Monster Hunter: World is shaping up to be a huge creature-crunching package, especially when you take this latest quote from director Yuya Tokuda into account. Tokuda told Mein-MMO that the game's story takes anywhere from 40 to 50 hours to complete.
We don't know too much about said story at this point in time, but clearly Capcom's trying something a bit different with its most ambitious Monster Hunter title yet. Going by what we've seen of the release so far, you can expect cutscenes and massive boss battles from the campaign.
Of course, Tokuda also stresses that once the story is over, you'll be able to continue playing. In typical series fashion, you're encouraged to keep hunting beasts in order to steadily improve your equipment. We imagine there'll be tough post-game challenges to take on, too.
What are you hoping to see in World's story? Whack some monsters in the comments section below.
[source mein-mmo.de, via gematsu.com]
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Nice, 40-50 hours is enough for me. Remind me of diablo 3 that has about 20 hours single player story, but nearly 6 month of playtime in coop mode with my friends
This is shaping up to be one hell of a game!
40-50 hours sounds great. Add to that the time it takes to hunt the tougher monsters and you've got yourself a real time sink. I usually play the entire single player experience first. This time I'll be splitting things up between multiplayer and single player. I can't wait!
It will keep people busy
I don't rush games nowadays.. So that's looking more like 100 campaign!
40-50 hours is a lot. I clearly wasn't expecting the campaign to be this long. I'm guessing you'll have to clear a bunch of quests before you can progress to the next chapter, a bit like Toukiden? I'm interested to see the difference between story and multiplayer quests.
Also, is that a Palico wearing a ladybird outfit? lol
I keep waiting for the bad news with this game because it's all been good so far.
Was expecting 200 hours. Very disappointed lol
Good news, hope it's a good story. Fingers crossed.
That's not very long considering it takes about an hour to swing your weapon.
@ApostateMage u jus need to get gud sonnnn
That's really cool, I just hope that the game is amazing playing solo as well. I will buy it on day one because it looks really impressive.
I didn't recognise any of the monsters aside from Meowth. Thought we'd at least get to hunt a Bulbasaur in the Beta. May wait for the inevitable DLC to patch in the more well-known mons.
Are they on a ship in that photo? Does that mean ship/monster battles on water? Whoa.
Id like a good story but this time around not expecting much . A protagonist that dosent speak and few laighe but just wanna hunt monsters
That seems short by Monster Hunter standards. Or maybe I'm just slow playing these games, who knows.
Sounds shorter than MH4U, for sure.
@starhops I believe that ship was in the beta, in the distance. In the jungle-like environment you could see it lodged on top of a crag or mountain (can't quite remember the details). I assume it's some sort of airship that crashes and gets used as a hub.
Well, I would hope it's pretty long. The monsters don't exactly die in a few seconds, lol.
You don't have to keep selling me on this game Capcom. I'm already buying it.
Just the story will be that long, there will be many other things to do
I can't wait I can't wait I can't wait!
That's nothing compared to the thousands of hours people put into each game.
@ShogunRok @starhops The role of the ship is actually explained on the linked site. It's a ship full of hunters, who travel to the new world in search of an elder dragon called "Zorah Magdaros"
Done with google translate because I'm lazy as hell:
The story of Monster Hunter World in a nutshell:
Every 10 years, the Elder dragons fly over the sea and testify to the New World.
A group of researchers could understand these phenomena and understand why the dragons are embarking on this journey.
In Monster Hunder World, a big ship with monster hunters enters the New World. They want to kill the giant Elder dragon "Zorah Magdaros". This beast is simply a living volcano. The players take on the role of one of these hunters.
In the city of Astera there is a collection of researches and hunters. The hunters help the researchers to understand and justify the monsters. Finally, the hunters also die in the protection of humans and keep endangered creatures away.
@SMKpaladin Ah ha, there we go then.
Is the story mode single player only?
@SMKpaladin Thank you! I've never played a MH before but I really enjoyed the beta. I can't wait to jump in the game with a group of friends.
You noobs ready to get wrecked for the first time ? Lol fun times ahead
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