why I HATE Monster Hunter Rise on Switch Lite

Hello and welcome back to a new video game

review. So today we're playing this brand

new video game on the Switch Lite. It's

called Monster Hunter Rising.

I think that's what it's called.

And I thought I'd just tell you why it's a

terrible game and why I probably don't

like it. So first of all,

it's taking such a long time to actually

get into the game. There's so many stupid

loading screens and all of these Press

accept. Do you agree? Please read this

before you can play. Obviously I'm gonna

press agree. Why do you even bother making

me read it? Wait, I need to wipe my

screen, it's a bit dirty. Okay, welcome

back. Here is Monster Hunter Rising.

It's a brand new Monster Hunter game on

the Switch. It's a very popular franchise.

I've reviewed Monster Hunter Generations

in the past and I was very unimpressed,

so So I don't really have high hopes or

expectations for this game. Seems like

we've got a few missions we can choose

from, uh, slay the Great Izuchi, which I'm

guessing it's this dinosaur, slay

Mitsusune, and slay Magnamalo.

Um, and we've got different difficulties.

I guess I'll go for advanced since I am a

pro gamer, I'm not a noob. Uh, let me see.

We've got different weapons. The one thing

I really don't like is how long it takes

to load this. Look how long it takes to

load when you select different weapons.

What the hell was that? She looks like an

idiot. What a stupid character design.

Some of these character designs are quite

good, like this one. Is pretty pretty,

pretty nice. This one just looks

really stupid. It looks like one of those

Halo Spartan armor suits.

So I don't know which weapon to choose.

Maybe just— I want to choose a character

that doesn't look really stupid. I really

hate the ranged characters. I tried

playing ranged in the other Monster Hunter

game and it's just a really horrible

experience. So maybe I'll go with— um,

this is the thing I hate about Monster

Hunter, they give you so much choice.

Let's go for this one.

Also, there's so much diddly-daddying with

Monster Hunter. You got to gather

ingredients and then run around some map

and then prepare your character and do

this and do that before you actually get

into the meat of the game. You've got all

this side stuff.

Okay, let's see if this game's actually

any good. Now first of all, I have to say

the graphics are not up to my standards.

This is 2021 and these are the graphics

you are presenting me with? I don't know

about you, but I'm used to playing Rainbow

Six with a GTX 1060 with graphics cranked

up to ultra, and this is just not doing it

for me. It looks okay, I guess, but when

you're coming from a PC desktop gaming

setup, this just does not look good.

So let me try out the controls. We've got

some kind of shield guard. This one puts

his weapon away. Uh, this one,

I don't know what that does. This one

rolls.

This one is some kind of attack. The thing

I don't like about Monster Hunter is, um,

the attacks just feel very delayed. Look,

watch this. So I'm spamming A.

It doesn't feel very responsive.

Okay, let's just move forwards, try and

find out what we have to do. Follow this

arrow, I guess. Also, the camera feels

very sluggish when I'm moving the camera

around. Can I just jump off here?

Oh wow, he just jumped off a cliff and

didn't even take any damage. It's not very

realistic, is it? I would expect to take

some fall damage. Now, how do you sprint?

Okay, so it doesn't seem to be a sprint

button.

Which means you're going to spend a lot of

time just running around.

I want to find some action.

My problem with Monster Hunter games in

general is they all just feel and play the

same. They're all exactly the same. I

honestly cannot tell the difference

between this Monster Hunter game and the

previous one. It looks almost identical.

You've got the map in the bottom, the

character is always similar looking.

You've got the ranged character, the

character with the lance, the character

with the two-handed sword, the character

with the sword and shield. It's so samey.

You play one Monster Hunter game and

you've pretty much played all of them at

that point. And you've got this little map

and each area is separated and you have to

see a loading screen Every time you go

into a new area, it's just really

disconnected. It doesn't feel like a

seamless open world like Zelda.

The combat just feels really sluggish as

well. There's no snappiness.

Now he's walking really slowly.

Okay, let's try and kill this. And now

he's not taking his weapon out. What the

hell is he doing now? I have no idea

This is what the combat is like. You just

smash this button over and over again.

Oh my God.

He is so unresponsive. This gameplay

is just terrible. You know, you have games

like Ninja Gaiden or Devil May Cry and the

gameplay and combat is really snappy,

responsive, and fluid. Well, this gameplay

is just not that. It's the complete

opposite of what I just said. And we've

got a boss. This is another thing I hate

about Monster Hunter. A lot of it is about

fighting boss monsters, and I hate

fighting bosses because number one, it

takes ages to kill them. They've got these

massively huge life bars.

Uh, oh, now I'm dead.

Okay, so I just got killed in 2 hits.

You see, this is the thing I hate about

boss fights. You can hit the boss

100 times and they barely lose any health,

and then the boss hits you twice and you

die, and then you've got to find the boss

again, go back all the way back to where

Why can't this guy sprint?

Oh, he's riding that fox thing now. Okay,

I didn't know you could ride it. That

makes sense. You know what this

feels a bit like? Like a cheap ripoff of

Witcher. Witcher 3 cheap Japanese ripoff

is how I would describe it. Not really

tickling my fancy at this moment. I don't

really feel like I want to buy this game

and commit to it. So far I'd give

it a rating of 2.10,

2.1 out of 10 maybe. Fight this boss

again.

I just, I really hate boss battles because

there's always a pattern, and if you don't

know the pattern, you're gonna get— oh

look, I just died again. Oh my God, this

game is so bad.

Fighting bosses is the most frustrating

and annoying thing in video games by far.

I don't even want to play anymore.

Okay, I'll try one more time, but I'm

really not enjoying this game. This is

not fun.

It doesn't look bad, you know, it looks

decent enough as a game, but my God, the

gameplay is so clunky, unresponsive, and

terrible. And slow.

I can't get him to put his stupid lance—

well, there we go. How do you sprint?

Okay, we'll try against this boss one more

time. If you're saying I'm not powerful

enough to kill the boss at this stage,

then why'd you even— there's— now there's

2 bosses. There's one over there and one

here. Are they fighting each

other? Okay, the 2 bosses are now

attacking each other. What am I supposed

Oh, I can ride it.

Press A. Okay, I'm now riding it.

I have no idea what's happening.

Why is the boss letting me ride it?

Launch monster. Okay,

so now the 2 monsters are fighting each

other. I can ride this one as well.

What is the point? I don't get it.

Yeah, I would not buy this game. I think

it would be a waste of money. It's just

kind of dumb.

I would say nice try, A for effort,

but not really my cup of tea.