It's a game. As much as Freedom Unite defined my childhood, 3rd Portable to distract me from studies on high school, MHGU/MHXX to be a cool game featuring an edgelord dragon and actual insect bosses alongside one that really loves wheels, World is just... boring. I keep checking out when cutscenes happen; wish they were skippable. X???'???? and S???? I??????? are boring "last bosses". Like, come on, let's think of the past generations "last bosses".
The story, like I said, I keep checking out. I even turned off the voice volume at some point just so I can read the story. I don't care at all at this point meeting Fatalis, Uninstalled the game. It may say "49 hours" but I've been playing offline and online.
The strength of this game however, is in its gameplay loop. If there was a mod or an update that just makes cutscenes skippable, I would take it. I enjoy the game playing every weapons (not ranged though).
But there's a really problem this game have: variants of past bosses. I honestly think having good graphics is what hurt this game. Having "so much graphics" meant I'll have to fight Rathian in 5 flavors, a variant of each monster that has a long-winded attack; I get it. Variants are OK because it gives ideas for the player that this boss has the same style of fighting. But, why though?
Because of graphics. If the game wasn't such a storage hog now and before, this game would have more bosses. Please show me the same large monster encounter screaming at my face or lunging at m-FAKE OUT, there's the boss variant! Predictable. Where's the giant crab? Where's Seltas? Where's the non-bird bosses? I know there's a Rajang, but come on, no dung-thrower monkey with a mushroom on it's back? World has no levity and creativity at all! Where's my emo dragon that turns other large monsters into emos, and then becomes Michael Jackson at the end? Where's the cool eastern dragon that makes you take a shower and soap with a slip and slide? WHERE'S THE COOL PRAYING MANTIS BECOMES A MECH!? I know there needs to be consistency to the lore and setting, but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
A spiral: That's what it is. It never goes anywhere, that's the punchline.
The other players are very nice though. That's one thing I can give it credit: multiplayer isn't toxic. I spent enough time writing this ""review"" aka upset ramblings of a middle-aged man. Wish I bought a game from four indie devs; they would have given me more worth and I could give them my money instead to Capcom. I wish I just pirated this game instead.
