Most of the posts are negative including some of mine. Just thought I would share some things that are nice with a few pieces of constructive criticism
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Weapon balance: I love the way most of the guns are balanced besides a couple of Brute weapons. The AR is my favorite in the series. Reminds me a little of CE’s. For the first time the AR feels like a good weapon instead of a tolerable starting weapon. The Sidekick is nice too. Not too powerful but very fast at kills if you’re accurate.
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Gameplay: I love the gameplay and how Sprint is in the game without being necessary. Somehow 343i managed to please both sides of the sprint debate. My only really complaint with gameplay is aim assist seems to be virtually non existent on Xbox One
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F2P and Customization. On the one hand micro transactions are annoying but on the other this game is accessible to everyone (not even requiring XBLive Gold). Also no micro transactions effect gameplay. I’m not one to defend micro transactions but $10 isn’t bad for a season of unlocks on a free game. I wouldn’t spend money on any of the in store armor (e.g $20 for one armor set is ridiculous).
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Progression. This one is more of an extension of the third point. Basically it looks like they copied TMCC’s style of only leveling up through challenges. While I didn’t like this system it’s nothing new. Also just want to say I haven’t even focused on challenges. I play the game for fun and unlock challenges by accident. The people who say that the gameplay is fun but the progression isn’t, have forgotten that a good game is based on gameplay not progression.
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Game modes. While I don’t like the lack of selection, I would assume we will get more at launch considering that this is a beta. Also I want to point out that being able to play against bots is a nice plus for causal(or bad) players like myself. Just wish they would bump up the difficulty a bit from Marine. They are too easy. Bots should also be added to BTB and made to drive vehicles.