Some of the most fun ive ever had playing a video game. Bought this game and played for like 50 hours within 4 days. Logged another 500 hours over time this game is an absolute blast. Amazing graphics, amazing story, amazing music, amazing and addictive gameplay loop with gorgeous armor and weapons. When playing this game for the first time, really take it all in at your own pace and appreciate it, as it will become very nostalgic upon finishing the game. This game beats every other monster hunter game including Rise in every single way. BTW like others have suggested, I suggest for new players do not use the defender armor, it gives it to you for free but if you use it it kind of ruins the experience by vastly reducing the time of the grind by greatly boosting your stats, which makes the game lose some of its appeal imo..