Why is World more popular than Rise?

[Crayzus]

What made Rise so much worse than World?

[Jaevwyn]

overly streamlined beyond recognition
lack of weapon identity
lesser graphics (yes i realise its a switch game but its still a contributing factor)
wirebugs are boring
uninteresting locales

did i miss anything?

[Silverlight]

Originally posted by Jaevwyn:

overly streamlined beyond recognition
lack of weapon identity
lesser graphics (yes i realise its a switch game but its still a contributing factor)
wirebugs are boring
uninteresting locales

did i miss anything?

Rampages .

[Jaevwyn]

Originally posted by Silverlight:

Originally posted by Jaevwyn:

overly streamlined beyond recognition
lack of weapon identity
lesser graphics (yes i realise its a switch game but its still a contributing factor)
wirebugs are boring
uninteresting locales

did i miss anything?

Rampages .

ah yes, i tried to forget

[sumolagann]

Tried demo, feels bad to play in comparison, attack, weight feels off.

[furfexache]

Felt like I was hitting air the whole time in Rise and just watching the damage numbers pop. There was zero impact except for monster flinches.

[J.M.]

Rise has a terrible multiplayer quest board. You either join a random quest, or hope someone posts the quest you are searching for. I played rise mostly alone or with friends, not with ransoms at all because of this mechanism. In world I played a lot with randoms because I can see all sos quests.

[☽ kwass ☾]

honestly i feel like Rise was way too easy- it was more MonsterKiller not MonsterHunter. I liked Rise for what it was, but World and MH4u will forever hold a special place in my heart

[Nexures]

i dont like movement, combat, animations or how cartoony and flashy it is. its like a game for kids. world is far more detailed(no talking about graphics), fluid and challenging in a good way

[SIR RETARDUS]

Because Rise was so easy (people said that rise endgame is hard, guess that was a lie, because I can beat hardest event quests solo) and simply a downgrade in many aspects, does not necessarily translate to a bad game considering that it's a handheld game first, but still. IMO they did some good improvements tho with the roster and gear customizations, and maybe the switch skills. More options are always good.
While the game is actually a decent one despite being worse than World, The actual bad thing and worst part about Rise, is their fanbase. They're defensive, can't take criticism well, and not helpful, like at all. Just look at both forums and compare.

Originally posted by J.M.:

Rise has a terrible multiplayer quest board. You either join a random quest, or hope someone posts the quest you are searching for. I played rise mostly alone or with friends, not with ransoms at all because of this mechanism. In world I played a lot with randoms because I can see all sos quests.

and this, unless you do anomalies which is part of the endgame, good luck finding people.

[parasolbirb]

-way too easy
-way too fast
-way too much weapon effects (wirebug + blood + damage numbers + elemental effect + buddy effects + monster effects made the game super hard to look at)
-updates really sucked
-spiribird mechanics got tedious
-removed any sort of tracking or quest prep
-completely useless and boring side mode
-hunting horn is WAY worse

There are tons of things that I like about Rise (I prefer it over World) but man does it often suck out the things i love about the series. malzeno was the most fitting flagship

[PandaSav]

The best thing in rise were the Counters/Parry skills

[Jaevwyn]

Originally posted by PandaSav:

The best thing in rise were the Counters/Parry skills

one of the worst things imo, strips away weapon identity

[Agrix]

Rise isn't worse than World. It's just World players who love to ♥♥♥♥ on Rise because it isn't World 2.

[the yappiest cat]

Monster Hunter Rise is an amazing game but its not a good monster hunter game. You dont even hunt monsters in it, you fight them. Thats it. Its a Monster Fighter, not a Monster Hunter

[Poyzo]

What everybody else said, but I'll add the following:

- TERRIBLE monster intros. Horrible, cringe poems with a 8mm film overlay
- The woman singing in the Village sounds ear piercing and bad. No wonder they added DLC music to replace it