User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Great Jagras/@comment-4969421-20180204120145

Was debating whether or not should I comment since I haven't played the game yet, but guess I will anyways.

So Jagras right? Yeah I mean the small ones, why is no one talking about these little guys? I love them, they became my favorite minion actually. I find their design very interesting combining trails from many reptiles such as the snake heads, spiky crests, anole-like dewlaps etc. but then they have long, slender legs unlike any reptile which turns them into quick, nimble pack predators not really unlike wild dogs. That's really nice, you have lizards that act nothing like a lizards. It think it's a much needed change from the raptor dinosaur formula, 'preys were getting old really fast but Jagras manages to do the same thing on a completely different design, which automatically makes them the most interesting 'prey in my opinion. I also like how they have small color variations in-game with individuals having brighter or duller colorations, that's a really nice touch. And they're like super cute, I would definitely have one as a pet so that's a bonus too.

I really like Jagras and this is basically the reason I dislike Great Jagras. Because I see G. Jagras and I don't see any of the trails I liked from its minions. I see G. Jagras and I just see a fat Royal Ludroth. I think its design is really boring and uninspired, there's nothing interesting going on. Just a slow, fat lizard. The alikeness with Ludroth is more than a passing resemblance, they're almost clones: incredibly similar green and yellow color schemes, similar body structure, both have manes, the head is pretty much the same except bigger (serioulsy look at them side by side). I would have very much preferred if Great Jagras was more like other dromes and greatly resembled the 'prey version. In my opinion dromes should be a straight upgrade of the base 'prey design, like Gendrome, Great Jaggi, Great Maccao, etc. Pretty much the same thing with added bluff. I see Great Jagras' design as a straight downgrade, and the fact that it is literally my mom's Ludroth doesn't help either. Gameplay wise nothing too out of the ordinary, I mean it's a starting mon so it's very easy. Simple moveset, dies in two hits. There's the ballooning thing, giving a starting mon two movesets is nice but I don't think it matters that much because it just dies too quickly. And it's essentially the same thing as Zamtrios, so no novelty points this time. Also this has like the absolute worst "music" theme in the franchise like it's hilarious just how bad it is. So even less points. No redemption for Jagras, bonus points for Deviljho for bullying it.