The DEFINITIVE and OBJECTIVE Monster Hunter Games Tier List (That is CORRECT)

[@henryjones8636]

SuperRAD rankings are special because he has actually taken the time recently to play a lot of these old games extensively, trying to give each of them a fair shot and ultimately judging them with more than just nostalgia goggles. That said, he's a longsword player so all of these rankings are meaningless.

[@SuperRADLemon]

WOW

[@muertem7875]

XDDD

[@RetVersus]

A well thought through, considered and objectively true response.

[@Yulises]

Understandable and RAD response

[@banaantjexx164]

As a longsword player I have to say this comment is truly based

[@Marnikoi]

Yeay timestamps here ! 1:30 : *Monster Hunter / Monster Hunter G* 3:34 : *Monster Hunter Freedom* 4:37 : *Monster Hunter Dos* 7:00 : *Monster Hunter Freedom 2 / Monster Hunter Freedom Unite* 9:20 : *Monster Hunter Tri* 10:37 : *Monster Hunter Portable Third* 11:58 : *Monster Monster 3 Ultimate* 14:38 : *Monster Hunter 4* 16:24 : *Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate* 18:27 : *Monster Hunter Generation - Cross / Monster Hunter Generation Ultimate - Double Cross* 21:40 : *Monster Hunter World* 26:45 : *Monster Hunter World : Iceborne* 29:55 : *Monster Hunter Rise* 32:24 : *Monster Hunter Stories* 33:45 : *Monster Hunter Stories 2* 35:11 : *Monster Hunter Frontier* 37:55 : *Monster Hunter i* 38:43 : *Monster Hunter Online* 38:53 : *Monster Hunter Dynamic Hunting* 39:51 : *Monster Hunter : Phantom Island Voyage / Other games blblbl* 41:04 : Adjustments

[@vhslofi]

I appreciate this so much!

[@kenshovenir5097]

thanks

[@DieEineMieze]

Thank you little cutie 😊

[@BenevoIence]

You are a hero

[@karma6761]

World and Iceborne’s unskippable cutscenes kills so much replayability it’s crazy

[@nickyb45896]

Besides the intro the rest is pretty manageable . Besides most people dont restart a character in monster hunter

[@SPZ-gv2on]

At least since it's on pc you can fix it with mods.

[@anenemystand5582]

Unskippabe cutscenes are a plague in every game they're in

[@Lancia444]

I've replayed it from scratch 3x - only annoyed about the introductory tutorials I think by MH games it definitely had more unskippable scenes than any other though...

[@ecru_5819]

For me I didn't mind and even liked the cutscenes on my playthroughs, but I can get how people can obviously hate them

[@S.I.L.]

Say what you will about Rise's changes to the flow but its roster is pretty cool and diverse. All classifications have at least one rep except for snake wyverns, neopterons and carapaceons. The latter is confirmed to be addressed in sunbreak and I hope the others are too.

[@regishwadum]

If Kushala from Rise kept its wind shield from old gen, I’d say Kushala would be perfect then.

[@S.I.L.]

@@regishwadum maybe for the MR fight.

[@dharamsoni8526]

Wait isn't rakna kadaki a neopteron?

[@hunky1013]

@@dharamsoni8526 ahtal ka for example is a neopteron, or seltas (iirc)

[@thedeepfriar745]

Rise reconfirmed my long standing blood feud with Kulu Ya Ku. That fucker gave me hell in Monster Hunter World. I have made it my mission to kill that bitch whenever the opportunity arises. My first feud and it’s still an asshole is The Great Maccao, that thing needs to die!

[@mmmanimate3161]

He's 100% right, just look at the like to dislike ratio

[@justagatior411]

Dislike.................What dislike?

[@greebrotf8724]

😢

[@xda-ninjax4266]

@@justagatior411 As of now, it's 1.5k likes and 329 dislikes

[@justagatior411]

@@xda-ninjax4266 well then............ nice

[@James-yk5ge]

one thing that bothered me about hunting arts, styles, switch skills, etc. is that for some weapons some of the arts dont change the gameplay at all, or are absolutely useless, or completely break the gameplay of the weapon. that being said I love how much variety the good ones add to a weapon.

[@kyoflow16]

recall kinsect: useless. cpp: breaks CB conceptually. metsu shoryugeki: the reason to play rise.

[@James-yk5ge]

@@kyoflow16 i think dual blades have some of the best switch skills in the game bc theyre not just simply better or worse, i would switch out which ones I was using based on the monster I was fighting and I thought that was so cool.

[@LordShonji]

@@kyoflow16 recall Kinsect is actually good in emergencies cause it has I frame as well as restore Kinsect stamina to full. Pretty good for those bugs that have slow stamina regen

[@tohumbus6889]

@@James-yk5ge I kinda disagree completely, feral demon mode makes such a big dps difference that the evasiveness of the other isn’t comparable, in all the situations tower vault is good your better off just using demon flight and keeping bind, and demon flight is just better for most end game monsters in general.

[@RayquaSr.]

