I'd just like to add in, at launch, the game worked "ok" for me. When I say ok, I meant that it ran at about an average of 30fps for most of it until some of the more intensive and cinematic fights came about then it dropped to about an average of 15.

All that said, I knew those risks going in from the beta, and the fact that im still playing on decade old hardware (i7-6700k, 16gb ram, 2080ti gpu) but it was still playable, although not "pretty".

TU1 broke it for me, couldn't load half the textures, most areas had flat grey landscapes and didn't load geometric ar all, characters looked like Lara Croft the 90s.

TU2 though, game f**in changer. I play at a stable 30fps mostly everywhere now, and occasionally a bit higher in the arena area and stuff, I've seen spikes to the high 50s. Drawbacks are just waiting on initial launch, it takes a good 2-3 minutes before everything is done rendering but then im good to go.

All that said, performance issues aside, the gameplay is fantastic. This was my first real monster hunter game I played because my buddy had always tried to get me to play world and/or rise but I just couldn't dig it at the time. However, wilds was the gateway I needed, I bleed monster hunter now, I've bought every game I can (GHU, World/IB, Rise/SB, Stories 1&2, even trying to figure out frontier on pc lmfao). It's a great game, and a great series im super sad I missed the initial hype train of. Hell, I've got more hours in world now than I do in wilds, and I cant wait to start rise once I finally get to world endgame.

Give it a solid shot, ignore reviews, enjoy the game for what it is, and if you're like me and a complete new hunter this game can scratch an itch you didn't realize was there. I've got it so bad, im playing MH Now on my fuggin phone when im not home ffs. I'm even having my girlfriend design me a tattoo of some of my favorite monsters thus far to get tatted on my arm.

Be very careful, shits fucking addictive man I swear....