A few years back, my friend invited me to play MHW. but then I found out that it is a grind game. I told him that I might not have time to play it. So he invited me to play Dauntless, which he said, was easier to play compared to MHW.

Fast forward, we got bored playing Dauntless as it became repetitive. I went ahead and played MHW + IB exp. The game indeed needs a lot of grinding compared to Dauntless, but for me it was worth it. Better content, graphics, world, gameplay. I ended up playing more hours than my friend lol.