SeekerWild Hearts
Wild Hearts is a refreshing take on monster hunting that features huge creatures, cool weapons, and highly useful support systems.
-- As reviewed by PCMag
Product details
- Hunt giant nature-infused bests – Survive their attacks, learn from their behaviors, and use your Karakuri and your weapons in combination to cut these creatures down to size.
- Craft your hunting grounds – You are the only one in Azuma able to wield the Karakuri technology.
- Hunt in a pack, or be a lone wolf – In WILD HEARTS you can face the Kemono alone or unite with up to two friends (or other players) to stalk and hunt your prey.
- Gear up to hunt, hunt to gear up – Create your character, then gather materials from each hunt and build an array of armor and weapons.
PROS
+ Well-animated, highly engaging fights
+ Varied and creative weapon types
+ Excellent map designs that feature impressive verticality
+ Clever, well-executed Karakuri support system
CONS
- Camera issues
- Some needlessly strict timing mechanics
- Occasional frame rate hiccups
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Expert reviews and ratings
By PCMag on February 21, 2023
Wild Hearts is a refreshing take on monster hunting that features huge creatures, cool weapons, and highly useful support systems.
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By The Verge on February 16, 2023
Wild Hearts is a new hunting game from EA that mixes together aspects of Monster Hunter and Fortnite and launches on February 17th on the PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X / S.
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By IGN on February 16, 2023
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Koei Tecmo’s Omega Force is using Wild Hearts to flirt hard with Capcom right now. But using a beloved game as the template for a new one isn’t necessarily a bad thing, and Wild Hearts manages to introduce plenty of fun new ideas to the Monster Hunter formula while recapturing it well enough to stand proudly alongside the series that so clearly inspired it. The way it simplifies and streamlines things makes for a slightly shallower package, but its karakuri building adds a fresh new way to interact with the map in its place. And while its lower monster variety is certainly disappointing, I’m still having enough fun that I’m excited to party up with some friends and dive back into both challenging endgame fights and fanciful karakuri decorations alike.
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