There are two console blockbusters that were ported to the PC platform in January, one is the PC version of God of War 4 and the other is the PC version of Monster Hunter: Rise. The former has been introduced before, and after the launch, it has received a double harvest of word-of-mouth sales; the latter is currently receiving "special praise (82% of the praise)" player reviews on the Steam platform, and the doctor has studied the reviews and found that some people are not very satisfied with the performance of the PC version of Monster Hunter: Rise. So is this game worth getting started?
The Doctor believes that the PC version of Monster Hunter: Rise can be analyzed from multiple angles and levels to see if he is worth buying. For PC players who have not yet been exposed to Monster Hunter: Rise and are fans of Capcom, it is personally recommended. I've written many articles about Monster Hunter: Rise before, and the gameplay of "Royal Dragon", "Flying Bugs", "Hundred Dragons Night Walk" and so on in the game have made their own features! The more than 7 million sales on the Switch platform also show that the quality of the product is passed.
Therefore, the problem that everyone needs to consider is the pricing of the game and the inconvenience of keyboard and mouse operation. Although the PC version of Monster Hunter: Rise includes the content updated by the Switch version for several months, the pricing of about 400 yuan is still expensive, and players with insufficient budget can wait and see. In addition, the PC version of the keyboard and mouse setting is really difficult to accept, if you use the controller to play PC games, then you can avoid this problem very well, otherwise it will take a lot of time to adapt.
For Switch players who have already played Monster Hunter: Rise, if you don't have the budget, then there's obviously no need to spend money to experience the same product again. However, the doctor still wants to introduce some differences between the PC version and the Switch version for your reference, the biggest difference is naturally the picture. The switch's performance is limited, only 1280 * 720 native resolution, using home mode on the 4K TV, there will be a sense of blurriness and grain visible to the naked eye.
The PC version does not have the above limitations and also supports higher FPS. Capcom still made some efforts in the compatibility adaptation of Monster Hunter: Rise, the better your computer configuration, the more you can see the performance gap between the PC version and the Switch version. In addition, the PC version also supports HDR, motion blur, depth of field, vegetation swing, filters and so on. However, the Doctor reminds everyone that the two versions have limited gaps in terms of visual distance, number of scene objects, and character mods (especially NPCs).
In addition, the doctor feels that the PC version has one of the most important features, that is, the mods made by players. Some time ago, after the launch of Final Fantasy 7: Remake on the PC platform, players played many interesting mods, such as: Tifa abs module, kaleidoscope writing wheel eye module, Claude women's clothing module and so on. This is one of the most important fun for PC players, and if you want to dress up the water buds, then consider starting with monster hunter: Rise for PC.
Then, the Doctor wants to talk about the unplayable things that Monster Hunter: Rise is not fun to do. I believe that many PC players have heard the above complaints of Switch players, and everyone's reference is the previous game "Monster Hunter: World". Is this a question of the number of monsters? Not really! Excluding the Icefield expansion pack, Monster Hunter: World has 35 monsters overall, while Monster Hunter: Rise has 39 monsters. So why do we feel that Monster Hunter: World is more fun than Monster Hunter: Rise?
This should be due to differences in system design. "Monster Hunter: World" each monster can do two sets of equipment, the late beads have a number of needs, very resistant to brushing; and the late stage of "Monster Hunter: Rise" is to brush the protective stone, perfect is too difficult, resulting in most players to pursue "live", this measure is not hard, players can easily lose the power to brush. In addition, although the late overlord monster is powerful, there is no special drop. At present, it seems that the Doctor thinks that the funable game time in Monster Hunter: Rise is about a hundred hours, which is indeed not as long as Monster Hunter: World, which takes three or five hundred hours (thousands of hours) at every turn. This is also where you need to consider.
Finally, the Monster Hunter: Rise expansion pack Monster Hunter Rises: Dawn is already in the planning (no exact date yet) and is expected to launch in the summer. If you're really hesitant, wait for the expansion pack. Doctor Personally, I think the game is still worth starting, but the timing of starting can be considered more.