This video now keeps getting comments that it’s because Asmongold is playing the game. Guys, the Steam charts are public, Asmongold has had almost no impact on players at all, you can check SteamDB history, seriously.

The mount may make Wilds faster but maybe the maps are so large that without the mount the game would be too slow.

The thing that made rise so extremely arcadey wasn't the mounts (palamutes) but the wirebug stuff. Also having a mount does not necessarily mean that Wilds will be faster, it probably simply means its much bigger and you need a mode of transportation other than running yourself. Btw you also had mounts in world already and those didn't make it any faster either.

Both World and Rise are excellent - I have over 1000 hours in each. Money and time well spent.

Worlds feels like an adventure while rise feels like a boss rush mode

I guess he ignored polls showing that people largely enjoyed the mounts (palamutes). Also if Wilds is truly open world than most folks would appreciate not have to walk/run everywhere.

Personally i enjoyed rise alot too (1000hrs in rise and 2000hrs in world) but i think what really turns people off is the rampages and the 300 levels of anomaly grinding. There are 300 levels but you barely see the difference in damage between the levels until you get to level 200+

I don't hate Rise(I hate Rampage though) but World just did a lot that made it more captivating for me. I'm a big fan of the world in World over Rise and I personally prefer the simpler mechanics over the wirebug stuff personally although the clutch claw is bad. It's hard to say, I just find myself having more fun with World while Rise doesn't give me the urge to go back and play.

I’ve been playing MH since the original on PS2 and have played all the ones that came to the west minus the PSP entries. Generations Ultimate is also my favorite of the “classic” MH. When Wilds was announced I got the itch again and went back to Rise myself, but that’s largely because I prefer Rise’s endgame. I really didn’t like the Guiding Lands and I didn’t like how World handled decorations. That being said, I hope Wilds is more grounded like World. Not because I dislike how wacky Rise is, I love its wackiness and overall speed, but I think both types of MH experiences are valid and after putting in hundreds of hours of Rise for a second time, I’m ready for a slower and more grounded experience. We haven’t seen much of Wilds, but it’s possible that the mount is just Capcom keeping a good idea that Rise had and not indicative of its overall speed. It seems like the areas and maps in Wilds are going to be much larger than World and if you had to run on foot everywhere it could get boring pretty quickly. Rise’s areas aren’t even that big and I can’t stand doing a hunt without a palamute. Regardless, I’m still super excited for Wilds. MH hasn’t disappointed me yet and I don’t expect that to start now.

I don't think they are going to lean into Rise over World. I think they'll take a bit of both, but I think the scope and feel of the game will be more on par with World. Bigger creators in the series have indicated that the World -> Rise cycle is pretty typical where they'll have a bigger slower paced title followed up by a somewhat more straightforward type version within a generation. I personally think the mount is an indication of perhaps a larger overall zones where distances travelled will be much larger than in World. I don't necessarily think it is intended to make the whole game feel sped up. I do think they'll double down more on verticality though.

I loved the mount in monster hunter rise. It was the wirebug functionality that really ruined the monster hunter experience. The difference between using wirebugs and not was enormous. Meanwhile mounts were typically used for speding between interesting locations/fights

I think the mount is because the maps are really larger than any before. So walking through them would take too long

My reason for sticking with World is that rise, while fun, was very shallow in its world design, ecology, challenge and pacing. World felt like you were really uncovering a mystery while fighting powerful monsters and elder dragons, all while exploring the titular world which was packed with plants, small monsters and endemic life. It’s not about the graphics like many people say, but about the fact that the world is alive and you feel like a part of it. You drop into your first hunt with minimal knowledge of the new world and you have to track the monsters yourself. Meanwhile, Rise has minimal foliage, a desaturated and almost dead color palette and monsters that are programmed to constantly and aimlessly move back and forth. Small monsters exist, but they awkwardly fade out once a large monster enters the area. Endemic life is here, but I wish it wasn’t. I don’t want to see a stationary butterfly whose only reason is awaiting being stabbed, I want to see a living creature. What about the tracking you say? There is no tracking, you start every hunt as an omnipotent being that instantly knows every monster’s location. Lore was never monster hunter’s strong point, but in rise it all feels random and anticlimactic. From the moment magnamalo shows up literally EVERYONE knows what he is and exactly why he’s there. I cleared every hunt first or second try so there was no real challenge either. I spent the Narwa fight running around the boss because I didn’t want to kill the final boss on the first try either. Don’t even get me started on the fact that ibushi and Narwa were the only elder dragons at launch. Sunbreak was a lot better, but in terms of improving upon the base game, Iceborne still did better.

