Capcom is reassuring Monster Hunter Wilds players about a divisive element found in many other paid games.
This is in any case what Ryozo Tsujimoto, producer of Monster Hunter Wilds, announced in an interview with Rurikhan, a YouTuber well known for massively covering the famous Capcom franchise. The next title should therefore be in the direct line of its predecessors like World on this point.
An increasingly reassuring Monster Hunter Wilds
For the first time since its announcement, Monster Hunter Wilds was given a try by players during Gamescom 2024. The title, still scheduled for a vague 2025 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series, promises to be truly monstrous, but some concerns were still brewing. In particular concerning the presence of so-called “pay-to-win” microtransactions, as we unfortunately saw recently at the launch of Dragon’s Dogma 2 and which caused a lively controversy.
Speaking to Rurikhan, the producer of Monster Hunter Wilds nevertheless gave an unequivocal response on this point: ” We are sticking to the same approach as for the rest of the franchise, the small DLCs will remain purely cosmetic. “. It will therefore not be possible to pay to obtain rare components to craft the best equipment in the game, or other options of the same ilk. Such microtransactions will therefore stop at costumes, haircuts, and the like.
A policy that still makes people grind their teeth
Despite the absence of pay-to-win microtransactions in Monster Hunter Wilds, some players who reacted to Rurikhan’s interview rail against the idea of closing cosmetic elements behind an obligation to pay. In World or Rise, there were indeed no alternatives to such DLC, much to the dismay of fans of the “Fashion Hunter”.
Willingly or not, Monster Hunter Wilds should follow the same path. However, it remains to be seen what price Capcom will ask for such cosmetic elements. Many games do not hesitate to sell them at a price equivalent to a full game or an expansion. See you in 2025 to see if the Japanese studio intends to be reasonable or not on this very controversial ground.
Source : Rurikhan on YouTube
