Capcom Monster Hunter Wilds (aka MH6) - Release Thread

[Turn_BASED]

Played for about 4 hours so far, lots of walking and talking about some boring ass story I don't give a fuck about. Fuck off and let me hunt monsters, man!
How did they not only not take a hint from World, but actually double down on it too?

Yeah this game fucking sucks. I refunded. Capcom broke my heart with DD2 and is shitting on it now. Even if I get past the nature walks it’s not going to be worth it. Hopefully master rank and some mods can save it.

 

[Lyric Suite]

What are the good games in this series? Just wonder in case i ever get the itch to try one of them.

 

[S.H.O.D.A.N.]

Nighttime, Fallow

Spoiler

Daytime, Plenty

Spoiler

I think Capcom overdid it with the haze effects and filters, but posting images of environments only when they're supposed to be dreary and oppressive misrepresents how the game looks.

 

[Turn_BASED]

What are the good games in this series? Just wonder in case i ever get the itch to try one of them.

World is probably your best bet as a newcomer if you want the quality of life experience. If you want the classic, 4U is a good place to start. GU is 4U with a bunch of new stuff thrown on top but the quest grind can be a bit much for new folks, as it’s a celebration game that’s supposed to be loaded with content (and it certainly is).

That being said, GU is more readily playable on the switch. I have enjoyed every title in the series except for Wilds. In the older games, you need to grind for materials more, which some folks enjoy (I do). The first MH was arguably a survival title compared to World and beyond, but they all have their charms and are worth playing. Even FU, which is brutal.

 

[Tehdagah]

 

[Great Deceiver]

Refunded, sub-MHW 7 years later with near identical gameplay. Rise had its fair share of issues, but it was a much better product especially after Sunbreak and ran at 120fps locked with zero drops. Even though the graphics were much simpler, they were a lot more readable and textures didn't look straight out of a PS2 game. Also had some cool new mechanics even though they made the game far too easy (from what I played Wilds is pitifully easy too, but no cool new mechanics like wirebug).

There's zero reason to buy this unless it's your first MH title - and even in that case, it's not worth full price at all. Capcom has become a joke.

 

[Jinn]

Monster Hunter Wilds seems like a major decline in the series. Sad to see it going this direction, but it's no surprise considering how mainstream its become. Another great series claimed by the "popular female vtuber" demographic.

There's some really cool ideas here, but if you're going to neuter the difficulty completely and remove everything that makes you feel like you're actually hunting a monster, what's the point? DD2 would have been amazing to, if they had included any actual challenge to the experience. Capcom is allergic to challenging their player base, and the sales they're getting are only reinforcing this

 

[Machocruz]

Think I'll just get a Switch Lite and GU.

 

[zaze]

Think I'll just get a Switch Lite and GU.

Emulate with flawless 4k 60fps

 

[Elttharion]

What are the good games in this series? Just wonder in case i ever get the itch to try one of them.

Truth be told all of them are good/great. If you want one game I would say either GU if you want the older style or World if you want the more modern approach.

 

[Silverfish]

How did they not only not take a hint from World, but actually double down on it too?

Why'd Capcom double down on the most successful game in the series and one of their most successful period?

What are the good games in this series?

God Eater 2.

 

[Perkel]

There's some really cool ideas here, but if you're going to neuter the difficulty completely and remove everything that makes you feel like you're actually hunting a monster, what's the point? DD2 would have been amazing to, if they had included any actual challenge to the experience. Capcom is allergic to challenging their player base, and the sales they're getting are only reinforcing this

Difficulty is no the problem with Wilds. In fact it is harder than base World. IDK from where this "It's easy" comes from.

The main issue is dogshit story that goes on and on and on and on and on and on
Secondary issue is graphics that are clearly unfinished.

Gameplaywise imho it's great.

 

[Perkel]

BTW it is actually open world. The "zones" are all connected and there is no loading screen between them. I am 100% that streaming issues are connected to it. DD2 already had huge problems with it's open world where it would load LOD0 on other side of the world for some reasons.

 

[Jinn]

IDK from where this "It's easy" comes from.

IDK indeed, because I've heard it from multiple sources that are actively playing it. Anyone else here playing it care to weigh in? I know that $70 sunken cost bias is going to make it tough to answer genuinely though.

 

[S.H.O.D.A.N.]

I think the complaints about difficulty in Wilds come from ease of execution as far as weapon move sets are concerned. Rise's wirebugs were often finicky, limited and sometimes outright suicidal, World's clutch claw mechanics and how you could exploit them was arcane knowledge for most people, but focus mode is easy to understand and relatively easy to employ. Mechanically, it's the best of the three, but it also lets people do a lot of damage, in a very precise manner. Coupled with the wound system, monster with relatively normal HP pools spend a lot of time getting flinched, toppled and generally abused. This translates into less opprtunites to combo the player and less pressure on defensive resources, which is mostly how enemies kill the player in MH.

So yeah, high rank up to HR 40 something have been relatively easy with a couple carts to due to stupidity, or obtuse mechanics. Although some of the enemies that started showing up do feel a little chunkier now.

