may I ask id monster hunter world is beginner friendly? I want to get into the series but it’s so unaccessable

translocate:

I hope you don’t mind me posting this. I know a few of my followers were also wondering about this as well o: (if you dont want it public tho hmu and ill delete my post). but yeah, 100% yes. MHW is the first time I’ve ever touched the series and I’ll be honest- I was worried af. I thought it would be too much at once. but tbh this new one is so newbie friendly! I was afraid that the weapons, inventory and crafting would be just too much at once. heres a few key points that I found the most helpful/appreciated a lot..

• they give tutorials for everything. seriously. even the most basic stuff like what an herb is used for. everything has an explanation and tutorial. even before picking out your weapon, you can watch a little video showing how it is used and get an explanation. 
  
• you can always access the tutorials fairly easily
• you can send out SOS’s if you need help or join friends (please note you gotta watch the cutscene tho before joining your friend. its a bit annoying but hey, at least we can partner up!!) 
• grinding is fairly easy. you’ll find stuff in the same place. need a certain mineral? go around whichever map you are most familiar map and check out all the mineral outcrops. they spawn back not too long aft. 
• your map key can be sorted with icons showing: everything, herbs, small monsters, etc. it makes it pretty easy. some items that are rare aren’t on the map at first but after you find them, you are Gucci.
• lot of cool people online are posting help for locations. even so the maps are big but not too big so tbh just wandering around is enough help.
• you have scout flies. they basically lead you where you need to go. they also show you items you can collect! if you don’t pick them up, it will say on the left side of the screen what the closest item is if you want o turn around and grab it again. 
• need to craft a potion in the heat of the battle? no worries, its super accessible and so easy that you don’t even really need to run that far away tbh.

this was super long and im sorry lol. im really enjoying it so far and I’ve sunk about 20 hours in since Friday afternoon. there’s also other stuff like guilds you can get into and while I haven’t dipped my toes into that yet, im sure they are super fun and helpful.