People can hate on Rise, but I think they did a GREAT job for their role as "Middle" game. Probably my favorite non mainline MonsterHunter game. The wirebug system was A LOT of fun to master, and the combat system was much deeper and much more fluid. I understand if they don't bring back wire bug, but I hope they do a mini version of it like a sling rope or something. Made the maps feel like large ecosystems vs spots and tunnel/paths. The griffin-like mount could be them balancing the palamute and wire bug. It will give the verticality and creative movement that the wirebug and palemute did, but more toned down and efficient. This will also give them the freedom to make much vaster areas (hopefully). When we have to walk the maps have to be kind of compact, but now they can really make the world feel VERY open and possibly vast like fantasy RPGs.

I liked Rise a lot. It felt like stepping back into the older games but with a modern coat of paint, but the ecological, grounded aspect of World was such a fantastic step forward that isn’t present nearly as much in Rise. And as cool as wirebugs are, especially the Charge Blade switch skills (CB mains rise up!), it made it feel too arcadey, if that makes sense? It’s like you’re this flashy anime protagonist that’s gonna beat down the boss as opposed to an underdog hunter going one on one against what should be an insurmountable beast, that you defeat anyways with the indomitable human spirit. Don’t get me wrong, still love Rise! But it’s for the reasons I’ve listed that I’ve went back to World as well.

I think the reason why the west loves the mechanics of Worlds so much is that it feels close to playing a souls game, which is a lot of the audiences first experience with Japanese action games.

I think Wilds is looking for a comfortable middle ground when it comes to mobility and traversal from the looks of it. World was fun in its realistic hunting a tracking, but did tend to get tedious when having to make long treks to the monster across the map. Rise amped up the speed at which you hunt but sacrificed a lot of the realistic behaviors of the monsters. The mounted traversal in Wilds seems both grounded like World yet fast like Rise.

Love the way World looks, but Rise cut the pointless jank and made things more fun to me. I just started back in World and was having fun, only to remember how important tenderizing parts are...and how much I hate having to do that every several minutes in a twenty minute fight. So bad.

Monster Hunter World carried me through the pandemic. I played it for the first time, as my first MH game, while staying at home for such a long period of time. The game is so huge, there's so much quality content and it's so engrossing that it melts away the hours... You were spot on when you called it "comfort food game".

I just hope the mount is similar to the small ridable monsters in worlds and a bit of a "mini" camp that you can switch to just one other loadout you have but have to choose before the hunt, it won't let you ride and gather tracks of the monster, instead it just lets you move around faster

World gives you an actual sense of immersion which is why I’ve avoided rise. The major replay ability and depth of unlocks and progression. All of that just hooks me better too no matter how long I play

You could ride the small monsters in world and they took that idea into rise with the mounts. That’s what they normally do, expand and borrow between the different teams games.

I just stepped back into mhw after like 5 years away and realized i love the researching, fishing, catching stuff, as well as the monsters. Tried some new weapons, but i think im still a glaive main. It just feels good in my hands!

I think the mount means a mix of the points you talked about, and just (hopefully) bigger zones. If the name means anything, with how worlds whole theme was that "it's a big game, with huge living zones that make it A Monster Hunter world" with the title being Monster Hunter Wilds, I feel like they might change it from being multiple huge zones we can go into to one or two MASSIVE zones, that branch off and interchange with various biomes, creating a true open world or "Wild" setting for the game. The mount being a better method to explore it.

