Monster Hunter Wilds’ FF14 Crossover Flooded Steam with Mostly Negative Reviews Again

I launched Monster Hunter Wilds last week feeling genuinely hopeful—like a hunter sharpening their weapon before a huge hunt. The Final Fantasy 14 crossover had just dropped, and I was ready to take a swing at Omega Planetes, that planet-devouring mechanical monstrosity from Eorzea. On paper, it sounded amazing. In practice? My GPU started crying before I even loaded into the quest hub.

Look, I love a good collab. Slapping Bahamut into a Monster Hunter game is the kind of crossover dreams are made of. But when the main quest becomes convincing the game not to crash just because a few extra particle effects show up? We’ve got a problem. And apparently, I’m not the only one who thinks so.

As soon as the FF14 content went live, Steam’s review section turned into a digital bonfire. Wilds had already been limping along with a “Mixed” rating since launch back in 2025—over a year ago now, can you believe it? But after the crossover, more than 5,000 recent reviews flooded in, and nearly 80% of them were thumbs-down. That’s enough to drag the overall recent rating back down to Mostly Negative. Again. For a game that’s sold millions, seeing that scarlet warning label pop up feels like a monster part break you never wanted.

It’s not even the first time. Back in August 2025, a simple patch that should have brought performance improvements did the exact opposite. Players who had been patiently waiting for fixes logged in, saw the same stuttering mess, and promptly rage-quit into negative reviews. Now history is repeating itself, dressed in a chocobo costume.

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