Monster Hunter: World

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  1. rlorenz
    Aug 13, 2018
    5
    Game lack of
    - No ultrawide 21:9 display support
    - No option to disable DOF - No option to disable Motion blur - No option to disable or adjust Bloom - No option to disable Mouse Acceleration - No option to adjust FOV - No option to rebind buttons for Controllers - Very limited Anti-Aliasing - Limited granularity in other graphics settings - Bugged Full Screen support - Bug of    Game lack of
    - No ultrawide 21:9 display support
    - No option to disable DOF
    - No option to disable Motion blur
    - No option to disable or adjust Bloom
    - No option to disable Mouse Acceleration
    - No option to adjust FOV
    - No option to rebind buttons for Controllers
    - Very limited Anti-Aliasing
    - Limited granularity in other graphics settings
    - Bugged Full Screen support
    - Bug of High Resolution Textures not loading at max settings
    - Bug of Screen Space Reflections not displaying but still consuming system resources
    - Bugged DOF Distance Detection causing erratic blur on objects that should be in focus
    - Ridiculous number of Menu Layers
    - Bad Connection Stability causing frequent drop outs and disconnections from server even when playing solo
    - Awkward Multiplayer Lobby arrangement
    - Awful saving scheme
    - CPU incompatibilities
    - Badly optimized
    - Terrible Port    … Expand
  2. BigBragg
    Aug 10, 2018
    4
    Honestly wait for MHW to go on sale of get some patches in. Like it's fun but I don't think it is a premium level.

    My poor friend was just frustrated the entire time because grouping is such a hassle or just doesn't work most of the time. The graphics while pretty have a lot of low quality flaws that stand out. Waiting all this time, I really expected a far more polished product    Honestly wait for MHW to go on sale of get some patches in. Like it's fun but I don't think it is a premium level.

    My poor friend was just frustrated the entire time because grouping is such a hassle or just doesn't work most of the time.

    The graphics while pretty have a lot of low quality flaws that stand out.

    Waiting all this time, I really expected a far more polished product than was delivered    … Expand
  3. Ansatsu83
    Aug 10, 2018
    3
    This is my first entry into Monster Hunter, and I can clearly say the combat is terrible. Its feels so clunky to me, worse than the dark souls 2 pc port. I don't think I can adapt, nor am willing to adapt to the combat in this game, meaning its basically unplayable for me. I am sorry but if you are a fan of precise controls, like I am, stay the hell away from this game! I give it a 3 outThis is my first entry into Monster Hunter, and I can clearly say the combat is terrible. Its feels so clunky to me, worse than the dark souls 2 pc port. I don't think I can adapt, nor am willing to adapt to the combat in this game, meaning its basically unplayable for me. I am sorry but if you are a fan of precise controls, like I am, stay the hell away from this game! I give it a 3 out of 10 because the world is beautifully crafted and I believe it deserves a mention.… Expand
  4. Milenya
    Aug 11, 2018
    0
    Monster Hunter: World redefines the meaning of a low quality console to PC port. If you thought Dark Souls or Nier Automata were bad prepare yourself for a whole new dimension of poor performance and visual quality from 2010.

    - Clunky/Stiff controls and movement - Weird mouse simulation, no raw input - The sound is so out of sync with whats going on on the screen it's almost    Monster Hunter: World redefines the meaning of a low quality console to PC port. If you thought Dark Souls or Nier Automata were bad prepare yourself for a whole new dimension of poor performance and visual quality from 2010.

    - Clunky/Stiff controls and movement

    - Weird mouse simulation, no raw input

    - The sound is so out of sync with whats going on on the screen it's almost hilarious, especially the lip sync

    - Textures from a time before games had textures

    - More performance demanding than literally any modern game with high end graphics yet it looks very outdated.

    - Multiplayer is a mess, good luck trying to play with your friends. Why can every other game do this right, even Ubisoft games allow your friends to just jump in and out of your session at any time

    - Relying on half-working Steam API

    - Can't pause, open the main menu, or exit the game while on a mission. Seriously?

    - Denuvo DRM. Ok, other games have that too, but still.

    - DLC add ons that have been released on consoles forever are being withheld for the PC version

    - Pricetag. This game is many months old and a lot of content that is already available wasn't included, see above.

    Try harder, Capcom. If want to know how it's done look up to Square Enix. Final Fantasy XV is how you do a proper console to PC port.    … Expand
  5. smahlt
    Aug 12, 2018
    0
    This port is terrible. Controller issues, network issues, poorly optimized, and it doesn't even play well with SLi so I can't even brute force the game to an acceptable framerate.

    Thank you Steam refunds.
  6. FlukeLSX
    Aug 10, 2018
    4
    There is NOTHING about this game that is good enough to warrant a 9/10 rating. In the history of gaming, there's never been a port from console to PC that was any good. And sadly, I was right about this game as well.

    What all the game play videos do NOT show people is the worst parts of the game. So to keep it simple here's a list: 1. Camera system is terrible, you can tell it    There is NOTHING about this game that is good enough to warrant a 9/10 rating. In the history of gaming, there's never been a port from console to PC that was any good. And sadly, I was right about this game as well.

    What all the game play videos do NOT show people is the worst parts of the game.

    So to keep it simple here's a list:

    1. Camera system is terrible, you can tell it was a direct port from console and designed to work with gamepads and not PC mice.

    2. The Combat system is slow and clunky at best.

    3. Anyone using an pre-Haswell CPU is struggling with FPS stability (I do not have this problem i7-5930K) (Yes they are trying to figure out how to fix this issue)

    4. The Game world is setup like SkyForge (Central Hub *by yourself* where you prepare to enter an instanced zone either by yourself or while having someone connect to your session or vice versa otherwise it's a single player game, with a poorly implemented coop/multiplayer mode: It felt like an afterthought at best))

    5. Multiplayer is terrible at best, You would think after 8 months on Xbone, and PS4 they might have an idea of what network infrastructure would work? (Constant disconnects between player sessions) If I didn't know any better I'd say they were using Peer-Peer server hosting, because I can't believe a normal Network Infrastructure is this unstable and bad. Disconnects and error codes are common, and being forced into offline mode are expected. (No it's not my connection either, I have a 500Mb/sec / 50Mb/sec connection, and I ping 15-100ms or less everywhere in the U.S.

    6. Character animations are poor at best, you cannot move while attacking at the same time. In other words for those of us who played a real Action Combat MMO: The character position is locked while attacking, so no you cannot circle strafe around a target.

    7. If you were expecting this game to be an Action Combat System it's not. Not when you throw a game like Tera into the mix as a comparison.

    Now there are only 2 things positive I can say about this game:

    1. The Graphics

    2. They do in fact have a mouse Y Axis invert option.

    Beyond that, I can't say anything else good about it. The idea is sound, but the control mechanics, character animations, and clunky combat system makes it eye bleeding to deal with.

    Worst $60 I spent so far on a game. (next to X-Universe that is but hey at least the camera system worked in that game.)    … Expand
  7. Ukkoclap
    Aug 10, 2018
    0
    - **** DRM / Denuvo
    - Badly optimized
    - 1080ti runs at 40-50 FPS
    - No inherit controller support, relies on steam API for controller support which doesn't work. And yes, I did use the steam checkbox for controllers.

    Happy to change my review when all these issues have been fixed, but right now the game is not at an acceptable level.
  8. Jaden0502
    Aug 9, 2018
    10
    This beautifully implemented port is a perfect PC introduction to the joys of Monster Hunter !
    My Gametime will reach 24h for every day !!! Lets Hunt !!!
  9. ShadowofZexa
    Nov 23, 2021
    8
    Monster Hunter World is such an amazing game The combat, graphics, soundtrack are all excellent. There are some network issues such as sudden disconnects also not being able to skip cut scenes is an issue when you're playing with your friends. If you have friends to play this game is a treat.
  10. Xenofex
    Mar 22, 2020
    7
    New to the series. Picked the game up late (early 2020) so I haven't got any technical issues. 200+ hours of gameplay.

    Decided not to buy Iceborne. Before the 'end-game', the only thing an average player does is grinding with little skills. Why so little skills? Because this game is gear dependent. After the player get good enough defense, he/she can simply move to harder monsters.    New to the series. Picked the game up late (early 2020) so I haven't got any technical issues. 200+ hours of gameplay.

    Decided not to buy Iceborne.

    Before the 'end-game', the only thing an average player does is grinding with little skills. Why so little skills? Because this game is gear dependent. After the player get good enough defense, he/she can simply move to harder monsters.

    Until some point, grinding becomes every difficult. For instance, to get a Research Commission Ticket, the player has to either complete every single optional quest of the game, or to reach hunter rank 100. Both of which are a long and tedious way. Before this moment the player are blocked from certain end game gear, which means he/she is much less efficient at hunting, in other words, underpowered. At this point, the game is harder than you expect than what we see the streamers do. The only thing the player can do is to improve the skills, or remember the monster patterns, so that eventually the player can be a master of the game.

    I abandoned the game at roughly this situation and I just don't like it. I spent already 200 hours but just barely touched part of the game that encourage skills. What now? The game is not fresh anymore, more like a job for me. 200 hours is 5 working weeks, which is a lot. I don't see why the game force me to grind 200 hours to reach this point.    … Expand
  11. Captain_Chaos
    Jan 13, 2020
    7
    Monster Hunter: World is my first real foray into the franchise after poking at demos for the older 3DS games prior. I'm sure I'm not the only one with that background, but I can say that World on the whole feels like an attempt to get more people into the series.

    MHW's premise is rather thin for a game of its scale. This is not in of itself a bad thing, but as a lore-hound I might have    Monster Hunter: World is my first real foray into the franchise after poking at demos for the older 3DS games prior. I'm sure I'm not the only one with that background, but I can say that World on the whole feels like an attempt to get more people into the series.

    MHW's premise is rather thin for a game of its scale. This is not in of itself a bad thing, but as a lore-hound I might have appreciated a little more fluff.

    Mechanically speaking however the game is significantly more complex, with more keyboard binds, at least as far as I can remember, then any game I have played in the past 15 years, with the possible exception of Sins of a Solar Empire: a 4X space strategy game. That MHW is an action game with this many binds is impressive, if at times kind of annoying. I would also regard it as strangely akin to Axiom Verge in that having tried both mouse and keyboard versus controller, neither is 100% comfortable for me to use and I find myself wishing I had an extra hand, or at least a few more neurons.

    You may wish the same when attempting to ascertain the breadth of content in MHW: There are fourteen different types of weapons to use, some melee, some ranged, some simple and others tactically complex, multiple environments to hunt in, a few dozen monster types with varying strengths and weaknesses and tables of dropped crafting materials, many, many items to pick up, craft, an arm-mounted "slinger" that can fire various types of found ammo and use and at least two different sets of armor and one of each weapon type to make for each monster, with the Iceborne expansion adding an entirely new "grapple claw" mechanic, more moves for the weapons and of course, a lot more monsters and gear to craft. In the vein of many Japanese games I have played in the past: The EDF series, Sengoku Basara, Navel Ops, and others: There is a staggering amount of stuff to do, find and make. MHW is, in a word, dense. If nothing else, you will get your money's worth in hours played by far, if the game is your bag. When hunting alone or with one other player, and I do recommend at least one other player, you have the option of being accompanied by a helpful cat-like creature called a Palico, who can use a selection of unique support items, gather materials, distract the monster for you, and generally be nice to have around. When playing with three or four players however, the Palicos stay behind to enforce the 4-player party size limit.

