Monster Hunter Wilds players are using the Beta Character Creator to recreate their hunters from Monster Hunter World, which are old for the record, as well as their real-life cats

The Monster Hunter Wilds Beta is unavailable at the time of writing due to the gap between PS5’s early access release and the full multi-platform beta launch later today, October 31, so after writing my entirely positive first impressions I spend the hours checking out the real fruit of this beta: fantastic custom characters.

Weapons and numerous systems will certainly have been retouched by then Monster Hunter Wilds is actually launching, but you can use your custom beta character directly in the full game, so now’s a good time to start obsessing over sliders and lighting. One of the cooler trends among players reflects the evolution of the Monster Hunter franchise by de-aging custom characters from previous games – often Monster Hunter World, which Wilds builds on quite directly, but also several older entries.

Evolution of my character from r/MonsterHunter

I brought back my vets from World, but with more experience from r/MonsterHunter