The overall concept of the game is addictive. You find yourself finally finishing an armor set, just to immediately move on to farming another. You will die in a very dumb way, rage-quit, and just hop back into the game 30 minutes later. The core game is very good.

The music is excellent (except for the Astera theme, which I find very annoying after a while), the graphics are great, especially with the High Res pack. And the monster designs are great. The controls will take some getting used to. I already owned the game on Xbox, and found playing the game with the Xbox control to feel sluggish and clunky. I waited to buy this version, until after the mouse input control issues were sorted out. Overall its a lot more enjoyable to play, now.

The community is....ehhhh....it's...a thing? As long as you know what you are getting yourself into when you leave your quests open, or fire that SOS flare, you should be fine. By getting yourself into, I mean...that the random people that join will usually make things more difficult for you. Every so often you'll get lucky and some high level pro will join you. But for the most part, you're gonna get people smacking you with their hunting horn and firing their bow in the wrong direction. You'll put the monster to sleep to set your barrels, just to have some guy smack you and the monster with his hammer before you can finish. You'll mount the monster, and have a guy drop a pile of rocks on you. Its REALLY a free-for-all crap-fest, so...yeah. If you want to play with randoms, just...make sure you bring your patience along. Otherwise, its definitely better to play solo or with friends.

Overall I've definitely been enjoying the game so far, even with the quirks.

The overall concept of the game is addictive. You find yourself finally finishing an armor set, just to immediately move on to farming another. You will die in a very dumb way, rage-quit, and just hop back into the game 30 minutes later. The core game is very good. The music is excellent (except for the Astera theme, which I find very annoying after a while), the graphics are great, especially with the High Res pack. And the monster designs are great. The controls will take some getting used to. I already owned the game on Xbox, and found playing the game with the Xbox control to feel sluggish and clunky. I waited to buy this version, until after the mouse input control issues were sorted out. Overall its a lot more enjoyable to play, now. The community is....ehhhh....it's...a thing? As long as you know what you are getting yourself into when you leave your quests open, or fire that SOS flare, you should be fine. By getting yourself into, I mean...that the random people that join will usually make things more difficult for you. Every so often you'll get lucky and some high level pro will join you. But for the most part, you're gonna get people smacking you with their hunting horn and firing their bow in the wrong direction. You'll put the monster to sleep to set your barrels, just to have some guy smack you and the monster with his hammer before you can finish. You'll mount the monster, and have a guy drop a pile of rocks on you. Its REALLY a free-for-all crap-fest, so...yeah. If you want to play with randoms, just...make sure you bring your patience along. Otherwise, its definitely better to play solo or with friends. Overall I've definitely been enjoying the game so far, even with the quirks.