Monster Hunter: World

 PlayStation 4
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1983 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,429 out of 1983
  2. Mixed: 240 out of 1983
  3. Negative: 314 out of 1983
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  1. Agarwel
    Feb 3, 2018
    3
    Seriously? This game does not have a pause button, when playing solo? I have a life you know. I dont wan to be a "slave of the game" until the hunt is over. I dont want to say "sorry honey I can not right now" or loose the game. This minor issue means I can play this game once or twice a month when I can really find several straight hours of time. But considering the length and complexitySeriously? This game does not have a pause button, when playing solo? I have a life you know. I dont wan to be a "slave of the game" until the hunt is over. I dont want to say "sorry honey I can not right now" or loose the game. This minor issue means I can play this game once or twice a month when I can really find several straight hours of time. But considering the length and complexity of the game it means I loose interest before I even get somehow further.… Expand
  2. Zeydlitz
    Jan 27, 2018
    2
    The begining of game was pretty promising. But combat seems to bit a little odd and non-controllable. Well. Good game finished with second main quest. This game became stupid, repetiteve, unreallistic. Also this game HAVE NO PAUSE. So it xcould not be better than 6/10 anyway. But it seems to be MUCH worse.
  3. RitzyBusiness
    Jan 26, 2018
    4
    I got drawn in by a friend and hype but wasn't worth it. A few missions in and I am already sick of the formula.

    You run around and spam O to gather **** then you fight a monster that decides to run away from you all day. Its obnoxiously and sorely lacking in entertainment value. A ton of busy work in between fighting, and the busy work of constantly chasing something while you're    I got drawn in by a friend and hype but wasn't worth it. A few missions in and I am already sick of the formula.

    You run around and spam O to gather **** then you fight a monster that decides to run away from you all day. Its obnoxiously and sorely lacking in entertainment value. A ton of busy work in between fighting, and the busy work of constantly chasing something while you're fighting.

    If MH is your jive then my review is meaningless but if you were never into this franchise it is highly unlikely that this game will win you over. The formula is exactly the same, except with slightly less clunky but definitely still clunky combat. If I could get a refund on PSN I would without a doubt.    … Expand
  4. Th3Dud3
    Jan 27, 2018
    4
    Not amazing, just another grindy game.
    Sorry, but i cannot share the hype about it.
    After 5h gameplay, i am not flashed as all people here. Its quite good looking but the controls are not very great. It feels unaccurate. Even Dark Souls has a better control. I like the idea of hunting stuff, but why this game is now a new dawn in gameplay - thats a secret for me. Over all i dont think    Not amazing, just another grindy game.
    Sorry, but i cannot share the hype about it.
    After 5h gameplay, i am not flashed as all people here.
    Its quite good looking but the controls are not very great. It feels unaccurate. Even Dark Souls has a better control.
    I like the idea of hunting stuff, but why this game is now a new dawn in gameplay - thats a secret for me.
    Over all i dont think it is bad but outstanding ? no...    … Expand
  5. TheVJ
    Jan 26, 2018
    2
    While visually impressive and beautiful, this game is an insult to every veteran of Monster Hunter. The entire gameplay has been casualized and westernized so that your average newcomer in the West would be more likely to appreciate this game. Running around while healing, grappling hook as a crutch, the ability to re-position your hunter during attacks that previously locked you intoWhile visually impressive and beautiful, this game is an insult to every veteran of Monster Hunter. The entire gameplay has been casualized and westernized so that your average newcomer in the West would be more likely to appreciate this game. Running around while healing, grappling hook as a crutch, the ability to re-position your hunter during attacks that previously locked you into place, no more negative armor skills whatsoever.. I could go into great detail here and list many more, but the point is that Capcom simply went too far in their mission to reach a wider audience.
    Nevermind the fact that you can now simply craft the rarest materials such as gems and plates.
    We can only hope that Capcom will come back to their senses and develop proper, real Monster Hunter games again in the future.

