Monster Hunter Wilds had some pretty big shoes to fill for me. Despite looking pretty incredible in initial trailers, I’d daresay its predecessor, Monster Hunter Rise, may very well be the best in the series and one of my all-time favourite games on the Switch,

"With the best combat and narrative in a 20-year series of action RPGs, Monster Hunter Wilds is the new peak of Monster Hunter, only further enlivened by a colorful cast of monsters that defies longtime design conventions," we said.

For console players, Monster Hunter Wilds will launch at 12 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, in your region except for North America, where it’ll release across the continent at 12 a.m. EST — allowing West Coast players to catch Wilds in the late hours of Feb. 27.