Actually it the spawning isn't bad at all when you get used to it, i really hate it when people diss a game for not being like its older counterparts and then turn around and say its too much like the older ones. make up your mind, if you think halo 3 is better than go play halo 3, but don't call halo 4 a bad game just because its not exactly like halo 3. And as for the halo franchise, its doing just fine, sure halo 4 didn't meet all the expectations that people hoped for (neither did reach) but it reached all the important ones.