Monster Hunter: World

 Xbox One
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7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 488 Ratings

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  1. W0RGASM
    Jan 29, 2018
    4
    Not exactly a review, just a does of reality in case you are blown away by the stellar reviews.

    This is XBox One X review. Playing on large 4K monitor. The game starts with a fairly nice character creator, a little awkward and fiddly with a controller. Lots of options, the game was looking promising. You even had the opportunity to change the 'background' so you can see what your    Not exactly a review, just a does of reality in case you are blown away by the stellar reviews.

    This is XBox One X review. Playing on large 4K monitor.

    The game starts with a fairly nice character creator, a little awkward and fiddly with a controller. Lots of options, the game was looking promising. You even had the opportunity to change the 'background' so you can see what your character looks like in different light sources.

    Then the game starts. Eugh.

    1) I don't think it's fair to criticize the logic of games when they are trying to tell a story, but I just found this quite annoying: You are on a ship, bound for the New World. You've obviously been sailing for a long long time (unless the New World is just down the road). And you are 10 minutes from docking at the island... So of COURSE, this is the time that the passengers all get together and introduce themselves, instead of getting ready to disembark.

    2) The first character you meet is supposed to be an "A-list hunter", but is, alas, voiced by a dude-bro. The voice in no way gives you the impression that he is a big bad monster hunter. He sounds like he should be eating pizza, and hanging out with Michelangelo and Raphael in a sewer.

    3) Everything goes to hell as we hit an 'object' and this is when my brand new xbox starts throwing up solid walls of color instead of sea-spray and smoke.

    4) Finally I see my mute character in some cut scenes... And he vaguely resembles the character I just made. A low-res version, bordering on The Old Republic art style. Also, he's a mouth breather with a botox face. Nothing moves in his face.

    5) After an escape from the volcano monster, I realize that I'm actually supposed to be climbing a vertical cliff, and not scrabbling along the ground. My legs are just randomly swimming in the air as I 'climb'

    6) Eventually we land on the island, and the super impressive graphics are really seen for the first time... If that first time were 2005. The graphics are strangely bland and washed out, except for the cutscenes, and nothing impressive (i.e. nothing like those screenshots with the perfectly detailed monster hides).

    7) Your companion has an annoying high pitched perky voice that grated after the first 30 seconds... Can't wait for the rest of the game.

    8) We find the main camp and meet the cliches. They only voice the first words of each sentence, the rest is text. Some just grunt (i.e. no translation needed).

    9) The inventory section where you choose you weapons from the chest is hideous, and I really hope they didn't pay a designer for this.

    10) Ah, the combat tutorial! Clearly this was added at the last minute. A cave with a couple of barrels to hit, and then the whole screen is covered in "Right Right Right HOLD for stunning attack" etc etc. All the moves are just there on the screen the whole time as you jump around the screen, almost unable to see yourself with all the icons and text.

    11) Let's go hunt a monster! Oh, they are all running away. I've found their nest, and I'm doing the combos, and my character is just blindly flailing around hitting everything around him.

    I just gave up after a few hours and traded the game in.

    Imagine the Witcher 3, but with swords the size of VW Beetle, and voiced by the people that make cartoons for 1 year old children "YELLOW, can you say YELLOW? Say YELLOW with me!", and not actually fun to play, and with a UI and inventory that makes Mass Effect Andromeda's look sophisticated.    … Expand
  2. Discombobulate
    Jan 28, 2018
    0
    Terrible game, requested a refund from Microsoft after playing it. Gameplay is boring, controls are strange, and the graphics are horrible, the overall contrast and washed out colours is ugly, and the weapon design is stupid. Bigger weapons look daft, Dark Souls (DS1) had style this just looks stupid!! The game is so slow at the start with endless cinematics, and even though I love actionTerrible game, requested a refund from Microsoft after playing it. Gameplay is boring, controls are strange, and the graphics are horrible, the overall contrast and washed out colours is ugly, and the weapon design is stupid. Bigger weapons look daft, Dark Souls (DS1) had style this just looks stupid!! The game is so slow at the start with endless cinematics, and even though I love action RPGs this game is clumsy and unrewarding to play, the camera angle is often bizarre and shifts randomly. No idea why it is getting high scores, it does not deserve it.

