Dauntless

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5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 248 Ratings

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  1. Rurabomber
    Jul 20, 2019
    2
    Unplayable, buggy pile of crap. Just play Monster Hunter instead. This is such a waste of time.
  2. RiaskoFF
    Jul 27, 2019
    2
    The game is very boring. It is way to repetitive. It got boring quests (like use the weapon you didn't decide to go with thru the game to do some special attacks for 50 times (and you should queue for like 30-40 times to do it), and the thing is that you cant proceed with game's campaign with out this quest). I know the game should be repetitive and grindy, but it is the most boring grindThe game is very boring. It is way to repetitive. It got boring quests (like use the weapon you didn't decide to go with thru the game to do some special attacks for 50 times (and you should queue for like 30-40 times to do it), and the thing is that you cant proceed with game's campaign with out this quest). I know the game should be repetitive and grindy, but it is the most boring grind game i ever played.
    Art style is not very memorable, everything you remember that it is ugly, undetailed and cartoonish.    … Expand
  3. LewXgaming
    Jun 11, 2019
    4
    The game is fairly fun to play as there is a lot of thing you can unlock whilst playing considering how many behemoths there are and each one has weapons and armour based off of them. However after playing it on Xbox every night for 1 week i have found a lot of things that are wrong with the game. The game is poorly optimised on console, the frame rate is low whilst in the social spaceThe game is fairly fun to play as there is a lot of thing you can unlock whilst playing considering how many behemoths there are and each one has weapons and armour based off of them. However after playing it on Xbox every night for 1 week i have found a lot of things that are wrong with the game. The game is poorly optimised on console, the frame rate is low whilst in the social space however it does get better once in a hunt, i had problems when trying to hold A on things. I would hold A and then it just wouldn't do anything and it would take me several attempts for it to work. Also there was not any variation in behemoth attacks they would always do the same moves and after a while you could learn what they were going to do and the game got easier and easier to complete solo. I believe this is supposed to be a team game however if you are an advanced player then you can play every hunt solo as the behemoths get predictable and repetitive. Overall i believe this is a fun game for the first few hours however it gets very repetitive and boring so that is why i give it a 4/10.… Expand
  4. Kah974
    Oct 11, 2019
    0
    Boring and annoying... j'ai test ce jeux a ses débuts et rien n'a changé... Amusant durant quelque heure mais ne Monster Hunter est inégalable. Obligé sur EGS :s un app bugué ceci dit. Allez a oublié !
  5. dauntlesslmao
    Feb 6, 2020
    0
    more bugs than features, unplayble game with one of the worst developers...
  6. WhitePlayer
    Dec 30, 2020
    1
    Could give rank one in regards of worst game controls to ever be implemented. They somehow finally made bind modifications but the combos are the worst stuff I've had to experience. Everyone tries to imply 'it's dark souls type of commit to attacks type non-cancellable animations' but then maybe try to have at least half as good of controls as dark souls ?

    They keep spitting out most    Could give rank one in regards of worst game controls to ever be implemented. They somehow finally made bind modifications but the combos are the worst stuff I've had to experience. Everyone tries to imply 'it's dark souls type of commit to attacks type non-cancellable animations' but then maybe try to have at least half as good of controls as dark souls ?

    They keep spitting out most repulsive cosmetics updates ignoring actual game-breaking bugs that existed since its most scuffed alpha release (Getting stuck inside trees for example). They legit had the audacity to remove private sessions for hunts so you're now forced to play with players that either are floormats or nearly one-shot the bosses, hence creating the floormat players at endgame that never had to dodge anything before. Cycle of cringe.

    Played the game for over 100 hours (got full builds for most classes which half come from beta ez gets) and came to a conclusion that I can only hate play it at this stage. Very repetitive, nerve wrecking game that is very VERY hard to enjoy after first 4-5 hours of game-play. Gonna give 1 point just because it managed to bait me into playing it for so long due to hopes of it becoming something sem-decent. Good job Pheonix Labs, based on progress so far, fair to assume pay2win loot crates soon?    … Expand
  7. gettygg0040
    Jun 9, 2019
    0
    EDIT. They Still haven't fixed all the issues. Incompetent devs
    The release is filled with bugs that will ruin your experience:
    -The dye system is completely broken -The 'press E' system is broken half the times -No anti AFK system. You'll meet afk people and the only way to leave the match is by alt+f4 -No report/ignore system from what I've found so far -Game breaking UI bug that    EDIT. They Still haven't fixed all the issues. Incompetent devs
    The release is filled with bugs that will ruin your experience:
    -The dye system is completely broken
    -The 'press E' system is broken half the times
    -No anti AFK system. You'll meet afk people and the only way to leave the match is by alt+f4
    -No report/ignore system from what I've found so far
    -Game breaking UI bug that locks you out
    -You can't leave a match or cancel the matchmaking. Only by alt+f4    … Expand
  8. Shadowmoo
    Jun 12, 2019
    3
    'Not pay2win' pay2win Monster hunter clone. The devs glossed over or outright lied about the monetization. Now with the game's lifespan expectations diminished they have walked back their promises of no pay2win and you can now buy gear mods, extra loot, or even character levels with real money.
  9. Levyathan
    May 24, 2019
    4
    actually, getting onto the game can be a pain (I'm putting it down to beta servers since that waiting list had 3,000 others on before me)
    this is an issue as the times I've attempted to play the game I'm unable to which is a bit annoying, to say the least as the game looks great but the devs haven't put up enough servers (or large enough) for the people who want to play to the beta.
  10. psyduck86
    May 26, 2019
    3
    It's true that Dauntless is not a MHW clone, it's more 'inspired by' rather. However, on balance i feel that the mechanics are considerably more shallow, lacking the nuance and depth of MHW. To be fair MH has had the benefit of several generations worth of experience in getting it right, but regardless Dauntless's combat feels sub-par.