I agree, the slower paced nature of World definitely fits better. I think Wilds could still hone in on that if they do the mount system correctly - increase the distance traveled but not change the time it takes to reach the monster. Keep the pacing roughly equivalent to World but let the player experience greater sized environments in that time.

I have no issues with mounts being in the game, especially if their primary use is just speeding up traversal of the environment. I just, no matter what, do NOT want Wirebug or anything similar to it to come back. It really took away the identity of almost every weapon. Part of picking weapons is whether or not you have blocks or counters, and wirebug really just made everything have counters and get out of jail free cards. There were no longer any drawbacks to picking a specific weapon, and that completely ruined Rise for me.

I’m curious what will they do with the franchise in their 20 year anniversary. Like a remake of a old game might be good for the old fans but what about people who started in 5th generation? I believe Capcom will take advantage on people playing world and maybe add more updates… maybe add cross play will be a good idea (well mostly because I want that). But if they do add more content and hopefully cross play it’ll feel like a new game.

Started with Rise/Sunbreak and now going back to World, I’m actually so pumped if they are able to blend both! I love the feeling and falling into the atmosphere of World, but I love the sense of ‘flow state’ that Rise/Sunbreak gets me into (thanks to the Wirebug). In short - huge fan of both!

I still play both often. Id personally prefer MH Wilds to be slower and more methodical like MH World. For me, MH world for long play sessions, MH Rise when I just want to quickly grind out a couple quick hunts, and MHS2 when I feel like learning more about the monsters lore/ecology. Either way, I think Wilds will be a good time. Capcom hasnt missed in the last few years.

My first experience with monster hunter was a two-way tie between Freedom and Freedom Unite on the PSP in middle school to highschool days in the mid to late 2000s. It was much slower and even janky back then so much so I couldn't fully get into it. World truly found that new balance between approachable, organic and cinematic. Thank you for answering the question about Sunrise though. I couldn't properly describe it. Even I got burned out of that game way too quickly considering how fun the fast paced combat is.

just bought the promo bundle and had a fun time using gatling hbg. My only qualms is the roaming bosses on its afk mode is kinda stale? Would love to see territorial fights between bosses for immersion and to make the world feel more alive

I've always said i love the weapon feel in world more. For instance, with the lance the counter attacks have so much more impact and punch. The moveset customization in rise is such a gamechager though that its hard to put one over the other.

Im pretty sure they have two teams one is for the arcadey style like rise and the new more AAA type games are world and now Wilds. so after Wilds there will be another rise type of game.

Man. I really love this series. Been playin since the o.g.on ps2, but Tri was the 1st one i truly "finished". I love world. But it does feel like Rise is overlooked which saddens me. I love its arcade like structure and pacing. I guess what I mean is sometimes i like when my video game feels video gamey lol having said that, I too have started a new character in world lol.

The only other game I’ve played in the franchise was the og game On ps2 when I was a teen, and the pacing and different behavior of the monsters gave it an immersive and lived in feel that I fell in love with. To me that is monster hunter, and now that I’ve started worlds I’m getting the same vibe and as such it feels the most like monster hunter to me. I do like flashy fast paced combat systems which does make rise appealing, but I’m just in the mood for a game that locks me in a bit more and let’s me be a part of the world (haha)rather than soemthing that’s better in short bursts that start to feel a little bit repetitive. Either way I’m glad everyone is discovering this game for the first time or even rediscovering it, it’s so unique and I’m excited to see where the game will go.

