Wild Hearts

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User Score
8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 463 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 394 out of 463
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 463
  3. Negative: 64 out of 463

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  1. Inuyasha17
    Mar 5, 2023
    10
    Wild Hearts is one of the best games of 2023. Sword fight combat action is very good. The story is also very good. The samurai army has invaded some army. It dealt with the war between the army and the wolves who retreated from such a powerful military invasion. The scale is very gigantic, just like Mononoke-hime.
  2. Quickcomment
    Feb 22, 2023
    10
    Monster Hunting fans are feasting! Wild Hearts is a beast, all the characters and monsters are spectacular, and the combat a total joy to play. We get a real winner here and there are even more free new contents to come.
  3. jrerh
    Feb 20, 2023
    10
    Fantastic game! With the right amount of challenge and nonstop fun I was engaged for the whole weekend and couldn't stop playing. The community was very cooperative too, very cool!
  4. humidg
    Apr 26, 2023
    10
    Just got the new updates and very satisfied with the game overall, the new monsters are such MONSTERS
  5. trhng
    Apr 27, 2023
    10
    Absolutely magnificent game, the creatures that you fight against and the world are all so dreamy!
  6. basilpesto
    May 14, 2023
    8
    a game that has every reason to be great(er) and i like it but with its current state and price can be deem steep as it is 70 bucks and 90 to enjoy in its full package. paints a dire vision on the product and industry today. no game will be flawless in bugs. but playable and finished is far from priorities in todays standards by big publishers to meet service ends. the only reason i givea game that has every reason to be great(er) and i like it but with its current state and price can be deem steep as it is 70 bucks and 90 to enjoy in its full package. paints a dire vision on the product and industry today. no game will be flawless in bugs. but playable and finished is far from priorities in todays standards by big publishers to meet service ends. the only reason i give it an 8 its because under its flaws its a unique spin on the monster hunting genre. my only hope its that it gets more support and optimizations and gets a sequel. there's a lot of potential in it.

    years back i fell in love with a game called toukiden 2 the game had a unique ability that now mh rise borrows. its became evident to be a complemented franchise to MH. the developers created this new gem. breezy and sound textures of mechanical bamboo and gears creating a soundscape on its world. a game that is heavily inspired by ghibli's princess momonoke where a corruption takes over the creatures and its forests. like toukiden 2 the combo and gameplay is as calculated to keep you on air and traverse to attack critical points. you can climb the creatures to absorb and with the absorbed power unleashed amazing animated attacks. it suspends in its momentum. when mastered its a great sense of fun and action. you can also use devices to help you move, provide fire to your weapon and jump and even create barriers. lush environments and amazing monster designs to fight.

    i just wished it didnt crash my pc and tested my thermals. hope that gets fixed in the long run. i started this with ea play (also comes free with gamepass for the curious). which offers 10 hrs trial and some discounts (although not by much). when i had money to throw at it. i took the gamble. so try it first with ea play to get a taste of the game. its not for everyone. but mh and toukiden fans will be right at home.    … Expand
  7. GOTYEldenRing1
    Mar 5, 2023
    10
    칼싸움이 진짜 간지나고 멋있음.
    올해 최다고티 후보작 중 하나일듯
  8. Jt0429
    Feb 18, 2023
    9
    Good-
    Interesting weapons; Cool-looking creatures; Story is well-paced; Building things is fun; Great core gameplay; Looks gorgeous.
    Bad- Performance issues; Janky camera. Thoughts- WILD HEARTS is a great new entry in a genre that’s more or less dominated by a single franchise. Despite taking many ideas from its competition, WILD HEARTS manages to forge its own identity through a    Good-
    Interesting weapons; Cool-looking creatures; Story is well-paced; Building things is fun; Great core gameplay; Looks gorgeous.

    Bad-
    Performance issues; Janky camera.

