i don't know how people get excited over the tenth variation of these endless grinding games. like no thanks

Extremely.

It's my number 1 most wanted game. I will take off two weeks when it launches so I can just play it.

Seeing big animals try to limp away from you as you kill them for parts to craft big swords makes me sad.

Excited, but I didn't like either World or Rise near as much as Freedom Unite, 3 Ultimate, or 4 Ultimate largely because I prefer the slower, more prediction-based approach to combat of the older games versus the more reactive 5th-gen onwards approach.

That said I'll still probably put 300 hours into wilds, I just really hope we see a remaster release of some of the older games in the near future. If anything I've still probably got 1500 hours of Monster Hunter Frontier ahead of me so I've got plenty of old-style game left before I run out of my preferred content.

i never got super into monster hunter but always liked what i did play. i liked the aesthetic of monster hunter world especially, with that fantasy caveman-esque architecture and clothing, and some of the zones like the mushroom cave place where beautiful. i didn't like the more recent ninja themed one as much, ninjas should be fighting other ninjas, samurai, their assassination targets, and the occasional demon or ghost, not dinosaurs. i overall like the combat in the series but i wish it was less damage-spongey, keep the big goofy anime sword weapons and lengthy interruptible animations sure, but make it feel like its actually doing damage when i do manage to hit. instead of having to hit the dinosaur a hundred times with the biggest slowest sword possible before it runs away and i have to hit it another hundred times, maybe make it so i only have to hit it 30 to 50 times each stage lol.

it'll most likely be my goty next year! I usually switch up weapons between versions, but haven't decided what to main next. I haven't mained hammer yet so might go that next.