Video summary:
Capcom showed 15-30 minute live demo behind the scenes at Summer Game Fest. Some tech issues did happen. Maximillian Dood sat in on two sessions, each hunt had different weapons (GS, HBG, Hammer, IG mentioned). Very much seems to be a sequel to World. Demo started in a hub location. Hunt started by pulling up a detailed map, seemlessly leaving hub to the zone. Map size is roughly 2-3 times size of maps in World. Lots of verticality. Fast travel from camps present. Certain locations on map are for building camps that can be damaged/destroyed by monsters. Camps must be maintained. Animations are very detailed, very polished. Mounting mechanics present. New sneak attacks added. Monster can be unaware of approaching hunter. Mantles return, ghillie mantel mentioned. New clash attacks that was shown at the very end of the trailer was described further. Seems there is a big attack at the end of the clash animation. Great sword and HBG were shown. GS slaps monster away, HBG has large explosion. No returning monsters were shown. Environmental traps and hazards cause damage, and can be used to separate main monster from a herd. Dynamic music through each stage of the hunt. Focus mode targets weakened/damaged parts of monster. Focus used to aim melee attacks. New attacks shown for GS, counter mentioned. Fights seem more akin to World than Rise in terms of speed. Dynamic weather shown. Sandstorm blows in mid-fight, very dynamic lighting, and changes in monster behavior. Lightning can hit monster. More monster interactions. Turf wars return. New lightning wyvern shown in more detail. Hunter lured target monster to lightning wyvern den and they fought. Lightning wyvern also showed up in different areas during later points in the hunt. Dynamic weather after sandstorm changed to a more bountiful season. More gathering points, different or additional monsters available during this period. SOS returns. Three NPC hunters called in during demo. (This may be just limited to demo, but may be sign of follower type hunts available. and up to 3 additional NPCs? sounds very cool if that turns out to be in the game) Bombs can be rolled toward monster instead of setting up next to sleeping monster and hit with weapon. New attacks shown for hammer and insect glaive. Hunter crawls/walks over monsters body to carve instead of walking through body like in older games. Unsure if carving location is important. Quests seem to act like expeditions from World. After quest is complete you are not automatically brought to hub, hunter can stay to gather, start additional quests seamlessly. Food porn is back! Crazy detailed cutscene for cooking returns, steak mentioned. (No more dango! We want mouth watering food back and capcom seems to deliver again) Game looks and plays more next-gen compared to World. Maximillian very very impressed with what was shown. “This is the true sequel to Monster Hunter World. This is Capcom no holds barred, that was their bestselling game of all time, and they’re taking that shit seriously. That’s that’s my overall impression.”