    Personally, I really, really hated it so scored 0, nothing really original and all the complexity ruins an action RPG. It's very simple a game is either an action RPG or an RPG if you mix the too, it tends to be a bad idea unless you really work to get the balance exactly right. DS1 managed it well, 2 and 3 were on the cusp of getting it wrong, Monster World messed it up completely. However, to be honest I have never liked Capcom games, I just hoped this would be something special. So disappointed!    … Expand
  3. grumpyimp23
    Mar 20, 2018
    2
    I should have known better than to buy this game. I'm not generally a fan of Capcom's oeuvre, but the avalanche of great reviews convinced me, since I love ARPGs with lots of systems. So what's my problem with this game? Two things. First all of those systems? They don't tell you how any of them work. I was leveling up armor trying to figure out why my armor skills weren't increasing. HadI should have known better than to buy this game. I'm not generally a fan of Capcom's oeuvre, but the avalanche of great reviews convinced me, since I love ARPGs with lots of systems. So what's my problem with this game? Two things. First all of those systems? They don't tell you how any of them work. I was leveling up armor trying to figure out why my armor skills weren't increasing. Had to go to Youtube to find out that it's not about leveling your armor but having multiple pieces of gear with the same skill. There's no good explanation for why you need to eat, just do it. It took me forever to figure out how to craft a trap. As a new player to the franchise this was just stupidly frustrating.

    The second thing that turned me off is the combat. I don't know who designed the combat mechanics, but I would like to so that I can avoid any games they work on from here until the end of time. The process for taking down a monster is pretty straightforward. Track them down, engage, dodge until you get an opening, attack in the opening, dodge back out. This should be fun, but it's marred by controls that take an absolute age to do anything. Melee weapons require you to be so close to the monster that you literally can't see your own character at times, let alone what the monster is doing. For a game that is predicated on reading the tells of the monster, it makes it ridiculously hard to do that while your in the midst of thwacking away at it. The camera also doesn't seem to have a way to lock to a target. I found myself constantly having to fiddle with the camera IN THE MIDDLE OF COMBAT JUST TO SEE THE MONSTER. Add to that that all of your action items are on a quick select menu and that to use them you have to put your weapon away and then wait for a ridiculously long animation to finish before the effect takes place. Down on health and going for that potion? You'll most likely be dead during the animation as the monster stomps you and you get none of the healing effects. The combat is just a pile of frustrating mechanics stacked on top of each other. Did I mention that each monster is going to take between 10-45 minutes to kill? And this is what you'll be doing for most of the game.

    Lastly I want to mention the phenomenally stupid decisions around multiplayer. There is no easy way to group up and do quests. You have to jump through a stupid number of hoops to play with your friends. If you haven't discovered a monster before, you can't group up with others to go hunt it. For a game that is supposed to be all about teaming up to kill monsters, they make it extremely hard to do so.

