2018 Game of the Year Contenders
Monster Hunter: World by Capcom
When Destiny 2 struggled to recapture the spotlight for gamers looking for a online grind kind of game, Monster Hunter World slid into the proverbial DMs of people looking for a new cooperative RPG experience.
Yeah its story isn’t going to blow anyone away, and if wins anything, it won’t be off the back of anything related to its narrative. No, instead, Monster Hunter World’s bread is buttered through its fantastic and immersive hunting gameplay.
While others have tried over the years, Monster Hunter have been among the few series to retain and continue to refine the monster hunting gameplay loop, a genre that they almost have all to themselves at this point.
With MHW, Capcom finally decided to take advantage of current-gen hardware, and as a result, they pumped out the best looking and most fun to control and play entry to-date. It’s satisfying to find a build that you like, team up with others, and bring down a bad ass monster that probably didn’t deserve the beat down you’re handing it (seriously why are we hunting them again?) but you’re all going to give it to it anyway.
We simply had to include MHW as one of 2018’s game of the year contenders.
