Monster Hunter Monster Hunter Wilds (2025)

[Azure Sage]

Wow. Loving the armor and the weapon aesthetics. Reminds me of Rakna Kadaki... the new moves look really cool, too. Sword mode gets a buff, and axe mode looks more versatile. I'm impressed. I haven't really liked the feel of charge blade in the newer games, but this looks promising...

 

[Azure Sage]

So glad to see they kept the good stuff from risebreak like evades during charging and water strike. If they keep the blue charge mode too, I'll be a happy guy.

 

[Azure Sage]

The gunner weapons aren't my thing, but this does look more fluid than what I've seen of it in other games... I'm sure fans of this weapon will like this.

 

[Azure Sage]

The good ol' sns... I see some sunbreak moves in there, good. The new stuff looks pretty slick, too. Looks promising.

 

[Azure Sage]

Jeez they didn't even talk about its charging and discharging mechanics. They zoomed through this. The weapon looks much faster overall, though. Looks cool.

 

[Azure Sage]

Damn, bow looks really sick. Homing arrows is kinda crazy. I am in love with that armor set, too.

 

[Azure Sage]

Well, that sure is lance, I guess. I'm not sure I saw anything truly *new*. Did look a little faster, though.

Also I can't believe my dual blades are gonna be last. They better pop off with em.

 

[Azure Sage]

They truly saved the best for last. Not only do we get a form of demon flight, we also get a form of the adept dodge. Having both at once is part of what made sunbreak db so peak, so I'm super happy to see this follow suit. The new moves look incredibly cool, too. Really hope it feels as good as it looks.

That's the last of the weapon previews. Gamescon trailer is coming soon...

 

[twilitfalchion]

They did SnS justice, and that makes me very happy. Side note on the female Rath armor actually looking less like a clunky battle maiden dress and more like a proper female counterpart to the male version. Love to see it as someone who usually plays female hunters.

 

[Azure Sage]

At this point, I'm feeling a lot better on the weapon gameplay as a whole. I'm so glad most of them are drawing more on sunbreak movesets. That's what I was hoping to see. Still bitter about scoutflies and the slinger though...

Now, there's three things left I need to know before I'm fully set on this game.

1. It better run on steam deck. Please do not let this game launch like DD2 did. (and that game still isn't optimized properly)

That's the main thing, actually. The other two are more cosmetic things.

2. I wanna see a much more robust character creator, similar to DD2's. I really, really want the option to have two hair colors. DD2 did that, and Stories 2 also did that. Come on, Capcom. Do it for Wilds. The character I make might actually depend on this.

3. I love some of the armor we've seen so far. That set they used in the bow showcase is definitely strong fashion material. However, what I really want to see more than anything else is some kind of poncho/cloak like the kamura cloak or the bherna chest piece. That's my biggest desire for armor designs right now.

 

[Azure Sage]

New trailer form gamescon. Gotta say, more hype than the second trailer, which I didn't really like.

• new monster Lala Barina is really fricken cool. the dance like movements, the design, all of it rocks.
• confirmation of followers returning as npc support hunters. good. that was a great thing to carry over from sunbreak.
• new map Scarlet Forest reminds me a lot of the primal forest from mh4u in vibes, especially with the red water and flowers.
• i spy that dual blades demon dance getting extra steps added on. that's sick.
• first glimpse of the first town/base. not much to say about it yet, but it looks way more compact than astera. that's a good thing.
• railgun wyvern is identified as Rey Dau, its the apex predator of the first map but its not confirmed to be the flagship monster yet... tbh i doubt it is.
• we see a couple other weapon moves. i think the hammer was shown to still have blue charge mode so im happy to see that.
• we see palicos set up temporary campsites which we learned about in a previous interview.
• we see the ghillie mantle which means the mantle system as a whole is back from world... kinda meh on it but, its fairly inoffensive as far as world stuff goes. theres much worse things they couldve done.
• SOOOO TASTY!

If they manage to optimize this game, it probably will be a solid entry. Looks way better than world, at the very least. We'll know for sure in due time...

