User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Appreciation Day: Silver Rathalos and Gold Rathian/@comment-1758220-20111205015444

SILVER RATHALOS/GOLD RATHIAN:

Concept: Standard Rath logic here. We already have a red and green, blue and pink, so silver and gold seems logical, I guess. 7/10

Design. I've always hated the way Gold Rathian looks. Her solid gold color in MHFU is probably one of the ugliest color schemes in MH so far. 3/10 However, Silver Rathalos avoids this by adiing streaks of black and multiple shades of grey to create a more believable appearance, and he winds up looking pretty awesome. 8/10

Gameplay: Pretty balanced. Each are a fitting challenge that require a fair bit of skill to take down. The occasional charge spam, and Silver Los can be a bit cheap with the constant flying, but a fair fight nonetheless. 7/10

Equpiment: Oh baby. The Silver Los weapons are some of the best fire-elemented weapons in the game, and his armor is arguably some of the best as well. 9/10 Gold Rathian has a few awesome weapons, like Golden Falchion, and her armor is pretty good as well. 8/10

Overall: Not the worst subspecies Capcom has ever created coughredkhezucough, and a pretty challenging fight if that's what you're looking for. Once you've killed them, you get some great weapons and armor to boot. I'd say that makes for a pretty good monster. 8/10 for both.