    And now the meat of it: The combat in MHW is certainly more accessible then earlier iterations of the franchise, but gameplay overall is notably clunkier and rigid when compared to contemporary titles, especially western ones. It took some hours for me to adjust to the various oddities of the game's design and hurdles of progression, not the least of which is your extremely limited defense and damage at the game's outset- you will regularly die in early quests and any quest thereafter you are not properly geared for, as player skill will not save you from getting one shot by a powerful attack, thus wasting one of your team's precious limited respawns per assigned quest, costing you time, money and patience. Gear levels aside, as I mentioned earlier I've never been able to reach a real level of comfort with any control setup for MHW. Mouse and keyboard simply has too many separate binds to be usable within a reasonable frame of response time, not helped by a complete remap of the default binds accompanying the infamously delayed-for-pc Iceborne expansion, and locking character movement to eight cardinal directions versus the more nuanced directional control of an analog stick. Controller makes character movement and certain melee attacks and other inputs easier to perform, but hopelessly complicates aiming any projectile weapon or the grapple claw. And both control setups must contend with what I felt, at least initially, was a labyrinthine, archaic menu system and curiously unresponsive quick-use wheel. Aside from any of this, there is also the issue of the disparity in design quality between armors for the two available genders. Whatever your personal feelings on skimpy armor designs for female characters, there is simply a marked lack of quality and design creativity for the female armors.

    All that being said, MHW is nonetheless fun, perhaps inexplicably so at times. It's loud and colorful, with easily understandable icons, recognizable outlines for monsters, weapons and armors, reasonable load times, and it's very easy for friends to link up and do hunts together. Combat can be satisfying when all factors line up sufficiently, especially the mounting mechanic and grapple claw techniques. The map and guidance system is fairly robust.

    Above all, a bulk of my online friends have the game, and it is always in my experience better to play games of this nature with friends. Whatever its flaws, and there are many, MHW manages to be an entertaining and addicting experience.    … Expand
  12. pinapelz
    Mar 16, 2020
    6
    The game is just OK. I don't have any other connections to the Monster Hunter Series (this is my first Monster Hunter Game), so this should be a very objective view on the game.

    Graphics: This game looks fantastic! The people designing it did a really nice job with making the world feel realistic. Everything in this game just looks so detailed and beautiful! Gameplay: Gameplay wise    The game is just OK. I don't have any other connections to the Monster Hunter Series (this is my first Monster Hunter Game), so this should be a very objective view on the game.

    Graphics: This game looks fantastic! The people designing it did a really nice job with making the world feel realistic. Everything in this game just looks so detailed and beautiful!

    Gameplay: Gameplay wise the controls are just OK. I'm not sure if this is a recurring thing happening in the monster hunter series but the controls definetly felt clunky. It didn't feel very smooth. I also found that there wasn't any way to cancel a move after you made it. If you were using long sword and did an overhead slash infront of you there was no way to stop yourself from completing the action. Even worse if you press the button multiple times the character will proceed to do the action multiple times. However these were minor issues and could be easily overlooked.

    What really killed it for me was the terrible Palico AI and the annoying effects monster can place on you (stunned, poison, sleep). Here is an example of what can happen: You get stunned by a monster and you are on half health. Naturally you are immobile for a certain period of time. However! The monster is able to also posion or burn you causing you to lose health while immobile, plus the monster can knock you around while you are stunned giving you no way to dodge or avoid the attacks leading to fainting, Cases like being pushed against the wall with no where to go and being killed has happened to me WAY TOO often for me to be able to overlook this as an one time occurance. Also the Palico (cats/helper in combat in the game) is never able to deliever a vigorwasp (health potion) to me properly. When I find myself in need of one it always says that its too busy or whatever when it clearly doing nothing.

    Also monsters are way too overpowered! Tons of monsters out there are able to kill you in one or two hits. The beginner area should have easier to kill monsters, not an Anjanath that can one shot you using a flame thrower move.

    I recognize the fact that it could be just me who is bad at this game and more experienced players would be able to get out of these situations, but you have to keep in mind that for many people this is their first entry into the monster hunter series. Being a begginer at a game shouldn't impact the enjoyment of it.

    All of this combined with the fact that you can't actually remap controls on controller just made this game unenjoyable. However I won't be returning it as it still a decent game. It will probably become a game that I revisit like once every two weeks or so, definetly not one I would play everyday.    … Expand
  13. SLTYSPTOON
    Mar 29, 2020
    5
    Honestly this game isn't very fun because of the clunky combat system and boring encounters. The combat system is probably the worst experience I've ever had, it's so clunky and every single time you miss it takes like 5 seconds to hit the monster again (and this is with a semi-fast weapon). The monsters are so mobile and the character just seems like a sloth in comparison making for anHonestly this game isn't very fun because of the clunky combat system and boring encounters. The combat system is probably the worst experience I've ever had, it's so clunky and every single time you miss it takes like 5 seconds to hit the monster again (and this is with a semi-fast weapon). The monsters are so mobile and the character just seems like a sloth in comparison making for an irritating experience. Also every single monster is different but it doesn't feel like it. The attacks are almost all the same (except for one elemental thing that the monster barely uses) and the way the monsters react are the same: you hit it a ton, it runs away and rinse and repeat until it's dead (except for the rare boss monster encounters).

    Also you know that fun weapon and gear grinding! Yeah, it's pretty much useless because the game gives you the most OP gear to begin with (except for the weapons which are still decent) and it will take forever to find gear/weapons that are better than the ones you start out with.

    And possibly the worst thing of all is the fact that the game barely lets you explore the open world that the game has to offer and even if we were able to the linearity of the world and clunkines of the movement and combat in game makes it more like an annoying obstacle you want to get over with and just find the monster you need to fight (and do it all over again when you die). There's such a beautiful open world and the game doesn't take advantage of it. Why can't we just explore the world and find monsters and hunt them along the way instead of being so limited.

    Luckily the graphics are gorgeous and the story is great so I will give it a 5/10 (which is still kind of bad). It was just not what I was expecting and after coming from breath of the wild on the switch with amazing fluid combat, a beautiful open world taken advantage of and amazing graphics. I don't think this game should be exactly like breath of the wild, I just wish it had fluid combat and an open world taken advantage of like breath of the wild. Just don't buy until they fix these issues.    … Expand
  14. da_one23
    Jun 26, 2022
    8
    I want the handler to handle a gun pointed at her face

    she is kinda hot tho
  15. MadclownJack
    Dec 9, 2018
    6
    It's a mixed experience for me. I've played most of the 3ds titles and one PS2 title. I have a combined 400 hours of gameplay, so it's safe to say that i'm sort of a fan. MHW on the other hand is a good game, probably the best game in the series. There are a lot of things i like in it, but there are a lot of things i outwardly hate in it. So First, the good.

    It's more streamlined, more    It's a mixed experience for me. I've played most of the 3ds titles and one PS2 title. I have a combined 400 hours of gameplay, so it's safe to say that i'm sort of a fan. MHW on the other hand is a good game, probably the best game in the series. There are a lot of things i like in it, but there are a lot of things i outwardly hate in it. So First, the good.

    It's more streamlined, more fair to new players and it doesn't get tedious fast. Tracking a monster is easier than ever, with tracks and tracker flies. The maps are one big area with seamless transitions between segments, meaning no loading screens. Bigger item pouch, divided into two types of crafting materials, meaning more room for items and less grinding. You always have a map and items are marked on it until you are under attack. No more pickaxes, nets and whetstones needed, meaning more space saved. The graphics are great, albeit demanding at times. I use the 360 controller and so far it has been superb. The monsters however familiar, can be surprisingly challenging even to returning players. Also you can turn off most helpful options for a more hardcore experience. All in all a good game as a whole. Not great, but OK.

    The Bad, are mostly issues that plague AAA games of late.

    Still, it's sort of baffling to me how a company like Capcom can allow itself to skim on servers and server quality leaving millions of paying customers out in the dirt coping with constant server issues.

    Camera can be annoying as it doesn't always stay locked on target, and when it does it's mostly at a weird angle where you can't see how the monster is positioned leaving you vulnerable to attack. Constant lock-on, lock-off is sort of tiring. I thought they'd fix this by now.

    I'll never understand the need for Denuvo DRM. Isn't there a way you can protect your IP from piracy that doesn't involve installing what is basically a backdoor/spyware to paying customers? Anything is better than this.
    So far i've not seen a way to change style.

    There is also a myriad of sub-menues and options that make the UI a bit difficult to deal with.

    Worst offense though, at least for me is NO WAY TO PAUSE in offline mode. I mean what the hell Capcom? How basic is that feature? Not all of us are soulless robots just pining to play this 24/7, no matter what you've been led to believe.

    Like i said before, it's a good game, not without faults. After a while for me, the experience became all too familiar and a tad boring. New players should be fine, but returning players will find very little new things in terms of core gameplay. So, same old grindfest, with a touch of flair here and there.    … Expand
  16. AlMcFly
    Sep 1, 2018
    6
    6 / 10

    i think a lot of people are either Vets or bought into the hype a bit too much. This is a decently above average game. Once you get used to the purposely slow (human) control scheme and get your groove, it's a fun game. Despite it being monotonous, it's somehow a fun game. This however is a VERY "content-poor" game though being sold at premium full-game price. Let's look at    6 / 10

    i think a lot of people are either Vets or bought into the hype a bit too much. This is a decently above average game. Once you get used to the purposely slow (human) control scheme and get your groove, it's a fun game. Despite it being monotonous, it's somehow a fun game. This however is a VERY "content-poor" game though being sold at premium full-game price. Let's look at the facts:

    1. Two hub/quest kiosk zones where you are alone (no online players visible) and Five world combat zones. That's it. Each zone is probably 1/100th of the size of zones in games like Breath of the Wild, Witcher 3, or any Elder Scrolls game. Fans will say "but this is a MH game, not Elder Scrolls!" Who cares. Irrelevent. That's not a valid rebuttal when people are simply pointing out that the MHW zones are small, few, and confining by comparison. If any other multiplayer game released with only five maps, people would laugh their @sses off at the ridiculous notion.

    2. The game needs load screens, even on PC, and it's not a technically demanding game. Granted they are fairly fast load screens if you have a decent PC, but I hear they are abysmal on consoles. Pretty sure the optimization could be better. Your PC might run Crysis at max settings without issue, but your fps is going to drop insanely when Teostra shoots his laser beam at you. Doesn't really make too much sense.

    3. The monster hunting is fun. Very fun. However, the game has what, like 10 - 15 truly unique monsters? Half of the monsters are either reskins of another or using the exact same movesets and skeleton, with a few minor special move changes. Compare Rathian with Blue Rathian, Rathalos, Kushala Daora. Compare Odagoron with Tobi-Kadachi. Diablos is just Anjanath with burrowing capabilities minus the fire breathing. Take away fire and burrowing, and all you have is two monsters that just non-stop charge at you. That's it. It's so uncomplicated, it boggles my mind. Even the big boss fight at the end of the story is just a damage-sponge with very little worry of death. HR mode is basically saying "Hey, you just fought all the monsters in the game. GJ! Now fight them all again but they are a little stronger. After that, you get to fight the same monsters again, but they are Tempered now. Ooooooooh uh-maaaaazing!" Absurd.

    4. Grind. Holy sh*t the grind. I have about 150 hours put into this game and I'd estimate that around 100 hours of that is grinding the same monsters over and over for materials just to progress passed a storyline HR gating mechanism.

    5. RNG and No Endgame. By HR Level 50, I have already fought every monster in the game literally 30 - 50 times, and I had to FORCE myself to reach HR 50. I kind of wanted to walk away at HR 30. Now my Endgame option is...fight those same monsters another 100 times each for a .01% chance at getting a useful Decoration you can slot into armor. Why would I need that decoration you ask? OH! To make fighting those monsters you've already fought 150 times easier to fight of course. Wait, what? I'm only grinding these monsters in order to make fighting these monsters easier? WTF?!? This game literally has no end goal. It's a game about fighting things over and over.

