r/MonsterHunter 1d ago

MH Wilds Wilds' Mizutsune is *GORGEOUS*

RTX on, max settings, High-Res texture pack.

This is the most impressive that this monster has ever been. The iridescent effect, the scale and fur texture, the bubbles... absolutely everything is incredible and looks fantastic. What a delight to the eyes to fight this thing at night in the Scarlet Forest. Even the intro cutscene was amazing and the pose with the name is among the best I've seen in a long time.

Seeing the bubble-fox glow up in 6th gen has made me incredibly hyped to see Lagiacrus in TU2. We waited a long time, guys, but I am sure our croc boy is going to look shockingly beautiful.

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u/wirelessfingers 1d ago

"RTX ON, Max Settings"

Yeah bro, as if I can handle that

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u/matsuku 1d ago

My room would get several degrees hotter whenever i turn on and play monster hunter Unironically been doing that when i feel cold 😭

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u/Lone-Frequency 7h ago

I always have a box fan running in the room that my PC is in whenever I'm doing long game sessions, but even then, after a few hours playing a demanding title you can definitely tell the temperature difference compared to the rest of the house lol

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u/Ok_Confection_10 15h ago

Bro colllected all 3 5090s in existence and somehow got them SLI

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u/Pokepunk710 12h ago

he might even be getting a stable 50fps with that. I'm jealous

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u/AlwaysTrustAFlumph 21h ago

Bros got the liquid nitrogen cooled rtx 9090 Super Ti rig, nice humble brag bro!

smh my head

/s

(Fr tho I'd love to see what OP is talking about but unfortunately my PC is about as powerful as an Xbox one, so I'm relegated to PS5 for this one. Even still, it's the best it's looked. Honestly my only issue with the graphics in the game so far have just been LOD and render distance.

Why can I not even load all the grass in a single area Capcom, why?)

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u/Lone-Frequency 7h ago

Because Capcom really doesn't know how to optimize games lol

Just letting you know, but even with a rig that runs everything at max settings, having all the grass come in at a distance looks really fucky when looking down at the planes from the base camp, so you aren't missing much in that regard. Something about the lighting doesn't seem to properly hit the grass from that distance, so it's like a very noticeable difference in brightness between that and the ground.

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u/SadImpact812 1d ago

Yes he is, now tell him to stop kicking my ass.

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u/Personal-Kangaroo835 8h ago

what weapon do you run? with hammer i've been abusing the poor funny fox fish

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u/SadImpact812 7h ago

I fought him with a long sword, but for most oth the game it's been gs and cb. Though I may just main everything

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u/Personal-Kangaroo835 7h ago

Yeah, if you stun him and stop him from spazzing. I just fought him tempered, paralysis, exhaust and stun is just unfair for the funny fox dragon fish

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u/wb2006xx 4h ago

He is so fun to fight, but man are some of his moves deceptively high damage. Lost count of how many times I carted to that tail slam

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u/dyinginneed 1d ago

mizu is the monster that got me into mh before i even played, i saw it SOMEWHERE and went :0!!! where is that from and now i am addicted to mh:world. such a gorgeous creature design

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u/raxdoh 1d ago

I don’t think world has bubble fox? :0

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u/dyinginneed 1d ago

unfortunately not!! i wish they were tho ): i think bubble fox is in rise tho

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u/apexodoggo No longer a Long Sword one-trick. 1d ago

Rise converted me into a bubble fox fan (I liked it before, but playing through Rise it’s jumped up to Top 5), which is good because you fight Mizutsune a lot in Rise.

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u/animeandbeauty 1d ago

Bubble fox is in rise! It was my favorite monster to fight

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u/AlwaysTrustAFlumph 21h ago

It is in Rise as well as generations ultimate, the last game in the "old generation" of games. Lots of QOL changes in world that make it hard to go back, but generations ultimate also has the deviant version of mizu, as well as just being generally a great game and an awesome sendoff to the old world.

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u/dyinginneed 13h ago

i always love to go back and revisit older games in a series that im enjoying, so i defs gotta check gen ultimate out!

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u/AlwaysTrustAFlumph 9h ago

Gen Ultimate and 3U are probably the ones most worth going back and playing. Generations Ultimate is a love letter to the old gen. To this date it still has the largest monster roster, and Ahtal -Ka the G-rank final boss is one of the coolest monsters ever designed (spoiler alert, it pilots a mech). And 3U is awesome cause tri and 3u are the only games in the series that ever featured full underwater exploration and combat.

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u/herd-u-liek-mudkips 1d ago

I thought the same. It looks absolutely brilliant. Cool moves too. OTOH I wasn't much a fan of the new rendition of the musical theme. IMO it lacks the drive and identity of the earlier versions.

