Well I gave monster hunter world about 6 or so hours and I'm loving it, though there's no native PS5 version so the graphics are quite rough. Runs really great at least. I got through anjanath which was enough for me to feel the game I think. Don't really want to invest much more time since I'll switch to wilds.
I got about 18k on the benchmark which is meh but playable. Might get the PS5 version just for couch gaming.
One thing that really helped was watching a switch axe guide by arrekz. I see what you guys meant about combos. I feel foolish from before but the game really does a terrible job teaching you anything.