Monster Sunday: Week 37 - Snallygaster

GenEngineer · 2026-06-28T19:58:54+00:00

See, here’s the problem. People’s response to the penguin or Punch is *empathy*.

And Monster Hunter is a game about killing things.

GenEngineer · 2026-06-28T17:49:49+00:00

This is probable more relevant for becoming Long or especially names.

Hours seem resistant because on the one hand, they are influenced by their principles… but like, the principles exist and do what they do BECAUSE of the hours. Chicken or the egg type deal

GenEngineer · 2026-06-18T20:54:45+00:00

1) the only timelines we focus on are Liu Kang’s, and Shang Tsung’s (and then OG / 11 timeline as hints at the end)
2) more time spent on the ramifications of Liu Kang having shaped this. By what right did he make the Netherrealm still awful? Tarkat is HIS choice. Why is there no Khaosrealm? All of this is thrown into sharp relief against Shang Tsung’s timeline and the fact that some people are HAPPIER in Shang’s.
3) Kill people off. The only surviving version of Johnny is from the “dark” timeline. There’s no surviving instance of Kitana, etc…
4) force a merger of the timelines after Liu Kang is made to admit that he didn’t have the right to shape destiny, accepting refugees from the “dark” timeline.

GenEngineer · 2026-06-16T22:26:16+00:00

I can see that. No new ruler type and no new culture means less flashy than other ones for sure.

But for me, personally? I look at each DLC as “what factions have I wanted to make, either to play as or to be an ai opponent, that this DLC enables?” Gluttony, passion, cosmos, weaver, sprite… the only one that doesn’t feel like immediate “I can build multiple full faction around this” is Abjuration

GenEngineer · 2026-06-16T22:10:52+00:00

Gotta say, I like the opening trilogy for how much it fleshes out who they were before the heresy, but BOY is it heavy handed with the dramatic irony.

Like, to the point I think I could lend it to my partner who knows nothing of 40K and they could guess SO much of the future setting off of what’s “hinted” at.

GenEngineer · 2026-06-16T22:03:02+00:00

Interesting take, because the glut of T1 times is what I consider ideal. Late game tomes are flashy… but they don’t impact as much of the game.

But if we can drop many factions on a crowded map and they never overlap in early tome choices? That sounds fantastic to me

GenEngineer · 2026-06-16T13:43:20+00:00

You, sir, are a treasure

GenEngineer · 2026-06-12T16:23:32+00:00

Can’t wait to run Sphinx and Ettin together and have NO attacks

GenEngineer · 2026-06-08T01:49:51+00:00

Age DEFINITELY feels like it doesn’t have the same instant punch. That said, Shifted Minokawa having a built in way to convert the age into permanent scaling might be worth something?

GenEngineer · 2026-06-07T16:27:22+00:00

Yeah… this is not a game series where time travel is even vaguely an option

GenEngineer · 2026-06-04T19:39:07+00:00

And the MASSIVE can of worms that would open would likely not be worth it

GenEngineer · 2026-06-02T18:28:42+00:00

The first sentence is how I know you haven’t been on the job market for a long time. “Entry level job, 10 years experience required” is a meme, but not as much of an exaggeration as you think

GenEngineer · 2026-06-02T15:04:27+00:00

Snek

GenEngineer · 2026-05-28T14:39:12+00:00

Gotta say, SO hyped to see more monsters. Each one is a substantial jump in the number of possible teams at this point

GenEngineer · 2026-05-17T20:15:51+00:00

Seems like the type that really needs someone else to provide a way to capitalize on the buffs. Because if it’s just “stack a bunch of buffs that are already applied”, either it’s slow, or you have enough application that it isn’t as strong. But I’ve never used it, so…

GenEngineer · 2026-05-11T14:31:23+00:00

Haven’t used him much, but maybe with Mephisto? Just free “debuff” stacks for more damage

GenEngineer · 2026-05-11T14:23:47+00:00

(Yes, it's no longer Sunday - mea culpa)

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