As of right now, I am mixed. I love Halo to its core, but this game, just.. idk, wasn't it.
The prequel missions felt like it was an Marvel Halo MCU movie. Chief needs to remain as a strong SILENT type. We (the people playing the game) ARE Master Chief. He is our vessel for the story. We are suppose to place ourselves in his boots. Please keep him quiet and back to a man with a few words. SGT Johnson just seemed like he was playing a character of himself. Like the writers didn't know this character very well but lets make him a MCU quippy one liner kind of guy. For the love of god too, I cant get pass this man being Steve Harvey. The voice actor for Johnson did a decent job. At some points I can buy it, and others I cannot. Also Johnson is a USELESS companion in these missions. During my gameplay he would sit behind a wall, and proceed to shoot said wall. I would receive little to no help from the man. Also STOP CALLING THE COVIES "BUGS" I don't recall him calling the Covies "Bugs," but during my gameplay it was like he had that saying like it was on a soundboard, just spamming it. The ODST character was.... fine. I love getting lore from the books to the games. But she also seemed very MCU...
I grew up playing Halo, and I can beat a Halo game on Legendry, but holy crap man. I have never asked myself "wtf did I just die from" more than anytime playing this game. The feel for the game is SOOO close but it stubbles to feel like a Halo game. I didn't know I had to change so many freaking settings just to feel comfortable playing this game. I am going to play this a couple more times just to see if the prequel missions put a sour taste in my mouth or what but idk. I was very excited to play this, but feel kind of let down. I'm not sure if I like the whole "retelling" of the story aspect of it. I wish they just gave us H:CEA2. Where the graphics actually looked good. I'm skeptical of the future of the "retelling" story line. Don't get me wrong this game is VERY pretty and jaw dropping at times, but idk... meh Ill update this review once my thoughts become more clear.
