User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Seregios/@comment-4899131-20151220203308

The King is deposed, long live The Usurper, Pinecone Steve!

I wont say too much about his design, gameplay & equipment, just that I agree with what most have said already here, that all of it is unique, well thought out and EXTREMELY cool & fun, even though the fight seems to end a bit quicker than one might think the first time one fights each version of him offline. Still a big buzz when one does beat him though.

What I really want to talk about is something Cottonmouth touched on in his review: the introductory cutscene. I absolutely loved how there was a quest that was basically an extended playable cutscene to introduce Seregios. This & how he subsequently turns up without fail in many of the subsequent 9* quests really gave the offline storyline infinitely more depth than Tri. Even though I already knew that said quest was "scripted to fail" when I played it, it really made me feel personally involved in the story & not just playing a great video game.

Congratulations Capcom, the thought & attention to detail that clearly went into everything about Seregios is what makes him probably my favourite monster of all those I've faced & MH4U such an enthralling game to play.