    Verdict: A big step forward in graphics, many smaller steps back in gameplay. Possibly the worst MH to date.    … Expand
  6. Redstripe420
    Jan 26, 2018
    0
    This game is trash, past games were amazing. This one sucks. Dumbed down version of Monster Hunter. Save the $60.
  7. wanderlei2
    Jan 26, 2018
    0
    Changes adversely affect the core gameplay loop, betray core tenets of the series' signature gameplay, dumb down previously nuanced and engaging mechanics, and make the game even easier than the already cakewalk of a previous entry. Hot trash relying on graphics like every modern AAA. Monster Hunter was a fantastic series while it latest. RIP real monster hunter it was fun while it latest.
  8. KushAstronaut
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    requires a $40+ DLC to use a $1.50 hairstyle. I don't support corporate moneygrubbing.
  9. Zajonc
    Feb 16, 2020
    0
    This game is around 7 (currently stands at 7.7) and that is the reason I had to give it a 0.

    - You cannot pause this game. Means you have to be ready to spend at least 30 minutes before the TV no matter what. I do not know developers but I have to presume none of them have a life. - Repetitive. Really repetitive. - Not polished. - Inacurate controll mechanic. Which is horrible for a    This game is around 7 (currently stands at 7.7) and that is the reason I had to give it a 0.

    - You cannot pause this game. Means you have to be ready to spend at least 30 minutes before the TV no matter what. I do not know developers but I have to presume none of them have a life.
    - Repetitive. Really repetitive.
    - Not polished.
    - Inacurate controll mechanic. Which is horrible for a game like this.
    - WOW Classic level grinding.
    - The UI is not user friendly.    … Expand
  10. Goldor525
    Sep 16, 2019
    4
    Empty server.. Fights are not fluid.. Look like a mmorpg PC put on Ps4.. I play few hours and it was enough for me
  11. zelda34
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    This game is boring and **** The characters are terrible and the combat is so clunky. I don't even know how any one like this game
  12. Smithslp
    Sep 22, 2020
    0
    The game play is awful, camera all over the place, would not recommend this game.
  13. tomvs123
    Dec 1, 2020
    3
    Not intended for story lovers. This is seemingly a pure monster hunting simulator.

    I wasn't able to complete the game, but played a few hours and the first few missions before I decided that this wasn't the game for me. The basics of the story are that you and a load of other hunters are coming to an island to research monsters. There's no notable characters to speak of - everyone    Not intended for story lovers. This is seemingly a pure monster hunting simulator.

    I wasn't able to complete the game, but played a few hours and the first few missions before I decided that this wasn't the game for me.

    The basics of the story are that you and a load of other hunters are coming to an island to research monsters. There's no notable characters to speak of - everyone you deal with has virtually no background and seem like nameless hunters after a while. After several missions of just hunting monsters in the same map for the sake of hunting monsters, I determined that this is more of an online cooperative monster hunting game than an RPG.

    So then we have the combat. I've played the God Eater games, which were supposedly inspired by Monster Hunter games, and the combat in those is bad. I incorrectly assumed that the real Monster Hunter would have significantly better combat (at the levels of Tera, at least).

    Combat is sloppy. The main strategy is to keep hitting the monster with whatever attack you have from whichever direction it isn't attacking in. Monsters are slightly more reactive to you than in the God Eater games, though they're still generally nonreactive. They seem like they're attacking randomly or have incredibly slow reflexes, so it's too easy to avoid their attacks. They should just go right for you, but they don't. The battles are long and boring too, with some taking 15 minutes or more, including chasing them when they decide to run away.

    Things could get better later on, but with other games to play, and its poor performance on my PS4 pro (it's not a smooth gameplay experience), I decided to put this one down.

