Why are score displays in the bottom of screen?

shouldn’t putting them in the top corners make the hud look less cluttered

I’d say the bottom is probably better to be honest.
Having the top of the screen more clear allows you to see enemies that are above you more clearly.

With the HUD being in the lower corners it’s less intrusive to actual gameplay.

A small change but I actually like it more.

This is probably the least cluttered HUD we’ve seen in a Halo game, with all the critical information being at the bottom of the screen leaving the rest of the screen’s boarders mostly free.

I will say it will be a learning adjustment looking to the bottom right for ammo/grenade info rather than the top right and left corners, however by the end of the first day I had stopped looking in the old HUD locations.