{"id":167,"date":"2019-05-20T17:46:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T17:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brainshartstudios.com\/blog\/?p=167"},"modified":"2019-05-20T17:46:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T17:46:46","slug":"if-anyone-ever-asks-what-is-monster-hunter-you-need-to-show-them-this-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brainshartstudios.com\/blog\/if-anyone-ever-asks-what-is-monster-hunter-you-need-to-show-them-this-video\/","title":{"rendered":"If Anyone Ever Asks “What is Monster Hunter?” You NEED to Show Them This Video!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I love this video. It\u2019s just THAT simple, really. I\u2019ve been a fan of Monster Hunter since the start (over a decade at the very least). To me, there\u2019s just nothing quite like it in gaming. Seems like hyperbole, but it\u2019s very much true.<\/p>\n

Saying that, it\u2019s real shame that, until about a year ago, the West for the most part had no idea what it was. When it comes to this franchise, there seems to only be three types of people: There were people like me who love it to death, then there were those who looked at it for a second or tried it once and felt like it wasn\u2019t \u201cfor them\u201d, and by far the biggest camp are the one who would ask \u201cwait, what\u2019s Monster Hunter?\u201d<\/p>\n

That question is always hard to answer. The usual answer of \u201ckill things, make stuff out of thing you killed, use said stuff to kill bigger badder things\u201d just isn\u2019t very good for most newcomers, even though it IS totally accurate.<\/p>\n

Then comes Maximilian<\/a>. He has a large YouTube following mainly built around fighting games. This series, being by Capcom, was always on his radar, but he never really paid any real attention to it. But that changed with the release of the Monster Hunter World Beta.<\/p>\n

Why do I bring this up? I do this because, as a fan, there is nothing quite as magical as seeing someone actually start to \u201cget it.\u201d The moment this series \u201cclicks\u201d with someone is really a special thing. Seeing Max and his crew going from \u201cI casually know about this\u201d to becoming die hard fans in the span of 15 or so minutes is just utterly surreal and fantastic!<\/p>\n

The energy and hype in the room is palpable and, as an added benefit, you can see the true essence of Monster Hunter and the thrill of the hunt itself condensed into just one amazing video. So much so, that next time someone asks me \u201cwhat is Monster Hunter?\u201d I\u2019m just gonna show them this video. If this doesn\u2019t make you wanna jump in to see what you\u2019ve been missing out on, then nothing will.<\/p>\n