I see a lot of negative topics on here whenever this game is miles ahead of Reach in terms of gameplay.
The grenades can be used tactially now (used for stripping shields, making accurate sticks),
the needler is a power weapon again,
the DMR (although OP when compared to other weapons) is a useful weapon now rather than it’s Reach iteration, the warthog doesn’t flip on a dime,
the assault rifle (for the first time in ten years) is useful now,
the character development is actually good,
we finally got the infection gametype we’ve been wanting,
making active camo awesome rather than Reach,
NO ARMOR LOCK (thank God),
fluid movement, faster gameplay,
armor abilities actually being okay and not breaking the game,
and being able to fly a Pelican…with all of this people still complain…
At the same time I am disappointed with a few things in this game mainly:
The Banshee being useless
The Jet Pack being useless
The BR being underpowered by the DMR in every single category (along with the Carbine needing a buff)
The lack of fire power in the standard Warthog (it needs to own in one second or less)
The armor pieces
The User interface (looking up stats, the post game menu, the lobby menu, the overall horizontal feel of everything makes everything feel odd)
Being able to rank up too quick
Custom Games and the lack thereof
The majority of those things I can look past, on the other hand the one thing I want badly is custom games to be more customizable…
Other than that good job 343. It was your first game and I’d say you did a good job.