In general, it's nothing that a little more monster HP, a little less wound damage and a little more monster damage output can't fix.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

Bunch of sourpusses in here. I'm loving the game so far. The armor sets are simply amazing. I'm grinding to get just about every piece which is something I can't say I ever cared to do in past games. Real off the wall designs ranging from shit straight out of Mad Max to even Bloodborne inspired stuff. Currently wearing a set that looks like a beefed up Shredder from TMNT. The monsters are equally great. In terms of art the game is just next level. Combat is also the best it's ever been in the series. Graphics and performance are totally fine. Retards are blowing shit way out of proportion. Difficulty is also fine. This doesn't feel any easier or harder than Rise and neither game is as tough as World which whatever, I don't really give a fuck. If I have one major complaint it's definitely the nature walks but the game gets so much other shit right they aren't enough to drag the experience down.

What are the good games in this series? Just wonder in case i ever get the itch to try one of them.

Can't go wrong with World, Rise, or this. I tried GU on the Switch and I thought it was a giant piece of shit so I'm not gonna go near any of the other older titles. Definitely start with World.

 

[zaze]

There's some really cool ideas here, but if you're going to neuter the difficulty completely and remove everything that makes you feel like you're actually hunting a monster, what's the point? DD2 would have been amazing to, if they had included any actual challenge to the experience. Capcom is allergic to challenging their player base, and the sales they're getting are only reinforcing this

Difficulty is no the problem with Wilds. In fact it is harder than base World. IDK from where this "It's easy" comes from.

The main issue is dogshit story that goes on and on and on and on and on and on
Secondary issue is graphics that are clearly unfinished.

Gameplaywise imho it's great.

Its the easiest the series has ever been by far, fights are taking me from 2 minutes for the easiest to 12 minutes for the "hardest", and thats not even accounting for how they trivialized the core of mh gameplay with focus mode, positioning and precision? who gives a fuck just 180° your SAED with focus mode and you got a hit. It's just so braindead now

 

[Cheesedragon117]

Seeing multiple people on this page alone get filtered by Low Rank and refund is truly a sight to behold.

 

[Great Deceiver]

seeing multiple people defend reskinned, uglier and hilariously unoptimized MHW 7 years down the line is much funnier actually

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

the nature walks

It stops being so rail roady by the third zone. At least so far it seems that way.

I think the worst part about the game is the story. I really don't care about the Pakistani boy's plight.

People claiming that the game looks the same or even worse than World just tells me they are not playing on max settings.

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

Anyone else here playing it care to weigh in?

The controls are a lot more fluid so you can dodge and direct your attacks better. Otherwise difficulty is on par with Worlds.

 

[Grampy_Bone]

What are the good games in this series? Just wonder in case i ever get the itch to try one of them.

Honestly I wouldn't play anything older than World. The series was woefully maladapted to handhelds and it's wonder it ever survived there. I suppose you could go back and play the original PS2/Wii games too but they won't have any online community (unless theres some pirate fan servers out there.)

 

[Grampy_Bone]

IDK indeed, because I've heard it from multiple sources that are actively playing it. Anyone else here playing it care to weigh in? I know that $70 sunken cost bias is going to make it tough to answer genuinely though.

(I've only played MH4U and World, I skipped Generations and Rise, so I may have missed innovations in those games)

It feels easier than World to me but harder in some ways. I'm not a mega hardcore veteran of these games but I imagine anyone who spent the last few years playing Iceborne or Sunbreak is going to breeze through Low Rank (but is that a surprise?) What I did notice is the starting monsters are *way* more interesting. Prior MH games had a lot of trash large monsters that you started with that I think everyone forgot about, like Great Jaggi or Jagras or whatever. Wilds really doesn't have those, your first hunt is a toad who is pretty easy but then you get a fire chicken monster and a paralysis bug, and then a big Chow Chow dog thing. You're in the shit a lot sooner.

Basically it's one thing to say the game is easier than prior games at the same point and skill level and quite another if you've been soloing Fatalis in World for years and suddenly going back to Low Rank, I mean yeah duh, it's a lot easier.

People claiming that the game looks the same or even worse than World just tells me they are not playing on max settings.

Every zone has a 'happy season' where it looks great. It's the rainstorm/sandstorm/firestorm shit that looks like ass. But I think that's intentional.

 

[Cheesedragon117]

Some assorted screenshots from today's adventures.

Let's see here...

Nu Udra (octopus) dropped it's tentacle like a tail, but it was still alive.... ewwww. Apparently you can sever all of his limbs, probably a new record for most severable parts on one monster.

The Forge-niggers are teaching my precious princess Alma Ebonics! This is corruption! Capcom, don't make me a part of your sick multiracial fantasies!

What the fuck? This fishing hole right next to the (Safe) Pop-Up Camp Location has NO fish in it. Every similar watering hole in World (the ones outside of some camps) had fish in them. I almost felt like I was playing World again. I can't tell if this is a bug or just a massive oversight.

And a shot of the new locale and enemies right as you reach High Rank (major spoiler)

"Afflicted Monsters again?" I hear you say. No, this is an entirely new ordeal, the World dev team learned from Rise's lazy reskins and made something truly interesting...

 

[Turn_BASED]

Basically it's one thing to say the game is easier than prior games at the same point and skill level and quite another if you've been soloing Fatalis in World for years and suddenly going back to Low Rank, I mean yeah duh, it's a lot easier.

This is the easiest of any base game low rank. Yes, low rank is easy in every game for seasoned vets. But you didn't see people clearing low rank hunts in 3-5 minutes.