HIGH Those wirebugs are a phenomenal addition to the formula.
LOW The Rampage quests are really half-assed.
WTF Walking through someone’s front door in the middle of the day is considered ‘stealthy’?
Tag: hunting
Monster Hunter Rise Review
Apex Predator
HIGH Super streamlined, lean and mean!
LOW The tutorials are still kinda miserable.
WTF How many goddamned Great Izuchi tails am I gonna need here?
The Wild Eight Review
The Slow Road To… Nowhere?
HIGH Interesting premise. Cute visuals.
LOW Combat never evolves.
WTF It’s riddled with bugs, many of them severe.
Hunt: Showdown Review
Surviving The Game
HIGH High-tension multiplayer stakes.
LOW There is only so much my heart can take.
WTF That Spider boss is too realistic.
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Review
Cold Pursuit
HIGH Battles on collapsing ice.
LOW Blackveil Vaal Hazak.
WTF Curious use of soprano sax in the final boss theme.
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Review
The Tourist Trap
HIGH The moment-to-moment exhilaration of fighting a gigantic monster can still feel amazing.
LOW Poor training options, hunts are structurally repetitive, area transitions disrupt fights.
WTF The localization’s fourth-wall-bending goofiness is frequently obnoxious, complete with a literal “git gud” at one point.
Monster Hunter World (PC) Review
Apex Predator
HIGH The first time a monster picks another one up and drops it from midair.
LOW Server connectivity was not great in the early days of release.
WTF A lot of buildup to a pretty poor “final” boss battle
Hunting Simulator Review
The Ultimate Predator
HIGH Finally tracking down a black bear on a moonless night.
LOW Being forced to hunt rabbits – again – to unlock the next level.
WTF How am I supposed to tell which of these sheep is legendarily formidable? They’re just sheep!
Monster Hunter World Review
Big Game
HIGH Monster turf wars.
LOW The weirdly anticlimactic Zorah Magdaros battles.
WTF Unskippable cutscenes? In 2018? In a game no one plays for its story?
The Monster Hunter Diaries, Vol. 3
To celebrate the release of Capcom’s new Monster Hunter World, GameCritics is proud to host a new video series from friend of the site, podcaster, video producer and man-about-town Carlos Rodela. Join Carlos as he sets foot in this brave new monster-filled world to learn and explore as someone who’s got basically zero experience with the series, but he’s eager to learn.
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