Well I don't see capcom stepping up to bat and making the most obvious choice for the franchise ever (without outsourcing it).
Is it ironic that they just made a press release about poor profits due to declining quality from outsourcing... and then they give a big name project like this to Tencent?
I know it won't be the best thing ever, but it will be a good way to pull more people in to the real games (as long as they don't get the wrong idea about what should and shouldn't be in MH).
The most obvious choice for the franchise? What, turning it into an MMO? Making it HD?
MH is not an MMO. It never was and I would certainly never want it to be. The games are a great single player experience as well as a great multiplayer experience, but I would never want it to become solely Multiplayer in the form of an MMO.
A proper HD Monster Hunter title would be great, although I don't really think it's necessary nor would it do much outside of make it look nicer. Unless they're doing something big with the extra power, like better AI or more dynamic environments, that is.
The problem is that this doesn't really look like Monster Hunter, and given Tencent's track record I'm very worried about what it'll actually be. I don't want Capcom thinking that MHO is what the west wants, nor do I want it taking the place of actual MH games in the west. I'd much rather people actually play the main series and finding out whether they like it than be exposed to something that isn't MH pretending to be.
Keep this shit in China. They love pay2win MMOs.
