After much anticipation, Monster Hunter World has finally been released on PC. Pre-release graphics comparison videos confirmed that the game will look great on the platform, and so many PC users were excited to get their hands on the game and see it for themselves. Unfortunately, though, it seems that the game's launch had a bit of a rocky start.

On social media and in the game's Steam reviews, Monster Hunter World PC players reported that the game just wasn't working for them. The problem was first reported by players in China (where the game launched earlier than the rest of the world), who said that the game refused to boot up on their computers. After doing some digging, the players found that the issue was likely the result of the game's FMA3 requirement.

Monster Hunter World PC uses Denuvo, the technology designed to prevent a game from being pirated. However, in order for Denuvo to run, it requires FMA3 instructions. Unfortunately, FMA3 is only available beginning with AMD's Piledriver architecture (2012) and Intel's Haswell and Broadwell processors (2014). It means that anyone who has a PC powerful enough to play the game per the minimum and recommended specs still can't play it if their computer is a few years old.

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The FMA3 issue was raised by several negative reviews on the game's Steam page (some of which are screenshotted above), with many noting that Denuvo would only be cracked in a week anyway. That's what happened with other games with Denuvo, so some argued it was pointless for Capcom to use the technology in the first place.

Positively, Capcom acted relatively quickly to rectify the problem. The company issued a new patch that appeared to fix the problem, and since then, previously affected players on social media say that they've been able to play the game just fine.

However, while the Denuvo problems have been fixed, there are some other problems with Monster Hunter World on PC that have also been noted in the Steam reviews. For example, the game only has partial support for gamepads, despite it first being released on consoles. A few players have also reported frame rate drops, loss of sound during some scenes, and lack of support for ultrawide PC monitors. With 318 negative reviews compared to 753 positive ones, the game's review rating on Steam is currently "Mixed".

It seems that plenty of players are able to enjoy the game on PC, so by all means, Monster Hunter World's PC release isn't as rocky as Batman: Arkham Knight on PC, for example. However, it makes sense that players don't want to settle with a less-than-smooth experience, so they have understandably called on Capcom to continue to fix the game.

Monster Hunter World is available now for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Source: ResetEra, Reddit, Steam (1), (2), (3)