I agree that the franchise is in decline and only Microsoft can be blamed. The Xbox was supposed to bring PC gaming to consoles and with Halo CE at the helm they were successful. In Halo 2 they upgraded multiplayer but finding new paths for the story to follow became problematic (I wasn't pleased with brutes when they were introduced). Halo 3 came and helped move the 360 (I bought one for this game only) and showed us better graphics but again, deteriorating story and now an unbalanced multiplayer with trinkets. Reach came and we received a "meh" short story and the same multiplayer now with loadouts. It felt like they were catering to Call of Duty fans and MLG fans. 343 came and really pushed that agenda along. That's where I decided to move on. I am somewhat glad I did because I got to cancel my LIVE subscription and get back into Nintendo. Thanks 343 :D
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