    Thoughts-
    WILD HEARTS is a great new entry in a genre that’s more or less dominated by a single franchise. Despite taking many ideas from its competition, WILD HEARTS manages to forge its own identity through a healthy mix of incredible creature designs, a fun story, gorgeous environments, fun weapons, and intricate construction abilities. Rather than coming off as a cheap knock off, WILD HEARTS instead feels like a revitalizing new release, offering some much-needed competition for the recent Monster Hunter games. A few issues that will likely see fixes through software updates aside, WILD HEARTS is an admirable fresh attempt at monster hunting.    … Expand
  9. VisuHS
    Feb 24, 2023
    0
    In terms of design, the game is top notch. On the other hand, as it is, it is unplayable on almost all gaming computers. For this reason, and for the sake of decency, I give it a very low rating. They have to stop releasing unfinished games.
  10. Makabeus2023
    Feb 20, 2023
    0
    Technically, the game is broken for a lot of player with high end PC

    - low FPS
    - drop FPS to < 10
    - stuttering
    - audio issue
  11. Inuyasha1
    Mar 4, 2023
    10
    와일드 하츠 올해 2월에 출시된 게임들 중 가장 AAA급 초우주갓겜임.
    검 타격감, 근접 타격감도 최고였고 조작감이나 근접전투도 매우 뛰어났음.
    엄청 강력하고 간지나고 검과 무기들과 갑옷들도 많고 그리고 죽음 사냥꾼 같은 간지나는 늑대형 적군들도 강함. 몬헌 라이즈 느낌이 강하면서도 원령공주(모노노케히메) 같은 전쟁 배경과 세계관이 간지남. 사무라이들의 침략전쟁으로 서식지를 잃은 케모노들과 사무라이 군대의 공격에 의해 퇴각한 이주민들간의 전쟁이라는 원령공주(모노노케히메) 느낌이 강한 그런 AAA급 초우주갓겜이었는데 게다가 뛰어난 근접 타격감과 백병전투는 세키로의 강력한 근접 타격감을 닮았었고. 근데 적군의 강함이 진짜 몬헌류를 초월해 소울류에 비견될 만큼 겁나게 강함 ㄷㄷ    와일드 하츠 올해 2월에 출시된 게임들 중 가장 AAA급 초우주갓겜임.
    검 타격감, 근접 타격감도 최고였고 조작감이나 근접전투도 매우 뛰어났음.
    엄청 강력하고 간지나고 검과 무기들과 갑옷들도 많고
    그리고 죽음 사냥꾼 같은 간지나는 늑대형 적군들도 강함.
    몬헌 라이즈 느낌이 강하면서도 원령공주(모노노케히메) 같은 전쟁 배경과 세계관이 간지남. 사무라이들의 침략전쟁으로 서식지를 잃은 케모노들과 사무라이 군대의 공격에 의해 퇴각한 이주민들간의 전쟁이라는 원령공주(모노노케히메) 느낌이 강한 그런 AAA급 초우주갓겜이었는데 게다가 뛰어난 근접 타격감과 백병전투는 세키로의 강력한 근접 타격감을 닮았었고.

    근데 적군의 강함이 진짜 몬헌류를 초월해 소울류에 비견될 만큼 겁나게 강함
    ㄷㄷ
    최적화만 빼면 완벽한 게임.
    최적화 업데이트 패치도 곧 나온다니 존버중입니다.    … Expand
  12. Forien
    Feb 19, 2023
    0
    Game is even unplayable.

    On top of that it requires a Bloatware app from EA.
  13. lilkillpappy
    Mar 2, 2023
    0
    This game as of March 3rd still runs like trash. On my computer, getting over 100 FPS the game has screen tearing, constant stuttering, graphic and lighting pop-in issues. I have tried fixing this for several days, changing settings throughout my computer and in the game, nothing fixed it. Developers need to stop selling unfinished games. This is a problem brought on by greed, and I'mThis game as of March 3rd still runs like trash. On my computer, getting over 100 FPS the game has screen tearing, constant stuttering, graphic and lighting pop-in issues. I have tried fixing this for several days, changing settings throughout my computer and in the game, nothing fixed it. Developers need to stop selling unfinished games. This is a problem brought on by greed, and I'm really sick of it. Don't buy this game!… Expand
  14. Andryu180
    Mar 11, 2023
    0
    Another game unplayable at launch on pc, stutter and fps drops all over even on a 4090. Avoid
  15. tacoslayer
    Feb 20, 2023
    0
    The pacing of the first 2 acts of the game are great, but once you hit act 3 it seems there some artificial difficulty spike kicks in, i can have end game weapon and armor and still get thrown around like a rubber chicken.

    Half the battle for this game was the performance issues. Wanna play online ? Forget about it, frames always tank to a low 20 even with a 3080. My computer blue    The pacing of the first 2 acts of the game are great, but once you hit act 3 it seems there some artificial difficulty spike kicks in, i can have end game weapon and armor and still get thrown around like a rubber chicken.

    Half the battle for this game was the performance issues. Wanna play online ? Forget about it, frames always tank to a low 20 even with a 3080. My computer blue screened twice playing this trash fire of a game.

