Monster Hunter Rise launches into Game Pass later this week, and after dozens of hours with the Xbox version, here are our thoughts...
It still blows my mind that an esoteric PS2 game I loved back in the day has evolved into the behemoth that is modern Monster Hunter, today one of Capcom's biggest brands — Monster Hunter: World is comfortably the publisher's best selling game ever at almost 20 million copies, with Rise looking certain to push past Resident Evil 7 to slot in just below World in second after these new ports of the former Switch console exclusive arrive on January 20th.
Along the way, though, you'll need to jump right into the heart of the Rampage, which takes the form of a special new kind of hunt that borrows from the tower defence genre.
Also new to Rise is the ability to actively take control of monsters, another neat perk of the Wirebug beyond speedy movement and special weapon attacks . This replaces World's mount mechanic and Iceborne's Clutch Claw while serving as a hybrid of the two — skilled use of the Clutch Claw would let you throw monsters into walls, hazards, and even other monsters, and this is an evolution of that system.
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