    I wanted to like this game. It seemed interesting and different from other ones I have played in the past. But I cannot get past the enormously frustrating lack of guidance and incredibly slow combat. If I could return it, I would, but I bought it digital, so I'll have to just deal. Lesson learned to listen to my instincts if I think I'm not going to like a game.    … Expand
  4. skaz001
    Feb 13, 2018
    3
    Horrible companion with an annoying voice. After 2 hours I gave up and returned the game. Big disappointment.
  5. Hoegaardener70
    Jan 27, 2018
    1
    Hi there,, I just returned this game. I saw these awesome reviews and thought that I would also enjoy this masterwork. But after playing for 90min I realized my mistake. The game itself ***might*** be nice, but it is definitely targeted for (younger) children, with cutsie cat animations and and overall feel of lightheartedness. There is nothing wrong with this, but I was probably expectingHi there,, I just returned this game. I saw these awesome reviews and thought that I would also enjoy this masterwork. But after playing for 90min I realized my mistake. The game itself ***might*** be nice, but it is definitely targeted for (younger) children, with cutsie cat animations and and overall feel of lightheartedness. There is nothing wrong with this, but I was probably expecting something like the Witcher 3. And Monster Hunter : World is clearly not that. But in contrast, screen shots and descriptions show exciting monsters, and bold dark monster action. But what you really get are cute animations ...… Expand
  6. Rgent80
    Jan 30, 2018
    1
    Seems like it could be a good game if multiplayer was not completely broken also no word from capcom they dont seem to care
  7. Knightmare725
    Feb 20, 2018
    0
    This game is not for people who expect decent graphics for a modern video game. Its been 4 years since the release of next gen consoles and this game is nowhere near any of those standards. Don't call me a casual, but someone who is offering reasonable criticism. I don't expect a decent like ratio for this review but I feel like expressing my opinion anyway. For those who are unfamiliarThis game is not for people who expect decent graphics for a modern video game. Its been 4 years since the release of next gen consoles and this game is nowhere near any of those standards. Don't call me a casual, but someone who is offering reasonable criticism. I don't expect a decent like ratio for this review but I feel like expressing my opinion anyway. For those who are unfamiliar with the Monster Hunter franchise and are not familiar with Japanese type rpgs in general, look more into this game before paying $60. If you enjoy this game, then by all means; ignore this review. My opinion is irrelevant to you. Personally, I deeply regret buying this game. The graphics are abysmal, much of dialogue is just subtitles, the characters lack creativity and are childish and boring, the backstory is uninteresting and flat and the otherwise decent gameplay mechanics is not enough to keep me engaged. I don't care if this is a standard for Japanese RPGs, this game is very low in terms of quality, and quite frankly, sh*t. This game should be a free to play more than anything.… Expand
  8. Grindstone
    Jan 27, 2018
    3
    Overly Childish, with terrible multiplayer and online features. If you are thinking a group "Dark Souls" or anything similar, think again.

    Avoid.
  9. pgid93
    Jun 13, 2018
    0
    I've played video games for 20 years and this might honestly be the worst one I've ever played. Do you want to spend 45 minutes of gameplay just to be oneshot by a mechanic that you dodged anyways? absolutely ridiculous. Trash game. Do not buy.
  10. Broyax
    Apr 24, 2019
    0
    Le nouveau jeu de Captron, démouleur d'étrons depuis des générations, consiste en une chasse au monstre ou plutôt aux monstres, car on sent bien assez vite qu'on va farmer tous ces putains de monstres jusqu'à l'intox : j'en ai pas fait beaucoup mais je me fais déjà chier je dois dire...

    On sent aussi que le jeu a été pensé pour le multi-coop de mes deux et que le mode solo est davantage    Le nouveau jeu de Captron, démouleur d'étrons depuis des générations, consiste en une chasse au monstre ou plutôt aux monstres, car on sent bien assez vite qu'on va farmer tous ces putains de monstres jusqu'à l'intox : j'en ai pas fait beaucoup mais je me fais déjà chier je dois dire...

    On sent aussi que le jeu a été pensé pour le multi-coop de mes deux et que le mode solo est davantage une arrière-pensée qu'une vraie préoccupation... La structure est celle d'un MMO d'ailleurs... à part buter du streum petit, moyen ou gros, on passe sa vie à ramasser des trucs et des machins, dépecer chaque carcasse, fabriquer des bidules avec les trucs et les machins et tutti quanti. Sans compter les armes et armures et blablabla...

    L'interface générale est fouillis, la mini-carte est confuse et les combats ne cassent pas trois pattes à un canard. Je n'ai essayé qu'avec une arme à distance et c'est clairement mal implémenté et très laborieux. La chasse m'a l'air bien pompée sur le Witcher 3 mais tout en moins bien, en plus lourd et moins intuitif.

    Le monde en lui-même n'a rien de vraiment ouvert et propose des couleurs ternes et un ensemble globalement flou et peu engageant, peu lisible. Quand on enclenche le mode fluidité (sur la X), le jeu accroche encore souvent et lorsqu'on passe à la "haute résolution", on se demande où elle est passée... la haute résolution. Bref, graphiquement le jeu est à la masse !