It's important to know that the last Monster Hunter game I invested a significant amount of time in before the current generation was Monster Hunter Freedom on the PSP and I absolutely loved that game. Bought an additional copy to play it with a friend and all. Now that said, I got Monster Hunter World when it first came out on PS4 and I didn't make it past HR4 because it was just too slow for me. It's still sitting on my bookshelf collecting dust. I ended up getting Rise on the Switch to play it with a friend and I ended up putting in over 150 hours into the game before Sunbreak came out. I even bought it when it released on Steam and started playing it again on my Steam Deck, putting in another 150+ hours into it. Fast forward to now, I've been wanting to go back to play Monster Hunter but not Rise because I was at the point where I wasn't really out of anything to do but I didn't want to catch up on the events. As for World, it was on sale on steam, so I bought it to give it a second try... and still hated the opening few hours but pushing through because it's scratching it itch I haven't been able to satisfy since Elden Ring. It also helped that people are playing it again too so it doesn't feel like I'm playing only with veteran players steam rolling everything if I joined a game with other people.

I’m more drawn to world’s spectacle. For me, once I beat all the max anomaly elders and the other challenges, Rise lost its luster and fun. Actually, the anomaly was so ridiculous, it stopped being fun long before then. Fatalis is an absolute experience that I’m happy to fight over and over, among the other endgame monsters in World.

The main problem with MHW at least on console is that starting a new files is such a pain with the unskipable cutscenes even worst when playing with friends.

I would say as a World player, when Wilds was coming out. It felt a little too arcadie for my tastes. Also the grappling hook felt like it was too upfront in the movement. Idk it just felt too different i didnt bother trying it out past the demo

Ultrawide yum so underrated. For me its the world feeling like he said rise just felt like a boss rush and world felt alive i dont mind rise being faster it just felt like a step back in game in terms of how the world and monsters felt

The problem with Rise wasn't ,at least for me, the mount/quick traversal, it was how mobile the hunter is and how much stuff it can do making you feel almost untouchable running circles around the monsters and if you ever get hit you have a get out of jail free card, worse of all a single fight makes you actually need the wirebugs while all others are just regular monsters.

Both can be considered as the most polished and dynamic games of the franchise. I think that vanilla Rise is better that people give it credit and Sunbreak is absolutelly fantastic, having, imo, the best roster for a Monster Hunter "ultimate". That being said, Monster Hunter World Iceborne still be my favorite game ever simply because it is the peak of what brings me to Monster Hunter first time: I was at a friend's house and I found a flyer of MH3 featuring the Jaggi, Qurupeco, Gobul, Uragaan and Lagiacrus in a size-comparison display. There was a little description for each monster, explaining how the monsters works on an animal perspective. Zoology being my passion, finding an action game featuring fantasy creatures displayed like animals immediatly clicked. And seeing World explanding that aspect to an entire ecosystem level is why I absolutelly love in Monster Hunter World Iceborne (this and the sheer epicness and diversity of every battle) And Wilds seems to follow the same path and going even further

Monster hunter world had a larger cap for servers. So you can dynamically swap people in and out of 4 person hunts in an experience that is just smooth. The servers for rise cap at 4, so to dynamically party if you have more than 3 friends means you have to cluncky server swap.

For the mount point: It doesn't actually HAVE to be faster paced. The rumor is they are trying to make this game open world. If this is true mount traversal would almost be needed in order to not spend hours running from one end of the map to the other. Depending on the design of the mount it wouldn't really mess with the pacing of the fights as much as the pacing moving from biome to biome.

Took World on a sale, it's my first MH game. I wish I could have more free time to spend thousands hours in it. Each time playing it I'm super excited. Would get Wilds 100% on release

I jumped back into Rise. I love both, But I do prefer the movement abilities Rise gives me. Still a ton of fun to play. I wanted to go back to World, but trying to play online with anyone is nearly impossible.

If you look prior to November ‘23 on steam charts both player bases were largely the same.

I think it’s cause a lot of people played rise really enjoyed it and are now going back to playing world as it’s the next most accessible game and the graphics are outstanding

World is not as easy as Rise, although both games are pretty easy when compared to previous versions, but rise does feel like riding a bike with training wheels the whole time.

