: I absolutely love this bit. It's one of the things I'm most excited about re:
: Halo 5

: But perhaps the fact Halo 5 doesn't have these things is its strength.
: Perhaps because every triple-A game nowadays has the same underlying
: mechanics, those same soft-grind, RPG-lite bits and bobs designed to prey
: on the bit of our brain that demands the numbers always go up, Halo 5's
: eight hour long campaign stands out. 343 might have played it safe here in
: an attempt to get the Halo hardcore back onside, but the result is pure,
: unadulterated, old-fashioned Halo fun - and that's great.

This definitely makes me excited to play. It doesn't surprise me though, that the campaign is "missing" those "bits and bobs"...because it sounds like they crammed them all into the Multiplayer side. :P