just finished the game yesterday and I have a few things to say about it. The campaign was done perfectly. I love how they didnt change a thing, not even glitches, from the original campaign. The new graphics also look amazing, especially the master chief himself. they really nailed the way his helmet and suit should look, not like the abomination mark v helmets from halo 3 and reach.
But the multiplayer is a disaster. Obviously its not the original game like the campaign was. Its reach tweaked to be like the original game. This does not work, It feels and plays nothing like the original.
I played squad and got slayer on damnation. this was one of my favorite maps, but in this game people were jetpacking up to the top of rooms standing on pipes while shooting rockets down. also the weapons still had bloom, yeah real original.
so I played the classic playlist hoping it would be better because it said it had the original pistol. instead they took the reach pistol and modified the damage tables to kill you in 3 shots… It still has bloom, less range, and 8 rounds. that is NOT the halo CE pistol and it feels and plays nothing like it.
They said they didnt want to remake the original multiplayer because it would hurt the already dying reach population. But I think this is worse, I always wished the original halo had online multiplayer, they could have done it here, but instead i get reach, jetpacks, and all that crap.