Yes, it had a garbage loot system (although I hate looting so I’m biased, but that is a large part ofwhy it failed) and a garbage, expensive rotating store behind which all of the best cosmetics were (theoretically) locked (not that anyone ever saw them because no one played that long due to the terrible unlock system COUGH343COUGH), and yes there was no point to playing after beating the story (pve only? Big mistake).
But their armoring system was glorious. If you haven’t tried it, load it up just for that. I was honestly astounded at the graphics of that game, and gameplay was honestly super fun and ridiculously badass.
But what EA discovered, and 343i soon will, is that fun gameplay is not enough.