: I'm still quite bitter about the debacle that was the MCC -- the glitches,
: the months of ineffective patches, the missing features, the permanently
: hobbled online population. There was never even a proper explanation,
: AFAIK, for why it happened.

: So I'm not exactly excited for Halo 5. Sure, there's lots of promising
: footage and promised features out there, but I saw the same hype for MCC
: and got burned bad. There's no telling if it will be a buggy mess like AC
: Unity, or have mismanaged multiplayer like Halo 4, or a mediocre story
: like Destiny.

: Not to say that I'm boycotting the game. I'll probably get it if it works.
: But I absolutely refuse to preorder this or any other game, or buy it
: until multiple reviews confirm it has no glaring problems.

: What about the rest of HBO? Is anybody else still sore about the MCC fiasco,
: or has the marketing machine succeeded in getting you to pay up front?

I got my $60 worth of the campaigns even when the multiplayer was iffy (at least for me, it really never was straight-up broken like it was for evidently many people.) And ultimately, I'm 99% sure I'll get my $50 (got $10 off NewEgg by preordering) of enjoyment out of this campaign as well.

If Halo were a multiplayer-only shooter or multiplayer was my main focus, I could see the calculus shifting, but in my situation it's still an easy buying choice.