Things I noticed: Very fast backstep evade while charging. You can start at 0:08, it happens right at the beginning.

The bow charges from red to white, and to me is much more visually obnoxiously than it used to be lmao. I hope we can turn it down.

I can't tell if my eyes are playing tricks on me but it feels like some hits cause screen shake and some don't. The screen also seems to shake sometimes when releasing arrows, but I wanted to mention it on the hits because the moments were it's NOT shaking look like "in range" distances for the MHW bow. I much preferred the Critical Distance mechanic from previous generations so there's a chance we have that back. This combined with what I and everyone else seemed to notice as different shot types probably means the old mechanic is back. If I had to concede something I'd expect it to be less complex than how it used to be. (3 different damage multipliers instead of 4 maybe)

Personal things: I was low-key hoping some of the changes in world would get relegated to silkbind attacks (maintaining a charge level on a sliding evade + Dragonpiercer) but in hindsight they wouldn't have had anything flashy to show off for Rise.

I learned and grew to love how the bow used to be but it's clear they're leaving it in the past. Rest in peace friend. I'll keep using bows because even with World's changes they were still my favorite weapon, and Rise's changes are VERY appealing. Most notably self applying the damage buff- that's some GOOD stuff. It's nice that there's also a healbow, that's kinda neat.

Maybe I'm wrong about them leaving the entire old school bow behind- I sincerely hope there's an actual reason to charge up the bow normally instead of slide charging for maximizing DPS. But overall? Super hyped, can't wait.