    Not a big fan of the visuals and the world building    It's true that Dauntless is not a MHW clone, it's more 'inspired by' rather. However, on balance i feel that the mechanics are considerably more shallow, lacking the nuance and depth of MHW. To be fair MH has had the benefit of several generations worth of experience in getting it right, but regardless Dauntless's combat feels sub-par.

    Not a big fan of the visuals and the world building either, though that's likely down to budget.

    All in all, just made me miss MHW. Also promptly uninstalled the epic launcher after.    … Expand
  11. SJile
    May 26, 2019
    2
    This game was baffling unfun.

    Graphically, it's passable--has a Darksiders feel with an aesthetic reminiscent of Wildstar. It's not my cup of tea but I don't mind it, either. The audio levels are all out of whack, and I couldn't hear any of the voice acting, even with the sound effects and music turned down and the voices at max. Mechanically, it really gets in the way of itself.    This game was baffling unfun.

    Graphically, it's passable--has a Darksiders feel with an aesthetic reminiscent of Wildstar. It's not my cup of tea but I don't mind it, either.

    The audio levels are all out of whack, and I couldn't hear any of the voice acting, even with the sound effects and music turned down and the voices at max.

    Mechanically, it really gets in the way of itself. The movement is insufferable. The animations are uninterruptible, and combined with the high inertia, it makes for a slow, clunky, unsatisfying and just unpleasant core experience.

    If this was an MMO with tab targeting or a tactical RPG, the movement would be a negligable issue, but it's integral to the gameplay in Dauntless. It would be like making a racing game where the car physics felt bad, or a platformer where it took 3 full seconds to change directions.

    Alas, it doesn't really matter how much cool content they add if the gameplay isn't well executed at the most basic level. Definitely a skip for now.

    Maybe they'll take another crack at it post launch. I hope they do.    … Expand
  12. death12123
    Jun 1, 2019
    3
    Monster Hunter but way more casual with a toxic community. Terrible UI, ugly graphics and characters that look as crap as Fortnite, simple features like blocking a character or cancel matchmaking don't exist, Pay to win, Epic Games Exclusive, poor servers, poor hub, constant crashes, alt+F4 is your best friend, etc.

    Save your space and ignore this crappy game. Also played on PS4 and    Monster Hunter but way more casual with a toxic community. Terrible UI, ugly graphics and characters that look as crap as Fortnite, simple features like blocking a character or cancel matchmaking don't exist, Pay to win, Epic Games Exclusive, poor servers, poor hub, constant crashes, alt+F4 is your best friend, etc.

    Save your space and ignore this crappy game. Also played on PS4 and PC... no difference outside of Frame Rate and Graphics. Deleted them both.    … Expand
  13. BustyChicksFTW
    May 21, 2019
    4
    Currently fanboys are camping Metacritic and downvoting bad reviews. This is a concentrated effort from /r/dauntless/ members.

    Pros: - Free - New content is being added and is being kept somewhat relevant - Transmog are nice if you care about looks. Which some do in a 3rd person game. - Okay weapon variety combat styles - Incoming cross-platform play is pretty dope Cons: -    Currently fanboys are camping Metacritic and downvoting bad reviews. This is a concentrated effort from /r/dauntless/ members.

    Pros:
    - Free
    - New content is being added and is being kept somewhat relevant
    - Transmog are nice if you care about looks. Which some do in a 3rd person game.
    - Okay weapon variety combat styles
    - Incoming cross-platform play is pretty dope

    Cons:
    - Feels like the poor man's Monster Hunter: World: This resulted in the game being filled with kids that can't afford MH:W from Fortnite
    - UI is obviously made for consoles. The menus are humongous, your character is very close to the screen, etc.
    - Microtransactions in your face at every shop
    - Terrible graphics, terrible distance rendering on details. The game feels like a stretched out 480p YouTube video on max graphics. The depth of field is atrocious. Blurs objects 5m out. Objects are only clear 2m away in towns. My eyes hurt in town sometimes. This feels like a mobile game put on the PC.
    - Laggy servers (most likely will be fixed with time)
    - Bugs, clunky movement, attacks that don't connect well, clipped 3-4 times through the ground (it IS a Beta to be fair)
    - Easy game if you're not stun-locked to death by a behemoth ability (Island 4 - that's when I stopped playing)

