Goddamn, I really wish I could recommend: Wild Hearts (Review)

[@SkillUp]

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[@timothybrewer5470]

Dropping GD in the video title lost me.

[@ahsank.]

Drop hogwarts legacy review

[@DantronDoesGames]

Maybe you should label this as a pc review since most of your gripes are about pc performance.

[@ajlundy7550]

@@DantronDoesGames agreed

[@Evanz111]

Fantastic review! With the standing desk - does it arrive pre-assembled? Or is it like a flat pack where you have to screw everything together? I’m thinking of getting one for my brother!

[@Yaas33n]

Let's hope that the devs can sort out the performance issues sooner rather than later. Seems like something I would be quite happy to explore, but we cannot excuse performance this shoddy on release.

[@ken5040]

So they’ve already done to updates and apparently they are working on a patch to be dropped next week

[@CheeseyHR]

They got a performance patch coming next week.

[@Walamonga1313]

This game is literally 86usd on the MX steam store. I was willing to try it as I love MH and Nioh, but this is ridiculous

[@PsiRedEye22]

@@Walamonga1313 That's the kamakura edition or w/e the shit it's called. The regular one is 60.

[@AdnanAhmed]

@@ken5040 they should have sold it next week if you ask me.

[@Corethegamer007]

I’ve seen a lot of people describe monster hunter’s combat as “clunky” but that’s just not the right word for it. I feel that monster hunter has more satisfying combat as it actually feels like there’s weight behind each swing and in this game and lets say dauntless it’s more fast paced and stylized

[@AFansPerspective]

exactly there are nuanced and complexity behind mh combat and its monsters, much similar to how fromsoft does soul combat, simple and clunky on the outside yet tremendously higher ceiling than these flashy visual galore

[@Stroggoii]

It's the same people who can't stand classic Castlevania jumps. People who don't like to think before they act.

[@deathworld5253]

for me, MH started to work when I realised I shouldn't just mash all the buttons I have, but think about moves I do. Then it's just perfect in tempo

[@notimeforcreativenamesjust3034]

I still can't believe he said that Wirebug added no depth to MH

[@Stroggoii]

@@notimeforcreativenamesjust3034 Memes are strong.

[@IAmMightyMike]

The 4th zone hellscape is foreshadowed in the opening when you chase a blizzard forming monster. God I love this game but the snowfall is HIDEOUS

[@byron5299]

I turned of motion blur and it helped a lot.

[@mikemike1771]

Yeah I turned off motion blur at the very beginning of the game when you see snow. Made a huge difference

[@neonbible08]

Always turn off motion blur especially if on performance mode

[@lucianwong420]

I always turn off motion blur. Man, I hate that shit.

[@IAmMightyMike]

@angel lara what, ok??

[@SBJ_Tube]

Very amused by the clip of Skill setting up a bulwark to defend against the monster's charge... and then getting on top and slightly in front of it for no reason, ensuring he'll be hit by the charge anyway. Very informative review, good stuff!

[@Kaimax61]

me being a regular monster hunter player. "oh cool a build-able wall" "wait why are you climbing the wall that would rammed by the monster?!" LMAO

[@chaoswraith]

Obviously first time he's done it, didn't know each block was gonna be X, holding forward auto climbs yeah?

[@MrOrzeker]

You can be sure he never made that mistake again afterwards lol What I found weird is that the monster still got staggered and the wall wasn't destroyed.

[@simpson6700]

this whole time he was told to climb these boxes to execute a jump attack, wouldn't you climb them?

[@Drothen-]

Are you dumb? He had a task to Climb on the boxes

[@stalkholm5227]

19:41 : My favorite part of the box construction system is how patient all the monsters are, it's really courteous of them to give players the time they need to build them.

[@lmaocat759]

i think that one scripted event for you to learn to build the wall for first time?

[@stalkholm5227]

@@lmaocat759 It happened four times in a row right after that fight, too. :(

[@Arassar]

Like for sarcasm XD

[@meathir4921]

Bro he literally was revving up his charge; it’s a telegraph. What a dumbass statement.

[@stalkholm5227]

@@meathir4921 Okay, it's really courteous of these monsters to telegraph their attacks by standing still for five or ten seconds at a time. Deer in the headlights, I suppose.

[@eileen1020]

Thank you for always having autocaptions available on your videos. Proper subtitles would be even better - unfortunately KZbin's autocaptions can be pretty rough. See 1:23 for a good example of what I mean. I can tell that the game names were captioned wrong, but I don't actually know what you said. Autocaptions are particularly bad for brand names like this and other proper nouns.

[@dragonlotion1789]

Seems to really be resonating with the MH crowd. I think that’s what they were shooting for. Definitely going to get this Friday

[@TheDragonfriday]

It is.... It clearly is target monster hunter players

[@omensoffate]

It’s made by the same people that made a monster hunter like game. 😂

[@dragonlotion1789]

@@TheDragonfriday a favorite past time of mine is stating the obvious.

[@shagaru1234]

You mean the toukiden crowd

[@gustavohuehue7460]

@@shagaru1234 is that a thing?

[@ROFLWAFFLELAWL4]

To be fair the enemy types make sense as the info on site says these were just normal beasts that were kinda fused with the nature/environment around them. So it makes sense we mostly only see "What if pig but kinda bigger and fucked up" because that's what they are lol.

[@imatiu]

I see your point and raise platypus, secretary bird, aye-aye, iguanas, crocodiles, shrews, river otters and beavers. Even just going by animal but fused with nature the monster cast still seems very uninspired, mind you I only know about the ones showed in promotional material because I am not paying full price for a game like this when I can get World and the expansion by half of that price.

[@whitecoffee05]

@@imatiu wild hearts' monster design really tickles the weebie heart people have. You look at the giant plant pig and think of princess mononoke. It just works and with the nature x animal gimmick it leaves plenty of variety choice to choose from for future monsters.

