{"id":11347,"date":"2025-12-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=11347"},"modified":"2025-12-18T20:10:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T02:10:52","slug":"top-25-of-25-monster-hunter-wilds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=11347","title":{"rendered":"Top 25 of &#8217;25: Monster Hunter Wilds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You know there were too many good games released this year by the fact that I never went back to this one for any of the post-launch updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Release Year: 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developer: Capcom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Platform: PlayStation, Xbox, PC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top 25 of &#039;25: Monster Hunter Wilds\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bs0vuMrtz5s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would say that a few years ago, I was a very diehard Monster Hunter player. Even all the way up to <strong>Monster Hunter Rise<\/strong>, I was hugely obsessed with the series, and would dump hundreds of hours into each release. While I did play <strong>Monster Hunter Wilds<\/strong> a ton for the first month of its life, I was quickly distracted by other games and haven&#8217;t ever gone back to it. That&#8217;s not to knock Wilds in any way: it&#8217;s amazing and I enjoyed every moment of my time with it. I just can&#8217;t be laser-focused on a single game anymore these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MH Wilds, I guess has a story of some description. I couldn&#8217;t tell you what it is, because I actually wish there wasn&#8217;t so I could just focus on playing. There&#8217;s some annoying wiener kid, and wyvern milk, and, uh&#8230; Mewtwo clones of monsters, or something? I dunno, it doesn&#8217;t matter to me. Every time someone started talking in this game, I wished they would hurry it along so I could get back to the hunt. In retrospect, I guess maybe I didn&#8217;t enjoy <em>every<\/em> moment of my time with Wilds, but I meant that in terms of gameplay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And gameplay! This game has it! And it&#8217;s so gooooood! It&#8217;s not especially different from any other Monster Hunter game, but as you would expect from a sequel, it smooths down some rough edges from previous games to make the experience that much better. I do think that some of the changes are a step back from Rise, like removing the wirebugs and replacing your dog with a chocobo, but overall it&#8217;s still immensely satisfying to play. And if you need the rundown on what that means: you pick an oversized weapon, and then go out to slay humongous monsters that overpower you by like a million times. It&#8217;s Boss Fight: The Game, basically. You can also go online to team up with up to three other hunters, and I can happily say that the online experience has been excellent, at least for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As with all good creature-focused games, Monster Hunter Wilds introduces a whole new crew of beasties to slay. While I have to admit that the roster is quite a bit smaller than I would have liked, and is about half returning or palette-swapped monsters, the new ones are all super cool. Some of my favourites include a new dinosaur turkey known as Quematrice; an angry fire gorilla that I thought was a kappa at first, Ajarakan; and the imposing flagship monster, Arkveld. The final boss was also a really awesome fight, but for some reason Capcom decided not to let players replay said fight until it was unlocked in an update at some point down the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like I said at the start, I haven&#8217;t given myself a chance to boot up the game since Capcom has released any of the free updates throughout the year, but as I understand it, there&#8217;s a lot of even cooler content in the game now. Maybe one day I&#8217;ll get to it, maybe not. Either way, I definitely got my fill of Monster Hunter Wilds, and it&#8217;s given me many pleasant memories. By far one of the best games I&#8217;ve played all year when it comes to pure fun, even if it did stop a little to often to try to make me care about the story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know there were too many good games released this year by the fact that I never went back to this one for any of the post-launch updates. I would say that a few years ago, I was a very diehard Monster Hunter player. 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