Monster Hunter Wilds could have a chance to take a note out of Delicious in Dungeon‘s playbook when it comes to one game mechanic. So far, Monster Hunter Wilds is already a contender for the most innovative game in the series before it even comes out. The trailers have given players plenty of reason to expect a lot of new mechanics and hunting strategies. Even so, there are still a few more ways that the game can build upon its predecessors. One way to add to those improvements would be to give one longstanding game feature a tasty new twist.
Even without new weapon types in Monster Hunter Wilds, the game is making an impressive effort when it comes to adjusting and upgrading game mechanics. Players will have a lot of new tricks at their disposal when it comes to combat, and that’s even before taking the Seikrets and their abilities into account. The environments that the game takes place in look to be interesting in their own right. If nothing else, players can be assured that hunts in Monster Hunter Wilds will be quite unique. It’s that sense of innovation and experimentation that should appear in other areas of the game as well.
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Using Monsters to Make Meals Could Add a Lot to Monster Hunter Wilds
Collecting Materials is Vital to Success in Monster Hunter
It’s series tradition for players to get materials from Monster Hunter‘s monsters. Typically, this comes from successfully hunting or capturing them, with additional materials coming from breaking monster parts or quest rewards. These monster materials are the main resource that the player will use to create new weapons and armor. Granted, bones and minerals are also used, but the vast majority of gear will be primarily made of monster parts. However, there is one more possibility for what can be done with monster parts. Not only that, it’s an idea that wouldn’t even need much of a stretch to work in the game.
Monster Hunter Wilds Could Let Players Make Meals Out of Materials
Before going out on hunts, players can typically get some excellent-looking meals from Monster Hunter‘s chef. One way to add a bit more flair to this feature would be for players to be able to make meals from monster parts, complete with appropriate effects. For example, an Anjanath steak could grant a damage buff and fire resistance, while grilled Tobi-Kadachi could grant additional movement speed alongside thunder resistance. These dishes could be cooked at the canteen, or perhaps the player could make them themselves on the BBQ spit. Using monster parts for cooking could give Monster Hunter Wilds much more depth in terms of strategy.
New Meals in Monster Hunter WIlds Could Bring Rewards
More cooking items would also open another possibility for Monster Hunter Wilds. With the new characters in Monster Hunter Wilds looking to be more fleshed-out and story-focused than those seen in past games, cooking could play a role with them as well. Players could perhaps bring various characters cooked meals, either specific favorites or food in general, to spend some time with them and get to know their stories better. This could even come with rewards, like new gear or blueprints. In addition, this would provide an extra purpose for Monster Hunter Wilds‘ food, rewarding players for learning and cooking new recipes.
Using monster parts for cooking could give
Monster Hunter Wilds
much more depth in terms of strategy.
Meals in Monster Hunter are useful, yet easy to overlook, so they’re a perfect source for inspiration. While players can definitely expect Monster Hunter Wilds‘ food to look amazing, players could have a few more options when it comes to their meals. Eating monster-based meals for buffs feels like a natural evolution of both the canteen as well as collecting parts for gear, and it fits surprisingly well into the series’ design. As such, it might be best for Monster Hunter Wilds to let players become chefs as well as hunters.
The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.
Fulfill your duty as a Hunter by tracking and defeating powerful monsters and forging strong new weapons and armor from the materials you harvest from your hunt as you uncover the connection between the people of the Forbidden Lands and the locales they inhabit.
The ultimate hunting experience awaits you in Monster Hunter Wilds.