Is the game worth it now? Or should i wait for a discount / more content?

[MUVEEER]

I wanna start playin but im not sure if i should buy it at full price. Im not worried bout optimization cuz i checked on another account, i had good fps on high settings

[NeoX]

Disclaimer:
This review is the representation of my personal experience with the game. Issues and problems other may experience are not part of this review, since these did not apply or happen on my end.

Summary:
We have here on of the best entries to the Monster Hunter Series since World in 2018. This game is such a beauty, not only to its stunning visuals it offers, but also the detailed world life itself.
Its very rare that we can experience such a detail loved worldbuilding and scenary. From the weather changes, to the monsters eco-behavior up to the detailed camp life.
Even the smallest things like palicos in the field, not just vanishing into air, but actualy walking back to camp and refill. Or corpses of Monsters not just vanishing but decaying and growing plants on them (ofc. this takes quite some CPU power). Nothing else in the last 5 years offers such a detailed and love-work world. In Things like These you just want to sink in and watch it progress. The gameplay loop is king again and a massive blast, alone or with friends!

This game is better then MH World (basegame) and is a massive improvement in any PoV towards it. Its not on the content level and feature level as Iceborne is, but we also just stay at the very start of this games life-cycle. With a future Master-Rank expansion like MH-Iceborne in the future, this game can reach legenday status in the games series.

One thing that i sadly have to mod in, is proper ultrawide screen support (5760x1080+ -> 48:9).
The feeling and emergion feeling it brings is a must, when you experienced it just once!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdpA3aEEirA

Gameplay:
Its the perfect gameplay look to be expected from a Monster Hunter game, but done almost perfectly in the best simulation eco-system and a fully connected open world.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3446518619

Starting a hunt goes more fluid then ever before, in the open field or with your handler that follows you everywhere you go, with no reason anymore to „teleport“ back to camp every time for a new hunt or quest. Thanks to the options to cook meals everywhere, the start of a hunt is dynamic as never before. You will encounter dynamic weather and biom changes that will effect endemic life and monsters alike.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3446518438
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3446518483

Fast travel trough the wide lands, is also secured thanks to your new mount that fits the world building perfectly and does not feel forced in like the palamutes back in MH-Rise. I don’t want to go too much into detail here for story-spoiler reasons, but what is sadly missing so far is the palico kitchen or a proper managed arena with controlled encounters, but that may change in the future. Overall i can only say, gameplay is king again and the best reason to buy this game.

Story:
Capcom did what many had never expected them to do. Deliver a story that has focus on the overall World-Building of the Monster Hunter series, down to the great dragon war and the downfall of the old civilization. I am trying to prevent very heavy spoilers for these who want to find out themself on what is revealed here. But let just the following screenshots speak for themself how close we are getting here to the legendary history of the events and the downfall reason of the old civilization...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3446517803
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3446517608
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3446517423

Capcom did accept the feedback that many (new) players do not like long stories bound to hunter rank leveling. Therefore they did keep the main story bound to the low-rank experience of the game with a gameplay time of 10-15h, so that even casual players can see the credits with moderate gameplay time investment. For these who want to know more of the main story and its effect on the world, will have more additional story content in the high-rank part of the game. For the true monster hunter fans with interest in the series core-lore and world building story, this game is the houly gem of the entire games series. Going into details, would just be spoilers sadly.

Grind & Quests:
We have here a Monster Hunter Game, that should already explain to everyone what to expect when it comes to grinding, hunting and completion. I do not have to explain that you need to hunt monsters for parts for your gear and weapon crafting. With some parts only available by cutting of parts of the monster or certain rare drops. All that iss elf-explained. What should be mentioned is that the RNG drops of decorations of MH-World is back. You can get more specificly by smelting later in the game, but the natural income of new decoration gems is the main grind next to Artian weapon parts. The main endgame-grind is all around making your gear perfect by getting the best decoration for your gear and RNG crafting the best Artian weapon for your needs. With friends on a daily 1-2h gameplay session, this is entertaining and rewarding alike.

There is one thing that does take the fun out of being a completionist. Hunting monster for gold-crowns is more easy then ever, thanks to the spy-glasses. Capturing endemic life is also quite easy because not all are achivment bound. What destroys all fun is the fishing with its mini-game mechanic. Capturing 30 whoppers or getting at least one Gajau is pure pain and 0 fun. If you can ignore that, do it and the gameplay fun will not break off for you.

You can achive quite the nice high-end gear with moderate grind investment:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3446517106
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3446517061

This is my current „damage build“ that brings the most fun to my hunts so far, but there is also a healer build for supporting others on joined SOS flares. Community stay together and support each other. Thats what MH games were about and should still be. 😊
As a direct successor game to MH-World, i can assure everyone this game managed to surpass it and being more then a worthy successor to it. It is not on the feature and content level of MH-Iceborne by far yet, but again its at the very start of its lifetime cycle and still awaits its Master-Rank expansion in the future. So far the basis for it looks and plays almost perfectly.

[Khergit Horse Archer]

wait for a year its very sparse in content, buy if u have no other gaems to play or ur hardcore parkour man hunt fan

[Ottomic]

Do you have a 4070 super or better?

If yes, sure, get it.

[Nefarious Slurp]

Yes its worth it, just tweak the graphics to your rigs abilities. Like if you have nvidia, run the optimizer, then tweak it to your liking. I had to turn off some things and change some render and while its not PERFECT resolution, I also understand I have a dated graphics card so its going to be a bit cloud. I havent had any of the crashes or problems the people claiming to have the newest of the new graphics cards, and cpu chip sets have.

Im sure that troll kirrin is going to show up in here blathering his toxic hate, but remember he doesnt even own the game, and he posts his drivel 100+ times a day.

