and often just terrible. I also prefer the non anime bs it had back then but world had a good balance. Weird Take tho

MH4U was my first MH game, and I can’t even bear to go back that far. It’s hard to escape the feeling that gens 1-4 were just prototypes of increasing degrees of success.

@Anonymous-ld7je

2 жыл бұрын

3U was quite comparable to 4U

@socio637

2 жыл бұрын

3U and 4U are top tier MHs..................

@gamechanger8908

Жыл бұрын

As someone who played Generations first but got to try Freedom Unite, it's not so bad if you have the patience to actually play it. Currently playing Monster Hunter Freedom. The only things I despise was the egg/ore quests and small monster quests.

@socio637

Жыл бұрын

@@gamechanger8908 nah...pre third gen monster hunter is pretty bad

@gamechanger8908

Жыл бұрын

@@socio637 Freedom Unite still holds up well, unlike it's first gen counterpart. Which is the reason Hunters to this day still play it in the hunterverse, because of the additional monsters, additional weapons and gear progression actually being more quicker. The only known flaws it had was the small monsters being a pain, hitboxes not being well optimized and food being difficult to keep track.

This brings me back to discovering MHF2 because a memory stick I bought had it loaded in (PSPs with CFWs were incredibly common where I am). I actually didn't like it at the time and deleted it to make space for other games. And it took a year or so later when I encountered MHFU the same way before I fell in love with MH 😂

Im so happy my entry into the series was MH3 truly an amazing game which i still cant get the dame feeling anymore in the new MH games

Some of the older games just have a different classic look that I’d be happy to see brought back somewhat. Neither over the top anime level unrealistic flashy gear nor boring over simplified realistic metal and bone copy pasted design. It’s more subtle, but each item has the spirit to show off what it was crafted from clearly.

@CeraCymmetry

2 жыл бұрын

They definitely do have their own charm, yeah!

I love the the older generation, it has the feeling of monster hunting and teamwork. Compare to the new generation more like Monster May Cry

i can’t go back to no wirebug but it’s fun to watch you do it :)

MH1 was one of my favorite games for the PS2 second only to Shadow of the Colossus, I had so much fun online.

Thank god the series moved forward and put more ephasis on the hunt part. From a game called "Monster Hunter" I've always expected monster hunting action. If I wanted to spend 30 minutes gathering berries, then I would've bought Farming Simulator or something.

MH1 came out the same year as Onimusha 3. The year before, we were playing Prince of Persia and Devil May Cry, and the year after we were playing DMC3 and RE4. All of those games are old, but only MH1 still stands out today as an example of terrible game design.

@CeraCymmetry

2 жыл бұрын

RE4 came out only a YEAR after MH1? Broooo Capcom with the immediate W 😅

I was holding my breath when you were throwing those tranq bombs. I've been there many times

Yes yes yes, the one that got me into the series. I wish I can play it again.

monhun has been casualized into the grave. it needs an insane difficulty spike a la GL140 mons where fear is your constant companion. also for the love of gog: bring back underwater!

@xela4183

2 жыл бұрын

Personally, I think Rise and World are a very good showcase of how difficulty should look. Both easy quests that casuals will enjoy, and more difficult challenges veterans will enjoy. In older games, you mostly had clunk and scaled up health to compensate for monsters being poorly designed. Underwater combat, even though all the veterans may love it, is kind of a gimmick which isn't that good, which is kinda sad, because Lagiacrus highly benefits from the system. As a guy who started with World, I just prefer newer games for less BS, but a complex game if you wanna invest in all of its mechanics.

@SissypheanCatboy

2 жыл бұрын

Lol no. Monster Hunter 1 has aged like a rainforest corpse, modern games shouldn't strive to be like it. Also let go of your elitism, the games are fine, doing better than they've ever been.

@CeraCymmetry

2 жыл бұрын

I think the combat is great for the newer games, but don’t like gimmicks. If we can get a game as huge as world and as fun to move around in as rise with the simple movesets and flat areas of P3rd, that’s my dream. New MH is great, and I think there’s still a decent challenge available.

@theabyssalone_

2 жыл бұрын

@@SissypheanCatboy sure, they’re doing fine and better than ever, but they aren’t giving you the same experience that they used to. They don’t feel like MH games anymore. they’re too easy, and there isn’t any incentive to go and upgrade your armor, weapons, and slot some decos.

@_EXP626_

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately that’ll never happen. It’s a fact that people don’t like difficult games. The easier it is, the more people like it. That’s why underwater is gone, that’s why people talk about the “quality of life” in world/rise even though most of it is just streamlining to help the player get to a dps boss fight as fast as possible, and changing monster hunters combat from positioning and commitment based combat to counter based combat, which requires drastically less skill. Along with many other things making the games easier but there’s too much to list here.

I absolutely loved this game as a kid. About time I got online for the PS2 they already closed down the servers :( I never got to experience the epic online missions after beating the main story.

The "... and maybe purchase a pickaxe or two." line at a bit over a minute in to this video made me realize what I was in for.

Ha, I’ve just bought this last week. Will be playing through it after sunbreak. It’s gonna be a journey that’s for sure.

So many memories. One of the first online games I played. Farming the plates for that end game armor, what a journey. PS2 Hunter name: Dark Knight Odin

I got this on launch when I was very young and it took me and my brother almost a year to tackle Kut Ku as we weren't playing the game in a way you're meant to play the game. We were getting bodied easily and now I look back after playing every MH game in the series and see how far its all come. This game may not be the best but it started everything and it's got a huge sense of nostalgia in the music and the environments for me. I'd love to see them remake Forest and Hills in the next game. Though when I play new MH games post Gen U, it does make me miss the way old MH used to be and I'm not really sure how to put it into words. The QOL improvements are super good but something about having to prep for a big hunt, make all your gear ready and make sure everything was in your pouch was just fun to me.

Oh boy. This brought back some memories. Especially regarding gypceros. My GS kept bouncing off it I thought I needed a better weapon or some better sharpness. Come to find out by this video green is the highest. I think that's where I stopped playing the game too.

i started with this. my ps2 copie of this is still alive. but man this series changed a lot!

I LOVE this game. After starting with Rise, I loved the challenge and having to manage my resources and the general simplicity. So imersive too. I'm exited to eventually get the emulator working again and finishing it, and I'm also super interested in Dos now

@sharpasacueball

Жыл бұрын

I've played a couple of older MH games and I don't think I can go back to playing them after world and rise

@FirstLast-yc9lq

Жыл бұрын

@@sharpasacueball Takes only like an hour to adjust to the games again.