Dauntless

 PlayStation 4
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3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 132 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 132
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 132
  3. Negative: 84 out of 132

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  1. artsca
    May 25, 2019
    3
    The Performance on console is very bad. The graphic is like fortnite but runs much worse it's stuttering and frame rate drops all over the place. Every question and complaint about console performance is ignored by the devs so I highly doubt this will get improved. MHW runs extremely better even though graphics are much better there as well. With graphics like Fortnite, Dauntless shouldThe Performance on console is very bad. The graphic is like fortnite but runs much worse it's stuttering and frame rate drops all over the place. Every question and complaint about console performance is ignored by the devs so I highly doubt this will get improved. MHW runs extremely better even though graphics are much better there as well. With graphics like Fortnite, Dauntless should also run 60fps.… Expand
  2. getrwuegyweh
    May 28, 2019
    0
    Absolutely AWFUL! Game runs are 15fps at MOST, literally no content in the game, takes forever to load just one thing, the sensitivity is awfully slow, even on the highest setting, and it's a blatent rip-off Monster Hunter / TERA.... Just download TERA, same game but actually made better, and it's FREE!
  3. CombustibleKush
    May 23, 2019
    3
    THIS GAME IS AMAZING EXCEPT, The Servers are horrible can’t get on to continue the enjoyment, Asked for help got no response left feeling unsatisfied
  4. Jaymkenney
    May 24, 2019
    2
    This game doesn't load properly on my PS4 OG. I've made a character several times and have yet to actually play the game.
  5. Furasan
    May 25, 2019
    1
    It just doesn't work. It is unplayable. Back button does not work. How can this be released in this estate?
  6. BMX
    May 26, 2019
    1
    Infinite loading screen and a lot of drops frame.
    Bugs and crashes.
    They don’t tell you how to find things. Infinite finding a match.
  7. SWERY_51
    May 23, 2019
    0
    In one word : awful.
    It's the poorest Monster Hunter Like i've ever played, Toukiden or God Eater are far, far better games, and i don't even talk about Monster Hunter World because it would be insane to try to compare Dauntless to it.
    Dauntless offers a poor basic gameplay, poor 'Fortnite-like' visuals and the technical part is a joke. First time you arrive in town on PS4 PRO, it runs    In one word : awful.
    It's the poorest Monster Hunter Like i've ever played, Toukiden or God Eater are far, far better games, and i don't even talk about Monster Hunter World because it would be insane to try to compare Dauntless to it.

    Dauntless offers a poor basic gameplay, poor 'Fortnite-like' visuals and the technical part is a joke. First time you arrive in town on PS4 PRO, it runs at 20 fps. The character creator is one of the worst i've seen (Dark Souls one looks amazing in comparison), even the music themes are meh, and it is full of micro-transactions like a crappy mobile phone game. I understand it's a 'free' game, but there is nothing good here, just a waste of time. If you just want to play a nice free game with your mates, you should try Warframe instead.    … Expand
  8. HTGamer
    May 22, 2019
    0
    Avoid this game on PS4, frame rate is really choppy even though graphics are no more complex than Fortnite (a game which runs at 60 fps on PS4). I stopped playing as soon as I got into the hub after the tutorial. Terrible fps, sub-30 in the tutorial and definitely 10-15 fps in the hub. This is typical of how free to play MMOs run on PS4. If the developers improve this game's performance inAvoid this game on PS4, frame rate is really choppy even though graphics are no more complex than Fortnite (a game which runs at 60 fps on PS4). I stopped playing as soon as I got into the hub after the tutorial. Terrible fps, sub-30 in the tutorial and definitely 10-15 fps in the hub. This is typical of how free to play MMOs run on PS4. If the developers improve this game's performance in a year or so after a dozen patches, I may try it again. My review score isn't about the fun factor of this game simply because I stopped playing very quickly, it's about the bad playing experience I got on PS4. Try it on PC instead if you can.… Expand
  9. jppgarcia
    May 23, 2019
    2
    I was going to make an effort to write a constructive review for this game, but damn it's just straight up bad. I really wanted to enjoy the game because it has some good ideas and it can be fun at times. But there are just so many problems as of now that I cant name a single thing I enjoyed about it.

    - Killing Behemoths gets boring really fast. Not only that, but every time you get hit    I was going to make an effort to write a constructive review for this game, but damn it's just straight up bad. I really wanted to enjoy the game because it has some good ideas and it can be fun at times. But there are just so many problems as of now that I cant name a single thing I enjoyed about it.

