Even though the overuse of bloom sometimes resulted in a washed-out appearance in Monster Hunter World, the lighting looked drop-dead gorgeous in general. The drop in lighting and particle quality in Monster Hunter Rise is very noticeable though. Character model quality in MH World vs Rise (Image from Nick930 )Īlso, the animation of the characters and monsters are almost indistinguishable across both games. GraphicsĮven though Monster Hunter Rise has been built with the new RE Engine, the character models look very similar to that of Monster Hunter World, albeit the reduction in polygon count to ensure performance for Switch. However, the graphical fidelity will likely not be a dealbreaker since Switch has a small screen. The framerate is locked at 30 fps in both states. Now coming to Monster Hunter Rise, it runs at 720p when the Switch is in its docked mode, and at 540p when in portable mode. But with the right hardware, it was possible to play the game at or even more. The PC version, on the other hand, ran amazingly, obviously depending on the capability of different computers. While the mid-gen upgrade (PS4 Pro and Xbox One X) improved the graphics by a lot, it still didn’t reach the lofty landmark of 60 fps at 4k. Initially, Monster Hunter World ran at 30 fps at 900p to 1080p on the consoles. Resultingly, Monster Hunter Rise had to cut down on graphical extravagance to run properly on Nintendo Switch, which is, hardware-wise, a much weaker gaming system compared to the home consoles, let alone the PCs. It is important to keep in mind that Monster Hunter Rise is a Nintendo Switch exclusive until it gets released on PC in early 2022, compared to Monster Hunter World’s platforms which were PS4, XB1, and PC. Monster Hunter Rise, being a successor to Monster Hunter World, keeps the core gameplay loop intact, while tweaking some of the other aspects of the game.

The major differences between Monster Hunter Rise and Monster Hunter World

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