Monster Hunter’s rival Wild Hearts is almost done, and everything we’ve seen from the EA-published fantasy game of Koei’s Tecmo Omega Force division is shaping up to be a serious contender for Capcom’s crown. The idea of beating Monster Hunter at its own game with the first entry might be a bit daring, but Wild Hearts takes a certain step forward in a way that fans of Monster Hunter and the genre in general should expect. the future.
I have played over 2000 hours of Monster Hunter World. It’s a long time and it’s not something I can say lightly, but I say it with confidence because it’s a game that deserves your attention. I didn’t play as long due to weird obligations or because I was relentlessly stuck in a rut, just having fun. I also spent several hundred hours on Monster Hunter Rise, a game that’s even more impressive than World in some ways, despite its intentionally smaller scale.
After all this time, you notice the little things, and Wild Hearts is about to offer some key improvements that Monster Hunter will know about in the future. Among them is full cross-platform play for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox players, including in-game voice chat capability, as well as text chat and emote options you’d expect depending on Monster Hunter’s stickers and screams. This is a very welcome change, especially since my friends in the game are currently somewhat spread out across multiple platforms.
Hunting in Wild Hearts, just like in their Monster Hunter counterparts, will fail after three knockouts. However, being able to revive your teammates and save yourself with one of three chances makes the appeal of fighting the strongest Wild Hearts monsters in the party that much more appealing. Some of the tougher fights in Monster Hunter World and its Iceborne expansion were almost easier on your own, because you didn’t split that miss meter into a large group that could have the entire hunt ending in one devastating attack.
Another welcome improvement is how Wild Hearts camps work. Just like in Monster Hunter, you will be able to build additional camps as resting points throughout the world. However, as YouTuber Ms 5000 Watts has demonstrated (see below at 9:33), you can place them anywhere and then expand them however you like, including things like zip lines and more. Wild Hearts tools to help you get there and back fast.
Again, this is a nice evolution from the systems seen in Monster Hunter World and Rise. On top of that, you can eat food at any time to gain stat boosts when not in combat. More recent Monster Hunter games have made improvements to allow you to eat at camp after the hunt, but being able to do this anywhere is an even better feature.
These changes allow you to stay focused on your task without being penalized for forgetting the perfect course of action, which is easy for veterans but can be another hurdle for newcomers. Similarly, Ms 5000 Watts introduces the Wild Hearts Boot Camp (approximately 6:28 into the video above), giving you a full walkthrough of your weapon and how to use the Monster Hunter World moveset in the corner of the screen (notably absent from Rise).
While aiming to make it easier than ever for newcomers to experience gameplay in Monster Hunter, Wild Hearts promises easier access settings, including a screen reader, text-to-speech and text-to-speech options, and other parameters. . such as colorblind tools that help players enjoy the game as intended.
As an avid monster hunter, it won’t surprise you that I also spent quite a bit of time on Dauntless, a more arcadey take on the format from Phoenix Labs and Epic Games. While this game was a pretty solid take on the genre, it definitely leaned towards the quicker and simpler side of things, and I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that it had some influence on Capcom, notably the villainous Monster Hunter Rise. following one. . By comparison, Wild Hearts seems to focus a lot more on scale, scope, and spectacle than World gave us in 2018.
There’s still no word on Monster Hunter World 2, but it’s safe to say that Capcom will want a direct sequel to its best-selling game of all time. Let’s just hope Wild Hearts is as good as it seems. Success or failure, its mere existence should inspire Capcom to make Monster Hunter even better in the future. Competition ultimately benefits us all, after all.
Wild Hearts will launch on February 16 on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and the EA Store. In the meantime, check out other great games like Monster Hunter, as well as other better cooperative games if you just want to have a good time with your friends.
Source : PC Gamesn