[@quinngurney]

@@whitecoffee05 while I do like the idea of monster design they've gone for here, one of the reasons I've loved Monster Hunter's designs is that pretty much every monster, besides elder dragons, have a specific and understandable reason they exist the way they do in their environments. The ecology and natural world building of that franchise through pure design and behaviors alone is pretty impressive and as a zoologist it's something I really enjoy and can't help but miss in this game. Like yeah the giant pig is cool, but like I have a feeling I will enjoy the monsters less in the game the more I fight them because they don't seem to have as much depth to their designs. However they do look really cool, I think its the purpose in their design that I feel is kind of missing

[@JDLaney-zk4wb]

Thank you for being an honest reviewer, Shill. It gets tedious seeing all these games come out that are essentially broken, but because they’re AAA, they all get 7s or higher from every major game advertisement, I mean game review site.

[@MukiMuki688]

Sim City camp building + Monster Hunter is a really good idea. Really want to give this a go.

[@millwaterj]

Maybe give the 10 hour trial a go on EA Play, that’s what I’m gonna do! Really want to support this game to encourage more future MH like games!

[@deadeye_john]

Update: Those patches are never coming. EA abandoned it

[@soyasaucer]

you are on of very few game reviewers I trust. your honesty about how it runs brings joy to my gaming heart.

[@LaserStorm117]

I'm so glad you brought up your first point. Many times I've had discussions with people that completely fail to make that realization.

[@kleberson777]

I played MH since MH1 in PS2. That combat is slow and MH1 came out even before Demon Souls and Dark Souls exist. The reason MH hooked me because they take immersive gameplay approach. You go into wilderness, learning and surviving the harsh environment, learning monster behaviour, hunt them for food, gathering resource for making trap, bomb, net for hunting purpose, make item to survive environmental hazard. And when you swing the big sword, it feel heavy, slow and take a lot stamina, but when it hit the monster, it feel very satisfying. For modern gamer, all of that is just a hassle and chore to them, but for old gamer and boomer like me, it's what make monster hunting game, a hunting game compared to any Action game. Some of that aspect is what missing in Wild Hearts. Although they nailed in big monster combat and traversal aspect, they missing the survival aspect or very trivialize. So I'm a bit mixed feeling here

[@starryeyes5860]

not really. the immersion in wild hearts is great. you get to build your own camps, process food with dry racks, then season them in pickle jars, and then throw them in the smoker. you can explore the environments and hunt for food or to find tsumoko, talismans, or documents that are filled with lore. you can find run down houses and set up a camp inside of it. the maps are much more open than MH and you actually feel like your a hunter that belongs in the wilderness and your not reliant on the town to provide you with your meals or anything else for that matter. you can even add decorations, animal cages or pens that provide you with rare materials or food ingredients and a lot more. much more to wild hearts than just the great combat and traversal.

[@angellara7040]

Wild heart has far more of that immersion. You have different options to process food and your structure carry over between hunts

[@thewalkthroughdestroyer356]

Hey guys, now that it’s been a few months, is performance better and stable on ps5?

[@samuelabbottchannel]

It’s a real shame you didn’t even mention console performance. And weird too because I imagine a significant portion of your watchers play on console.

[@KB-ql8cx]

What about console? Does it run bad in console as well? Not everyone plays in PC 😊

[@Qballiz2kool]

Yes it does, it has performance issues across the board.

[@heyhoitsjoe]

Been playing for the last two hours on PS5 and haven't experienced any performance issues so far, consistent 60fps.. maybe the game will shit the bed later on but for now any MH fans who are reluctant I'd say go for it, very refreshing to play!

[@bashbunny313]

Actually, this review has impressed me and got me more excited about Wild Hearts. Thought I will probably hold on till I heard that PC performance is better. But never the less, good job to the dev on getting so much right on this new IP.

[@Lotus_on_YT]

I've been playing the demo this week. I've been having a blast from the core gameplay loop, but I cannot maintain an even frame pacing at 60fps, with a 3700x and 4070Ti at any resolution or quality setting. It really kills what was supposed to be fluid gameplay. If they fix it I would recommend it, but how can a game release with even recommended specs not playable at 60 FPS?

[@dukkibhoy1990]

Seems fine on ps

[@jebalitabb8228]

@@dukkibhoy1990 you win an award for most irrelevant comment of 2023 so far

[@Tibovl]

@@jebalitabb8228 seems fine on xbox

[@Tibovl]

@@jebalitabb8228 also fine on Wii U 👌

[@dukkibhoy1990]

@@jebalitabb8228 okay thanks wow I've never won an award before oh I'm a little nervous well here goes I'd like to thank my mum and my dogs and the bros and the youtube comments section I'd be nothing without you guys oh wow thank you thank you.

[@S34Mii]

Uh oh, title of the video not sounding like a good start to this one

[@davidedwards8877]

Runs pretty damn smooth on series x. Absolutely loving this so far.

[@cb6667]

For us Xbox and ps5 players the game is gonna run fine games running like shit is a pc thing

[@exaltedreverse4463]

@@cb6667 Sorry to break it to you, the only issue is that the ps5 version looks nothing like the trailers gameplay. The graphics looks bad ATM. Hopefully they fix it like dead space remake

[@angellara7040]

​@@exaltedreverse4463 what? Looks like the gameplay to me but I've only put in 13 hours, a dozen armor sets and a lot of dead monsters

[@regex2660]

12:49 I think the best way to describe it is "Deliberate". I personally use the phrase "Heavy Commitment". Every action you do in Monster Hunter HAS to be planned out. If you want to do something, you need to make sure that it is truly what you want to do. Some people may call it clunky, I call it design choice. And looking at gameplay videos of Wild Hearts, I'm glad they went with the 'faster combat' design. It can serve as a different type of experience than Monster Hunter while still providing that Monster-Hunting core experience. Just gotta wait for the devs to solve the performance issues

[@ryo-kai8587]

I think it can be both clunky _and_ deliberate. A really nice bass might still feel clunky to a guitar player. I enjoyed both World and Rise very much, but I can't completely disagree with either descriptor.

