Capcom's Monster Hunter series is no stranger to ridiculous weapons and over-the-top fighting styles, and that won't be changing with Monster Hunter: World. Across three new videos we get to see every available weapon type in the upcoming action role-playing game.
There are three weapon categories to consider: light, heavy, and technical. Light weapons generally allow you to stay agile while you wield them, making them quite versatile. Heavy weapons are the opposite, allowing for brutal blows but their attacks are slow. Meanwhile, technical weapons let you switch it up between two forms, kind of like Bloodborne's trick armaments, or they provide specialist combat abilities.
Many of the weapons on show look seriously fun to wield, but has anything in particular caught your eye? Tell us what you'll be using to slay monsters in the comments section below.
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Probably going to be boring and just use the long sword.
Long sword is easily one of the funnest weapons in these games, so I'll probably main that. Although the hammer can be pretty satisfying as well.
I see nothing I like.
I want a spear, why is there not a spear?
There's no spear yet there's some of the most ridicolous weapons I have ever seen, from the Tourney Lance being used one-handed (and on foot too!) to that absurd bagpipe-hammer contraption in the last video which just left me speechless... that one in particular is one of the most ridicolous things I've ever seen, it has to be the fruit of some particularly sick and twisted mind
Compared to that nightmarish creation, a spear doesn't seem to be asking too much, no? So it's that insect glaive thing for me, which is the closest thing to a spear they've got...
It's hunting, damnit! Bows and spears, not swords and bagpipes!
I was a Switch Axe guy on Monster Hunter 3. Will more that likey be sticking with that in MHW.
After a HeavyBG on the first, a bow on the second, LS on third and fourth I tried Switch Axe on Generations, but the game was awful, so probably I'll try SA again, alongside HBG and LS!
Either the Hammer (my used weapon since Freedom Unite) or the charge blade (my main weapon in MH4 and Generations).
@ShogunRok Are you talking about the weapon's combat or the entire game in general?
Very cool
@SoulsBourne128 Think he means he is gunna be boring, not the game is gunna be boring.
I have never managed to get super into MH, but this game is really turning it around. Hyped.
@kyleforrester87 @SoulsBourne128 Yeah I tend to go for the not-so-crazy options when it comes to character creation and weapon types in RPGs. Some people might that's a bit boring but it's how I roll.
Hammer and Insect Glaive are my favourites, but I always try to use new weapons that I've never mained before in each MH game.
@ShogunRok I'm the same, but then I see some people live streaming runs with mad set ups and I'm always kinda jelly
That's why I'm Titan in Destiny. Most boring, generic option? Sign me up! Actually kinda bummed they have made them more desirable in D2.
I just ant to use them all.
Hammer all day every day. I used the great sword as a secondary weapon when I need to cut tails though. I might change to the long sword this time for tails.
The narrator is awful. Sounds like he should be doing monotonous fidget spinner reviews for the gadget show.
Bow and Gun lance. Looks super fun
I think I'll try to main one from each category. Right now, I'm really liking the Bow.
@Splat You play PC games, right? There's a free-to-play MH type game currently called Dauntless (beta) on PC.
I've only dabbled in one MH game before and was just kind of stumbling through. Maybe someone can help me. Do players choose a weapon and stick with it, or does the weapon needed depend on the monster that needs poking with it?
@WanderingBullet - I play a bit of gaming on PC but I'm more of a console guy. I might give it a shot if you can use a controller.
@Splat I don't play PC games myself but I think early impressions have been good so far. Sorry, I have no idea whether you can use controller or not.
I like using the Hunter's Horn 😊
I like being to help my friends AND bash a monster's brains out! 😃
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