As for arts. As a CB main playing mhXX, yea arts do absolutely nothing but add some cool flashy moves. As a SnS main in MHXX. Hoo boy are arts busted by all means.

[@DoctorPoo]

So excited for Sunbreak to really pump Rise up. I’ve got 250 hours into it as a HR game and I’m ready to put way more in G rank.

[@greenmarble1032]

I dont get how people are putting 250 hrs in I've done everything except valstrax nd have only 47ish hrs nd I'm done with the game

[@greenmarble1032]

I just keep going back to gu

[@DoctorPoo]

@@greenmarble1032 I bounce back and forth a bit

[@DoctorPoo]

@@greenmarble1032 I play both. I’ve been checking off all the quests and doing rampages for talismans, and a lot of random online HR when I just wanna have fun and help folks. I only have 4 quests I haven’t been able to beat yet, and they’re all Apex Emergency events. A bit harder than regular it seems, especially with random hunters online.

[@riccardo3031]

@@greenmarble1032 i also have 250 h in rise cause i tried to "master" 3 weapon other than the mighty longsword. But now that I really finished the game I'm spending 2-3 hours per day in gu to complete all the village and hr hub quests

[@koko4620]

For World, it took me playing it once through and not playing it for two years and then starting a new game for me to appreciate it. I liked it a lot more the second time around for some reason

[@drooby-w7y]

Same here. I think its cuz the 1st time i just wanted to see the next monster and get my gear all maxed out but the 2nd time around i was more relaxed and just enjoyed the scenery and stuff

[@Dastardly_Duo]

That's pretty much everybody. You try it, hate it, try again years later, love it

[@Paddy-if3nd]

I think 3U might be one of my favorites too. I think 3U is my favorite old MH game (that I've played so far) and Iceborne is my favorite in the series in general. The game just made me fall in love with the series. Now it's probably my 3rd favorite series ever.

[@zachmac3824]

Putting world in the same tier as mh1 is wild, but fun video

[@SuperRADLemon]

wildly accurate

[@yikesmsmsmsm]

Always find these community discussions from people who've been playing longer than me interesting. Quality of life features that I literally can't imagine being seen as a bad thing in any way become such a deep divide. Personally feel that fifth gen and Rise specifically have much much deeper issues than that stuff. Anyway. Glad to see Portable 3rd in RAD tier that game is fucking excellent

[@noah-ni3ee]

The problem is, you dont feel like a hunter anymore. That just doesnt make them as good as the old ones for me.

[@Enderinfection]

As someone who started playing in monster hunter world it's very intresting to hear this perspective as someone who loves almost everything about world. Makes me want to play the past entries and see if they let me enjoy the series more than when I was introduced to it. From old fan to new fan.

[@pandre5458]

Agree with everything except 4u being below FU I just think the amount of content that 4u had makes it a better game and it finished the weapon roster maybe when you replay it solo with insect glaive you'll be turned

[@fojisan2398]

4U is FU but better

[@firedrake110]

I don't agree, but 4U most definitely IS fantastic

[@marshal7969]

@@fojisan2398 4U didn't have the farm so I don't think it's better than FU

[@yobro6053]

@@marshal7969 The farm was cool but going back and forth every time was a grind, it was nostalgic but...idk.

[@cocorosh7295]

No one is talking about MHP3rd over GU. Like huh In what way is it better?(also stories over both of them tbf I haven't played it but I highly doubt it's better than both)

[@VVoolio]

MH3U will forever hold a special place for me bc it was such a big learning curve at the start, but Something about it didn't let me put it down. I stuck with it, learned it, and it was so worth it. Glad it was my first game in the series

[@amadeux5471]

That was freedom for me. I never got past Yian Kutku and Gypceros after hundreds of hours of gameplay. Sometimes I wonder what the heck I did all those hours lmao. But that paved the way for Freedom Unite and to future titles

[@NoahWoodard-dn3kv]

My first game (well technically tri but 3u was way better) so I'll always love it for that

[@TheCam920]

> "What's your favourite monster hunter game?" > Idk, SuperRad hasn't made a tier list video yet

[@frostdragonheart2500]

This was fun to catch live! Really respect your rankings too. They're not as simple as this one was more fun or interesting than that one. Would love to see more tier lists like this in the future.

[@002f4dsw4]

Such a shame that Portable 3rd never had G rank, I almost get frustrated thinking about what could have been XD Probably would be the definite 3rd gen experience for me, as I tend to dislike water combat

[@ThreadedRock192]

I absolutely loved 3U, I also grew a deep appreciation for worldborne because of the environment and ecosystem they managed to create. The world just felt more alive and immersive and I really enjoyed that new feel to the original monster Hunter format I grew up playing. Same format for both games but two different flavors, both of which I thoroughly enjoyed

[@anenemystand5582]

When it comes to monster hunter world what I really appreciate are all the little touches to give the world more life. Monster hunter isn't just about fight big monster. It's about how these monsters are a part of nature and the ways they interact with it. A lot of little touches in mhw liven up the sometimes kind of lifeless world monster hunter games shouldn't have. Having big continuous maps with a lot of diversity is great, turf wars make the monsters feel like they have actual dynamics, intractable and breakable objects make the environment prevalent in the game. Stuff like that really matters to me and it was great seeing a game actually deliver on that. I also like following the tracks of monsters and I miss it. It wasn't super detailed but it did add to the feeling that you were hunting monsters not entering into an arena knowing exactly where the monster is with your radar brain like rise.