    Buy MH:W. This is a rip off.    … Expand
  14. FGM
    Sep 29, 2019
    3
    Utter crap, game managed to freeze 3 times in 30 minutes from starting it. Including me spawned in middle of the world textures. Constant disconnects, long loading times, sorry but no. Mediocre graphics.
  15. Zero_rar
    Jun 20, 2019
    0
    The game is very good and well done, the development team is to be congratulated, but the servers do not work and can not play, it is an intermittent problem and I can not give a better score for an unplayable game!
  16. MTrueno
    May 23, 2019
    3
    Pese a ser gratis, no lo recomiendo. Artísticamente es muy bonito, pero poco más bueno se puede decir. Las mecánicas son tremendamente simples, tanto, que jugar no genera ningún tipo de satisfacción. Resulta divertido las primeras horas, pero la falta de complejidad acaba aburriendo.

    Si tuviera que resumirlo en una palabra: Mediocre.
  17. NutZdk
    Aug 24, 2018
    4
    This game starts out really really slow, but not bad - it becomes halfway interesting around island 2 or 3 - but then just goes **** retarded when you get to island 4. Stunlocked, cant use items because of behemoth abilities, them "building" turrets 1-2 shotting you from whereever that takes a full 10-20 seconds of attacks to destroy 1 of them. Sad way to ruin a game that could have beenThis game starts out really really slow, but not bad - it becomes halfway interesting around island 2 or 3 - but then just goes **** retarded when you get to island 4. Stunlocked, cant use items because of behemoth abilities, them "building" turrets 1-2 shotting you from whereever that takes a full 10-20 seconds of attacks to destroy 1 of them. Sad way to ruin a game that could have been interesting.
    On top of that, the worlds you run around in feel empty and boring, you can pick herbs but not a single thing else - theres no way to get off an island without killing the behemoth, or alt-f4ing the game. Which again just seems stupid.
    Theres so many stupid faults here and there, but it seems like they have spent alot of time on the ingame store - so at least you can go broke quick while looking your best in bought equipment while the game is boring, broken, laggy and unbalanced.    … Expand
  18. LuanMaxSV
    May 29, 2019
    4
    Open the game. Make your generic character. Walk to the monster. Kill him. Do this a million times. And that's it.
  19. SQLOwns
    Apr 25, 2019
    4
    Extremely repetitive. Still has a few bugs, hopefully they are fixed if this game is ever released. Gameplay is okay, there are issues with the hit boxes which is very annoying. Especially since you can get 1 shot in later stages. They need to fix the bugs and hit boxes if they want me to give this even a mediocre score. If they want my money, well they are going to need to change MUCH more.
  20. humanbait76
    May 23, 2019
    0
    F2P Monster Hunter World without the polish. Things are ridiculously priced in the pay to win store. Avoid this game like the plague. Not sure how anybody greenlighted the development for this turd. STAY AWAY! Your wallet will thank you.
  21. Lzyaf
    May 21, 2019
    1
    Honestly, as I first started the game I thought I would enjoy it. Its a monster hunter type game that might introduce new players into this genre of games. But after playing this entire game I have to say this does nothing to promote the awesomeness of this game type. From the awful hub system to the hollow feeling monster fights, you can tell this game was meant for children under the ageHonestly, as I first started the game I thought I would enjoy it. Its a monster hunter type game that might introduce new players into this genre of games. But after playing this entire game I have to say this does nothing to promote the awesomeness of this game type. From the awful hub system to the hollow feeling monster fights, you can tell this game was meant for children under the age of 8. After realizing this game has little to no content I feel completely cheated out of a quality game. I was hoping this would be similar to monster hunter but in fact its almost identical with weapons and animations. I do not recommend this game for anyone and if you really want an amazing monster hunting game that is user friendly with heart racing monster fights I seriously suggest purchasing Monster Hunter: World instead of this half baked pathetic copy of a game that is obviously just a cash grab. The only saving grace of this game this that its free, but that positive it immediately redacted by its in-game "Battle Pass" system. Complete and utter waste of a 20 min download.… Expand
  22. Ohms
    May 24, 2019
    1
    If you want a free and **** version of a monster hunter game with microtransactions be my guest. Can't believe I can't give it a zero.
  23. HunterDaM
    Jan 18, 2020
    0
    Não recomendo de jeito nenhum. No beta o game até dava para passar o tempo, porém essa empresa deixou o jogo parecendo joguinho de facebook em que você tem que esperar 2 dias para fundir a merda de uma célula ou, é claro você pode gastar dinheiro para fundir imediatamente, simplesmente horrível. Não recomendo de jeito nenhum. Caso queira um jogo de caçar monstros, busque MHW, além de fazerNão recomendo de jeito nenhum. No beta o game até dava para passar o tempo, porém essa empresa deixou o jogo parecendo joguinho de facebook em que você tem que esperar 2 dias para fundir a merda de uma célula ou, é claro você pode gastar dinheiro para fundir imediatamente, simplesmente horrível. Não recomendo de jeito nenhum. Caso queira um jogo de caçar monstros, busque MHW, além de fazer seu dinheiro valer a pena, faz seu tempo(o mais valioso) valer.

