SO my only question in trying to judge the slant of this review is whether you believe his claim at the start that he used to be a massive halo fanboy and whether you believe he's being harsh because a once beloved franchise that he placed firmly on a pedestal above all other games has fallen significantly in his mind. If you believe those sentiments are genuine then I don't know how you can dismiss his review. If you think he's BS'ing and he never truly liked Halo all that much then fine, accuse him of pandering and bias against Halo/Xbox/MS. Personally I believe he's being genuine about his love for the franchise. So I accept the basis for his criticisms at face value. I also appreciate the entertaining way he delivers his critique, and he doesn't spend the entire time in a cuss filled rant, and he doesn't universally bag the game.
I do note he references Destiny quite unfavourably relative to Halo 5, and notes the irony that Bungie seems to have qualitatively fallen behind 343 in many aspects of core FPS gameplay / design.
Not being at all emotionally invested in Halo I found the review to be pretty balanced and indeed for all the ranting if I didn't already know his score before watching I would have expected a lower score than he gave, so I think he still has a soft spot for the franchise even when subjecting it to tough love. Either that or he didn't really care all that much about such things as the loss of split screen and the introduction of microtransactions.
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell
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