Monster Hunter Now is a fantastic game. Considering it hasn’t been globally released all that long, it plays excellently as a whole. Gameplay mechanics, especially when compared to Pokemon Go upon launch, are excellent. It rewards skill, and has surprising depth to the combat. But there are undoubtably some flaws plaguing the game, which will be highlighted in this article.
Monster Hunter Now limits gameplay whenever passing a certain speed. This makes it practically impossible to play when taking the bus, the train, or any other form of transportation. Even after pressing “I am not driving,” Monster Hunter Now prohibits any gameplay.
To make matters worse, the navigation system in Monster Hunter Now often breaks — showing the player as fast moving even when literally standing still. The game becomes excessively hard to enjoy throughout the day for this reason.
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The grind becomes incredible excessive after reaching around 25 HR. HR points from the monsters is minimal, and the Zenny earned from the hunts is way too small to realistically support upgrades for both weapons and armor.
And considering upgrades are the main way to progress in the game, this makes for an incredibly grindy system. The best way to earn Zenny in Monster Hunter Now is to accomplish daily missions — but these are limited, as you may have guessed, daily. Therefore, this makes microtransactions rather tempting, as this can help push past countless hours of Monster grinding.
Grinding isn’t a new concept for Monster Hunter games. But in Monster Hunter Now, the way the grind scales is almost predatory in nature.
The mobile game lags substantially. It’s graphics are pretty solid, but people will encounter delays throughout the play. There are tons of network errors that pop out. And for those who have kept their app open a tad too long, monster loading times sometimes become excessively long.
This specific lag in loading time makes playing with others practically impossible. In addition, the lag bugs the monster hunts — bleeding into the maximum time allowed, thereby diminishing hunting time. For high level monsters, this is a massive problem.
As with many Monster Hunter games, RNG is a bit of an issue. Players have reported very minimal drop rates for what they desire.
As mentioned before, Monster Hunter Now has some predatory systems in place. The progression becomes walled, leaving hunters two options: Grind their entire day away to progress, or pay real life money to bypass the wall.
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