I'm thinking about getting into the Monster Hunter games after liking the movie. Should I play World or the new coming out on the Switch?

My arm still hurts, but I won‘t let it beat me!
LOL, made it sound more extreme than it really is.

World is fun but you might need a good performing console/pc for it. Only played a little of the Switch game from the demo but I can say the controls are a bit weird. Might just be because it was a demo and I was a bit more used to World's controls on the PS4.

I'm a die-hard fan of the Monster Hunter series and World is one of my all-time favorite games. I still play it today. If you have a good PC, I suggest playing World until Rise comes to PC in 2022. There's SO MUCH content. Rise might be a newer game, but there really is no rush to play it. Being able to play these games at a consistent 60 FPS is such a massive difference compared to other platforms.

I have over 1000 hours on World and I strongly recommend it. I haven't beaten Rise yet, but World is more complete in terms of content. While events still occur every now and then, World is officially complete(with the DLC of course). World also has an event quest based off of the movie, and you can unlock Artemis' armor. If you like crossovers, there's stuff from Devil May Cry, Street Fighter, Megaman, and Resident Evil. If you have friends that'll come along for the ride, it's even better. If not, fret not, a fuck ton of people still play World, even though Rise is already out. The PC version has around 20,000 players playing every day.

World and Rise are both fairly beginner-friendly and Rise does introduce some quality-of-life features that remedy some of the issues people had with World. Whatever the case, with Monster Hunter being really the only game of its genre, there is honestly not a bad game in the franchise.

If you already have a Switch, you could always try out the Rise demo and see if the game is for you. Even if these games are the best of their genre, it means nothing if you don't actually like the genre.

I've played 3 Ultimate, 4 Ultimate, and Generations on 3DS, along with World on PS4, and there's honestly no bad place to start. But since you're deciding between World and Rise, and seeing as I've only played World (I do own Rise, just haven't gotten around to it yet) I would say World, but if the Switch holds your fancy, Rise works as well.

It doesn't matter which one you pick, either one would be a great place to start. I've still got all of the post-Iceborne content to get around to (I got the DLC late) and I probably will return to that game eventually, because I absolutely enjoyed World. I'll probably start Rise this week, and from everything I've seen in the trailers, it looks really good.

So yeah, either one would be a great place to start, so I hope you enjoy which ever one you decide to go with, since these games are amazing, no matter where you start! Because sometimes you just want a game where you beat up big monster with big weapons, then wear armor and weapons of said monster.

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So sleep soundly in your bed tonight~ *Pulls out the spiked belt.*

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