As this was my first Monster Hunter game this left a great impression of the series after putting it off for several years thinking “damn, I know I’d like this if I properly tried it again.”and as it turns out I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it.
The few complaints I have with the game boil down to some monsters feeling a bit tedious and having move sets that felt clunky or awkward to work around but there was very few out of the base games 30 plus large monsters that really did this and the majority of the hunts were fantastic.
My only other complaint lies at lack of character the characters had. I know the game is “monster” hunter so I didn’t really go into this expecting groundbreaking character writing as all the attention to detail and world building would obviously focus on the monsters but it would of been nice if the characters even got names rather than just titles.
I feel what put me off this game for so long was that I just didn’t find the right weapon to use. Since the game offers 14 different weapons types that all vary greatly in play style I feel that there’s an option for everyone who tries the game it’s just that you need to find the one that clicks, for me that was the Insect Glaive as being able to interact and knock down monsters from the sky added a new layer onto the gameplay that is very engaging.
The attention to the monsters AI is really intricate and incredibly well designed as there’s tons of unique interactions the monsters can have with the player, environment or even other monsters through turf wars or just both of their attacks working so well together that it never really looked strange and flowed naturally.
I never really felt the grind for materials for your gear was too egregious and the majority of the time I could get everything I needed with 5 to 10 hunts. This speeds up greatly doing hunts online which is always a blast.
The music is overall great and really shines in its unique tracks for the Elder Dragons and the environments all felt fun to explore and never got dull to have to revisit.
Overall an extremely enjoyable game that once you get used to the weapon that you’ve chosen it becomes highly engaging and has included some of the funnest fights I’ve played in a while. Would recommend anyone give it a try.
8/10
The few complaints I have with the game boil down to some monsters feeling a bit tedious and having move sets that felt clunky or awkward to work around but there was very few out of the base games 30 plus large monsters that really did this and the majority of the hunts were fantastic.
My only other complaint lies at lack of character the characters had. I know the game is “monster” hunter so I didn’t really go into this expecting groundbreaking character writing as all the attention to detail and world building would obviously focus on the monsters but it would of been nice if the characters even got names rather than just titles.
I feel what put me off this game for so long was that I just didn’t find the right weapon to use. Since the game offers 14 different weapons types that all vary greatly in play style I feel that there’s an option for everyone who tries the game it’s just that you need to find the one that clicks, for me that was the Insect Glaive as being able to interact and knock down monsters from the sky added a new layer onto the gameplay that is very engaging.
The attention to the monsters AI is really intricate and incredibly well designed as there’s tons of unique interactions the monsters can have with the player, environment or even other monsters through turf wars or just both of their attacks working so well together that it never really looked strange and flowed naturally.
I never really felt the grind for materials for your gear was too egregious and the majority of the time I could get everything I needed with 5 to 10 hunts. This speeds up greatly doing hunts online which is always a blast.
The music is overall great and really shines in its unique tracks for the Elder Dragons and the environments all felt fun to explore and never got dull to have to revisit.
Overall an extremely enjoyable game that once you get used to the weapon that you’ve chosen it becomes highly engaging and has included some of the funnest fights I’ve played in a while. Would recommend anyone give it a try.
8/10