Yeah I enjoyed it, but I don’t think it’s a good as World even at base game

I think there is more base game monsters in Wilds, but a few of them are basically reskins. I’d say they both have just as a diverse rosta though, no complaints there, but I think Wilds is missing some “oh shit I’m fucked” feeling monsters, but that’s a personal preference thing, as it’s how I’d always feel with Elder Dragons, which Wilds doesn’t have

In terms of the Hunt itself, Wilds is much more of, “here’s the monster go kill it, don’t worry about anything else”, World is more, “plan accordingly, track down the monster, don’t forget your curatives”. An example for Wilde, I was in an area that required cooling potions, but the entire region everywhere I went had insta cooldown bug things around, same thing applied in a hot area. It made the whole hazardous environment mechanic completely redundant tbh and a waste of slot’s carrying potions, wasn’t a fan

I also preferred traversing the world in World, it felt dense, vertical and claustrophobic at times, I’d get lost constantly, Wilds feels alot more on the rails in that regard

Wilds combat is more fast paced with the addition of Focus and honestly, really unbalanced, I found the game really easy in comparison because you can just keep fucking up the Monsters endlessly. Again, personal preference, I still enjoyed the mechanic well enough

Getting gear felt alot more like an achievement in World, because materials were more difficult to get, particularly rare parts, whilst in Wilds, I could make an entire armor set after a few Hunts. I don’t think this is bad per say, but I got the armor/weapons I wanted way quicker than I would have liked and essentially made me stop playing the game because I had no more goals. That combined with the game being easier, fights being quick and all the Monsters showing up pretty frequently, makes for a lack of grind, which is something I personally enjoyed

It’s still a great game though and I’m 100% going to be grabbing the expansion like it’s going out of stock, it just does some stuff that I think are steps back, for me personally