The next mainline installment in Capcom’s increasingly popularMonster Hunterseries,Monster Hunter Wilds, is currently slated for a 2025 release, but its fairly early announcement has sparked huge interest in what it plans to bring to the franchise. While everyMonster Huntertitle is expected to introduce new monsters and gimmicks,Monster Hunter Wildsis taking things much further with more new additions in one installment than the series has ever experienced before.
Monster Hunter Wildshasn’t even been released yet, and it has already made plenty of waves due to the number of franchise traditions it’s breaking. Some of its more notable broken traditions includea fully voiced cast of characters, along with theMonster Hunter Wildsprotagonist, as well as the implantation of named NPCs. Another broken tradition, however, lies somewhat discreetly beneath the surface, as some fans — and newcomers, especially — may not even realize thatMonster Hunter Wildsis the first game in the series to break it. Specifically, the 2025 release ofMonster Hunter Wildswill mark the first time aMonster Huntergame has ever launched on PC on day one.
Monster Hunter Wilds Breaks Tradition With a Day-One PC Launch
Monster Hunter Wilds Is the First Mainline Monster Hunter Title to Launch on PC
As ifMonster Hunter Wildswasn’t breaking enough franchise traditions already, it is breaking yet another by landing on PC on the first day of its release. This should come as a delight to fans who play exclusively on PC, as they would normally be required to wait months for a PC port.Monster Hunter Rise, the most recent installment, initially launched on the Nintendo Switch, with its PC port arriving close to ten months later. The installment before that,Monster Hunter World, launched on thePlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles, and received its PC port eight months later. Not evenMonster Hunter World: Iceborne, the game’s expansion, went straight to PC, despite the base game already being available on PC.
BeforeMonster Hunter World, noMonster Huntergame had ever been made available on PC at any time. This is largely due to Capcom wanting to reach a broader audience in the Western market, and it certainly accomplished that, asMonster Hunter Worldis the primary reason the series is so populartoday. HadMonster Hunter Worldnot received a PC port, it’s possibleMonster Hunter Wildswouldn’t be as anticipated as it is. Of course,Monster Hunter Worldbeing on PC wasn’t solely what made the franchise popular, as its presence on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One also solidified its popularity in the West.
Monster Hunter Wilds on PC Will Offer Enhanced Day-One Visuals
The most obvious benefit toMonster Hunter Wildsbeing available on PC on launch day is the enhanced visuals that will come with it. Asmodern gaming PC hardwareis much more capable of displaying detailed textures and rich colors than any console,Monster Hunter Wildscan take full advantage of that and look unlike anyMonster Huntertitle before it ever looked on the day of its release. Furthermore, PC-owning console players who might normally purchase aMonster Huntergame on console and then on PC again later just to replay it with enhanced visuals can instead make one purchase this time withMonster Hunter Wilds' day-one PC launch.
As there is still plenty of time between now and the release ofMonster Hunter Wilds, there is a chance it could continue to surprise with even more broken franchise traditions. That being said, it has already broken some of the most significant traditions and more might make it less of aMonster Huntergame. Nevertheless, at leastMonster Hunter Wildsarriving on PC on the day of its launch is a sign that the series is growing even more popular and will receive increasingly better treatment in the future.
Monster Hunter Wilds
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The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.Fulfill your duty as a Hunter by tracking and defeating powerful monsters and forging strong new weapons and armor from the materials you harvest from your hunt as you uncover the connection between the people of the Forbidden Lands and the locales they inhabit.The ultimate hunting experience awaits you in Monster Hunter Wilds.
