Monster Hunter Rise’s Popularity Saw Players Improvising With Gameplay Despite Pre-defined Areas

Capcom’s Monster Hunter series has amassed a large player base, but one of the many complaints that have been associated with the game is its lack of a proper open world and PvP elements – for select titles.

2021’s Monster Hunter Rise still remains one of the most popular entries in the franchise to date. Creative players have discovered a way to get past these limitations – making use of community challenges to add a fresh layer of paint, so to speak.

Monster Hunter Rise community surpasses in-game limitations

Capcom’s Monster Hunter Rise saw a massive surge in its player base with the PC and console versions of the game, managing to exceed over 8 million units sold worldwide.

This comes despite the fact that Rise was developed with the Nintendo Switch in mind, and for good reason – it’s a solid, well-rounded version of Monster Hunter that features just enough additions to keep the formula fresh while not changing too much of its core mechanics.

The game is not without its faults though, and the lack of a dedicated PvP game mode is among one of its sore points. The community seems to agree on the same, and curiously enough has managed to come up with unique ways to produce engaging content.

Respecting the developers’ goal of not engaging in PvP conflicts and a generally peaceful, cozy atmosphere, the community came forward to create something incredible – in-game speed runs and cosplay contests that managed to awe even the developers.

Ryozo Tsujimoto, the current series producer of MonHun, relayed the same in an official ‘Developer Interview’ from Capcom, quoting:

There are many ways to play and enjoy the game.

This really puts into perspective how important the community is to a game’s overall health, and engaging activities (such as these cosplay contests) are a great show of creativity and inspire the developers as well.

Capcom should add these ‘community features’ to future versions of Monster Hunter

It would be a missed opportunity if Capcom does not take these events into consideration, and ultimately incorporate them in future Monster Hunter games. Such friendly PvP in-game elements should be most definitely encouraged, and the developers should step in and organize official versions of these events.

In-game cosplay events, for example, could be organized along with an overall community goal or reward in mind. Similarly, speed runs (with specific goals and conditions to spice things up a little) could also be added to the game – even promoting some friendly competition in the form of a leaderboard.

After all, listening to community feedback is quite important.

All these additions would help refresh the classic Monster Hunter formula, keeping it engaging for newer audiences while simultaneously preserving the spirit of the original. With the upcoming release of Monster Hunter Wilds, now would be a good time as any to take community features into consideration.