[@damiancrowley569]

With gameplay like that, give it 3 months and all the optimization updates will come out. I'm excited

[@quickfirereviews]

Should be better next week with a patch!

[@damiancrowley569]

@@quickfirereviews I'll keep my ear to the ground on that. I really dig how it looks, but my PC is nothing compared to our gracious reviewers lol if it's not solid on his, it'll be near unplayable for me. I really want it though

[@quickfirereviews]

@@damiancrowley569 totally! Let’s see what the results from the first batch of patches are :)

[@damiancrowley569]

@@quickfirereviews fingers crossed 🤞🤞 it really looks like a whole blast, and like there's a lot of passion behind it. Maybe it really will be sooner rather than later

[@quickfirereviews]

@@damiancrowley569 debating on if I should wait for the patch to post my full review haha

[@Qballiz2kool]

Yea……definitely waiting for this one to eventually pop up on EA Play, 70 dollars is pretty steep, on top of the performance issues which apparently plagues everything from consoles to PC. Not wasting my money on this one.

[@Ms5000Watts]

It’s on EA play right now so that’s good

[@leonard9624]

He explicitly says this is on PC ONLY he didnt played or tested the game on console.

[@Qballiz2kool]

@@leonard9624 I’m aware, but it also has issues running on consoles as well from what I’ve heard.

[@KamenRiderBlackSun]

this is why i appreciate god eater series because it’s similar to monster hunter but different

[@shabu9ine916]

I don't like fortnite building gameplay

[@luciusliu9417]

It's great that Monster Hunter is getting some real competition now forcing them to hopefully up their game. That said however! Many of the systems (the wood buildings in particular (Karakuri[?]) seem like Monster Hunter extensions that exist already, like the slinger from World or wirebugs from Rise. When I saw the bomb placed down 18:30 it really is just a Felyne placing down a bomb. Or later when Skillup talks about the fireworks knocking that chicken from the sky, it's just a flashbomb from MH. I know it's Wild Hearts' version of Monster Hunter stuff and there are some wholly unique systems, plus without the "clunky" combat of Monster Hunter there'll probably be many who prefer Wild Hearts over Monster Hunter. My whole dealio here is that they're charging the $70(USD) premium plus whatever DLC that's inevitably going to come later and well, I'm a salty cheap gamer and I do have a bias with MH so I'll probably pass on this with the performance issues and the grindier gear treadmill.

[@gomaboto]

He talked so much about MH but so much he said was just plain wrong or super surface level lmao

[@luciusliu9417]

@@gomaboto Yeah, I originally had a quote in my comment about how he his skill/playstyle and time allowance into games doesn't allow him to really... get it right many of the times, especially so in this case with Monster Hunter. But I realized this way back when, when he did his review on Kingdom Come: Deliverance and vividly remember him saying he failed a charisma check when he specialized full charisma on an easy story encounter. Insert "Journalist Difficulty" joke here.

[@r.e.z9428]

So what if we buy the game for consoles and ignore the PC port? Because at this point PC ports have usually come out ass.

[@melu0o]

Heard the game was ass on consoles aswell. A bummer because I wanted to get this game for ps5

[@melu0o]

Best advice is wait for a sale, don’t get the pc version because usually with these pc ports it’s a loss cause and the console versions always come out stronger

[@BoxcarPhill]

I have it on ps5 and haven't experienced any framrate issues personally. But there are muddy and low res textures on terrain.

[@SCYN0]

As of now game runs pretty much flawless on Xbox Series X after the newest Patch

[@SCYN0]

​@@BoxcarPhill because youve pladed the patched Version already. Since ver 1.005 the game runs much better on Series X compared to any other Plattform. Ps5 only has still this flickering on the prioritize graphics setting

[@knightshade3d51]

Hopefully the performance and frame rate issues get fixed soon because this does seem like a genuinely fun game and an alternative to Monster Hunter. Would be great to have options and to force competition in a space that Capcom has by and large had to itself.

[@jonathanforsythe2405]

Damn, that is definitely a bummer. Was looking forward to another competitor to monster hunter to hopefully push something new to the genre.

[@federicosavorani6320]

Well, it is a competitor, on console. The only problem is optimization, sadly

[@saiter6010]

don't be so dramatic, the problem is optimization give this game some months.

[@jonathanforsythe2405]

I know what you mean, I definitely get that but I'm not exactly on board for a 70$ game that is going to run like crap for at least a month or so. That's what betas are for lol

[@SwordsmanOrion]

Anyone who uses the term "clunky" to describe Monster Hunter has entirely missed the point. Everything about it is intentional. You don't have to like it, but don't pretend like it was poorly made just because you weren't good at it.

[@nadebothd4006]

This looks like a good in-between game honestly in regards to the monster hunting game genre. The building is a cool new idea in regards to this particular genre but this is just a different means to the same goal already introduced from the mainline MH games. I can throw a flashbomb, set a trap, have different support felynes, inflict status ailments, the list goes on forever. People might get mad over this but the building seems like it's just a lure for the Fortnite players to give it a shot. There's a depth to MH games that isn't as apparent from the surface and begins to surface when you find your playstyle and pursue a build to highlight that. I'm happy for people if they enjoy it, but it's going to take more than "stand ins" to dethrone more than 20 years of game building.