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u/Kenshirosan 1d ago

Rise Mizu theme was peak for me.

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u/alxanta 21h ago

not to mention how it instantly drop into vocal chorus on violet mizu phase 2 chef kiss

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u/GabrielGames69 1d ago

I don't think it is great mizutsune theme but I do think it's a great wilds mizutsune theme. It looses some of the monsters identity to add in the games identity and it makes it a treat to fight in the scarlet forrest imo.

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u/raxdoh 1d ago

that’s the overall issue with wilds music. they tuned down those ‘identities’ in them and make them more like Hollywood soundtracks. it sounds fine individually but with the game sound effect and movement going on they become kinda subtle and punchless.

the only ones that still have that oomf feel is the iceshard skiff battle music and the rathalos new bgm. the arrangement is still wack but at least they got the punch.

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u/renannmhreddit 16h ago

All the apex themes, Arkveld and Zoh Shia are great

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u/herd-u-liek-mudkips 15h ago

I think the apex themes are pretty punchy but I do agree wrt. the overall direction of the music.

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u/restloy 17h ago

Concur. Wilds’ music is just overall meh. Mizutsune’s theme was weak (Rise is peak imo). I couldn’t even hear if or when Proof of a Hero played in this game. I’m HR91 and have done everything in this game including the extra 2 hours of content of TU1.

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u/raxdoh 12h ago

rise mizutsune music is peak because it's a match in heaven lol. that core tune with rise's overall japanese asthetic is just perfect.

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u/SMagnaRex 14h ago

Disagree, Gore’s theme for one really sounds amazing. I can really hear it while fighting, really adds tension to the fight. As opposed to previous Gore themes which imo were lacking.

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u/raxdoh 12h ago

gore is amazing is because the core tune is the same as usual. but compare to other versions this is still the weakest in my opinion.

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u/SNESS112 10h ago

I personally thought the Rise version was weaker. Original is still the best, but wilds one is actually not bad. Shagaru Magala's theme was great in Rise though. I hope it will be just as good, if not better in Wilds

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u/raxdoh 10h ago

rise version mizutsune feels weak because it lacks punchy beats since they tried to stick with traditional japanese instruments. the difference were those vocals. but the japanese asthetic with its overall design is peak.

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u/Tonberryc 1d ago

Lucky you. My 4070 Ti Super can't even remotely run the high-res texture pack without lowering settings, and even then, my only crashes were with that pack installed.

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u/SomeoneNotFamous 21h ago

5090 here, got stutters with the pack and the one thing that fixed it was RE Framework with the Disable Post FX scripts.

The game not only run way better, it looks way better too.

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u/Jak3_6 17h ago

I had insane stutters with it on my 4080 before TU1. Runs fine now that they fixed the vram issues

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u/renannmhreddit 16h ago

They didnt remove VRAM issues. Some people even had it worse. They might've changed something, it just doesnt seem all good.

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u/raxdoh 1d ago

4070 ti should be perfectly fine. your issue is with the cpu.

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u/renannmhreddit 16h ago

I think the issue is with their implementation of textures. I've never seen textures needing a better CPU, usually you can load extremely high detail textures without any problem as long as you have enough VRAM.

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u/Tauntmaster 1d ago

You should be able to play on max settings with the high res texture back on a 4070 Ti Super, unless your CPU is a major bottleneck. It is definitely strong enough, I've had no issues on mine with graphics.

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u/tigerwarrior02 23h ago

Idk I have a 5080 and I can’t run the high res pack at 4k without stuttering, there’s an issue with DirectStorage

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u/Limp-Judge-623 15h ago

No that's our GPU running out of VRAM. 4k max settings uses around 20-22gb VRAM on my PC (depends on map).

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u/tigerwarrior02 15h ago edited 15h ago

I can promise you it is not lol. I tested it on a 24gb 7900xtx and it had the exact same issues but worse.

ETA: for the record I mean upscaled 4k with DLSS on both quality and performance. I have no doubt that native 4k takes that much vram

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u/Limp-Judge-623 11h ago edited 11h ago

Don't understand your comment. Are you saying the game isn't using that much VRAM with upscaling?

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u/tigerwarrior02 11h ago

I’m saying that with my specific settings I had the exact same stutters with 16 or 24gb vram. Because vram isn’t the issue.

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u/HydrationHomee 1d ago

Brother could be playing at a higher resolution

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u/AlwaysTrustAFlumph 21h ago

I'm kinda ignorant when it comes to PC graphics. My pc and budget can only afford 1080p and usually 60-120fps What would be the point of playing at a higher resolution without the high-quality texture pack? It seems to me like it might make more sense to try to get the game to look at as well as possible with the best quality textures before turning resolution up a lot. If you've got say a 4k monitor and you're playing in 4k, but you have a lower quality texture pack for it to work, that wouldn't be more noticeable?

