Monster Hunter World Recieves It's First Review From Famitsu

TheDkmariolink · Jan 16, 2018

https://gematsu.com/2018/01/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1519

39/40.

Some review highlights:

* 50-60 hours to reach the ending. Lots of replay value after that.
* Massive increase in the feeling of presence, and lots of QoL changes make it a more comfortable experience. Truly worthy of being called the next generation Monster Hunter.
* The seamless areas keep you in the action, without an interruptions.
* The pacing of the action has also been increased.
* A wide range of information, from weapon trees to monster weakpoints and parts that can be broken can now all be checked in-game, making it much easier even for new players to start the game.
* Scoutflies are revolutionary.
* The areas spread out in all directions, there's always more things to find or see.
* The story has a strong, solid through line.
* Definitely a game for cat lovers.
* It also includes systems that series' fans can dig down deeper into.

For comparison, previous MH Famitsu scores:

MH2 37
MHP2G 36
MHF 36
MH3 40
MHP3 39
MH3G 38
MH3GHD 35
MH4 38
MH4G 36
MHX 36
MHXX 35

I know many of you (me included) take Famitsu with a grain of salt, but the review contains some additional information I thought would be thread worthy. Also, good thing to see the devs didn't bloat the story gameplay time by saying 40-50 hours. If anything, they undermined it.

*Receives not Recieves, whoops XD

Deleted member 31092 · Jan 16, 2018

Capcom didn't pay enough for the 40/40?

Bishop89 · Jan 16, 2018

Sounds great. I'm super excited for it, especially after participating in the beta.

Hope to God it sells well so they keep making more console ones

Blitzhex · Jan 16, 2018

Lower than Monster Hunter Tri, preorder cancelled.

BAN PUNCHER · Jan 16, 2018

Dust · Jan 16, 2018

Monsher Hunter has story?

Hikari · Jan 16, 2018

Very excited for it! I hope it's gonna be fun.

Horror · Jan 16, 2018

Final performance on PS4 regular?

Kinsei · Jan 16, 2018

So it's on par with Portable 3rd? I guess the game will be trash then.

Jokes aside, I'm taking this review with a massive grain of salt. Some of the stuff they've said seems to be straight up false based on my time with the beta.

TheDkmariolink · Jan 16, 2018

Kinsei said:
So it's on par with Portable 3rd? I guess the game will be trash then.

Jokes aside, I'm taking this review with a massive grain of salt. Some of the stuff they've said seems to be straight up false based on my time with the beta.

Whats been false, exactly?

Kinsei · Jan 16, 2018

TheDkmariolink said:
Whats been false, exactly?

That the seamless world keeps you in the action without interruptions. Chasing a monster as it leaves an area takes longer now that you have to run through the corridors between areas.

Lost · Jan 16, 2018

A god damn good score.

I guess it might be good!

Soundtrack2chaos · Jan 16, 2018

Lol Scoutflies are revolutionary now?

TheDkmariolink · Jan 16, 2018

Kinsei said:
That the seamless world keeps you in the action without interruptions. Chasing a monster as it leaves an area takes longer now that you have to run through the corridors between areas.

You can stop them from running away by paralyzing them or sleeping them, they usually get angry enough and stop running away and fight you.

I don't see how else they would have implemented the monster fleeing with the loading between zones having been removed, anyway.

LiK · Jan 16, 2018

"Seamless areas" is what I like.

tolkir · Jan 16, 2018

Chaos2Frozen · Jan 16, 2018

Kinsei said:
That the seamless world keeps you in the action without interruptions. Chasing a monster as it leaves an area takes longer now that you have to run through the corridors between areas.

Don't you have to do that in the past games anyway? At least now there isn't a loading scene between zones.

Kinsei · Jan 16, 2018

Chaos2Frozen said:
Don't you have to do that in the past games anyway? At least now there isn't a loading scene between zones.

The loading screen was much shorter than the time it takes to actually run through the connecting corridors in World.

Sanctuary · Jan 16, 2018

Dust said:
Monsher Hunter has story?

About as much as the God of War games ever did.

Cool on the score I guess, but I was planning on getting it anyway.

PhazonBlazer · Jan 16, 2018

I still don't know if I want to get this or Dragon Ball FighterZ at launch.

Toxi · Jan 16, 2018

Soundtrack2chaos said:
Lol Scoutflies are revolutionary now?

They're basically the Fluffy Mask.

Man I miss Cha-Cha.

potatohead · Jan 16, 2018

Boss

Can't wait this will be my first mh

Mr.Deadshot · Jan 16, 2018

Pretty sure this will become my favorite Monster Hunter game. The Beta was fantastic and the new QoL features sound great.

Chaos2Frozen · Jan 16, 2018

Unlike most people, I'm actually also interested in seeing how they handled the story.

I mean, if they're just gonna do it the same as the previous games you wouldn't think they would advertise it as much as they have for World.

SnakeyHips · Jan 16, 2018

Blitzhex said:
Lower than Monster Hunter Tri, preorder cancelled.

Same.

Jokes aside, how did Tri get a perfect score? Sure I think 3's world hasn't been matched (yet) but the underwater gameplay was....something.

Saint-14 · Jan 16, 2018

10 days to go, I probably can find a copy before the 26th.

TheDkmariolink · Jan 16, 2018

SnakeyHips said:
Same.