Personally I was a bigger fan of world, though it was my first monster hunter game to fully play. (I played a few of the demos for earlier titles when they came out) I played rise a bit but didn't complete it. It looks to me as more of a sequel to world in a lot of ways. One thing that I think would be cool is more endemic life. small creatures that you can still hunt for materials but are more of a test of speed and chase rather than combat like the big monsters are. still pretty excited tbh. I loved the exploration and tracking of world which was very different than simply moving map segments like the others have. it felt more dynamic and real.

I'm not worried about the mount. The run speed is far slower than Palamutes. As long as there's limitations, like actually using stamina, and not being usable in combat (or not allowing functions like item use during combat while mounted), I think it'll be fine. Alongside that, I think the mount and larger map (hopefully) will allow for mounted seige fights where you have to chase or follow alongside giant monsters. Though, again, the mount speed isn't that fast, so who knows. Everything looks fairly grounded and weighty like World, so I'm excited.

One major factor I had against MH: Rise is the fact that I had to run around and collect stupid red, yellow, green floating bubbles. I'd rather eat food/max potion and be on my way.

Great Video. You have gotten me to buy Montser Hunter Worlds on Stream, though interestingly enough I originally bought it on Xbox when it came out, and I played it very little. Pc gaming feels to be the best thing for this type of long game, especially when we are talking about performance. I played Rise quite a lot when it came out on switch, the bow feels real good in that game and i prefer it over other weapons, we will see if the bow is as good in Worlds...

For me as someone who has 500 hours in rise, (and 4k hours in world) I can say that the reason for me enjoying world more and coming back to it often is the flow. It actually feels like when I cart it's my fault, and not some BS mechanic, which there are a lot of in Rise. It also feels much more open than Rise does.

As a great sword main i felt rise gave me to much freedom in my combat. Like i felt unbeatable and the only way for a monster to beat me is for it to one shot me. Went back to world in my second save and confirm my thoughts on this matter

Did the trailer include any footage of the hunter actually fighting on the mount? If not, then perhaps this time the mount will purely be traversal.

I definitely go back to World when I want an easier game it's easy to react to everything from how slow the game is. only the first non-tempered kirin quest is hard since it unlocks so early. ATs? G-rank teo and luna together? gg ez. never felt that comfortable even in LR Rise

I think one of the reasons why world is so fun is due to the click moments that happen in combat, like youll be fighting, see an opening and then 'click' you slice the tail off or crack a horn

I love the fast pace for smaller monsters from Rise and personally think a good healthy mix of fast paces and slower paces fights can do wonders for this game i live the slower paced fights when it comes to the big bad monsters to wrap up a chapter or midboss or endboss level enemies cause them being so cinematic and over the top while youre just some dude with a weapon taking on the equivalent of a infant eldritch horror that could destroy the world any minute are great set ups that deserves a slower paced battle

after 260 hours of rise ive just recently started playing world and GS never felt so good

I think I like World and Rise equally. World is larger and has loads more content, but Rise has a fast hunting flavor when I’m not wanting to track a monster for several long minutes. I hope Rise monsters come back like Goss and definitely Magnamalo. Palamutes we’re definitely a nice taste to things and I hope someday they return because they’re best boys. Wire bugs can definitely go away given they left a large safety net which takes away a lot of challenge. Clutch claw is the same. I am loving so many new people discovering monster hunter franchise

Evade extender 2 + Wire Bugs was faster than palamutes in a straight line. Just dodging with EvExtend Lv 3 kept pace with palamutes. They aren't the problem I have with Rise. Given that Wilds is likely to be open world (as is the trend of games with Wild in their title) the mount will likely be the primary locomotion so that you aren't forced to sprint everywhere. Palamutes didn't set the pace of Rise, wirebugs did. Wirefall, fast recharge and universal cooldown skills. The major fights didn't incorporate Palamutes at all in Rise, but Amatsu, the Serpents and Rampage at least incorporated wirebugs. All the dlc monsters took place in arenas, no need for palamute to get to the fight faster. Riding them dropped their dps so you didn't do that. Personally, I found using Palamute to traverse maps incredibly clunky. Just use wirebugs and fast travel to get to where you need to go. The dogs where never the problem (and outside of speedruns, using them was more detrimental than helpful) it was the actual combat change in the game that is 98% combat an 2% looking at a minimap to find the monster (if that). The wirebugs. Blaming the palamutes for faster game pace is actually cope, simply because they were something that you could easily ignore entirely and have all the same issues. EDIT: spelling

