After years of waiting, Capcom is finally offeringMonster Hunter Wildsas another groundbreaking next-generation experience for the franchise. Innovating on the franchise while keeping the core gameplay intact,Monster Hunter Wildswill offer a fresh experience for beginners and veteran hunters alike.The franchisehas come a long way since its humble origins with the PlayStation 2, but some criticisms seem to keep coming back regardless of the generation.
AlthoughMonster Hunter Worldwas the first game in the series to offer expansive maps without loading screens between areas,Wildshas taken this even further with its seamless travel between areas and the Gathering Hub. On top of the immersive gameplay design,many ofWild’scombat mechanics have been improved from previous games, resulting in incrediblypositive praise from pre-release reviews. While it seems likeMonster Hunter Wildsis bound to be another smashing success for the series, there’s one common complaint spread across most ofWilds' initial feedback.
Early Reviews Say Monster Hunter Wilds Is Too Easy
Not Providing Enough Challenge To Satisfy Veteran Hunters
While the information embargo has prevented too many details from being revealed, multiple acclaimed reviewers seem to agree thatMonster Hunter Wildsdoesn’t offer as much of a challenge as previous entries, even for beginners. While it’s completely fair to be disappointed by an apparent lack of challenge,it’s important to consider that much of the challenge regarding a newMonster Huntertitle is understanding how the franchise’s mechanics work.
There’s still some room for improvement with post-launch updates.
Even for easier sections ofMonster Huntertitles, there’s plenty of room for makingcommon mistakes inMonster Hunter Wildsand even veteran hunters alike, with the game progressing in difficulty as more DLC is added. Given that general audiences have even more experience with the game after playingMonster Hunter Worldand possiblyRise,it’s understandable that the early sections ofWildsmight not seem nearly as challenging at first to veteran players.
Monster Hunter Wilds Review: Heading In A Bold New Direction, With One Or Two Missteps
Monster Hunter Wilds is a lushly beautiful and ceaselessly thrilling entry in the series, but its performance and on-rails story can be distracting.
The complaint aboutWilds’difficulty isn’t the only criticism facing the game, either.Severalperformance issues remain in the full release that weren’t entirely ironed out in the beta. WhileMonster Hunter Wildshas undergone significant improvements, including combat changes, bug fixes, and performance issues, based on feedback from the beta tosolve its worst problems, there’s still room for improvement that can be achieved via future patches.
Claims That Monster Hunter Games Are Too Easy Is A Franchise Long Trend
Even if the claims thatMonster Hunter Wildsis too easy for general audiences rather than just veteran hunters used to the franchise turn out to be true, I’m still not worried based on the series' track record.You can search for practically any game in theMonster Hunterfranchise and find many threads or social media posts complaining about the game being too easy, with Reddit userAgar_Zoshighlighting some of them. While it’s true thatMonster Hunter Wildsmakes the series more accessible than ever, its claims of being too easy might be overblown in reality.
With each new entry in theMonster Hunterfranchise offering new tools to use against monsters, it’s understandable that the beginning stages seem simpler compared to the past, forcing hunters to overcome enemies primarily on their merit alone.
This perceived difference in difficulty likely comes from knowing how to useWildsmechanics against monsters effectively, with future monsters being better balanced around the new mechanics. From providing deadly new threats toiconic monsters returning inWilds, Capcom has plenty of room to raise the difficulty cap with post-game content additions aimed towards challenging experienced hunters.
Monster Hunter Wilds Post-Game Will Add Plenty Of New Challenges To Face
Providing Years Of Worthwhile Content To Experience
It seems that some of the criticism is based around the plethora of tools provided to players when it comes to hunting monsters, with many being very susceptible toWilds' powerful wound systems and environmental hazards. Future monsters will likely be able to resist these hazards more, with powerful Elder Dragons entirely immune to traps while unleashing powerful AoE attacks to easily wipe out a team of naive hunters. Thankfully,even if you findMonster Hunter Wildstoo easy to beat on its own, Capcom always saves its most difficult challenges for its upcoming Master Rank DLC.
After Gore Magala, Another Elder Dragon Would Be Perfect For Monster Hunter Wilds
Monster Hunter Wilds has been stingy with information about Elder Dragons, but one addition would be perfect after the Gore Magala’s announcement.
Roughly a year after the release of aMonster Huntergame likeWilds, Capcom tends to release a massive expansion that adds an entirely new rank of monsters and gear to the gamewhile unleashing many deadlier monsters to provide a tougher challenge.Even before sinking your teeth into master rank, Capcom still has plans for a flow of challenging content with new monsters, and event quests as a part of itsevolving 2025 roadmap.
There’s still plenty of room for challenging encounters inMonster Hunter Wilds.
While it can be frustrating to wait for additional updates after completing the main story for more challenges,some of the best content in the franchise has been added as a part of free updates to its base game and respective expansions. If Arkveld’s grueling combat encounter in the second open beta is anything to go by, it seems there’s still plenty of room for challenging encounters inMonster Hunter Wilds, with Capcom potentially saving exciting some surprises for the future.
