Fatalis is Fatal - Let's Stream Monster Hunter World: Iceborne - 9/30/2020
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Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is an expansion pack developed and published by Capcom for the 2018 action role-playing game Monster Hunter: World. It was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in September 2019 and for Windows in January 2020. It introduces new monsters, improved gameplay mechanics a new story set in Hoarfrost Reach, an arctic-themed region. The game was both a commercial and critical success, selling more than 5 million copies upon release.
Similar to the base game, Iceborne the player takes the role of a Hunter, slaying or trapping large monsters solo or cooperatively with other players. Iceborne features a new arctic ecosystem named Hoarfrost Reach, said to be one of the largest maps created by the team, where players will encounter both new and returning creatures.[1] As the player slowly progresses in the story, more areas in Hoarfrost Reach will be opened up for players to explore. As it is set in a cold environment, players need to consume hot drinks or visit hotsprings so that their stamina would not deplete. Snow would also slow down the player's movement.[2] Seliana was Hoarfrost Reach's hub area, where players can visit weaponsmiths and chefs.[3] The expansion features a new fast travel system called Raider Rides, allowing players to tame and ride on smaller creatures to either travel to a designed point on the map or to track a monster, with the player still gathering certain resources while in transit.[4]
Capcom also introduced new combat options and gadgets in Iceborne, such as giving players the ability to grapple onto monsters with the new Clutch Claw gadget, and stun creatures using Flinch Shot. The Slinger can also now be used with the primary weapons drawn out.[5] All weapons archetypes gained expanded upgrade paths, as well as additional combat moves to help improve their potency. Existing armor and weapon gear gained additional upgrade levels.[6] Iceborne also introduced new layered armors, allowing players to equip additional armor pieces atop their existing armor sets to customize the outward appearance of the hunter, while keeping the same equipment skills.[7] Iceborne introduces a new hunter rank named Master Rank. Upon reaching Master Rank, players would encounter more challenging enemies and creatures, though they would also gain better rewards such as receiving new armour sets.[3]
When a mysterious song is suddenly heard across the New World and spurs a mass flock of Legiana, monsters native to the Coral Highlands, to suddenly migrate beyond the sea, the Research Commission investigates. They track the Legiana to a polar subcontinent and set up a base of operations there, which they dub the Hoarfrost Reach and Seliana respectively. As the Hunter and Handler explore the land, they discover evidence of unusual seismic activity which seemingly caused the ecological changes that prompted Legiana migration. Meanwhile, the Tracker conducts her own investigation into her long-missing mentor. Her search proves fruitful, as she finds the wreckage of her mentor's ship and a scrap of cloth denoting the existence of a monster known as the "Old Everwyrm;" which seemingly links the song and seismic action.
Back in Astera, the ecological disturbances have caused more powerful monsters to appear, including an ice Elder Dragon; Velkhana. As it freezes environments all over the New World, the Commission decides that, unless they fight back, the ecosystem will become too hostile to continue their expedition. The Hunter is sent to confront the Elder Dragon and is able to drive it back to its home in the Hoarfrost Reach. However, this causes it to begin encroaching on Seliana, forcing the Hunter to once again drive it back; later tracking it down and finishing it off once and for all. Upon Velkhana's defeat though, the song is heard once again and causes more seismic activity. The Commission find a pattern in the places where the song appears and predicts where it will appear next. Traveling there with the Handler and Tracker, the Hunter finds the Old Everwyrm, an Elder Dragon that emits sonic vibrations; Shara Ishvalda. The fight between it and the commission is interrupted, however, when a Nergigante appears and kills the Elder Dragon. This act causes the Admiral to deduce the Nergitantes' place in the food chain: killing monsters that threaten the ecosystem.
Later, the Hunter and the Handler track the Nergigante to a brand new subcontinental island, an amalgam of different habitats and ecosystems, which they dubbed the Guiding Lands. The Commission elects to continue exploring this new land and discover its mysteries as well.
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