[@kleberson777]

I played MH since MH1 in PS2. You go into wilderness, learning and surviving the harsh environment, learning monster behaviour, hunt them for food, gathering resource for making trap, bomb, net for hunting purpose, make consumable item to survive environmental hazard. And when you manage to survive the wilderness, you hunt big monster, and loot is corpse. It feel so satisfying. *This is what make monster hunting game, a hunting game where It make you feel like a hunter that try to survive wilderness by hunting monster* This feeling is what I didn't get when playing Wild Hearts. It's all about fighting big monster. (traversal building Strand-like is cool though) It feel like Wild Hearts is just action game with monster hunting theme instead of monster hunting genre

[@frankaliberti]

Jesus. Why do people keep playing games on PC and then complaining that these games run like sh!t? When are you people gonna learn? This isn’t 1995 anymore.

[@IRMentat]

13:36 I’d argue that the MH weapons are generally quite simple individually but the combos themselves have been made deliberately clunky and obtuse requiring toggles, 4-5 different buttons or press n hold n sub-function clicks instead of simply letting people use a dynasty warrior base with an additional button to trigger separate combo trees or to swap modes. Simplifying that combat in terms of less options greatly reduces the core gameplay potential and “feel” of grinding rather than fighting

[@gameskyjumper1721]

The footage shown here is on par or even below Monster Hunter Rise on pc. And to think Rise is only a pet project that was originally designed for Switch. Monster Hunter World's graphic fidility was truly ahead of its time. Bet it will blew all our minds when World 2 comes out.

[@gonnsolo8506]

That Tiicu's Divination bow tho

[@rubberduckian2538]

It's been a week since release. Game plays competently. Reviewer's this says take the performance parts of a videogame like it is integral to it's overall playability. And while that's essentially true. It is stupid to expect every game to be flawless. Calisto Protocol (PS5) is a solid running good looking game, boring as hell and leaves too much to be desired. Wild heart is a lil rough around the edges. But is fun as fuck, Solid monster hunter world clone. Better than rise. I recommend people to play this game. It's not a cyberpunk, and the few stutters and glitches will honestly add to your enjoyment. Cuz they don't happen that often.

[@rubberduckian2538]

(after 30 hour in after initial review) the slomo from befo' the patch was anoying. And I agree with the sentiment "it's unacceptable that games would be released like this". But elden ring released with the same issue, continued to be GOTY. Gamer's need to shut up and be tolerant about this type of shit. Cuz to be real, we might release thousand of videos vociferating about it. But that ain't gonna do much in corporate side of things.

[@T.O.Wallee]

So they’re charging 70 dollars for this level of performance. Well done EA

[@cravenmarigold7750]

As a long time depressed fan of Omega Forces output, I'm not surprised by any of these issues. Poor performance and lackluster fidelity even on brand new hardware is honestly to be expected if you follow them. I feel like these issues are caused by Koei Techmo in particular. (Look at how many games they've released underneath Techmo in the last 2 years alone, it's absurd). These devs are probably some of the most stretched thin developers in the industry. But the fact they made such a fun game despite everything, I think thats respectable and I will be picking up the full game at a discount in the future. I do wish more peoole would make comparisons to their Toukiden games here since I feel its more relevant, but MH is the king of the genre alongside God Eater so the MH only comparisons make sense.

[@JulesNekro]

Oh, I forgot they made Toukiden!

[@xenosayain1506]

This review hurts considering this was one of the first games to have the new 70$ vs 60$ price tag. So now they are asking for 70$ with this degree of performance issues is not okay

[@Shl0kk]

@3:22 'Stay awhile and listen' - I see what you did there

[@fatalexception3845]

I gotta love game devs. They use PCs to code games, then proceed with the necessary additions to make them work on consoles and only then, they PORT the game on the platform on which they coded them. I don't know if this is being dumb or just shortsighted. Couldn't they make the game, finish it, then make al the fine tuning for the different platforms on different commits so that they don't have to make freaking ports? I'm not an expert, but you can make forks in a game/software development.

[@mokadelic4037]

We gamers really need to start going thermonuclear hitler on these triple A games, because I'm really tired of games that are poorly optimized, incomplete, cashgrabs, repetitive or unoriginal. They cannot release these games in such conditions with budgets like theirs. We really gotta up our standards fellas. This game and many others of these generations could've been absolute 10/10 gems, but these devs really do not care because they assume we are going to buy them anyway.

[@CasepbX]

Modern gaming is full of too many sheeps. Only the minority will attempt to stand up for a better future. So this trend will continue until AAA dies.

[@SubiKinubi]

Couldn’t launch it to begin with, had to re verify the files but once I did it runs fine at 1440p

[@davidlanglois8055]

i played the ea trial on series x and the performance was "fine". some frame drops but not too bad although i was solo

[@urazz7739]

So, in other words, don't get this game until it's performance issues are fixed. Shame, because it definitely looks promising for sure. Performance issues and bugs are major reasons why I don't get games at launch anymore,

[@XTr3m3b4sh]

Hogwarts Legacy also had performance issues on launch and gets overwhelmingly positive reviews. Wild Hearts on the other hand is mostly negative. Nice double standards, "gamers".

[@redgarlicbred6228]

I'm just glad monster hunter is inspiring new games in the same way dark souls is. Hope more follow, love those games

[@empatheticfrog2052]

I'm not sure i follow the complaint about art design. My grandmother thought call of duty and overwatch were the same thing so I dont feel that basing it off a layman's ability to tell them apart makes much sense at all.

[@TrueArt_1]

I agree with Skillup’s comment on the art direction. I wish they had gone any other direction other than something so similar to Monster Hunter’s. Even if they reused Toukiden or Nioh’s art direction, I’d like that much more than this.

[@MrInuhanyou123]

That's what I was saying. Omega force could have been better served doing a Toukiden reboot with the youkai rather than wild hearts because it makes some of the art comparisons to monster hunter less flattering with less engaging monster enemy types here

[@deicidium1887]

Another issue I saw with that is they are forced to match up that art direction if they plan to support this game and add more monsters. I don't find this art direction easy to create new and unique monsters.