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u/HydrationHomee 20h ago

To kind of expand on my point. Texture resolution and render resolution are totally separate things that can be tweaked individually in most games. That being said though running a high resolution texture pack on 1080p, while technically better is limited by the relative pixel density of 1080p screens as a whole.

In most modern games even medium textures are pretty high resolution so you'll visually get a lot more mileage out of running the game itself at a higher resolution before running the highest texture setting.

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u/renannmhreddit 16h ago

A lot of these games' textures are low quality though. They did some weird shit that fucked up with the textures loading, they reload every time you move the camera around. In the grand hub if you turn really fast you'll see the pillars in the distance reloading again.

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u/HydrationHomee 20h ago

The high setting textures already look pretty stunning on their own (outside of a couple environmental textures) so playing at a higher resolution is completely acceptable even without the high res textures. The texture pack is there to push the limits of your PC for a little extra fidelity. I would say for most people it just ain't worth it.

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u/_Arthur-Dent_ 9h ago

Thoughts for a 4080 super/i9 14900kf? Have been considering it but I average around 90-100 fps on DLAA and I don't really want to use DLSS.

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u/Puddi360 soznotsoz 20h ago

My 4070 was running 60fps base with the HD texture pack. Stutters were annoying though so preferred going back to high textures

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u/Irredeemable 13h ago

I have a 4070 Super too. Just gave up and unistalled the texture pack. :(

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u/skyline_crescendo 1d ago

They did Mizutsune justice, it’s absolutely gorgeous and has a great move set. When Laguacrus rolls around and hell anything title update wise, they’re going continue to cook.

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u/raxdoh 1d ago

I love the fact that they added some subtle light effect on the ground under those bubbles like the light shines through them. i literally stopped the attacks and just stared at those bubbles. it’s beautiful.

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u/rathosalpha 1d ago

I couldn't tell over the lag seriously after the update it lagged so hard the audio stopped during the cutscene

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u/A-Literal-Nobody 1d ago

That's been happening for me since launch. Killed all tension in several cutscenes.

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u/StanGe205 1d ago

Had the same issue as you both. What has helped me was deleting the shader shader cache located in the install directory.

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u/rathosalpha 1d ago

It only happened after the title update for me. Was this what all the bad reviews where talking about?

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u/A-Literal-Nobody 1d ago

In part, yes, definitely. No fixes have worked for me, I'm just glad it stopped happening as much and didn't affect the Zoh Shia cutscene

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u/rathosalpha 1d ago

Luckily I beat legally distict equal dragon weapon before the title update

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u/matu_ninixu 1d ago

just wish hed spawn more in my game cuz he never does

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u/69xGrindfestx420 1d ago edited 1d ago

Rest for inclemency, check wyveria and forest, bonus zoh

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u/AlEzMond 14h ago

is there a specific time or is the season enough?

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u/69xGrindfestx420 13h ago

I didn’t test to see if time really had an impact unfortunately. The season should suffice.

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u/VolubleWanderer 23h ago

Best mizutsune has run ever. Too bad the music is absolutely garbage compared to rise and gu.

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u/SomeoneNotFamous 21h ago

Still prefer how colorful he is in Risebreak tho.

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u/Subject_Recording355 18h ago

My biggest gripe is the lack of “AAAAA” for his theme

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u/TheMizuMustFlow 1d ago

I covet it's dual blades.

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u/Amphi-XYZ 19h ago

I just love the fact that he becomes a Soulseer when enraged

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u/ashtray518 18h ago

Graphics low, diss swapper, every tweak I could try and he looks like 30fps pudding. Beautiful!

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u/Shameless_Catslut 22h ago

Bathtime with bubble-fox is a very fun experience.

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u/uncreative14yearold 17h ago

I'm absolutely loving the new model and have been fawning over my beautiful bubble boy for the last 24 hours lol.

They made him a lot more fox like both in terms of face and general body proportions. Which is obviously the point, but they've gotten across a lot more clearly this time.

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u/spreeforall 17h ago

Bro my computer would burn my house down on those settings.

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u/renannmhreddit 16h ago

Doesnt RTX only affect water? Also the high-res texture look better, for some reason, prob terrible implementation, they stutter my pc, despite having 16GB of VRAM. I've never seen a game stutter so much because of textures despite me having enough VRAM for it.

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u/Karvaos 15h ago

My card has 20GB Vram and I still can’t use the texture pack without texture loading and stutter issues :(

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u/Slycking 13h ago

You're correct, RTX doesn't add anything besides water reflections!

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u/BigGreeneTractor 16h ago

The most beautiful one is tempered and dead. 😌

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u/Ellspop 14h ago

Well he was pretty much only in games designed directly for handheld consoles before, if this was not the best looking version of it, it would have been a dissapointment, specially considering Wilds requirements.

