When it comes to swinging big weapons at even bigger monsters, Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise rises above the rest — and I got to play a chunk of the next game in the series ahead of its upcoming release. Monster Hunter Wilds is coming out in a matter of weeks on Feb. 28 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC, and the slice of the early game I got my hands on had lots of familiar gameplay for returning fans.
It’s understandable for Capcom to hew close to 2018’s Monster Hunter: World, which was a colossal success that broke the game into the mainstream (the game sold 25 million copies as of last March, the publisher said). For much of this preview, I wouldn’t have been surprised if this was a DLC expansion for World, as a lot of the hunt-specific gameplay loop is similar: choose a powerful monster to hunt
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