The Steam Winter Sale is in full swing, discounting some of the best games to much more reasonable prices. Let's take a look at some excellent open-world games that have had their prices slashed to below US$15 thanks to Steam's biggest annual event. https://www.notebookcheck.net/4-entertaining-open-world-games-for-less-than-US-15-thanks-to-Steam-s-Winter-Sale.677513.0.html
Maybe also mention that monster hunter: world has just been succeeded by monster hunter: rise, which is why the game is on sale, to try and keep its wailing population afloat.
The monster hunter games thrive, and often require, multiplayer. If there's no one to match with, then it's not going to be a lot of fun.