[@horrorking1000]

It doesn't look like monster hunter maybe similar to world graphically but that's just barely this game looks nothing like monster hunter it's not monster hunter style it's world style which is basically generic current gen graphics not a fair comparison on the graphics as monster hunter games (other than world which you've probably only played) look like shit or have completely different art styles

[@GrippeeTV]

A bloodborne style setting would’ve been an instant purchase for me lol

[@travesty6481]

they chose such a weird fucking combo of rise and worlds graphics and textures, it looks absolutely dog shit

[@skepticalsky8235]

I heard the devs are working on the preformance and should be fixed by next week. I really hope all goes well then because I really REALLY wanna play it. Idk why they couldnt just delay the release if they were aware of the problem

[@quickfirereviews]

And DLSS is coming hopefully!

[@inyourgranmaass3605]

They should've worked on that before releasing it a multi billion dallor corporation dont they have game testers wtf expectations are so sad now

[@pecangecko8555]

@@inyourgranmaass3605 devoplers can only do so much. More then likely investors and the head honchos forced them to release

[@quickfirereviews]

@@inyourgranmaass3605 totally agree! I originally had a huge rant about this in my review. I don’t even think these developers should have to be relying on DLSS….just optimize and test your games!

[@stavielia7583]

If they can fix the performance in a week it would have been smarter to just delay it by a week, why ruin first impressions over a 1 week fix? I'm not buying it, figuratively and literally.

[@call_me_maple]

From what I hear, the performance issue is the game being forced to run on a single core. That is a major problem, and if they in fact get that issue sorted in the day one patch, then this game will most likely run really well. Keeping an eye on this one for now.

[@simpson6700]

not true, it was regularly at 60% on my 3600, a 6 core, 12 thread CPU.

[@wunderboi78220]

They also need to add DLSS / FSR support.

[@MrAncop]

@@simpson6700 that doesn't really mean nothing, you can have your CPU at 100% usage but it may only show a single core working

[@sydneys207]

Chances are, it’s an issue of one specific part of the engine being bound to a single core. Really common, even now.

[@simpson6700]

@@MrAncop what are you even trying to say? Total CPU usage was 60%, not the CPU usage of a single core. I didn't do much on the side, only watching a stream which usually takes about 10% tops.

[@CreateAmazment]

If they can clean up performance FAST, this game's gonna be a hit. It's so incredibly fun, the building is interesting, the combat works very well, it's definitely a game to give both fans and non fans of MH something to play, but I absolutely agree that the performance is abysmal, even on PS5 with Performance Mode turned on I was frequently dropping below 30 FPS in hunts

[@DsgSleazy]

Sub 60fps on performance mode is wild, what a fuck up.

[@a.g.m8790]

They already missed their chance

[@PaulSmith-nb6md]

The game will probably be w hit regardless since more than pc players play this kind of game

[@a.g.m8790]

@@PaulSmith-nb6md it won’t be. Even before all the performance issues it was completely eclipsed by Hogwarts Legacy and Atomic Heart. Now that people see it’s just a Monster Hunter clone it’s dropped off most peoples radar

[@CreateAmazment]

@@PaulSmith-nb6md Well console is having performance issues as well. Nowhere as bad as PC, but it's still definitely really bad

[@desmondpitts1020]

I actually like the monster design, its only like that because they was heading to a more nature route about things. That’s why you see our hunter pray after each kill

[@TacticusPrime]

They need to make an action RPG cultivation game. Kill spiritual beasts to collect their cores and unique materials, craft pills and unique items, choose a philosophical and martial arts path to develop your character down... They would do a great job at it.

[@anshitgupta1294]

It's nice to see ea giving more focus to single player games. Even despite its optimisation,it's a pretty nice game

[@veraalves6874]

They had to get some serious punches in the gut during the 8th gen. That Battlefront 2 launch was... rough

[@jebalitabb8228]

@@veraalves6874 was it really rough though? Compared to other big games like cyberpunk, fallout 76, or the recent Pokémon games it felt like a phenomenal launch. That example seems really outdated lol

[@ZephyrK_]

This was developed by Koei Tecmo lmao. Just published by EA.

[@Klodhvig]

@@jebalitabb8228 the lootbox progression system in a AAA $60 star wars game was inexcusable. Not to mention how it took well over a year for the game to really feel like it was a complete package with sufficient content

[@veraalves6874]

@@jebalitabb8228 not on the tech side, but on the microtransaction one. It was so bad it got governments from around the world angry, because it was using an IP that kids could get into, and spend their money in to unlock the weirdly in-game expensive Darth Vader

[@Pupsker]

Looks great once they fix all performance issues. Always nice to have monster hunter styled games.

[@runbaa9285]

Will probably buy it once performance issues are sorted. I love Monster Hunter World, and I'm glad the monster hunting genre is getting more recognition, so I'm glad to see that the core game is really solid, performance issues aside.

[@speedkiller53]

Yea frame rate issue aside, the game is fun to play.

[@SteadyAscension]

Hey SkillUp, just because the game is not running well doesn’t mean you should not recommend it. Remember Prey? Haha, that’s what IGN said😂😂

[@slinkbradshaw8674]

I'm really enjoying the game but I totally understand holding off on buying it until a big patch or sale

[@pipzgutz]

You're a lucky duck, the day one patch broke the game, it's almost unplayable.

[@JebsonofJeb]

@@pipzgutz what happened with the day one patch? How could it be worse?

[@frozenfenix0]

Enjoying it too, I think the performance complaints are a little overstated in this case. It just has the embarrassing combination of 10 year old graphic effects and frame dips

[@angellara7040]

​@@pipzgutz I was playing it fine and so was plenty of others

[@Ms5000Watts]

God I am so lucky that my pc performance has been perfect because this really is one of my favorite games ever at this point

[@joesantoro4964]

What GPU are you using?

