A new trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds was presented at the Summer Game Fest 2024. The video shows some sequences of the monster hunt, which look more dynamic than ever before.
What might change in the fights? In the trailer, a group of monster hunters was hunted by several sand monsters. Subsequently, the tables were turned, and each sand monster was killed one by one. However, there were also gameplay scenes showing a foreign monster appearing – and being surrounded by several sand monsters at once.
This could suggest that we will not only encounter single monsters during missions but several opponents at once. In Monster Hunter World, there was already the special feature that multiple large opponents could meet. This weakened the monsters through other opponents before we had to engage with them.
In Monster Hunter Wilds, this concept seems to have been elevated to a higher level. Perhaps the monsters can interact with multiple opponents, which can only be to our advantage as hunters.
You can watch the appropriate trailer from the Summer Game Fest here:
What to expect with Monster Hunter Wilds
What other innovations are there? Unlike Monster Hunter World, Monster Hunter Wilds will likely offer an open world. So far, the Monster Hunter series has been known to offer individual areas as maps that were only connected by corridors.
If the assumption proves correct that there is an open world, it would also suggest that theoretically more monsters could encounter each other in the open world. This would make the battles much more dynamic and unpredictable, potentially leading to more enjoyable hunts.
Either way: The desert world looked absolutely fantastic in the trailer. The developers also revealed that fans of the series can look forward to the return of a certain monster. The opponent can be seen towards the end of the video, revealing itself as a Thunder Wyvern. The thunder effects also look, just like the rest of the trailer, fantastically good.
Capcom cannot complain right now. Many development studios have to lay off their employees, but Capcom is actually hiring more. New hires at the company, fresh out of university, are set to receive about 400 euros more per year: Many developers are laying off their staff – Capcom, on the other hand, is planning higher salaries
