Rise for me was abnormally my intro into Monster Hunter, wow lots of wasted time not having fun with a series that was obviously well enj,oyed by gamers. I loved rise, and it ended up transfering to Riders Stories 2, World and all Expansions.
Im not going to pick a fav cause it kind of depends on the mood. Turn base Stories 2, Full giant world of adhd cyber squirrels to get lost in, and if I want some diverse great exploration (with sunbreak still exporing the new areas) and want to hunt Rise and Sunbreak.
The biggest point- Rise brought me to everything when I hadn't been pulled in to that world yet. It was a purchase to play on my daughters switch for a long plane trip and became a cross platform player for experiences. The biggest benefit without having dove in yet on pc version that I am excited for is the multiplayer gameplay now without the switch communication missing element.
That being said if I couldnt have got the games on pc without cdkeys.com and not joking. Games that you need to buy for every platform when your a lifelong gamer is something that is high selectivity due to cost. CDKeys saves me enough to get multiple games I wanted for PC & not have to debate between what I want more, or which I want to have for my PC to play with kb+m more (or all the other reasons like ffvii intergrade did where ps4 blocked it so buy a PS5 just to play the expansion?)
The industry has lots of situations in common, good to have deals that make it more reasonable.