With Capcom's highly anticipated monster-hunting game, Monster Hunter Wilds, just weeks away from release, fans are eager for updates from the developers. The Japanese gaming giant has delivered true to form, reassuring players that the game will be significantly improved compared to its public beta phase.
Monster Hunter Wilds is the latest entry in Capcom’s fantasy-themed action role-playing gaming series Monster Hunter. Additionally, it is the sequel to the 2018-released Monster Hunter: World. Therefore, the expectations were high, but the public beta kind of disheartened players.
When in September last year, Capcom released the PC specs to play the upcoming Monster Hunter game, it said the minimum GPU required is Nvidia GTX 1660 Super or an AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT to run the game smoothly at 1080p.
Regarding the recommended settings, it mentioned that the RTX 2070 Super, RTX 4060, or AMD RX 6700 XT, with frame generation enabled, is required to run the game on a PC. These almost immediately made the PC players raise their eyebrows.
Then came the public beta of the game in October. This one beta run evidently pointed out that the game had multiple parts that needed a thorough rework to make the game enjoyable. Gamers took to various platforms to mention the issues they had faced while running the game. From erratic framerates to PC requirements to game glitches, Monster Hunter Wilds beta gave players a very unsatisfying performance.
As the release date is approaching, excitement related to this game is increasing. However, PC players are only surrounded by clouds of confusion about whether they will be able to play the game or not. However, recently, an official statement from Capcom released their tension.
The official German Monster Hunter X (formerly Twitter) account recently posted a gameplay video of the upcoming Monster Hunter game on PS5 with all the recent changes made by the developer. Along with that, there’s a message for the PC players that states that the team is on its way to improving the PC performance of the game by lowering the recommended GPU requirement.
Aside from that, initially, the tweet revealed that Capcom has plans to release a standalone hardware benchmark tool for PC. However, a follow-up tweet pointed out some translation errors and mentioned that the team is “exploring the possibility of a standalone, free hardware benchmark tool, but cannot confirm this at this time.”
Capcom has multiple massively successful gaming franchises, and Monster Hunter is one of the best among them. Gamers love the thrilling adventures of this game to hunt large monsters in the fantasy world of Monster Hunter. While these games have been extremely popular throughout, Monster Hunter Rise’s massive success has set the bar higher for the following games of the series.
Now, analyzing the game's open beta reveals a rather disappointing scenario. The performance issues were the main trouble. The game lagged even on the mid-range PCs with RTX 3060 GPUs. The game's graphics were poor, which shouldn’t be the case when it comes to RE Engine games. Some of the most popular Capcom games, like Resident Evil 7, Devil May Cry 5, Street Fighter 6, Monster Hunter Rise, etc., were developed on the same engine, and the end results were stunning.
Here, something that differentiates Monster Hunter Wilds from other games needs to be considered. In this game, the developer team is required to handle the open-world design more minutely with attention to detail. There will be several complex areas to handle, all of which must be filled with interactive elements like NPCs, monsters, or other things. This makes the game more complicated in design and justifies why a high-end system is required to run it smoothly.
Now that Capcom has decided to make the game accessible to more players by lowering the PC specs, hopefully it won’t mess up the game. Whether this game reaches the expectation bar or not will be revealed on February 28, 2025, when this game will be released globally.
At launch, this game will be available on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, but as Capcom has already confirmed, the upcoming Monster Hunter game won’t be released on Nintendo Switch.