On Thursday, Capcom officially released the Monster Hunter Wilds beta to everyone, and some players are finding that the game’s creatures are a bit… flat.
The Monster Hunter series is known for many things, but its history of delivering innovative, detailed monsters is certainly one of its greatest attractions. While the next major entry in the series, Wilds, will certainly be no different when it launches early next year, those who jumped into its pre-release beta yesterday are finding that the monsters don’t look quite as they expected. In particular, many creatures these days have low-poly models that make them look like they just jumped straight out of a PS1 game.
Wilds beta seems to have problems with polygons
Here’s a plot of some comically low-poly #MHWilds the images I encounter are too comical to ignore🧵:
Feel free to drop your own low-poly encounters
We start with low-poly Seikret pic.twitter.com/ilbAUb7cet
— TeaCommonShark (@khitwins) November 1, 2024
It’s unclear what exactly is causing these low-poly monsters to attack the Monster Hunter Wilds beta, but it seems PC players are the most affected. While an issue this widespread may bother gamers who have just purchased the completed game, there are those who can’t lend a hand but enjoy this visual glitch during this pre-launch test. Many, including X/Twitter user @khitwins, took the opportunity to compile their findings post thread while asking others to do the same. Reddit user 5centipersekunda took it a step further by creating fan art depicting a monster that looks more like a futuristic motorcycle.
I had a terrifying encounter with Doshaguma in low-poly! pic.twitter.com/1EzRAq0HIg
— Lemmy Laurent (@LaurentLemmy) November 1, 2024
Low poly Chatacabra pic.twitter.com/do7Rhqv1HL
— TeaCommonShark (@khitwins) November 1, 2024
The monsters are an absolute hit – and it gets funnier as you scroll – but the angular models aren’t constrained to everyone’s favorite creatures that everyone hunts. Hunters and even fish have also contracted the polygon virus, and players have also found more than a few cases of flat people wandering around Monster Hunter Wilds.
Screenshot taken by my friend while watching cutscenes pic.twitter.com/nHHoqXTioO
— 👹Itz_JustUkra👹 (@ItzUkra) November 1, 2024
I thought the problem was caused by my 2060 model 😭 pic.twitter.com/j627WowoJl
— bnuy (@SceledrusZER0) November 1, 2024
My start was a bit rocky 😂😅 pic.twitter.com/KdZ6NIbuuO
— Odder Autter (@Autter17) November 1, 2024
For now, Capcom has not commented on the glitch. Let’s hope a fix arrives before launch.
Monster Hunter Wilds launches on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S, February 28, 2025 Despite technical issues that prevent players from seeing the monsters in all their glory, the beta is off to an exceptionally good start. Today we informed that it had arrived peak level 463 thousand players on Steam itselfwith the potential to achieve even more along the way as the weekend progresses. You can dive in for yourself on any of the platforms mentioned above before the beta ends on Sunday, November 3.
Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor to IGN. He began writing in the industry in 2017 and is best known for his work on outlets such as The Pitch, The Escapist, OnlySP and Gameranx.
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