Monster Hunter: World is a Capcom action RPG in which you hunt large monsters. It released on PS4 and Xbox One on 26 January 2018 and on Windows on 9 August 2018. Metacritic lists 90 for PS4 and Xbox One and 88 for PC. Wikipedia says it is Capcom's best-selling title, with over 30 million copies shipped by mid-2026. It won Best RPG at The Game Awards 2018 and Japan Game Awards Game of the Year.
The game uses the series' fourteen weapon archetypes, such as the long sword, bow and hammer. You can play co-op with up to four players, and multiplayer servers support up to sixteen players. You can eat at the canteen in Astera and at camps in the field, and meals give buffs while you are on a quest.
The Iceborne expansion released on PS4 and Xbox One on 6 September 2019 and on Windows on 9 January 2020. It adds the arctic Hoarfrost Reach (hub: Seliana), the Clutch Claw gadget for grappling onto monsters, and Master Rank, a third hunter rank with harder hunts, better rewards and new armor sets. Fatalis, the legendary black dragon, ends Iceborne's story and arrived with an October 2020 free update that Capcom called the last major one.
The game uses the series' fourteen weapon archetypes, including the long sword, bow and hammer (Wikipedia).
Co-op play supports up to four players, and multiplayer servers support up to sixteen.
Meals eaten at the canteen or at camps give buffs. Fextralife says meals raise max health and stamina and can grant Food Skills such as Felyne Polisher or Felyne Heroics; bonuses last until you faint, or complete, fail or leave the quest.
Adds Hoarfrost Reach, the Clutch Claw and Master Rank (Wikipedia).
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