: My main take-aways (in no specific order)

: It took 343 a decade, but they finally made a great Halo game. I really,
: really liked it.

Absolutely.

: -I never got bored of the open world, Destiny\Far Cry\Red Dead\Skyrim type
: gameplay. It really felt like they took some of the fun stuff from Destiny
: and distilled it down to those fun points.

I was worried when they announced an open world, then clarified that it wasn't truly open world. OW games like Skyrim or Borderlands are boring, but they made a kick-ass map that is fun to explore. I can't wait to see what else they are going from here, which is something I never would have said after 4 or 5.

: -Gun play was OK. I appreciated the smaller sandbox. I still think the
: commando is crap. I ran through maybe 80% of the game with a BR and
: Rockets, but did use other stuffs when I felt like it.

The Brutes need their Spiker back.

The sandbox is good. The plasma weapons feel underpowered, but there are no truly useless weapons.

: -Enemies were OK. They brutes get kinda repetitive and die the same way, but
: then when I feel that way those Berserkers that charge you or a freakin
: chieftan will shake me awake again.

I've got a sickness, and the only cure is more sangheili!

: -The grunt banter is both stupid and wonderful. 4th wall breaking in the
: right way. Sometime annoying.

I'm kind of hung in the middle on the dialog. Grunts are either stupid or great, and there's something missing from the Elites. None of the combat dialog is as good as that one Brute in ODST shouting "Onward, warriors! You will take this hill or die upon it!" and I think Infinite could use more context-specific dialog like that.

: Great Job, 343!
: (I really mean that)

Homerun, 343i. You just struck a home run.