The Monster Hunter Wilds Marketing Machine Kicks into Gear with New Gameplay Videos

I know it’s heresy but I cannot get into these games anymore. The mechanics are so bad and obtuse, great sword video is stressing me out just watching!!

@Colour They are dumbing down the gameplay with practically every iteration. What exactly are you having difficulty understanding?

I´ll definitely play this on release. Too bad it seems the underwater combat yet again didn´t make it
On another note, I really disliked the move towards single large open world maps with World/Rise. It feels like you spend so much more time running around the map, chasing after monsters like an idiot.
4U remains the greatest in the series. Here´s hoping they can top it

@Colour I'd rather play MH than the generic cookie cutter games that are saturating people's backlog.

Man, I cannot waaaaait!! Seems they kept a lot of QoL improvements from World.

@DreamlandGem I would love a remastered version or a PC port or something for 4U now that the 3DS online is effectively dead. Kind of like what they did with Gen U for the switch

@Yagami I’m not having a hard time understanding anything it’s just too slow and tanky. Maybe I’m doing something wrong but it feels like playing earlier souls game where all the combat takes place standing still. I get why people love it just doesn’t work for my brain.

@Yagami Im glad it is going this route, actually feeling like you're hunting down a monster "Monster Hunter" through searching its tracks is great. The open world addition will add a lot to that and the immersion. Although Rise dumbed it down hard and was very disappointing in that aspect and was just simply too easy and quick that I didn't really care to continue it.

@Colour I only got into mh when world released so I’m relatively new to the series, I tried some of the older titles on the Wii and 3ds but didn’t gel with them.

I would say, experiment with all of the weapons. Some are considerably slower than others and require a good understanding of a monsters attacks and openings in order to use effectively - the great sword is one such weapon.

The sword and shield has pretty high mobility and is a lot faster than many of the other melee weapons, as are the dual blades. This means they’re slightly more forgiving when it comes to landing hits and avoiding monster attacks.

@Colour my feelings exactly. the movement in combat is miserable and the length of the fights make the games so unenjoyable for me. I have wanted to love them and have tried to get into the series for years but I bounce off every time because the mechanics are anti-fun and I cannot see it any other way

Really looking forward to this game, but it has that sneaking feeling of being more akin to MH:World than anything else and that game fell off rather quickly for me. It did a lot of cool stuff in the beginning, but just fell flat for me. I still jump into it every now and then, but not like Rise/Sunbreak; they brought me back to the series with some great new gameplay mechanics and locales.

@Colour I had the same problem until Tri, shockingly on the Wii.
I really had to dive deep into the game and try every weapon, which felt like a slog, but I finally found my stride and began to enjoy the game. Now it is one of my favorite franchises. I main the Insect Glaive after MH4 and it never seems tanky with that weapon or some of the other lighter weapons, i.e. charge shield in Sword&Shield form, Sword & Shield, Dualies, Light Bowgun. It took a long time to find the right weapon for me, but I found it and really enjoy the game now. I do understand just not being able to get into it though. I have that with lots of games these days.

Man I love seeing all the different weapons and the badass moves you can pull of with them, only for me to instalock the longsword each and every game 😭

I’d much prefer the slower based rpg than trying to make sense of w/e this version does differently.

@Neither_scene @Unit_DTH After buying Rise for one last shot last year maybe I’ll go back and try to use more weapons and see if it clicks. People love this franchise so much it makes me want to get it but thus far… it hurts.

@Logonogo This is exactly how I feel. Love the aesthetic and monster/weapon design but I play for a couple hours and start nodding off

@Colour @Logonogo I used to be like y'all till it clicked, now I'm closing in on 2000hrs spent on World Iceborne Rise. Hunting and crafting wonderful gear is a joy. The mechanics are deep, it becomes enjoyable when you understand them. Keep trying, it's now one of my favorite franchises of all time!

@TheArt Diving back in after work this week. Really hope this is the time since capcom + gigantic monsters and weapons should be a dream for me. One more time can’t hurt!!

@TheArt ah man I feel like I do understand is the thing but the gameplay just does not feel good to me. they clearly put a ton into them and I respect it tremendously but it just does not click it is so damn slow. anyway I am sure on a slow day I will boot it up again but the future looks bleak for me and this series haha

@Logonogo @Colour Using Dual Blades or Sword/Shield makes for faster gameplay. Using that huge buster sword - my favorite - is slow, as it should in reality, you miss a lot of hits but when your attack lands...is so satisfying. That's the realism in the gameplay. Watch a monster's weakness - say Ice - craft a weapon with ice elements, and if the monster attacks with fire, craft gear with fire resistances. Things like that is just the tip of the iceberg, game is deep.

@Nepp67 There is no real immersion for me if you just get batman vision or those green flies that highlight every single thing you´re supposed to notice. Now you even get the bird mount that basically just tells you where the monster is, so I just feel like there is no real challenge involved anymore
In my opinion they went too far with player convenience in a lot of ways and it turned something special into a more generic action game

@Colour You must have a fast brain then I guess. I do like the combat pacing as it allows you to think about your next move rather than having to just react to the situation with twitch reflexes. The monsters don´t attack a million times per second either like in some other games, which is a good thing I think.
What do you play, if this is too slow for you? Character action games like DMC / Bayonetta? Those are too hard for me..

@Yagami It's not immersion breaking at all when it's well explained in the story along with being in the cutscenes. For the Seikret leading us to the target automatically, yes that does suck, unless it works the same way in World where we have to find clues first and then have the mount go to its location. Other than that I'd imagine clues and evidence will go away since there's not really a point to it.

@Nepp67 My point is rather that the highlighting completely trivializes any challenge the clue finding may have had. As it is implemented in World, it´s just busy work, running around in hopes of getting more clue points.
That is where my immersion is broken. My brain stops having fun the second it detects F2P-MMO tier fetch quests (in this case it´s not 100 bear asses, it´s 100 rathian poops)
Not that the mechanic would be much better without the scout flies, it´s just less annoying.
I think the concept is great but it´s just not enjoyable to play in its current state

@Colour I fully understand. Don't go buy the game again if you know it doesn't fit, but if you still have it... try out lots of weapons and practice with them in the hub.