    Se for jogar Dauntless e achar divertido no começo, eu tbm achei, mas espera só chegar no End-Game, ou vc paga ou fica estagnado sem poder fazer a build q deseja, perdi mt tempo com esse jogo horrível, por isso estou aqui escrevendo isso, para que se algm for ler e achar relevante o meu feedback não perder tanto tempo, como eu perdi.

    Não joguem isso

    -Mal otimizado
    -Empresa mercenária
    -Nada de mais
    -Cenários repetitivos
    -Joguinho f2p de facebook
    -Sem suporte algum
    -Não te recompensa em nada.
    -Não possui nada interativo(Sem animações de td, n pode cozinhar, pescar, NADA só entrar em uma partida com mapa pequeno, matar behemoths, voltar para a areazinha social e ir dnv matar)
    -Praticamente a mesma coisa desde o beta fechado, só colocou mecânicas abusivas mercenárias
    -Mapas pequenos, área social pequena
    -Mesmo com muito dinheiro dos jogadores não aprimoraram nada
    -Exige tempo, e não vale o tempo    … Expand
  24. samsepiol
    Jan 12, 2019
    2
    1 point for quite nice customization and 1 point for pleasant for eyes style. Just boring.
    Attacking one mob with two animations for ten minutes? No, thank you.
  25. Captiosus
    Dec 16, 2018
    2
    Just awful. A severely dumbed down Monster Hunter game with Fortnite stylized graphics. Forced matchmaking if you don't have a full team of your own, meaning you have zero control over the Idiot Squad who might get placed in your group. Awful hit detection, awful AI pathing, inexplicable hitching network lag when others are around... Looks and feels more like a mobile game that was portedJust awful. A severely dumbed down Monster Hunter game with Fortnite stylized graphics. Forced matchmaking if you don't have a full team of your own, meaning you have zero control over the Idiot Squad who might get placed in your group. Awful hit detection, awful AI pathing, inexplicable hitching network lag when others are around... Looks and feels more like a mobile game that was ported to PC than a game developed for PC.

    All you need to know is that "founders" have been able to play since late December 2016 and yet the devs still consider the game an open beta. Undoubtedly so they can pass the buck on simple issues by saying "it's still just a beta!". Stay away.    … Expand
  26. Neessa
    Apr 11, 2019
    3
    Even in this state the game is still completely struck by bugs that should not be permitted, even for an open beta. Besides the content is very, very, poor.
  27. Bobveela
    May 27, 2019
    3
    I love Monster Hunter, so I had high hopes for this game since Iceborne for PC is some time away. Sadly many stupid things block the way to enjoying this game.

    Dauntless has a strong start, the first fight is pretty easy and lets you play around, and weapons have been vastly improved upon since I last played, you feel epic but don't really feel like your hand is being held. Then RIGHT    I love Monster Hunter, so I had high hopes for this game since Iceborne for PC is some time away. Sadly many stupid things block the way to enjoying this game.

    Dauntless has a strong start, the first fight is pretty easy and lets you play around, and weapons have been vastly improved upon since I last played, you feel epic but don't really feel like your hand is being held. Then RIGHT after the first mission it introduces you to the season pass, **** you don't propose to someone right after meeting them, let me get to know your first. Then comes some silly intro quests that kind of block off your road to enjoying the game, long load times (compared to how long a hunt takes), long down times going around grabbing side quests. It just gets really boring really fast, the saving grace of this game is its gameplay, everything else just falls so flat.

    If the devs see this TLDR: Cut down on downtime and load screens and focus on your gameplay, if anything that is what will make your game succeed as it truly is good. Hold off on introducing season pass too until players are commited to the game and are enjoying themselves.    … Expand
  28. Ashenkhar
    May 21, 2019
    1
    As a quick summary, this game is completely unplayable. Server outages, server queues, unplanned downtime.

    So far I've never been able to even log in. I got through the character creation process, but after that, crashed again. Well... it hard locked up apparently waiting for a server with nothing to do but alt-f4.

