This game is so much fun, they've taken everything good from all predecessor games and revamped them, and added so much more! Customisation is amazing, companions and pets are individual and helpful, not to mention completely delightful (the amount of animations and vocal popups for your palico, my goodness, I have fun just watching my palico run around). The monsters are beautiful, they interact with each other, they behave uniquely, their animations, my goodness their animations. The story is interesting, the maps are wonderful and encompassing AND THEY CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE GAME?!
New features too! You can catch endemic life now! I feel like I've earned a PHD discovering all these species.
Seriously, the worldbuilding in this game goes so hard, I'm making new discoveries all the time, it's surprising me so much.
The controls took a while to get used to, it's a little different from the other games, but honestly? They feel better now that I'm used to them, maybe change is good haha.
Give this game a go, there's something in it for you, I promise :)