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u/Spacespacespaaaaaace 11h ago

It's also a soulseer. Somehow

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u/hgwaz 8h ago

Very enjoyable powerpoint presentation

Kind of unrelated, but wilds has some of the worst RT I've seen. It's just the reflections and they aren't even good. Especially with that performance cost.

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u/Andrei8p4 22h ago

He looks great but was he always that small ? I may be misremembering because its been a while since i played rise but i could swear he was bigger in rise.

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u/uncreative14yearold 17h ago

I think you just got a smaller one. They have sized him down a bit, he's also a lot more slender to get his silhouette closer to that of a fox.

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u/TyphoonEXE 1d ago

Worst mizu theme so far though.

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u/KentBugay06 21h ago

Now we just need khezu for that sweet 4k foreskin

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u/Similar-Let-6607 23h ago

Mizu is hot since generatios, what are you talking about.

Wait I didn't mean tha-

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u/MeiShimada 19h ago

Well it would be if the game wasn't a blurry, smeary mess. On my liquid cooled 4090 the game actually looks like a ps3 trying to run a ps5 game with every form of scaling and frame gen possible.

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u/The_Relx New Main Every Game 1d ago

The long series of pink polygons I usually see is definitely something to behold. /s

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u/yosu14_ 21h ago

Unfortunately the BGM is kinda underwhelming IMO. Maybe because Rise's one is too peak.

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u/Igniscryo 20h ago

Wish I could get his theme in thr camp bgm.

Didn't appear after the optional quest.

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u/Eastman1982 20h ago

Never seen the monster before I started with world. I wasn’t expecting it to move so fast and glide on basically soap. Great monster with cool fight.

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u/CliveVII 19h ago

I like the long bubble he can make, something about it...

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u/Whothehecktookmyname 17h ago

The tail is just so fuzzy! ... and yes it hits me with it a lot.

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u/xMaxMOx 17h ago

Yeah they combined both variants from rise into one so it does both water and fire bubble attacks

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u/RLSQ30 Hunter since Freedom 2 12h ago

The Soulseer mode is amazing. Carted twice on my first encounter with my new HR 30 character, the damage when it switches mode caught me off guard

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u/Lone-Frequency 7h ago

I thought the same thing during its intro cutscene. That pose it strikes in the moonlight when it's name scrolls across the screen is probably the the most beautiful and aesthetic introductory scene for a monster.

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u/Zwsgvbhmk 6h ago

Is it just me, or is RTX in this game not very demanding? Like, I got used to fps dropping by like 10, 20, or even 30 when I turn RTX on in other games, but in wilds, it's like what.. 3 to 4 frames on low? Maybe 6 or 7 on high?

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u/Key-Mathematician759 5h ago

Not as gorgeous as you ;)

But yeah Wilds Mizu is definitely beautiful and majestic

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u/MonkeyBotLove 5h ago

I don't think color blind mode is going to help me with this

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u/LordBandimer 1h ago

It’s also a pixel-for-pixel asset-flip of monster hunter world files. Would have been nice to get a new monster.

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u/Kizuna92 1d ago

This instance of Mizu is awesome. If this is the first title update im really hyped for what is to come, especially if the leaks are true...

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u/OdelloJones 1d ago

What leaks?

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u/matu_ninixu 1d ago

ok so obviously dont look if you dont want to be spoiled but theres quite a few monsters that have been leaked, the most hyped one being gogmazios

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u/Kizuna92 1d ago

The less you know, the better

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u/SoloSassafrass 1d ago

Are you an antagonist from a Kingdom Hearts game?

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u/Juankun96 23h ago

I'm barley being able to play on my ps5 so I'll just believe you

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u/smileykaiju 20h ago

My girl looks so goood!!!

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u/Yellowspawn 14h ago edited 13h ago

For me it looked horrible, the fur (like any fur in the game) looked like some sort of low res porridge, and I could see all the 24 individual pixels on the rest of mizutsunes texture in my constant brainfog filter.

Truly a miracle of life.

Edit: since I got downvoted I feel like I need to elaborate, that I have no doubt it looks better on higher settings.

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u/Skellum 1d ago

It just seemed kinda like a reddish pink blob running about. The bubbles do look pretty but the constant movement and lack of a real reason to want to fight them long run I think will be a disadvantage for it.

I will say for a water monster it's definitely more aesthetically pleasing than Lavasioth.

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u/SushiJaguar 1d ago

N o

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u/Mr_Pink_Gold 21h ago

Ok but put it back in your pants.

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u/poosol 21h ago

If Mizutsune was a human he would be a gay twink that would call you slurs during sex.