If you, like many other players, decided to dive into Monster Hunter Wilds over its beta period, you might have been left feeling a little underwhelmed by certain weapons, and now, thanks to the power of math, it's been proven that there's a reason why.

Some fans have complained that Wilds’ combat feels floaty, or not as impactful as it is in other Monster Hunter games. This feeling, according to one player who has analyzed frame data for Wilds and compared it to that of prior Monster Hunter games, has to do with hitstop — or, in this case, the lack of.

We have had a chance to play Monster Hunter Wilds’ Open Beta Test extensively and encountered a myriad of intriguing new gameplay mechanics we’re excited to share with you.

People are making all sorts of fun faces in Monster Hunter Wilds beta 's character creator, from real life celebrities to cursed creatures, but some have even been battling the big beasties with a character that looks awfully like a very tired version of Final Fantasy 14's beloved director Naoki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshida - and he's seen them all.

Monster Hunter Wilds' beta features a total of four brand-new big monsters that players can battle alone or with friends. Here's a breakdown of them.

As a card-carrying MonHun sicko, it brings me no joy to say this: The Monster Hunter Wilds beta doesn't bode well for a smooth launch.

The developers reveal that Monster Hunter Wilds will have an important feature that will make the lives of some players easier.

Monster Hunter Wilds may have welcomed an impressive number of Steam players giving the open beta a whirl, but many of these players are not especially impressed. A quick look over on the Monster Hunter reddit feed shows multiple screenshots of angular,

It bodes really well for Capcom that interest - at least on PC - in the sequel to its most successful game is this high months from launch.