This is a review of Monster Hunter World with Iceborne, as Iceborne is basically a requirement
My first Monster Hunter game was Freedom Unite, and have been playing and loving the series ever since. I pre ordered Monster Hunter World and was not disappointed, it has everything the old games have, and have many quality of life improvements, the fact that you can join people mid hunt being the biggest one.
If you've never played a Monster Hunter game before, imagine world building and biology on or surpassing the Witcher 3. The thought and logic behind the biology and ecology of all the different monsters and how they interact with each other is the best i’ve seen in any video game. The zoology in these games is what made me interested in them in the first place. In the old games you had cutscenes to see how they interacted with their environment, nothing in game besides leaving the fight for a snack, in World you can see the interactions in the game, during and out of combat.
The story of MHW is nowhere near the Witcher but the game play is some of the most rewarding, repeatable, and fun combat of any action game. There is no character leveling at all instead everything is based on your equipment. There are 14 different weapons that have been added and improved on in all of the previous MH games so in World each weapon type is deeper and more finely tuned than most combat systems of other games, and there's 14 different one all of the same quality. You can switch between any weapon at any time. Many of the monsters have been iterated on for 5 generations so like the weapons they are constantly being improved, and the new monsters are made with the experience of a 15 year old franchise yet still brings new creative ideas forward. The equipment and sets have extremely deep and complex systems working behind what you can actually see. The variety and fun wacky things you can do with your armor and sert bonuses almost has no end. Sure the current meta of Fatalis equipment for raw and 5 set safi for element with kjaar weapons. However this stage of the game is at the end and there's nothing stopping you from using anything else you want.
This is my personal favorite game that I have ever played and you could argue that there are disappointing things in the equipment meta like how weakness exploit got crapped on if you don’t have Iceborne, but the game as a whole is so good that minor things like that are just insignificant in comparison to all of the great parts of this game. Infact Weakness exploit being nerfed so hard encourages people without iceborne to play with people who have it. Giving people an ingame reason to play multiplayer and make friends with real people. I highly recommend anyone and everyone should try Monster Hunter World and Iceborne.

This is a review of Monster Hunter World with Iceborne, as Iceborne is basically a requirement My first Monster Hunter game was Freedom Unite, and have been playing and loving the series ever since. I pre ordered Monster Hunter World and was not disappointed, it has everything the old games have, and have many quality of life improvements, the fact that you can join people mid hunt being the biggest one. If you've never played a Monster Hunter game before, imagine world building and biology on or surpassing the Witcher 3. The thought and logic behind the biology and ecology of all the different monsters and how they interact with each other is the best i’ve seen in any video game. The zoology in these games is what made me interested in them in the first place. In the old games you had cutscenes to see how they interacted with their environment, nothing in game besides leaving the fight for a snack, in World you can see the interactions in the game, during and out of combat. The story of MHW is nowhere near the Witcher but the game play is some of the most rewarding, repeatable, and fun combat of any action game. There is no character leveling at all instead everything is based on your equipment. There are 14 different weapons that have been added and improved on in all of the previous MH games so in World each weapon type is deeper and more finely tuned than most combat systems of other games, and there's 14 different one all of the same quality. You can switch between any weapon at any time. Many of the monsters have been iterated on for 5 generations so like the weapons they are constantly being improved, and the new monsters are made with the experience of a 15 year old franchise yet still brings new creative ideas forward. The equipment and sets have extremely deep and complex systems working behind what you can actually see. The variety and fun wacky things you can do with your armor and sert bonuses almost has no end. Sure the current meta of Fatalis equipment for raw and 5 set safi for element with kjaar weapons. However this stage of the game is at the end and there's nothing stopping you from using anything else you want. This is my personal favorite game that I have ever played and you could argue that there are disappointing things in the equipment meta like how weakness exploit got crapped on if you don’t have Iceborne, but the game as a whole is so good that minor things like that are just insignificant in comparison to all of the great parts of this game. Infact Weakness exploit being nerfed so hard encourages people without iceborne to play with people who have it. Giving people an ingame reason to play multiplayer and make friends with real people. I highly recommend anyone and everyone should try Monster Hunter World and Iceborne.