A very long time ago I got this game on Playstation 4, I completely hated it... Although, I did play sword and shield the first time around (I hope any sword and shield players take full offense to that.) I kind of forgot the game existed for a few months after that until a friend messaged me over discord asking if I have ever played Monster Hunter World, he eventually got me back into it. Something I will never take back is that I am glad he did, because this game is a f*cking masterpiece.

At the time of this review I have used every weapon (except sword and shield) twice. I have made 4 characters all with over 100+ hours on them. This game offers so many paths with weapons and abilities that my 772 hours on this game is just scratching the surface of the potential you can get. This game is just fun plain and simple. If you love beating the absolute hell out of monsters then I can not recommend this more, if you like monsters fighting other monsters then this game is for you, there has been a countless amount of times where I have seen a walking pickle that breaths dragon blight inducing smoke throw a obese lizard into the side of the wall breaking everything in its body... (maybe a little gruesome) BUT IT HAPPENS! You like getting up and close? Slam a hammer into their face. You like staying back and supporting? we got you, riddle them with bullets or pelt them with arrows while you got a healing build on your armor. Maybe you are all about that ranged and close ranged action, oh yeah man we got you, go up with a gun and pump em full of shotgun rounds as your other teammates beat the living hell out of it with pointy sticks. There is never a dull moment in this game, and EVERYBODY no matter their play style will find a weapon they like in their runs. But that is just weapons! The story in this game is phenomenal (no spoilers). It is very rich and fulfilling once you finally kill your first elder dragon that seemed impossible to even scratch. No matter what you are looking for, maybe just a nice playthrough in a monster hunting game, or maybe you want to go into a huge raid party and take down a gigantic nuke spitting dragon. No matter what you do in this game, every second of it goes toward something. I can not recommend this game enough for everybody, if you want a good game then you need this in your library. Also if you like the base game then I assure you the DLC is very worth it.



... Sword and Shield players suck balls