: 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 :)

Haha I get ya now. I still really gotta disagree with you about them until I see what they bring for Halo 5, but I am quite impressed with what's going on with MCC. Just remember, though, almost all of this is outsourced. Certain Affinity doing the maps. Certain Affinity doing Forge. Blur doing cinematics. And on and on and on. If anything, start worshipping and thanking all of the other companies. Maybe 343 deserves credit for getting this off the ground? Was it even them, or was it Microsoft demanding more than just a simple H2A after H4 bombed out the way it has? :P

I'll be more than happy to give 343 their due credit if they pull off Halo 5.