Despite having not fought Alatreon and Fatalis I feel I have played enough of Iceborne to say that it’s an improvement to everything MHW did.
To keep this short I’ll say that I reviewed MHW based purely off what was available in World, so no clutch claw was included. The addition of the Clutch Claw was such a good idea being able to give all weapons more approaches to combat and giving a new layer to dealing with some of the stellar new fights available in Iceborne. The new moves added to the weapons also echoes what I previously said and was a welcome addition.
The new monsters and areas are as always fantastic and extremely fun to fight especially the likes of Safi’Jiiva, Shara Ishvalda, Velkhana and even some of the normal large monsters like Zinogre and Rajang were also challenging but engaging fights. There was only one monster that I really didn’t enjoy but this was one out of the 70 monsters overall that was really annoying which is pretty good going (it’s Blackveil Vaal Hazak).
The array of smaller additions such as layered armour and weapons as well as new way to get materials through the steam works were very welcome additions and being able to fully customise the look of your character without sacrificing the bonuses of your armour and weapons was something I was hoping I’d be able to do in World but I’m glad it was included in Iceborne.
With that said Iceborne is a near essential expansion to the experience of MHW and adds a whole new games worth of content worthy of its price tag and time investment. MHW and Iceborne have set an incredible standard for the series and I’m excited to play Rise soon.
10/10
To keep this short I’ll say that I reviewed MHW based purely off what was available in World, so no clutch claw was included. The addition of the Clutch Claw was such a good idea being able to give all weapons more approaches to combat and giving a new layer to dealing with some of the stellar new fights available in Iceborne. The new moves added to the weapons also echoes what I previously said and was a welcome addition.
The new monsters and areas are as always fantastic and extremely fun to fight especially the likes of Safi’Jiiva, Shara Ishvalda, Velkhana and even some of the normal large monsters like Zinogre and Rajang were also challenging but engaging fights. There was only one monster that I really didn’t enjoy but this was one out of the 70 monsters overall that was really annoying which is pretty good going (it’s Blackveil Vaal Hazak).
The array of smaller additions such as layered armour and weapons as well as new way to get materials through the steam works were very welcome additions and being able to fully customise the look of your character without sacrificing the bonuses of your armour and weapons was something I was hoping I’d be able to do in World but I’m glad it was included in Iceborne.
With that said Iceborne is a near essential expansion to the experience of MHW and adds a whole new games worth of content worthy of its price tag and time investment. MHW and Iceborne have set an incredible standard for the series and I’m excited to play Rise soon.
10/10