    6. They probably could have found a better solution than the crappy item wheel and tool belt. Half the time in battles I am hammering away at the monster, and the other half I'm running around trying not to get hit while I am scrolling to find my mantle, trap, tranquilizers, flash bomb, ect. Annoying.

    7. This game costs $60 or $70 depending on which version you get, the same price at release as aforementioned games like Witcher 3 and Breath of the Wild. That's a value disparity. This is not an opinion-based observation. It's a strict value-comparison. At $70, any reasonable person would choose one of those other games and get far more value. That is fact. If you've never played Witcher 3, you can probably buy it now somewhere for $20-30 (likely cheaper) and you will lose your life in that game for half a year. In a world where Witcher 3 exists, MHW should be laughed at. Hell, I probably got 1000% more actual playtime variety out of games like Super Mario 64 and Zelda A Link to the Past. I probably got more playtime variety out of Super Metroid. I'm not even going to compare this game to the likes of the Dark Souls franchise. That comparison is laughable at best.

    This game is a shiny toy with very little depth. The armor/stat system is one-dimensional. It's repetitive. It has gating mechanisms that force grind. It's got an RNG system with very little point to participating. Fighting monsters is extremely fun though...for a while. The "promise" of future content and nostalgia (that I don't even have) is not worth $70 that I spent. If you were intelligent, you'd wait for a severe price drop or a year's worth of content before buying.    … Expand
  17. nitorita
    Sep 3, 2018
    7
    I'm a casual gamer and this is the only game in the series I've ever played. I skimmed through the negative reviews and I agree with the problems that the game has, but I feel that the scores are unfair and don't put consideration into the gameplay itself. Therefore, read on if you want a genuine review on what the game feels like, and what you should be aware of before you try the gameI'm a casual gamer and this is the only game in the series I've ever played. I skimmed through the negative reviews and I agree with the problems that the game has, but I feel that the scores are unfair and don't put consideration into the gameplay itself. Therefore, read on if you want a genuine review on what the game feels like, and what you should be aware of before you try the game out.

    First off, the game is best enjoyed solo or with the SOS Flare multiplayer feature. Multiplayer is similar to Vermintide 2 where you can have up to a four players on a single quest. Unfortunately, the matchmaking system is busted for reasons others have already elaborated on, so if you want co-op, either play with your friends or use the SOS Flare feature in game. Always start the game offline to begin with (i.e. create your own server), and then join others later via SOS or the filter servers option. If you attempt to use the matchmaker at the main menu, the game might get stuck for a long time.

    MHW is an action RPG where you go around killing bosses. The weapons are balanced insanely well so that you'll never overpower any boss by farming and building up your character, and high level players won't be able to do the same either when they join your game. I liked the way this was designed. The SOS Flare system is absolute genius because it allows you to easily find bosses you're looking for to farm or to open up your game for people to join without any difficulty.

    Overall, the game is somewhat easy because the boss AI isn't amazing (definitely not Dark Souls level) and you have several lives and a copious amount of time to complete each quest. Sadly, bosses have insane health pools which make it a chore to peashoot them to death. Each boss takes at least 15 minutes to kill solo, or half the time if you do co-op. The game becomes more entertaining once you unlock the High Rank quests, so I suggest that you don't spend too much time doing sides until you've unlocked them.

    Aesthetically, the game looks pleasing (if you can look past the poor optimization and the need to lower the graphics), and story-wise the game has a pretty good one. The game definitely goes at your own pace and is catered for casuals. Ultimately, as long as you can look past the counter-intuitive multiplayer system, you'll find that the game is a nice way to burn a few hours whenever you're bored. If you find the keyboard and mouse controls janky, just use a controller. I give the game a 7 for "not quite there yet because it has its feed of problems but not bad if you can look past them."    … Expand
  18. theonlyone21
    Jul 15, 2019
    10
    you guys are dumb the game IS MENT TO FEEL CLUNKY when you swing a big sword in irl it feels clunky right? THATS HOW IT SUPOSED TO BE YOU DUMBASSES THIS IS NOT A HACK AND SLASH GAME ITS A GAME WHERE YOU HUNT MONSTERS THAT ARE BIGGER THEN OF COURSE IT FEELS CLUNKY
  19. Firefall77
    Feb 22, 2019
    10
    Best Monster Hunter game of all time. Cant wait for the addon. The PC version could be a bit more polished but all in all its a great game with a bright feature in the also western countries .
  20. PrincessRose
    Aug 27, 2019
    6
    A game where all you do is hunt monsters many times to get gear so you can fight the next monster and each fight takes around 20 minutes. Very repetitive with nothing else to do, the game is lacking any depth. It's a rather shallow experience with a boring story.

    I love cats and the cute palico companion and love how interesting the monsters look. If you like grinding and fighting    A game where all you do is hunt monsters many times to get gear so you can fight the next monster and each fight takes around 20 minutes. Very repetitive with nothing else to do, the game is lacking any depth. It's a rather shallow experience with a boring story.

    I love cats and the cute palico companion and love how interesting the monsters look.

    If you like grinding and fighting the same monster over and over again then it would be your kind of game. I spent $43 Aud on this and only keep playing as I want to get my moneys worth. The game is alright, fun to kill a monster the first time but I bit too repetitive as you need to kill it many times to be able to craft a full set of gear so I find it overly grindy and can't recommend as it is not fun enough.    … Expand
  21. Lizarino
    May 31, 2020
    3
    Worst controls I've ever seen in a game. Incredibly clunky combat and badly designed UI.
    Game could be great but these issues make it unplayable
  22. Nexitt
    Oct 1, 2019
    2
    Минусы: кривое управление, тупые заставки, тупой сюжет, бесящие персонажи
    Плюсы: котики
  23. siman0
    Dec 30, 2018
    4
    Its a port and wow its bad, the game has next to no support for PC. I would have rather them not even bring the game to PC. Most of the menu items still reference controllers, no mouse settings in sight. they force mouse smoothing, and acceleration on by default. It was so bad I was getting sick. I love this game on the consoles, but its PC counterpart is horrible.

    The stuff that is    Its a port and wow its bad, the game has next to no support for PC. I would have rather them not even bring the game to PC. Most of the menu items still reference controllers, no mouse settings in sight. they force mouse smoothing, and acceleration on by default. It was so bad I was getting sick. I love this game on the consoles, but its PC counterpart is horrible.

    The stuff that is still a problem from the consoles is there ie the gameplay is so so, but with the added problem of uncontrollability its bad... The game still looks good and the audio is spot on, but its hard to overlook the issues that plague the game. I will also say for a year old game it runs poorly even on my 2080ti cards... All in all this game is a non buyer until the PC controls are even remotely addressed.    … Expand
  24. thisyearsgirls
    Aug 13, 2018
    5
    Not entirely impressed with this port. Kbm controls are unbearable, and yet even with a controller the combat feels slow and clunky. Navigating multiplayer is a nightmare, you need to jump through so many hoops. Want a smooth co-op campaign experience with friends? Forget about it. You need to all individually watch the cut scenes for every mission before you're allowed to co-op the story.Not entirely impressed with this port. Kbm controls are unbearable, and yet even with a controller the combat feels slow and clunky. Navigating multiplayer is a nightmare, you need to jump through so many hoops. Want a smooth co-op campaign experience with friends? Forget about it. You need to all individually watch the cut scenes for every mission before you're allowed to co-op the story.

    I really want to love this game but Capcom are making it so hard. Not worth the full price tag, wait until its on sale. Hopefully they'll have fixed the never ending list of issues by then.    … Expand
  25. qwerty100
    Aug 28, 2018
    2
    Broken. If it can't find a server (which is about 50% of the time) then it will completely stonewall you and stop you from playing at all. Inexcusable that this hasn't been fixed yet. While some connection issues are inevitable when you're playing with strangers this is beyond the pale.

    This is combined with the extortionate price they're charging for a game that is severely padded out    Broken. If it can't find a server (which is about 50% of the time) then it will completely stonewall you and stop you from playing at all. Inexcusable that this hasn't been fixed yet. While some connection issues are inevitable when you're playing with strangers this is beyond the pale.

    This is combined with the extortionate price they're charging for a game that is severely padded out with filler content and repetitive grinding (the thrill of fighting a new monster for the first time is quickly diluted when the game forces you to kill them 5 more times in order to progress). The maps as well, while pretty and well designed, are very small for a modern RPG and do not really encourage or reward exploration. Overall I definitely can not recommend buying this game until they fix the aforementioned online issues and drop the price to more fairly reflect the amount of content on offer.    … Expand
  26. burningman92
    Aug 11, 2018
    1
    I bought this game hoping it would be good because it has great reviews, co-op, and I've heard a lot of great things about it from my friends who play it on console.

    Single player is great... with a controller. Don't plan on using the mouse and keyboard you are so accustomed to as a PC gamer. Whoever worked at CapCom on this console port never played the game with the mouse and    I bought this game hoping it would be good because it has great reviews, co-op, and I've heard a lot of great things about it from my friends who play it on console.

    Single player is great... with a controller. Don't plan on using the mouse and keyboard you are so accustomed to as a PC gamer. Whoever worked at CapCom on this console port never played the game with the mouse and keyboard. You can't turn off mouse acceleration, which makes the mouse pretty much act like a joystick, you can't change certain keybinds in the settings, and the menu interface is definitely designed for console. Also you can't turn motion blur or bloom off. The game is, also, wayyy too bright even with the gamma turned down and volumetric fog off.

    Co-op is unplayable at the moment. You WILL get disconnected when you play with friends IF you are able to join them in the first place (unless you are super lucky). You cannot progress through the story with your friends, either. One member of your party has to have previously done it solo. (Really Capcom?)

    The graphics are also very, very bad for a AAA title like this. It looks like a console game at max settings and is overwhelmingly underwhelming. Most AAA games made in the past 5 years look much better than this game, imo. I think, honestly, Hitman: Absolution or Far Cry 3 have the same if not better graphics. Don't get me started on the textures.

