Nine minutes of new Monster Hunter: World gameplay debuted Thursday, offering another look at the Coral Highlands while we wait for the game’s late January debut. It wasn’t quite as enlightening as yesterday’s introduction to Slide Attacks but the new MHW trailer is at least a bit more entertaining than yesterday’s baffling, minute-long video.
It’s been a busy week for the Monster Hunter marketing team. Capcom published more information, including the preload window and start/end times, for next week’s MHW beta. The game’s producer also explained why we’re waiting so much longer for the game’s PC port and shared his thoughts on loot crates. Monster Hunter fans were also treated to the aforementioned Slide Attack demo and now Capcom has produced another nine minutes of narrated gameplay.
The latest Monster Hunter: World trailer lets players follow along as a member of the dev team hunts the Paolumu, a flying, bat-like mammal(?) that calls the Coral Highlands home. And it makes quite the formidable foe. Paolumus aren’t just an aerial threat. They’ll happily return to the ground and chase after their prey on a pair of bipedal legs, each of which is slightly larger than the player. Paolumus can also punish attackers by whipping them with their heavily-armored tails. If they need to put a little distance between themselves and an aggressor, it doesn't get much easier than taking flight.
The new footage also offers another look at Monster Hunter: World’s “living” ecosystem. The hunt is briefly interrupted when one of the Paolumu’s natural enemies wanders onto the battlefield, giving the hunter a brief window to inflict heavy damage without retribution. Similar situations will arise frequently in World, giving hunters a moment to rest and recuperate or dial up their damage output.
To see more of the Coral Highlands, check out the new Monster Hunter: World gameplay published on Thursday. Then head down to the comments and let us know what you’re most excited to hunt for when Monster Hunter hits PS4 and Xbox One later this month.
Monster Hunter: World is in development for PS4, Xbox One and PC. The game hits consoles on Jan. 26 and is scheduled to charge onto Steam sometime this fall.
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