Monster Hunter is great, and there hasn't been a single bad one. I will not debate this, this is an inarguable truth revealed to me in a dream.

Monster Hunter Rise iterates on the series with the fastest combat yet, truly centering the gameplay on the player. This makes it extremely approachable, but robs the other main component of the game, the Monsters, of some of their impact - they are there to be hunted, not to fight for their lives.
Ultimately though, this is still gamerized heroin, so I'm good either way.