User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Deserts/@comment-1712810-20120428170513

Hmm... I always found that enormous tree in the Sandy Plains pretty cool-looking. Overall, I'd say the Sandy Plains takes the cake, but I did find myself enjoying my experience at the Old Desert. That'd be close second for me. As for the Desert itself... well... yeah, it was pretty much like you said - a rearragned carbon coby. It almost confused me when I first visited both deserts... "What the hell, isn't this just the same area from before!?"

Hmm... my favorite monsters to hunt in the desert... I would say that honor goes to Tigrex, Monoblos Barroth, and Hapurubokka. I much prefer fighting Tigrex in the desert (and tundra for that matter) rather than the cramped spaces atop the Snowy Mountains. Hapurubokka is just plain fun to hunt ... I love leaving those bombs for him to gobble up, and "fishing" him out of the sand.

Hmm... in a future MH game, I wouldn't mind seeing the Old Desert or Sandy Plains return... either would work for me. Although, personally... I would like to see a new desert that's mixed with the "wasteland" and "boneyard" theme. A Wyvern Boneyard... complete with skeletons and skulls, all over the place, quicksand (gotta run like hell to get through that!), giant cacti... I better stop right there before I get too carried away.