At last: Monster Hunter Wilds is willing to kick my ass

It happened as it always does: A new Monster Hunter released, veteran hunters complained it was too easy, and those of us who've watched this cycle repeat for the last 14 years settled in to wait for Capcom to inevitably send along a fresh parade of powerhouse monsters to balance the scales.

Now that Title Update 1 is here, I'm pleased to report that it only took Wilds a month to start humbling me.

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Before last week's Wilds patch, I could count the times I'd been KO'd by a monster on one hand.