    If you like the Monster Hunter franchise, you own a controller or gamepad, you don't care about multiplayer or co-op, you are fine with sub-optimal graphics and performance, go ahead buy the game, it's great. For me, I just think it would be better if I waited for them to fix most of the things, that I think, are wrong with the game or waited until it was heavily discounted to buy it. I think CapCom could've done a better job and I'm extremely disappointed with what bag of feces they lit on fire and threw onto Steam's doorstep, sharpie'd on it "ported and polished".    … Expand
  27. AcidClay
    Oct 10, 2018
    4
    simply a bad port, 8 months for nothing and less content than the console version, the specialized press i think played a different game for i cant mind why they scored that high... o hell yes... money...
  28. 998817268
    Aug 18, 2018
    0
    Broken matchmaking and unplayable keyboard and mouse controls make this impossible to recommend - at least until the matchmaking is fixed. I share the other reviewers' incredulity at Capcom's inability to successfully implement matchmaking in the pc port of this game, because the game prefers to put you in online sessions when you start it so you can matchmake easier - it almost alwaysBroken matchmaking and unplayable keyboard and mouse controls make this impossible to recommend - at least until the matchmaking is fixed. I share the other reviewers' incredulity at Capcom's inability to successfully implement matchmaking in the pc port of this game, because the game prefers to put you in online sessions when you start it so you can matchmake easier - it almost always fails to get you into a multiplayer session, wasting your time trying to connect for a minute until it ultimately gives you an error code and puts you in an offline lobby, which you can't choose to enter until you fail to connect to a multiplayer session. Pass on this until there's news that capcom fixed the matchmaking.… Expand
  29. superjim94
    Aug 14, 2018
    0
    I wouldn't **** play this game as long as Capcom did not fix the server problem! How do I play with my friends when this stupid **** ass game keep dc dc and dc??? So called game that can play with friends, but from what I have tasted, it definitely a solo game that trying so **** hard to go online but keeps on failed! Stupid Capcom, if you can't fix this then don't make this game goI wouldn't **** play this game as long as Capcom did not fix the server problem! How do I play with my friends when this stupid **** ass game keep dc dc and dc??? So called game that can play with friends, but from what I have tasted, it definitely a solo game that trying so **** hard to go online but keeps on failed! Stupid Capcom, if you can't fix this then don't make this game go public! Why do people waste so much money to purchase this game and watch it dc?… Expand
  30. alewares
    Aug 12, 2018
    0
    Mouse emulates a joystick and feels objectively bad to play with. Might as well be lugging around a boulder, the negative acceleration is unlike anything i've ever seen on PC.

    keyboard bindings are fixable, but the defaults (V to aim? no drag and drop in menus, using Q and E in menu) just solidifies the notion that they did a console port to PC without a single thought about PC at all.    Mouse emulates a joystick and feels objectively bad to play with. Might as well be lugging around a boulder, the negative acceleration is unlike anything i've ever seen on PC.

    keyboard bindings are fixable, but the defaults (V to aim? no drag and drop in menus, using Q and E in menu) just solidifies the notion that they did a console port to PC without a single thought about PC at all. Whoever set these probably hadn't even tested it on PC.

    Overall, mouse+kb control scheme for this game are 100% objectively and factually (not an opinion) absolutely abysmal. As a console game, it's probably nice. But this review is for PC. And since the devs put about 1 minute of thought into the PC aspect and ended up with this mess of a control scheme, this doesn't qualify for a PC game and receives a zero.    … Expand
  31. MeUMeU
    Aug 12, 2018
    0
    game server is totally broken. I can't play with my friend. but capcom was not fixed this game. it is so terrible, not a good game.
  32. Fessaer
    Aug 15, 2018
    0
    Overall good game, played a lot on PS4, but with current broken multiplayer and constant disconnects - not worth buying at all.
  33. aquiles1990
    Aug 12, 2018
    0
    To put it simple. One of the worst port of the entire year and truly a backstab to any gamer around the world . The fact that has been delayed for 6 months and the Pc version wich should have got best treatment is Downgrade to lower levels than consoles is disgusting . Yes Pc version do not have Xbox X textures neither water reflection in 2018 . Even Nier Automata sad port has visualTo put it simple. One of the worst port of the entire year and truly a backstab to any gamer around the world . The fact that has been delayed for 6 months and the Pc version wich should have got best treatment is Downgrade to lower levels than consoles is disgusting . Yes Pc version do not have Xbox X textures neither water reflection in 2018 . Even Nier Automata sad port has visual parity at least . Then add the limitation of Dlc, Anti- Tamper against Mods and you have a 60usd cash grab crime . GO F# Yourself Capcom.… Expand
  34. Sfea
    Aug 12, 2018
    0
    El peor port de consola que he visto en mi vida. Retraso de 1 año en pc sin justificación alguna. No han trabajado para nada la versión de pc, además está limitado intencionalmente para que ps4 no se vea tan inferior.
    Hicieron un copy paste horrendo. Más encima trae DENUVO, que hace sufrir de manera maliciosa a los CPU. Para un juego 100% online, con un loguin no quiere más. No voy a    El peor port de consola que he visto en mi vida. Retraso de 1 año en pc sin justificación alguna. No han trabajado para nada la versión de pc, además está limitado intencionalmente para que ps4 no se vea tan inferior.
    Hicieron un copy paste horrendo. Más encima trae DENUVO, que hace sufrir de manera maliciosa a los CPU. Para un juego 100% online, con un loguin no quiere más. No voy a aceptar un producto de tan baja calidad    … Expand
  35. wildstars
    Aug 11, 2018
    2
    If you want to play with a specific friend or group of friends, the multiplayer matchmaking aspects of this game are terrible. If you want to play with a bunch of random people, it's merely bad. I have no idea how the actual multiplayer gameplay is because I could never get the matchmaking to work. And since that is the big hook on this game, that really sucks.

    Quests have two    If you want to play with a specific friend or group of friends, the multiplayer matchmaking aspects of this game are terrible. If you want to play with a bunch of random people, it's merely bad. I have no idea how the actual multiplayer gameplay is because I could never get the matchmaking to work. And since that is the big hook on this game, that really sucks.

    Quests have two difficulty levels, 1 player or 4 player. This is set when you pick how many players you possibly want to join you on a quest. Not by how many players are actually participating. So if you want to play with another friends, and you set the quest limit to two players, you had better hope you can get matchmaking to work, and that y'all can play like you are 4 people. And that is assuming you can get matchmaking to work.

    All the secret steps you have to take in order to get quests to work with multiplayer remind me of hiccup cures, in that they may or may not work for you. Even if they do, they are very unintuitive, and not documented anywhere in the game. Want to do a story quest with friends? That is like getting four people to simultaneously flush four marine toilets. It's absurdly complicated. And undocumented. Then there are expeditions, which have a different set of absurd conditions and steps. And god help you if there is a cutscene involved, then that is a different set of steps.

    Finally, you have to go through this garbage process every single time you take a new mission or expedition.

    If you were expecting a game like any other PC coop multiplayer game (Borderlands, Nazi Zombie Army, Left 4 Dead, The Division, Dying Light, Killing Floor, Dead Island, etc, etc) where you get your group together and go play - prepare yourself to be exceptionally disappointed.

    I've enjoyed the singleplayer, but it isn't as good as any other dedicated singleplayer game. They story and plot elements are basic and threadbare. Basically a framework to justify going out with a group of folks and murder monsters. And that is what I got this game for. I got this game to play with friends & family. All it has been in that regard is a huge steaming pile of frustration.    … Expand
  36. PunishedVex
    Aug 12, 2018
    2
    Terrible port of an awesome game. It runs with constant 100% CPU usage and it suffers from huge lagspikes during combat. The game is barely playable in this state. I wish I could refund it.
  37. Delcien
    Aug 12, 2018
    0
    Terrible game, i spent ages running around like a headless chicken not knowing what to do, it kept disconnecting, waste of money!
  38. Xelluse
    Aug 14, 2018
    0
    Tbh, bleh.... Just a regular console poop, poorly ported for PC... Nothing new, nothing special.
    -Graphics outdated and physical requirements are high... Do not get me wrong, graphics is OK on screenshots, it's made to be presentable for showcase, but in action very Epileptic and Annoying, even disgusting in some places and very Eye heavy, it's not far from Crysis 2 or Warframe, but    Tbh, bleh.... Just a regular console poop, poorly ported for PC... Nothing new, nothing special.
    -Graphics outdated and physical requirements are high... Do not get me wrong, graphics is OK on screenshots, it's made to be presentable for showcase, but in action very Epileptic and Annoying, even disgusting in some places and very Eye heavy, it's not far from Crysis 2 or Warframe, but requires 5 times more resources from Hardware (sponsored by Intel btw... one more Coincidence ?), like there is a Miner integrated.... Oh... wait... there is one...
    -Sounds nice, but repetitive and annoying after 2 hours of gameplay... Btw, in 2018 game do not work even with 5.1...
    -Gameplay ? Hmmmm... Just mobile version of Monster Hunter games, nothing new, nothing special...
    -Do not have MHW on PS4, but PC version is peace of poo... No really, I did not think, that there will be a game, which can be worse than NMS, KKD and MEA...

    This game is not worth a penny, so I refund this piece of poo and will not even try it, in near future as minimum, even if they will pay me....

    -10 Epileptic Console ports out of 10...    … Expand
  39. Ky3mi4_raider71
    Aug 20, 2018
    0
    This game mean nothing nowadays. Boring gameplay, bad optimisation and ordinaty graphic quality - is that what you get buying this game. Not good for a Capcom reputation, such as "Umbrella Corps"
  40. Darius_84
    Aug 19, 2018
    0
    - Very Bad Porting.
    - DENUVO. FFS DO YOU STILL USE THIS SHI*TY DRM? It's useless now, a couple of weeks top and it's cracked
    - SERVER. They delayed SEVEN FRIGGIN' MONTHS PC launch for "SERVER WORK TO DELIVER THE BEST EXPERIENCE" so they said. THE SERVERS SUCKS! Every 5-20 minutes (depends on your luck) the online crash, sending you in offline mode (and if you are hunting with a stronger    - Very Bad Porting.
    - DENUVO. FFS DO YOU STILL USE THIS SHI*TY DRM? It's useless now, a couple of weeks top and it's cracked
    - SERVER. They delayed SEVEN FRIGGIN' MONTHS PC launch for "SERVER WORK TO DELIVER THE BEST EXPERIENCE" so they said. THE SERVERS SUCKS! Every 5-20 minutes (depends on your luck) the online crash, sending you in offline mode (and if you are hunting with a stronger version of the monster).
    - Phisics and graphic engine sucks. It feels like a ~2010 game instead of a 2018.

    Capcom did a very LOUSY job here. This company do not deserve the ~60 bucks they ask for this garbage    … Expand
  41. x_Marshmallon_x
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Very one dimensional, slow, boring, unpolished, grindfest of a tragedy. Only hype comes form weeaboo culture.
  42. Chewieflakes
    Sep 8, 2018
    0
    This game is majorly overrated. Immensely boring for the vast majority of gameplay. Some of the design decisions blow my mind. Constant loading screens and pointless cutscenes followed by mundane tasks of finding monster footprints constantly. And the port itself is HORRIBLE. Constant crashes, multiplayer is a JOKE, runs horribly, DENUVO, controls were designed by a monkey, and severelyThis game is majorly overrated. Immensely boring for the vast majority of gameplay. Some of the design decisions blow my mind. Constant loading screens and pointless cutscenes followed by mundane tasks of finding monster footprints constantly. And the port itself is HORRIBLE. Constant crashes, multiplayer is a JOKE, runs horribly, DENUVO, controls were designed by a monkey, and severely lacking in settings options.… Expand
  43. Shinjuukyuu
    Dec 7, 2019
    3
    This game is just bad. I don't understand all these people, who spend 100+ hours in it. Optimization is terrible, combat is so clunky, hitboxes are awful. Controls are so weird it's hard to actually enjoy the game. Missions are boring. The only good thing about this game are pretty good looking monsters.
  44. Sentinel82
    Feb 24, 2019
    10
    Very fun game! Can't wait for the expansion this Fall!.............................................................................................
  45. AM0N
    Jan 18, 2020
    10
    Awesome game all the way through. The plebs who are complaining in these reviews are probably playing the game with a mouse and keyboard. If they had any sense, they would play with a controller. But they don't have any sense, do they?

    Also, I would hate to reinforce the notion that people who don't like a game are just too bad at it to "get it", but really -- the amount of people here    Awesome game all the way through. The plebs who are complaining in these reviews are probably playing the game with a mouse and keyboard. If they had any sense, they would play with a controller. But they don't have any sense, do they?

    Also, I would hate to reinforce the notion that people who don't like a game are just too bad at it to "get it", but really -- the amount of people here that are complaining that the combat is clunky is just unreasonable. If you get used to the combat mechanics, it's not clunky. It's different to other games similar to this one. Yes, in this game you get punished for making stupid decisions in combat. Boo-hoo.    … Expand
  46. valdrak
    Apr 4, 2019
    6
    the game is cool, but you feel like a second category player because with the implementation of patches do not bother to name the new items
  47. escknx
    Mar 20, 2020
    4
    Good concept, decent graphics for the genre, not as cartoonish as I expected from asian game. But this is sloppy console port that is not really fun to play on PC. Huge input lag and awkward controls, mine is refunded. Maybe in a few years when concoles and PCs development methods are the same this series will be enjoyable for people who play PC for a while with high refresh rates. TodayGood concept, decent graphics for the genre, not as cartoonish as I expected from asian game. But this is sloppy console port that is not really fun to play on PC. Huge input lag and awkward controls, mine is refunded. Maybe in a few years when concoles and PCs development methods are the same this series will be enjoyable for people who play PC for a while with high refresh rates. Today its fun mostly for not demanding players or for those who play console on TV frequently and don't feel input lag.… Expand
  48. tututulip
    Sep 13, 2019
    10
    I loved the series of the game since playing monster hunter freedom unite and with new monsters and stunning graphics makes it worth buying and spending 100+ hours on it
  49. ningky
    Sep 3, 2019
    1
    เล่นไม่จบ
    learning curve สูงไป
    การต่อสู้ไม่น่าสนใจ
    ............................................
  50. Adriella01
    Feb 22, 2020
    6
    I got excited when it launched, because I have vague memories about the 2004 ps2 hit and they stuck to some visuals.
    All in all there is not much to do except grinding. Plus I did not like the slow combat movements, which i guess is a personal taste. For the high price they launched poor content.
  51. Dayvie
    Jun 7, 2020
    0
    No plot and no characters with traits or progression. Only monster grinding with gear progression system. Pretty bland.
  52. Dinkus
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    Casualized the series and forsake original playerbase. Some of the changes are good but it is a lot less rewarding overall. At least mh is finally on pc.
  53. Parsath_
    Jan 26, 2021
    3
    I wanted to like Monster Hunter.

    But it just isn't fun. The attack animations are painfully slow and the game just feels unresponsive. Then the weapon sharpening, holy **** I got like 3 full animations out in 2 minutes and now I have to spend another 2 minutes sharpening my sword. And after all the clunky combat and sword sharpening, the **** monster runs away. I guess it's more fun    I wanted to like Monster Hunter.

    But it just isn't fun. The attack animations are painfully slow and the game just feels unresponsive.

    Then the weapon sharpening, holy **** I got like 3 full animations out in 2 minutes and now I have to spend another 2 minutes sharpening my sword.

    And after all the clunky combat and sword sharpening, the **** monster runs away.

    I guess it's more fun multiplayer so I gave it a 4 because Iof that, really a 3 though.    … Expand
  54. iamthewizard2
    Aug 11, 2018
    0
    terrible port. badly optimised. can't even get a stable 60fps with a PC that's only 2 years old.
  55. riaprone
    Aug 17, 2018
    0
    There is NOTHING about this game that is good enough to warrant a 9/10 rating. In the history of gaming, there's never been a port from console to PC that was any good. And sadly, I was right about this game as well.

    What all the game play videos do NOT show people is the worst parts of the game. So to keep it simple here's a list: 1. Camera system is terrible, you can tell it was    There is NOTHING about this game that is good enough to warrant a 9/10 rating. In the history of gaming, there's never been a port from console to PC that was any good. And sadly, I was right about this game as well.

    What all the game play videos do NOT show people is the worst parts of the game.

    So to keep it simple here's a list:

    1. Camera system is terrible, you can tell it was a direct port from console and designed to work with gamepads and not PC mice.

    2. The Combat system is slow and clunky at best.

    3. Anyone using an pre-Haswell CPU is struggling with FPS stability (I do not have this problem i7-5930K) (Yes they are trying to figure out how to fix this issue)

    4. The Game world is setup like SkyForge (Central Hub *by yourself* where you prepare to enter an instanced zone either by yourself or while having someone connect to your session or vice versa otherwise it's a single player game, with a poorly implemented coop/multiplayer mode: It felt like an afterthought at best))

    5. Multiplayer is terrible at best, You would think after 8 months on Xbone, and PS4 they might have an idea of what network infrastructure would work? (Constant disconnects between player sessions) If I didn't know any better I'd say they were using Peer-Peer server hosting, because I can't believe a normal Network Infrastructure is this unstable and bad. Disconnects and error codes are common, and being forced into offline mode are expected. (No it's not my connection either, I have a 500Mb/sec / 50Mb/sec connection, and I ping 15-100ms or less everywhere in the U.S.

    6. Character animations are poor at best, you cannot move while attacking at the same time. In other words for those of us who played a real Action Combat MMO: The character position is locked while attacking, so no you cannot circle strafe around a target.

    7. If you were expecting this game to be an Action Combat System it's not. Not when you throw a game like Tera into the mix as a comparison.

    Now there are only 2 things positive I can say about this game:

    1. The Graphics

    2. They do in fact have a mouse Y Axis invert option.

    Beyond that, I can't say anything else good about it. The idea is sound, but the control mechanics, character animations, and clunky combat system makes it eye bleeding to deal with.    … Expand
  56. Seekersilver
    Aug 25, 2018
    10
    UPDATE: Capcom's initial patch has fixed the server issue for me.

    While the game is great, there are some improvements that I really look forward to, such as being able to bind gestures/items/SOS directly to 0-9 (or any other keys) instead of the annoying F1-F4 + number keys.
  57. laundsallyn
    Jan 27, 2019
    0
    Never played MH before, and now I hate it. It is the grindiest game I've ever played. It took 20 minutes to kill the first dinosaur and got basically nothing in return. I ask my friends opinion on why they like this game and them replied like "you can unlock more weapon and slay the monsters faster". THEN WHAT?! MH is the least rewarding game with clunky control and boring plots. I felt INever played MH before, and now I hate it. It is the grindiest game I've ever played. It took 20 minutes to kill the first dinosaur and got basically nothing in return. I ask my friends opinion on why they like this game and them replied like "you can unlock more weapon and slay the monsters faster". THEN WHAT?! MH is the least rewarding game with clunky control and boring plots. I felt I was just wasting my lift playing this crap.… Expand
  58. Retromastery
    Sep 2, 2018
    4
    Now I'm gonna be honest, the game in itself if FANTASTIC, and easily earn a 9/10, BUT what prevent me from completely recommend this game... is the piss poor PC port they've made, forget every advantages that you usually get from a PC version, you don't get any here, the game has been optimized to specifically run just like consoles does, (aka 30-45 FPS at 1080p at high settings most ofNow I'm gonna be honest, the game in itself if FANTASTIC, and easily earn a 9/10, BUT what prevent me from completely recommend this game... is the piss poor PC port they've made, forget every advantages that you usually get from a PC version, you don't get any here, the game has been optimized to specifically run just like consoles does, (aka 30-45 FPS at 1080p at high settings most of the time) just look at the recommended specs on Steam and you'll see what I mean.

    so if you're considering buying this game PLEASE be aware that you're not buying a proper PC version or even a port for that matter, you're buying a console version that will be played on your PC, the frame rate and the resolution you're gonna play in will be the same as the PS4 Pro and the Xbox One S and will very rarely go in the 60 FPS range, the only way to get a steady 60 FPS at 1080p unfortunately is to have a high-end PC (GTX 1080 coupled with a fairly recent i7) so if you're like me and own a medium range machine (GTX 1060/970 with an fairly recent i5) simply don't expect a fluid and stable experience that PC versions are known for, this is not what is delivered here.

    So... do I recommend this game despite its garbage port ?

    - if you can deal with what I said above and/or do not own the console version ? YES absolutely, the game is simply one that everyone that love grindy games should play

    - if you expect to play it at a constant 60 FPS at 1080p with your average medium range PC and expect a good PC port/version ? NO absolutely NOT, this is one of the worst version available right now, if you do own it on your PS4 or Xbox One just don't bother buying this one, you'll get the same experience out of it on your already owned console copy, unless you have friends that are only on PC i would not reccomend    … Expand
  59. johnnymatto
    Sep 16, 2018
    0
    PC Port is very bad, the camera without using mouse is a pian in the ass , the idea and concept of the game is good but only if you play it with a joypad.
  60. Velventianq
    Oct 6, 2018
    0
    A complete steaming pile of pig **** with all the support of a 1st world war orphan. An absolute disgrace to the history of gaming. Perfect proof that capcoms cares for nothing more than a quick cashgrab. If you care for a stable enjoyable gaming experience avoid at all cost. Tried to refund this waste of disk space, steam wouldn't let me. Runs like **** servers are nothing short of anA complete steaming pile of pig **** with all the support of a 1st world war orphan. An absolute disgrace to the history of gaming. Perfect proof that capcoms cares for nothing more than a quick cashgrab. If you care for a stable enjoyable gaming experience avoid at all cost. Tried to refund this waste of disk space, steam wouldn't let me. Runs like **** servers are nothing short of an insult and cut out all the unskippable cutscences and you are left with maybe 7 hours of actual gaming time. Well done capcom for utterly messing up the first PC installment of monster hunter.… Expand
  61. muzmuz
    Aug 19, 2018
    7
    A well hyped game that's supposed to deserve all it gets for this port, but falls short of halfway optimized being riddled with a ton of network and performance issues. CAPCOM could've done better in the optimization department, but didn't.

    But hey, Monster Hunter: World PC has good mouse/keyboard control (in spite of the mouse acceleration), so I guess that's that. Thankfully, its    A well hyped game that's supposed to deserve all it gets for this port, but falls short of halfway optimized being riddled with a ton of network and performance issues. CAPCOM could've done better in the optimization department, but didn't.

    But hey, Monster Hunter: World PC has good mouse/keyboard control (in spite of the mouse acceleration), so I guess that's that. Thankfully, its complex but juicy gameplay, mechanics, and content is its saving grace.    … Expand
  62. Dr_9658516
    Aug 17, 2018
    1
    Overrated game. Capcom should released on all platform, or never release on PC.
    Capcom has no principle.
  63. Vasot
    Sep 28, 2018
    1
    It's unbelievable that this badly optimized garbage game (which has Denuvo DRM by the way) is in the number 1 place in the Metacritiic Reviews. Game is a very bad PC port with an awful camera system, with weird combat mechanics and the performance is inconsistent even in High end rigs.
  64. JimmyE3
    Nov 20, 2018
    9
    Played it on PS4, started playing it again on PC. Same amazing game. Looks even better on my PC. Only downside is I figured I would love playing it with mouse and keyboard, but still prefer a controller.
  65. jgeorgea
    Nov 15, 2018
    9
    Very good and beautiful game! It could contain more monsters (like old ones from MHFU, MHP3 etc.), but devs said they will add them later, so it's fine. The game is not so hardcore as portable versions, but maybe I just get used to dodging from playing other MH games)
  66. Agr3ssiv3
    Nov 14, 2018
    10
    Best MH ever, i came from PSP and i can say that this game is amazing in every sense, yes it has optimization and network issues but still this is the best game in a worth/price scale, lot of hours of gameplay and a lot of ppl playing.

    Great gameplay, amazing graphics, tutorials everywhere for new ppl, events every month, updates and fixes, and the best FREE DLCS!!!! 1 new monster every    Best MH ever, i came from PSP and i can say that this game is amazing in every sense, yes it has optimization and network issues but still this is the best game in a worth/price scale, lot of hours of gameplay and a lot of ppl playing.

    Great gameplay, amazing graphics, tutorials everywhere for new ppl, events every month, updates and fixes, and the best FREE DLCS!!!! 1 new monster every 2 months FOR FREE, this is the kind of developers we need to support!