Jokes aside, how did Tri get a perfect score? Sure I think 3's world hasn't been matched (yet) but the underwater gameplay was....something.

The online play was revolutionary for Monster Hunter and how good it worked... even though in Japan it required you to pay a subscription fee to play online!

HStallion · Jan 16, 2018

Kinsei said:
That the seamless world keeps you in the action without interruptions. Chasing a monster as it leaves an area takes longer now that you have to run through the corridors between areas.

This is such a disingenuous reading of what that statement means. They mean seamless as in no loading times. There being obstacles for you to surmount along certain paths has nothing to do with that.

Falcato · Jan 16, 2018

Kinsei said:
That the seamless world keeps you in the action without interruptions. Chasing a monster as it leaves an area takes longer now that you have to run through the corridors between areas.

And you think that load screens are better? In previous games having to NOW LOADING go through 3 or NOW LOADING more screens really cuts the actions. At least for me it completely NOW LOADING killed the experience.

Toxi · Jan 16, 2018

Falcato said:
And you think that load screens are better? In previous games having to NOW LOADING go through 3 or NOW LOADING more screens really cuts the actions. At least for me it completely NOW LOADING killed the experience.

Kinsei's saying there was less time spent by the loading screens for directly adjacent rooms. They're not talking about the atmosphere. They're talking strictly about downtime between the fights that are the core gameplay.

I prefer the lack of loading screens, but that doesn't mean everyone has to.

SnakeyHips · Jan 16, 2018

TheDkmariolink said:
The online play was revolutionary for Monster Hunter and how good it worked... even though in Japan it required you to pay a subscription fee to play online!

True. Glad to hear they dropped the subscription free for MHW in Japan too because they easily could have without many complaints as it's standard over there.

Camjo-Z · Jan 16, 2018

worse than tri, preorder cancelled

edit: oh crap, someone already said that. uh...

better than mh4, preorder restored.

Menchi · Jan 16, 2018

Falcato said:
And you think that load screens are better? In previous games having to NOW LOADING go through 3 or NOW LOADING more screens really cuts the actions. At least for me it completely NOW LOADING killed the experience.

Exactly. I'd rather spend 5 seconds extra running through a corridor which I'm actually doing, than stare at a loading screen. Always one of the more annoying gripes with earlier MH titles.

Drencrom · Jan 16, 2018

Kinsei said:
That the seamless world keeps you in the action without interruptions. Chasing a monster as it leaves an area takes longer now that you have to run through the corridors between areas.

Actually playing the game is "interrupting" the action while sitting through a bunch of loading screens isn't? lmao

TheDkmariolink · Jan 16, 2018

Question: Is 50-60 hours standard to reach the "ending" of a monster hunter? I only played Tri, and it felt around that time, but that story didn't include High Rank like world's does.

The story missions in World are clearly marked this time, which takes guesswork away from finding out what the key quests are, which I guess can also decrease total story time in comparison with previous entries.

PatMan · Jan 16, 2018

This magazine is known for biased towards game made in Japan. I'll wait for a western review. Still excited for it though!

rzmunch · Jan 16, 2018

Almost 40/40! I hope it comes soon to PC...

Ridley327 · Jan 16, 2018

TheDkmariolink said:
Question: Is 50-60 hours standard to reach the "ending" of a monster hunter? I only played Tri, and it felt around that time, but that story didn't include High Rank like world's does.

The story missions in World are clearly marked this time, which takes guesswork away from finding out what the key quests are, which I guess can also decrease total story time in comparison with previous entries.

Yeah, 50-60 hours has been the average length for the single player content. This is actually a bit shorter than MH4U, but that honestly should have cut things off earlier than it should have, since the post-MH4 story content was uneven at best.

Rafako · Jan 16, 2018

I hope the sells are good for this one.
We need more console MH.

TheDkmariolink · Jan 16, 2018

rzmunch said:
Almost 40/40! I hope it comes soon to PC...

Bad news: http://www.pcgamer.com/monster-hunter-world-producer-explains-pc-delay/

Good news: Should be a fantastic PC port with all the free DLC and cosmetics included in from the start.

PC release is slated for Autumn 2018.

Jimmypython · Jan 16, 2018

The only thing I don't agree with is that MH4G is lower than MH4. MH3 is a 40/40 game!

BadWolf · Jan 16, 2018

Heh so it's the best reviewed MH since the series left PSP, interesting.

NSESN · Jan 16, 2018

Eh... the loading screens didnt take much time.

Braaier · Jan 16, 2018

So the check cleared?

rzmunch · Jan 16, 2018

TheDkmariolink said:
Bad news for you, buddy: http://www.pcgamer.com/monster-hunter-world-producer-explains-pc-delay/

PC release is slated for Autumn 2018. Which could be anywhere from September to early December.

That's too bad, I read it was after summer, but didn't though it may be December.

Kouriozan · Jan 16, 2018

Not even 40, buying Nintendogs instead. /s

Can't wait for the release.

visvim · Jan 16, 2018

how credible are their scores nowadays?

Mifec · Jan 16, 2018

visvim said:
how credible are their scores nowadays?

From a huge fan

BushidoBro · Jan 16, 2018

Took the 26th off from work, arranged for child care, ready to dig the hell into this. Most anticipated game of 2018 for me.

HStallion · Jan 16, 2018

Mifec said:
From a huge fan

So its a lock across the board then?

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