this video opens many eyes. The mantle has yet to be attained. I have hopes for 6. The Elite are blind, but we shall make them see.
In my eyes, 343 is doing a horrendous job with the franchise. For Halo 4, they focused too much on making the game for non-Halo fans. For MCC, they showed a complete lack of competence. For Halo 5, they showed that they know players want the game to go back to its roots, but they lacked the conviction to really take it all the way back to its roots.
The direction they’ve taken the lore and the story has been laughable. I know that the forerunner saga is enjoyed by many. But, in my eyes, they have contradicted the old games way too much. It was blatantly established in the original games that all of the Forerunners died when the Halo rings were fired. It was this monumental event that carried a lot of weight. And then, 343 comes right out of the gates with, “oh yeah, nevermind about that. It turns out the Forerunners had the technology to survive the Halo firing, but they only used it for the Didact”.
The gameplay has followed this philosophy of copying what the other popular games are doing. The justification for sprint that we keep hearing is, “gamers today just expect to be able to sprint”. Well, what about what Halo players expect?
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> It turns out the Forerunners had the technology to survive the Halo firing
That has been established before 343i.
I think they are doing fine. Could they be better? Yup. Bungie could’ve been better too. But I think it would help if we actually moved past the fan boy/hater stage in the community and were actually able to provide good, clearheaded feedback. Constructive criticism and praise. Show them what we really like and don’t like. Don’t just blindly hate on a game, or blindly praise it/ognore the issues.