If you missed the Monster Hunter Wilds open beta weekend on the finish of October, you will quickly have one other probability to dabble in Doshaguma-slaying earlier than the sport’s launch on February 28. In a YouTube video launched earlier at this time, Capcom introduced that two further Monster Hunter Wilds open beta check intervals shall be out there in February.
The second Monster Hunter Wilds beta check shall be out there to all gamers from 7 pm PST on Thursday, February 6 to 7 pm PST on Sunday, February 9 after which once more from 7 pm PST on Thursday, February 13 to 7 pm PST on Sunday, February 16. As within the first open beta, you’ll customise the looks of your hunter and palico sidekick (each of which may be carried over to the ultimate recreation), full a sequence of introductory hunts, and freely discover the Windward Plains area.
As a brand new addition for the second beta checks, gamers may even be capable of hunt the Gypceros, a newly-confirmed returning monster that first appeared within the unique Monster Hunter. Its rubbery conceal offers it a stretchy, whiplike tail, and it could actually strike the phosphorescent crest on its head towards its bony snout to emit a flash that may blind hunters. It’s additionally, typically talking, a flailing, squawking wretch. Can’t wait to be reacquainted. Playing the second beta may even earn you an ornamental palico plush decoration within the full recreation, which you’ll hold out of your weapons and Seikret mount.
Unfortunately, what the second beta will not function are the efficiency enhancements Capcom’s cooked as much as deal with the primary beta’s optimization points and origami monsters.
During my hands-on Monster Hunter Wilds preview in November, I performed an up to date construct that carried out a lot better than the primary open beta. The devs defined that the beta had been constructed from an earlier model that lacked these newest optimization enhancements, and it sounds just like the second beta shall be utilizing the identical, older construct—one which, presumably, could be too time-intensive to retrofit with these efficiency updates.
“The workforce is working onerous on ending improvement on the complete recreation. This consists of varied changes and enhancements, however I hope you’ll be able to perceive that this implies these enhancements will not be able to make it into the second beta check,” sequence producer Ryozo Tsujimoto mentioned within the announcement video. In the video’s description, Capcom clarified that “changes together with efficiency, weapon modifications, hitstop, high quality of life enhancements, and extra won’t be current or mirrored within the second Open Beta Test construct.”
Feels like a dangerous play to me: Without the newest optimization enhancements, I can simply think about a tough beta efficiency so quickly earlier than the complete recreation’s launch doing extra injury than good. Evidently, Capcom’s trusting that the attract of hitting dinosaurs with massive swords will outweigh these potential frustrations.
Monster Hunter Wilds launches on February 28, 2025.
