: And I know, that some people only came here because of Halo and maybe grew to
: like Bungie more than Halo as they spent more time here. It's only logical
: at this point that people are going to shuffle around.

I would rephrase it as:

As more time passed, I realized what I loved about Halo, the things that drew me in at first, were not necessarily the simple facts of what Halo is, but apparently how Bungie presented it. I just wasn't aware of it because they were joined at the hip for 10 years. So, the more Bungie designs and audio that went away, the less it felt like 'Halo' to me.

For example, if you had a read a cold script of Halo CE to me, I may not care. But if you visualized it with intense colors and simplistic-but-iconic designs and coupled it with open gameplay and fun combat put to Marty's music... then the story and the universe would become appealing. I could then go read Eric Nylund as I listened to the Halo soundtrack and have a blast. I could go sketch the visual designs and try to come up with my own.

If 343i had preserved more of those styles, themes, and designs, like say the Star Wars EU did when I was growing up, I would have loved everything they produced. But instead they've brought in new focuses and art direction and rewrote many of the visual designs and musical themes. Some people have loved these new directions, and perhaps others find the core layout of Halo's universe interesting no matter how it is presented.

So when I say I loved 'Halo', it wasn't just that I loved a game about a cyborg running across the galaxy, it was that I loved the approach to this cyborg. That's probably why Destiny feels more 'Halo' than Halo does now, for me.