Story is unbearably bad

[I]

They picked one of the most interesting part of MH lore and made a soap opera out of it. Tons of walk and talk and boring meaningless dialogs. ALL CHARACTERS are uninteresting and non-relatable, their stories are just poorly written and don't make sense, sometimes it feels like they cut some chunks that glue the whole thing together.

It got so bad I just had to start skipping all of it and I waited to play this game since MHW.
Just venting

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by I:

Story is unbearably bad
They picked one of the most interesting part of MH lore and made a soap opera out of it. Tons of walk and talk and boring meaningless dialogs. ALL CHARACTERS are uninteresting and non-relatable, their stories are just poorly written and don't make sense, sometimes it feels like they cut some chunks that glue the whole thing together.

It got so bad I just had to start skipping all of it and I waited to play this game since MHW.
Just venting

No one ever played a Monster Hunter game for the story.

[Poyzo]

I want to fight monsters. Instead, I'm FORCED to follow people on their chocobos. When I try to do my own thing, I get stopped by an invisible wall telling me "No, let's not go over there."

[Johnnie Walker]

worst part is that if want replay with another character, gotta han dle this BS all over again. We shouldve left nata in the desert

[I]

Originally posted by Poyzo:

I want to fight monsters. Instead, I'm FORCED to follow people on their chocobos. When I try to do my own thing, I get stopped by an invisible wall telling me "No, let's not go over there."

It wouldn't be THAT bad if it was written decently, its not. It's so so so bad. The whole idea moving of characters between camps also doesn't make sense. I teleport from one map to another and half of characters too, why? Just absolutely silly stuff
Once I had my handler dissappear so I couldn't post a quest in plains. Once I started fighting she reappeared near me.
Crazy stupid

[Evil Sock]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by I:

Story is unbearably bad
They picked one of the most interesting part of MH lore and made a soap opera out of it. Tons of walk and talk and boring meaningless dialogs. ALL CHARACTERS are uninteresting and non-relatable, their stories are just poorly written and don't make sense, sometimes it feels like they cut some chunks that glue the whole thing together.

It got so bad I just had to start skipping all of it and I waited to play this game since MHW.
Just venting

No one ever played a Monster Hunter game for the story.

which makes one wonder why did they suddenly decide to make the series about the story.

[TyCobb]

I don't even know what the story is. I'm watching the F1 Testing replays on a 2nd monitor while the cutscenes play.

"Something happens. Kill monster. Something else happens. Kill monster. Can I use this Nata kid as bait? Kill monster"

[I]

Originally posted by Evil Sock:

Originally posted by アンジェル:

No one ever played a Monster Hunter game for the story.

which makes one wonder why did they suddenly decide to make the series about the story?

They're trying to attract wider audience with more cinematic story by...forcing walk and talk and listen to poorly written dialogs and characters.
Correct me if I'm wrong but this actually pushes away both old AND new players

[Crimson]

Originally posted by TyCobb:

I don't even know what the story is. I'm watching the F1 Testing replays on a 2nd monitor while the cutscenes play.

"Something happens. Kill monster. Something else happens. Kill monster. Can I use this Nata kid as bait? Kill monster"

literally

[Mike]

Imagine how many more monsters this game would have, how many more mechanics, new weapon types..etc, if they did not waste all this money/resources on cinematic, voice acting and making it as mainstream as possible.

I'm blown away how many people are calling this a "good" story. Its not good even for MH standards because it takes away from the hunting of monsters and its definitely not good in terms of gaming stories in general.

[Eck]

Yes it's bad. Not a single character interests me. The dialogue is childish with nothing that keeps me engaged. The voice actors are all that generic (Californian accent?) that a lot of Japanese devs tend to go for. The world is boring too. It's just a bunch of themed areas linked together. Nothing to explore. Nothing of interest. Nothing catches your eye.
Everything is predictable too.

[Mike]

Originally posted by I:

They're trying to attract wider audience with more cinematic story by...forcing walk and talk and listen to poorly written dialogs and characters.
Correct me if I'm wrong but this actually pushes away both old AND new players

Remember when the "walk and talk" style or story telling was made fun up after Gears of War and others ran that style into the ground? Now in 2025 we are still getting this force feed slop of writing/story telling that hampers the overall point of these types of games.

At least the story/writing in those early 360 era games was good and memorable, this trash in just cringe and would have been better off not in the game at all.

[bipoqrlz]

Noone plays MH for story, but at least it's refreshing this time around. Fwiw, it's more immersive that the story is actually happening around you vs. happening off screen in town/gathering hub.

[Donny Stoops]

I thinks it's all right. It's got some AAA walk and talk, but it doesn't last that long. I enjoy the chocobo cruise and sight seeing. The environments are amazing and the villages are nice to hang out in. I appreciate what the game is trying to do.

[Patren]

Capcom should understand that this game is Monster Hunter and not The Last Of Us.

Nobody plays Monster Hunter for the story, and if you as a developer decide to include a story anyway, you should make sure that it doesn't prevent the player from playing freely.

[Катюша]

It's the worst Monster Hunter story thus far, and that's saying something. Monster Hunter stories have always been complete and utter ass.