Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Capcom's goal with Monster Hunter Wilds was to create the most seamless hunting experience seen in the series yet. It's just a shame it takes 10+ hours to actually experience it.
There's no sugarcoating it: low rank in Monster Hunter Wilds is a story-centric experience laden with cutscenes. Not only does this continue a worrying trend from the game's predecessor, Monster Hunter World, but raises greater concerns for what this restrictive, heavy narrative focus could mean for the future of Monster Hunter.
This video aims to explore why low rank's transformation in Wilds into such a heavily-narrative driven experience is antithetical to Monster Hunter's entire identity, and why these issues with low rank STILL matter - even long after breaking into high rank.
TWITTER: twitter.com/Axelayer
THUMBNAIL ART BY: twitter.com/QuariumArts / https://bsky.app/profile/quariumarts.bsky.social
Also, go check out Bodega Rat! She's cool: twitch.tv/bodegarrat
SPECIAL THANKS:
- The Cross Zone Crew (& Albion) for providing additional script input
- @S-Groove, for input on the video proper
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - [INTRO]
02:34 - The Purpose of Low Rank
05:35 - How Low Rank in MHWilds Fails
11:12 - The Obligatory Zoh Shia Reference
12:53 - Does it HAVE to be this way?
16:14 - [ENDSLATE]
MUSIC USED:
The Town Stepped on Me and I Stepped on the Town (Read or Die)
Burning Sword (Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys)
Search (Shizuku)
Labyrinthos (Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse)
Ayumi (YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World, PC-98 ver.)
During a Lesson (Shizuku)
sometimes i breathe (PLANET DOB)
All sources cited can be found in the following link:
docs.google.com/document/d/10rsJo3AULtQo4T3YcyYAPWBtoiUK7-z4kqen7Y-W8WY/edit?usp=sharing
#MonsterHunter #MonsterHunterWilds #Capcom
Capcom's goal with Monster Hunter Wilds was to create the most seamless hunting experience seen in the series yet. It's just a shame it takes 10+ hours to actually experience it.
There's no sugarcoating it: low rank in Monster Hunter Wilds is a story-centric experience laden with cutscenes. Not only does this continue a worrying trend from the game's predecessor, Monster Hunter World, but raises greater concerns for what this restrictive, heavy narrative focus could mean for the future of Monster Hunter.
This video aims to explore why low rank's transformation in Wilds into such a heavily-narrative driven experience is antithetical to Monster Hunter's entire identity, and why these issues with low rank STILL matter - even long after breaking into high rank.
TWITTER: twitter.com/Axelayer
THUMBNAIL ART BY: twitter.com/QuariumArts / https://bsky.app/profile/quariumarts.bsky.social
Also, go check out Bodega Rat! She's cool: twitch.tv/bodegarrat
SPECIAL THANKS:
- The Cross Zone Crew (& Albion) for providing additional script input
- @S-Groove, for input on the video proper
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - [INTRO]
02:34 - The Purpose of Low Rank
05:35 - How Low Rank in MHWilds Fails
11:12 - The Obligatory Zoh Shia Reference
12:53 - Does it HAVE to be this way?
16:14 - [ENDSLATE]
MUSIC USED:
The Town Stepped on Me and I Stepped on the Town (Read or Die)
Burning Sword (Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys)
Search (Shizuku)
Labyrinthos (Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse)
Ayumi (YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World, PC-98 ver.)
During a Lesson (Shizuku)
sometimes i breathe (PLANET DOB)
All sources cited can be found in the following link:
docs.google.com/document/d/10rsJo3AULtQo4T3YcyYAPWBtoiUK7-z4kqen7Y-W8WY/edit?usp=sharing
#MonsterHunter #MonsterHunterWilds #Capcom
