Monster Hunter Wilds has incredibly gorgeous monsters but my god why is the armor so ugly?

I'm sitting there, thinking about how everyone's gonna make fun of my fit when I leave this tent.

Listen, I'm a long time fan of Monster Hunter fan. I've been playing for EVER. I sat with my friends on our PSP's taking down much blockier versions of the creatures we see today. I sat through some of the most needlessly over the top gameplay choices I've ever seen. People playing today have absolutely no idea how annoying it was having to constantly dump meat into your hunter less they stop mid battle to hold their stomach. I've dealt with a lot.

Now that the process has been simplified ever since Monster Hunter World put more focus on the "fun" in "function" however, the streamlining process has been giving me to freedom to focus on the smaller aspects of the game to complain about, mostly the fact that the armor is NASTY.

And here's the thing, I get it. You're wearing things made using bits in gibbles from the giant creatures you kill during the game. But, that would be an excuse if it wasn't for the fact that the armor was SO over the top.

They look fine when they're all together in an armor set, but the way I often play is to focus more on the player benefit stats than the elemental defenses. Like, I want to have a character with a higher window of invincibility when they dodge and a higher potency to the items they use as opposed to having environmental weaknesses. I'm a very aggressive player but listen, I'm a loose cannon BUT I get results, okay?

Because of that I wear bits and pieces of various armor sets and because of the insane details of the Monster Hunter armor I look less like a warrior and more like a survivor of a Spirit Halloween explosion. Recently my character had a long wig of pink monkey hair that looked like it came from a cyber raver. A black and gold upper armor that looked like traditional plate mail. A belt with a big purple inflatable apron covered in surgery tools. Pants that looked like I was wearing yellow and red tights. And a massive hammer on my back with a pulsating brain inside it.

For real, it looked like my bag of Halloween decorations in the garage came to life and was ready to throw down.

I get that when I beat the first part of the game and I unlock the ability to recolor armor these things will match a bit more but I shouldn't have to beat the game BEFORE I can look good.

I guess this is how the blacksmith in Monster Hunter Wilds gets back at the player for allowing her to work a forge in a half shirt while sparks and molten metal splash against her exposed skin.