    But if you don't need a story, don't need an interesting combat system, like tracking and hunting monsters, or like to kill monsters cooperatively online, then this might be the game for you.    … Expand
  14. epicboyblue
    Jul 12, 2019
    0
    I saw the trailers for this game. I thought it was going to be a better version of what Final Fantasy XIV ARR is mechanically speaking. It looked like a proper action game. I played the 3DS game, but this game falls short of that too. My main issue here is the gameplay aspect of Monster Hunter: World. It is slow, clunky, and excessive to play. I say excessive because actions done in theI saw the trailers for this game. I thought it was going to be a better version of what Final Fantasy XIV ARR is mechanically speaking. It looked like a proper action game. I played the 3DS game, but this game falls short of that too. My main issue here is the gameplay aspect of Monster Hunter: World. It is slow, clunky, and excessive to play. I say excessive because actions done in the game take too long for me as the player to perform. The other aspect of this is the nature of fighting monsters. The fights take too long. Sure, I understand. it is to keep playing playing the game, but the mechanics follow FFXIVARR with their combat. Slow and clunky. It takes too much work to do a simple move like pulling out the sword. The controls are not intuitive. Basically I want to play the game, but I am too busy fighting the controls to actually play the game. I did not finish the game, but I did play enough to give certainty these mechanics are not good enough to continue playing. I am purely talking about this from a mechanical standpoint. I love the character creation and the atmosphere of the game, but the gameplay holds it back to invest time because it is too clunky.… Expand
  15. hapticyo
    Jul 25, 2020
    0
    The unskippable cutscenes in this game are a literal human rights violation, I would take waterboarding over having to sit through the endless drivel that is monster hunter cutscenes any day of the week.
  16. Shukri
    Aug 6, 2018
    0
    This game contextualizes the failure of any modernized, westernized, newbie friendly generation game, and I feel compelled to speak up because in my view it has no less robbed me with the amount of its asking price, and its incredibly easy to list the factors of a terrible game in analogy to this one, so lets:

    1) The premise of an open world, with a download size of a little over 14GB    This game contextualizes the failure of any modernized, westernized, newbie friendly generation game, and I feel compelled to speak up because in my view it has no less robbed me with the amount of its asking price, and its incredibly easy to list the factors of a terrible game in analogy to this one, so lets:

    1) The premise of an open world, with a download size of a little over 14GB on PS4, almost around the size of an arcade fighting game, so obvious was the warning that no, there's no open world design here, it's a lot of back tracking and invisible walls and physical limitations, it's a false promise right there.

    2) Menus. If none of the game's challenges require one to skim through its mechanics, then they needn't be there! More so there's a newspaper worth of explaining that the developers take leisure to simply shove in the players' face before one even realizes why they're there.

    3) Oversimplifying. AI isn't really as well developed or "intelligent" as we hope to see it in this game, so the more complicated the game mechanics are, the more versatile an enemy AI seems, but given the tools available to the enemy AI as is, I fail to see how anyone can illude the player with the enemy's toolkit, it feels almost retarded and doesn't warrant of me any more than the mindless whaling of a 3 year old against the buttons of the controller to dish out combos or beat a certain "boss" fight.

    The fight style, looks cool! I was taken aback by how awesome my move set was, with any weapon of choice, couple that with amazing graphics and stellar sound that marks my every jump or slash and I almost felt dazzled, but when I actually played the game, none of it made a difference, it's a button masher, positioning is made irrelevant by how easy it is to heal or escape a boss, and the enemies don't have the capacity to react to any move of my choosing, no more than running around or plainly attacking, so they're flat in a sense.

    The whole game is rubbish, perhaps the most remarkably over-hyped piece of rubbish in the history of gaming.

    I could forgive this game if it had the size, or the story, or even had as interesting a level up system as an MMO RPG, which this game shamelessly tries to be one, but there's no challenge nor reward to be had in it.    … Expand
  17. mrwarlock
    May 8, 2018
    4
    Never in my life have I rated a game lower than 4 because I pick them up after reading metacritic reviews and it always worked well until now...

    First of all, the game has 0 story, 0 character charisma, zero point. What you are asked to do from day one is: "Go there, kill that monster, then come back so I could send you to another place to kill another monster" - that is it. If you are    Never in my life have I rated a game lower than 4 because I pick them up after reading metacritic reviews and it always worked well until now...

    First of all, the game has 0 story, 0 character charisma, zero point. What you are asked to do from day one is: "Go there, kill that monster, then come back so I could send you to another place to kill another monster" - that is it. If you are looking for at least bearable tale, run away.

