: While 343 could take a few more notes from Bungie's book for environmental
: storytelling and music placement, the rest of the experience has taken
: Halo to a whole new level. I understand the criticism, and it seems like
: 343 does as well, but I really think you guys are seriously overlooking
: some of the massive things that 343 is adding to the Halo universe. Sure,
: they took a few missteps on a few small details, but small details can be
: corrected as they learn. Just look at what they've done for the
: overarching story. Stuff that I've wanted to see since Halo 2...

: I'm just at a point where I'm tired of watching people belittle a game that I
: feel is one of the best in the series, so I have to speak out about it. I
: respect your opinions... but continuing to post these ideas serves no
: positive purpose.

Don't misunderstand me, Postmortem.

I had a burning hatred for Halo 4 for the longest time. It was only recently, by finally reading the books and realizing that there were terminals in the game, that I actually started to like it.

Yes. It took me 2-years to realize that you could watch the Terminals on Waypoint.

Now that I actually know who some of these characters are, and some of the new terms that weren't explained in-game, the story makes a lot more sense and has some appeal to me. I feel like some of their decisions were still really bad, like removing zoom and precision editing from Forge, but I am very excited for the Master Chief collection and Nightfall.