There's a lot of hype behind Monster Hunter Wilds. With the franchise becoming one of Capcom's biggest in recent years, this title could be the most anticipated in the series' history. The game is the best-looking in the franchise by far, and while there are some worthy concerns about how well it will run, Mh Wilds seeks to offer more from a character customization point of view. For one, the character creation has taken a page out of Dragon's Dogma 2's book, but those improvements aren't where it ends.

If the first open beta test is anything to go by, the player character will actually be a character, talking and interacting with the world, rather than being a nodding mute like in prior titles. This seems to be an evolution from Mh Rise, since hunters began being vocal here, and Capcom seems to be adding more RPG elements by...