First off I'd just like to say hello to everyone as I just made my account (obviously).
Now then....I for one, do not hate Reach, however, it doesn't feel like HALO. Bloom is amazing, I cannot tell you how long I waited for a HALO game to incorporate bloom as I wanted it ever since I played Counter Strike, way back in HALO CE days. Armor Abilities.....bleh. They really don't take skill and they just slow the pace of the game overall (makes me sad that H4 will have AA's).
I think the biggest problem I have with Reach is that it continued to lower the skill gap between players (aside from the DMR which is much more skillful than the BR). Instead of having to think about your map positioning, you can just run around aimlessly. If you get in a bad situation its like "o well time to sprint away, no harm done". Sniping in Reach is just so......EASY. I used to hate it when teammates would pick up sniper (we have all betrayed that one teammate that kept taking it and never getting a kill), because I knew I was good with it and wanted it to be put to good use. In Reach, I don't even care who picks it up, because everyone is good with sniper.
All that aside, I still am a big fan of Reach, and am excited to see what 343i will do with HALO 4. It is nice to actually have that nostalgic feeling of being excited about playing HALO again, I feel like this is the first time I have been excited for the next HALO since H3 was coming out. Also glad to see 343i is working on competitive maps and not just putting in forge and letting the community make all the competitive (AND GRAY) maps.