[@ecru_5819]

Yea World added more of the little things to make the world feel a bit more realistic. Turf wars, track collection, etc., made it feel a bit more like I was actually hunting for something. And the removal of paintballs in favor of scout flies was a smart adaptation for where the game took us. World brought in alot of new ideas that were too streamlined in Rise, imo Not to ramble too much tho lmao

[@Zero0mtk]

It's interesting that you find Rise reaching back to the "older gen" more than World, when most people tend to say Rise is such a huge, huge departure. I started in World, then played GU on the Switch, and then got Rise. I ended up feeling that the game flow? Vibe? Knowledge? of GU transferred to Rise better than Worldborne did. One possible reason could be the monster AI, as Rise seem to have a more "turn-based" monster behavior design than Worldborne did, so the flow of "dance" with the monster feels closer to the old gen? Not sure. In any case, truly objective tierlist. No further debate is needed, a scientifically correct answer has been reached. lol

[@rokumh7830]

That's exactly it.

[@GrayFoxHound9]

For me Rise is a reach back to the "older gen" because of the UI, visuals and music, which is what makes Monster Hunter for me. World's Bazelgeuse is the most old gen thing for me in the base game because it looks and sounds the most old gen in the entire game

[@joesheridan9451]

Yeah it's a ridiculous take tbh. Rise is the furthest departure from classic MH yet.

[@delacroixii]

Rise has shit graphics considering PC standards

[@jorgeribeiro6307]

@@delacroixii but why would you compare a switch game to pc standards?

[@CalamityCallie]

I'm actually really curious about why hub scaling is a bad thing? For me thats one of the best changes the series has made. I'm someone who tries to solo most things in these games but as much as I love 3U and GU, taking 25+ minutes to hunt one regular monster in G rank is just so exhausting and it sucks to feel like I'm forced to go online to enjoy the game. Iceborne balanced master rank health so much better - enough to at least demand some level of mastery but not so much that regular monsters are taking ages to hunt.

[@SuperRADLemon]

It 's personal preference. I prefer playing a game where it isn't added, because it makes the HUB more interesting, but it's not inherently bad.

[@zantos4853]

Rise was the only game for me where farming a monster countless times for a rare drop didn't make me quit the game because the combat was so much fun that it managed to keep it fun for me even though I didn't make any progress.

[@handgun559]

I'm new to the series and it feels so weird having Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker being my intro to Monster Hunter. For those curious who find this comment, in Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker you could fight, defeat, or capture a Rathalos, Tigrex, or a unique Gear REX. Good shit.

[@ItsAnGoose]

That’s so cool wtf 😂

[@crashheart420]

i just want to point out one thing that brings Tri higher for me, the gun customization. there was 3 parts you could mix and match with other monster parts for the gun, was amazing. def highest alpha game

[@ciphymasterofmedia9104]

Hey SuperRad! Enjoyed watching you rank the games! Also since my last comment, I beat the one horned diablos in FU village high rank! It's been almost 10 years!

[@SuperRADLemon]

Nice work!

[@tripaloski1005]

Meanwhile I stuck trying to beat HR black gravios

[@ciphymasterofmedia9104]

@@tripaloski1005 Haven't gotten to him in the guild HR but have done the nekoht dual b. Gravios. I share your pain, best advice I can give is probably use a lance/gunlance with an armor that has gaurd up and drink megajuice. There is no easy way of beating certain monsters in freedom unite, it's game design sucks with how every monster has incredibly close range hitboxes and locks onto you when insta charging.

[@ronanmacquet9933]

@@tripaloski1005 ho ma dude, i've been stuck there for a long Time 😭 just water bow Time and toi kill it in 15 min no cart haha

[@ronanmacquet9933]

@@ciphymasterofmedia9104 Yes if you stuck with mêlée weapon but ranged weapon are shining against gravios ans black gravios

[@cinemavanya]

I'm a solo player and my first entry was Freedom Unite, just because I don't have pc or any console. I played it on my Android phone and it's been great! This game is so good and versatile. It's shocking how the game this old can still be viable in 2021-22

[@KingfishWatch]

I can't wait to see how unreasonably pissed off og MH "fans" will be when Wilds will release, they refuse to see this series to move forward abd evolve

[@dia5494]

i was gonna say this comment is a bit too pessimistic about oldhead MH fans but then i remembered Jakob Monster Hunter's video where he talks about how World and Rise redoing the monster attack hitboxes (to you know, make them actually the same size and shape as the animations) ruined the combat system

[@MIKEaddictedtoYT]

People saying safi is too much of a generic dragon while in the same breath praising fatalis and their boring as fuck design. Very rose tinted “back in my day” takes through this video imho

[@SuperRADLemon]

Yeah except Fatalis is in mhw lmao

[@GalacticFrameShift]

**SuperRAD putting 4U and GU in the RAD tier** Damn, he don't miss

[@jdbachelder3594]

I think my favorites are GenU, Rise, 4u in that order (I just can't click with World idk). But I'm about to play portable 3rd so we'll see how I like gen 3

[@Malisteen]

As much as I hate clutch claw, there's no way I could ever go back to pre-iceborne switch axe. The weapon is so much better when the axe mode has a purpose beyond charging meter for sword, which was always the case before.