    Next: the fighting mechanism is terrible. My expectations might have been a little too high because I started playing this game after God of War 3: Remastered, God of War (2018), DmC: Devil May Cry and oh boy the fights on Monster Hunter look so slow, wobbly, shaky. The mechanics are just terrible (just look how the character climbs mountains - its more like a joke than a decent attempt to make it look good). I don't expect much, but hey, the guy looks like he is having a seizure!

    The chasing part: If you have at least some masochistic ideas, then Monster Hunter: World is the thing you need in your life - ultimate satisfaction. How can you not love attacking a monster for 5 minutes only to see it fly away... Then you run! You run out of stamina and look more like a poor weakling who never ate the food his mom gave him and ended up failing every 50 meter run. Then you reach the monster you were chasing, then you attack him for 5 minutes, then he flees again. This time to the claws of a big dragon which kills you in 1 hit. Now you run from spawn point... Rinse and repeat - fun stuff I'd say. So I guess it should be called: "Usain Very-Tired-Bolt Simulator: World".

    If you want more good news about being able to punish yourself for all the sins you have committed so that Lord would spare your poor soul, then there are some: you will be able to do this for hundreds of hours! All those annoying chases, all that annoying tracing, all the killing the same (SAME) monster tens and tens of time - YES, you can do that!

    I have to admit that I am a fan of grinding, upgrading, crafting. I have ~700 hours in Warframe and I still pick it up because its fun, smooth, beautiful (sadly not intense and hard enough). But THIS game is a horror that even my worst enemies should not experience.

    So my verdict would be: stay away unless you have friends to laugh with and make it fun to play. The only thing that can save this game is your friends. If not, I FORBID you to play it - you will thank me.    … Expand
  18. Genjira
    Apr 19, 2018
    2
    This game is the perfect example of why professional reviewers, in hock to big games publishers, and legions of franchise devotees often can't be trusted. I like grind, I like difficulty and I like backtracking. I'm not in a rush to get trophies or finish a story. But I dislike seeing my character disappear inside dead monsters or plants, difficulty being increased not by challenging foesThis game is the perfect example of why professional reviewers, in hock to big games publishers, and legions of franchise devotees often can't be trusted. I like grind, I like difficulty and I like backtracking. I'm not in a rush to get trophies or finish a story. But I dislike seeing my character disappear inside dead monsters or plants, difficulty being increased not by challenging foes or scenarios but by a silly control layout, and mindless repetition and button-mashing. Monster Hunter World is a decent £10 PS2 game. Your best bet is to refrain from getting it until it's a PS+ monthly. You're missing out on nothing by waiting.… Expand
  19. VitorGomes
    Apr 8, 2020
    0
    Main missions: Hunt or Capture Monsters
    Optional missions: Hunt or Capture Monsters
    Investigations: Hunt or Capture Monsters

    Here, 90 metascore. Just dont get it.
  20. Tifa
    Mar 23, 2019
    0
    Worst game ever made.This piece of **** does not deserve to be called Monster hunter.Doing so it's a big insult to all the TRUE MONSTER HUNTER games.In addition it's ridiculous to see how peoples still promote and defend this trash and dare to even state that this is the best installment in the Monster hunter franchise.

    Capcom you failed badly this time.
  21. Lonitx
    Dec 2, 2019
    0
    what a grind fest, I don't understand the praise, this game is so overated.
  22. Flyingdeadthing
    Aug 29, 2018
    0
    This is the most overrated game i have ever played. A 7.8? 90? Come on...

    MHW is little more than a mobile game ported to consoles. It had no story, very little solo play (not everyone wants to play in groups! ), and no reason to play other than farming monsters so that you can farm more monsters. The only thing MHW lacks to give the player that low-quality mobile game experience    This is the most overrated game i have ever played. A 7.8? 90? Come on...

    MHW is little more than a mobile game ported to consoles. It had no story, very little solo play (not everyone wants to play in groups! ), and no reason to play other than farming monsters so that you can farm more monsters.

