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It cost me $50 to unlock rollback. No regrets

Pretty cool story, tone and main cast of characters
Music is top notch and arguably stronger than Automata's
The sub plots across each region are tear-jerkers

As much as they improved the gameplay it's still pretty awful. Play on easy or normal and enjoy the ride. You gain nothing from hard mode and it's not even worth testing your skills; it's just a damage sponge simulator and does not respect your time.

Came for the waifus
Came to the waifus
Stayed for the bros
Cried for the bros

There's actually a story this time

Onion Knights are based

You'll cry, you're gonna cry, you always cry, see you're crying

People who dislike this got filtered. Funniest game I've ever played

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Eldlich players eat paint

Edit 2: The cuckening is still among us. Not worth playing unless you really love Halo and are willing to ignore a lot of the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ but if that's the case, just play MCC.

With practically a dark decade of bad Halo games, the series is finally back on its feet with its multiplayer at least so far.
I LOVE almost everything but there are petty yet worthwhile critiques I want to address.

-No Match history neither in game, in the Waypoint app or on the website
-No overall stats to look at i.e. KDA, objective captures, medal collection, compare & contrast with players
-Visual/Aesthetic map design diversity sucks. We only have UNSC stations & Halo Ring outposts set on grassy/cliff terrain. I want to see more Covenant/Banished interiors like Midship & Snowbound. Forerunner maps like Guardian, Haven and different biomes like the snowy Avalanche, Flood-like Isolation.
-LACK OF GAMETYPES. Invasion, Infection, Assault, Juggernaut, Race, Headhunter, 1 Flag, 1 Bomb, and Breakout were all great and iconic pieces of Halo's multiplayer history yet they are not present right now.
-No Firefight
-Lack of matchmaking playlists
-Battle Pass progression ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ SUCKS AND IS TOO SLOW. Give us XP per match, per medal, per win, etc. Daily and weekly challenges are awful and give little to nothing.
-$20 for the color white
-Power vehicles take forever to spawn in BTB, doesn't feel as fun and chaotic as BTB should in past games.
-We have to wait at least 3 months for Forge. Fingers crossed the community this size stays to experience one of Halo's greatest feats in its innovation.


NOTICE how I have no complaints with the core gameplay. No complaints with the god-like settings and major personalizations. No complaints with graphics, little to no bugs noticed, and mostly good functional weapon and map design. With only 5 hours in I know this a great piece of work done by great people. There are just still some kinks I want to be ironed out in the long run. If 343 plans to have this game last for a decade minimum, then so far I can confidently say that I'm game.

Fingers crossed the campaign holds up-

Edit: Campaign holds up very well

-Solid story after the mess from 4 and 5. 343 finally understands not to expect everyone to read the EU to understand the main game stories. Strong likeable cast, straight to the point goals everyone is trying to accomplish. There's weight and consequences to every action.
-Legendary is easy though. Bullet sponge bosses are not fun. Bosses that require puzzle solving are at least fun.
-Overworld not the strongest but fine.
Lack of biomes and no points of interest to explore kills it. HVTs are not the most creative outside of flavor text.
-Collecting is very fun thanks to them being proactive parts of world building through the audio logs and grunt propaganda. Skulls cannot be held which is 0/10

I'm very happy with this game but as of now, customization is not good and the weak progression system, small map pool and broken BTB turns me off from playing. Here's to hoping 343 continues polishing this game but it should have been polished from the start.

The game has been smelled and it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ blazing.