Steam Numbers Show MHW's Massive Success - It's Steam's Biggest Game So Far in 2018 - Monster Hunter

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Steam Numbers Show MHW's Massive Success - It's Steam's Biggest Game So Far in 2018 - Monster Hunter World - MMORPG.com

Monster Hunter World News - Monster Hunter World just came out for PC yesterday and it's smashing records according to SteamCharts. The concurrent number of players is an amazing 240k, the highest in 2018 and the seventh highest of all time. Players have put in 3.6M hours too. Lastly, it will come as no surprise that MHW is Japan's biggest hit in the west, far eclipsing Dark Souls 3 that came in at about 130k concurrent users.

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Celcius

Unless you count it's early access period, TECHNICALLY pubg is still the biggest this year. Sorry, I am being that guy right now. It is 5:30 am and I have not slept yet give me a break. ps: i hate pubg

xelrah

An amazing game, quite disappointing port especially if you use kb+m (game emulates controller with mouse instead of direct input) or weaker PC. Still enjoying it a lot despite the latter.

SBFord

Celcius said:

Unless you count it's early access period, TECHNICALLY pubg is still the biggest this year. Sorry, I am being that guy right now. It is 5:30 am and I have not slept yet give me a break. ps: i hate pubg

I think they were alluding to "launch" -- something PUBG didn't do this year.

Vrika

It's an excellent console game.

But for PC, it could be a lot better port. I like the game, but having to use systems clearly meant for controller on keyboard + mouse means it's only above average game, when it could be excellent.

DAOWAce

Meanwhile, us enthusiasts are panning it for being a terrible port.

Suppose something that affects everyone is the mouse control, with it emulating an analog stick and all. Just a shame a lot of people don't actually seem to see that as a problem, for whatever reason. Many complaints, yes, but compared to the playerbase, it's smaller than expected..

cheyane

I asked my son if I could manage to play this game..... he laughed  then said 'you cannot even hope to try....'  Well 'I never'  so insulted but his assessment of my capabilities and the 'not a snowball's chance in hell' seems accurate. I shall watch some youtube videos and sigh dramatically.

ConstantineMerus

cheyane said:

I asked my son if I could manage to play this game..... he laughed  then said 'you cannot even hope to try....'  Well 'I never'  so insulted but his assessment of my capabilities and the 'not a snowball's chance in hell' seems accurate. I shall watch some youtube videos and sigh dramatically.

Kick him out. If he's in college cut off his financial support. If he's independent, well, continue sighing mate there's nothing you can do

stego160

I was surprised at how many ungrateful negative reviews there were when it launched. I have had zero issues with the game so far. Plugged a xbox controller in and it worked just fine.

Scot

And to think it has a "steep learning curve" who'd have thought it.

Panther2103

Vrika said:

It's an excellent console game.

But for PC, it could be a lot better port. I like the game, but having to use systems clearly meant for controller on keyboard + mouse means it's only above average game, when it could be excellent.

Yes, the controls on PC for some of the things is awful. But honestly I'm surprised it turned out as good as it did.

I've seen endless complaints about the UI and how systems work in the game for the PC launch, but I don't think people realize how bad these systems used to be in MH games. It's one of those "back in my day" things, but holy crap is the game so much easier to deal with than the series used to be. 

LrdEtrius

People need to realize that its the team's first game on PC.

Same thing also happened with Dark Souls PTDE, the mouse controls were terrible, but then, a mod appeared and it was awesome.

Sovrath

cheyane said:

I asked my son if I could manage to play this game..... he laughed  then said 'you cannot even hope to try....'  Well 'I never'  so insulted but his assessment of my capabilities and the 'not a snowball's chance in hell' seems accurate. I shall watch some youtube videos and sigh dramatically.

I would just buy it and play it. Don't let others define you!

Octagon7711

LrdEtrius said:

People need to realize that its the team's first game on PC.

Same thing also happened with Dark Souls PTDE, the mouse controls were terrible, but then, a mod appeared and it was awesome.

I was thinking perhaps they will work on the mouse thing, or someone will release a patch.

FrodoFragins

I've tried watching people stream this game and I don't get the appeal.  The same goes for Fortnite though, even though i do get it for PUBG and H1Z1:KOTK, so I think I'm finally out of the loop.

bobbymcswanson

Was gonna pick it up but it looks kinda boring after watching gameplay

Iselin

Vrika said:

It's an excellent console game.

But for PC, it could be a lot better port. I like the game, but having to use systems clearly meant for controller on keyboard + mouse means it's only above average game, when it could be excellent.

