So I gave MHW a try. Never played a MonHun and never even watched a stream of it. Very mixed feelings so far. Just a colossal overload of tutorial menus constantly for the first 1-2 hours, which honestly is whatever to me. Took the time to try out a bunch of the weapon types, kinda surprised how deep some are. Been messing around with Switch Axe and Insect Glaive. Controls are super fucking awful though, especially after coming off the heels of Elden Ring. It's a 2018 game but it plays like a 2006 game.
This was my impression of the UI.
Also the forced "alright, you did the objective, you have 1min to collect your shit before you auto-leave" is super gay.