I think 4U's the best too, although maybe my impression of Generations would have been better if the US had gotten Double Cross instead of the non-G-Rank version. But in addition to being generally unimpressed with Styles and Arts, even if some of them look really cool, after having 4U actually give us a decent story (which was basically non existent in MH before that, just different variations of "help our village,") and more lovable and--to a small extent, admittedly--deeper characters, Generations' cast felt like literal freakin' cardboard. Hell, seeing all the past characters from OTHER games is the highlight of Generations to me--I squealed like a schoolgirl when I got to meet all the peeps from Moga Village again and the other villagers I never met from earlier games, and when the Caravaneer and crew showed up I was like "Oh please take me back, I hate everyone in Bherna except the Moofas and the fat cheese cat."

Glavenus is now one of my all time favorite Monsters tho, so there's that.