When I saw that the first Monster Hunter: World Horizon Zero Dawn quest went live, I was super excited to check it out. After all, I had finished the core game and wanted to spend more time with Capcom’s excellent action role-playing game. So, when I fire up the quest (called “Lessons of the Wild”), I was expecting to have a good time. Instead, I was treated to killing eight Barnos, which are extremely weak flying enemies that mostly just sit around in the air doing nothing. There’s also a Tzitzi-Ya-Ku roaming around that serves only to be an annoyance (and to knock the flying enemies to the ground in case you have a melee-based weapon). It’s easily the game’s weakest quest, and makes the most banal of the game’s side-quests seem interesting in comparison. Even worse, I had to do the monotonous quest (which thankfully only takes a few minutes) twice in order to earn the armor. Let’s take a look at the quest’s official description, which is written from the perspective of a Nora Outcast (In theory, that’s really cool):
It’s time for some special training. Wingdrakes are feeble things compared to larger monsters, but even they can take down a hunter. Cull their numbers and we’ll prep some new Palico gear.
Now am I expecting too much from what is supposed to be a small bonus" Probably, but just a little more care could make this feel like a real treat for fans of both games. Some added context as t...