[@skylow360]

I just chose to not care about the power about it just the fun combos.

[@parkerriggs3861]

Seeing as how there are zero dislikes there is no arguing that this is objective.

[@Hightower2804TP]

My chrome addon disagrees.

[@SoulShiftz]

One of my least favorite complaints about the new games is that it’s “not the same”, I HATE that complaint I may be 2 years late but it’s such a bad complaint imo nothing should have to remain the same things should change it opens up paths and we’re seeing that with wilds

[@SuperRADLemon]

Things changed between MHFU and MH4U and I don't have that complaint for them so it's clearly something different that I am personally critical of

[@prawn1717]

One aspect of base World that you didn't really touch was the ecological aspect of it, which is what I love about the series. I love following monsters around and watching their daily activities, and the environments in World are just so immensely detailed! I *like* that people still get lost in the Ancient Forest with thousands of hours under their belt, it gives the area more charm than your average jungly video game map. I will say though, I PRAY that the original ancient forest with the old Lagiacrus footage is used in MH6. That saturated, Amazonian jungle was just perfect aesthetically. That's neither here nor there though, in any case I love the seamlessness of World, I love the fact that combat was smoothed out but the difficulty was kept for the most part. I love the guiding lands and I hope it serves as a precursor to TRULY open world Monster Hunter, sans the area leveling. And most of all, I love watching Rathian dunk her head underwater for a playful drink, I love Namielle's presence causing rainfall in the Highlands, I love Odogaron dragging the corpse of a Legiana back to his nest, I love watching the Great Jagras swallow an aptonoth whole, as well as being tossed around like a chew toy by Jho. I love walking next to creatures that couldn't care less about my existence. There's a ridiculous amount of charm in World's, well, world and it's something that's not as apparent in Rise, the old world or even in its own expansion; Iceborne. And I know for a fact that ecological immersion doesn't come before gameplay for most people, and that's fine. But to a certain selfish degree, I kind of want the main series to embrace its hunting sim roots, to make the tracks even more obscure, to force you to waste your resources and spend time scrounging for more, and for the combat of World to be improved and made heavier, more weighty. This is a long rant to basically tell Capcom to give me open world monster hunter with a crazy detailed map, monster interactions, underwater combat, and immersive difficulty (NOT cool/hot drinks. I'd rather they did something like make us wear heavier armor in the cold or have a refillable flask to stave off heat). I'd like the main series to make us frustrated and to reward us, and to steer the portable series in a more combat focused direction, like Rise, Frontier or GU. They can go wild there.

[@Snuredrams]

Do you feel like your perspective on Rise has changed recently? I only expected it to be slightly above world and iceborne but I'm pleased to see you giving it some respect. Honestly great tierlist

[@alejosbanned]

@@marcusaaronliaogo9158 probably I feel like world just feels better tbh and its maps are more fun

[@OrgBrent]

@@alejosbanned World messed a lot of stuff up lol. It's fun to play but it has quite some faults to it. It doesn't feel like normal monster hunter to me anymore. It's just really different from all the other games, and clutch claw was plain bad, weapon designs were bad, difficulty scaling in iceborne is ALMOST bad. It felt unbalanced in iceborne and at some points just didn't hit the same as some other mh games like mhgu, mh4u, mhp3 etc.

[@AndrewThePoet]

@@OrgBrent Going back to the older titles, I quite see that but it still captures the hunting experience, perhaps even better back in the day, it just is a different experience but a magical one. For me, MHWIB is easily my facorite Monster Hunter game followed by 3U.

[@Fencer_Nowa]

Peak list. Somehow you actually summed up how I felt about world easily as I've never had the words for it

[@champ6436]

honestly i can't just decide between FU,4u and P3rd as my favorite mhgame, it's probably a tie between 4U and P3rd but if the later had a Grank i would have been my all time favorite. i think i spent more time in 3rd than in any other game, there is something in the art direction and monster design that really draw me in, way more than any other game.

[@marshal7969]

Don't forget that MHP3rd had the best farm in any mh games

[@champ6436]

@@marshal7969 and a freaking heli-cow-pter aka the duramboros.

