Monster Hunter Wildshas already broken numerous records for the franchise and storefronts like Steam less than a week after its release, featuring the highest concurrent player count bothMonster Hunterand Capcom itself have ever seen. WhileWildshas also had a significant share of criticism over poor performance and frustrating menus, the gameplay itself is just as fluid and action-packed as you’d expect from the series. Combined with the updated combat and new wound moves,there are plenty of smaller features that might go unnoticed at first, but are game-changing for veteran hunters.
Throughout your time inMonster Hunter Wilds,you may come across some monsters that seem abnormally large or small in comparison to their normal stature, providing a small medal in the form of a crown when slain. Although it seems simple at first, encountering crowned monsters was a rare game of chance that could take hundreds of hours to achieve. While only a very small portion of the player base for eachMonster Hunterentry manages to collect each crown for all monsters, this number is likely to increase inWildsthanks to one major feature.
The Binoculars In Wilds' Can Instantly Spot Crown Sizes
Saving Countless Hours Of Pointless Grinding
Compared toWilds’predecessors, which had limited ways to tell if a monster would offer a crown or not from using hunter size comparisons or themed event quests,simply using aiming binoculars within roughly 80 feet of a monster will show a notification if it’s an abnormal size while displaying its exact crown. WithWildsbeing an officialsequel toMonster Hunter World, the ability to use the Ghille Mantle makes this ability even more game-changing, as you can simply ride past on the Seikret to check a monster’s size without worrying about being attacked or slowed down.
WithWildsnearly tripling the number of monsters in one location at a time compared to previous entries, the best way to search for crown sizes is often to just explore the open world one area at a time.
While the change is massively appreciated for reducing the amount of time investment required to successfully complete the dreaded crown-hunting achievements, it might not be the most universally accepted change. Aside from performance and server issues, one of the biggest complaints is thatWildsis too easycompared to its predecessors.
Changes like crown hunting are a prime example of a more casual shift in the series. Despite these concerns,crown farming was always an incredibly tedious and borderline torturous endeavor.Even the most recentWildsiteration still requires a level of dedication that not every player can manage.
Monster Hunter Wilds Has More Quality Of Life Features Than Ever Before
The Most Accessible The Series Has Been To Date
Another greatly appreciated change comes fromWilds’overhauling the layered armor system, which drastically reduces the amount of time needed to farm for simple cosmetics. Combined with the crown farming change,these overhauled features let you experience the more engaging hunts and material farming without being tied down to tedious challenges with disappointing rewards.
Monster Hunter Wilds Is Missing My Favorite Series Tradition, & I Don’t Care If It Makes Sense
Monster Hunter Wilds feels like a brand new era for the series, tampering with old traditions, although it misses one that I wish Capcom would add.
Despite being a spiritual successor toWorld,Monster Hunter Wildsis aperfect entry point for beginnersthanks to its accessibility changes, offering plenty of tips to get anyone up to speed quickly. From detailed tutorials and streamlined experience, combined with being the most ambitious entry in the series, it’s little surprise thatMonster Hunter Wildsbroke its own franchise records. With how many features have been improved with the newest entry in theMonster Hunter franchise,there’s much less need for community fixed when it comes toMonster Hunter Wilds, although a fan-made performance patch would be greatly appreciated.
