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Monster Hunter Rise is all about taking down giant beasts, and when it comes to gainsay, landing your shots is much better than whiffing them. To make gainsay a piddling easier, then is something of a lock on mechanic in the game.

This doesn't work the same fashion it does in other games, so it might accept some getting used to. In the top right of the screen, you will exist able to see an icon for the major monsters in the area.

You can press the right stick on the controller to lock on, and so use the left bumper to cycle between the monsters. The monster that you are locked on to will have a gold border around information technology.

To make this a little more than interesting, your choice of camera will also affair a lot. The camera style can be inverse in the menus:

  • + Button
  • System Settings
  • Options
  • Camera
  • Camera Mode
  • Pick Target Camera, Focus Camera, or Do Not Focus Camera

Focus camera will work to keep the camera centered on the monster that you are locked onto. This will exist the closest to the tradition "lock on" mechanic that well-nigh players volition be looking for if they are new to the game. It will essentially make the monster easier to hit, just makes information technology harder to pay attention to your surround and other monster that might be in the area.

Focus camera allows much greater environmental awareness, but y'all will need to hitting the L button to recenter the photographic camera on the locked on monster from time to time, or quite often in very busy fights. This camera style would be very confusing for new players, and definitely takes some getting used to.