: munky's allowed to say his point, and I don't think you should necessarily
: snap back at him for it. The drastic changes that 343 gave us in their
: first attempt divided the community. Probably not 50/50, but it still
: pissed a bunch of people off, myself included. I don't think I will ever
: look at a Spartan IV and see a Spartan. They are imitations that look like
: anime vomitted on them. It also didn't help that the texture arists took
: the style towards realistic, while the model artists took the style
: towards anime. The two are not interchangeable, and the game is visually
: repellant at times.

I'm not a fan of every GEN2 suit, but I appreciate how they've gone back to the all-black undersuit. Instead of the colored suits in Halo 4 that kinda blended the armor components together, the black separates each piece and really highlights the bulkiness of an augmented soldier.

: That said, I think Buck's armour is a major step back towards the original
: style. Also impressed that of the 8 team members, 3 are women.

Both teams have two women and two men each actually! Kelly and Linda on Blue opposite of Holly Tanaka and Olympia Vale on Osiris; John and Fred on Blue opposite of Jameson Locke and Edward Buck on Osiris.

: Although I'm excited about Blue Team being in the game, I would have
: perferred them in Gen1 armour.

I think it's good that they're all in armor that's at least reminiscent of John's own suit in various ways compared to the totally different flavors on Osiris.