: First let me say I am not the type of Halo fan that enjoys bitching about
: personal preferences they have changed with the franchise that I do not
: like. Most times that I have come here in the past year or two (in my
: opinion) people have some kind of problem with story, or the direction
: that the mechanics are going with Halo. I have always just internalized my
: issues as I figured whatever came next would still be fun.

: I can honestly say that the failure of this patch to improve matchmaking has
: honestly made me question if I will continue to seek out Halo in the
: future.

: It truly saddens me because Halo has been an enormous part of my life since
: college. Some of my best friends that I have I met through Halo. In
: addition to that, I am a fairly avid collector of Halo. (I have all the
: Halo Xboxes, All the print media, the new A40 Headset, and I even have the
: damn snowboard hanging on the wall behind me)

: I have always directly equated Halo with fun. Now that is quickly becoming
: not the case... All the collecting I have done has been an extension of
: the fun I equated with the experience of playing the games. With out that
: It feels very hollow now.

: I am not going to start screaming "Screw 343" from the roof tops
: because I have no earthly idea what issues are plaguing the game on the
: back end. I am not a video game developer, or a network admin. I am a
: consumer and the only standards I have are: Does it work? (if so) Is it
: fun?

: The answer to both those questions for me currently are no.

: With that being said the question now moves to what will be done about this?

: 1. It may be time to start spinning up ideas on their end of compensation via
: a refund or some other gesture.

: 2. (In my opinion) The Halo brand has taken a fairly substantial hit from all
: this. Especially with the core fan base. What if anything can be done to
: undo the damage?

: I just don't know... I mean, I know it is a game. But, this game has been a
: core part of my fun and free time for a decade and more and I feel like
: that time might be gone now.

: I hope I am wrong.

: -Compton

Enjoy the pre-Halo 4 games because (in my opinion) we will never see another Halo (campaign) as fun as Halo 1, 2 and 3 and ODST ever again. I left out Halo Reach because I didn't like it's campaign, and I thought the Halo 4 campaign was just awful.

I believe that Microsoft should have given Halo back to Bungie because I think 343 Industries lacks the talent to create a Halo campaign as fun as the previous pre-Halo Reach games.