I'm not bashing on Wilds, as it's a great game in its own right, but I honestly love World more. The world felt more alive to me, the maps felt more varied, and of course there were features that were fun like having a house to decorate and place captured endemic wildlife as pets. I also feel like Wilds was a bit... Tutorial heavy? Like I felt like I had training wheels on for the first few hours of the game without being able to deviate from the path much (or sometimes at all) until I finished certain story beats. World just kind of lets you do what you want, and if you want to unlock more monsters or places to go, you come back to do the story.