‘Monster Hunter Wilds’ Reviews Are In, And They Are Great

Monster Hunter Wilds is likely to be one of the biggest games of 2025, especially if future titles like Fable and GTA 6 are delayed out of this year. Now, reviews are coming in from critics, and they are quite good, which should be a relief to fans. Though previous betas may have already indicated this for many players.

As it stands, Monster Hunter Wilds currently has an 89 score on both Metacritic and Opencritic with a couple dozen reviews in. A couple points lower on PC and Xbox with fewer reviews in, but nothing below an 86.

In the unfortunate world we live in where video games are more or less always rated between a 7 and 10 with a 6 or under being a disaster, an 8.9 is very good. It’s true that a lot of Game of the Year contenders usually have a 90 or above, but I’m not going to quibble over a single point here. It’s also possible that as more reviews come in, it may tick down or up a little bit more, but we’ll have to see.

It has been four years since Monster Hunter Rise in 2021, and seven since Monster Hunter World back in 2018. Looking at the scores for those, Rise had an 88 score and World had a 90, so close to identical, and the series is not falling in terms of quality whatsoever over the last decade or so, which is good to see, and a big win for Capcom.

As for specifics, here is what some critics are saying about the game:

VGC (10/10) – “Monster Hunter Wilds is confident, bold, and one of the best Monster Hunter games ever, thanks to its ability to stand on the giant shoulders of Worlds and improve it in virtually every way.

MMORPG.com (9.5/10) – “Although it’s possible that Monster Hunter Wilds could put off some veterans who started early with the series, it’s made a massive jump in progress towards being a more well-rounded game that is inviting to a much broader audience.

Push Square (9/10) – “Few games can match the satisfaction of Monster Hunter — and Monster Hunter Wilds might just be the most satisfying instalment yet. Capcom has fine tuned the act of felling colossal foes, creating one of the most rewarding games of the generation in the process. While the overall package is held back by a stalling story campaign and questionable performance, Wilds is an outstanding action RPG at its core, and a worthy successor to the almighty World.”

One of the lowest scores is IGN, but even that’s an 8/10, and there’s nothing below that on PS5:

IGN (8/10) – “Monster Hunter Wilds continues to smooth off the traditionally rough edges of the series in smart ways, reducing as much friction as possible that could get in the way of you grabbing any of its exceptionally fun weapons and planting them firmly in a monster’s hide. But in that quest to make Monster Hunter more approachable, Wilds has carved a little too close to the bone in some places, trimming its challenge back so much that I barely needed to dig into its in-depth equipment system at all this time to become an apex predator.”

So, really not even that wide of a range with everyone an 8-10 so far, and there’s no spinning this as anything but a win. We’ll see about sales, but I wouldn’t be too worried about Monster Hunter fans rushing out to pick up Wilds.

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