In the event you’re studying this, Monster Hunter Now has simply entered its second season, Dancing within the Tempest. Niantic’s including numerous thrilling stuff to the sport, maybe the largest factor being an Elder Dragon.
The cellular recreation has reached 15 million downloads on the time of writing, which is a fairly good measure of success in my guide. To capitalize on the participant base, a lot of season 2’s updates are centered on making it a extra social recreation.
To start out, Kushala Daora from Monster Hunter 2 is coming to the sport, together with a brand new mechanic known as Elder Dragon Interceptions. These perform quite a bit like Hunt-a-thons, however as a substitute of a gauntlet of 5 monsters, it’s one huge encounter.
I performed an Interception at Summer time Recreation Fest with a decently kitted out squad (that is the place I additionally noticed the newest from Monster Hunter Wilds). We nonetheless ran the clock all the way in which to the literal final second, and that’s together with the additional 75 seconds you get after taking out half of its well being.
Fortunately, even when we failed at that time, taking out half of Kushala Daora’s well being will provide you with some bonuses, as you’ve repelled the creature (as a substitute of slaying it).
A Niantic spokesperson declined to touch upon whether or not we are able to count on extra Elder Dragon Interceptions, however as Monster Hunter followers know, there are numerous extra Elder Dragons to work with from the principle video games.
Talking of extra issues to work with, Season 2 additionally comes with a brand new weapon: the Gunlance. This brings Monster Hunter Now as much as 10 weapon varieties, out of the 14 sometimes present in a mainline recreation.
The Gunlance was numerous enjoyable to make use of; very like the opposite weapons I’ve used, the interface was intuitive and easy, with numerous choices for considerably extra strong gameplay. After 4 faucets, you are able to do some fairly huge harm, however you’ve manually reload it to get that huge harm on the fourth faucet.
You may manually reload by holding, after which swiping down. It’s not fairly as intuitive as you’d suppose, and that’s considerably true for the opposite weapons’ controls, too. That’s why Season 2 can be coming with guides for each weapon for extra accessibility.
To spherical out the social elements right here, Niantic can be including a button to shortly ship a good friend request after a hunt. In the event you see a well-known username in your morning commute, now’s the time to shoot your shot.
Moreover, Pal Quests are being added, the place you and three others can decide in to finish a much bigger quest inside a time restrict (suppose one thing like “slay 250 monsters”).
Final time I checked out Monster Hunter Now, I used to be having a fairly good time with the early recreation. Nevertheless, I used to be hitting a wall due to the grind that was setting in, and the microtransactions on the time had me feeling cautious.
Now, I’ve simply reinstalled it with a way of freshness in my eyes. I wish to strive reincorporating it into my routine, as a result of in spite of everything, I’ve 14.99 million or so new pals to seek out.
I performed an early construct of Monster Hunter Now Season 2 at Summer time Recreation Fest Play Days courtesy of Niantic.