that's valid

: Next were gonna have a walking medal, I mean thats all thats left really. why
: the need for all these medals?

Well for kills they categorize things, which I like. I'm not sure what non-kill medals they have beyond assists and presumably objective-related ones.

: If the regular sword is gone, give this thing a blue tint and I'll be good
: though its just gonna look like a blue potato instead of an orange one. I
: just care if I can kill with it like always and that its not that cheap
: (lets not go back to H2's super sword here).

I meant about the look of the game in general (or rather the beta). As other people mentioned, the regular sword is still in. I caught parts of the match they showed the day before MCC came out and they talked about it. I might change my mind later, but I like the idea so far-- one sword that feels more fair and one sword that replicates the ridiculous lunge of yesteryear for remakes and general silly fun.

: Yeah glad I'm not alone in this, I can hear just fine I don't want to hear
: the same thing 3 more times unless I can give a spartan callback that
: tells the spartans "I GET THE FUCKING POINT SHUTUP!!"

hah

: :\. I think even in Reach when health was a factor too the shields didn't
: go down this fast, it could be that gameplay just needs tweaking I just
: hope it isn't present in the final I don't want to be solely reliant on health
: and have the shields be some quick 2 second thing you have every once in a while.

Reach always seemed to me like you had a pretty normal amount of shielding but most of the weapons were weaker than in the other games.
I think it's a safe bet that one way or another the damage system will be changed.