[@SylverGaming]

Same! Tried the early access thing, and it runs fine on a 13900k with a 3080. Warms up my room nicely too though xD

[@quickfirereviews]

I believe it's CPU bottleneck...and no DLSS :)

[@tonye2920]

Doesn’t run to terrible on my rig either but I do get drops here and there. Rtx3080 with ryzen 9 5900x

[@joesantoro4964]

@@tonye2920 I have the same CPU and I agree with you. Some frame drops but nothing game breaking.

[@Jacob-ss2sl]

Glad you mentioned the soundtrack. I played like 20 minutes of the game during the early access trial, and while I couldn't stomach any more due to performance, I was really impressed with the music and sound design in general.

[@hua..]

soundtrack is alright, most of the sfx are kinda generic though to be honest, fucking ragetail, for example, sounds like the stock dolphin sound effect at certain points lol

[@statesminds]

Did you turn motion blur off? I must be lucky and my fps dips sometimes but nothing to make me wanna quit

[@statesminds]

@@hua.. there’s some decent tracks. It’s not MonHun but it’s good

[@obi-wankenobi8446]

Music is great but the sound effects are terrible man. They're extremely compressed, they sound cheap and tinny through a cinema system worse than Valhalla's

[@GGun1t]

Oof, quite the title

[@jinsakai409]

After playing the demo I decided to get it. I don’t always agree with skillup. This game ran better than lagwarts legacy for me. The only bad thing I’ve experienced was a little bit of lag so I don’t understand why he’s being so dramatic about it. It also doesn’t look like a mobile game to me. Wo Long on the otherhand does look like a mobile game. I refunded that

[@tatertime]

I don't mind too much that the art direction seems very similar to Monster Hunter. I really like the games this company puts out and they all have a similar vibe of Feudal Japan with a magical twist, and I think it is good for them to expand on something they know well already. I never really played MH, but I love the Nioh games. This looks like a more accessible MH style game that could really get me into it! The first Nioh game also looked really dated and I had no idea it was released in like 2017 or 18, but hot dang that game was fun and Nioh 2 just improved it even more. I am sure the performance issues will be sorted out and then I am so tempted to snag this one

[@RomnysGonzalez]

The gameplay is so damn good and fun, but maaaaan everything else is just a double AA priced as 70usd. For 30 or 40 this game would be magic

[@shinobgaming528]

Crossplay makes it easier to hunt with my lady same as dauntless did. Trial on my ps5 was fine but sheesh pc is pretty rough. Enjoyed though a lot. Im the type of person that can play a game for the experience that it is. I’m not looking for this game to replace MH I want it to give me a change of pace when I don’t want to play MH. I really hope they can fix the issues so we can get a follow up game.

[@FluffyCorgi3469]

6:19 i'm sorry, i know that this game has "stylized" animations and combat, but THIS is the DUMBEST multi-shot animation i have ever seen 🤣

[@sweatysam6264]

It wouldn't look as bad if she didn't bobble her head every time she pulled the bow if it was just her arm moving and not her fucking head it would look all right.

[@brett_zesty]

Some feedback on the audio for this vid: I'm not sure if it's in the music or some sort of audio artifact, but there is an incredibly high pitched ringing noise that pans occasionally from right to left (im using Sony headphones without nosie cancelling or ambient turned on, fully charged). My roommate was also able to hear it from my phone speakers, maybe there's something going on in the audio mixing?

[@SkillUp]

Have you got a timestamp?

[@Sexnuf4u]

@@SkillUp It's part of the game if I'm correct. Check 5:17 on. That fight has a few instances.

[@phineasjack5180]

I've put about 28 hours into this game and it's amazing. It's a definite buy if they fix the optimization so people can actually play it

[@Tsugandate]

looks real fun, I'll be waiting for it to get updated in terms of performance, and maybe progression pacing adjustments regarding the intensive grind and early itemization

[@quickfirereviews]

Patch coming next week :)

[@malazan6004]

@@quickfirereviews I'm likely waiting more than one patch I don't have faith that will be enough.

[@quickfirereviews]

@@malazan6004 fair enough man!

[@superxnatrl1941]

its not...

[@OdinStarz]

Great Review! The game has been fun for me, performance not withstanding. I found a thread that helped me get pretty decent performance. Gonna post the tips here in case you’re playing in PC: “disabled fullscreen optimizations and application scaling on the exe - used both nvidia control panel and in game 60 fps limiters in tandem. Usually I'd assume this would be bad but nvidia lower than in game had framepacing issues. Didn't cap below 60 unless I went to 30 as it would introduce big periodic framepacing issues. - in game vsync - borderless (I'd assume borderless would just use wdm vsync but I guess they override that behavior). - used process lasso's bitsum highest performance profile. I'd have thought this would be the big deal but just by itself I was still having some issues” Hopefully this helps someone until they get a patch in.

[@quickfirereviews]

Helpful! Thanks!

[@Hencid]

i made the same comment about the art direction and i was attacked, it would have been so easy to base the game on somethign else and it would have immediately given it it's own personality

[@MrInuhanyou123]

Hell the devs could have just done the same thing as their previous monster hunter game Toukiden and make the game about youkai. Or just made it a Toukiden reboot outright. Is it cliche in Japanese games sure but it's not something you see for monster hunting games

[@jacob3761]

@@MrInuhanyou123 monster Hunter rise monsters are based on yokai so that would’ve been a very bad look for wild hearts

[@Hencid]

@@MrInuhanyou123 in my opinion they should have stayed away from nordic and japanese mythology all together and maybe just add a little bit on the side just to give a touch of familiarity, we have sooooo many cultures that in the videogame space are complitely overlooked for example Maori, african, inuit, sioux, mongolian, indian and sooooo many more and i want to see anything at this point that ias not the estabilished copy paste samurai and viking trope