    I preodered the game and i couldnt be happier.. like other bad preorders from ppl with epic fails like shadow of the tomb raider price drop or no mans sky disaster.

    Dont pay attention to bad reviews, if u love monster hunter just buy this one.    … Expand
  67. Zhexuexiawang
    Nov 17, 2018
    5
    Honestly MHW is great for the first 100hrs or so. After the 100hrs mark it does feel repetitive. Capcom needs to add more material to this game before they lose the entire player base.
  68. lhmtgame
    Dec 4, 2018
    1
    I hate the games which ported from console like this MHW. They are too lazy to make a PC version of the game. Most of serious issues from the game have been listed by many people, I don't need to show them here.
  69. Cometer
    Aug 14, 2018
    9
    Sad to see bad reviews due to performance issues or simply because people didn't get what they expected. I can only report my experience. So far I've been enjoying the game immensely. The game´s goal is simple. Killing monsters. But you have to learn how to do it. You´ll need to discover their weak points. Work with others at times to accomplish the goal. There are many MMO likeSad to see bad reviews due to performance issues or simply because people didn't get what they expected. I can only report my experience. So far I've been enjoying the game immensely. The game´s goal is simple. Killing monsters. But you have to learn how to do it. You´ll need to discover their weak points. Work with others at times to accomplish the goal. There are many MMO like features. Paths of progression. But above all, plenty of weapons that offer extremely different feels. This is part of the problem some people may have. They pick a weapon that they end up not enjoying with. And instead of trying a new one they persist. But here´s the thing. The game does have the right weapon for you. Although the goal is to kill big beasts over and over again, they are all unique. And the game keeps on trowing new layers of things you can do such as exploring, researching, hunting and so on. This is not a game I would recommend to play alone. Hallf the fun is going out on missions with friends or calling out for help and getting some random people to assist you in killing that major beast. Above all the game successfully makes you feel like a real monster hunter. Now this is a non serious game with the typical Anime style animations. I understand this game can be divisive. Some people will greatly enjoy it and some won´t. But that doesn't mean it´s a bad game. Just that it isn't for everyone. Then again, what game is?… Expand
  70. joshbreviews
    Aug 31, 2019
    8
    Detailed review as of mid-September. I'm new to the MH series.

    Summary: - Overall score 8. (Great game, but has MASSIVE flaws) - Gameplay: 8 (What keeps this from being a 9.5 is the sheer tediouness; more on this below). - Graphics: 9 (Poorly optimized. More on this below) - Audio: 9 (Good music, good sound effects) - Story: 6. (Not a huge factor in the final score - it's a game,    Detailed review as of mid-September. I'm new to the MH series.

    Summary:
    - Overall score 8. (Great game, but has MASSIVE flaws)
    - Gameplay: 8 (What keeps this from being a 9.5 is the sheer tediouness; more on this below).
    - Graphics: 9 (Poorly optimized. More on this below)
    - Audio: 9 (Good music, good sound effects)
    - Story: 6. (Not a huge factor in the final score - it's a game, not a book)

    Gameplay PROs:
    As a whole, solid and fun gameplay loop - buy weapons and items at HQ, go to the wilds to explore and find your objective, kill it or capture it, go home then do it again.
    Lots of weapons, lots of different styles of play.
    Lots of ways to cross-utilize resources (basically there are ways to convert certain unused resources into resources you want/need).
    Lots of different bosses. If you enjoy Dark Souls, Nioh, and Bloodborne, but are new to Monster Hunter, then there is a good chance you will like this game.

    Gameplay CONS:
    TEDIOUSNESS. UNMITIGATED TEDIOUSNESS. To help me explain, allow me to make up a term for it...let's call it MICRO-DISRUPTIONS. How do I define micro-disruptions? They are moments in gameplay where you cannot do anything for several seconds. Examples - stopping to heal, getting knocked down, getting stunned, etc. So, the examples above are normal in games. You get knocked down in Bloodborne, you have to stop to heal in Dark Souls, etc. In a way, micro-disruptions add depth to the game because you have to plan around prevention/minimization of said micro-disruptions. HOWEVER, in Monster Hunter World, micro-disruptions are EVERYWHERE and are EXTREMELY LOOONG. I promise you, you will NOT be able to go ONE MINUTE without being interrupted. To make things worse, this is a VERY SLOW game. If you thought Dark Souls was slow, this is MUCH, MUCH SLOWER. The micro-disruptions in Dark Souls are already long, usually 2-3 seconds (healing, getting knocked down then getting up, buffing your weapon, etc). In Monster Hunter World, micro-disruptions are far, far LONGER and more TEDIOUS, specially since one micro-disruption often leads to another. Let me give you a basic example from MHW - when you have to heal, you have to sheathe your weapon (~1.5 seconds), drink up the potion (~4 seconds), now you're ready to fight! So draw your weapon again (~1.5 seconds). That's 6 seconds of you not playing the game. Not good. Adding to our example, take into consideration that while you're healing, your chances of getting hit are greater (slow movement, weapon and shield tucked away). If you do get hit - and this will happen OFTEN specially when you're a beginner, the whole process of getting knocked down and getting up takes ~4 seconds. Don't forget that your healing was interrupted, so you have to attempt to heal AGAIN. Another ~4 seconds. Another source of extreme tedium is how fast monsters move and how often they run away. I understand that it makes sense for monsters to outpace you no matter what cause they're so much bigger; but while it makes sense, it results in tedious gameplay. If a monster does a dash or charge attack, you're guaranteed to have to run to it for ~2-8 seconds. This is assuming it doesn't charge in another direction while you're running toward it, which would mean you run more again. Then, eventually, no matter how little damage you've managed to do, the monster will fly or run away. You will now have to find it again. Even if your scoutflies (GPS, basically) know exactly where the monster is, you're guaranteed to run toward it for several minutes. Remember that these monsters have massively high health pools. The end result is battles last anywhere from ~15 minutes to ~40 minutes, only ~60% of which is actually spent in the battle.
    These individual micro-disruptions are not so bad on paper, and they probably sounded good to the developers when they were making the game, but in practice, I can say with confidence it has a disastrous effect on enjoyment.
    This slowness makes the game needlessly cruel to beginners and even for experienced players. At any point in a battle, there is a distinct chance that you will be micro-disrupted for anywhere from 5 seconds to 15 seconds. Remember that these disruptions often chain together. Bad game design.
    Instead of making the game this slow they should have sped up the whole thing instead. Examples: sprinting should be much faster, item use should be much faster, knock-down-get-up should be much faster, etc etc etc. Of course monster should be faster to compensate. If Monster Hunter World were as fast as, say, Nioh, it would've been a 9.5 out of 10 for me. Easily. But it's not. D*mn shame.

    Graphics:
    Beautiful visuals, but on i5-4690, GTX1070, 24 GB RAM, I'm getting 30-60 FPS. The dips are intense. Hard to enjoy fully. CPU heavy! I'm not sure how they would go about fixing this, but it needs to be addressed. Everyone below my specs is having a worse time trying to run this game. Not good. Needs optimization!

    Hope this helped!    … Expand
  71. brushan
    Aug 26, 2018
    2
    The game itself is in my mind 7-8/10.

    Then comes the optimization and the customer management from Capcom which basically doesn't exist. The CPU keeps overloading reaching 100% usage during gameplay which freezes the computer for 2-5 seconds each time. After lowering or turning off most settings, this problem persists. The response from Capcom is useless and there is no knowing if and    The game itself is in my mind 7-8/10.

    Then comes the optimization and the customer management from Capcom which basically doesn't exist. The CPU keeps overloading reaching 100% usage during gameplay which freezes the computer for 2-5 seconds each time. After lowering or turning off most settings, this problem persists. The response from Capcom is useless and there is no knowing if and when this will ever get fixed.

    This is on a computer that has no problems running the witcher 3 on ultra settings. The problem itself is rather common but does by no means happen to everyone. Either way, I simply cannot recommend the game to anyone because of Capcoms lack of customer service and the lack of patches to fix this garbage.    … Expand
  72. Nati
    Oct 15, 2018
    4
    I will just critique one part of this game, as its 100% of the reason I dislike it and refunded it.

    "Want to do anything?" HERE navigate this IMPOSSIBLE MENU... This ULTRA confusing disgustingly laid out mess. And you can MAYBE do it. Weird, plays as fluid as a punch to the nuts. However, the menus, upon menus, upon menus of stupid confusing nonsense just to play an aspect of the    I will just critique one part of this game, as its 100% of the reason I dislike it and refunded it.

    "Want to do anything?" HERE navigate this IMPOSSIBLE MENU... This ULTRA confusing disgustingly laid out mess. And you can MAYBE do it.

    Weird, plays as fluid as a punch to the nuts. However, the menus, upon menus, upon menus of stupid confusing nonsense just to play an aspect of the game is horrendous. 4/10 go home Capcom, you are drunk.    … Expand
  73. GingerCat77
    Feb 23, 2019
    1
    This game is terrible. Very poor story, no remarkable NPCs, graphics is really awful - like console game before 10 past years, PC port have many issues, combat is boring and tedious. I really don't know why so much people love it. 3DS versions were so much better.
  74. 2k19Rev
    Mar 21, 2019
    7
    This is my second game into the MH franchise, the first being 3 Ultimate.

    Throughout playing the game, graphic wise it is completely revamped, it has a lot more texture and quality to the world design which gives it more aesthetics. Cut scenes are beautiful and appealing but are not skippable which in some cases makes gameplay longer for no reason. Setting it on max graphic does give    This is my second game into the MH franchise, the first being 3 Ultimate.

    Throughout playing the game, graphic wise it is completely revamped, it has a lot more texture and quality to the world design which gives it more aesthetics. Cut scenes are beautiful and appealing but are not skippable which in some cases makes gameplay longer for no reason. Setting it on max graphic does give you the best experiences but slows down actual gameplay and has surreal lags throughout. Other than that it is open and looks good 8/10.

    Gameplay is pretty wonky, movement is delayed by a bit and sensitivity isn't too good which none can be changed. Slower weapons like the great sword or switch axe tend to have the most problems with timing as attack delay is more noticeable compared to the other weapons. Next thing is playing on keyboard just ins't recommended because the key bindings are set to weird keys and you can easily forget each placement without long hours of practicing. A controller on the hand just works better and gives you maximum control. Going into gameplay itself it feels just like the other series but slightly more boring. An experienced veteran player are able to run through things faster because the attacking patterns of each monster is practical almost the same. While as newer players spend longer time periods because the tutorial teaches you nothing. Over time some find it boring as the actual storyline is non-existence with only repetitive events and there is no character development throughout at all. The Pros to this are the SOS system is quite nice, it sets up a room and other people can join at any given time to play with you, but there are sometimes connection errors which after that playing solo is more viable than co-op. 6/10

    Overall, the game does feel like a MH game but leans more towards veteran players who want to zip through and grind out materials, while for newer players allows them to explore a more open and casual hunt without any difficulty hurdles. It is a good game if you want to just have fun and play with friends but not really something you would spend most of your free time on since its just grinding and repetitive for the most part.    … Expand
  75. ADHGO
    Jul 12, 2019
    4
    The world is not appealing and not blended well, looks congested for nothing, the player new mechanism engine is good but the monsters animation is poor, and unrealistic. In addition, cannot be compared with SEKIRO nor Dark Souls,
    picking and gathering seeds from everywhere looks weird
    at the first the game was looking appealing but after playing I lost all the excitement.
  76. MuriloMatos
    Jan 10, 2020
    10
    one of the best game in the series. now with iceborne is full of quality of life improvements, classic monsters returned and the soundtrack is just amazing
  77. Hosenmaus
    Apr 26, 2019
    10
    Very good game. I love it. It got a lot of updates after some time. I can recommend it. A lot of the neg. reviews are not more up to date.
  78. Medhead
    May 10, 2019
    9
    Having played Monster Hunter since the start, I can confirm Monster Hunter: World is a culmination of everything the franchise has been wanting to do since the start. If you don't think so, it's okay, everyone can have their own opinions. Except you, ♥♥♥♥ you elitist prick.

