I only had access to the village quests, need to play through the Japanese version to get the full experience with the online using Monster Hunter Old School's private servers.
A interesting conversation about instant gratification in video games could be made here, especially comparing this to World and Rise. I'm not gonna do it though, maybe another time.
I find myself with the urge to play it more despite the intense frustration it caused me. Patience is the name of the game, and it gives quite a different experience to any of the other newer games in the series.