Monster Hunter Wilds is already trying to beat the pre-release difficulty allegations by dropping the deets on its first major patch

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Monster Hunter Wilds isn't even out for most parts of the world as I write this, but that hasn't stopped Capcom from dropping breadcrumbs of information for its first major update. We already knew bits of Wilds' roadmap from February's State of Play, like the fact that Mizutsune would be the first post-launch monster coming to the game—something I'm personally very stoked about.

We've been blessed with even more information now, though: Title Update 1 will launch sometime in early April, giving hunters plenty of time to play through the story and get some High Rank grinding in.

I also can't help but feel like Capcom is trying to placate some of the dooming that's been happening in small pockets of the Monster Hunter community. Discourse around monster difficulty, brought about by a handful of reviews sharing feelings of an easier game compared to previous series, and a lack of any player house or hut have been cropping up all over my social media. Those just happen to be two things the Monster Hunter Twitter page explicitly mentions as part of their update information.

The first tweet reads: «A New Level of Challenge! Prepare your gear, and resolve, hunters! TU1 will bring with it a monster of formidable strength at a level above Tempered! Another challenging monster will also await you!» That sounds to me like we're getting something other than Mizutsune, one that's potentially infected with a classic Monster Hunter steroid that makes it an absolute ballache to fight.

Considering how many players have been concerned about the game being too easy—a sentiment I don't necessarily share after 100 hours, though I certainly think a combination of player skill, streamlining and the wound system have removed a lot of the friction seen in previous games—it's definitely giving big 'beating the allegations' vibes from Capcom.

There's even a small tease for what I think may be either a centralised hub or personal player space, something which fans have also been expressing