    The only thing MHW lacks to give the player that low-quality mobile game experience is in-game currency...    … Expand
  23. Shibanima
    Aug 9, 2018
    0
    Most of the monster are just recycled from old MH series, and the added "new content" are still just old monsters??? As a matter of fact, I would consider us lucky to even get a "new" monster since sometimes Capcom just add what they call "Arch Temper" which is basically reusing the same old model but change the hp and damg value of the monster to unreasonably high, with brainlesslyMost of the monster are just recycled from old MH series, and the added "new content" are still just old monsters??? As a matter of fact, I would consider us lucky to even get a "new" monster since sometimes Capcom just add what they call "Arch Temper" which is basically reusing the same old model but change the hp and damg value of the monster to unreasonably high, with brainlessly programmed AI. Patches buff and nerf weapons to insufficient extend where ppl still wont want to use garbage weapons. And worst of all, the way Capcom intend players to grind out jewels is almost predatory to keep the exponentially declining player base from becoming zero, where you are lucky if you got a second attack jewel within 500 hours of gameplay. Its just a glorified HD remake of the same old formula, where devs still dont know how to balance out AI and kept a lot of the useless frustrating element of the old game in (stand up dizziness, tremor, pinned down, etc). It is definitely easier to platinum the game compared to older series, but for $80 it is not worth to buy a HD remake of old MH with less monsters and content. AND FIX YOUR TRASH SERVER CAPCOM.… Expand
  24. honestlyangry
    Mar 25, 2018
    1
    This game seems to be very engaging. That is the only positive thing I have to say about it. My husband plays it, and since getting it at least a month ago, it is like I do not have a partner anymore. The fact that he cannot pause the game has not only been frustrating, but embarrassing. The result is that I don't get help with anything around the house anymore - I can be walking byThis game seems to be very engaging. That is the only positive thing I have to say about it. My husband plays it, and since getting it at least a month ago, it is like I do not have a partner anymore. The fact that he cannot pause the game has not only been frustrating, but embarrassing. The result is that I don't get help with anything around the house anymore - I can be walking by clearly struggling to carry something or do something, but he can't leave that couch because he is battling a monster, and that is clearly more important than helping his wife. We were having my parents come for a visit for my mom's birthday, but he couldn't get off the couch to even say hello to his in-laws (that we only get to see every couple of months) when they arrived. Why? Oh, he was battling a monster. If you are in a committed relationship that you care about and that you prioritize, please think about how you will use this game. Plan to play only at times when you know you will be able to play uninterrupted and when there aren't other people counting on you to be a supportive partner in running a household. Don't plan on spending the entire weekend playing it while your partner does all the household work unassisted. It will lead to major resentment and tension. I thought I should share my experience so that maybe I can help at least one other person.… Expand
  25. jaramey13
    Apr 1, 2018
    0
    this is one of the worst games I've ever invested my money in. You get so far in than all the monsters are made more difficult to the point that all the big monster with exception to 2 can kill you. than to make it worst. Every large monster takes 15 to 30 minutes to kill because your having to chase them around. I'm really pissed that I wasted my money on this pitiful excuse for a videothis is one of the worst games I've ever invested my money in. You get so far in than all the monsters are made more difficult to the point that all the big monster with exception to 2 can kill you. than to make it worst. Every large monster takes 15 to 30 minutes to kill because your having to chase them around. I'm really pissed that I wasted my money on this pitiful excuse for a video game. What game limits you to 100 life gives all the monsters 1000's of life than expects you to accept this. Imagine having to spend half an hour killing one large monster than turn outs you have killed it 25 times. you just wasted 37.5 hours trying to get one item.... I'm not asking for final fantasy but please let's be realistic.… Expand
  26. gameguy4ever123
    Mar 5, 2018
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Monster Hunter World : or how not to make a handheld game seem relevant on current gen consoles

    I'll fully admit to knowing very little about the monster hunter series, prior to Monster Hunter World. The few things I did know was it was better know as a handheld title, was reallllllllly popular in Japan and sold more copies then then a Japanese school would selling Yaksoba bread. I'm also aware of the core idea for the game is to hunt monsters, as the title has helpfully explained.