    1 star for effort. Should have done a more extensive beta.
  29. Denezin
    Jun 2, 2019
    0
    I am writing this as i currently have the game trying to load on my ps4.
    The good: Couldnt tell you as ive had to remake my character 4 times now as i get disconnected before the opening credits and tutorial everytime (more than ten times now)
    Yes i know what youll say next my internet connection isnt good enough. I pulled just not on a hardwired cat6 cable to my router 175.4mbs download    I am writing this as i currently have the game trying to load on my ps4.
    The good: Couldnt tell you as ive had to remake my character 4 times now as i get disconnected before the opening credits and tutorial everytime (more than ten times now)
    Yes i know what youll say next my internet connection isnt good enough. I pulled just not on a hardwired cat6 cable to my router 175.4mbs download speed. My connection is good.
    The writing on the wall: This game isnt even worth downloading as its free on PSN this month and in short this is the second chance i had given the game this week because i had friends that play it. Dont waste your time in frustration in thinking you might be the reason this game is literally unplayable.    … Expand
  30. dpowell64582
    May 22, 2019
    2
    A poor clone of MHW. They wanted to cash in on the popularity of Capcom's game, but totally failed to grasp what it is about THAT game which makes it fun. The game looks dull, there's no lock-on (a BIG part of MH's intuitive hunting), and hunter/monster attacks are all anemic, slow, and dull. There is little impact to your attacks and hunting a monster feels un-satisfying. Overall, IA poor clone of MHW. They wanted to cash in on the popularity of Capcom's game, but totally failed to grasp what it is about THAT game which makes it fun. The game looks dull, there's no lock-on (a BIG part of MH's intuitive hunting), and hunter/monster attacks are all anemic, slow, and dull. There is little impact to your attacks and hunting a monster feels un-satisfying. Overall, I cannot recommend this game in its current state. It may be free, but as we all know, some things are just worth paying for.… Expand
  31. idelecio
    May 27, 2019
    0
    This game is absolute crap, played it for 2 hours, wasted 2 hours of my life. uninstalled it, theres nothing to do in this game, you spawn kill a monster and thats it. Boring game
  32. Hidanhammer
    Oct 21, 2018
    2
    This is game about side quests that u do in normal MMO... i mean u take quest from npc in town... then u go kill a monster, u loot and go back to town, u dont even travel to hunt that monster u will be teleported there... BORING.
  33. OberiousLocke
    Mar 26, 2020
    0
    I remember playing the Beta and while it was rough around the edges, it had much promise in a world where MH:W didn't exist. Sad to see that when I come back to finally try and get into it, it's exclusive to EGS. Oh well. MHW exists now, anyway.
  34. Solreth
    Jul 18, 2021
    0
    Avoid it.
    The game itself is "okay" in the short term BUT and thats a big BUT the Team behind it is BAD.
    Sword was the most liked weapon to play 2 Years ago, what did they do? They revorked it and made is **** to play. (one of the least used weapons now) They say they bring new stuff but they don't the new stuff is the same Monster with a different element and color. Eather Striker are    Avoid it.
    The game itself is "okay" in the short term BUT and thats a big BUT the Team behind it is BAD.
    Sword was the most liked weapon to play 2 Years ago, what did they do? They revorked it and made is **** to play. (one of the least used weapons now)
    They say they bring new stuff but they don't the new stuff is the same Monster with a different element and color.
    Eather Striker are first weapons in this game they where op when they got released 4years ago and to this day are still the ONLY viable option if you want to get good at time trials.

    If you don't want to pay money get ready to grind for days and hope you get lucky with the cells you get otherwise you gotta farm some monsters and hope to get some cells do drop witch happens like 1/10 times.

    To make it easy, the Devs don't listen to the playerbase and continue the drive away content creators if they tell them that the changes they made are bad.

    If you want a idiot safe version of Monster Hunter than go for it but don't expect the game to stay the game it is now. In the 5 Years i play they changed the basics like 5x and made endgame players like i was start semi new every time just to get livetime out of the game.

    I have 80days9h played and the changes to the Cells was the last straw for me and i uninstalled the game.
    I told you above Cells are a big grind and i had all of them legit all, they removed some with the latest patch and made them into new combined cells but the cells you farmed are just GONE you don't get them to craft or anything if you want the new ones go grind again.

    **** the Devs and **** this game.    … Expand
  35. 223kazin
    Aug 7, 2019
    2
    A simplistic Monster Hunter. Personally this is actually a plus, as MH:W has proven to be a massive grind fest full of all the convoluted and tedious garbage you'd expect from a Japanese game. The gameplay is fluid, there's a great ratio between accuracy, reflex, and knowledge on the boss's moves. Unfortunately, all this doesn't mean anything if the people you're playing with aren't funA simplistic Monster Hunter. Personally this is actually a plus, as MH:W has proven to be a massive grind fest full of all the convoluted and tedious garbage you'd expect from a Japanese game. The gameplay is fluid, there's a great ratio between accuracy, reflex, and knowledge on the boss's moves. Unfortunately, all this doesn't mean anything if the people you're playing with aren't fun to, y'know, actually play with.

    The community and the players there-in are absolute dog crap as of this review. 3/5ths of the way through the content, your options are: Wait several minutes for a private lobby(to kill a boss that takes 2-7 minutes), have friends willing to play with you, or grind it out with a variety of console players that are almost as interested in screwing the team as they are downing the boss. Not to say PC players can't be dick bags as well, but holy crap the number of uncooperative/lazy/malicious players you'll find from the cross-platform feature is almost awe-inspiring.

    Either find 3 other friends to play this game with or just don't even install it. You're not missing out as a new player. You have 3 options in this game: Suffer through hours of grind with absolute tools for teammates, Play the beta and be way into end-game where the server-searching dumpster-fire doesn't impact you as much, or get a squad you can queue with.