    - Killing Behemoths gets boring really fast. Not only that, but every time you get hit by one you get stunned for a couple of seconds, and with dodging in this game being so unreliable, you'll get hit a lot of times whether you like it or not;

    - I wont even talk about servers, everyone already knows how **** they are;

    - Gameplay is probably some of the worst I've seen in this type of game, there's no lock-on key, hitboxes are pretty hit or miss, and overall just really poor and unoriginal.

    I could list all the **** that is wrong with the game, but you get the idea    … Expand
  10. Awsomehotdog101
    May 23, 2019
    0
    Unoriginal monster hunter copy the 30 minutes i played 10 of them were trying to connect to it
  11. NOVA_LEY
    May 23, 2019
    2
    I want to play more of this game but I just can't the servers are trash the tier system is a scam you only can get 100 Platinum everything in the store is overpriced but fighting the Behemoth with your friends or randoms is legit fun. My advice wait a few months until you play this game
  12. SifuDizzy
    Jun 2, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is very fun until you hit end game grinding. The servers are in poor condition to support the crossplay mechanic. Cartoon graphics! The game will never compare to #MonsterHunter! The devs promise fixes and updates on social media to gain public trust and glorification, but still have yet to deliver. Horeoic missions are soo aggressive, even the best players are scratching their heads in confusement wondering what happened after they fail.Most missions in heroic have very high latency, almost unplayable. Pc players reporting purchase errors, items not showing up in inventory after purchase. This is a development team that stole ideas from other games! Not a good way to start.… Expand
  13. Zisis151
    May 23, 2019
    0
    I will judge this game based on my experience and not wether it's F2P or not. First of all, there's stuff missing like a proper trophy list and a lock-on feature which takes away the enjoyment by a huge amount. Second, the framerate on PS4 Pro is laughable when going in with a team. It's almost stable when hunting alone, but when you're in a group of 4 I doubt it even reaches 20FPS.I will judge this game based on my experience and not wether it's F2P or not. First of all, there's stuff missing like a proper trophy list and a lock-on feature which takes away the enjoyment by a huge amount. Second, the framerate on PS4 Pro is laughable when going in with a team. It's almost stable when hunting alone, but when you're in a group of 4 I doubt it even reaches 20FPS. Lastly, the progression of the "premium" pass is a joke and the servers (of course) are a total **** mess.