[@invertbrid]

Yea it is my fave also for village and theme. Japanese traditional style with hotspring really good. If has grank prob best MH game

[@kepler1175]

Oh boy I can’t wait to watch this objectively correct list

[@FHGryphonIRL]

I fucking love world personally. The other games feel arcadey and I know they’re meant to but I love how world feels alive

[@ricecookeer24]

nice tier list , my rad tier are FU, GU and Rise. FU still my all time fav on the series.. happy new year rad, have a bless 2022 and always happy hunting :)

[@dr_yeet9399]

Portable 3rd was an absolute blast to play, of course it was the very partially translated version for an English speaker like me sadly (Unironically was calling all the 3rd gen introduced monsters by their Japanese name for years, like Zinogre was Jinouga for me and I called it Jinouga till 4u lmao) Also truly believe Yukumo Village is better than Pokke even if I believe MHFU is better than Prtbl 3rd

[@adamsalik7389]

Jinouga-Zinogre Rangurotora-Volvidon Urcusis-Lagombi Aoashira-Azuros Ice barroth- Jade barroth Hapurubokka- Nibelsnarf

[@dantekirenryu980]

Fighting Leshen and especially ancient Leshen is just awful pre-Iceborne. Post Iceborne you can likely solo if not duo hunt him with ease with master rank gear

[@calindboard5114]

Without the forced clutch claw and if guiding lands was a bit more polished iceborne would be one of the best mh games, but forcing players to use the tenderizing mechanic and punishing you for not using it, and having players grind for hours to unlock the final monsters really makes it easy to drop or burn out on

[@Kaldhar2]

"forcing players to use the tenderizing mechanic and punishing you for not using it" I never really understood this statement. There are two monsters in Iceborne were tenderizing is (kind of) mandatory, Fatalais and Safi (in Safi's case it really is though). You can perfectly play the rest of the game without it if you want to. I first played it solo to the end without using it much as the mechanic hasn't really sinked in my habits and it was perfectly fine and I still had fun. I then started to use it more often after seeing people use it online. I mean it sure will raise general DPS, but you will maybe save a few mins from a hunt at most. Plus they made tenderizing last way longer in the last updates. However I'd agree that this isn't the most fun of mechanics.

[@SilverWarrior95]

@@Kaldhar2 the point is, when you need to grind A LOT "saving some minutes" it's really really important. Making a hunt last from 15 mins to 9-10 or less it's a huge part...which is a thing you could do most of the time, by abusing clutch-claw...

[@Kaldhar2]

@@SilverWarrior95 Yeah, you gain some time (honestly when I said a few mins, I meant like 1 or 2, not up to five, at least based on a solo perspective), but this is not "forced". Or else you would be kinda forced to use the most optimal dps build all of the time (probably playing HBG, too), and do a perfect hunt without any errors, landing every hit in the weakest damage zone, etc.. each run. Also, it's just that the mechanic exists, and while I didn't check the values on damage zones of monsters between Iceborne and previous MHs, I don't think they're so much higher in Iceborne. They got buffed from World to Iceborne, but that's a thing that happened in every MH with G rank upgrade. For example, I'm almost certain that monsters have higher defensive stats (appart from the likes of Fatalis, AT monsters etc..) in Rise than in Iceborne. Plus, If you have fun with the game and its gameplay, having slightly lenghtier quests isn't necessarily a bad thing...

[@homelessperson5455]

The clutch claw is the best part

[@sokinero]

100% agree i have been playing the series ever since i was a child and every single thing on this tier list you made is true AF , mad respect for going out of your way to play every single one of these before reviewing them

[@juantsu2000]

He didn't play 4 yet put it above Iceborne tho...

[@mr.6934]

Sorry but putting world / iceborn and rise / sunbreak so low on your tier list is not even close to objective. There is a reason why both games are considered the best monster hunter games. Both added amazing new features to the series. Maybe you are angry about them because you live in the past due to your age but this list makes no sense at all. I don’t like guys who make a tier list while only being super subjective. If I make a tier list then there should be a mix of subjective but also objectiveness which is totally missing here.

[@SuperRADLemon]

Sorry my opinion is fact

[@okzoomer1601]

Git gud

[@Smexbi]

Tri not being in a seperated SuperRAD tier is a crime.

[@carsonbailey7090]

28:50. I appreciate how self-aware RAD's friend was that he realized he didn't like World because it was trying to do something different that was made to appeal to players in a different way.

[@seanboglio3605]

Gen didn't have too many quests... it was full of gathering quests/ small monster quests.

[@dravendfr]

Seeing Iceborne in based is painful. World was my introduction to the series and I play Iceborne to this day. It feels/looks natural and alive, the amount of details and subtlety is insane. I’d like to play more MH games to understand your perspectives here.

[@Thatsnotme691]

yea idc what anyone says iceborne is a top 3 mon hun game

[@waltlock8805]

If you've got a 3DS 3U and 4U are only three bucks till the shop closes later this month.

[@chsi5420]

The consensus on people who started before generations is that New=Bad.

[@invertbrid]

Its just means that world and rise did so much things different that lot of older vets dont like

[@Malisteen]

I liked the idea of guiding lands, but it needed a much larger and more interesting map with more monsters available at a time, even if that meant sectioning it off with loading screens again.

[@obambagaming1467]

Most of it was just Forest anyway which was kinda disappointing. Other biomes just got 2 areas.

