"So for example, there may be monsters fighting each other in the background and have wounds that you didn't implement, but it's there because it was fighting a monster somewhere that players can't see," said Monster Hunter Wilds game director Yuya Tokuda.

My extensive look at Monster Hunter Wilds took me through the first chapter. I won't spoil the story beats. Suffice it to say, you and the Hunter’s Guild have set up operations in a dangerous new realm,

While very much evolution over revolution, Monster Hunter Wilds is nonetheless the most thrilling the series has ever been.