    This game is just like every other Omega force game, trash dressed up with a pretty bow to make it look nice and appealing but is till trash underneath. All this game has done for me is appreciate MONSTER HUNTER as a franchise more and how they dont do artificial bull crap difficulty spikes.

    The story was so uninteresting that i barely remember what the hell was going on, ive fought most of the monsters but can only name 4 because they are so forgettable. The whole design concept of the game was, lets take a chicken, make it bigger and angrier.

    Save your money, buy something else from Koei cause Omega force and the Tokiden Devs have once again shown they dont know how to make a game to save their lives.    … Expand
  16. Dipalay
    Apr 15, 2023
    3
    Another messy PC port. It could be good game but it's unplayable. Same as Forspoken. I hope someday developers of AAA games wake up and start optimizing their games, but probably it won't happen, cause of DLSS/FSR and Frame Generation. Why they should optimize game to run properly in standard rasterization when if you turn on Upscaling and Frame Generation on NVIDIA you will get enoughAnother messy PC port. It could be good game but it's unplayable. Same as Forspoken. I hope someday developers of AAA games wake up and start optimizing their games, but probably it won't happen, cause of DLSS/FSR and Frame Generation. Why they should optimize game to run properly in standard rasterization when if you turn on Upscaling and Frame Generation on NVIDIA you will get enough performance. This is annoying, but we can't do anything with this. Only way is stop playing games, but nobody will do that. In future it can be possible that only people who will be able to run games on PC in playable FPS will be only new GPU generation owners. If this situation won't change in year or two, only rational way will be just buy PS5 and play games on console. But I still hope that it will change... Maybe it's only naivety.… Expand
  17. Zeon1982
    Apr 2, 2023
    2
    It's not a MHW clone. It's an abomination that should of never existed in the first place. I think I'll just go and play some more MHW. lmao. EPIC FAIL.
  18. Funny7Cloud
    Feb 21, 2023
    7
    游戏bug极多，优化很差。本手手感偏近于三国无双，武器种类不多，玩起来难度也不高。新的机巧机制是游戏的主要卖点和亮点，算是借鉴堡垒之夜的新共斗玩法？我不好说……反正就是一部试水的爽游，算是光荣在寻找新的制作方向吧……总体评价6到7分，能玩，但性价比一般。
  19. bokarsh-z
    Mar 28, 2023
    0
    (5/10 dont believe from bots)
    -only worth 30 dollar.
    ==========

    -30 - 45 hour long.

    -bad optimization, slow running, very repetitive monster hunter fights same 10 monsters over and over.

    -chapter 3 game will be grindy.

    -only good Karakuri mechanic.

    -buy monster hunter world or rise (easier than world) instead.
  20. Ngwehbp
    Jun 15, 2023
    10
    Pure love for this! Highly recommended for every gaming fan, easy to get into and so deep to master this endless game.

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 38
  3. Negative: 1 out of 38
  1. RPGamer
    Mar 27, 2023
    50
    It is a shame that more time and effort weren’t put into the monster variety and ensuring better performance at launch. With the ability to create traps and other constructs on the field of battle, Wild Hearts has created a new hunting experience that could certainly stand toe to toe with a more well-established series. Future patches and DLC could certainly iron some of these problems out, but as it stands upon release, Wild Hearts is difficult to recommend in its launch state to all but the most hard-core of hunters. With that said, the foundation laid out by this title is quite solid, and could certainly lead to greater things in the future.
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  2. GRYOnline.pl
    Mar 23, 2023
    80
    Wild Hearts is not flawless and you can see it was made on a budget, but it's a great starting point for a franchise. Most gameplay mechanics are good enough and some are even exceptional.
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  3. Worth Playing
    Mar 7, 2023
    65
    There's potential in Wild Hearts. The building aspects alone add some depth to the exploration and combat aspects of the hunt, while the weapons feel right in a fight. There are many compelling reasons to give this a go: a drip feed of abilities, near-instant multiplayer with cross-play, and permanently affecting a player's instance. The sometimes-finicky building system can be an annoyance, while the lack of kemono variety is a knock, even if more beasts are promised later as free updates. The PC performance is what really drags down the game, and the lack of fixes combined with the game's high price tag are enough to hold off for now. On consoles, Wild Hearts is a fine counterpart to Capcom's offering, and it's worth checking out. PC players will want to wait and see if the game can make efficient use of the platform and hardware variety before jumping in.
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