[@BowmansWorld]

Fuck ya 3 ultimate is my favorite as well!!!! Love the respect for 3!!! Especially when most folk go 4 or world.

[@n8caro]

Had the perfect opportunity to make the top tier “g rank” why hadn’t anyone done that yet smh

[@itsyaboiguzma]

I came in to make sure Freedom Unite was in the top tier. You don't disappoint sir superRAD.

[@twelvesevven4678]

With how intense my two months in MHW went, it's hard to believe you've played all these. You are THE MH guy and I'm massively excited to watch this. The series isn't for me, but I won't spread negativity here, but hearing you talk about it is, indeed, super and rad.

[@thedeepfriar745]

If you ever want to try the Series again the faster and more vertical gameplay in Monster Hunter Rise gives you a lot more combat options and makes it way more manageable and less stressful

[@twelvesevven4678]

@@thedeepfriar745 It wasn't a case of me disliking the game, it was more of a feeling of being overwhelmed by how much stuff there was in it. Brilliant series from what I've seen and played, but it feels like if I wanted to experience the series it'd have to be a real commitment from me, and I just don't have the time at the moment.

[@marcofromtropoje3169]

I was pleasantly surprised with how much I vibed with this tier list

[@rathgrantz5679]

Love this list, rise could easily ascend to the top imo depending on sunbreak but I’d personally have the top 3 like this: 4U 3U FU but it’s a great list regardless

[@yurei4414]

That is also pretty much the general consensus, sometime with P3rd instead of 3U or FU, but usually is like that.

[@rathgrantz5679]

@@yurei4414 I could never see myself putting portable 3rd above FU in all honesty, good game but FU just has so much more content overall

[@Knight_Igris]

Yaaaa

[@burns5701]

All Ultimate/Unite games were such solid bangers tbh

[@invertbrid]

@@rathgrantz5679 yea hard as 3rd not having grank compared to the rest. If it has prob can be best MH game. Tho considering no grank, how ppl can think 3rd is among best MH games just prove how good it is.

[@Freak532]

World definitely wasn’t the same but I had a blast playing it with my friends after school, super fun for casual play and hanging out

[@floops6308]

This tierlist is actually gonna make me go back and play 3 ultimate. This is your fault.

[@SuperRADLemon]

Hell yeah it is

[@pallenda]

I really like MHW. I can play it on my PC, and it's my first MH game. I started about a week ago. I don't think I will ever play a MH game on console for 2 reasons. First I don't have any plans to buy a console again, after I used my Xbox 360 for less than 100 hours. Secondly and more importantly, I absolutely hate 3d camera control on a controller. Been using mouse for 30+ years all the way back to the Amiga 500.

[@invertbrid]

Well emulator exist. U can play all 3U 4U FU GU and 3rd in PC. Rise also released on PC alongside switch.

[@robinmattheussen2395]

I think there was some confusion about the last game? Monster Hunter Diary, the game developed by From Software, is NOT a mobile gacha game. It's a game for PSP that later also received a 3DS port. It's actually a pretty cute little game, and really doesn't belong in the Poo Poo Baby Category. Okay maybe in the Baby Game category, but definitely not Poo Poo IMO. It unfortunately has not received a fan translation for any of the versions.

[@slammurai6492]

3U Supremacy you love to see it

[@dia5494]

the whiplash you'll get from reading the top comment say how "these rankings are special bc the author has actually taken the time to play the games extensively" then watching him call Diaries a "mobile gacha game" goes objectively hard

[@SuperRADLemon]

I feel like I make it very clear that I didn't play that one at least lmao

[@UltraPoyoColt]

I do agree with this list, rise is good, double cross is good, and 4u is good too! Can’t wait to try 3u, I know that’s your all time favorite.

[@Grandmastergav86]

I'd never happen but I'd love to see a collection of the older titles released on Steam.

[@zippydipity42]

Teeeechnically, Monster Hunter Online introduced damage numbers, not World. (Maybe Frontier had them as well, but I barely played that game) Speaking of Online. Cancelled almost immediately? It lasted like 4 or 5 years and was largely cancelled due to World's popularity. In terms of mechanics it was closest to 4 Ultimate, but it was definitely its own thing. It holds a special place in my heart and is probably my fave, but realistically for most people it would probably rest right around the same spot as Frontier. The two games had very similar issues and strengths, but Online was by far the prettier game.

[@BesugoTheFirst]

Putting MHDos in Cringe is cringe. MHDos is bottom of Based at worst. Also, SuperRad, you need to watch that MHDos video. Definitely my preferred MH experience.

[@dralakba-dusk31]

He most likely will watch, he's just waiting to see if he can, that's what I understood from what he said

[@hunky1013]

dos is rad

[@BesugoTheFirst]

@@hunky1013 But it could be Rad-er

[@hunky1013]

@@BesugoTheFirst id love to see a radder dos someday..

