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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 1,291.0 hrs on record (1,241.6 hrs at review time)
Posted: 10 Jan, 2024 @ 12:47pm
Updated: 15 Jan, 2024 @ 1:31pm

EDIT: 1/15/2024

I have done more research on the topic of Capcom and their DRM additions. That, I have found in all I could pull up, to be not true.

Capcom did not and has not retroactively added DRM to their old titles, and it was simply a snap assumption from people that seemed very believable, this including myself.

My recommendation of this game will now reflect how I feel about the game instead of Capcom as a publisher.

EDIT: 1/14/2024

I have recently seen reports that Capcom did NOT add DRM to their older titles as a reaction to recent modding situations. It would appear that the DRM had been there for over a year.

That being said, I am no authority on the topic. I will edit my review to positive once I am certain I know what Capcom will do going forward.
----------------------Recommendation

Monster Hunter World is an incredible experience. From start to finish, the gameplay loop is polished to a mirror sheen from over a decade of iterations.

The game is a blast with friends, or alone. It's a huge boss rush with light RPG elements.

Smash monsters, wear their skin, make a sword from their hip-bone. Do it to the next dragon that even looks in your direction.

This is Monster Hunter, and it's one of my favorite franchises of all time.
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Coldaardvark 15 Jan, 2024 @ 12:37pm 
@Frostbyte

Have I insulted you in some way?

Please understand that what you're talking about is something that I have researched as well, and I see where you're coming from.

My statements come down to 'maybe's but, let me try to elaborate my stance as you have.

I dislike how Capcom treats and labels mods as they do. If they have such aggressive wording like:

"All mods are cheating and therefore against the rules."

Doesn't it make sense that since they advertise that on their platform, it would make people who enjoy those things uneasy?

Someone can say something and also do nothing on the matter, but Capcom as a publisher has had a history of doing things that feel terrible to a customer.

My opinion is that mods are good, and will at least say so vocally.

Modders have worked around these things, as I stated earlier I was aware of that from speaking with friends of mine.
ShadowStreakXIII 15 Jan, 2024 @ 10:55am 
"I am no authority on the topic. I will edit my review to positive once I am certain I know what Capcom will do going forward." So how exactly do you intend to prove or disprove this isn't going to be what they do going forward? Is a statement from capcom enough? Your statement boils down to "well They didn't do this but they potentially could in the future and as such it's untrustworthy" These hypothetical scenario in the future where something could happen is useless to anyone reading this especially when the people who were fear-mongering have been proven wrong. The current state of the game is that mods work and in games like RE5 where there is enigma DRM AND mods also work. Furthermore, your solution of anti-cheat is hilarious because literally every anti cheat something that makes games harder to mod for example see the sanity check in Monster Hunter rise that needs to be modded around in order to get certain things to work.
Coldaardvark 15 Jan, 2024 @ 10:23am 
I have edited the recommendation, since using the word 'review' gave the wrong impression as to why I have posted this.
Coldaardvark 15 Jan, 2024 @ 10:19am 
@SageoftheWoods

I am not poorly reviewing the game. I state at the start that I recommend it.

I also explain 'why' I 'Don't recommend' the game in the above.

Cheaters are no fun, but in my 1,200 hours of playtime, I personally have never experienced a hacker or cheater once that I was able to notice.

I am sorry that you had hunts ruined at any point.

Anti-cheat would be a good solution if there was a way to prevent things that provided unfair advantages while still allowing mods.

I repeat again that I will change this recommendation once I have found evidence that this isn't going to happen in the future.
Coldaardvark 15 Jan, 2024 @ 10:15am 
@Frostbyte

I did do my own research thoroughly as much as I could on my end.

My own research has given me the same information that you just mentioned, as well as modders that I personally know have told me that the outrage may not be necessary, but it is sparked through tensions caused by Capcom's recent terms page on what is and is not cheating.

I in no way condone jumping on a bandwagon of outrage, but there is a track-record that Capcom has had in the past where they fall low, rise back up with great products, then fall again due to some kind of annoying or insane practice.

Looking back at RE6 and the intense amount of 'micro-DLC' they had for that games Mercenaries mode for instance.

Please understand that this is one of the only ways to voice concerns that publishers will even notice. Often, they don't, but it's the only place that it seems to work sometimes.
Coldaardvark 15 Jan, 2024 @ 10:12am 
@SirMudkip

I agree that it is an amazing game, and personally one of my all time favorites.

It is a recommendation of the game tied to a 'not recommended."

I agree that this is useless, but it's one of the only ways to express distaste that a company will even notice.

As mentioned above, I will edit this when I know more on whether this was a false alarm or not.
SageoftheWoods 14 Jan, 2024 @ 10:42pm 
I understand people loving mods but I have had multiple huints ruined by cheaters recently and thats so rough im not even sure if I want that to be aloud to happen but even still from what I can see they didnt even add DRM to any of the monhun games so why poorly review this?
ShadowStreakXIII 14 Jan, 2024 @ 4:57am 
Dude it literally is one game that got the DRM and it was rolled back before this discussion even happened. If you don't believe me, you can go look at the SteamDB for resident evil Revelations which is the one game everyone was talking about. FFS you can mod the game right now and have no issues. Please actually do some research rather than believing any outrage account you see on Twitter.
SirMudkip 13 Jan, 2024 @ 11:04pm 
Lmao a bad review on an amazing game just because people can't mod it, laughable and useless "review".
Coldaardvark 12 Jan, 2024 @ 12:50pm 
@Zagreus

Capcom is not adding this in because of that, I can assure you.

This is due to the 'Chun-Li' fiasco that occured in a Fighting-Game Tournament.

I'm not a fan of people cheating in my lobbies, it ruins the fun for anyone trying to play normally, but they should still have a right to do so alone or with friends.

Doing this to not only current and future titles, but also their old library is absurd, especially when the old titles are over 10+ years old.

I bought the game as it is. They said they were done with updates.

Now they're coming back and adding DRM? I didn't buy the game when it had DRM in it, I bought it without it! There is no choice but to use whatever version of the game is pushed out, even if it's not what you paid for years ago.