Frame rate mode on the Series X is excellent. World is approachable and deep, and playing World I never feel like I miss the dog or Spider-Man abilities lol

8:38 About the gaming portability stuff in Japan, I think the line is getting blurred now thanks to things such as steam deck(and that it's being sold officially in Japan). Yeah it's not quite as popular as nintendo switch atm, but I think given how popular is portable MH experience in Japan, I think we have real potential here, especially since MHWilds will come out in 2025. It gives enough prep time for many people so to speak.

I spent over 300 hours in Rise, and I still don’t think it’s the game for me. I like the Hunter simulation aspect of MH, and Rise lack it little too much.

I really hope wilds doesn't make the same mistakes "iceborne and rise" did where it adds a gimmicks that force's the players to play a certain way or build armor sets with those gimmicks in mind

As a player who is on the "World is way better than Rise" narrative. For me, the reason why I love World better is because its more "grounded" than Rise. Not because of the verticality the Wirebug offers, but how the hunters are on the same pace as the monster. The problem I had and still have with RiseBreak is that the hunters kept on getting upgrades while the monsters were left on the dust. Hunters are so mobile in that game, that the monsters werent given the kit to catch up to the new mobility changes (like tracking/faster projectiles, faster turn speeds etc.). Thats why they feel more like punching bags than the "stars" of the game. In World, when you do your attacks, or if they connect, theres wind up for follow up; so monsters can react to those attacks accordingly.

I wish they’d make a more intuitive system for combat and matchmaking Basically a complete ui overhaul. It has so much potential to be better. Less of this damage it and it runs away three times before it dies repeat cycle

it means that world is a game meant for long term play, and rise is a game for the switch thats meant to be played in short bursts on a bus ride/car ride/etc. thats about it. ones essentially a AAA mobile game, and ones a AAA CONSOLE/PC game.

Rise is such a step back. I enjoyed playing through Rise and Sunbreak, some of my favorite monsters ever are from it like Magnamolo. But the end game of Rise was non-existent and then Sunbreak anomolies I just outright hated. I hate the grind and how all the monsters look like they were dunked in red gatorade. I also hate how it's so counter focused. There's just so much to manage I just would rather play World instead which is closer to that raw, Freedom Unite-like, MH experience. Clutch claw can get annoying, yeah, but the visuals, feel, lively lobbies (Rise matchmaking is broken without mods) just feels so much better. Also Rise is so ugly. Get 4 players, 4 palamutes, give them buffs and have them all attack a monster and you can't hardly see what's going on. The effects are so bad. Idc that much about graphics I go back to the old games all the time, but when the game looks like a mess I don't want to look at it. PSP environments look better. Everything in Rise is just gray and brown except the Sunbreak area which is just overly saturated.

I helped dozens of people to finish the final quest and unlock new adds-on monsters. I stopped playing cause I could barely find any players last year.

the main reason I felt Rise wasn't fun to play was that I really didn't care what my armor set or weapon was for each fight. I didn't have to worry about specific resistances or armor set bonuses because it really wasn't an issue because of that high movement. Honestly I think Rise could have been fixed if the numbers were tweaked and getting hit was far more dangerous (you're a damn ninja after all, if you can zip across the map and dodge with no problem, why not make it so that you can die much easier and that your armor actually made a difference and balance between having better defence (and allowing mistakes) over damage? frankly the only saving grace was that your handlers is just better than World's Handler (I don't hate her like everyone else though)

This kinda always happens with Portable titles. When Generations came out it didn't sell as well as 4U and tons of people went back to 4U to the point it had more online rooms than Generations. World is the main 5th gen title, Wilds will be the main 6th gen title. They always have two concurrent teams working on the games.

