How long is this game?

[Hypno Toad]

Does it have endgame grind like an MMO or does it end after you defeat the highest rank monster in the game and wait for the next expansion?

[Shockz]

Getting through the story (Low Rank) takes about 15-20h ~ish. After that you hit High Rank hunts and unlock higher rarity gear and completing that takes another 10-15h.
After that it pretty much comes down to it how much you want to grind, it is not an MMO, the grind aint infinite. If you want to get all the armors and weapons and min/max then yeah, you can sink in a 100h ez.
In the end once you have what you want, you basically wait for the new content drops of new monsters and eventually an expansion pack.

Note: MH Wilds is much more generous with rewards, you get flooded with craft materials so grinding aint really a thing per say. 1-3 kills of a monster nets you the whole set pretty much.

[FlashFire037]

its as long as you make it. if you're immaculate with your playthrough, probably 12 hours skipping cutscenes getting out of the tutorial (low-rank).

high-rank is very self-propelled. your goal could be just to get rank 40, 400, or certain builds, armors, fashion, completion.

[Kiririn]

https://howlongtobeat.com/game/141854

Should be a reasonably accurate representation.

[Lumen]

If you take your time and do all the optional stuff instead of rushing the main story, you'll get about 50h of gameplay minimum. Also you get much better gameplay if you are new to the series.
Usually they patch in new monsters, so the endgame extends every few months.

[Hypno Toad]

Originally posted by Shockz:

Getting through the story (Low Rank) takes about 15-20h ~ish. After that you hit High Rank hunts and unlock higher rarity gear and completing that takes another 10-15h.
After that it pretty much comes down to it how much you want to grind, it is not an MMO, the grind aint infinite. If you want to get all the armors and weapons and min/max then yeah, you can sink in a 100h ez.
In the end once you have what you want, you basically wait for the new content drops of new monsters and eventually an expansion pack.

Note: MH Wilds is much more generous with rewards, you get flooded with craft materials so grinding aint really a thing per say. 1-3 kills of a monster nets you the whole set pretty much.

Really huh. Disappointing because I really enjoy the gameplay. I've gotten 80-100 hrs in games in just a few weeks of casual play. No NG+?

[Катюша]

Originally posted by Kiririn:

https://howlongtobeat.com/game/141854

Should be a reasonably accurate representation.

I can attest to this, as it took me around eighty hours to do everything.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Donald Pump:

How long is this game?
Does it have endgame grind like an MMO or does it end after you defeat the highest rank monster in the game and wait for the next expansion?

Circa 60 hours for the story.
I assume I need another 100 ~ 200 hours for all achievements

For everything I think 700 hours

[Shockz]

Originally posted by Donald Pump:

Originally posted by Shockz:

Getting through the story (Low Rank) takes about 15-20h ~ish. After that you hit High Rank hunts and unlock higher rarity gear and completing that takes another 10-15h.
After that it pretty much comes down to it how much you want to grind, it is not an MMO, the grind aint infinite. If you want to get all the armors and weapons and min/max then yeah, you can sink in a 100h ez.
In the end once you have what you want, you basically wait for the new content drops of new monsters and eventually an expansion pack.

Note: MH Wilds is much more generous with rewards, you get flooded with craft materials so grinding aint really a thing per say. 1-3 kills of a monster nets you the whole set pretty much.

Really huh. Disappointing because I really enjoy the gameplay. I've gotten 80-100 hrs in games in just a few weeks of casual play. No NG+?

Well there is no NG+ as it is a live service game, so continuous. You get to the end and wait for new content.
For me it took about 35h to complete it all - low rank/high rank and all side quests. the other 40h I spent on min/maxing my gear. Most of the RNG is getting the decorations you want to build up your passive ability combinations, once you have those then gear farming takes next to no time at all since you can swap out the decorations as needed.

[Kiririn]

Originally posted by Катюша:

Originally posted by Kiririn:

https://howlongtobeat.com/game/141854

Should be a reasonably accurate representation.

I can attest to this, as it took me around eighty hours to do everything.

I find the times on howlongtobeat pretty accurate.

They list World at something like 425 hours for the "completionist" play through and I'm at around 215 hours into a second play through and still have a lot of things I want to do.