Not really sure what id rate this game. I love it, but I also hate it.
So here's 10 good reasons to buy it and 10 bad reasons to not buy it.
BAD:
1. it felt like this game was actually meant for maybe the switch, a phone game maybe? idk, but i spent so many hours in WORLD and then went to this one.
2. looks horrible. this is by far the worst LOOKING Monster Hunter, making the whole game feel like an arcade game, after having WORLD, going to this really left me dumbstruck.
3. made during COVID. everything feels like it was rushed or maybe just incomplete. I get it, but i feel they should have put a little more effort into it.
4. story is incredibly too easy, its just a giant tutorial, the ACTUAL game is all online.
5. equipment felt very limited, there just wasnt as much as the others like WORLD or WILDS
6. the game will make you think you beat it upon finishing the story, when in reality 75% of the people who played it, didnt even realize that the story is legit just a tutorial and that they missed almost all of the game.
7. palamutes are kinda useless aside from riding them to get from point A to point B. Best option for combat is the Palicos.
8. online feels bad. navigating to find other players can be a rough time. SOS's are very hard to find and join if at all. only way to find another player is to join lobbies, which hold a max of 4 players.
9. some special attacks and skills were removed, or now have guidelines that must be met in match, in order to use them.
10. regardless of settings, this game ALWAYS starts on my secondary monitor which is NEVER used for games.
GOOD:
1. after a certain point the hunts actually start to get difficult, Risen monsters are crazy.
2. when you DO find people to play with, theyre all pretty cool and even helpful
3. plenty of achievements to hunt for
4. Wire bugs. wire bugs are pretty cool, allowing you to zip all the way across the maps if needed, also combining them with attacks can be extremely cool.
5. Skill swaps. i put these under good, because some of the skills in this particular game are pretty legit.
6. new skills allow players to either be a ground hunter or aerial hunter.
7. LOTS of hunts, quests, and investigations.
8. riding monsters. monster riding is a major thing for this game, climb up on one and use it to fight another. you get a good amount of time as well to do so.
9. Potato friendly. regardless of what you use, youll likely be able to play this game without any issues, and seeing that the graphics really arent that good at all, downing some settings would hardly make a difference to the human eyes.
10. first monster hunter to introduce followers that help with hunts. not all tho, especially once youre master rank 100, itll start blocking the option for higher and harder quests
