socalfunplaces Chapter 713: Why Care About Them?
Chapter 713: Why Care About Them?
Chapter 713 - Why Care About Them?"Sometimes, battles between large monsters can also be used by hunters to their advantage," Takayuki said. "When two large monsters fight, it creates an opening for hunters. This also makes the ecosystem in the monster world feel more real."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
They had actually felt, even from earlier versions, that the game world was a little off in terms of logic. But they couldn't quite put their finger on it at the time and just assumed it was how games were.
Now, with Takayuki's explanation, they realized—it was only natural for large monsters to have territories, and it was only natural for them to fight over them.
In real-world animal kingdoms, territory and hierarchy are a given. So in a world like Monster Hunter, not having that made things feel inconsistent.
"President," someone raised their hand, "how many inter-monster rivalries are we expected to design this time?"
The one asking was one of the level designers.
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Clearly, he was already thinking about his upcoming workload.
Takayuki replied decisively, "The more, the better. As long as everything is logically consistent. You should study real-world examples of animal territorial behavior and dominance structures. Then, combine that with our Monster Hunter world to create a unique ecosystem system that fits our lore."
Looks like another trip to the countryside for field re
Takayuki couldn't help but wonder if this was some elaborate prank or if someone had actually paid trolls to pretend to care.
Were there really people so foolish that they wanted to defend digital creatures made from 1s and 0s?
Even with his experience living two lives, he struggled to understand.
But it didn't slow down development at all.
Although the controversy stirred up a lot of noise in the public, it didn't affect their internal pace.
Still, there were plenty of voices predicting doom.
They believed Gamestar's provocative behavior would alienate much of their audience.
"No way players would support a game that so blatantly disregards the value of life," they said.