Monster Hunter's Streamlining Apocalypse - Heavy Wings

Monster Hunter Wilds was heavily criticised for massively streamlining Monster Hunter's gameplay which resulted in a simple experience that wasn't satisfying for many people. In this video we're going to discuss Monster Hunter's history with streamlining. What started it all, why it happens and how it has fundamentally changed the series for better or worse.

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Music Used
Ch1
What Paths May Be MHWilds
Wicked Designs Age of Imprisonment
Small Fry Level Theme Nitrome
World Map Guiness World Records 2008
Dance of Deduction A Great Ace Attorney
Dance of Deduction B Great Ace Attorney
Flipside Theme Nitrome

Ch2
Winds of Departure MH4
A Resolute Test of Ability MH4
Winds of Departure 10th Anniversary
Cornerstone of the New World - Astera MHWorld
Zorah Magdaros MHWorld
Murmurs from the Land Forbidden MHWorld
Teostra MHWorld
Guiding Lamp to the Otherworld MHworld
Second Council Meeting Tension MHWorld
Vaal hazak MHWorld
Pride of a Nameless Hunter MHWorld

Ch3
Narwa and Ibushi MHStories 3
Nargacuga MHRise
Arena MHRise
Magnamalo MHRise
Rey Dau MHWilds
Kunafa Plenty Day MHWilds
Zoh Shia Phase 1 MHWilds
Ruins of Wyveria theme MHWilds
Gore Magala MHWilds
Jin Dahaad Phase 1 MHWilds
Windward Plains Amid Peril MHWilds
Arkveld MHWilds
Jin Dahaad Phase 2 MHWilds

Ch4
Zoh Shia Phase 2 MHWilds
BABE Theme Scarlet Nexus
Gogmazios Phase 2 MHWilds
Overpowered - Age of Imprisonment
Outmatched - Age of Imprisonment

Ch5
Arena Special Theme MHWilds
Deadlocked Age of Imprisonment
Val Habar Theme MH4
To Pass Beyond MHStories 3
Mizuhagawa Scarlet Nexus

Contents
0:00 Introduction
1:02 1: Streamlining
1:05 1-1: Quality of Life
8:33 1-2: Monster Hunter
16:45 2: Going Global
16:49 2-1: Localisation
24:06 2-2: Modernisation
36:03 2-3: Westernisation
42:50 3: Doubling Down
42:55 3-1: Handheld Hunting
50:48 3-2: Boiling Point
56:59 3-3: Monster Fighter
1:17:44 4. ApoQOLypse
1:17:48 4-1: A Game for Everyone
1:21:31 4-2: Westernisation 2: 10 Years Later
1:31:13 4-3: A Game for No One
1:38:12 5. Course Correction
1:38:16 5-1: Rejection
1:41:11 5-2: Solution?
1:46:34 5-3: Conclusion

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