So it's already been established that Monster Hunter: World is the real deal. It ain't no watered down Western version of Capcom's creature-culling series, as was the worry of many. With that squared away, the publisher seems keen to point out what improvements the home console release is bringing to the Monster Hunter formula.
One key addition is the introduction of "squads", which are essentially clans. You can have up to 50 players in a squad, and team up with other members of the same squad is apparently very straightforward. Squads can even assign their own icons so that you can spot members at a glance, and squads can make use of special gathering hubs where everyone can meet up before going out on missions. In short, it all sounds pretty cool if you plan on getting stuck into the social side of the game. Oh, and you can be a member of up to eight different squads if you really want to be busy.
Naturally, we'll be making an official Push Square squad when Monster Hunter: World launches in January next year.
Are you looking forward to Capcom's latest project? Swing a completely oversized blade around in the comments section below.
[source gamestalk.net, via gematsu.com]
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"Naturally, we'll be making an official Push Square squad."
Naturally, I will be joining.
I have never played a Monster Hunter game but seeing this and the demo and a lot of the videos, this does look cool. At the same time, this sounds like it may take me about six months to complete at my current rate.
Also, I've always wanted to be a member of a clan but my mum would never let me because of my sinus problems, height and flock of seagulls haircut.
@Splat Good old reliable Splat.
@Rudy_Manchego They are very time-consuming games. I put over 500 hours into MH3.
''Naturally, we'll be making an official Push Square squad''
How does that work when 50 people are all dressed as Aloy?
@Octane Lol but true
@Octane Same way our Christmas office party will.
@Splat Oh wow, with my gaming time each day I calculate I might complete that in about 8 months...
@ShogunRok Part of me wants to be a fly on the wall at that party but another part really, really doesn't...
@Rudy_Manchego It's great fun until it hits about 11pm. That's when the drink gets the better of me and I start incomprehensibly ranting about The Witcher 3.
Nice. Really looking forward to this game!
77 days to go!
I wish they had called them clans. Whenever I hear the word "squad" anymore, I always think of a group of girls all crowded around in a group selfie with the hashtag #squadgoals. People have absolutely ruined that word for me, lol.
@Splat Well, I've spent +300 hours with MH3U playing offline. I'd better ignore the social part of MH World or it'll end up I'll play only this one in 2018!
@Octane The hub will be something like this, I guess...
@ShogunRok assuming pushsquare towers doesn't have a very liberal attitude to drinking while at work, how's that any different to when you're sober?!!
You know I'll be there day one to help out Push Square!
@leucocyte That's a very good point.
so keen for this
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