    I will now point out all the reasons World is better than any other game in the franchise and in order to appeal    Having played Monster Hunter since the start, I can confirm Monster Hunter: World is a culmination of everything the franchise has been wanting to do since the start. If you don't think so, it's okay, everyone can have their own opinions. Except you, ♥♥♥♥ you elitist prick.

    I will now point out all the reasons World is better than any other game in the franchise and in order to appeal to both veterans and newcomers into the franchise, I'll be comparing it to the older ones the newcomers haven't played yet:

    ◘ The maps aren't a cluster of small-segmented areas divided by an inconvenient loading screen of 10 - 30 seconds. They are all combined into one BIG map. And when I say big I don't mean: "Hey Ron, you know that sausage you ate during our BBQ last weekend at my place. It was pretty big, huh." I mean Notorious B I G levels of scale. The maps are all ample in both ground level and verticality; each area is connected in ways that even after dozens of hours of gameplay you'll still be finding new shortcuts to transverse the level. And that's without mentioning the ♥♥♥♥-ton of items, creatures and resources spread around everywhere.
    ◘ The combat staple in Monster Hunter has always been your commitment to the hits and your actions, be it to chug a potion as slowly as humanly possible, or to spend fifteen seconds loading a hit with your greatsword only to have the monster move his head at the last second leaving you to hit the floor in embarrassment as your other teammates look at you in disapproval of your life choices. In the same vein of the combat in DARK SOULS. Ok, with the required DARK SOULS mention in the review out of the way, let's move on to why World's combat kicks♥♥♥♥♥ They lowered your commitment to the attacks and items JUST enough so you wouldn't want to kill yourself everytime you accidentally use a whetstone in the middle of battle. "NO Richard. Right now is not the time to sharpen your sword. Why? Oh I dunno. Maybe because there's a ♥♥♥♥ing dragon about to light your♥♥♥♥♥on fire! You know what, I'm done. We are done. I tried to put effort into this marriage but it's just not working out for me. I want you out of my parent's house by eight tomorrow. And no, you can't take our computer. Get a job." Also, mounting attacks.
    ◘ The Handler.

    If even after everything I just said you still think Monster Hunter 4, or Monster Hunter 1 for PS2(Hah!) is better. Or even worse, if you have the brain capacity of a shrimp too dumb to know that if he falls asleep he'll go out with the tide; Monster Hunter Stories, for the sole reason it's "kawaii." Even if it is. I'm sorry but I can't help you. You'll have to seek counsel elsewhere. And for the rest of you, good. I expected as much from you. Your father and I are proud of the person you have become.    … Expand
  79. Doidorotto
    Feb 25, 2020
    2
    If you are thinking of buying now, don't buy! The game doesn't work!
    Constant problems, crashing the entire computer and there is still no decent fix from Capcom!
    I liked the game. I liked the world and would like to recommend this game to others, but honestly, I can't! The game had a bug that was fixed, but after an update, the game just became unplayable! No matter what graphics    If you are thinking of buying now, don't buy! The game doesn't work!
    Constant problems, crashing the entire computer and there is still no decent fix from Capcom!

    I liked the game. I liked the world and would like to recommend this game to others, but honestly, I can't!
    The game had a bug that was fixed, but after an update, the game just became unplayable! No matter what graphics quality you are (ultra, high, medium or low), no matter that your windows and your graphics driver are fully updated, the game locks and locks the entire computer together, forcing you to restart it in order to use your machine.
    And Capcom just seems to ignore the issue, leaving the player unanswered on the official topics or here on Steam.

    The game is cool, but you will have little time to appreciate it, as you will be very nervous about the constant crashes    … Expand
  80. Jackenbu
    Aug 14, 2018
    9
    The game clearly isn't optimized for PC, but a solid rig can run it smoothly. I've logged 30 hours with no crashes or issues. The game itself is fantastic!
  81. 4_giant_games
    Oct 6, 2018
    1
    I hate tiny games,tiny world and tragic optimization MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD 1/10
  82. ZePieMan
    Aug 13, 2018
    9
    So firstly I'd like to say this is my first Monster Hunter Game I've played and I would just like to say that I love it already! One thing i'd like to address asap that I noticed about low score reviews on here, is that they really, REALLY dislike the animations of your characters during fighting, and think of it as clunky. well, fun fact, that's because its SUPPOSED to be. unlike yourSo firstly I'd like to say this is my first Monster Hunter Game I've played and I would just like to say that I love it already! One thing i'd like to address asap that I noticed about low score reviews on here, is that they really, REALLY dislike the animations of your characters during fighting, and think of it as clunky. well, fun fact, that's because its SUPPOSED to be. unlike your typical multi-weapon based game, weapons in MH:W aren't made of paper and plastic and you can't just fling a sword thrice as big as you like it doesn't weigh anything. battles are HECTIC, with environmental traps and places to use a grappling hook for quick mobility, and at all times during a battle you'll be thinking on your feet. However, this game isn't a hack-and-slash where you can just button mash and expect things to die, you have to plan your strikes(and positioning if you're using a ranged weapon) before you make them or you'll be punished for attacking in the wrong way at the wrong time. Bows for example let you run around pretty well and let you stay agile, while a lance-and-shield will make you extremely sluggish but will allow you to take extremely minimal damage while blocking, and I LOVE this system, to many games I have played where you can just button mash and things die without even being in the Hack-And-Slash genre, its refreshing to play this.

    The maps look beautiful and vibrant, and of course, so do the monsters! speaking of the monsters, I found the adaptive AI really awesome, especially during a few instances so far of 1 monster attacking another monster I'm currently fighting, which is something that is completely unscripted.

    Now, I do have some gripes with the game, Which is why im not giving it a 10, which, I agree with low score reviews, the game is pretty poorly optimized. I have a 1070Ti (overclocked as high as I could take it safely I might add) with a Ryzen 2700x OC'd CPU, and this game still can not reliably hit 60 fps without me turning some settings down a little unless I'm in a very open area without a lot of density, or i'm in non-busy floors of the main hub area. during gameplay I'm looking at around 50-65 fps with lows as bad as 40, but, highs reaching the high 70's. Hopefully some patches get released that will get this game "unchugged".

    I also don't enjoy the lack of depth to character creation, but I understand that certain aspects (such as size and body type) could cause some issues of game balance if they were to have immersive gameplay effects such as someone overweight moving slower than a fit body type, or a short character being much harder for the monsters to hit if their hitbox was also reduced to fit their height.

    all in all, the game so far is very enjoyable for me, and as someone that's always been on the low end hardware side of life for the last 20 or so years, and only just now finally getting a beefy PC, turning down a few settings to get the game at a stable 60 frames isn't the end of the world for me. on a completely unrelated note, I did notice some people saying the Co-op is unstable. I've done a LOT of hunts so far, and with those, I did the majority single-player, I will admit to that. However every single multiplayer session i've done has had no issues whatsoever, but, I'm, speaking for myself, I'd say try the game out, try to rush through the tutorial as fast as you can with the default character model(you can have up to 3 character profiles at once and can just delete the profile after) so you can do the multiplayer as soon as possible to see if it gives you issues. if you enjoy the game when doing your first quest tutorial, and there are no problems with multiplayer, delete that profile or just begin a new game and take your time with that profile, and have fun :)    … Expand
  83. kiki78
    Dec 31, 2018
    10
    I think lot of bad reviews comes from first version of port, which was not ok, but was patched performance wise and controls as well, because i have no problems at all.
    I dont like multiplayer, and except two big monsters made specifically for that, i soloed everything in game up to HR 90 - 300+ hours. Excellent combat, **** rng causing grind, but not in a bad sense imho. I am usually rpg    I think lot of bad reviews comes from first version of port, which was not ok, but was patched performance wise and controls as well, because i have no problems at all.
    I dont like multiplayer, and except two big monsters made specifically for that, i soloed everything in game up to HR 90 - 300+ hours. Excellent combat, **** rng causing grind, but not in a bad sense imho. I am usually rpg lover and need story and all, and this is very weak side of this game, yet still - MHW is one of best games i ever played.
    Graphics are beautiful, and frames are stable on weaker GPU... probably needs powerful CPU, (my case).
    Controls are ok, if you spend time to set them up properly. KBM.    … Expand
  84. SaintAmd
    Sep 5, 2018
    9
    So far I am really digging the game play. I use my Ps4 controller with zero issues and it is very responsive (keyboard was a pain). beautiful environment and gameplay. I ran this on a amd 8350 with an rx480 but now use a i7 7700k and nvidia 1070 and both ran just fine. only reason this game did not get 10 stars is because of match making.. other then that great game.
  85. Tobilo
    Jan 5, 2019
    10
    Best Monster Hunter, already 100 hours into it and many more to come. Ignore those old reviews, many issues are fixed by now.
  86. Aleksor99
    Mar 7, 2019
    2
    The combat system is terrible. I've never seen anything worse, and the whole game is built on it. Graphics does not match the performance of the game... And I know what I'm saying because I work in the CG industry and with game engines as well. Score 2 just because there were moments in the game with interesting fights.
  87. mizuki
    Aug 13, 2018
    9
    this game is so great, beautifull whereas my qality graphism that's at minimum but is very fluid, while i have an aurdinary computer who turn with 15fps. he follow the previous MH, it's an pleasur to play but i'm disappointed of a not much option to craft weapon compared the previous. i haven't test a multiplayer for moment.
  88. LordEcke
    Aug 10, 2018
    10
    You can play good with Controller an Keyboard too. Monster Hunter World is one of the best CO-OP Games ever made. The World is so lively and beautiful and with friends, online or alone you can play 100 of hours.
  89. Mizuru
    Aug 11, 2018
    8
    A huge improvement from MHXX, spectacular Graphics and solid gameplay (as well for all games). MHW tries to impress with an history that for me felt a little forced with lack on actual writing. The game is OK on my PC with frame issues on cinematics. Playing with a I5, Geforce 940 and 4G RAM on Medium graphs (FPS is OK on the gameplay, but on cinematics, the FPS is slower andA huge improvement from MHXX, spectacular Graphics and solid gameplay (as well for all games). MHW tries to impress with an history that for me felt a little forced with lack on actual writing. The game is OK on my PC with frame issues on cinematics. Playing with a I5, Geforce 940 and 4G RAM on Medium graphs (FPS is OK on the gameplay, but on cinematics, the FPS is slower and dissynchronized).

    Grapics: 11 (Stunning scapelands and enviromental fauna, gorgeous designs on everything)
    Gameplay: 9.5 (Many weapons with new features, no palico controled gameplay tho. Gathering is fun now, but feels clunky).
    History: 6.5 (Well the history tryies to impress the player, and all. But some dialogues around discovering new creatures, observing and stuff instead of hunting bored me, no actual depth of danger at all...)
    Experience: 9 (Level design is awesome, but I found some difficulties when using item/chat/gesture hotkeys. Too many tutorials that are no friendly for the user, for some cases one video or oriented tutorial would be a much better choice)
    Soundtrack: 8.5 (Too jurassic world inspired tunes, the melodies don't give the hype factor when hunting).

