lol What a ridiculous comparison. Where you quoted me is just being honest. Halo should have had a tremendous impact at E3, and it was forgetful. This just shows you that excitement has generally waned for the franchise since 343. It's freakin Halo. You know how crazy people were for Halo at e3?
343 are notorious for listening to "their fans" but not the Halo fans, especially Holmes.
It is quite amazing on how much feedback from Halo 4 was completely neglected.
If we all would agree to be completely honest I think we would all agree that 343 does a lot of things right and some things wrong. I'm on the "old grumbler" part of the argument, but I have to say that a lot of H5 is looking great. What is unfortunate is that the bad parts really sour the entire impression for me.
The art style is sleeker but too generic. Covenant stuff is a lot less "sacred alien style", prometheans aren't really forerunner, but more "generic space robot style". Covenant, Promethean and human military all look kind of samey. Like everything is made out of the same material, and all the architects graduated from the same class.
Also the physical scope while aiming is a blatant downgrade, imo. Sprint looks stupid(way too much flailing), and actually makes me feel less agile, like I'm trudging through the map.
Everything is also a bit too dark, like the game takes itself a bit too seriously. H5 seems less bleak than H4, though, so some good there.
Locke also seem a bit shoehorned in, but I have yet to play the actual campaign to be able to make any proper judgment. I might end up loving it.
Other than that, I think H5 is doing a lot of interesting stuff. I'm getting a pretty good vibe about the campaign, and it seems like it will be full of epic moments. I'm just gonna keep my expectations in check and try to enjoy it for what it is. At least I got to love many Halo games before this one.