    Which is sad, because this game would probably rank closer to a 7 or 8 in my book if their playerbase wasn't so insufferable to game with.

    TL;DR: A lot of words to say the game is great, but it's hampered by their players and lazy/under-staffed moderators. Much like 90% of F2P coop games. If you give it a try, don't jump the gun on paying for anything. I'd recommend giving it a good 12 hours of play(pubbing, solo, or team) before providing any sort of support for a game that's severely lacking in terms of the player-related QA department.    … Expand
  36. Zulke
    Dec 5, 2020
    1
    Afrer 1.5 update PHXL did a number on Dauntless.
    1. No more solo hunts, you either hard carried or get people who leech on you. Game dont respect your time.
    2 Hunting Ground is 6 man zone yet you can only bring 3 friends with you. 200 iq 3.You can spend plat to finish tasks( holefak) 4 Gutted progression system. You climb all they way to lvl 20 only to restart again. 5 What a point to    Afrer 1.5 update PHXL did a number on Dauntless.
    1. No more solo hunts, you either hard carried or get people who leech on you. Game dont respect your time.
    2 Hunting Ground is 6 man zone yet you can only bring 3 friends with you. 200 iq
    3.You can spend plat to finish tasks( holefak)
    4 Gutted progression system. You climb all they way to lvl 20 only to restart again.
    5 What a point to add events with difficulty on par with end-game mode aka trials for random group of people?????
    As right now Dauntless looks very uninteresting, feels like chore with unrewarding progression system. As a veteran player, i am very disappointed.    … Expand
  37. DERPmaster7
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    It would maybe be fun if I didn't get disconnected for no reason at the end of games so that I can't receive any rewards.
  38. Sticklad
    Oct 4, 2019
    1
    A hunting game that Hasn't found its way.

    Its visually appealing to the current crowd, the graphics are the simple blocky character art like fortnite but it works, it lacks in the gameplay department, floaty movement and combat leave you wanting more, weightless weaponry with no hit feeling like you've done anything making the Behemoths feeling more like damage sponges that dont feel    A hunting game that Hasn't found its way.

    Its visually appealing to the current crowd, the graphics are the simple blocky character art like fortnite but it works, it lacks in the gameplay department, floaty movement and combat leave you wanting more, weightless weaponry with no hit feeling like you've done anything making the Behemoths feeling more like damage sponges that dont feel like they're trying to even evade your flurry of attacks, and in a group of 4 it can be a real mess with often times the monster just flailing about.

    The skill curve goes from easy to hard and no inbetween, with the light/dark elemental Behemoths posing some sort of challenge, this comes with the set back of not being guided to farm a full gear set to the max, often partys kick players after telling them to gear up more, not the greatest experience, and this could be handled in a way where the developers warn you before taking on these beasties with a simple "Are you sure you want to accept this quest, the monster is way above your pay grade, level up Slayer".

    Monetization
    I found getting the cells i needed (Gems that have power enhancements) to be a hassle, with people i play with getting all they need because they payed extra for the 20+ hour wait time, mobile game styled, time gated salesman to give them more of a chance to receive the cell they wanted, i do hope they find a better way to distribute these cores because its really not fun not being able to maximize your gear set for your preferred play style especially since they have a fortnite style battlepass.

    right now the game isnt in a state where you can play non stop, it gets to a point where you'll need to wait, so if you're thinking this is the next god eater or monster hunter where content is vast and then its over, its far from it and it needs to figure out if it wants to be the next monster hunter as a live service or if its going to have an identity of its own because its pretty weak.    … Expand
  39. SaltyFoot
    Dec 27, 2019
    4
    You have to do the same missions everytime, and its all the same; find the monster, he knocks you with a attack that almost dont have an animation, you get res, kill the monster, back to lobby, upgrade you weapon and do this all the time. The first quests are good, but after this, its just some overpowered creatures trying to kill you.
  40. enGaver
    Mar 1, 2020
    1
    1 point because i enjoyed it for some time but jesus... too many players AFK, troll or die a lot making the game unplayable because the more people die the harder the boss gets. Climbing alone in solo mode is a joke specially VS late game levels. Even if you manage to handle the solo gameplay you will encounter crashing errors with no way to return to the 10 minutes wasted game with no1 point because i enjoyed it for some time but jesus... too many players AFK, troll or die a lot making the game unplayable because the more people die the harder the boss gets. Climbing alone in solo mode is a joke specially VS late game levels. Even if you manage to handle the solo gameplay you will encounter crashing errors with no way to return to the 10 minutes wasted game with no rewards, no drops, no nothing.

