GOOD
- The world felt much more alive, NPC patrols around the map, they converse and walk back to their spot after cutscenes
- The combat felt much more responsive and flexible, I personally love Focus Mode
- The weather system looks awesome, fighting during storms n such felt so epic
- "By my own order, I shall slay Zoh Shia" scene + the whole final battle is such an epic moment IMO
- Monsters does in fact look better than the previous game, graphically speaking
- Getting materials are less of a chore now since you get more drops overall from each hunts
- Being able to do hunts continuously without pause feels great, every monster within your rank gives you quest which means more money on average too
- Scripted scenes during the main story arc can be really cool at times

MEH
- Overall hunt is now faster, from the usual 20-30m to around 10-15m, whether it is good or bad is up to your preference, personally, it felt a bit too fast, but maybe its because its still early game
- The world design doesn't really feel expansive, but more akin to MH Worlds map connected to each other, I was expecting the open world to be actually "open", but they just mostly replaced the loading screen with a discreet path between each region, prob more of an expectation problem on my end
- The story is definitely more palatable, as in easier to understand, with more emotional (or at least trying to be) scenes , but it is now shorter than the old game (at least main arc), the theme is pretty cliche and overall very meh. Again, preference thing
- The game doesn't just feel faster, it also felt easier and more casual, depending on your expectations for the game, you might not like this, some people prefer to be challenged after all, I personally like the QoL improvement but also really wished that the fights were a bit harder, maybe that'll change once the real end game starts
- Lipsync is a bit jarring at times, lots of awkward pauses, though it might be due to the game not being designed for EN voiceovers(?)
- Multiplayer system is improved compared to previous game, but i feel like it could still be better and simpler than this...

BAD
- Performance is atrocious, the graphical improvements does not warrant the massive performance hit that it currently has, this game needs more time in the oven ngl... I'm running top tier PC (7800X3D/4090 @ 4K Max) and I still had to rely on DLSS + Frame gen to maintain smooth experience, which i think is BS
- Pop-in is a recurring problem, very much noticable especially when doing quick camera flicks, texture has noticable delay before being fully rendered, applies to even the terrain geometry in some cases
- The story fights felt too easy that it might be a bit of a trap for new players, I barely had any need to upgrade my equipment throughout the whole main story arc (15-20h) so I'm concerned that some people might get lulled into a false sense of security when they finally reached High Rank
- I kinda miss the sense of danger that we get from MH World, things like Anjanath lurking around during your early Low Rank hunts or Bezelguise during your early High Rank hunt, that feeling of unknown threat is missing, at least throughout the whole main story arc, because fights are much more hand-crafted and safe....
- Game keeps buggering me about internet connection on the menu, THIS IS A SINGLEPLAYER GAMES, STOP TRYING TO MAKE SINGLEPLAYER GAMES ALWAYS ONLINE (you can probably play with steam offline mode, but the fact that the game keeps trying to connect to internet when you have no connection is FKING ANNOYING)

[h3]8.5/10 A modernized monster hunter game, for better or for worse, the game felt somewhat more sanitized and simplified, but still done really well. It is certainly still a full blown monster hunter experience despite the changes they made, I did however dock some points due to performance issues Review made based on Low Rank (main story arc) + couple early High Rank quests[/h3] [b]GOOD[/b] - The world felt much more alive, NPC patrols around the map, they converse and walk back to their spot after cutscenes - The combat felt much more responsive and flexible, I personally love Focus Mode - The weather system looks awesome, fighting during storms n such felt so epic - [spoiler] "By my own order, I shall slay Zoh Shia" scene + the whole final battle [/spoiler] is such an epic moment IMO - Monsters does in fact look better than the previous game, graphically speaking - Getting materials are less of a chore now since you get more drops overall from each hunts - Being able to do hunts continuously without pause feels great, every monster within your rank gives you quest which means more money on average too - Scripted scenes during the main story arc can be really cool at times [b]MEH[/b] - Overall hunt is now faster, from the usual 20-30m to around 10-15m, whether it is good or bad is up to your preference, personally, it felt a bit too fast, but maybe its because its still early game - The world design doesn't really feel expansive, but more akin to MH Worlds map connected to each other, I was expecting the open world to be actually "open", but they just mostly replaced the loading screen with a discreet path between each region, prob more of an expectation problem on my end - The story is definitely more palatable, as in easier to understand, with more emotional (or at least trying to be) scenes , but it is now shorter than the old game (at least main arc), the theme is pretty cliche and overall very meh. Again, preference thing - The game doesn't just feel faster, it also felt easier and more casual, depending on your expectations for the game, you might not like this, some people prefer to be challenged after all, I personally like the QoL improvement but also really wished that the fights were a bit harder, maybe that'll change once the real end game starts - Lipsync is a bit jarring at times, lots of awkward pauses, though it might be due to the game not being designed for EN voiceovers(?) - Multiplayer system is improved compared to previous game, but i feel like it could still be better and simpler than this... [b]BAD[/b] - Performance is atrocious, the graphical improvements does not warrant the massive performance hit that it currently has, this game needs more time in the oven ngl... I'm running top tier PC (7800X3D/4090 @ 4K Max) and I still had to rely on DLSS + Frame gen to maintain smooth experience, which i think is BS - Pop-in is a recurring problem, very much noticable especially when doing quick camera flicks, texture has noticable delay before being fully rendered, applies to even the terrain geometry in some cases - The story fights felt too easy that it might be a bit of a trap for new players, I barely had any need to upgrade my equipment throughout the whole main story arc (15-20h) so I'm concerned that some people might get lulled into a false sense of security when they finally reached High Rank - I kinda miss the sense of danger that we get from MH World, things like Anjanath lurking around during your early Low Rank hunts or Bezelguise during your early High Rank hunt, that feeling of unknown threat is missing, at least throughout the whole main story arc, because fights are much more hand-crafted and safe.... - Game keeps buggering me about internet connection on the menu, THIS IS A SINGLEPLAYER GAMES, STOP TRYING TO MAKE SINGLEPLAYER GAMES ALWAYS ONLINE (you can probably play with steam offline mode, but the fact that the game keeps trying to connect to internet when you have no connection is FKING ANNOYING)