Ready your sword, clean your armor, and prepare for a fight.Capcomhas returned with the next big hunting game:Monster Hunter Wilds. Make a name for yourself in a sequel featuring a new sprawling environment, story, monsters, and your very own bird wyvern as a trusty mount.
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Who doesn’t love a good monster game? Small, big, or colossus, there is nothing more fun or challenging than taking on something that looks like it can kill you with its appearance alone. Of course, assuming you’ve beaten Monster Hunter Wilds, or are just taking a break, here are some more games with tons more monsters and challenges.
10God Eater 3
Anime-Style Monster Hunting
God Eater 3
In a dystopian world, you and your team are known as God Eaters, beings capable of slaying god-like monsters. Instead of running into combat with a simple sword,God Eater 3features a large variety of melee weapons, shields, and most of all, firearms: assault, shotgun, sniper, and ray guns.
Virtually every tool you take into battle changes the feel of combat, and mastering the abundance of mechanics in this game can get overwhelming at times. You have the option to take AI companions on each mission or use the online multiplayer to bring other players along. While the gameplay is God Eater 3’s strong point, where it falters is in its rather empty world and weak story.
9Dragon’s Dogma 2
Hold On for Dear Life
Dragon’s Dogma 2
Want to get up close and personal with your target?Dragon’s Dogma 2will give you a real fight. In true RPG fashion, you create your character and class before you’re thrown into a massive adventure filled with danger and monsters. Just like in the first game, you have the ability to climb your target and attack wherever you please to find their weak points.
Also, you don’t have to go at it alone. Create your own Pawn to fight alongside in combat. You can even make a team of Pawns by hiring ones made by other players. Dragon’s Dogma 2’s combat can be fun and satisfying, but its biggest problem is traveling. Players are expected to navigate a large open world with limited fast travel and no mounts, so prepare to do a lot of walking.
8Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Why Hunt When You Can Catch ‘Em All?
Pokemon Legends: Arceus
It’s fun tracking down monsters and engaging them in large open battles, but if the world ofPokémonhas shown players anything, it’s just as fun fighting alongside monsters too. InPokémon Legends: Arceus, you’ve been sent back in time to a land known as the Hisui region. Soon you’re drafted into an expedition to discover all forms of Pokémon.
Legends is a fully open 3D world with all kinds of Pokémon wandering the landscape. Instead of the traditional encounter system, where the game stops and drops you into a battle arena, you battle and catch Pokémon in real-time. You also have requests to do for villagers, battles with other trainers, and building your team with more Pokémon. All in all, Legends is a fresh concept for the franchise, and it’s no wonder it’s praised by fans as thebest and longest Pokémongame.
7Shadow of the Colossus (Remake)
Here There Be Giants
Shadow of the Colossus (2018)
When it comes to games with enormous targets, you can’t find anything bigger than the giants inShadow of the Colossus. Armed with only a sword, a bow, and your faithful horse Argo, you broker a deal with a mysterious entity in order to save someone dear to you. Now, you must venture into what is known as The Forbidden Lands and defeat 16 colossi.
Shadow of the Colossus isn’t like other games with shops, NPCs, or other enemies. It leans heavily on atmosphere, music, and the sheer size and scope of every colossus. Each encounter feels like you’re fighting an uphill battle against something bigger than you, which only makes the victory all the more satisfying. As for the story, this is one of those games that makes players cry and drop their controllers by the end. If there’s any version to play, it’s the remake.
6Wild Hearts
When Nature Bites Back
Wild Hearts
Have you ever had a dream where an animal attacks you as a gargantuan man-eating monster? That’s whatWild Heartsfeels like, and it’s a wonderful dream come true. Set in medieval Japan, you are a hunter tasked with tracking and slaying giant beasts known as Kemono, strong animals that are a fusion of power and nature.
