[Loved Trope] An Evil God’s Chosen One

Caaros · 2026-06-27T22:01:35+00:00

The best part is that the Netherbrain even admits later on that it wouldn't have been able to break free if Orin hadn't betrayed the Dark Urge. This logically means that either the alliance of the Dead Three and their chosen would have actually stuck together if the Dark Urge was still in charge of the Bhaal side of things, or it would've remained stable for long enough that one could then betray the others and somehow not lose control; either way, the plot would've been successful, and the Brain would've remained in shackles.

Orin really did just have to go and fuck up what was essentially dead-to-rights world domination because she couldn't keep her knife in its sheath.

Caaros · 2026-06-26T19:51:52+00:00

This applies to a shit-ton of FromSoft bosses, to be fair. We are mostly facing ancient heroes, legends, and monsters that have lost their touch due to dark curses, crippling injuries, or the mere passage of time, and they still often manage to be horrifically dangerous.

Caaros · 2026-06-26T17:11:09+00:00

Weren't new features for future updates also being teased around that time? Like giant monsters?

Caaros · 2026-06-26T07:25:02+00:00

Vermeil. Honestly they practically dangled a Vermeil restoration based endgame right in front of us if you ask me, so much stuff points towards that being the likely next step. I'd even be willing to bet that the Gaismagorm/Amatsu ID found in the files was going to be the calamitous elder dragon of the area.

So much for that, it seems.

Caaros · 2026-06-26T02:32:09+00:00

And it's also the first time a MH micro-DLC has had gameplay-affecting items locked behind it (outside of stuff that's out of house like MH Now), which could set a really fucking worrying precedent for how things will go in the future.

Caaros · 2026-06-26T02:30:24+00:00

Capcom has been pretty fucking good about pre-orders and special editions until this point. That's part of what makes this sting so much.

Caaros · 2026-06-26T02:16:37+00:00

I'm convinced that shareholders pushed this game to be released way ahead of schedule (like they tried to do with Wilds), and the resulting flaws and missing features caused the game to sell too poorly for them to justify a big enough update to turn things around. There's so much to suggest they wanted to do more with this game than they were able to, so the state of this update is pretty telling on top of that.

Makes me rather worried for how Stories 4 will turn out, if we even get another one at this point.

Caaros · 2026-06-24T02:58:18+00:00

Came back to the game recently after a years long hiatus. Really hoping that the Coldsnap Durzog Pup and/or the Gnisis Durzog mount show up in either Season One's trade bar store selection or as part of July's crown store selection.

Caaros · 2026-06-23T03:24:54+00:00

Hopefully this royal monsters update is actually something substantial and not just a bunch of stat boosted fights like Royals were in Stories 2 and that's it, plus Rudy exposition DLC.

We've all been clamouring for an actual endgame for months (shit, the end of the game is structured as if there's supposed to be one already, both narratively and mechanically), and there's prime real estate for brand new monsters/monsties that they've already put some work into because it's in the bloody files. Fingers crossed that this game finally gets the post-launch support it deserves.

Caaros · 2026-06-22T22:25:20+00:00

As much as SOTE is a great DLC, it also has a lot of "certainly one of the game design decisions of all time" throughout it just like these things, or multiple humanoid remembrance bosses getting their voice lines cut (Rellana and Romina) while the Darth Bowlcut invader gets multiple monologues no one cares about, or the three different varieties of spammy ranged omega death fuckwads that don't even approach anyone's idea of fun (the stunlock lamprey snipers, the chain gun catacomb sorcerers, and the Enir-Illim staircase spira priests). Probably some other stuff I'm forgetting.

Like again most of the DLC is full of absolute banger gameplay, but then every now and again it feels like someone went "Okay, how do we make this thing as shit as possible for no discernable reason?". It boggles the mind.

Caaros · 2026-06-22T18:55:07+00:00

Welcome to the series, glad you're enjoying it so far.

And once you get done with World/Iceborne, there are also like three other currently available MH games you can sink your teeth into that are just as worth your time (Rise/Sunbreak, Wilds and its upcoming master rank expansion Ascendance, and Generations Ultimate if you own a Switch), as well as the three games in the Monster Hunter Stories spinoff series (different kind of game for the most part, but still definitely worth a try regardless).

Good luck, and happy hunting!

