User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Plesioth (4th Gen)/@comment-5020152-20161209143048

Last week, I said I'd be jumping on the Plesioth Hate Train with everyone else, and here I am. Full steam ahead, guys! And to think Plesioth used to be my favorite monster...

Plesioth was awesome back in 3U, especially after fighting it for the first time in FU and being forced to master Gunner weapons (which I never truly did!) to avoid that infernal Hip Check. I loved Plesioth in 3U. After fighting progressively-harder underwater monsters - Ludroth, Gobul, Laggy, and Ceadeus - I was glad that Plesioth continued the trend and offered me an even greater challenge with its combination of power and speed. Plesioth also has a flawless design, which was a large part of the reason I became enchanted with Monster Hunter in the first place.

Then... we have Generations. Oh, how the mighty have fallen, amirite?

Let me tell you, I hope somebody got fired at Capcom the day they decided to bring this monster back IN A GAME WITHOUT FUCKING WATER COMBAT, because whoever had that GENIUS idea should have just gone and jumped off a cliff. That is the SINGLE WORST DECISION Capcom has ever made. Take a monster that was pure shit in the 1st and 2nd Gens, one that only got any positive reception when they put it in a game that allowed people to fight it underwater, and then make it pure shit again! Everyone's happy, right? WRONG. No-one's happy, you lose, do not pass Go, do not collect 200 zenny.

I think Generations really drives the point home that we need underwater fights back. Because Lagiacrus and Plesioth both need water combat to be any fun at all.