[@burns5701]

@@hunky1013 I heard some guy is remaking dos in unreal engine

[@KenBladehart]

Id put Portable 3rd in its own tier between Rad and Alpha. I spent over 500 hours in that game. Its very weird - No Dragonblight (making Deviljho an actual baby and not threatening) - Monsters doesnt hurt as much as youre expecting (I wore Gigginox armor and survived Alatreon fire ball?????) - Invasion/Unstable Quest is a random guessing game, Deviljho doesnt always invade (Tigrex for example will instead). The invading monster doesnt immediately spawn with the main targets, it will spawn after you slain the main targets. The quest will give you extra rewards for slaying the invading monster There are probably some tiny stuff Im forgetting, its been awhile

[@InLainSight]

I was shoveling my drive way with a Broom to clear it of snow and for some reason boa singing “I AM FALLING” spooked the shit outta me cuz it felt like someone far away screaming lol lol lol

[@kotetsujeeg7999]

Worldies sperging out in the chat because the only MH they’ve played is cringe tier will always be joy-inspiring

[@okzoomer1601]

Ikr

[@ryancresawn4726]

I'm in a strange position. I played every game until they went on the 3ds exclusively, my poor thumbs could not take the tiny controls. I came back to the series in world and loved that I did not have to have picks and bugnets and stuff, but the added RNG mechanics in World and Rise with decos and talismans and now Qurious Crafting is really killing me. Reminds me too much of Titanforging in WoW That said, I don't want to lose the wirebug movement. I could lose the silkbind moves because 90% of them are ass, but the wirebug moving is so much fun.

[@Venoxisguides]

Putting worlds in cringe IS the epitome of cringe.

[@SuperRADLemon]

I'm in your walls

[@grenm9]

I'm so upset how dare you not put my absolute favorite of monster hunters at number, dragon's dogma.

[@ositorga]

it's like i enjoyed world, but then i started playing gen u and immediately felt just how much everything felt better in that game. wasn't until iceborne that i could feel like world was worth coming back to regularly. like i couldn't get why people say didn't want to play gen u since it was old school monster hunter, but even it is such a different beast from old school

[@Robodob0]

The pandemic was a huge letdown for me, and I just needed a huge source of fun. Rise, albeit shorter than the usual MH base game and a lot easier, is FUN. The wirebug mechanics singlehandedly carried me throughout a horrible year, and I dont particularly like World as I started playing with MH1, but only got into the series deeply in MHF1. My favorite MH still goes to MHFU. I tried Tri and hated the water combat, that i never bothered to try 3U. 4 and 4U, havent played yet but it's here, Gen I never played, but i did spend about 450 hours into Gen Ultimate. Gotta say the styles system is what i hated the most out of all the MH gimmicks, even though i did like GenU a lot... Well i guess i hate Water Combat more than the styles system, but man, Valor is broken af.

[@fojisan2398]

Valor is indeed OP

[@Nakakapagpabagabag1]

World and Iceborne should be RAD. It captured the old school MH game and add the fast farming. farming is my least task in MH games that is why world and iceborne is RAD

[@amaurygatelier1157]

Why is the old tech chief wyverian on the left bald? And without his helmet and moustache??? I'm so confused I can't help staring at him

[@bananarama4925]

I'm glad my mixture of Monster hunter games I've played makes me a sigma

[@xavierrojas2066]

ik we talk about old school vs new school but like....its not 2012 anymore. were at a point in MH where we are far beyond "old school". "new school" is the wave and honestly imo Iceborne is a rad game. MHRise feels too much like base World considering alot of World monsters are in Rise.

[@scorpion3128]

Started with 3U so I won't say anything about the games before it. GU is the peak for me though followed closely by 4U. Everything since has been...eh. World looked so meh I just ended up skipping it and IB. Rise has it's moments, but idk the changes they've made in 5th gen have taken the series in the wrong direction unless all you care about is sales. Edit: forgot to actually say my feelings on 3U and the Stories games. 3U will always hold a special place in my heart as my first MH and it's legitimately such a wonderful game. Just wish the 3DS version had online. I'm in the likely very small minority that liked Stories over Stories 2 though. Stories 2 is still very good and improved a ton, but I just found Stories way more charming for some reason.

[@SHAO_L1N]

I think all said GU has to be my favourite. If you asked the 12year old me who just finished playing through 3U what the "ultimate" monster hunter game would look like, I'm pretty sure I would describe GU.

[@mallow2902]

Rise is the game I started with when I picked it up this past Steam sale, and I got hooked so much that I also got cheap used copies of 4 Ultimate and Generations Ultimate. I wonder if Rise is part of the reason I was so keen to also try a couple of the older style games since it supposedly has more in common with them than World does. Rise is definitely more similar to old school Monster Hunter aesthetically. To be honest, aside from the graphics and some of the members of the monster roster, I'm not as eager to get into World as I am the others.

[@lightyagami8377]

Remember Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker you fight Ratholos?

