Monster Hunter: World Review

Monster Hunter: World is a role-playing action game initially released in 2018 by Capcom. The game was first available for Xbox One and PS4 users in January 2018 while PC users were able to experience the game from August 2018. Though no Stadia version has been announced (we expect this will get a Stadia release at some point in the future), below are some of our thoughts on the PC release.

The game was initially announced at E3 2017 event. Monster Hunter: World was able to attract many gamers after the release, due to its unique gameplay, features, and graphics.

This game was the fifth instalment in the Monster Hunter series and became the best-selling game of the series just after three days of release.

Monster Hunter: World earned great acknowledgement upon release. According to a recent report, Capcom has sold over 13 million copies of this latest title since its releases, which is an excellent achievement for developers.

Overview

In Monster Hunter: World game players adopt the role of a Hunter, whose task is to chase down and catch or eliminate monsters that wander in all over the map.

If the player succeeds in doing so, the player is given various loot that includes multiple parts of the monster body and other components that are used to produce armor, weapons and various other equipment.

Players have various weapons including swords, with the help of which they can kill any monster. You can kill the beast either alone on in the form of groups of up to four players with the help of online services.

Story

The player controls a hunter character that is aided by an assistant handler. An assistant handler is the part of Fifth Fleet, and the Research Commissions has ordered the Fifth Fleet to grant help to the New World.

The main objective of the team is to examine Dragons and other powerful monsters that can alter the whole ecosystem. During traveling, the Fifth Fleet encounters a huge Dragon named as Zorah Magdaros.

Zorah Magdaros was quite comparable with the size of a mountain. After being rescued at the base camp that is designated as Astera, the Hunter and the team perform different objective to search the area and examine Zorah Magdaros.

Later doing an investigation, team determines that the big Dragon is falling and is moving to a graveyard, named as Rotten Vale.

The expedition mission to seized Zorah Magdaros is failed by Nergiagante, which is another Elder Dragon that server other Dragons. Nergiagante is preserving Zorah Magdaros as their future food.

After escaping the area, Zorah moves towards Everstream rather than going to Rotten Vale. However, after sometimes Zorah Magdaros expires in Everstream and starts releasing bio-energy which can demolish the New World.

Gameplay

Monster Hunter: World is an action game played from a third-person view. Similar to other editions in the series, the player plays as a hunter that visits “New World” with Research Commission that research about the land.

The land contains numerous monster that are harmful for the New World. The Research Commission assist Hunter the task to hunt down or capture every beast that wanders outside Astera to keep the Commission safe as well as to examine the monsters.

Player’s character does not contain any essential properties, but their skills are determined based on the equipment they are carrying. The Weapons include bow, long sword, hammer, and many others.

These weapons define the ability of the player. Once the player finds the monster, they can use various approaches to either kill or capture the monster for different purposes. Players can use traps to capture monsters while for killing, a player needs to use a combination of weapons.

After each hit, monster strength gets decreased and once the monster get weakened, its ability to attack the character changes. Mostly these monsters become more aggressive after some hits.

Other than weapons, a player also has multiple tools for combat. Each player contains a Slinger, which is a special type of device that can be employed to fire projectiles such as rocks, towards the monster to harm it. A player can also use Slinger to reach higher points.

Monsters and Weapons

Monster Hunter: World includes a total of fifty-one monsters. Among those fifty-one monsters, twenty monsters are from the previous editions while thirty-one are new to the game.

Each monster has a distinct ability, and the player needs to perform a completely different tactic to kill each monster. Below is the list of all the fifty-one monsters that you may encounter during the game.

• Apceros
• Aptonoth
• Barnos
• Gajalaka
• Gajau
• Gastodon
• Girros
• Grimalkyne
• Hornetaur
• Jagras
• Kelbi
• Kestodon
• Mernos
• Mosswine
• Noios
• Raphinos
• Shamos
• Vespoid
• Anjanath
• Barroth
• Bazelgeuse
• Behemoth
• Deviljho
• Diablos
• Black Diablos
• Dodogama
• Great Girros
• Great Jagras
• Jyuratodus
• Kirin
• Kulu-Ya-Ku
• Kulve Taroth
• Kushala Daora
• Lavasioth
• Legiana
• Lunastra
• Odogaron
• Nergigante
• Paolumu
• Pukei-Pukei
• Radobaan
• Rathalos
• Azure Rathalos
• Rathian
• Pink Rathian
• Teostra
• Tobi-Kadachi
• Tzitzi-Ya-Ku
• Uragaan
• Vaal Hazak
• Xeno’jiiva
• Zorah Magdaros

There are over 14 weapons that a player can use to kill monsters. Among those 14 weapons, three are gunner weapons while 11 are blade master weapons.

Blademaster weapons are used for close-range combat and are melee-focused while the gunner weapons help the player to hit the monster from a far distance. Each arm has a unique damaging effect, flaw, and strengths.

Graphics

Graphics is something that can increase the worth of a game because nowadays people love to play high-quality graphics games. After playing the Monster Hunter: World game, I can surely say that the developers have worked a lot in the graphics section to make the game look more realistic.

Developers have tried a lot to give a proper detailing to every single thing within the game, and somehow they succeed in doing so. If we look at Monsters, weapons, Characters an sound everything seems perfect in the latest title.

I have spent a lot of time playing the Monster Hunter: World game and didn’t find any significant flaw in this edition of the Monster Hunter series.

Xbox One and PS4 can easily enjoy the extraordinary graphics, but if you are a PC user, then you must need to have a high-end system to experience the exception graphics quality. With the Google Stadia version this will not be a problem – The full experience will be available regardless of your device’s power! We are looking forward to it!