Major 2025 Game Receives “Overwhelmingly Negative” Reviews on Steam

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You ever have one of those games you’re super hyped about, only to end up… just totally bummed? Enter Monster Hunter Wilds. Man, it seemed like it was going to be the game, you know? But now, fans are pretty much hating on it over on Steam. You look, and bam, there’s that “Overwhelmingly Negative” rating staring back at you. Ouch.

So, Wilds dropped on February 28, right? It straight-up crushed it with critics at the start, racking up some of the best scores in the franchise’s history—at least according to OpenCritic and Metascore. Ran into some issues, though. I mean, we’re talking about killer combat and all, but then there were these hiccups. Especially on PC. Technical problems, plus microtransactions—they sneaked into a monster-slaying game—what?! Go figure. Plus, the UI was kinda meh and not a whole lot of monsters. Capcom, what’s going on?

Players shouted their discontent loudly enough that before Title Update 2 even arrived, you could find them busy airing their grievances on Steam’s review section. Felt like reading a novel, just a lot angrier.

Now fast forward a bit, and Wilds has a “Mixed” review label slapped on it with over 8,300 bad reviews dragging it down. Folks say it runs even worse than before—can you believe it?—and, oh boy, the scant new monster roster didn’t help either. Some players, bless them, had a peek at those datamines and were like, “Hey, there are monsters you didn’t release yet.” Like, for real—why tease us with planned stuff and then… nada?

And then, get this—the whole open-world thing that was supposed to be a major draw? Yeah, that’s another beef. Feels a bit pointless, like, wandering just to wander. Some folks miss the old systems further back, ones they’re used to from the older games.

Anyway, there’s a glimpse of hope. Capcom’s lining up some big showcase towards June’s end. Maybe they’ll listen for a change. Fingers crossed for that second Title Update—because really, they need to fix something. Anything. Or else, well, I guess we’ll just go picking through the ashes of what might’ve been.