Monster Hunter Wilds
February 27, 2025
The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality. Fulfill your duty as a Hunter by tracking and defeating powerful …
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Critic Reviews (35)
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85.0
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92.0
"Monster Hunter Wilds is a natural evolution of the series, improving on almost every aspect of its predecessors. While the main campaign can be a bit short, the real game begins in the post-game, where the possibilities multiply and the …"
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90.0
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90.0
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90.0
"I see myself putting several hundred hours into this game."
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85.0
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78.0
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62.0
"Monster Hunter Wilds moves the franchise forward from previous games, yet it tends to step into some of the same traps that both World and Rise did. Those issues, however, are dwarfed by an addictive gameplay loop that will keep …"
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85.0
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95.0
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90.0
"The Forbidden Lands are an enticing new playground for the series, and I look forward to spending dozens more hours uncovering the rest of its secrets."
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100.0
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100.0
"After 100 hours of gameplay and reaching Hunter Rank 110, I can confidently say that Monster Hunter Wilds is a better game than World and Rise. Largely focusing on streamlining and making the overall experience more accessible, without removing the …"
Read original review"Monster Hunter Wilds is the most accessible game in the franchise to date, which means huge improvements along with questionable choices."
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85.0
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95.0
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70.0
"Monster Hunter Wilds is one of the most exciting games of recent years. It further polishes the winning intuitions of Monster Hunter World and grafts them into a living, changing open world to deliver a first-rate synaesthetic spectacle in the …"
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96.0
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94.0
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88.0
"Monster Hunter Wilds is the best Monster Hunter has ever felt. It looks incredible and plays even better with fluid weapon combos, an incredibly addicting gameplay loop, and various monsters to fight. It’s not quite perfect, with the multiplayer features …"
Read original review"Monster Hunter Wilds is a wild attempt to attract a new audience to the series. Capcom is diving headlong into a broader, but also flatter market, with a game that is as tremendously polished in terms of gameplay as it …"
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87.0
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92.0
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84.0
"Monster Hunter Wilds is the best Monster Hunter game we&s;ve ever had. The best storyline, the best visuals, and changes to the combat that revolutionise the way the game plays. That said, striving for the widest audience yet has dulled …"
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97.0
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96.0
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94.0
"I am already 50 hours in, and I can’t wait to double - triple, quadruple! - that number in the coming weeks and months. This one’s a classic, as far as I&s;m concerned."
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78.0
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62.0
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74.0
"Monster Hunter Wilds delivers a ton of incredible new content, buried underneath the usual UI nightmare plus a long, interminable campaign. The new features of the game are fun and exciting once the game opens up, and there are a …"
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80.0
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95.0
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40.0
"It’s a streamlined Monster Hunter that goes to great lengths to avoid all of the fiddly (and often confusing) systems the series is known for. That’s a noble goal and one that I ultimately found to be refreshing, but in …"
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92.0
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96.0
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88.0
"Monster Hunter Wilds is the natural evolution of the formula introduced in Monster Hunter World, and one of the best entries in the series. While veterans may find the lower challenge level noticeable, and performance could definitely be better on …"
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92.0
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88.0
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75.0
"This is the pinnacle of the series, a definitive experience . Monster Hunter Wilds offers everything that players have longed for from previous installments. It borrows heavily from World and mirrors certain elements of Rise . All in all, it&s;s …"
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75.0
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90.0
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65.0
"Once it gets its claws in, it’s hard to escape Monster Hunter Wilds’ grasp. It balances high-octane spectacle with the kind of meditative RPG progression hooks that live service games dream of. It’s a successful evolution from Monster Hunter World, …"
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75.0
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70.0
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65.0
"Monster Hunter Wilds is a giant stomp towards a bigger and brighter future for the beast-slaying series. Despite the sluggish pace of its story and a few muddy textures on base PS5, it&s;s clear Capcom hasn’t bitten off more than …"
Read original review"Monster Hunter Wilds is another excellent addition to the long-running series, adding new fun mechanics such as Focus Mode that bring life to its stable of weapons. Environments are also larger and feel more alive while confronting the game’s strongest …"
Read original review""Despite a lot of problems Monster Hunter Wilds still pushes the series forward in many ways""
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92.0
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96.0
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84.0
"Monster Hunter Wilds is confident, bold, and one of the best Monster Hunter games ever, thanks to its ability to stand on the giant shoulders of Worlds and improve it in virtually every way."
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95.0
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98.0
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30.0
"You could pick Wilds up as a newcomer and have a tremendous time playing through the story. You could stop there and it would still be worth the price of admission. But I will be playing it for a long …"
Read original review"A hallmark of excellence. There may be flaws, but they are negligible and won&s;t cause massive damage."
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80.0
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75.0
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75.0
"Monster Hunter Wilds is bold and beautiful."
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90.0
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85.0
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80.0
"Best in class monster combat makes up for a wilderness that&s;s a touch too streamlined."
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70.0
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65.0
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45.0
"The new open zones and more complex monster behaviors are impressive and interesting to explore, and as always, hunts can be challenging, rewarding, exhausting, and fun."
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90.0
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75.0
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65.0
"The most exhilarating and refined Monster Hunter yet, even if its attempts to balance the old and new don&s;t always quite coalesce in its ongoing quest to please all audiences."
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70.0
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92.0
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35.0
"In just about any other game, even a single boss fight that displayed this level of carefully detailed lifelikeness would count as a major highlight. But in the context of Monster Hunter Wilds, the examples above can almost feel unremarkable, …"
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60.0
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60.0
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60.0
"Although it’s possible that Monster Hunter Wilds could put off some veterans who started early with the series, it’s made a massive jump in progress towards being a more well-rounded game that is inviting to a much broader audience"
Read original review"It has issues, but Monster Hunter Wilds iterates on a winning formula with another captivating collection of monsters to slay"
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85.0
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78.0
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"Few games can match the satisfaction of Monster Hunter - and Monster Hunter Wilds might just be the most satisfying instalment yet. Capcom has fine tuned the act of felling colossal foes, creating one of the most rewarding games of …"
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68.0
"There&s;s no doubt about it, Monster Hunter Wilds is one of the best games of the year, and something we&s;ll be talking about a lot throughout 2025. I can&s;t wait for all the free updates coming in the next months, …"
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88.0
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92.0
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68.0
"Once these games click for you, you will never be able to stop playing them. Wilds is the perfect introduction. If you have never tried this type of game before, then give it a try and hopefully you will be …"
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85.0
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45.0
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30.0
"Monster Hunter Wilds continues to smooth off the rougher corners of the series in smart ways, making for some extremely fun fights but also lacking any real challenge."
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68.0
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72.0
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64.0
"Monster Hunter Wilds is a fun experience and has all the staples that make the series so enjoyable. Unfortunately, some choices make it hard to enjoy yourself for a significant amount of time while making your way to the portion …"
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