So it is pay to win... that is what the original post complained.

Microtransactions on MP is even worst than on SP.

I hope Destiny didn't do that... for while it is only Dances (comestics).

They are in no way pay to win. The competitive side of Halo is Arena multiplayer. The only req cards allowed in Arena are skins, helmets and armor. Nothing that gives you a weapon or vehicle. Warzone is where people go to have fun. There's nothing that you earn by winning a Warzone match besides bragging rights. There is no ranking and there is no reward.  Even then, you do not have to pay for the packs at all. I know not one person who has actually wasted money on it. Because it isn't that serious.

Read what I said. Also, for as much judgment that you have on the MP you seem to know nothing about it

I've always played Halo for the campaign but multiplayer keeps people playing longer and thus away from the 'used-games' bin for longer. This has unfortunately lead to a greater emphasis on multiplayer than singleplayer.

Angry Joe in a nutshell:

He is an idiot and paid by the big corporations when he rants about a game i like.
Otherwise he is pretty funny and honest in his reviews when i agree with him.

Eh... a lot of games get amazing scores that I don't agree with. I just know Halo 5 is a lot better than the average game.

I have mixed feelings about microstransaction. But it sounds like all 15 upcoming maps are going to be free. Free maps has more value to me than cosmetic things like armor designs.

In Halo Reach and Halo 4 you earned currency by playing PvP matches. You could then spend that to unlock armor, voices, and other cosmetic stuff. However, it took many hours of playing to unlock the most desired items. So you could get that stuff free, but population was split by map packs. That was a worse than what Halo 5 seems to be doing.

He just doesn't use the 7-10 review scale the rest of the game's media does. He states the game is above average and gives it 6/10, which is mathematically above average. That's a fair score given his statement. If he said the game is above average and gave it 8 then that would be unfair.

I haven't seen much of Angry Joe's reviews but I thought his titan fall review was the most honest one I saw.

Warzone isn't the balanced PvP mode of Halo 5. For balanced competitive PvP, you go to Arena.

Microtransaction in Halo 5 are more like time savers. You can get some card packs after a few matches of any multiplayer or just buy card pack with real money. Hence, even if you remove microtransactions Warzone isn't exactly balanced. Because people who play a lot can still have an edge with cards.

You're grasping at straws, ultimately just avoid Warzone if you don't like the way its balanced. Arena is the way most people are going to play Halo 5. While Warzone seems to be an experiment for the series.

Destiny doesn't do microtransactions, instead they sell expensive DLC or put out updated retail releases. $60 for original release, $35 for Season, and $40-$60 for Taken King. I'm not buying Taken King content until its dirt cheap because fuck bungie. All that content combined is about as much content as Halo 5's campaign. You just replay it hoping for slightly better items.

Destiny DLCs are free now for a year (two DLC expasion).
You will only pay for the next big expansion in Setember 2016 * or Destiny 2 if they release it *