After about a year of exclusivity, Monster Hunter Rise is finally available on Steam via Capcom’s new PC port. After Monster Hunter: World had an incredible showing on the PC platform, (especially when looking at sales and player count), one can only hope that Rise can impress. While not as technically impressive as World, it does run pretty great on PC. But is it enough for you to buy it again on PC? With the expansion coming up this year, it’s time to decide which platform you want to play it on.
I figured I’d address some of the most important questions anyone might have when considering this, even if you aren’t a double-dipper.
[Header image courtesy of this mod]
Tested on: Ryzen 3600X 3.8 GHz, 16GB of RAM, Geforce RTX 2070 Super, Windows 10. Framerate measured with NVIDIA GeForce Experience and Steam
It’s great! Monster Hunter Rise is not quite the high-fidelity game that World was, which makes it innately run a lot smoother on PCs. I mean, this is a Switch game, after all. With all the settings cranked up to High, my rig, which is definitely aging at this point, was able to consistently run at around 110 FPS (though I personally capped it while playing instead of leaving it unrestricted). While I never saw the framerate tank, there is noticeable screen tearing.
It’s also worth mentioning that, while installed on an SSD, the load times are near-instant. It feels so great to just load right into a zone when launching into a new quest. In fact, the increased framerate and load times are probably two of the biggest factors that would lead anyone to double-dip, along with mods. Everything is just so crisp and blazing fast, I love it.
Speaking of mods, there are already plenty of mods that will help hunters get to a
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