I have 500 hours in world, 200 in rise. Personally i felt rise was too easy and nothing felt threatening. Fun game overall but the endgame was too boring. Oh glowy variants..yay… in world the monsters felt threatening, 90% of them felt like they could easily take you out. They had presence. The hits felt hard.

I had fun playing Rise but one thing that made me love World more is the environment. Like I was transported to another world. I know that Rise was made for Switch, but some of the environment doesn't feel like its real or believable. The sand area was an exception. It was believable compared to other zone that felt like stages. You can say the same thing with World but the extra details, denser foliage, monster behavior outside combat and the small creatures that you can capture is what made it stand out for me.

this is gonna be one heck of a long comment and it is not going to be super relevant to the video, but for for me, my first time playing monster hunter was when I was within single digits of age, I vaguely remember playing a 15 USD monster hunter game on the iPad 2 I had saved up chore money for, as well as a monster hunter game for the Wii, both of which I remember playing long, long ago when I was still single digits in age. However, as with most things I engaged with in those times, my attention and interest was fleeting, and it was not long before both of these games became nothing but faint memories. I don't remember the exact timeframe, but somewhere between a 6-8 months before the MHW dlc was announced, I found out about MHW, and remembering my short time loving the games when I was very young, I spent the money on world, and returned to monster hunter. and honestly, it was and still is among my favorite games I have ever played, up there with Pokémon BW 1/2, Mario Wonder, all 4 Pikmin games, Subnautica, Titanfall 2, and Baldur's gate 3. there was just so much i loved about it, from the battles the monsters had among each other, the fascinating details and designs of each creature, the awesome biological focus provided by the game (which as a fan of biology, is a topic i find to be sorely lacking in the widespread game industry) and the diverse weapons and combat system, it was all incredible. and while my old, 500 USD computer setup at the time struggled to even play it on low graphics, i still found myself captivated by the gorgeous veritable pixel lasagna that made up my screen as I blindly stumbled my way from one frame per second to another. but after all was said and done, and i had completed world to my heart's content, i found myself looking at rise and thinking to myself, "why am i not feeling the same things about rise that world gave me?". and even after all this time, i have never been able to pinpoint just what was missing, but I know for certain that world just had something that rise does not, a subconscious draw or appeal that veils itself beneath the unexplained and unyielding euphoria that world gives me. with all this said, I personally hope the next entry in the monster hunter franchise follows in the footsteps of world, as I would love to relive the indescribable enjoyment of it all once more. (a neat little side note, the Wii one i never got past the tutorial, as I recognized I was killing helpless herbivores in the beginning, and as I have been against violence towards the helpless/harmless since childhood I simply had my mom return the game to GameStop the next day)

I'll be honest, I did not like Rise that much. I did not grind Sunbreak like I did Iceborne. They're both great for their own reasons, but World/Iceborne is much better for me. The slower combat feels more deliberate, the graphics, the ecology, the only dislike I have for it is the multiplayer. Rise improved on the only gripe I have for world, but took a large downgrade in how the monsters feel. Like you said at 3:56, as a newbie to the series, I love fighting the monsters instead of it feeling like a boss battle.

I can only speak for myself but with hundreds of hrs each i love both. I love rises moveset but i love mhws world more. I honestly cant decide which is better overall

I want to play again but I am torn between...1) grabbing my save from my ps4 and moving to my ps5 or 2) just starting over on steam. Is there still a community on console or is it all on pc now?

The thing is, every monster hunter game is still being played, they’re all such unique and almost endless experience that they really are able to retain players and have them come back almost forever, i’ve just been replaying the whole MH3U by myself a few months ago

i'll be honestly shallow and brutal . World was the first Monter Hunter to even attract me since the first ones on ps2 . I am not going backwards (compared to World) in overall visuals/graphic fidelity with what was still a switch game essentially . So i'm skipping it (yeah yeah my loss) and waited for something instead like Wilds , and sticking to playing Worlds sometimes . Again it may be shallow for enough people , that might feel that Rise's gameplay and other addition should be enough for a "real fan" ... but i'm not aiming to be one , and just like what i like , and know what i want .