 

[Azure Sage]

Gamescon showcases are over, and we learned a ton of good stuff. Here's some rundowns.








I'm super excited that armor isn't genderlocked anymore and we're getting the option to have two hair colors like I was hoping for. More options for customization is always better.

The general gameplay flow looks pretty cool. Rather than returning to the hub, you just keep going until you decide to return on your own. That's gonna be neat. Focus mode looks like a great addition in practice. All of the direct feed gameplay has been promising.

At this point, all I can do is keep pressing my biggest point: MAKE IT OPTIMIZED FOR STEAM DECK. None of this matters if I can't even play the damn game properly. I'm starting to see more people get vocal about this too, so I hope capcom takes notice and actually delivers a good, *optimized* experience this time. That "hunters are stronger together" tagline they used for universal crossplay only applies if all hunters can properly engage with the game.

 

[verner]

Nothing official. Capcom usually does a half year of active advertising before releases for mh and Capcom likes to put big games/releases in Q1 for fiscal reasons. So many believe it will release in the first months of 2025 but we can't know for sure.

 

[Azure Sage]

New trailer today that reveals the release date as Feb 28th next year! Just five months away. Not a bad wait.

This trailer was actually pretty good, too.

• we get a couple more angles on the scarlet forest. the inclemency appears to be a heavy rainstorm and flooding. dunno if weve seen the fallow yet. im willing to bet our first look at it was the plenty.
• the possible apex of the scarlet forest is a really cool amatsu-lookin weather loach kinda funky guy. absolutely love the design. hes huge too. damn. also the scarlet forest really looks a lot like the flooded forest from 3u/rise in inclemency. i almost thought it was the same map.
• then we see a brand new map. we get a quick flash of the fallow with a dried out river and the plenty with a flowing river. and a lot of trees. so yet another water forest like the scarlet forest. weird. but its super pretty and is covered in ruins so thats cool. it does at least look distinct from the scarlet forest.
• Edit: lol that was the plenty of the scarlet forest not a third map. good job, me. very observant.
• we see a new tribe of little guys. they kinda look like otters. i do love it when mh just has these lil freaks running around and vibing.
• another new monster. some kinda chicken raptor that uses fire. love it.
• and cue the overly intrusive story... we get our first look at the flagship now. its design is kinda interesting. we're getting a clearer picture of what happened to nata. i gotta admit tho... when nata said "bro gimme your weapon ILL hunt the damn thing myself".... that was kinda metal.
• aaaaand cue all the microtransactions. downgrading the guild knight set, one of the most iconic armor sets, to a preorder bonus? the disrespect. the deluxe bonuses look like they belong in rise. not thrilled with them. and theres even a premium pass now lmao. they just go harder into the bull**** with every release now huh. at least the developers confirmed they want to keep it purely cosmetic.

Overall, a good watch. I'm cautiously excited. Better run on steam deck...

 

[Azure Sage]

We had a presentation today. I watched it on my lunch break at work. I gotta say, I think this is the best trailer yet.

• first look at the third map, the oilwell basin, and its town, azuz. really like the theme here. oil and fire. pretty sick.
• new monsters rampopolo and ajarakan. the first one especially has an insanely unique design, one of the freakiest looking mfers in the series in a good while.
• the black flame... no official name confirmed yet but hes so frickin cool. one of the coolest new monsters for this game by far. he reminds a lot of nakarkos from gen. hes probably the apex of the basin.
• still dont care about the story but the bits of it here were actually interesting. it sounds like the people of azuz were trying to forcibly start the inclemency aka the firespring. and it seems like their idea to control nature is backfiring. thats actually neat. we shall see...
• open beta timeeeee. an actual demo would be preferable... but whatever. lame that playstation hoes get to play it for twice as long. BUT. full character creation and character data transfer? hell to the yeah. im more excited for that than i am for the actual gameplay lmao. though i am also eager to see if i can tweak the graphics so that the game does not make my steam deck explode.