User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Fatalis (4th Gen)/@comment-7584137-20160222162006

So... time to talk about this terrible, apocalyptic "family".

I´ll be honest... I absolutely HATED this trio in the PSP games. Not because of their designs, those were always fine. I hated them because of how their hunts were. The only reason why they were so hard was because they were literal HP tanks that could one-shot you with the most basic and cheap attacks you can think of. I don´t care if my target is said to be a literal living apocalypse. If they this broken, I can´t see them as anything but a cheap and lame excuse for a boss. The ONLY time I had fun with these monsters in the PSP was when my cousins teamed up with me back at a family gathering to hunt them. And that fun, of course, was not because of the monsters, but because of our joking around.

But then along came their revamped versions. My opinion changed. A LOT. What were once the horrible, broken things that I only fought for completion´s sake became my favourite Elder Dragons, and some of my favourite monsters overall. They have become very enjoyable hunts for me. Some say they were nerfed. I say they were FIXED, and fixed RIGHT. So, allow me to get more in depth for each member of the "family":

Fatalis: Still the most generic of the group. Like it´s "siblings", it received some (IMO) excellent improvements. I really like those high-pitched noises it makes (alongside it´s "siblings"). It doesn´t sound at all like what I´d expect from such a large dragon, and that´s why I like it. Among the changes made to it, I particularly loved that new fire breath attack. After seeing that, I can actually believe that this beast once brought down an entire kingdom.

Crimson Fatalis: Well, again, some changes were made, but I won´t say much about it, as I feel that it is vastly overshadowed by it´s G-Rank version (AKA Smaug). An incredible design alongside a new attack that, while VERY annoying, is quite original to me. I just wish that the G-Rank Crimson Fatalis theme from Frontier played for it. Nothing wrong with the 4U soundtrack, it´s just that the Frontier Crimson theme is my favourite theme so far in MH. It just sounds so hauting.

White Fatalis: Altough I prefer Crimson in terms of design, this monster is still good in it´s own way. A great, altough not outstanding (for me at least) theme, and a EPIC entrance. I also always liked the way it looks like when it is enraged.

Overall, this monsters went from "creatures I despise" to "my favourite dragons in the whole series". For me, they are proof that, as long as there is a good revamp, bringing back old monsters is anything but a bad idea.