Originally posted by Ottomic:

Do you have a 4070 super or better?

If yes, sure, get it.

I have a 3060ti, and its fine. dont go spreading that nonsense man.

[MUVEEER]

I have a 7900XTX, i already tested the game and everything was fine, im more interested in content and whether the hype is really worth it?

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by MUVEEER:

I have a 7900XTX, i already tested the game and everything was fine, im more interested in content and whether the hype is really worth it?

It is definitely worth, considering all the love of the designers you can find ingame. It is filled with content to the brim and there is still more to come.

[Lumiahma]

At the moment the content side of the game is still a bit sparse, around the same level as Rise was on launch. The challenge level is kinda tame as well, you'll likely have to restrict yourself somehow if you want something to push you.

Besides optimization those are the two lingering issues IMO, if you're fine with both and you like MH or third person brawlers in general, then go ahead.

[MUVEEER]

Thanks guys

[Kirimai]

if you played the other parts like World or Rise then you will love this one. though content wise you will reach the end pretty quick. World has more content, though it has been out for ages, so its understandable. if you are a diehard monhun fan i would buy it. if you could wait and play another game then i would sit back for a discount, summer sale or so

[Han Daimond]

Originally posted by MUVEEER:

I wanna start playin but im not sure if i should buy it at full price. Im not worried bout optimization cuz i checked on another account, i had good fps on high settings

I have to be honest with you, as much as I love the series, I suggest you to wait until the game either gets a discount or it gets a bundle with the expansion.
Right now not only barely has any content, but there's a lot of fixing to do.

[Mordred]

good game, very bad optimization, I'd say wait for a patch/discount

[Commander GreyFox]

Originally posted by Calaban:

Yes its worth it, just tweak the graphics to your rigs abilities. Like if you have nvidia, run the optimizer, then tweak it to your liking. I had to turn off some things and change some render and while its not PERFECT resolution, I also understand I have a dated graphics card so its going to be a bit cloud. I havent had any of the crashes or problems the people claiming to have the newest of the new graphics cards, and cpu chip sets have.

Im sure that troll kirrin is going to show up in here blathering his toxic hate, but remember he doesnt even own the game, and he posts his drivel 100+ times a day.

Originally posted by Ottomic:

Do you have a 4070 super or better?

If yes, sure, get it.

I have a 3060ti, and its fine. dont go spreading that nonsense man.

i have a 3060ti too and i dont hold stable framerates. i get close to 60 most of the time with the lowest preset. the game's performance and the graphics at times is a joke. dont be telling people they dont know what they're talking about when they are having experiences that cover what's happening to plenty of consumers.

[Commander GreyFox]

Originally posted by Lumiahma:

At the moment the content side of the game is still a bit sparse, around the same level as Rise was on launch. The challenge level is kinda tame as well, you'll likely have to restrict yourself somehow if you want something to push you.

Besides optimization those are the two lingering issues IMO, if you're fine with both and you like MH or third person brawlers in general, then go ahead.

you forgot performance issues

[NeoX]

Originally posted by Commander GreyFox:

Originally posted by Calaban:

Yes its worth it, just tweak the graphics to your rigs abilities. Like if you have nvidia, run the optimizer, then tweak it to your liking. I had to turn off some things and change some render and while its not PERFECT resolution, I also understand I have a dated graphics card so its going to be a bit cloud. I havent had any of the crashes or problems the people claiming to have the newest of the new graphics cards, and cpu chip sets have.

Im sure that troll kirrin is going to show up in here blathering his toxic hate, but remember he doesnt even own the game, and he posts his drivel 100+ times a day.



I have a 3060ti, and its fine. dont go spreading that nonsense man.

i have a 3060ti too and i dont hold stable framerates. i get close to 60 most of the time with the lowest preset. the game's performance and the graphics at times is a joke. dont be telling people they dont know what they're talking about when they are having experiences that cover what's happening to plenty of consumers.

The game is around 90% CPU depending/bottlenecked by it.

Whats the CPU you combined your GPU with?

[Nefarious Slurp]

Originally posted by Commander GreyFox:

Originally posted by Calaban:

Yes its worth it, just tweak the graphics to your rigs abilities. Like if you have nvidia, run the optimizer, then tweak it to your liking. I had to turn off some things and change some render and while its not PERFECT resolution, I also understand I have a dated graphics card so its going to be a bit cloud. I havent had any of the crashes or problems the people claiming to have the newest of the new graphics cards, and cpu chip sets have.

Im sure that troll kirrin is going to show up in here blathering his toxic hate, but remember he doesnt even own the game, and he posts his drivel 100+ times a day.



I have a 3060ti, and its fine. dont go spreading that nonsense man.

i have a 3060ti too and i dont hold stable framerates. i get close to 60 most of the time with the lowest preset. the game's performance and the graphics at times is a joke. dont be telling people they dont know what they're talking about when they are having experiences that cover what's happening to plenty of consumers.

I can and I will, specially since MOST people are not experiencing any issues at all with higher graphics cards. With lower cards like ours, yes, I absolutely tweaked my stuff to the rig I have. I have a alienware aurora ryzen r10 5600x with a 3060ti, 64 gigs ram, and the game installed on a SSD. I havent had a single issue with the game. Yup graphics are a little cloudy, but I expected that from a game thats for 2025 and not a rig 5 years old. Most people, if they do have a good graphics card are complaining without thinking about their cpu/gpu combination and just maxing everything out and going "what? Why is it crashing". Like that high def update? ya thats for cards that have 16gigs ram on them. But then there is the other side where they dont have the CPU to HANDLE the graphics card they have, which is like 75% of the problem. So it bottlenecks because they refuse to tweak the game to their rigs abilities.