Okay i have been hearing alot about how Capcom completely took out the blood in Unite.

Its not that big of a deal but I was just curious if it was true.

not entirely true. still there but not in the vast amounts as seen in japanese MH games.

May 13, 2009 -- 8:32PM, Rhyv wrote:

Yeah.... Gamefaqs is pretty unreliable when it comes to the board but I kind of assumed it is was wrong when I posted a thread about it and no one responded.

Well im glad I have that cleared up.

Only reliable source on that site are the actual FAQ's. mhf2 has a little bit of blood. Not alot but enough so you can see it.

Seeing the japanese blood added to MHFU would be a wonderful little touch. :)

Well, I think the issue comes from inside each and everyone of us that care about the blood levels. That is, my view regarding it might different from everybody else's.

In that case, allow me to share my views.

I don't particularly "calculate" every single inch or centimeter of the game, but the blood serves the nice purpose of a damage indicator. Sure, your sword or hammer slows down a bit when you hit a weak spot. But how can you tell that your friend across the map hit the Rathian in the head with his Long Sword? In the Japanese versions, you'd see a big red X followed by a blood splash. In the Western versions, you have to ask your friend. And if you're playing online without voice-chat, that becomes highly inconvenient.

The other issue comes mostly from men (generalization... sorry...). I, being one, understand how I feel about it. And through conversations with other male MH players, more often than not I get the same reactions: The blood is just there to quench our thirst for a little over the top violence. And it does it's job pretty well, in the Japanese versions, that is.
Now regarding female MH players, they usually don't care about the excessive amounts of blood.

You see, God of War has gory scenes of eye-stabbing moves, dismemberment, etc. It is one of the best-selling franchises in the West, and supposedly did pretty well on the PSP (in the West). Monster Hunter, doesn't have anything more gory than cutting off a tail, or a Velociprey in half. In my opinion, its blood would be part of its appeal... But that was thrown out the window. Thanks ESRB.

Ultimately, my opinion is that the game is pretty realistic in most aspects, but it's already on the side of "over the top" (just look at the monsters... Rajang in particular), so why not have a cool looking visual effect such as the blood?

PS: In the future, I see the extintion of "paintballs". The way I imagine we would track the Monsters would be by hitting key parts of their bodies. Then, they'd be bleeding as they travel through the map, for a short period of time. That would also give us a good reason to use the Binoculars, no? (looking from one area to the next with the binoculars)