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), and it's already putting a big ol' grin on my face. The map is huge and beautiful. Riding a Seikret is a blast. My cat speaks English. Carrying two weapo—wait hey now, my cat speaks perfect English?to give his opinion on our current situation I honestly thought it was a gag. Surely there was another off-screen human character doing the actual speaking who Capcom was about to unveil, but nope. By default, the cats talk in this one, and I just don't like it.
It's clear that Capcom wants to expand your Palico's role in this Monster Hunter story—part of a larger trend of Wilds being more cinematic and story-focused than World—by making them a proper character, but I wonder if Capcom is walking into a Meowth situation. In the Pokémon anime, all Pokémon are treated like pets. All except for Meowth, the member of Team Rocket whose unique command of human language elevates him to the status of a partner, or at least subordinate coworker.
If you sped through the Palico creation screen the first time, you can return to the edit screen from the main menu, toggle on Felyne language, then enjoy quieter hunts and cuter communications. I'm interested to see how cutscenes are affected by the change, though: will Himbo's lines of dialogue just be strung-together growls? I hope so.Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.
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