20 Most Anticipated Video Games Of 2018 - Ranked

7. Monster Hunter: World

I once called Monster Hunter Generations the "one to break the West" thanks to its refined control scheme making Capcom's series more inviting than ever, but I was wrong. This big-budget incarnation is going to shake the industry like nothing else.

Once people realise the sheer fun of hunting gargantuan beasts for sometimes hours at a time - as a group of friends popping off their respective specials and hanging on for dear life when something takes off - it's going to be the multiplayer experience of the decade.

Monster Hunter as a series just scratches all those perfect nerdy itches: crafting, huge monsters, the right amount of lore, dancing cats, oversized weapons - it clicks, and as 3DS and Wii U owners have been screaming from the rooftops as to how immaculately well put together these games are, I'm waiting with baited breath to see what the rest of the world thinks.