If you haven't played it through, Do not click the spoiler tag. I promise It will spoil the entire ending for you if you do.
Now for the niceties. 343i, if any of you read this, Spartan Ops is absolutely brilliant - it's rare to see anything really new like that in a safe AAA game. Also, I was expecting Halo 4 to fail rather miserably because it's extremely hard to work on someone else's baby while maintaining the nigh-fanatical level of devotion and quality the originals had. Thank you so much for proving me wrong.
I may not be a fan of that ending, but by no means does that mean I can't enjoy the game.