    Overall it's pretty obvious that this game wasn't meant for Playstation and I'm not buying the "alpha","Beta" etc arguments. The microtransaction shop seems to work flawlessly so why isn't everything else? The only positive about these type of situations is the fact that they remind me why I hate online games.    … Expand
  14. Cargan
    May 23, 2019
    0
    Game had alot of potential but they rushed it out way to fast without being ready. every single day the servers are either offline or experiencing issues preventing the majority from playing. making it next to impossible to play with friends when maybe 1 can get in at same time as you
  15. Caerleon
    Jun 14, 2019
    1
    Unplayable piece...Terrible fps 10-15 on the hunt. PS4 sounds like a plane taking off. Dishonest monsters that are constantly spamming attacks and not let go. Highly recommend not to play it.
  16. liferebooted
    May 24, 2019
    1
    I only managed to play a few hours the morning it came out. Very slow times to join public hunts, 5+ minute queues for solo hunts to launch, extreme slow down on the vanilla ps4. Since then its been 3 days since launch and I've tried several times each day to play again, I'm already greeted with a login screen saying the game is full and there is a 20,000+ queue that never goes down,I only managed to play a few hours the morning it came out. Very slow times to join public hunts, 5+ minute queues for solo hunts to launch, extreme slow down on the vanilla ps4. Since then its been 3 days since launch and I've tried several times each day to play again, I'm already greeted with a login screen saying the game is full and there is a 20,000+ queue that never goes down, they don't seem to have trouble making server space for their other games strangely. Final score 1 out of 10 since the game is unplayable.… Expand
  17. MoNster-666
    May 22, 2019
    4
    I dont have anything agianst farming but THE game is just too plain maybe is gonna get better in THE future i hope
  18. Younes8205
    May 28, 2019
    1
    Game is very buggy and chrashes every time.
    The range you have is to low, because of that you can not hit enemies properly
  19. Mostafadarsh
    May 22, 2019
    1
    Do not bother yourself by downloading this scrap game, i can not even start the game to write my opinion, it is not let me log in. Skip this sh*t by deleting it.
  20. AzekariCZ
    May 29, 2019
    0
    Terrible frame rate, terrible gameplay with no option to lock on the enemy so you have to restart camera every 5 seconds to see what moves enemies are doing and the worst thing I've never I'll see is that you can fuze your perks into one better but it takes 24 hours and you can speed it up by a special currency...this belongs to a mobile game not game by epic games. Alsi the servers areTerrible frame rate, terrible gameplay with no option to lock on the enemy so you have to restart camera every 5 seconds to see what moves enemies are doing and the worst thing I've never I'll see is that you can fuze your perks into one better but it takes 24 hours and you can speed it up by a special currency...this belongs to a mobile game not game by epic games. Alsi the servers are almost every time full first I've played it i was waiting in queue where was 60k players in front of me... Microtrasactions are almost everywhere and the hunt missions are really boring that means you'll be on a big map with no enemies only one boss that you have to find and all the bosses I've played are the same only reskined with almost same move sets so they are very predictable and easy. If you want game where you killing a monsters buy dark souls or monster hunter because this piece of crap doesn't worth your time.… Expand
  21. Funeraled
    Jun 3, 2019
    0
    Very laggy and bad optimization game with giant hit boxes on players. Usually you cant avoid monsters attack because there is a very big hitboxes on player and you must run off the arena to avoid.
    This game is in beta, but looking to how long time needed to creators to fix hundreds of problems i am not recommend you to play this game until it is done.
  22. Theangrypasta
    May 28, 2019
    3
    Would be pretty fun, but getting loaded in takes forever or doesn't work at all.
  23. DGenius
    May 25, 2019
    4
    The game itself is excellent, then we will discuss only the version for PS4.
    First, the control with the gamepad is not perfect. During crafting, it is impossible to see what material drops from whom specifically. There is no lock-on feature for the camera now. There is a centering on the monster, but it is not the same. Pounding constantly stick, especially on fast Behemoths physically    The game itself is excellent, then we will discuss only the version for PS4.
    First, the control with the gamepad is not perfect. During crafting, it is impossible to see what material drops from whom specifically. There is no lock-on feature for the camera now. There is a centering on the monster, but it is not the same. Pounding constantly stick, especially on fast Behemoths physically unpleasant and uncomfortable.
    Secondly, the graphics are not the most demanding, the game works for Unreal Engine, but it looks even worse than Fortnite. Animations sometimes are crooked.
    Thirdly, absolutely terrible performance on the base ps4. The developers say that their goal is “stable 30 fps”, but it’s impossible to see even stable 20. The game lags so much that it’s impossible to play on high-level monsters, because framerate falls to the bottom tenth. It becomes impossible to turn the camera, the buttons do not work, the timings are broken and that's it. How was it possible to release the game in such a terrible state, I do not know. Monster Hunter World with much more advanced graphics, mechanics, maps and gameplay works much better and more stable. Well, problems with servers, login, matchmaking is still the thing. In its current form, the version for ps4 does not deserve more than 4 points out of 10.    … Expand
  24. Neto2077
    May 27, 2019
    3
    Cara, não instale, é só a epic tentando fazer uma cópia de monster haunter world, e deu nisso um jogo online com servidores travando toda hora. NÃO INSTALE
  25. CraigEchols
    Jun 3, 2019
    4
    Would be better if it were complete. This game feels like a beta for MH:W or any other monster game. The only good news about it is that it is free to play, however, its hard to gain much if you don't buy the pass (which albeit is very cheap).

    The opaqueness of the game makes life pretty difficult for play. You're essentially on a time limit to gather resources and find a specific    Would be better if it were complete. This game feels like a beta for MH:W or any other monster game. The only good news about it is that it is free to play, however, its hard to gain much if you don't buy the pass (which albeit is very cheap).

    The opaqueness of the game makes life pretty difficult for play. You're essentially on a time limit to gather resources and find a specific monster which is confusing since the resources are few and far in between and once you find the monster, you can't really go back to doing anything else. On one of the missions, it is various monsters including the big baddie against you and your team and I was hoping that would be the standard for the missions, alas it was not.

    Some of the battles are borderline unplayable since the bosses have very little variety in the way you can approach them. You are limited in the supplies you can bring, and realistically, most of those supplies are somewhat ineffective, if not useless, anyway. Certain missions require you to break or injure a monster in a certain way, but the game never explains how to do this so you end up blindly swinging your sword, axe, lance, etc. in an effort to accomplish this mission with 50% chance (maybe) of actually completing the mission correctly.

    The "Hunts" make no sense really because you are really only hunting one monster on a small island with nothing else on it. The hit box numbers make no sense either because there is really nothing to compare it to. There is no life bar for the boss, no HP count for the boss. As mentioned above, for some missions, you are supposed to break certain pieces off of the boss for needed for upgrades and whatnot. Wouldn't it make sense to have SOME form of an indicator of the boss's damage level on certain parts of the body.....or at least some form of notification that said body part is about to break?