    Final Score: 8.2/10

    Definitely fun, but the game overall needs constant improvement for sure.    … Expand
  90. MitchPeeler
    Aug 10, 2018
    10
    Monster Hunter finally on PC. The game is awesome so far and no technical issues whatsoever. I5 4690@4.5ghz, 16gb, 1070ti. Game runs between 70 and 150 fps if unlocked. Great for gsync.

    The game itself is Monster Hunter with a bunch of QoL changes compared to previous titles. Best game to get into the franchise.
  91. firulero
    Aug 22, 2018
    10
    Great game 10/10 would bang. People complaining about the optimization had driver trouble, my 1060 6GB runs it a 1080p 60fps with the hands on its back
  92. MarcusAgapus
    Sep 4, 2018
    9
    I have never played a Monster Hunter game before, but Monster Hunter World made me fall in love with it. It has a different kind of combat system than I am used to, but after you get the hang of it it's really fun. It has a fair amount of combos that you can use, but there are only a couple that you will always do. There's many different kind of trees for each weapon and armour, alsoI have never played a Monster Hunter game before, but Monster Hunter World made me fall in love with it. It has a different kind of combat system than I am used to, but after you get the hang of it it's really fun. It has a fair amount of combos that you can use, but there are only a couple that you will always do. There's many different kind of trees for each weapon and armour, also monsters, but I still hope they will add some more which would make the gamers play it longer. Not saying you can get every armour/weapon quickly, you can play this game for hundreds of hours(especially with friends), also you can always switch to another weapon and master it, which would make the experience longer.
    This game also has some faults:
    Many people complain that this game is a bad PC port and let's face it the optimization is quite poor. The game uses a huge amount of CPU power. I have an I7 6700K + GTX 1070, running the game on 1080p with maxed settings(with 1-3 options turned down to medium/slow), and on a mission/quest I get around 67-80 FPS.
    Also the audio bug is a bit annoying, but doesn't take away from the experience.
    Haven't had any connection issues so I can't give you my opinion on that.
    It's a bit sad that you can't play the campaign in team, I mean you can, but every member has to watch the cutscenes separately and after that you can group up.    … Expand
  93. Cyph3rPunk
    Aug 13, 2018
    7
    Gameplay is is very tight and fluid, but in its own way. I have 300+ hours on PS4, and mechanically it feels no different. Yes, it takes some time to get used to with the heavy weapons that punish you horribly for button mashing by animation locking you to your death, but once you get it down, its very rewarding. I can see how it can be precieved as being clunky for new comersGameplay is is very tight and fluid, but in its own way. I have 300+ hours on PS4, and mechanically it feels no different. Yes, it takes some time to get used to with the heavy weapons that punish you horribly for button mashing by animation locking you to your death, but once you get it down, its very rewarding. I can see how it can be precieved as being clunky for new comers (especially with the "Great Sword is easy" ranking it gives you, when its one of the hardest weapons to use properly).

    After playing with KB/M for a bit, I ended up having to plug in my controller. The game just does not feel suited for KB/M and the inability to turn off mouse acceleration is extremely noticeable and got me killed several times.

    As for framerates, I can hit stable 60 FPS @ 1440P with Volume Rendering Quality set to off and all other settings at max with a 6600k and a 1070... if I have everything closed in the background. CPU usage frequently hits 70%. With that, Discord, and Chrome running in the background, it can chug every now and then.

    Overall, its the game I love on the PS4 and I personally havent been hit with all the bugs everyone else are reporting (like the Cutscene crash bug deleting your save). This would be a 9/10 if the port quality was better, so taking 2 points off for that, lack of 21:9 support (It says 3440x1440 in the menu but only displays 2560x1440) and the current issue that it seems to be a crapshoot to join in progress hunts with friends. We typically all have to back out load into the fight from the base camp rather than coming to help someone mid hunt.

    As it stands, I pretty much only bought it to play with friends who dont have a PS4. I'll still be doing all my high level hunts on it (currently farming Arch Tempered Teostra) until things smooth out a little bit with the PC port.    … Expand
  94. Von-Drako
    Jan 25, 2019
    8
    Challenging game, nice amout of grind funny entertaing kind. Controls are inteded so ..it gives feeling of real battle ,where you doesnt have full control of fencing. FPS is good no issues with graphic (GeForce GTX 1080 Ti thou...so maybe she can handle it).
    Sometimes is fckin HARD. But the feelin when you start controling and sending dmg the right way... but smtimes...well THEY ARE    Challenging game, nice amout of grind funny entertaing kind. Controls are inteded so ..it gives feeling of real battle ,where you doesnt have full control of fencing. FPS is good no issues with graphic (GeForce GTX 1080 Ti thou...so maybe she can handle it).
    Sometimes is fckin HARD. But the feelin when you start controling and sending dmg the right way... but smtimes...well THEY ARE FCKIN EPICK BIG monster what you await from Gozzila ? lay down and give up ? Even real beasts when they are severely hurt ...they start FIGHT for their lifes ... then you need to know better save than sorry (thats the hunter part of gameplay)...    … Expand
  95. Kayla45
    Oct 27, 2018
    8
    If you are new to Monster Hunter, prepare for the long hour journey and, mostly, grind to fulfill your inner OCD to collect all types of weapon and all kinds of armor in the game. Haha.

    The game went from disastrous release to a smooth sail in a couple of weeks. After a few tweaks and fix here and there from Capcom, Monster Hunter World is finally enjoyable on PC. The most annoying    If you are new to Monster Hunter, prepare for the long hour journey and, mostly, grind to fulfill your inner OCD to collect all types of weapon and all kinds of armor in the game. Haha.

    The game went from disastrous release to a smooth sail in a couple of weeks. After a few tweaks and fix here and there from Capcom, Monster Hunter World is finally enjoyable on PC. The most annoying issues I had before was connectivity and mouse camera control that feel sluggish (even though I mainly use gamepad, but sometimes switch to mouse/keyboard). Now:
    - No more server issues.
    - Mouse camera controls are very fluid.

    The graphic is certainly amazing. It is certainly a major improvement from previous installment in the series. Some people are complaining about low texture quality, but I don't feel bothered with it because when I'm on the hunt, don't usually pay much attention to it.

    The gameplay is challenging as ever, with ridiculous hitboxes and the sluggish movement of your character even when using light weapon like dual blade or sword & shield. But all that hurdle will be rewarded with the iconic music at the end of the quest, but with the most awkward last hit. "A little poke to the toe of that Nergigante, bam, quest finished. Okay I guess, let's carve it."

    I think things that lacking now are, the optimization of keyboard control (Rename loadout with escape? Oh come on. And don't forget to press F1-F4 first before using items in quest), and the lack of meaningful event. I get it, baby steps toward better future right? But those steps're better be like Xeno'jiva's one, or people will lose patiences with this already scarce roster of monsters.

    All in all, I think this game deserve to be put in your library. Just find a friend to play with 'cause hunting alone is somewhat boring in the long run.    … Expand
  96. FluffySpartan
    Nov 15, 2019
    9
    they made a good game and after all the updates its worth the 9. the monsters added in the game are great and i love it. new armors , weapons and stuff.
  97. Camer6
    Nov 22, 2018
    8
    Buen port para mi gusto, tanto gráficamente como jugablemente. Una historia que cumple y variedad de monstruos.

    Como aspecto negativo diría que se ha simplificado bastante respecto a otros monster hunter y que el multijugador en pc tiene muchas carencias.
  98. NylonCanvas13
    Nov 29, 2018
    8
    As my first entry to a Monster Hunter game, I am blown away by it. Playing with friends are recommended, but playing alone is equally fun. It is true that it's much easier than the previous titles, but that is supposed to be the reason behind introducing the PC or the new players market to the Monster Hunter franchise. The reason for a score of 8/10 is as follows:

    1. Rocky launch (the    As my first entry to a Monster Hunter game, I am blown away by it. Playing with friends are recommended, but playing alone is equally fun. It is true that it's much easier than the previous titles, but that is supposed to be the reason behind introducing the PC or the new players market to the Monster Hunter franchise. The reason for a score of 8/10 is as follows:

    1. Rocky launch (the first 30-45 days), but it has been improving considerably!
    2. A little repetitive (but it's a given for the franchise, and it's my own humble opinion)
    3. A quite small roster of monsters than the previous titles
    4. Crashes from time to time due to graphics card crash (although I have a 1060 and an i7 6th gen and playing on medium graphics settings), but rarely (almost never) now due to the performance updates
    5. Connection problems if you tabbed out or doing something else on your computer

    Will change rating as time progresses.

    TL;DR If you want to give it a go on tackling the Monster Hunter franchise, I recommend buying it. Well worth the price and it's been on sale too, so there's no reason to not buy or give it a go.    … Expand
  99. Coliente
    Dec 12, 2018
    10
    Best game ever
    my rx 460 have 60 fps im normal settings
    idk about disconnects, all is ok
    hard game with big content
  100. Trollripper
    Jan 10, 2020
    2
    I played this game around 19 Hours. I used Guides for Combat and also for hunting so i can get behind the idea real quick in 2020.

    Positives : - Graphics are still ok and has some enjoyable moments. - The Idea behind the "Hunt monsters and get stronger so you can beat more monster" is neat but also frustrating sometimes. - Almost every NPC in this game looks unique - Beating huge    I played this game around 19 Hours. I used Guides for Combat and also for hunting so i can get behind the idea real quick in 2020.

    Positives :
    - Graphics are still ok and has some enjoyable moments.
    - The Idea behind the "Hunt monsters and get stronger so you can beat more monster" is neat but also frustrating sometimes.
    - Almost every NPC in this game looks unique
    - Beating huge Monsters
    - a good amount of decorations and armor

    Negatives :
    - Combat system is disgustingly bad. If you like precise controls.. avoid this game. The Combat is clunky as hell and after 20 hours of trying.. i gave up. You are locked in combat stances and the character wont move unless you stop smashing the attack button or certain combos. Targeting does nothing except switching between targets so the camera can go ape **** and turn away from the selected target but even than your character refuses to relocate himself.

    - Stoy and Characters are so bad.. even a 12 year old could write a better story/character arc.

    - The handling of the controls are awful and the camera movements aren't good either. You have to manually change them until you found the perfect spot between "slow camera rotation" and "OMFG what is happening.. "

    - This game looks dead. No one wants to help new players at all. You are stuck on certain points in the game after you unlock the option to craft better gear.
    I tried the multiplayer 10 times on different time zones and only 2 out of those had up to 3 players.. ready to help me.

    - I did not like the "tutorials" at all. They felt like rushed piece of crap. It was simple written down but it was more like "You can do this and that but dont ask if you can unlock other things later or do other stuff on certain times or whatever. Please have no questions! Thank you    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

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  1. MMORPG.com
    Dec 19, 2018
    85
    Monster Hunter World is a solid title that will soak up a lot of time if you enjoy beautiful graphics, hunting beautiful, dangerous and unique creatures, and crafting buttloads of weapons and gear.
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  2. Ragequit.gr
    Oct 6, 2018
    86
    Monster Hunter: World offers unique gameplay of high quality. However, the whole package could have been an order of magnitude superior if it included a properly designed online party system and the port from consoles was better taken care of. But even like this, MH:W is worth every penny it asks.
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  3. Cubed3
    Sep 17, 2018
    80
    Monster Hunter: World still has all the complexity expected from this series, but it dishes it out in much more palatable chunks than usual. It's still got a frightening amount of depth, but it feels manageable in a way that few in the series have pulled off before. Players may still feel a little lost from time to time, but a little guidance from series vets or other friends can drastically reduce the growing pains new players will likely experience. On top of all that, this is one of the best-feeling titles the series has had to date; so saddle up with some friends, and explore all the New World has to offer.
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