User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Temperate Areas/@comment-6726091-20130225032450

Coming from Tri only experience, I do love the Deserted Island, it felt like a perfect environtment to introduce me to everything. However I like the Mountain Peaks music the most of the three, and I'm looking forward to playing it come MH3U's release.

Personally, I liked the way the Deserted Island let a majority of the monsters roam through it, and while I am a HUGE Lagiacrus fan, I would Agree the Rathalos battle is probably the most engaging, seeing as most of my Lagia fights never leave the water..

Zones 12 and 2 probably top off as my favorite, just for the wonderful cave, and the tiny spring in area two, gives it a relaxing feeling.