This is why I left gamespot... MHF2nd is a great game, give it the rating it deserves.
Farming is cool?! Yes, the farming in Monster Hunter is cool. But not cool enough (compared to MHF2nd in general) to be mentioned in the "The Good" part. I know this is a love/don't like/hate game, but to play this game for 20 hours and rating it a 5 is just plain pathetic.
Monster Hunting, it's the great challenge of defeating those monsters that gives us hunters/gamers the love for Monster Hunter. Collecting materials to create badass weapons which help you to slay wyverns/monsters even quicker.
What's even more fun... Xlink Kai :D Yes, it's possible to play MHF(2nd) online, with some help from Team Xlink.
Now, it's pretty useless for me to write a whole review of MHF2nd, because it's simply impossible (but gamespot should be able to do the impossible right?). Get the game, play it with an open mind, and if you don't like MHF2nd than you'll have to return it.