I’m really excited for it. I am not one of those freaks here and on Hexbear who have been playing the game since the DS era. First one for me was Rise after which I played World and those two have been the most fun I have had with any game ever (minus of course the tower defense garbage in Rise). I get burned out for DLC but love the base game.
I haven’t kept up with the changes in Wilds. I did play the open beta for a bit and decided to not spoiler myself too much. But it’s monster hunter and they can’t really go much wrong with it. I am sad they got rid of the doggo. I was looking forward to naming mine Max but the birb is fine too.
There rightly are concerns over performance issues. On PS5 the game looks bad on performance mode but I am unfazed by that.
You can capture* them most of the time instead of killing them.
* They are put down and stripped for parts after being captured though
And the ones you can’t capture, they actually need to be killed since they’re destroying the ecosystem in some way and/or about to wipe your village off the face of the planet just because they can.