It turns out, however, that Wilds’ story is essentially a 15-hour interactive tutorial on what makes Monster Hunter awesome, a rollercoaster of fighting thrills presumably designed to sell newcomers on the concept and give veterans a taste of the scale and visual splendour that Capcom’s modern game engine has brought to their favourite series.
Monster Hunter isn’t just about waving an enormous lance around; it’s also about studying your quarry, learning its weaknesses, scouring its environment for useful plants and materials used to make potions, tools and arrow-coatings that will give you an edge in a fight.
Monster Hunter Wilds’ 15-hour story is a series of escalating epic battles against ever bigger and more ferocious creatures.
Later, you will face a furious fire-ape and a dragon that shoots lightning from its face, plus particularly nasty and dangerous versions of beasts from the previous 20 years’ worth of Monster Hunter games.
No game has ever made me feel like Monster Hunter does, with the possible exception of Dark Souls and its brethren.
