

Like other Monster Hunter titles, you will be playing as the quiet protagonist who mostly replies with grunts, scoffs, and nods. After the phenomenon is investigated, you come across a white-haired girl who you suspect has the egg birthed by the last Rathalos - which could be a sign that the world will end soon. Monster Hunter Stories 2: The Wings of Ruin opens as the coastal Mahana Village celebrates a festival that turns from happy to ominous as the waves turn bloody crimson and dragon-like Rathalos monsters attack. For more on the game, check out 12 minutes of gameplay below.Yes. Monster Hunter: World is coming to PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 with a worldwide launch in 2018. We don’t want to let any users down who are used to Monster Hunter being a great, meaty experience.” “We have made sure we are putting the volume of gameplay people expect from a Monster Hunter,” said executive producer Kaname Fujioka. That could mean quests only available for certain time periods, he added, something that wouldn’t have been as fair to handheld players.īut even before fans can start clamoring for additional content, Monster Hunter: World’s creators promise it will have the same amount of main game story as previous entries. “Now with the console, we can rely on you being online whenever you’re on.” “On portable, you are not always online, so you have to have a system in place where people will download the quests or data when they are at home then play when they are out,” Tsujimoto said. That means that the team could also think a little differently about what DLC means. Monster Hunter: World marks the action RPG franchise’s return consoles for the first time in years, and this time to a generation of consoles that is always connected to the internet more often than not. He did note that the game would require players to sign up for console-specific online services if they want to play with friends. “We will continue to release free quests as we always have,” Monster Hunter : World producer Ryozo Tsujimoto told Polygon at Gamescom. This is despite the franchise’s jump from handheld to console and PC, where the practice of paid DLC is more common. Monster Hunter: World will get free downloadable content, just as fans have experienced for the last decade of the series, according to the game’s producer.
