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Monster Hunter Wilds beta has graphical problems, but Capcom promises final game in a better state

Monster Hunter Wilds may have welcomed an impressive number of players giving the open beta a whirl, but many of these players are not especially impressed.

Watch on YouTube Meanwhile, as you can see in the header image above and the post below, several characters look like a very basic version of what they are surely meant to look like, and the fellow above brought to my mind a Lord of the Rings' Uruk-hai after a bad night. "The purpose of this test is to allow players to experience a limited portion of Monster Hunter Wilds and also to verify various technical aspects such as network load and overall operation prior to the game's full release," the developer wrote on Steam. It offers a familiar thrill of the hunt, of player customisation (the new armours look awesome), and of extravagant combat, but with a fresh world ripe for a bit of co-op action - even with NPCs," he wrote in Eurogamer's Monster Hunter Wilds preview.

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