I just reloaded Dragon's Dogma on Steam recently after not having played it for a couple of years. I can't remember if I used a controller last time but trying to play it with M+KB is sooooo awkward. The choices they made for which keys do what us so weird like Insert and PgUp to select which party member's inventory is active.

Is MHW as bad as that?

Annwyn

I've been playing MHW with a mouse&keyboard so far. It was a bit awkward at first because I have to use keys I'm not used to (combination of V, Ctrl and Space for Insect Glaive) but after 10-20 minutes of playing I've got the controls down and it seems fine.

TheDarkrayne

You guys know you can just use a controller on PC, right?

Why be stubborn and insist on using k&m even though you know it's crap?

The game is meant to be played with a controller, use a controller. You don't need to be afraid of the almighty controller.

MadFrenchie

TheDarkrayne said:

You guys know you can just use a controller on PC, right?

Why be stubborn and insist on using k&m even though you know it's crap?

The game is meant to be played with a controller, use a controller. You don't need to be afraid of the almighty controller.

It would personally take a generation-defining game to get me to hook up a controller to my PC.

I have a console, but don't play it because I dislike using a controller to play video games.  I'd rather not see a trend of PC ports that require a controller to function intuitively.

FlyByKnight

The game is incredible but boy oh boy the "port" is absolute annoying gutter trash. Mouse and keyboard dominates over here boys. Get with the fricken program.

• Combining the secondary attack/and interact button together makes me want to "REEEEE"
• Having the way to interact change between combat and town is frustrating
• The game should have have a back pedal animation on the S key and allow the player to decide how to run towards the camera if they need to
• The lock-on camera is violent and jarring AF
• Not being able to edit the location of some of the HUD display (mini-map) is frustrating
• Shift key to block fam? REALLY? Changing it to what you feel it should be throws off everything because of Secondary Attack/Interact thing being hard coded
• For some reason their V-Sync is REALLY laggy. I just turn it off, and deal with the crumby screen tearing
• The ease-in/ease-out of the camera turning makes me want to punch the developers in the face. That's not what you do on PC, no way.

I made some tweaks to the graphics to avoid the optimization/framerate issues (turned the fog off, lowered shadows, and am willing to turn off ambient occlusion). I am NOT trying to run it at 4k, no way. I'm in 1080 stretched to full screen.

The gameplay itself is awesome, there's a metric f#$% ton of cut screens in the beginning but once you're past the initial blast it starts to ease up. There's so much nuance and system to understand it will keep you interested if you aren't looking for microwaved content. The monster AI is just amazing.

Dauntless got its entire front teeth, top and bottom kicked out. There's no comparison. Its like NBA vs JV basketball

joewolf79

TheDarkrayne said:

You guys know you can just use a controller on PC, right?



Why be stubborn and insist on using k&m even though you know it's crap?



The game is meant to be played with a controller, use a controller. You don't need to be afraid of the almighty controller.

I've been playing this series since it first released in the US and always sucked at ranged weapons. I was looking forward to this being the Monster Hunter where I can finally just aim a bowgun with a mouse like it's an fps so I didn't have to be melee again. Based on what I've been reading I'm considering not buying it.

Celcius

I don't really think that it was a bad port at all stability wise. Controls are an issue for some people, sure, but I really think if you are gaming on a PC you should have access to a controller anyways. There are a ton of great games that just don't play well with a keyboard and mouse that didn't get panned like MHW did for not having good support for it. (Dark Souls 3 would like a word)

sumdumguy1

The game is great on console so a direct port may not be the worst thing ever in this instance.  This game is definitely on my radar and I hope it continues to do well because the one common thing everyone tells me is you can sink some serious time into this game.  

Sovrath

TheDarkrayne said:

You guys know you can just use a controller on PC, right?

Why be stubborn and insist on using k&m even though you know it's crap?

The game is meant to be played with a controller, use a controller. You don't need to be afraid of the almighty controller.

I hate controllers. If I actually liked them I'd buy myself a ps4 and never look back.

Octagon7711

Sovrath said:

TheDarkrayne said:

You guys know you can just use a controller on PC, right?

Why be stubborn and insist on using k&m even though you know it's crap?

The game is meant to be played with a controller, use a controller. You don't need to be afraid of the almighty controller.

I hate controllers. If I actually liked them I'd buy myself a ps4 and never look back.

In the old days when I had an Xbox and PlayStation it felt like I was enjoying games inspite of using controllers.  I even have an Xbox controller on my PC that's collecting dust.