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To preface this, I have been an avid Halo fan my entire video game-playing life. That being said, this has go to be one of the worst games I have ever installed on my PC.

I will start with the technical issues. After almost two years of patches and updates, the game runs like ♥♥♥♥. After the release of season 4: if I visit the multiplayer lobby and would like to play campaign, I must hard reset my computer, otherwise the game crashes when I try to enter the campaign lobby. Additionally, the servers are terrible, with regular disconnects and high ping at all times.

Now for content issues. Campaign first, as that is what I actually was looking forward to when the game was announced. Compared to the disappointment that was Halo 5, I actually was impressed. Pelican Down was actually a great experience, and the intro (Warship Gbraakon, Foundation, and Outpost Tremonious) left me feeling hopeful that the game was going to go great. The game was quite pretty, the UI made sense and felt very in line with previous titles, and the overall aesthetic was a return to the classic style of the franchise. Movement and gunplay felt great, and I love the grappling hook. That's all I have that is good to say about it.
As for the bad: Once you are in the open world, there is little of interest to do. As a veteran halo player, I started the game on Heroic, however, I should have started on Legendary, as with the wide open spaces, advanced movement abilities, and infinite power weapons/ammunition from FOBs, the game was far too easy. The environment, though beautiful, had no variety anywhere on the map. I had hoped for the amazing variety of biomes like those in Halo:CE, but instead a rocky tundra with sparse pine trees is your only company, with occasional pits into space surrounded by hexagonal metal pillars. The story is also an issue. little of significance occurs over the course of the campaign, with most major events occurring before the game starts, and no questions answered by the games end. It seems like a retraction of any actual progress made in Halo 5 (the little bit that there was), continuing 343 Industries' trend of completely ignoring (or even contradicting) the previous title when making a new game. The Banished are just another Covenant, with no new gameplay elements, and the new enemy faction is basically non-existent, with no explanation of their motives or history, and no real gameplay impact. Honestly, I am disappointed. Many others have spoken about the letdown that is split screen co-op, so I will not spend any time on that.

Now for the multiplayer. This is the area of the game with the most publicized issues, and I will go over the ones that affect me the most. First is playlist variety: with a bad selection of BTB maps, no infection, no swat, and even a basic Slayer gametype all missing from the start, the stage was set for how bare this multiplayer really was going to be. I dislike season passes as a concept, and if you don't want to pay for them, you will be missing out on almost all customization options, a far cry from the exclusively gameplay-unlockable cosmetics of Halos 3, Reach, and 4. Map variety as underwhelming, with one of the smallest launch lineups of any Halo to date, and it took quite a while for Forge to even be released so that the community could make our own maps.

I could continue with my complaints about the game, but there's no use in beating a dead horse. If you want more ranting, just watch The Act Man's videos on the game. In summary, it's bad, but it could have been so good. I really wanted a good Halo game. I wanted this to be a fantastic entry, a return to what Halo could be, but it was not, and I think it could be the end of Halo as a franchise. That's all I have to say, before I start getting sad.

Technical, Expansive, Open. Space Engineers is great.
If you want to spend an hour building a tunnel through an asteroid, do it. The planets feel HUGE, the community is great.
This game is a great deal.