Monster Hunter world

this game even with awesome reviews is far being for everyone.

Have you ever played Dragon's Dogma? That's basically MonHun, but with more story focus

My biggest problem with MHW is that it put a huge emphasis on co-op. I prefer online games where I can play solo just fine, being the socialy awkward person that I am :D

Anyway, there is a game called Dauntless. It's supposedly very similar to MHW and it's free to play, so you could try that one if you decide against buying MHW ;)
An intersting fact is that Dauntless devs abandoned lootboxes some time after the EA fiasco and adopted the more consumer friendly monetization system, or so they claim. So that's another reason to check them out, I'd say.

I have the same issue, I wanted to try it with a friend, but I wasn't really convinced, since I have the exact same concerns, you have.

I will admit, I didn't read the entire OP because I am not interested in the game and know nothing about it, but I can answer the question as to what warrants the game selling for $60. The simple answer is that people are willing to pay that much and the devs/publishers don't care about how the game should be priced, they only care about how to make the most money. They say in the trailer that they sold over 8 million copies, so clearly they made the correct pricing choice to benefit themselves. I'm sure there are tons of people that will not pay $60 and once the hype and sales numbers start to drop to a degree where they feel like they can pull in more customers by dropping the price, they will.

1. Clipping happens a lot in older titles, so It is probably common in MHW.

2. Non-existent. It's just a bunch of mumbo jumbo. Like, Kill these because I told you to, kill that because reasons.

3. There are a lot of monsters in the game. Giant apes, lizards, dragons, fishes, etc. A monster may come in a different variation. Ex. Yian-Kutku and Blue Yian-Kutku (difference in color and elements).

Other cons that you might wanna know:
-Grindy (You have to kill a certain monster for as long as it takes to acquire whatever you needed for your armor. I'd say 10x grindy than Dauntless.)
-Just like Dauntless, You'll have to kill the same monster over and over again in different quests.

Monster Hunter is far superior than Dauntless though, IMO.

The last monster hunter game I played was monster hunter freedom unite on PSP, and I played it for 1500 hours. If your looking for a good deep storyline then sadly monster hunter isnt for you because the plot of MHW ends at about the half point of the content. You see the way these game work is in a mission based system with 3 different ranks: Low, High and G-rank quests. Every rank will introduce new monsters that werent in the previous rank and stronger versions of monsters that youve seen before or require you to hunt more than 1 of those monsters. So the game finds ways to pad things out but in my experience it never really feels like an out right grind because you have so many weapons to try out and learn to use and the fights always feel epic. Im just really glad that we finally get a monster hunter on pc, ive been waiting a century for this. also if 60$ seems too much you can get it from GMG for 49$.

Monster Hunter and Dauntless are fundamentally repetitive games in that they both operate off the same gameplay loop, you fight and kill a monster, craft weapons and armor from its drops, repeat until you're strong enough to move onto the next monster. In terms of your character, you don't learn new abilities or anything like that, you get stronger by getting better gear and by learning the intricacies of your weapons and the attack patterns of the monsters in the world. There is very little story to speak of, in the sense of a classic campaign, the emphasis is definitely put on the combat.

If you haven't already played Dauntless, do it. It doesn't quite have the same depth as Monster Hunter, there's only 4 weapon types to try out, there's far fewer different monsters, etc but it's completely free to play and it's pretty easy to get into. If you enjoy Dauntless but wish there was more to it, then look into Monster Hunter World. If you play Dauntless and find it grindy or repetitive, then don't even bother with Monster Hunter World.

I'd suggested that you watch this review. It's honest, detailed, and although the reviewer loved the game, I think he makes very clear who it is for.

If you want a place where he sums it up (somewhat cynically), here it is. Really, the game is for people who want complex crafting, and using what they crafted to take down a variety of monsters in beautiful environments.

But I suggest you watch it all.

