Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Demo

HAOWAN HAOWAN

TLDR: Nope. Bad, convoluted controls and a tutotiral that doesn't teach you anything. I had never played a MH game before but thought I might give them a try; it might be a good co-op game with my buddy. For background: I'm in my mid-40s and have been playing games since before the NES, I am educated in video game design, I was a professional game tester for nearly 10 years...I have played a HUGE swath of game types across all systems/consoles/PC control schemes. I was ready for the slower-paced, more methodical combat but....who the hell designed the UI/controls for this? They are SO BAD! The tutorials are not even tutorializing how to do anything... -Am I supposed to be holding the button or tapping it? -Dive-roll is a button-combo move? -Why is 'jump' on a differnt button if I'm on foot or riding the dog? And who decided on R2 for jump? -Why haven't you introduced the 'Block' button? -It's not locking-on like you said it would. -How come quick-tapping the item button is openning the 'Assign quick-use item' menu instead of, y'know, using the item? -Why are my main attack buttons Triangle and Circle while both X and Square unequip my weapon? -Why do I need to move the cursor and confirm in order to exit each 2-sentence tutorial pop-up message? I definitely won't be slogging through unplayable controls to MAYBE find some enjoyment after 100hours of grinding and farming for drops to make myself marginally more powerful. This series could be mainstream GOLD but the horrible controls, overly convoluted systems and non-tutorial tutorials hold it back.