: While I agree with you in terms of MCC, did you play the same H4 I did? Or
: H1A? They aren't the new Bungie. They don't do whatever they can to push
: the envelope. They outsource a ton of work to other companies
: consistently. C'mon now. The Forge is amazing, yes. Let's see how their
: actual own next game is before we call them the second coming of Christ.
: And no, the multiplayer Beta for it will not be a valid representation of
: H5 the game. :P

While I agree that Halo 4 was the weakest of the Halo games, I give them the benefit of the doubt because of the fact that it was their very first game as a company. Bungie's first game was Gnop.... let's compare. What I am seeing now is that they have learned from their mistakes and they are bringing what is very much likely the greatest anniversary title ever released. The amount of love that they are putting into this thing is STAGGERING. They could have just done Halo 2 with updated graphics, it would have sold like crazy, and they would have made Microsoft happy. Look at all the other things that they are including merely as a bonus. This is the kind of feeling I got waiting for Halo 3. Every day was a brand new announcement and every day I got more and more giddy with excitement. Oh cool, A beta.... oh WOW, very customizeable gametypes, WOW saved films!! WOOOOWOWWOOWOWOW FORGE!!!

It never felt like $60 was enough. I haven't had that feeling in a very long time. And that is why I say that 343 is the new Bungie for me, personally. That same magic that I saw from them back in the early days is the same magic that I am seeing from 343 now. I didn't even see that same magic with Destiny, and have YET to play it (Because of all the negative things that I've heard about it).

So that was the main idea behind my post :)