Fortnite meets Monster Hunter in Wild Hearts’ newest gameplay trailer

Big weapons clash with a bigger monster

Marco Wutz | Jan 26, 2023

Fortnite meets Monster Hunter in Wild Hearts’ newest gameplay trailer /

Wild Hearts, the newest game from Dynasty Warriors creator Omega Force, seems like the fruit of love from a one night stand between battle-royale sensation Fortnite and Monster Hunter – you wander the lands and fight gigantic creatures, which are called Kemono.

In combat, you’re able to use various weapons, gadgets, and abilities. You can also – and here’s where the comparison to Fortnite comes into play – construct some impromptu barricades and walls, which can block attacks from your prey and provide some high ground for you.

All of this is shown off in a new gameplay trailer for Wild Hearts, which dropped on January 26, 2023. It features three players going up against Golden Tempest, a titanic sabertooth tiger with roots attached to its body that act as additional weapons.

You get all the usual RPG dynamics going: melee fighters act as tanks, taking all the aggro so that the ranged characters can get to work without the fear of getting torn apart. Just like the enemy, the players’ equipment look enormous, be it sword or gun.

The players mostly circle around Golden Tempest, but also need to chase after it as it changes position to look for more favorable ground. They dodge, fly, build, and fight for five minutes until the monster is finally down and loot is awarded.

You can check out the gameplay sequence yourself:

Wild Hearts launches on February 17, 2023, on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.

Published Jan 26, 2023

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg