A co-op game that forces you to play by yourself.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "While it was a mixed pleasure overall - at times exhilarating, at others agonizing - I would have to say I enjoyed my time with Monster Hunter: World and found it to be surprisingly addicting. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that I was surprised by how little had changed from previous titles, given how this particular entry took the series to unheard levels of popularity, but while it retains both positives and negatives from them, at the very least it’s a stellar-looking game that brings more freedom to the hunt than any of its predecessors (Monster Hunter Rise could possibly be a different story, but that, my friends, is a game for another article)."
Capcom Co., Ltd. (Capcom) today announced that Monster Hunter: World has sold over 25 million units* worldwide.
Launched in 2018, the action RPG has seen an explosion of players on Steam. Here's why and what makes Monster Hunter World so great.
It isn't very well thought out, but it works. Most of the time haha.
Hope theyll just patch the game so that friends can just join u right away on story missions. And also just have ppl the ability to join friend's sessions without having to be invited...unless you can already do that?
Once you get it going with a friend, it’s a blast. I wish we could run around together seamlessly, but we compensate by just saying what we are doing.
With Assigned Quests, you and your friend play(separately) until you can fire an s.o.s. flare. When you are able to call for help, both of you “return from mission,” and then one of you can post the assigned quest to play together.
Should it be better? Absolutely. But the good outweighs the bad significantly, and it’s a blast to hunt together.
I respect a dev's vision for their game. But in 2018, I would hope there would be no barriers in teaming up with your friends in an online co op adventure.
I sorta agree, but I wouldn't say it "spoils" anything, really it just feels like another obstacle. In some ways, I like how the multiplayer is, you feel like you're all apart of one big community or team, doing SOS missions to help out other hunters in need or something really helps, and allows for quicker grinding.