SeekerMonster Hunter Rise (for Nintendo Switch)
Monster Hunter Rise takes what World introduced and runs with it, delivering a game that streamlines the gameplay and beefs up your kit for maximized man-versus-monster action.
-- As reviewed by PCMag
Product details
- The debut of the new “wirebug” mechanic allows for wire-based grappling actions that can be used to scale cliffs and other hard-to-reach areas, providing new traversal and aerial attack options.
- The game will introduce magnamalo, a menacing new flagship monster, as well as other new monsters like the shape-shifting aknosom, the amphibious tetranadon, and more.
- New hunting partners called palamutes can be personalized and used to ride across the terrain, providing players with all-new traveling and attack options.
- In addition to the plethora of solo and multiplayer quests, the immersive story mode will task aspiring hunters with discovering the secrets behind the puzzling “rampage” events that threaten kamura village.
- Play solo, or join up to three other hunters in local or online co-op play. The Nintendo Switch system also allows for hunting anywhere, anytime and with anyone!
PROS
+ New, fluid movement and attack skills radically expand combat and exploration
+ Superb skill customization that encourages experimentation
+ Graphics top the Switch’s previous Monster Hunter installment
+ Japanese aesthetic and locales make Rise stand apart from previous games
CONS
- Not enough new monsters
- Visual effects can often obscure action, especially in multiplayer
- Lacks Master Rank difficulty
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By PCMag on January 22, 2021
Monster Hunter Rise takes what World introduced and runs with it, delivering a game that streamlines the gameplay and beefs up your kit for maximized man-versus-monster action.
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