Another promising game demolished by terrible publishing practices before it ever got a real chance.

The game itself is good, if somewhat lacking in depth. The characters are all fantastic, the art style is awesome, and the gameplay is solid - though it can certainly get repetitive. The pricing model, however, is everything wrong with so many modern games. The base game is overpriced at $60 (what ammounts to an excellent $30 game) and if you want any of the other content, most of which is day-1 or nearly-day-1 DLC, you'll be subjected to enough microtransactions to choke a camel. $15 for the "new" monster and $7.50 for each new hunter is ridiculous. $140 worth of DLC at the time of writing this on a content-light game released 2 months ago.

Turtle Rock is an EXCELLENT developer, but 2K can go fornicate themselves. They've turned this into yet another cash grab and that annoys the hell out of me. Unless there is a radical change, the community is going to stagnate and wither. I wouldn't hold your breath.

Another promising game demolished by terrible publishing practices before it ever got a real chance. The game itself is good, if somewhat lacking in depth. The characters are all fantastic, the art style is awesome, and the gameplay is solid - though it can certainly get repetitive. The pricing model, however, is everything wrong with so many modern games. The base game is overpriced at $60 (what ammounts to an excellent $30 game) and if you want any of the other content, most of which is day-1 or nearly-day-1 DLC, you'll be subjected to enough microtransactions to choke a camel. $15 for the "new" monster and $7.50 for each new hunter is ridiculous. $140 worth of DLC at the time of writing this on a content-light game released 2 months ago. Turtle Rock is an EXCELLENT developer, but 2K can go fornicate themselves. They've turned this into yet another cash grab and that annoys the hell out of me. Unless there is a radical change, the community is going to stagnate and wither. I wouldn't hold your breath.