7 Tips When Starting Monster Hunter Wilds

While Capcom's Monster Hunter series has always had its fans, 2020's Monster Hunter: World sent it mainstream. Now, Monster Hunter Wilds is the next game in Capcom's long-running action combat franchise, bringing latest-gen console improvements to big creature fights. As players get their hands on the new game when it releases on Feb.28, they'll find Monster Hunter Wilds faithfully preserving the core appeal of the series: set out with weapons, hunt big monsters, harvest their parts and forge them into new weapons and armor. But while the game looks like an expansion of Monster Hunter: World, it has a host of quality-of-life upgrades that ease the experience. Some of these changes are obvious once you start playing, like a seamless transition from camp to the creature-filled regions around it. The Seikret mounts ferry you around (even automatically routing you to your hunt if you'd like), carry supplies and hold a second weapon that you can swap to mid-fight. And the wound system has ... Read full article.