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It's weird that I created an account here, in a movie forum, yet I find that I'm spending most of my posting efforts in a gaming sub-forum. I watch movies more than I play games, but for whatever reason I only have the excitement to comment here lately. Oh well. It will sort itself sooner or later.
In the meantime, another update on MH:W.
I'm still enjoying it. I pop in an average 30-minute run each day. This has replaced Diablo III as my default end-of-day unwinding tool. Now that I have a handle on things I can just start a quick expedition run, cull a few small creatures and hunt one or maybe two larger monsters before logging for the night. No quest requirements hold me back. I can just do what I want, when I want, and that's cool. Default controls are awkward, so I had to learn how to remove auto-sheathing weapons from the Left Stick control as with the slightest added pressure dodging fireballs, I would accidentally put away my bow. That took a while (and a few deaths) to realize just what was happening.
I've learned to lure larger beasts into the vicinity of other larger beasts to watch them then have at each other. That's fun. It does blow up in my face from time to time in that they sometimes decide to both turn on me. That may have to do with my Palico (a bipedal cat sidekick that acts as an aggro tank and healer during all battles. get it? pal-ico? yeah. this game is ripe with awkward cat humor), as he is constantly in the mix whether I want him there or not. Still fun though.
I've opened only 2 zones on the map, but I'm good just running around knocking out these side quests for armor spheres used to update gear. Minor challenge, pretty quick stuff, and it keeps me exploring the maps. Beasts that would knock me on my ass now only take a few minutes to kill with only one or maybe two escape runs (theirs, not mine) that I have to hunt down again, but for the most part I feel considerable improvement in my game control and character/equipment leveling. Initial learning curve was a beast (ha, pun stuff), but things have leveled well enough.
If anyone has experience with recording PS4 content, drop a line or two. I'm not crazy on the idea, but I am curious as MH:W has provided a few instances that would have been really fun to share.
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