[@shadowsketch926]

i seriously cannot take anyone who complains about MH animations serious it's not a fucking hack and slash, it has its own combat feel, and with that, weight to it mastering a weapon in MH isn't just about mashing the right combination of buttons, but also about timing and positioning. if you're too dense of a mf to get that, use dual blades and learn the discipline to not spam the fuck out of the demon dance combo

[@alk3v]

Thanks for the warning on performance. I think what ultimately will have me take another look is if they add good post-live content like Monster Hunter does/did. I think this live service content releases of Monster Hunter World in particular is a blind spot for many reviewers for the MH series. But ultimately it is the lifeblood of the game - the Iceborne endgame content was amazing. Doing Kulve Taroth, Alatreon and Fatalis on release was just an amazing experience with the community. This makes me realize how good we have it with Monster Hunter via Capcom. DLCs were full expansions, and gave us multiple content waves like a live service game but without season passes to pay for and excessive P2W microtransactions. I'm concerned that the combat style with buildings (while faster paced) doesn't allow for deeper gameplay and hope to see them design boss encounters more complicated that build a barrier / flashbang and abuse the opening you created with limited weapon movesets. The monster designs look amazing aesthetically, but I'm definitely hoping some more combat mechanics are added per weapon as well.

[@CaptainOrlax]

There was a patch on Friday that seemed to make the game run much smoother for me. It also specifically called out making multiplayer a better experience so I have faith KT are going to have this game in good shape before much time has passed. EDIT: Well this aged poorly didn't it.

[@BadEnd98]

Yeah, sadly this aged poorly

[@henryduttweiler]

“It runs like ass, and it looks ugly while is doing it” Everything I want to hear for a videogame review 🤩

[@SCYN0]

Update 2 weeks later Series X runs pretty much flawless. Some Pop ins and Reflexion glitches still persist but Performance is pretty much stable at 60 most of the the time except for Minato where it still Drops like 10 to 15 frame on All Plat forms

[@cratoic1603]

I'm in the same boat; I tried it out with the trial. I can definitely see how cool this game is and the first impressions and reviews for it also reinforced that for me. But man, the game ran like total ass, and even with all the settings set to low; it still wasn't enough to get a stable 60 on a pretty decent rig (5600x + 3060). Whenever the performance issues are resolved, I definitely plan on picking this game up.

[@ken5040]

So I have a feeling you’re on PC but just want to verify I’ve played on PS five and series X PS five I did the trial series X I bought it and I must say so far series act seems a little more stable than the PS five, but I have noticed a lot of PC players complaining about performance

[@cratoic1603]

@@ken5040 Yeah, I have heard that the Series X is much better in terms of performance, from what I've seen on reddit anyway. And yes, I am playing on PC; the performance is unfortunately really bad. I even tried to turn my resolution down to 1080p instead of 1440p and that helped a bit when just running around, but anytime I got into combat, the fps just tanked so I couldn't even play with that compromise.

[@zikarisg9025]

It does run fine on the PS5 in performance mode. I have not reached the snowy temple area yet but slowdowns even in multiplayer are not much of an issue on PS5. Hope the PC version will be updated. Great game. I disagree on it looking worse than Rise though, the environmental detail is significantly higher!

[@곰바지]

It's always a good day when a Skill Up video is uploaded

[@waitbalthy6342]

Honest opinion from a Monster Hunter veteran, after playing the early access for 10 hours on Xbox series X (this applies to PS5): 1- The game is in a disastrous technical state. In performance mode, this is one of the worst looking games to come out in recent memory. Textures are extremely muddy, blurry, antialiasing is non existent. Elden Ring, Monster Hunter World/Rise, Rdr2, Hogwarts Legacy, all look AMAZING on series X even in performance mode, there is no excuse for the game to look this bad. Graphics mode is borderline unplayable. I had no issue playing Rise at 30fps on switch, but wildhearts is different. Multiplayer is even worse. The game struggles to stay alive with 3 hunters on screen, unplayable. They are going to need at least 6 months of HEAVY patching to fix this mess. They are definitely not going to fix it for launch. 2-Gameplay/Combat. This has great potential, but again it’s disappointing. It’s held back by the game's technical performance, but also has some design flaws. Weapons are cool, feel different, have interesting mechanics and combos, but nowhere near the level of depth I was hoping for. Compared to Monster Hunter, it isn’t even close… I’m ok with the floaty feeling combat, and I really enjoy the big combos, but I feel like the weapons are just too simplistic. Monster AI is really janky, hitboxes are all over the place, and the camera is a nightmare. It gets stuck on everything. The building mechanic is really cool, even though it still feels a bit stiff. Highlight of the game for me. Monster design is good, unique and interesting, but held back by the ai. In summary, the word that fits this game's combat best is Jank. Switching from Wildhearts to Monster Hunter Rise is just incredible. It just makes me appreciate even more how much effort and experience goes into making a modern hunting game. 3- Story is decent (way better than MH games), and there’s a lot of great QOL stuff that I hope the MH devs pay attention to. The base building mechanic is awesome, the maps are large and I’m sure would be gorgeous running on a 4090, the game is CROSSPLATFORM and jumping into multiplayer is really easy. There is great build variety and lots of options to experiment. In conclusion: Don’t buy this game. Not yet at least. Wait for them to address the huge technical issues, and for the game to go on sale. Wildhearts has huge potential, but I can’t recommend it right now, especially not if you're a Monster Hunter veteran. DO NOT trust any of the big channels recommending this, remember they have a vested interest in getting people playing as it will generate more views and income.

[@thatnekoalastor]

Really enjoying this game with friends. Hope it gets more support and fix a few issues

[@quickfirereviews]

I really want to like it!

[@shayoko6]

A shame this game is connected to EA. i don't want DRM or EA online activation and EA app software installation

[@iangagel6027]

Is it a port issue primarily? Does it work on Consoles well? Edit: just heard your mention it's similar on Consoles, shame. I hear they are expediting a performance patch. Hope that fixes the issues cause it looks fun!