The combat feels fast, and the setting and location mesh perfectly with the weapons and armor. On top of that, each weapon has its own upgrade tree, which is very forgiving as you can remove points and put them into other upgrades. In other words, you’re not daisy-chained to a weapon build if you lose interest and want to try something else. If you’re going to play Wild Hearts, however, the console versions might be the better option, as the PC version suffers from performance and graphical issues.
5Devil May Cry 5
Demon Hunting in Style
Devil May Cry 5
If it’s another Capcom game with monsters you’re after, but one with a focus on speed, you can’t go wrong with the hack-and-slash adventure that isDevil May Cry 5. Instead of just one character with a single mechanic to master, you get three devil hunters to play as.
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There’s Dante, a sword-swinging, gunslinging, pizza-loving legend. Next is Nero, armed with a sword and a whole collection of cybernetic arms. Then there’s the mysterious V. Though he’s incapable of fighting, his three familiars control the battlefield. Also, V loves reading William Blake poems in combat—no joke, reading poetry is a combat mechanic. In Devil May Cry 5, it’s all about challenge and style as you engage a roster of unique demons and bosses with powerful combos. That, and the game’s worth playing for the music alone.
If you’re playing the Special Edition, you also get to play as Virgil.
4Horizon Zero Dawn
Futuristic Hunting Simulator
Horizon Zero Dawn
Set in a world that’s been destroyed by a machine apocalypse,Horizon Zero Dawnis for players who want a monster game that focuses more on the hunting aspect. You are Aloy, a hunter and survivor in a ruined world populated by machines. Instead of a straightforward fight, Horizon is about taking the stealthy approach and planning your hunt.
Venturing into a massive open world, you’ll encounter legions of machines in the hard wilderness, and how you tackle them is up to you. Attack from the shadows, climb up and get the drop on them, or lay out a trap. There’s no limit to how you approach a situation. And since most enemies are machines, you can use their components to craft better gear for future encounters as the world gets bigger and more dangerous the longer you play.
3The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The World Needs a Professional
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Have an urge for a more sinister world of monsters? One with a bigger story? Then pick up and playThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The land is at war, monster attacks are on the rise, and your surrogate daughter is being stalked by the Wild Hunt. However, it won’t take a hero to save her. It’ll take a professional. You are Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter and mutant with advanced abilities in combat and magic.
Wherever the path may take you—you always carry two swords of silver and steel. One for monsters. One for humans. Featuring hours of side quests and monster contracts, Witcher 3 is a long game, and hard to put down. That’s why it’s considered one of the best RPGs ever made. Funny enough,Geralt did also appear in Monster Hunter: Worldfor a crossover event.
2Monster Hunter Rise
Hunting With Good Friends & Good Dogs
Monster Hunter Rise
Still want more from the world of Monster Hunter? If you’re new to the franchise and want to try the others in the series,Monster Hunter Riseshould be next on your playlist. Yes, graphically, it’s inferior to Wilds, but it makes up for that with its bounty of content and monster battles.
The core of what makes the Monster Hunter games so fun is still here. Weapons with depth, teaming up with friends online, a vast land to roam with colorful and unique monsters to battle. Oh, and you get your own dog companion to accompany you on your hunting adventures. What more could you want?
1Elden Ring
Slaying Monsters, Dragons, & Demigods
Elden Ring
If you’ve ever played a FromSoftware game, you probably know the routine. Dark fantasy world with challenging bosses, dying a lot, experimenting with builds, dying more. So, what makesElden Ringany different? Well, it takes everything that makes soulslike games great and turns it intoFromSoftware’s best game yet, with a stunning world filled with challenges and monsters to slay.
Frontloaded with tons of character customization, you’ll spend the first few hours of Elden Ring getting lost in one of the most breathtaking worlds ever seen. Swordmaster, magic-user, or some combination of the two, there are dozens of builds to make when setting out into combat. As for your enemies, the world of Elden Ring is crawling with a selection big enough to fill a dictionary. Some will be on your level, and some will be monstrous giants powerful enough to tear a city asunder. To reiterate, you’re going to die a lot.
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