    The problems is that its mostly a handheld title. their have been titled on consoles like ps2 ,ps3, wii 360, PC and even wii u(for some reason) but it largely lives on the handheld market and for that reason, having it as the first major console port that most US gamers would play with reworked gameplay was quite the tall order.

    Unfortunately, the order was mishandled and instead of getting of getting a salad, we got a salad with bird crap smeared on it. There are many things I can complain about, but i ll start with the "Story".. where you, a silent protagonist that blindly agrees to to anything your to, are supposedly part of an elite group of monster hunters and a have been send to study an elder dragon(that's less a dragon and more of a giant moving blob of lava) and help research monster that live on island and the dragon is going to be coming to.

    What this actually translates as, is grabbing a weapon and killing some monsters... and that's pretty much it.. there are bits of story tossed out from time to time, but it feels more of an after thought then a core part of the game.

    Most of the game is spent running at a monster that probably could give 2 **** about you and hacking and slashing at it for around 45 minutes.. not even joking.. there are plenty of weapons to use, 14 to start with, but they all pretty much involve hacking ,slashing and trying to doge out of the way of the monsters **** attack.

    I say trying to dodge, because it seems like your character is thick in the head and seems to misinterpret DODGE as KEEP SLASHING. which inevitably either knocks your character down, into a stun lock or poisons them.. then you have to try and use a healing or poison curing potion as the monster gets in more free hits and even has free time to do his taxes while waiting for you to die..

    and die you will .. a lot.. but you have limited numbers of times of dying before your sent back to the main village place and told to start the mission over from scratch. because Capcom are dickheads.

    Even if you work out the brilliant strategy of hitting a monster no more then a few times before rolling out of the way, you 'll have to deal with them getting bored ad running/flying off.. Probably because he was as bored as I was with the same routine.

    This is why the game give you 45 minute for the missions,.. because they knew they were **** and knew you'd only be able to use the method of attacking twice and dodging to defeat most monsters..

    So looking beyond the barely there story and same old hack and slash combat, what is there?

    Well, by killing monsters you get orbs and materials to upgrade weapons and armor.. in order to kill more monsters and get more upgrade points.. meaning the real purpose of the game is to join the cycle of continuously killing monsters, upgrading your character and repeating forever..

    So what about positive things... um.. their are a great variety to the monsters, and it looks nice.. really nice.. the monster all have great animations as they fight you or other monsters and the environments all look really great with nice lighting, shadows, and effects going on. ...but looking nice has become pretty common on PS4, pc (and to a lesser degree) the xboner and switch.. I have plenty of games on my ps4 that looks great.. so looking great but doing nothing else doesn't get you a automatic oral fun time.. you need to have compelling story and gameplay to go along with it, if you want my tongue skills on display.. but Monster Hunter World is boring, repetitive and barely has a story in it.. Why would I willingly play this, when i can replay the superior Horizon Zero Dawn, Uncharted 4, The Last of Us, Little Nightmares,Yakuza, or any other game that has looks, good story and fun gameplay in them?

    I didn't even mention the bare bones and basic character creation system where the female characters have fat legs and the faces look significantly downgraded in-game.

    I wouldn't.. but hey, if you like boring, repetitive games, with very little story, and very little going on other then visuals, then Monster Hunter World us the game for you.. enjoy.. I guess...    … Expand
  27. Trepadora
    Feb 3, 2018
    4
    I have tried and tried and tried to give this game a chance. Too see this amazing gameplay everyone constantly cheered about. But, as soon as I broke out of the opening area, it began to feel like the mechanics of the game were actively working against me, stopping any fun from actually happening. It's not a large thing. At first it was just a few annoying things that were easily ignored.I have tried and tried and tried to give this game a chance. Too see this amazing gameplay everyone constantly cheered about. But, as soon as I broke out of the opening area, it began to feel like the mechanics of the game were actively working against me, stopping any fun from actually happening. It's not a large thing. At first it was just a few annoying things that were easily ignored. But once the game really starts pushing you, all the cracks feel so apparent.