[@Freeseraphim]

World is that game that is far better on PC thanks to the ICE mod. Ice restarted a new playthrough on it and it's been an improvement in almost every ways

[@sarcasticpieceoftrash2565]

I see you don't really know anything about Monster Hunter Online, as a long time MH player i found MHO to be really fun, i pumped probably 2k+ hours into that game while playing it on and off. MHO also wasn't ''so bad and unsuccessful that they had to cancel it immediately'' the game ran for like 5+ years in full release. MHO had a good 3mil~ active users for like a year and half after release (top 100 china most popular games) and would drop to under 2mil for like a year due to staff change and issues with Capcom's staff but it would get back up to 2mil~ active users around early 2018. Anyone that has actually played MHO a fair bit generally have a lot of good things to say about the game. A high majority of the bad things people have said about MHO seems to just be people that didn't play the past introduction part / not gotten far into the game or just straight up making up shit. Also, one of the main reasons MHO shut down is due to issues with Capcom revoking their license (they basically had to remove 30% of the game and remake a lot of shit completely) and other problems they were having at the time with MHW release and the Chinese government, etc. Bottom line: I'm not trying to throw shit or just be a hater as i generally like your content, but... If you are gonna rank a game-series, take in the games you have actually played or done EXSTENCIVE research on and not just throw shade with an uninformed opinion without actually saying u are uninformed. When you are / have influence in such communities around a game people love, being informed about a lot of stuff and then act like u are informed about something u arnt informed on, and then talk shit about just leaves a really bad taste in someone's mouth that know u are saying shit that is blatantly untrue and frankly just paints a bad image of you which is really unfortunate, cuz like I said.. I generally quite enjoy your content... Tho in generally I agree with the tierlist. Edit: just corrected a typo.

[@SuperRADLemon]

Yeah MHO wasn't really a serious analysis, this was just a fun tier list on stream

[@sarcasticpieceoftrash2565]

@@SuperRADLemon thats fair

[@Malisteen]

I'd rank x/g/xx/gu a bit higher, if only for playable palaco. A lot of fun, something I'm surprised took the series so long, & equally surprised hasn't come back. It was nice as a viable, if sub-optimal, option for players who didn't want to bother with farming items or grinding rare monsyer parts for gear.

[@iantaran2843]

Unite and Portable 3rd are in RAD 🤘 Obviously this man knows what he's talking about.

[@uUuWolf16uUu]

Missed the opportunity to have RAD as best and BAD as worst.

[@toowingless9473]

I’ll wait for the day that “veteran” hippies embrace the newer games. There’s almost never a reason for why they hate the new other than the fact it’s not the old. DMC and monster hunter gets this the worst where dmc5 is bad cuz there’s no inertia as if that’s integral to having fun and world is bad because it’s too streamlined. I mean I don’t know about you guys but I loved clunky menus and lack of transparency in MH3U. It was really fun needing a fucking wiki open at all times when playing back in the day. The *only* community that’s slightly justified in their anger is the assassins creed community but at the same time they literally said they hated the repetitive nature of the formula so they did kinda ask for it.

[@thenintendorocker]

I know Gaijin would put MH Riders in the Poo poo baby game tier XD

[@DoctorPoo]

I daydream that the Switch would get an HD Portable 3rd and add an entire G-rank version to it.

[@rathgrantz5679]

That already exists, it’s called 3U for the Nintendo wii u

[@rathgrantz5679]

And 3ds

[@invertbrid]

Yes pls

[@KenjiTheSnek]

I really hate that I can hear you going through the actual ost in the background and I can predict it in order because I have every MH game ost downloaded on my phone and listen to it in the background at work. Please my brain cant handle the idea that I might have an obsession and hyperfixation.

[@iistonton]

3U on the WiiU was my first game but 4U will probably always be my favorite. World and Rise are top tier as well excited to see what they do for the next game. Kinda tired of gimmicks like slinger and wirebugs, going back to the old formula with some updated QoL would be amazing for long time fans like me.

[@makiah_s]

I agree with you guys on World and IB, I've still not finished it... just kinda of a slog and I dunno not as engaging despite having so much to engage with

[@Floridamangaming729]

HOW DARE YOU HAVE A OPINION ON THE INTERNET!!!!!111

[@rcb5432]

I'd personally move Rise down below Generations, but that's it. It's very rare that there's a game series with more games in the "top tier" than in any other tier

[@hofnerbass1246]

I'm never able to explain my relationship with MHW and IB but I think your take perfectly encapsulates it.

[@demyxix1273]

Yesterday I played OG MH again after years. No farm, no cook, no decoration, no armor upgrades, poor armor skills, semi-bad controls, hitboxes from hell, and a quest that takes stupidly long (kill 3 Gendromes while 20 Genprey attack and stun you). Endurance like a baby. I fucking love it 😂😂😂. Yes, sure, it's bad today, but back then it was a great new game and I've never regretted buying it.

[@Sedeerah]

This list is great! Added bonus that it's also objectively true.

[@hisoka6272]

I think it makes a lot of sense that base world is pretty low. That shit was not fun in retrospect, mainly because the monster variety was just not there. Not in this tierlist, but in some other ones, where I’ve seen people place monster hunter 1 above iceborne… that is pure and utter nostalgia driven bs. Purely based on the last few endgame hunts in iceborne, it at least deserves based, or probably around a b tier ranking.