Recent reviews by Corrective // Ratorma

A great step forward in the evolution of fluid combat and satisfying hefty moves. A bit poor optimization, but looks beautiful and as always with too many details that certainly adds a load to the gpu+cpu (MH-standard dev-love). For a veteran of the series, this is by far the easiest game in the entire franchise, but most likely due to the immense powercreep of the hunters' arsenal of moves, the palico being too good at saving you and the Seikret being a get-out-of-jail-free-card. This however makes this game the perfect entry game for newcomers and will certainly help you get comfortable with the nuanced combat that previously was hard for most to get into. Lively world filled with lots of details to immerse yourselves in if you like to go on a safari. So far I will have to admit World and Iceborne are the superior package, but then again, there will be more updates to Wilds and most likely and expansion that will probably put all of our powercreep to the test. Probably the most loved by their own devs franchise there is which is visible in the quality of the content and so far the most GOTY you'll get this year on a multiplayer scale.

The best Co-Op shooter in years while also the best monetized live-service game there is. There's no need for 100's of hours to earn every skin in the "mtx" store without paying, and if you do pay they have the cheapest skins and no p2w. Lots of content and impeccable immersion in a fantastic Michael Bay-simulator with great recall to Starship Troopers. Everything feels satisfying to use, kill and do. Objectives are many and varied compared to most co-op games and the amount of different enemies to each of the two factions so far puts Blizzard to shame (rumours of a third faction emerging pretty soon). The game is also only 40$, but the 100 devs in a non-AAA company deserves the super edition addition, but you could just get that by playing for free aswell (sounds like grinding the expansions for free in old GW2). The server capacity isn't an issue anymore and with how fast they patch and fix stuff compared to a game with about 9000 employees in a AAA-company I won't mention a second time, the game almost should've cost more than D4's next expansion. There are some balancing issues at this very moment, but they're not game-ruining like how DPS's in one MMO need to pay people just to join up for raids. Unlike that MMO this game will probably be balanced before you complete reading this and already have received more free content. Biggest con to this game is if you're trying to play without friends or randoms from matchmaking, this game will be exceptionally difficult, not that it's a true con as this was intentional. More of a heads up if you don't want to play with anyone, you'll most likely not get to the hardest difficulty. The intensity in this game is exhilarating and let's hope devs take notes, cause this is how you make a game. Not just another cash grab.

This game is too good. Monster Hunter feel andd quality, but third person shooter horde mode with objectives. The game's downfall is the menu just showing off one gamemode at the beginning (you get more later on) as I've completed the story, almost all suits at level 20 and player level 100+, but I'm still meeting new dinos and missions and maps. A new player might believe there's only like 5-10 missions if they only play a few hours or group up with a friend that's lower level as them since new missions get unlocked as you level up (no indication of this in-game either, you just have to experience it) and the lowest leveled player controls the pool of missions available (which makes sense as they do get harder). The season pass you can gladly skip unlike most games and it's cheaper aswell (no Blizzard greed). 90% of cosmetics are outside paywalls and progression doesn't feel grindy at all. It's a strange take on story presentation, but it's actually very well thought out for a multiplayer game you didn't expect to have such a great story. There's only worldbuilding intro and basic tutorial before you play multiplayer for the rest of the game, even story missions. However you cannot manually choose missions, so story progression can get very on/off depending on the friends you play with or even solo (less so solo) as you need to get enough progression before the next story mission is available, then you need to matchmake with people at the same place. This hasn't been a problem, just a note, but this is how friends can "halt" your progression somewhat, but there's no real downside to this as you won't powerlevel and just destroy the next mission. Solid 9/10 we need more of these highlights to this year. There's also more of this coming for free already this month.

Timesink for those times you just want to chill by yourself or with a friend. Extreme amounts of replayability, even if playing the same faction over and over. Test out different paths in the skill-trees, unit distribution or just where to go on the campaign map and whom to ally yourself with diplomatically. Would recommend to atleast have the previous game aswell to get access to the Mortal Empires gamemode. DLC is something you can get if you want to play the different lords, but not necessary to play at all.

The greatest Co-Op series in the last 14 years, and this one is a great step into modern graphics. Although the gameplay is 10/10, sadly the PC-port got some flaws that doesn't exist in the console version. The game looks great, even though it's always in low resolution textures. There's a few disconnection issues and we haven't gotten the new content that the console version already has (I'd think it's because they have to fix the framerate issues with the particle effects before they release Deviljho, Lunastra, Kulve Taroth and Behemoth). Gameplay is amazing and animations looks so satisfying with amazing monsters and a huge amount of puns! This game would've been 10/10 easily if not for the disconnection issues, framerate drops and slow dripping of content already released on other platforms. It's a must-buy and will continue to be the game of the year despite it's small flaws. 8/10 until they fix the PC-port.