Such a fun game. Really love the graphics in this game.

Great Monster Hunter Game for returning veterans of the series and new players alike. The controls are vastly improved over previous titles. Fun, challenging, action-packed combat perfectly contrasts the somewhat boring and slow grind for items to upgrade your weapons and armor. Quests come in a few types, lengths, difficulties, and requirements. Each weapon is unique and fun in its own way. The story elements are quite weak, but sufficient enough for a Monster Hunter game. Multiplayer vastly improves the enjoyment of the game in my opinion. Would recommend to fans of Monster Hunter games, action RPGs, JRPGs, open-world games(although MHW isn't exactly open world).

Game itself is GREAT. It's not for everyone though, don't let yourself buy into the hype. You kill monsters, you get loot, you go kill more monsters. You may have to grind same monster several times. The story is moderate to poor, don't expect an epic tale. That said, it still is FUN to play. The mechanics itself is fun, and given so many types of weapons it's easy to find one that fits you. My EXPERIENCE AT BEST BUY however was VERY poor. The sales rep did not know the steelbook and the game itself should have CAME TOGETHER, but instead, charged me TWICE. Not only that, I used my BEST BUY REWARDS, and I was NOT refunded. This is the SECOND TIME I did not get my reward money refunded, so as a warning, DON'T LET THE REP TELL YOU IT WILL BE REFUNDED, it will NOT. Tell them you want an immediate refund instead of waiting for the 7 days. But that's a BEST BUY problem, not the game, so it still deserved a 4 star, minus star just given the somewhat grind and lack of story.

I have wanted to get into Monster Hunter starting with Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate and I just couldn't. The learning curve was very steep and the game didn't really explain the mechanics well. With Monster Hunter World, alot of that has been alleviated and it is the most beginner friendly entry. The game basically goes in this cycle: Defeat smaller monsters to craft better gear to take on stronger monsters. It's basically a boss rush type game where you have to fight monsters, learn their attacks, beat them, then collect materials to upgrade your armor and weapons. The game is multiplayer and 4 player hunts with friends is a blast. I have socked 65 hours into the game and still haven't seen everything it has to offer. Pair this with free updates and monsters and this game is worth it!

If you like games like diablo or Horizon zero dawn there is a very good chance you will enjoy this game. It's a semi-open world where every hunt feels like a boss battle. You hunt to get better gear to go on bigger hunts. There are 14 different weapons (all with their own variations) and most of them play very differently than the other. So if you don't like the play style of one just switch weapons, no need for a second character.