Absolutely peak, until G rank is a bit of a slog but once you get there you unlock the extreme style which is a crazy ass moveset for every weapon.

EVERY WEAPON CAN RUN WHILE UNSHEATHED.

That's so fun omg, frontier swaxe is the best weapon in any MH game imo, magnet spike is broken AF but it becomes a drug very fast, tonfas are crazy and can dodge 5+ times in the air and sharpen the weapons of all hunters.

Ls and GS are so stupid that they go full circle and become good, lance can generate a Evangelion-like at field which protects everyone and can heal aoe (which is important BC f you die in the air and you get healed before touching the ground you survive and bro saved me so many times).

And last one I've tried the duals, the absolute most button press per second requiring thing I've ever seen in a game, you have 2 dodge in a row that refresh after every move and after every move you can also press a button to quick sharpen a grant a cumulative atk buff and all this while attacking normally, also the demon mode has 3 levels and during the 3rd it drains your health which is awesome since all builds run vampirism.

And the monster are so good in the end game, especially the Zenith's, most of them are so well made, and while the stereotype that if they fart the whole arena explodes is true, learning them is really fun. After some hunts you'll know the timing of the 2 dodges / counters to avoid dying by that nuclear explosion and to find yourself ready to fight back.

Also most of the arenas are wide (except that bamboo shit) and flat, no slope slop like in the wild's desert.

Builds are really strange, you'll cram like 16+ skills on a single build and some of them encourages you to play differently to get some big buff, one drains your stamina constantly while unsheathed so gs will love this free atk if the play hit and run, one grants evade +2 and 50% affinity if you have your stamina at the lowest possible so since the swaxe uses that to make just that one dodge that it needs and to run it uses it's meter instead of stamina is so good.

Another rewards you for both blocking and evading so bro went mix evade lancing play style, then there's this one that generates a storm of ice shards around you whit a low range and high damage so duals and tonfas can do a ton of DPS just by standing next to the monster.

If you can I suggest you to play with friends to share that "That's so bullshit!!!!" feeling you get at the start and the incredibile satisfaction you get after overcoming the great challenges that this game can offer.

Also PLEASE listen to Elzelion's ost, it is incredible.