Yes, this is one of the biggest examples of the 2010s trend of needlessly turning existing franchises into open world games. Yes, it doesn't look great on PS4 or run great on Vita. Yes, combat often devolves into mashing your special attack button. However, I still really really like this game. I think the weapons are cool and varied, there's a good amount of mechanics to manage, and a good variety of viable builds.

I think this game would be more popular/ more people would know it even exists if:
1) Monster Hunter World didn't come out less than a year later and blow every other hunting game out of the water
2) KT ever put there games on sale literally ever. Seriously, why is this game still so expensive.