Where do I begin? Monster Hunter World is a fantastic game that you should go out and play right now if you're fan of:

- The Monster Hunter Series (obviously).
- Constant and pure boss fights.
- Teamwork.
- Rewarding gameplay.
- A good amount of content.

There's absolutely no contest. In my opinion, as a Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate player, this is the best game in the series to date. Some aspects can be fixed and/or improved but the overall package is pure Monster Hunter love all around.
I would've liked to see some monsters returning to the franchise but the new monsters do scratch that itch you're looking for. However, not everything is flowers and roses, like I said. The game has a few negative aspects that I do not find pleasing at all:

- Your HR(progress) is locked behind a main story.
- Unskippable cutscenes, UNSKIPPABLE CUTSCENES WHY.
- Can't join a hunt if the player is doing a main story hunt and they haven't watched all cutscenes (WHY DID THEY DO THIS).
- No G-rank (as of now, but iceborn will add Master Rank).
- Bad gathering hub this time around. It's pointless to use it mostly.
- Not good optimization for PC although it's been slightly improved (I run the game perfectly with a FX 8320 and a RX 480).
- NO ZAMTRIOS.

Everything else are pros from my point of view. Just be aware, if you plan to buy it to play with your friends, every single one of you will have to join a main story hunt separately, then leave and join to a single one after the cutscenes play. I still have no idea why they thought this was a good idea. The cutscenes played just fine in MH4U.

Those are the caveats I found and this comes from a Monster Hunter fan. Happy hunting!