This was an amazing follow-up to RE7. I was hooked on this from the very beginning; there really wasn't a single thing about this game I disliked. It's fucking amazing. I liked it enough to play through it three times. On Normal, then Easy, and then Hard. I also spent a fair amount of time on the first four Mercenaries maps. I can't really overstate just how much fun I had playing this game; I loved how Mercenaries mode was done in particular, I just kind of wished there was maybe one other map somehow.

I honestly can't decide if I like this more or less than Resident Evil VII. They're so close for me, because I love the hell out of them both. HOWEVER, Resident Evil Village doesn't have a Joe Baker DLC where you punch Lycans, sooooooo-

Update: March 2022
Bought this on PC to play with friends and I've sunk even MORE time into it than I did on Switch by trying out more weapons this time around, as well as finishing ALL the offline quests, which I didn't do on my Switch version playthrough. I can't wait for Sunbreak to release!

Original: April 2021
Quite possibly the best Monster Hunter title to date. I LOVE the new monsters, the variety in the roster, the Wirebug system, and most everything else that's here. There are some aspects that feel a bit unfinished/rushed, but I'm hoping that future title updates (and hopefully even an expansion?) will make this game pure gold.