: Honestly, it would only take some subtle tweaks in directions (like Cody
: mentioned) to make me enjoy it much more. Some more medium tweaks and it
: could have been on the top shelf like the rest for me. For my own
: interest, the hardest task they have for the future is to make up for
: losing the Forerunner's mystery and allure and making them run-of-the-mill
: alien villains out to destroy the Earth. I don't know how they're going to
: do that, but it might be possible. Maybe the Forerunners should take a
: back seat for awhile. I don't know.

: People can learn from their mistakes y'know - nobody starts out perfect, they
: have to work to get better. Now, the Halo 5 trailer didn't show me any
: changes in direction, but that doesn't mean a game a year and a half down
: the road couldn't show some real change. No reason to call it now.

: I'm always ready to be pleasantly surprised. :)

I think the core issue with a lot of it for me is that because of art, story, etc changes, it's difficult to see how it fits within the grand scheme of Halo or how it connects to the previous Halos in any way. They were very generic mentioning Covies upon encountering them, never mention the brutes, arbiter, lord hood, other s-II's, everyone except maybe Halsey (and what they did to her character in SpOps made me sick.)

It's hard for me to see it as a new Halo and new direction if I can't well place it as a Halo game.