Currently this game is a 7/10. It needed more time in the oven to iron out fixes and polish up on content. this game doesn't have 'no content', but it definitely needed more.

- Enjoyable Story
- Fun Characters
- Great Music
- Areas are expansive, detailed and provide good immersion
- Monster Designs are amazing and their fights even more so
- New Weapon Crafting System. It's cool and useful.
- The new investigation system is 10/10.

- Gore Magala's fight is a major fumble. Why do we have to ruin his first hunt with blagonga, just ruins the quest / interaction.
- 29 Monsters on Launch. removing the duplicates (Guardian Rathalos & Guardian Arkveld), then that makes 27.
- No Elder Dragons in Base Game. Gore Magala's new classification is 'Demi-Elder' and the Low Rank Final Boss / Final Area's Classification being Construct
- Optional Quests are lacking. Additionally, lack of capture quests.
- Poor Optimisation and object tearing in areas.
- No High Rank Final Boss (Arkveld was very much expected to be included in high rank, and felt underwhelming to find nothing after)
- Lack of Layered Weapons in High Rank. We are given the option to create / have layered armour in High Rank with the creation of HR gear, why are we not given the option to also do the same with weapons. Additionally, lack of access to Palico Layered weapons.
- Having ONLY the Light Bowgun have access to Rey Dau and not the other gun type weapons (Heavy, Gun Lance) feels like a slap in the face.
- NPCs having the ability to leave their regular working station is a double edged sword. Gemma in the Oilwell Basin being able to nearly disappear after the arrival of the Black Flame confuses players. Alma being able to wander about the camps is a nice immersion detail, but it's a drag to have to run across the camp (Suja) to talk to her. Optionally there is the tent as backup, but this just felt like a peeve to me.
- Decorations. While I understand the balance of splitting decorations into Weapon Decos and Armour Decos, I do not appreciate that you can not apply weapon decorations onto armour pieces. Having the necessary decorations but not being able to apply them because they're not the right type is really unhelpful.

Review at 16.3 Hours (End of Low Rank)
Now my favourite monster hunter so far,
- Great Music
- Areas look and feel fantastic
- Monster Designs are amazing and their fights even more so

Having a blast so far, looking forward to more!

[h1] Wait for a Sale or Wait for More Updates [/h1] Currently this game is a 7/10. It needed more time in the oven to iron out fixes and polish up on content. this game doesn't have 'no content', but it definitely needed more. [h3]What I'm Happy with:[/h3] - Enjoyable Story - Fun Characters - Great Music - Areas are expansive, detailed and provide good immersion - Monster Designs are amazing and their fights even more so - New Weapon Crafting System. It's cool and useful. - The new investigation system is 10/10. [h3]What I'm not happy with:[/h3] - Gore Magala's fight is a major fumble. Why do we have to ruin his first hunt with blagonga, just ruins the quest / interaction. - 29 Monsters on Launch. removing the duplicates (Guardian Rathalos & Guardian Arkveld), then that makes 27. - No Elder Dragons in Base Game. Gore Magala's new classification is 'Demi-Elder' and the Low Rank Final Boss / Final Area's Classification being [spoiler] Construct [/spoiler] - Optional Quests are lacking. Additionally, lack of capture quests. - Poor Optimisation and object tearing in areas. - No High Rank Final Boss [spoiler] (Arkveld was very much expected to be included in high rank, and felt underwhelming to find nothing after)[/spoiler] - Lack of Layered Weapons in High Rank. We are given the option to create / have layered armour in High Rank with the creation of HR gear, why are we not given the option to also do the same with weapons. Additionally, lack of access to Palico Layered weapons. - Having ONLY the Light Bowgun have access to Rey Dau and not the other gun type weapons (Heavy, Gun Lance) feels like a slap in the face. - NPCs having the ability to leave their regular working station is a double edged sword. Gemma in the Oilwell Basin being able to nearly disappear after the arrival of the Black Flame confuses players. Alma being able to wander about the camps is a nice immersion detail, but it's a drag to have to run across the camp [spoiler](Suja)[/spoiler] to talk to her. Optionally there is the tent as backup, but this just felt like a peeve to me. - Decorations. While I understand the balance of splitting decorations into Weapon Decos and Armour Decos, I do not appreciate that you can not apply weapon decorations onto armour pieces. Having the necessary decorations but not being able to apply them because they're not the right type is really unhelpful. Review at 16.3 Hours (End of Low Rank) Now my favourite monster hunter so far, - Great Music - Areas look and feel fantastic - Monster Designs are amazing and their fights even more so Having a blast so far, looking forward to more!