{"id":777,"date":"2022-07-01T05:17:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T05:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/round-up-the-reviews-are-in-for-monster-hunter-rise-sunbreak\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T05:17:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T05:17:50","slug":"round-up-the-reviews-are-in-for-monster-hunter-rise-sunbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/round-up-the-reviews-are-in-for-monster-hunter-rise-sunbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"U-qo1QQSPTU\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak - Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase | 6.28.2022\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U-qo1QQSPTU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to Nintendo Life on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\">YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>To send June out with a bang, Capcom has today released Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.  This is paid DLC for the new entry.  Yesterday there was also a regular Monster Hunter Rise update preparing for this expansion.<\/p>\n<p>If you are still unsure if you should pick up the DLC, even after the game demo trial, we&#8217;ve put together a round up of the reviews so far.  We&#8217;ve also got our own review on the way, so be on the lookout for that.  And if you&#8217;re curious &#8211; here are the patch notes:<\/p>\n<p>With that out of the way, let&#8217;s see what the critics had to say about this next chapter in Monster Hunter Rise.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Capcom \/ via Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Starting off with IGN, it summed it up as having some cool new monsters but not many new ideas.  It attached a score of eight out of ten to the original game but gave the DLC one point less &#8211; awarding it seven out of ten:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Sunbreak isn&#8217;t nearly as substantial or surprising as Iceborne was for Monster Hunter World, lacking fresh ideas beyond clever AI followers that are restricted to single-player hunts, and even abandoning Rampage quests without really trying to fill the gap their absence has left &#8220;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The team over at Polygon enjoyed the DLC, but felt it should have jumped straight into the new Monster content:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;With so many good brawls in <em>sunbreak<\/em>, it&#8217;s frustrating that it falls victim to one of the biggest villains in AAA video games: bloat.  I&#8217;d much more see <em>sunbreak<\/em> offer a shorter campaign with more of a focus on new monsters, and give me the option to fight Master Rank versions of the original roster at my leisure.  But instead, I spent the opening hours of the expansion bashing familiar foes, just so I could get to the good stuff.  As such, playing <em>sunbreak<\/em> feels a bit like unwrapping an exciting present covered in too much tape.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>PC Gamer gave the computer version 89 out of 100. It thinks Rise is &#8220;as good as the series has ever been&#8221;, but noted how the DLC was essentially &#8220;more of the same&#8221;, and may not provide enough &#8220;new&#8221; content for some fans:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Monster Hunter Rise is as good as this series has ever been, and Sunbreak is much more of the same. It&#8217;s also a lot tougher, but that feels like the right call. For some fans of the series, you could probably add a 10 onto the score. It does lack the thrill of the new, even if some of its additions are more significant than they first appear, and essentially functions as a proper endgame to an already expansive experience. Less a Sunbreak, then, than a sunset. &#8220;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The hunters at Twinfinite felt &#8220;everything old is new&#8221; in the Sunbreak DLC &#8211; praising it with a score of 4.5 out of 5, and recommending it as an &#8220;absolute no-brainer&#8221; for anyone looking to dive back in:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;As it stands, Sunbreak represents the very best of Monster Hunter Rise, recontextualizing the base game through its clever integration of the old and the new. It won&#8217;t convert die-hard fans that bounced off of Rise, but for those that loved the changes to the Monster Hunter formula, Sunbreak represents a new high water mark for the series and is an absolute no-brainer for anyone looking to dive back in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>And last but not least, The Mako Reactor gave it 10 out of 10 &#8211; labeling it &#8220;absolutely essential&#8221; for existing owners of Monster Hunter Rise:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Sunbreak enhances and improves Monster Hunter Rise in every way. The monsters are more challenging, the music is a lot better, and the postgame is actually good for more than a few hunts. The new mechanics add even more depth for those looking to dig deeper into each weapon. Even if Capcom didn&#8217;t do a single title update, this would be absolutely essential for every Monster Hunter Rise owner. It is that good, and I can&#8217;t wait to put hundreds of hours into it over the next years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Will you be giving this new DLC for Monster Hunter Rise a go? <em>Tell us in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"eac844b796be023cb0a9b75d-text\/javascript\">dgpConsent.can('targeting',function () { !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init', '2325732614399478'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); });<\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube To send June out with a bang, Capcom has today released Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. This is paid DLC for the new entry. Yesterday there was also a regular Monster Hunter Rise update preparing for this expansion. If you are still unsure if you should pick up the DLC, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/round-up-the-reviews-are-in-for-monster-hunter-rise-sunbreak\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[943,942,941,571,939,940],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5811,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/monster-hunter-rise-sunbreak-surpasses-2-million-units-shipped\/","url_meta":{"origin":777,"position":0},"title":"Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Surpasses 2 Million Units Shipped","date":"July 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Image: Capcomthe Monster Hunter The franchise continues to demonstrate its monumental success with the release of Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, a major expansion for Switch and PC that introduces new monsters, weapons, story elements, and more. 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