Is Double Fine Brazen Enough to Take on Monster Hunter?

Glad this is up! Missed it yesterday.

nice

Innnteresting

I missed the stream so thanks for putting it up!

Edit: Oh man, he puked in that guys mouth!

I love MH, but this looks great!

Go Brad!

:D!

Missed some of this last night, thanks Vinny.

I hope they turn this into a full game, love the look of this. Stream was great too, lots of awkward bad jokes: Sausage factory, am I right? *Fistbumb denied*

So, a Quick Look EX then?

oh man, i didn't even know this was live yesterday. Thanks for achieving the video guys.

I need to know what I can do the ensure this becomes a full retail game

A Western Monster Hunter is a great idea. You'll need to preserve a few more of the elements than were showcased in the stream though, e.g. character development and crafting.

this looked super promising.

@UberExplodey said:

:D!

:D

MOAR LIKE DOUBLE MINE

This game looks really great, you can really see the promise.

Please make this, please!

I love Dark Souls but I don't really want to play this. I really dislike that stop motion animation style.

I have never played Monster Hunter, but I've always admired it from afar, and although this looks incredibly promising in it's own way (with a great art style), positioning this as some sort of Monster Hunter competitor or substitute I think is unfortunate, and I'm dreading the amount of people who will forego actually playing the real thing in favor or a "Westernized" (aka, simplified, love it or hate it) version of it like Brazen.  
 
I really like Double Fine, I think they're creative dudes and really respect what they do, but it would be a shame if their smaller scale and simplified versions of greater concepts (It's like Monster Hunter, but smaller, more goofy, and simpler! It's like Dwarf Fortress, but sci-fi!) led to people ignoring the original articles.

Yeah, I can get behind this. Also, Beerzerker is amazing.

I would play a full version

Ah, I always love when Brad visits the office.

That turtle monster animation is still amazing.

Brad is the happiest dude in the world, I swear.

I love the style. This looks promising despite being in the early stages of development. Good stuff!

The Beerzerker is an awesome name for a class.

I would totally be into an accessible Monster Hunter-esque game. Let Brad make this game, people-who-decide-this-stuff!

As someone who has actually played Monster Hunter let me just say- it'd be hard to make a game thats worse than Monster Hunter. Japan is friggin' crazy.

Axebow is the best bow.

Man they should have had Vinny playing this with Brad Muir.

This game looks great! Give it a kickstarter and it would be funded for sure!

freaking love the claymation animation look for the monsters! man, never something i would have ever thought to do with a game like this. that's so awesome.

Dragon's Dogma kind of already did a similar thing of taking the idea of Monster Hunter and wrapping it in a more appealing package for western audiences. I enjoyed DD much more than I expected to once I got into it.

This looks great. I really really want this to get made.

Lol. Western-made Monster Hunter? The Fuck?

I love how it looks like old movie animations, with stop motion superimposed on real people.

Worst headline ever.....I love it.

Monster Hunter Tri with Pro controller is perfect, you also get used to the camera turning and how the game works. That game alone was worth getting a Wii for in my opinion.

Brad is so awesome

@Marokai said:

I have never played Monster Hunter, but I've always admired it from afar, and although this looks incredibly promising in it's own way (with a great art style), positioning this as some sort of Monster Hunter competitor or substitute I think is unfortunate, and I'm dreading the amount of people who will forego actually playing the real thing in favor or a "Westernized" (aka, simplified, love it or hate it) version of it like Brazen. I really like Double Fine, I think they're creative dudes and really respect what they do, but it would be a shame if their smaller scale and simplified versions of greater concepts (It's like Monster Hunter, but smaller, more goofy, and simpler! It's like Dwarf Fortress, but sci-fi!) led to people ignoring the original articles.

That's a fine opinion but the problem with it is that not everyone can get into those original games. I can say from personal experience having tried to get into Monster Hunter on multiple occasions and having failed 3 times that a more accesible version is a good thing as it acts as a gateway to the more esoteric version of those games. As right now I'm playing Ragnarok Odyssey and I kind of want to give regular Monster Hunter a try again. More games in the same genre is never a bad thing as more competition breeds innovation. That and a MoHun game with a sense of humor I can get behind that.

I totally didn't expect Ryan to throw out the Souls series in such a positive manner. Glad to see his time with the game during whatever live stream that was paid off.

This looks super. I'd buy it.

I love how most of the Giant Bomb staff and demographic know nothing about games like these.

Make. This. Game.

I was captivated by Monster Hunter since before the first one shipped in Japan. What Brazen (Brazzers) is demonstrating is a potentially more interesting dynamic between players/roles, which would be a really meaningful expansion on this formula. It shows so much potential, I don't envy those who'd have to decide which directions to take it.

Also, I got into one of the games! (I was Ocelot, playing as the Waracle, the archer class).

I shouldn't watch this.

Because I'll only be disappointed when I find out how long I'll have to wait to play it.

I love everything about the concept for this game. Ray Harryhausen visual influence (complete with stuttery monsters)? YES. Organic difficulty that rewards the player for trying more difficult tactics. YES. Co-op monster beat-ups that allow for a wide variety of tactics? YES.

Just make it already.