: Man, I hate your post so much because I agree with practically all of it
: (primarily the last part about "than to do something right"). At
: the same time, I also qualify that thought by realizing that 343 has to
: play it safe because, well, they can't do it right otherwise. Bungie's way
: or not at all appears to be the H5 way at a distance, especially after the
: H4 experiment.

Hmm. Looking at it that way maybe I should pay more attention to the Halo 5 beta than I was planning to. I thought Halo was at its best right before Bungie stepped out... so having 343i lean back that way might get me interested...