Why is this game so popular?

[Black bean]

I'm not even trolling I don't get it. I got this game for the PS4 when it came out before it was on PC. Put a couple hundred hours into it had some fun and then I was just done. But then I look at steam stats and this game is consistently in top 10.

How? It's just killing monsters to get drops so you can get better gear to kill stronger monsters so you can get better drops to build better gear so you can kill stronger monsters.

[侍Kage]

Killing monsters is fun af.

[Xedhadeaus]

Jolly cooperation

[Revy]

For the same reason you put a couple of hundred hours into it...

[Grottowalker]

Originally posted by Xedhadeaus:

Jolly cooperation

[Faust Wither]

i don't know really, all i do is chasing down giant lizard, and my partner is a damn cat.

[Scaryowl]

“I put a couple hundred hours into it and i had some fun” is your answer

[TyresTyco]

If gameplay is good. It's good. Since it's the first major mh title on pc. Ofc there are a lot of people enjoying it. Even beyond the story.. for just casual Tempered Investigation hunting. Like I do.

[Dart]

It's just a simple concept that people can understand easily.

I didn't say the game was easy, I said the concept of it is simple and easily understood.

1. Gear up
2. Gather survival items
3. Hunt monsters
4. Chill out in town and make better armor and equipment
5. Hunt tougher monsters
6. Eventually get to hardest monsters, defeat them, make the decision on continuing or stopping

Story is irrelevant. There aren't any ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ microtransactions or some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ "WOAH COOL KID YA LIKE FORTNITE CHECK OUT THIS SKIN ONLY 15 DOLLARS FROM MOMMYS CREDIT CARD" store anywhere. You can hunt with your friends. You can hunt solo. You can fiddle around and just do the side stuff like snapping pictures of cats, catch fish for the fisherman, catch small wildlife for the researcher, trade for little trinkets with the cats and go on a little treasure hunt just for the sake of a little silly treasure hunt.

It's not for everyone, but its popular because at the end of the day, people can just turn the game on, and do stuff without hassle. Usually.

Edit: Oh an it's so popular because Capcom and Sony threw a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of money at the marketing and made the game vastly easier for a more casual friendly game experience with World. They streamlined a lot of it to cast a wider net. That helps keep it popular.

Edit again: And also, it's a monster hunter game on pc that is easily accessible and in a bunch of different languages.

[Poro]

To add on to Darts stuff. You could just make yourslef some challenges, like permadeath or only use one weapon type

[Murdo]

If you have been able to put a couple hundred hours in it then how is it even a question?

[Vaga Anima]

Simply because it's one of the best franchise ever ? Since the first Monster Hunter.

[Washing Machine]

Originally posted by Steeb:

Put a couple hundred hours into it had some fun and then I was just done.

Uh, yeah. I don't think most games can make the claim that people spent more than couple hundred hours on them.

[Popcorn]

Originally posted by Washing Machine:

Originally posted by Steeb:

Put a couple hundred hours into it had some fun and then I was just done.

Uh, yeah. I don't think most games can make the claim that people spent more than couple hundred hours on them.

Fantasy Life, 14 jobs, 14 lives to live (not MH, but an actual game as well)

[Cregath]

To be completely honest, it's a very ♥♥♥♥♥♥ reasoning. If you think about it, then every game can be broken down to something like that. What's so fun in CS:GO? I mean, it's just shooting the same set of guns at random people.
Same reasoning really. You can look at any game and make the same conclusion.

I find it fun, because I don't actually have to build what everyone else builds. I can experiment with different sets and weapons and so on. I have 400 hours in and I still only touched 3 weapons out of the 14.

[Katitoff]

Originally posted by Reven:

For the same reason you put a couple of hundred hours into it...

Aaaand /thread