With Monster Hunter Wilds, many newcomers are entering the series alongside experienced hunters. A player wonders how high the replay value of the title is.
Why is the player wondering this? User xedkox poses the question in his thread on Reddit, asking how likely it is that one would play Monster Hunter Wilds again. He has not played any Monster Hunter game before and cannot yet imagine how much time he will invest in the title.
He usually plays games like Elden Ring, Diablo 4, or Path of Exile, but finds the Monster Hunter system exciting. The community comes to his aid and explains what kind of scope he can expect.
“That would mean you eventually stop”
The community talks less about classic replay value: Fans under his post clarify to him why, in their opinion, one can invest a lot of time into Monster Hunter Wilds. User STIN831 responds directly on Reddit: “There is no replay value in MH. Mainly because that would mean you eventually stop.”
In Monster Hunter games, the excitement does not come from playing it over and over from the beginning. Rather, over time a kind of cycle develops where you continually engage in grinding for rare materials to meet further challenges (via Reddit).
This is explained by ChloroquineEmu regarding a restart and game time via Reddit:
I wouldn’t call it “replay value” since you probably won’t restart the game. But if you want, you can immensely extend the playtime. There are so many things to do and so much to experiment with.
Even a base game of Monster Hunter, focusing on one weapon type, offers, according to the community’s statements, quickly over 300 hours of gameplay (via Reddit). If you want to focus on more weapon types, you could easily end up with 1000+ hours of playtime (via Reddit).
Additionally, there are regular events and usually a major DLC. All in all, you could quickly reach 2 – 4 years, during which the game provides you with new input and adds new content to the “grinding loop” (via Reddit). This ensures that there is no clear “end of the game” and players who enjoy the gameplay can basically keep playing almost endlessly.
With Monster Hunter Wilds, many newcomers will enter the series for the first time. This title is especially well-suited for beginners. The developers have paid particular attention to making the game as accessible as possible. You can read some examples of how they have implemented this here: 5 reasons that make Monster Hunter Wilds the perfect entry for beginners