    And why the lack of resources for hunt items? I get that it is a F2P game and they want you buying the items, but most of the items you need are even available for sale. If you want to make me grind for upgradeable items, fine. But the fact I have to play a mission 5 times just to get 10 dashleafs, phoenix opals, omnistones, etc. is a sin and its annoying.

    All that being said, the game is fun enough till you get the the later parts of the game and realize you are really hindered by the P2W mechanics that aren't even explained how they work. The graphics are adorable in typical EPIC GAMES fashion with coloful, cartoony visuals. The story.....what story? And no one in this game says a word apparently (not that there is much to say). I'd pass this one by till they add more content and clarification on it and an explanation on how to actually progress. P2W or not.

    Oh and finally, what they hell are the point of the daily postmarks? I get all 10 of them each time and literally nothing else happens. Are they just there to look pretty?    … Expand
  26. zGoldenOG
    Nov 9, 2019
    4
    é um Monster Hunter World que não tomou seu café da manha e nasceu com um braço atrofiado,repetitivo,sem graça,entediante,jogo vazio. Não vale a pena investir tempo nisso
  27. Debris44
    Jun 17, 2019
    3
    Truly a bad game in almost every respect. FPS is beyond awful, clunky controls, glitches left and right, and it's just not nearly as fun as MHW or God Eater games. It's free, so if you're interested in the genre you can give it a free test, but after 7-8 hours I uninstalled because I feel it is terribly designed and implemented.
  28. Blackblade34
    Nov 13, 2019
    0
    This Game Is Awful, Truly Awful The World Is Empty Devoid Of Wildlife The Matches Suck They're Repetitive And Boring, There's No Challenge At The Beginning But When The Game Decides That's Enough Fun For Today It Makes The Game Unbeatable, And They've Already Put A Battle Pass System In The Game Even Though It's Just A "Beta" It Just Shows You How Greedy They Are, Supporting Games LikeThis Game Is Awful, Truly Awful The World Is Empty Devoid Of Wildlife The Matches Suck They're Repetitive And Boring, There's No Challenge At The Beginning But When The Game Decides That's Enough Fun For Today It Makes The Game Unbeatable, And They've Already Put A Battle Pass System In The Game Even Though It's Just A "Beta" It Just Shows You How Greedy They Are, Supporting Games Like This Will Destroy The Market, Guys Stop Supporting Developers With No Ideas That Can Only Steal Other People's Ideas, This Is Disgusting Just Buy Monster Hunter World If You End Up Playing This Garbage And Pay Capcom For Making An ACTUAL GAME Not A Ripoff That Appeals To Those That Only Play Garbage Free To Play Games You're Better Than This Don't Support Epic's Actions Here… Expand
  29. Lonit
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    This game is a straight up mess, too many bugd, I had to restard the application several times and thus was forced to watch the lame ass intro movie over and over, just to get trought the tutorial.
    Even without all the hassle it's clearly just a bad clone and not worth your time.

    (When I was locked in place in the tutorial I couldnt do anything except open the Micro transaction store lmao)
  30. DERPmaster7
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    A simple review of this game:

    This game is absolute garbage! You might start up the game and play for a bit until you realize there is only about 1 thing to do in the game, kill monsters. It's just so extremely repetitive that it becomes boring really quickly.
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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. TheSixthAxis
    Jun 25, 2020
    80
    Although hardly original in its premise, Dauntless offers an extremely fun and accessible take on the monster-hunting roleplaying game. It wastes no time in throwing you straight into the action and while easy to pick up there’s plenty of depth there for fans of the genre. What’s more Dauntless is completely free to play, gracefully sidestepping those annoying monetisation pitfalls we’re so used to seeing.
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  2. PlayStation Country
    Oct 11, 2019
    80
    We didn't think we'd end up enjoying a F2P Monster Hunter clone ever so the fact we do is a credit to Dauntless' enjoyable combat and thriving online player base.
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  3. Gaming Age
    Oct 7, 2019
    91
    As it stands, I’d absolutely suggest checking out Dauntless if you haven’t done so already. It’s an easy access free-to-play title with crossplay built-in for all platforms and doesn’t immediately try to nickel-and-dime you to death with add-ons and other items. The stuff you can buy is purely cosmetic, and there are plenty of earnable options available without needing to spend anything upfront. Also, it’s really fun to play, and as a big Monster Hunter fan, it’s nice to have a viable alternative to spend time with.
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