    La partie sonore aussi est bien tiédasse et participe à cette impression de mollesse générale et d'un manque évident de sensations. L'ambiance est trop bon enfant et manque aussi de sérieux... des chats qui parlent, font la bouffe et tout ça... hein ? quoi ? plaît-il ? La musique d'ascenseur, les voix bêbêtes... putain, on est bien dans un jeu Capcon.

    Et puis pourquoi il veut que je crée une session multi sur le Xbox Live quand je reprends simplement ma partie ? me voilà obligé de lancer le jeu hors-ligne pour qu'il charge correctement et normalement ma sauvegarde. Si le solo vous emmerde, messieurs, il fallait pas le faire du tout : faites juste un multi-grind-coop obligatoire et basta ! enfin bref, que du temps perdu avec cette daube.    … Expand
  11. TyStatic91
    Jan 30, 2018
    1
    i was very excited for this game, but unfortunately the multiplayer for xbox seems to be completely broken. i bought it to play with friends however i can't even connect to their sessions most of the time... do yourself a favor and don't buy this.
  12. SchroederRock
    Apr 25, 2019
    3
    I haven't played a minute of Monster Hunter games in the past. I spent nearly an hour with it and didn't like a second of it. Sorry :/ The game was incredibly confusing, was not given appropriate modifications for English so all of the dub ins feel weird because the lips are not motioning to English lip movements and were constantly off. The cooperative aspect was also not working despiteI haven't played a minute of Monster Hunter games in the past. I spent nearly an hour with it and didn't like a second of it. Sorry :/ The game was incredibly confusing, was not given appropriate modifications for English so all of the dub ins feel weird because the lips are not motioning to English lip movements and were constantly off. The cooperative aspect was also not working despite the company saying the game fixed the coop/online stuff to make it "easier". My buddy and I were glad it was on Xbox Game Pass because i would have been irritated to blow $60 on what felt like an incomplete game. To those that enjoyed it: you and I must have differing taste in games. I just can't even with this game.… Expand
  13. banda89
    Jan 4, 2021
    2
    Couldnt get past the first hour of this horrible thing. Terrible voice acting, lame combat and horrific UI. Overrated game IMO
  14. ewenr
    Jun 30, 2020
    3
    I didnt understand before playing that this was a Japanese style game. Simply not my thing. Fabulous hair and MASSIVE frikkin swords.. uninstalled very quickly.
    Thankfully this was a Game Pass title so I didn't waste any actual money on it.
  15. Controlj
    Jul 21, 2020
    0
    logged over 600 hours in this game, love every single detail, its an amazing game with plenty to offer.
  16. metalhero99
    Feb 8, 2021
    3
    I was expecting something tottaly different. This is not an open world game, you are literally restrained to a small hub where you select quests. The quests seems meaningless as you get randomly throwed at an random map. The combat mechanics are dull, not fluid, not satisfying. The fact that you can go through any character and monster like if they where ghosts makes the game feel like itI was expecting something tottaly different. This is not an open world game, you are literally restrained to a small hub where you select quests. The quests seems meaningless as you get randomly throwed at an random map. The combat mechanics are dull, not fluid, not satisfying. The fact that you can go through any character and monster like if they where ghosts makes the game feel like it is just a webpage game… Expand
  17. Arthur2345
    Sep 3, 2019
    4
    Jogo tem uma boa proposta porem achei meio entediante e quebrado...também acho q esse jogo deveria ter outro gênero de gameplay pois o de RPG não se encaixou bem

Awards & Rankings

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#7 Best Xbox One Game of 2018
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#13 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2018
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#8 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2018

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Universal acclaim - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Apr 3, 2018
    80
    Charming, beautifully odd, if a little taxing, this hunter will devour your nights.
  2. New York Daily News
    Feb 23, 2018
    80
    The most engaging game in the franchise. If you’ve been sitting on the Monster Hunter fence for awhile, this is the best chance to experiment and give it a try.
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  3. TrueAchievements
    Feb 21, 2018
    80
    Monster Hunter: World captures that feel of hunting, and despite its technical quirks and poor design decisions, if you've got a group of friends to play with it comes highly recommended. If you're running solo, you might be better waiting for a sale.
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