I was a bit skeptical about getting into the MHW's franchise as i've never played a MH game before, but after playing the game for around 2 hours i was instantly hooked.
the game is fun, seriously fun. and quite challenging at some times, one of my favorite things about the game is that, your character doesn't get any stronger\better like your avg MMO, but rather YOU do. obviously your equipments DOES get better too, which also plays a role in the whole thing BUT at the end of the day, the biggest factor remains that, the more knowledge u gain about how to play the game and use it's mechanics, the more efficient your hunts will be, because your equipments can only carry you so much !

So you need to dedicate some time and effort solely into understanding
- Certain monsters behaviors\weaknesses
- Certain Game mechanics
- Important parts of maps, etc etc~

and while i KNOW this may sound like a chore to do, Trust me ... it REALLY never felt like it is. it was just really fun to learn all sort of stuff about the game and how it works and how to deal with all of these monsters and all~ so even the learning process of the game is really fun!
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Now If i had an issue with this game it'd be just how iceborne breaks the base game in a really unfair way.
you see, most dlc's are just "Adds-On" to the existing game, they may have a couple of op weapons here and there buuuut they don't really totally "Break" the game at all.
Iceborne on the other hand, Is Like .... a WHOOOOOLE game, it's like.. as good as MHW2 ! It's got everything the base game has, but just BETTER.
So let's say you've put 100 hours into the base game and you've grinded so much and you feel like you've really built an endgame setup for the game and all of that. Well... You could have put the SAME amount of time and effort into the iceborne dlc and gotten like a ten times stronger setup.

The Huge Gap between the dlc and the base game just really makes the base game itself not worth playing anymore... because you know all the people went over to the iceborne dlc, and they can join your quests in the base game, and most of the time they just end up killing the monster in under 2 minutes at best and that just really ruins the fun for you cuz u just really did nothing. and i KNOW u can just "pLaY tHe gAmE aLOnE" but it's a multiplayer game ... why do i have to avoid mp in a mp game- (Also you REALLY feel left out if you only play the base game lol)

And This Brings me to the Point of, While YES the base game is Absolutely great and fun and worth the Buy, You're Still not gonna get the full experience if you don't buy the DLC, and i'm just not a huge fan of this whole thing if i'm being honest with you. BUT aside from that, if you have no problem getting both the DLC and the Base game, then you're really in for a one hell of an experience !

I was a bit skeptical about getting into the [b]MHW's[/b] franchise as i've never played a [b]MH[/b] game before, but after playing the game for around 2 hours i was instantly hooked. the game is fun, seriously fun. and quite challenging at some times, one of my favorite things about the game is that, your character doesn't get any stronger\better like your avg MMO, but rather [b]YOU[/b] do. obviously your equipments DOES get better too, which also plays a role in the whole thing BUT at the end of the day, the biggest factor remains that, the more knowledge u gain about how to play the game and use it's mechanics, the more efficient your hunts will be, because your equipments can only carry you so much ! So you need to dedicate some [u]time[/u] and [u]effort[/u] solely into understanding - Certain monsters behaviors\weaknesses - Certain Game mechanics - Important parts of maps, etc etc~ and while i KNOW this may sound like a chore to do, Trust me ... it REALLY never felt like it is. it was just really fun to learn all sort of stuff about the game and how it works and how to deal with all of these monsters and all~ so even the learning process of the game is really fun! --------------------------------- Now If i had an issue with this game it'd be just how [b]iceborne[/b] breaks the base game in a really unfair way. you see, most dlc's are just "Adds-On" to the existing game, they may have a couple of op weapons here and there buuuut they don't really totally "Break" the game at all. [b]Iceborne[/b] on the other hand, Is Like .... a WHOOOOOLE game, it's like.. as good as MHW2 ! It's got everything the base game has, but just BETTER. So let's say you've put 100 hours into the base game and you've grinded so much and you feel like you've really built an endgame setup for the game and all of that. Well... You could have put the SAME amount of time and effort into the [b]iceborne[/b] dlc and gotten like a ten times stronger setup. The Huge Gap between the dlc and the base game just really makes the base game itself not worth playing anymore... because you know all the people went over to the iceborne dlc, and they can join your quests in the base game, and most of the time they just end up killing the monster in under 2 minutes at best and that just really ruins the fun for you cuz u just really did nothing. and i KNOW u can just "pLaY tHe gAmE aLOnE" but it's a multiplayer game ... why do i have to avoid mp in a mp game- (Also you REALLY feel left out if you only play the base game lol) And This Brings me to the Point of, While YES the base game is Absolutely great and fun and worth the Buy, You're Still not gonna get the full experience if you don't buy the DLC, and i'm just not a huge fan of this whole thing if i'm being honest with you. BUT aside from that, if you have no problem getting both the DLC and the Base game, then you're really in for a one hell of an experience !