Monster Hunter World is the game that finally got me into the series

For the last decade or so, I’ve looked to my friends in Japan with considerable envy. They would go off on grand adventures together, seeking out huge, wonderful creatures, which they’d then take down through the power of teamwork. These conflicts were epic in scale, and I’d often hear stories about how satisfying it was to hunt a massive dragon and succeed at just the last second, with your health almost entirely depleted.
I’m talking, of course, about Monster Hunter, a