I never played Monster Hunter but I have played and enjoyed a series that heavily takes from it, God Eater, so when I saw that Final Fantasy did something similar I was curious.
Maybe because my only experience with the genre was God Eater I was expecting just a bit more narrative but no, you create your character and are thrusted into the action.
The action, however, feels kind of repetitive from the get go and unlike Monster Hunter or God Eater the enemies lack that sense of "wow, big monster, want to kill it".
Maybe for those that like Monster Hunter this will be great but as a God Eater player and a Final Fantasy fan this was not for me