    Developers seems to have abandoned the game on a unfinished state filled with bugs, you can't even jump without getting stuck middle air.
    There is no way to see your latency to tell if its your lack of skills that doesn't dodge on time, your laggy computer or the potato servers. Its infurriating how bad the fluidity of the game is when trying to time a dodge, hitting an enemy and even using items.
    Hell using items has a loooooooong animation that if canceled it didn't made effect, you can't even heal with items while fighting because it will cancel whatever animation is happening in the moment. Drinking a healing item? Takes roughly 3 seconds and in the meantime the monster rushes towards you and end with even less health. What's the point of healing anyways?
    I could keep writing more from my experience but its getting late and im tired, in conclusion: avoid this game and spend your time in something much more fun. At least don't spend money on an unfinished game.    … Expand
  41. matsuwu
    Mar 8, 2020
    3
    Monster Hunter World is as close to a masterpiece you can get in modern gaming. A game where you, a tiny human and a little kitty, go on to hunt the fiercest of monsters with minimal resources. The HUD and UI are neatly crafted. Music is amazing. Characters are memorable. Monsters have personality.

    Dauntless is a game along the lines of Fortnite. Taking the concept of a popular game,    Monster Hunter World is as close to a masterpiece you can get in modern gaming. A game where you, a tiny human and a little kitty, go on to hunt the fiercest of monsters with minimal resources. The HUD and UI are neatly crafted. Music is amazing. Characters are memorable. Monsters have personality.

    Dauntless is a game along the lines of Fortnite. Taking the concept of a popular game, adding your twist to it and release it for free with minimal HUD and UI and of course, a **** battle pass. in your first hunt you fight a BEHEMOTH (not a monster don't be silly now) that was so unmemorable that i can't remember how it looked or what it did. Then you go to the hub world where you do some really awful minimalist MMO-like mission to craft gear and hunt a new monster. In Fortnite the twist was you could build and the game was third person. It was refreshing. A new take on an oversaturated genre. Now what does Dauntless do differently than Monster Hunter World? Uhhh I guess they added a healthbar for BEHEMOTHS (still not monsters) which was specifically not in Monster Hunter because it would take away the immersion.

    Monster Hunter World has beautiful well thought out areas of a memorable island.
    Dauntless has an uninteresting world that has trees and snow sometimes.

    Monster Hunter World has tens of unique memorable monsters with distinct movesets and personalities.
    Dauntless has BEHEMOTHS who are unmemorable and generic so much so that I can't remember the appearance or movesets of a single one.

    Monster Hunter World has tons of different ways to fight and deal with a monster.
    Dauntless has one way. Punch punch punch!

    Monster Hunter World has unique skill trees for all weapons and monsters.
    Dauntless has one weapon of each class for one monster.

    Monster Hunter World has interesting weapons and fluid combat.
    Dauntless is way closer to hack n' slash.

    3/10 A truly horrible game, but being free is definitely a pro and the hack n' slash combat was somewhat responsive.    … Expand
  42. no_uu
    Apr 3, 2020
    4
    Anyone remembers this game in **** boring,if you don't know it,well,don't play it.this game has some good customizations,and damn the weapons are really cool.the graphic is awesome and its well made,i really like the grapich.but its ALWAYS the same thing. 1)find bad boi 2)kill 3)repeat.it would have been nicer if it had at least pvp,but no,only monsters.
  43. Iplay
    May 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you are expecting Monster Hunter World levels of quality run away right now because this game is anything but good.

    Monsters get their parts back when they enrage so even if you cut them off they can still use them.

    Hit detection is sever side and it's laggy as hell so have fun getting hit by attacks that didn't render yet.

    Grindy as hell since you need cores (that the monster doesn't drop) and parts that have a stupidly low drop chance. Have fun killing 50 monsters to upgrade your 4 pieces of armor.

    Pay to win **** mechanics like timed lockouts on upgrades.

    escalation hunts that basically force you to unlock the same talent tree five times where all five talent trees are the god damn same.

    Lagging in solo lobbies because of their **** server system.

    This game does absolutely nothing well. Monster Hunter world is the better game in EVERY SINGLE WAY.    … Expand
  44. TrashorTreasure
    Jun 11, 2020
    0
    this shouldn't even be considered a game because you will most likely get a crash 12 seconds into the game because the developers cant code for jack
  45. luislewis
    Sep 5, 2020
    0
    The core design and implementation of Dauntless is broken. The entire game seems to focus on flair over function. Each patch introduces or reintroduces awful bugs; this game never truly left beta.
    Try out the game. The first few hours are fun, like any demo, but do not make a purchase on the expectation that you will enjoy it for hundreds of hours until you have already realized it. Do    The core design and implementation of Dauntless is broken. The entire game seems to focus on flair over function. Each patch introduces or reintroduces awful bugs; this game never truly left beta.
    Try out the game. The first few hours are fun, like any demo, but do not make a purchase on the expectation that you will enjoy it for hundreds of hours until you have already realized it. Do not support incompetent developers.

    The game elements mesh together artistically, but that is easy to accomplish with mediocre graphics. Slayers do not feel like they are designed to fight behemoths, instead their animations are suited to fighting immovable cubes. Dauntless is designed to be a comfortably difficult game, yet many players find it too difficult because progression is far too fast, which is bad given its incredibly simple game play loop when compared to the Monster Hunter series. When players do reach the end, after maybe 20 hours, there is no meaningful end game content. Behemoths are far too easy to manipulate, and fights become unsatisfying and short outside of speed runs, which at the competitive level are dependent on random critical hits.

