The day/night cycles and the seasons cycles are unique in the fact that they actually affect your gameplay. The problem that i have is that they also affect the core-loop of Monster Hunter. Having to change the season or the time of day to hunt a specific monster doesn't feel great. It feels even worse in Online because you can't fast forward time there, you just have to wait a whole day if the monster you want to hunt doesn't appear in the season you're currently at.
If you want to experience it by yourself, i would recommend to only play the village unless you have a group of friends to play the online. The HR Grind is not as bad as in MH1, but it's still not fun.