I haven't played Monster Hunter World or Dauntless, so I can't really answer your questions about them, but I just wanna put this out there-

God Eater 2 Rage Burst is also an alternative. Obviously I can't really say how similar it is to MHW (or Dauntless) since I only have second-hand knowledge of MHW, but overall it follows a similar "fight giant monsters with oversized weapons with a ridiculous amount of planning" routine. Its gameplay gets pretty complicated as you get further and further (just understanding how the "bullet builder" in this game works is ridiculous XD ). Overall I don't recall running into any major bugs (actually I don't recall running into any bugs, but I tend to not pay too much attention to small stuff when they're infrequent). It does have a story and a lot of characters to interact with (though I should mention that there are quire a few filler "go do this mission in-between plot progression"-styled missions; as well as a lot of "optional" ones that have more or less no connection to the story). As for monster variety- well, while each monster does have 3-4 different "variants" of it (for larger monsters while those variants might look similar they tend to have different weaknesses, weak points and attacks), overall different monster groups tend to look very different from each other (it's kinda their "thing" in-universe- they can literally look like anything since they take the characteristics of what they eat, and they can eat anything). Finally, for the price concern, the game was in a Humble Monthly a few months back so you could probably find it very cheap (and it'll probably go on decent sales in the future). Also you get God Eater Resurrection (the remake of the remake of the first game) for free with this one.

Disclaimer: I'm ignoring all the comments before me because they are long (and I know why they are), so I don't know what has been already said.
So, once upon a time I had a Wii and one day I had 50€s to burn. I had beaten all the good stuff and got pretty disappointed by the lack of quality games the Wii had to offer. I did hear about Monster Hunter 3 and saw a bit of it from a friend of mine, but never heard of the MH franchise before. I was kinda bummed by the lack of graphical quality I saw and the fact that the story was really meh.
I decided to give it a try anyway.
BOY OH BOY 500 HOURS.
Man, I rarely see such an amount of time on my games. Look at my steam. I have 1000 hours on CS:GO because I used to leave it on for drops, but otherwise my most played game is Rocket League with 164h.
The second most played game I had was Final Fantasy Tactics Advance with a 480h file (a game in which you pass most of the time on micromanagement) and the third is Pokemon Red with 400h because I was a boring kid that wanted to beat the elite 4 200 times.

DO NOT skip Monster Hunter if you are attracted to it. They are $60€ well spent.
MH is not about combat. It's about mastering every little aspect of it. It's about risks, rewards and self growth. You don't just fight, you have a lot of stuff to learn. You learn about your armor and abilities, about various weapon styles, where the monsters spawn and where they go to hide, when to strike and when to run.
You mentioned Dauntless. Dauntless (I played the beta too) is just a fraction of what Monster Hunter is.

But I am a man that likes to learn. And even If I'm not very good at Rocket League, the learning process is partially similar to that game. You learn on the field because there's no other way, you learn the hard way and it feels good.

I think each game that costs $60 or more is too expensive and shows only how greedy devs/publishers are and that it give too much people that pay such prices.
When the people stop paying such prices the prices will go down. As long as the prices are paid they will go up.
Easy economic rule......

So i NEVER pay more then $25 for a game (mostly only around $5)

You can play the free to play Monster Hunter Online with an English language fan patch even though the game is Chinese only. It will give you a feel of the game on PC.

English patch and installation guide:
https://monsterhunteronline.github.io/
https://www.reddit.com/r/MHOnline/comments/6nz9qx/monster_hunter_online_the_return_of_the_english/

.1. and 2. are wrong, you're thinking of the older MH's here. This one is way different: way too much story and 50% boring tracehunting gameplay. But yes, plenty of clipping, the PS4 is only a low mid-range PC, so of course they have to cheat a lot
.3. is correct. the monsterpool is extremly small and my biggest critique point against the game.
Go for it during a $20 Sale. but also no TL;DR, so not sure if I missed anything

I've actually had my eye on this as well. There's another game called Dauntless that's in open beta right now that looks kinda similar and might be worth checking out. I haven't had a chance to do so myself. If anyone who's played Dauntless wants to post about their experience so far that would be great. Also any differences between the two would be great to mention as well. Thanks

https://playdauntless.com/

Is there any word about G-Ranks yet?

Awesome review and I 100% agree when buying a game at that price its not good enough to be told that you don't need to worry about story line. I'm glad I read this review because MHW has been on my buy list for a while but I been a bit reluctant because of the feeling it might be like Persona or Tales of Vespia etc. with the repetitiveness . I loved Dragons Dogma so was one of my reasons to buy the game.