[@soulezwan266]

mostly pc issues, heard less problem for console.

[@iangagel6027]

@@soulezwan266 good to know!

[@thekittenwithnoname]

Played 10 hours on PS5...it was fine...it was unplayable at any setting on my 2070 i7-8700

[@robertking6631]

It doesnt run well on console but is playable....

[@thekittenwithnoname]

@@robertking6631 What did you play it on... I heard it runs the worst on Series S...makes sense its basically a last gen console(even though this game could probably have been ported to last gen at 30 fps, the karakuri and level exploration are the only thing making it possibly more demanding than MHW) I've heard of some probems on Series X as well. I played 10 hours on PS5 and am going to get my copy right now. I was a few hours into the second zone. I had very few frame dips stutters. After the update that screwed everyone with the trial. The game would crash occasionally, but would literally load me back into the middle of a hunt. Obviously it doesn't look as good as someone with a i9-13900k and 4090...but it was good to play on performance. We need to fix that CPU bottleneck and we need DLSS. Like SU said I dont think its gonna be fixed that quick in the sense that the game is demanding for some reason and perhaps the bottleneck fix will make it playable for the majority of people with mid range (20 series cards at this point) and DLSS should allow older GPUs and other cards to at least get 60 fps at 1080p. There was no difference for me on high or low settings FPS wise...even going from 1440p to 1080p. That tells me the game is bottlenecking somewhere else.

[@Giliver]

I really wish devs would be legally held accountable for bad ports. Like it straight up just shouldn't be legal to release a broken game. Hell better yet I wish Steam would delist games that launch in broken states, if devs wanna get around that via a Early Access marker that's fine, at least then everyone has their expectations set properly and the price should align better.

[@njsteere]

Some of this footage looks ROUGH. Thanks for keeping it real as always.

[@quickfirereviews]

Dude the stutters are soooo bad

[@alexandervo3485]

6:17 I'd avoid using the term "ghetto" as a descriptive adjective in future videos. It's super minor. I know you're using it in the most literal sense, but some people might find it offensive or uncomfortable. Just a heads up. Love the reviews.

[@Kasaaz]

I don't know anything about Eureka specifically but got myself a standing desk last July and it's just... so nice. Especially as you get older (I'm 42) your back will thank you for standing for a while here and there.

[@dako5005]

Well then, sayonara Wild Hearts...

[@dudeguybro]

I've been seeing Reddit posts and articles defending developers graphical design strategies which really boil down to a "get rich, buy better hardware" TLDR. Hardware will ALWAYS be ahead of what is actually produced on-screen. Look no further than TV's we can buy. You can buy an 8K TV - ok? Tell me what streaming services and TV producers that are pushing that? None. We've had 4K TV's for damn near 10 years+, and 4K TV / streaming is really just now becoming available. Back to the game. If a game looks like it was maybe from 2013-2014 and runs like complete shit on a good system - the 2080Ti system Skill Up has - that's a complete failure by the design team to optimize their game, period. I'd argue they need to begin a recall like an automaker would. FFS, imagine if a brand new car ran something akin to this. Woof. Edit: Grammar

[@Schizm1]

I'm still gonna give it a go... once it's patched. It looks amazing and gameplay seems addicting as hell. As a MH fan I really hope for a proper competition

[@malazan6004]

Well once performance is patched there is no reason to not give it a go if you like these games. That is basically the only major downside I've seen so far besides complaints about graphics but I really don't care about that.

[@chrisraymond4804]

Been playing MH since the psp, and this is interesting after about 5 hours, but the graphics are pretty painful. Immersion loss for sure

[@Spills51]

I mean....you know others can always use examples to effectively shortcut their next move....Monster Hunter had to go through the 19 years of trial and error.....which these guys dont have to make the same mistakes thanks to MH already doing it in the past.

[@MrLiveforlove]

An excellent review as always, Ralph. Really hope it's performance issues are fixed soon because i am genuinely interested in this game. Such a strong starting point for a new competitor in the monster hunter genre. Putting this one on my wish list until the performance issues are resolved.

[@quickfirereviews]

Good call! Patch will hopefully fix it next week :)

[@terrycruise-zd5tw]

💀@@quickfirereviews

[@Techn0Fox]

All we gotta do is hold off buying it for a month until the optimization is fixed and it goes on sale. Really tired of publishers forcing games that aren't ready into the market, and they need to take a hit for this greedy nonsense.

[@hoshi314]

very neat, i think the reason the visuals on the monster feels MH-ish is that Capcom did this TWICE (Portable 3rd, and Rise) and i have to give this game some credit when the lesser boss fight can summon trees, vines and icicle crash the everliving shit out of you while MH does the most batshit insane for Elder Dragons (Jet Dragons and White Fatalis who disintegrates you with lightning notwithstanding) since MH is the more grounded of the two

[@geneholden8912]

Sorry to hear about PC issues but it runs great on series x. This game is what I loved about World in a fresh new package. I enjoy it far more than base Rise. Really dope game. If you loved World and have a Series X or Ps5 give it a go.

[@charlesogden8492]

This is where Monster Hunter hasn't really had any competition so there hasn't been really any massive innovations and any competitive games developed have only really copied Monster Hunters formula with varying success (God Eater coming to mind) this is a company that seen the formula and attempted to build onto it and make something their own, and I truly believe this is something that Capcom had to take notice of. Minus the performance issues and limited budget KOEI TECMO managed to make a compelling Monster Hunter competitor and with love and time for the game (and hopefully a future franchise) could see both Monster Hunter and Wild Hearts both benefit from some much-needed competition that will drive innovation in both titles. I can imagine Capcom developers taking note and rightfully so and should do so.

[@Mattsen87]

Thanks for the review! Now I know it's not for me. My favorite part of MH is learning all the tricks and quirks that the deep weapon move-sets have to offer.