Dauntless

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  • Summary: As a Slayer, you are all that stands between your world and the Behemoths that seek to devour it. Take on boss-sized monsters, forge powerful weapons, and craft armour from the very creatures you slay — all in a massive, free-to-play online world.

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Gaming Age
    Oct 7, 2019
    91
    As it stands, I’d absolutely suggest checking out Dauntless if you haven’t done so already. It’s an easy access free-to-play title with crossplay built-in for all platforms and doesn’t immediately try to nickel-and-dime you to death with add-ons and other items. The stuff you can buy is purely cosmetic, and there are plenty of earnable options available without needing to spend anything upfront. Also, it’s really fun to play, and as a big Monster Hunter fan, it’s nice to have a viable alternative to spend time with.
  2. MMORPG.com
    May 30, 2019
    90
    It has a beautiful art style going for it and fun behemoth fights as well as weapon mechanics.
  3. PlayStation Universe
    Jun 6, 2019
    90
    Dauntless comes bursting out of early access with one of the best, most original, and most polished games in the free-to-play space. With tons of content, amazing battles, a great matchmaking system, and endless room to grow, Dauntless is going to be around for a long, long time. Beyond highly recommended, Dauntless is compulsory, obligatory, required gaming.
  4. Twinfinite
    Jun 3, 2019
    80
    The weapon variety and a mix of cool Behemoths to fight makes it one of the best free-to-play games that I’ve ever jumped into and I just love how the game doesn’t attack you with microtransactions. There’s a lot of value and fun to be had in Dauntless, especially considering the non-existent cost of entry.
  5. SpazioGames
    Jul 1, 2019
    78
    A good free-to-play, with simple Monster Hunter gameplay element at its base, but only them.
  6. COGconnected
    May 28, 2019
    76
    There are definitely some things that the developers need to iron out, and should if they want to keep their impressive player base, but as it stands right now Dauntless has a very strong base that can be built upon moving forward. If you’re looking for a casual adventure to go on with or without your friends, building your character from the ground up, this is one to dip your toes in for sure.
  7. Screen Rant
    May 31, 2019
    60
    Dauntless is a jolly little co-op hunting RPG buried under a mess of F2P jargon. There's some good fun to be had here, and players who fall in love with the action will have no problem putting down some money to thank the developers, but most will dip their toes into Dauntless, enjoy themselves for a bit, and then sit back and wait for the next Monster Hunter World expansion.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 59
  3. Negative: 39 out of 59
  1. MilkMyMuffin
    May 23, 2019
    10
    I've put so many hours into this already. So much fun great game. Ignore the hate. Server issues are getting better.
  2. SomeCleverTitle
    Nov 4, 2019
    9
    This review is coming from someone who LOVES Monster Hunter. I played 4U nonstop, but was not a big fan of world. It did not hook me as muchThis review is coming from someone who LOVES Monster Hunter. I played 4U nonstop, but was not a big fan of world. It did not hook me as much as the other games. But, Dauntless has filled World's place for me and I think it is fantastic. First, it have never been this easy to play a game with friends. It is free-to-play AND Cross-play. That means I can play with my friends who play on PC, while I play on PS4. Second, the weapons are fantastic. The axe is by far my favorite, since you literally become Thor. Third, I like the shorter hunts. They take only about 10 minutes, while Monster Hunter was about 30. It makes it so I can just jump in, do a couple hunts, and jump out.

    Issues: Since it is Free-to-Play, I found it fell victim to several mobile game tactics. Producing cells can take up to FORTY-EIGHT hours, that is **** Plus, it has a battle pass. It isn't BAD, but I've just never been a big fan of them. You are forced to grind for an unreasonable amount of time if you want the cool gear. If you paid for the battle pass, you shouldn't have to grind for what you already bought. Also, the performance at launch was awful. I play on PS4 Pro and the game still chugged. Thankfully, most of the technical issues have been ironed out.

    Still, I really love this game, and I think it is a blast to play with friends. It's free, give it a shot!    … Expand
  4. Caldersen
    May 24, 2019
    7
    Yes the game has some performance and big server issues at the Moment and it is really annoying.
    Most of the Time you really are sitting    Yes the game has some performance and big server issues at the Moment and it is really annoying.
    Most of the Time you really are sitting around, waiting for a hunt to start BUT i think that is not what a Game review should be about. It should be about the gameplay for the most part and the Gameplay is great.
    I am a Monster Hunter Veteran and played every game that was released in the EU. Dauntless offers many interesting Monsters with a lot of attacks and movement patterns that I've never seen before in a hunting Game. The Monsters are very easy in the beginning but the challenge is rising quickly and a challenging hunt is the most important and thrilling experience in a Monster Hunter like game. The weapons are also unique and interestingly designed. I like the graphics of the game although they're not high-end, which leads to a problem because the game has nevertheless some fps issues.
    There is an option to buy stuff but i never felt in need to do so, wich is nice.
    I hope that the Developers get the problems I pointed out in check, because I think Dauntless is a decent Game that costs no money and may bring a younger audience to the hunting genre, whilst making loads of fun.    … Expand
  5. yertre
    Feb 15, 2021
    3
    This game is really bad. It had so much potential. The ideas it has sound great on paper, but the servers are horrible, the framerate must beThis game is really bad. It had so much potential. The ideas it has sound great on paper, but the servers are horrible, the framerate must be seen to be believed, it's constantly pestering you for money, and it's hardly any better on pc. Avoid at all costs.… Expand
  6. Bepotatronic
    Jun 20, 2019
    2
    Game unfinished , same bosses over and over boring grind , frame rate on ps4 seems like 20 fps , server crash 4-5 times daily and people quitGame unfinished , same bosses over and over boring grind , frame rate on ps4 seems like 20 fps , server crash 4-5 times daily and people quit in fight 60% of battles. Waste of ur time on download looks like mobile f2p game after a week . Shame from devs… Expand
  7. liferebooted
    May 24, 2019
    1
    I only managed to play a few hours the morning it came out. Very slow times to join public hunts, 5+ minute queues for solo hunts to launch,I only managed to play a few hours the morning it came out. Very slow times to join public hunts, 5+ minute queues for solo hunts to launch, extreme slow down on the vanilla ps4. Since then its been 3 days since launch and I've tried several times each day to play again, I'm already greeted with a login screen saying the game is full and there is a 20,000+ queue that never goes down, they don't seem to have trouble making server space for their other games strangely. Final score 1 out of 10 since the game is unplayable.… Expand
  8. Funeraled
    Jun 3, 2019
    0
    Very laggy and bad optimization game with giant hit boxes on players. Usually you cant avoid monsters attack because there is a very bigVery laggy and bad optimization game with giant hit boxes on players. Usually you cant avoid monsters attack because there is a very big hitboxes on player and you must run off the arena to avoid.
    This game is in beta, but looking to how long time needed to creators to fix hundreds of problems i am not recommend you to play this game until it is done.    … Expand

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