I personally prefer the gameplay in Rise and the more traditional take on the levels and story (having played the older games prior). I can however see the appeal of the more engaging story and lively environment that World has.

I started in FU, stopped until world and just loved world. I also played Rise for quite a bit, but not really deep into the endgame of Sunbreak. I just enjoy World more, the flow of the fights are much more enjoyable. It just feels so smooth to play. I LOVE MHGU, its the 2nd best MH game for me after World, such a great game. But I think Wilds is going to be open world, but that doesnt mean its going to be much faster, we already had mounts in Iceborne. No matter what, Im gonna play it and have fun, as I had with every single MH game I played. :)

Thing is, they always take something from the previous game and improve on it in the game after. Just like the mount system in rise, they improved it for wilds

For me, Monster Hunter World is a better WORLD and Monster Hunter Rise is a better GAME.

Monster Hunter Wilds is going to be far more like World was, rather than Rise, even if it incorporates some ideas from the latter into Wilds. I just hope it combines the best of both inti one experience, which it looks like it will.

Before watching this vid. The 4 points on why imo is TGA 2023 announcing MHWilds to get the hype going, the push of the ReturnToWorld campaign, the base game being on sale for $10 and currently their really isnt any big RPG game currently out or releasing soon; Any of the big ones tht ARE out already were already finished by ppl. (BG3, FF16, etc.) So a perfect storm for a rush of growth on active concurrent players.

i totally get what you mean when you say with world it is so easy to just make yourself comfy and sit and play the game for an entire day and the hours just fly by without much thought. Ive been playing MH since Tri just like you and world is the game ive put the most hours into by far (about 1500 hours by the time rise came out). I think a big part of the reason why is because the environments are just such a pleasure to explore and immerse yourself in. The game is just beautiful to look at and the world just feels so real (which was obviously the whole point of the game to begin with).

Rip Rise we'll never get another MH with equally fun gameplay😔

cause world is better

MHW as well as MHR is also on sale on Consoles if anyone didn't know, cheapest it's been in a while & it's the best time to purchase it. Happy Hunting Hunters ⚔️ !

The environment and sound just draws me in. Can sit there for hours, just listenin' to the actual world and monsters

Rise is too fast to be enjoyable, been playing MH since the first one on PS2. Rise is worse in almost every aspect to World. There will always be Rise simps purely because they are switch owners without a console or PC

I just hope they don't trivialize travel with the mount. I like monkeying my way through the maps on foot, but maps for mounts tend to be more like race tracks than obstacle courses. My hope is that they just have large connective expanses with some neat things to do here and there, and maybe some gargantuan monsters too big for smaller zones, while still having super interconnected areas like in MHW. Essentially an open world MHW.

I thought wilds was meant to be a sequel to worlds and that rise and generations were their own thing. Both player bases can be satisfied if those two type of games have their own style

World is one of this year's most played games on Steam Deck. Ticked up right after they announced some Deck specific optimisations.

Mounts were technically introduced in World in the form of Raider Ride, Rise evolved the system with palamutes, and now they're clearly evolving it again.

Monster hunter rise got me into the franchise. So it’s not all bad, it’s a decent game. I think this is true for many people.

I don't know, Rise got its last update this summer and with the caritative then winter sale I see Steam contacts picking up World for the first time so I just reinstalled it to go help newbies. Feels weird, after 3 or 4 years and R/S, to come back to W/I . I miss the mobility options and some weapon moves, Rise was a delightful parry and dodge fest. On the other hand I'm glad to get back to Worlds rich environments and seeing more build variety in my sets and not feeling depressed when I equip a HH :p

I play more rise than world both are great but the games that aren’t on handhelds I play less of due to kids and house work I’m hoping maybe wilds will eventually get a switch port at some point