The game is pretty darn awesome.
I made it to high rank in a day but I have spent lots of time playing mhworld and mhrise. The low rank wilds is basically one long tutorial, it's easy for people with experience. Real game begins once you get to high rank which is more difficult but still not too hard for experienced players.
It's the most open world version of monster hunter so far. Going off the past games we can expect a major update with huge content and raise in rank to master rank sometime later this year.
I definitely recommend it to new and experienced players, I just passed chapter 4 so I'm not sure about the end game stuff yet but I'm gonna slow down and not rush it so I can enjoy it.
Edit: I just reached Tempered and they are fun to fight. New weapons unlocks as well Artian crafting.