    The gameplay feels so incredibly slow and clunky. Simple things like putting away a weapon take a needlessly long time, it may not seem like much, but given how much you'll be putting it away and drawing it during a fight for absolutely anything other than hitting and that this could well lead to you dying as a result, it's hard not to feel frustrated at it.

    No, it being worse in the past does not magically excuse any criticism.    … Expand
  28. Xvatch
    Aug 3, 2020
    3
    Extremely unfriendly to new players. Capcom explain next to nothing, and it is infuriating. General consensus to combat is that it is considered clonky, and it is is. You are irritated by frequent knockback and trembles and just frustrates you
  29. Hawk12397
    Mar 5, 2018
    4
    This game is indeed enjoyable, until you get to higher level monsters. That is when you realize the developers just wanted to make it hard for the sake of it being hard. SUre, 1 shot mechanics are acceptable if obviously choreographed, but it's the times when you get knocked onto your back, don't even stand up before getting knocked down again, then finally get up and get staggered by anThis game is indeed enjoyable, until you get to higher level monsters. That is when you realize the developers just wanted to make it hard for the sake of it being hard. SUre, 1 shot mechanics are acceptable if obviously choreographed, but it's the times when you get knocked onto your back, don't even stand up before getting knocked down again, then finally get up and get staggered by an aoe effect, only to get smashed to death right after.

    The game demands PERFECTION or a cheese environmental advantage. Even then some of the higher level monsters will still throw you into this chain stun / 100 to 0 death setup and it just isn't acceptable in a game that should be about strategy and skill, not hopeless disadvantages.

    Was fun until I got to higher level monsters. Now the game is just a tedious frustrating grind with no real enjoyment. Don't buy this game.    … Expand
  30. jonnyvix
    Feb 17, 2018
    4
    I knwew I shouldn't have bought into the hype and waited for a major discount but well, here I am with a slow and boring game everyone seems to be loving.
    Graphics are good, can't deny that, but the rest of the game is plain boring. You seek monsters that you fight with about 2 or 3 moves per weapon type until they decide to run away. Then you chase them and beat them some more. You    I knwew I shouldn't have bought into the hype and waited for a major discount but well, here I am with a slow and boring game everyone seems to be loving.
    Graphics are good, can't deny that, but the rest of the game is plain boring. You seek monsters that you fight with about 2 or 3 moves per weapon type until they decide to run away. Then you chase them and beat them some more. You repeat this for about 3 times and they die. You get the reward, you craft armor or weapon from their remains and go kill another one. This is pretty much the game.
    Everyting can be beaten with just rool, hit, sheathe weapon, roll, run and heal, repeat.
    Don't bother with the story it is there only to let you know which is the next poor creature you've to kill.    … Expand
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#6 Best PS4 Game of 2018
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#11 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2018
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#5 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2018

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Metascore
90

Universal acclaim - based on 93 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 89 out of 93
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 93
  3. Negative: 0 out of 93
  1. GameGrin
    Jun 21, 2018
    90
    Honestly, if the Low and High Rank portions wasn’t as polished and an incredible experience to go through. This score would be 7/8 margin just because compared to previous games, the rotating event quests, RNG investigations for RNG loot, reduced weapon and quest pool, and less challenging solo player end game. But, with the incredibly constructed world, incredible combat experience, and cohesive experience, the downpoints are more just demands for more content.
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  2. Gamers' Temple
    May 21, 2018
    55
    I won't rehash the problems I had with World simply because they make me profoundly sad. I wanted to like the game, I hoped the new direction would bring the series to a new level, but instead, the whole thing blew up in my face like a Marshmallow Peep left in the microwave too long.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Apr 24, 2018
    100
    Moving to real consoles has paid off for Monster Hunter. The fifth installment is bigger, nicer and funnier (a bit). In addition, a number of free addons will extend the entertainment for another dozens of hours. [Issue#283]
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