I understand why they'd want to add in game call outs like "taking fire!" and "reloading!", that stuff is legitimately helpful when playing with a team without mikes, or it works both ways, if I can hear my opponent is reloading I might swoop in for a kill.

But the other stuff, it's like, why have a mic at all if the game is going to say everything for me? Why bother talking at all?

I also don't understand why they'd have to spell it out in the pre-game that "SLAYER: Capture and hold power weapons to win blah blah". How dumb are younger gamers that they can't understand what slayer is.... maybe I'm missing something.

The gameplay itself is solid, I mean, for what it is. I'm ok with wall climb and ADS for example, as I understand that is the new normal across FPSs. The walking sounds are really loud and clanky. Annoying.

Still hate the way Jeff\god sounds. I've made my peace that it isn't going to change.

Prophet sword looks like potato still.

Spartans are better looking than the previous gen, which is great.

Spartans are also high-five bros now....ehhh.

I really, really felt like I was watching a mix of some weird Halo + NFL hybrid. I don't like it. Get this ultra competitive bend out of my Halo please.

Or at least tell me that some of this NOISE can be toggled off!