At the time of writing, I didn't finish the main story yet. But I'm near the end. So, I saw enough to talk about it.

The gameplay loop is great fun. It's just boss rushes for materials and story progression. But what I want to talk about is how this game having a consistent difficulty curve made me love the series. After writing it off.

The first Monster Hunter I tried was Tri on 3DS. But the first actual boss in that game is such a big leap in difficulty I failed it multiple times across multiple hours until I got frustrated and dropped it. Basically, barely understanding the game but having to fight a boss that I think is as hard as the 6th or 7th one you find in this. Having fought monsters that got more difficult progressively, I could learn how to play the game better and have fun with it.

After seeing how I felt about trying this compared to Monstie Tri, it really solidified for me how important a gateway game is for difficult games. In case anyone played any of the older games and had similar issues with the difficulty (Don't know if it's just a Tri thing), I'd recommend you give this series a try again with this one.