    Phoenix Labs is active on social media, but their employees are not really listening. They only want to post jokes and bask in the flattery offered by naive newcomers. They ignore plenty of feedback from veterans, probably because they are too invested in their terrible design decisions. Phoenix Labs is designing Dauntless to suit their wallets and their vision, not the community's vision, and I can respect that, but the result is unsatisfactory.

    The problems with Dauntless are low-level such that it is not feasible for Phoenix Labs to rebuild the game - it would consume too many man-hours while not providing revenue. It is too late for this game to be anything more than disappointing after a few hours.

    If Dauntless were an offline, single-player experience, I would perhaps give it a 3. But as a flawed game that is only becoming worse with each update, it deserves a 0.    … Expand
  46. Gravitymint
    Dec 4, 2020
    0
    As of December 3rd, the update 1.5.0 has absolutely gutted everything you knew about the game, and threw on a new system that FORCES you to grind even harder for upgrade. They added a prestige system to weapon, so once you hit max level, you go back to 1 and are back at a beginner stage, it's a complete slap in the face to ANYBODY who played up to Heroic+ hunts, the New hunting grounds isAs of December 3rd, the update 1.5.0 has absolutely gutted everything you knew about the game, and threw on a new system that FORCES you to grind even harder for upgrade. They added a prestige system to weapon, so once you hit max level, you go back to 1 and are back at a beginner stage, it's a complete slap in the face to ANYBODY who played up to Heroic+ hunts, the New hunting grounds is neat considering you can slay endlessly and leave freely when you're done, but if you've spent over 1000 hours pre-1.5.0 you will be utterly flabbergasted at these changes, drop this game and never look back!… Expand
  47. Syrinox
    Apr 9, 2021
    0
    I can't believe Phoenix Lab took the only few features that were interesting and then BUTCHERED them, if this game was grindy as f***, now it's a part-job time
  48. iDelusion
    May 8, 2021
    0
    The game is just not worthy to play in its current state. New events add only annoying new mechanics to old behemoths with zero rewards instead of actually new content. Developers push this "new" content instead of repairing games like removing bugs or doing rebalance so you need to play the only meta builds to be able to survive and actually kill behemoths. Do you want to play yourThe game is just not worthy to play in its current state. New events add only annoying new mechanics to old behemoths with zero rewards instead of actually new content. Developers push this "new" content instead of repairing games like removing bugs or doing rebalance so you need to play the only meta builds to be able to survive and actually kill behemoths. Do you want to play your favorite weapon that isn´t in the current meta? Then you are out of luck because it's pain too play. Just go play Monster Hunter World which is way better.… Expand
  49. TheLinkgirl
    Jul 14, 2023
    2
    Obviously there's some amount of effort in Dauntless, but I simply did not feel like the game had much feedback at all. Weapons felt like they went straight through monsters, as if my character was trying to slap a beast with a fist full of air. There's really no impact. When your creature hunting game fails to make the hunting part responsive, everything falls to bits.
  50. Ferawyn
    Mar 3, 2022
    2
    Crappy console grinding game, designed to milk your wallet. Dated graphics, horrible controls, monetization around every corner... Do not bother.
  51. Zelgadis1987
    Jan 19, 2022
    4
    I really like the art of the game, but the game play gets repetitive very very quickly. The game loop consists of getting a quest in the central hub, go to a selected planet (which is basically just some empty land with spawn points), find the monster you need, smash attacks until said monster is dead, go back to the hub and craft better weapons/armors.
    It wouldn't be a problem, IF the    I really like the art of the game, but the game play gets repetitive very very quickly. The game loop consists of getting a quest in the central hub, go to a selected planet (which is basically just some empty land with spawn points), find the monster you need, smash attacks until said monster is dead, go back to the hub and craft better weapons/armors.
    It wouldn't be a problem, IF the bosses felt like something more than health sponges, IF it rewarded skilled play instead of button smashing, IF the worlds were more entertaining to visit, IF the NPCs giving out quests felt less like floating text boxes.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#41 Most Discussed PC Game of 2019
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#31 Most Shared PC Game of 2019

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. PCMag
    Jun 30, 2020
    70
    Dauntless provides a streamlined, user-friendly alternative to Monster Hunter. Though repetitive at times, there’s no denying the game's solid and enjoyable core mechanics. The dull environments could use some work, however.
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  2. CD-Action
    Oct 25, 2019
    80
    There is a lot of fun in slashing the Behemoths, especially with others; the crafting is very well designed; and the game induces the familiar feeling of ‘just one more session’. [12/2019, p.81]
  3. GamesBeat
    Oct 15, 2019
    75
    I wanted very badly to love Dauntless, and for a time I think I did thanks to the fantastic combat and weapon variety. But the lack of any real storytelling makes the repetitive questing structure a glaring issue in desperate need of some TLC. If you’re looking for a new go-to F2P experience, you could do much worse — just don’t expect a world drenched teeming with lore and compelling characters.
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