LogFAQs > #961692163

I loved MH3U, but I'd start with World or Rise at this point, and definitely World over Rise.

What makes World so good (among many, many things) compared to its predecessors is it streamlined a lot of things that make previous MH games a chore. Previous games, you'd have to grind yourself silly to get pieces you need for armor and weapons, only for them to be almost instantly outclassed when you kill and carve the next monster. World makes gear requirements way less annoying to get, and the abundance of skills means there's a lot of variety in completing Sets, or choosing gear that may have less armor, but enticing effects.

Also, having to watch the same 5 second animation to root for 1 Mushroom every time was cancer. Collecting/grinding pre-world was just SUCH a drag.