Recent reviews by Lord of Llament

For a game that people say is more story driven that the other games, it isn't that good. You'll spend hours talking eating and riding at a slow pace while people tell you info that isn't relevant to hunting monsters, and only rarely fight watered down monster fights. The story is also like nothing I've ever seen in monster hunter, no board, no mission. I am confused sometimes whether I've completed a story mission or if it a continuation. The story is so restrictive you CANNOT deviate from the escort npcs at all, it will turn you around constantly until you give in and follow them. Not to mention the mess of the co-op, you'd think they'd have learned from their previous titles how to do story co-op. Simply put no. It is just as wonky and tedious.

In combat they removed your ability to aim while attacking and made it a new mode just for us. Then use this mode to add a singular skill that seems very hit or miss for each weapon. I honestly can't say I don't know how the balance is but I can say the combat feels float at times but also stiff and restrictive. Some of the monsters attacks look awkward and little less natural like in the older games. All I can say about the combat is its meh, some things might shine through but in general its rough.

As for the performance, I've had 3-4 random crashes on my pc, no fps drops no stutters just random crashes at different times. This game is amazing in one way, how poorly it is optimized and how meh it looks. This game looks like it should run on any modern pc but some big rigs are struggling. Not to mention the mouth flapping, I consider this a graphic flaw considering someone had to sit there and make each mouth flap look like no language I've seen. Its sad to see a beloved series trip so hard.

In summery this game isn't like the other old titles. The performance and story is probably the worst aspects of this game. the combat is poor in comparison to the older titles advancements. This is a shell of a monster hunter game with something else hiding inside. Only time will tell if they salvage this very salvageable game.

I give this game a 4/10 a solid meh for a Monster Hunter or Capcom title. 5/10 if it was 45$.

Edit: The game is now completely unplayable. I cant launch the game without crashing or play for more than 10 mins without it crashing multiple times.

I don't know what the devs had in mind but last league they nerfed chieftain and guardian in a rework and just left them to rot. What makes it worse was they don't seem to understand what they did (or that was the point of the rework). Who ever is on the design team for those reworks don't understand their own game which is beyond unfortunate. They could have turn these unpopular ascendancies into something much more fun....but they basically deleted them from the game.

This games launch was shaky at best, however the devs had been hard at work fixing what they can. I do wish they could be more transparent but its understandable. The only really big issues now are balance. Few things are mandatory, a few things are good, but mostly its meh to garbage fluff items. They are on the right track but time will tell.