Here’s my thoughts after watching the Demo:
Despite how much I like it, I think I see what the problem with this demo really is, it’s playing on normal difficulty, and most of use played all the Halo games on heroic or legendary, and we forget how easy the game is on normal, and this makes us feel like the game play is different. BUT, with that said, the Elites and Brutes don’t feel different enough, the Brutes are alright, they are more aggressive, but the Elites don’t feel intelligent enough like Bungie Halos where they tend to hide behind covers more and move around more. The other thing that worries me is that the music feels off sync and forced, I would love if there is ambient music when you walk out of the Pelican instead of only ambient sounds, especially you just landed on the Halo, it should feel like you are “back to this wondrous home” that you are kind of familiar but also not. When you get on the hog, some music should play just get you into the mood of traverse the landscape with the hog. The elevator ride should be longer, WAY LONGER so you can observe this new Halo with the beautiful music, and also make it so that after the ride there’s a bit of walk before you encounter enemies. (for example, in Halo CE, after you crush landed on Halo, you can walk around and observe the scenery for a long time before Covenant drop ship shows up, you need time for people to feel and appreciate the beautify of the ring). Halo is not just about actions, it’s about actions on the mysterious and beautiful Halo rings.(Edit: I just read the new post and realized this is 5 hours into the game, so this does not apply here, but can be a note to when we just landed on Halo which I don’t really know how it’s) Also I care more about the story, and I do feel like we should get a little bit more about the story in the demo, that’s also another worry.
I understand everyone has their own opinion, and I understand why, I am a artist, an animator to be specific, I know people have different standard for beauty, but you can’t change it. when 343 makes a decision they will please part of people and will disappoint part of the people, and I also understand it’s never going to be 100% what I or anyone else want. As you can see, most of my post is about my worries, and they are not small worries either, but that doesn’t mean I feel like the game is going to be trash, I like what I see, and I can see improvement from Halo 4 and 5, which I am happy. I don’t want to offend anyone or critic on anyone’s opinion because I don’t have the right or understand how you think to make any sort of judgement, but I just hope everyone who want to say it’s trash or it’s a masterpiece, think about if you are just triggered by one thing and just need a little more time to think about it, is it too early to declare it to be what you think just by watch this? If you thought this through, then declare you opinion however you want, and I will try my best to understand you.