

A comment on your note of the story, MH has never really been about story, but it has always been about the cycle of life and the balance of the ecology or whatever. The fact that we murder entire populations of monsters nonstop has never been an issue in the +10 titles they have. Idk why people are so pissed about it now.
It’s true that the low-rank story is too railroaded, but once you are out of the long tutorial, the game does open up.
I get your point but you are comparing phones with consoles. I don’t think that apple’s case can be used as precedent here.