Storyline:

I like TRisk's ideas for either-gendered main characters. Mass Effect has done it perfectly, so there's no real reason why it wouldn't work... though, I don't care for the names. By using a similar system like Monster Hunter's character generation (pick pre-set faces, skin tones, and voice) you could end up allowing for an actual immersive storyline without taking away the badass levels of customization LP2 allows for. 

Take the same way LP2's different "factions" were, and just allow for different parts (armor, clothes, equipment, etc.) and variable color schemes for each of the 4 main characters. I dunno...

Also, I'm tired of fighting NEVEC. I'd like a storyline that's more focused on Mankind vs. Akrid ... and preferably not written like LP1. I know everyone likes to say LP1 had a good story, but it was one big-ass quagmire of anime cliche plot-devices. Avenging dead fathers, fighting the "evil corporation", amnesiac loner main character... all done to death. 

Maybe even have the storyline focus on the different snow pirate factions vying for dominance in the wake of NEVEC's downfall after LP2 at first, then building up to focusing on some new threat of evolved Akrid that've come out of hibernation due to the planet's thawing and the massive influx of T-Eng released into the enviroment after the Over-G was obliterated... forcing the snow pirates to once again put aside their differences for the sake of mankind's survival.  

Controls, Weapons, Etc. : 

Special moves would be cool... more acrobatics with the anchor would be great to have. Picture run-and-gunning in a multiplayer match, anchoring onto the ceiling and using the momentum to swing yourself forward over stuff, etc. Having certain unlockable abilities that tie into an expanded anchor system would also be beneficial, like a "combat landing" where instead of falling from a great height and getting stuck in the "getting back to your feet" animation, your character lands in a different animation totally weapons-ready.

Or some kind of additional maneuvers to get out of being trapped by certain animations. Like by timing it right and using the "Roll" button combo or pressing jump before a certain point in the "blasted back" animation, you'd be able to roll onto your back and slide onto your knees, skidding back up to your feet (a la MHTri) instead of being thrown, rolling across the ground, settling to a halt and slowly climbing back up. Basically, implementing little tricks that a talented player could use to get themselves out of bad situations. 

I'd like if each weapon had multiple variants (Machine Gun, Machine Gun II, Machine Gun SP, etc.) but allowing for more customization for each individual weapon. Maybe not in terms of performance-tweaking, but just cosmetic stuff like being able to put a different paintjob on my favorite Rocket Launcher, etc.

Just a few thoughts... anyhow...back to my Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on PSP since my router's still too stupid to recognize my Wii, hence no Tri. :/ 

May 14, 2011 -- 4:46AM, Feral Manx wrote:

I didn't mean all that facial stuff and Mass Effect, not to mention, isn't he/she only referred to as Commander Shepard? From what the Wikia says, their first names are pretty much John and Jane Doe. That's not even trying and would waste even more time for secondary voice clips if males and females had different names. It would work if it was one character with two names, but this is 4 characters with two names, which could be switched for 16 combinations, that would be a bit much. 

You kinda have Wayne wrong, he wasn't a loner stereotype. He fought alone because he pretty much had to, he was the only one of them at the time capable to do the tasks required of him. He offered his services and mentioned he was a capable VS pilot when they needed one. Not to mention he's considered a super human like Basil and Bandero are. Those three may have been the only ones with Anchors too. He hasn't shrugged off the help of others, and the plot made it so Joe had to go separate from him, otherwise Wayne would have gladly taken his help. 

He was amnesiac, but he wasn't looking for his memories like the majority of them do. His memories came to him, not the other way around. Though yeah he did seek to avenge his father, but that cliche isn't just in animes nor did it start there. You find it in both eastern and western media, same with evil corporations and government using the military. Not only that, it wasn't just about his father, but Yuri, his father and the survival of all colonists of EDN III. 

Also just so you know. Episodes 1,2 and 3 were NOT about fighting NEVEC. In the end, when it came down to Episode 5, it wasn't about NEVEC, it was about Desert Pirates being Pirates, it so happen that NEVEC was their target. Episode 6 started you off fighting them sure, but in the end NEVEC had to take a backseat to the current problem, being EDN III and the Over G. NEVEC was more of a prominent threat in LP1 than in LP2 and not by much. Here they pretty much did everything from behind the scenes. That big bad Commander of theirs was only shown for one scene.

As for for special moves, well once i'm done with my final entry for my blog, I'll get to more of that myself here. I do want a wall bounce if I collide with a flat vertical surface though and a quick recovery in the direction I'm holding the Analog stick in if I time the fall right with B / Circle. 

I'd only like to see one thing, and I posted this on another thread, but I would love to see more Cat-G can't get enough of this Monster Hunter stuff! wooo.