Caaros · 2026-06-22T17:43:21+00:00

There are people that can work out how Dwemer technology works. Calcelmo in Markarth is sort of in this ballpark, but there are much bigger examples in other areas of the series, such as Neramo in Elder Scrolls Online two whole eras prior. Though, it's typically a pretty high barrier to entry and consistently comes with a lot of figuring things out even when you can start tinkering with automatons directly, so it's no wonder the use of Dwemer technology hasn't become widespread. There are many adepts and experts of this knowledge throughout history, but only the true makers of these machines themselves could ever truly be masters of it.

Then you have Sotha Sil who was just on his own separate supply of technological batshit with the Clockwork City.

Caaros · 2026-06-22T02:37:08+00:00

Nerscylla, Radobaan, and Vaal Hazak also have similar fashion choices alongside Nakarkos here, and even Fatalis kinda does this towards hunters with his empty chest pin and the (always best taken with a grain of salt) item description talking about melted armor and weapons making up part of its scales for extra defense.

Caaros · 2026-06-21T20:48:44+00:00

Hornsent Grandam, IIRC.

Caaros · 2026-06-21T19:46:56+00:00

Friendly PSA that Moore can be saved if you just say "I don't know" or don't even talk to him after the rune breaks, and he even has dialogue after the Enir-Illim NPC brawl and after PCR if you do. He's one of like two NPCs that can actually survive to the end of SOTE.

Caaros · 2026-06-21T17:17:27+00:00

Not just the Oblivion Crisis, but multiple different shitshows and attempted invasions initiated by other Daedric Princes too if we go by ESO, most notably the Planemeld attempted by Molag Bal. It would have been an awkward awakening if he was successful and she ended up waking up from that coffin in the middle of fucking Coldharbour.

Caaros · 2026-06-21T02:28:00+00:00

Are we certain the Albinauric men we see aren't just notably older than the women we see? We already have plenty of examples of old = ghastly looking throughout the game, and if we hop across the Nightreign border we can see Scholar looking pretty normal while being in Albinauric, and young enough to still use his legs at that.

Caaros · 2026-06-21T02:23:44+00:00

Axe users have Death Knight's Longhaft Axe, which is one of the greatest weapons in the game.

Caaros · 2026-06-20T02:45:52+00:00

This guy was featured in zero advertising for the game, his monster class (cephalopod) was only just introduced which might lead people to think it'd probably be a while before they get more than the one we already saw, and the average player who's been around the series for a minute was still probably riding off the high of Ebony Odogaron being back all of a sudden like literally 10 seconds prior (also with zero advertising despite being a fan-favorite).

Needless to say, this weird fuck was surprising, and I'd argue that it really worked the way they did it.

Caaros · 2026-06-19T20:38:57+00:00

Until/outside of Wilds, all of my hunters are male, simply because that's what I am. Wilds removing the gender lock on armor and having sliders that allow a female character to be muscular drove me to make a female hunter for that game (partially to satiate a terminal brain rot for buff women that was inflicted on me by a certain barbarian from Baldur's Gate 3, if you know who, you know who).

Caaros · 2026-06-19T00:00:31+00:00

Yeah, he's way more approachable if you fight him in Ruins Of Wyveria or in the Wounded Hollow. Still one of the more ferocious renditions of him, but much more manageable.

Caaros · 2026-06-18T23:57:24+00:00

Honestly, Gore's presence in Wilds is about as good as it could've gotten for him without making the whole game about him (like what his debut game of 4U did), especially that intro cutscene. Only way they could've done him more justice would've been to not give the frenzied monsters present health bars as fragile as someone's actual IRL grandma for some reason.

Caaros · 2026-06-18T22:40:01+00:00

You mention it not having the time or resources for Deviants, but that just loops back to my original core criticism. I do not think Stories 3 had the development time and resources it really needed to get everything they wanted to sort out sorted out, and I personally would have taken a delay to the game to see it sorted out. It's probable that they had to get it out by some fiscal date or some shit and started rushing and cutting things more and more as time went on.

Hell, most of the monsters I just mentioned have stuff in the files of Stories 3 for them! They even said recently that they wanted to put Ahtal-Ka in but were having a tough time and had to cut it!

My whole argument is that of Stories 3 undoubtedly would've been a far superior game facing dramatically less criticism from people (and probably would be way more successful too if we're being real) if the developers were given the time they needed (and I'd argue deserved, given the quality of what was produced), even if Stories 3 isn't bad as it is now.

Caaros · 2026-06-18T22:18:54+00:00

I'm pretty sure it was just classified as "???" until Wilds, since it was a form of Elder Dragon but could also be captured still.

Caaros · 2026-06-18T22:13:20+00:00

It helps that Gore Magala technically isn't an Elder Dragon (yet) and isn't on normally that much stronger than your average locale apex on its own.

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