It is good now. The online works well, similar to World.

Online is better then Rise (at least on the Switch, where I played it) and it seems also to be better then in World, but I am not a big online player, so take this with a grain of salt, but everytime I went online I had zero problems.

Game itself is in terms of content and combat really strong now. The weak state at launch has been fixed in those regards and it is imo a better base game now then World and Rise.

Biggest issue is still perfomance, so that might be a problem, but you can bug it, try it out for an hour and if it runs well, you will have fun with it and if not, refund and wait for the perfomance updates in early 2026 (whatever they will do) and the next sale, which will surely come.

The game sucks in all ways, you going to pay for an terrible experience.
But it might be your thing, so who knows.

Originally posted by TRichter:

Online is better then Rise (at least on the Switch, where I played it) and it seems also to be better then in World, but I am not a big online player, so take this with a grain of salt, but everytime I went online I had zero problems.

You actually think so? I wrote this 8 months ago or so, and as far as I know it's still accurate.

How do you make a system that is more convoluted than World when it comes to playing with your friends.

If you want to go do quests with your friends you need to join a link party, but then you quickly realize that you can't explore the 'open world' together. It's open to you but not to your friends. So then you join an environment link which closes the 'open world' to others in the lobby and makes it just for you and up to three friends.

However, you realize you can't post quests at the quest board. You need to go out and hunt together by initiating a fight with a monster while in the environment link. However those field quests can also be joined by the players in the lobby that were originally closed off from your 'open world' by that very environment link. You apparently can't see them in your world but they are very much still there and can join even without you firing an SOS flare.

Also don't think that you can invite people to your environment link on your terms. In World, you could simply join someone's Guiding Lands mid fight and get right to helping them. In Wilds you can't invite anyone to your environment link while on a hunt. You need to wait until the hunt is over.

It's the better part of a decade newer than World, on a newer engine, and yet the MP is more convoluted. This is the one area where I thought the open world would have made MP a slam dunk.

https://eo.steamhost.cc/steamcommunity_com/app/2246340/discussions/0/596271495257350147/#c596271645583215286

no

If you can run it, that's all that matters at this point as there's enough of a game there to enjoy for a discounted price. Just don't spend much time in the character creator, don't use up that refund time to find out if the game runs well enough.

If your PC is good, then you will have a fairly decent experience with the game. Otherwise, join the negative reviews.

Nvm, OP already had it

Originally posted by C-MOON:

I can get it for way cheaper. I just wanna know if it's worth the time. And is the online better than rise/world?

Go play world... This is popo optimisation and no content/endgame at all

What do the increasingly negative reviews say?

Originally posted by Dae:

What do the increasingly negative reviews say?

That perfomance is still a big problem. Most negative reviews are about the perfomance, rightfuly so if I might ad, but if it runs well for you, that yeah, a lot of the problems the release version had, have been fixed.

Originally posted by TRichter:

Online is better then Rise

me when i lie

Originally posted by Lyrics:

Originally posted by TRichter:

Online is better then Rise

me when i lie

You when you have no idea. I played Rise on the Switch (as I said) and online on the Switch was not better (thanks NIntendo). I have no idea how Rise online runs on Steam or PS.

Originally posted by TRichter:

Originally posted by Lyrics:

me when i lie

You when you have no idea. I played Rise on the Switch (as I said) and online on the Switch was not better (thanks NIntendo). I have no idea how Rise online runs on Steam or PS.

The online system for Wilds is a convoluted mess.

I truly can't believe how they managed to screw it up and make it more messy and confusing than World was.

Originally posted by Kiririn:

Originally posted by TRichter:

You when you have no idea. I played Rise on the Switch (as I said) and online on the Switch was not better (thanks NIntendo). I have no idea how Rise online runs on Steam or PS.

The online system for Wilds is a convoluted mess.

I truly can't believe how they managed to screw it up and make it more messy and confusing than World was.

It's no different from World really.

World/Rise online systems are considerably more functional at a base level. Rise is way, way better in that regard from an ease-of-use perspective, and I played on both Switch and PC.

The game itself, though? It seems to be doing alright now, though I've only just started playing again since having left after Mizutsune... Initial reaction is positive.