OverlordCornutt

The Bungie games received the same exact shit. This is where the dishonesty of most people kicks in. They heavily criticized Halo 3's failings in terms of its overall production value and how the story was handled. How Miranda died, how Johnson died, how there was effectively ZERO actual pay off on Cortana's encounter or teased rampancy after being left with the gravemind. The cutscenes were mocked. They laughed at the first and 2nd reveal trailers past the initial stunner of a reveal trailer during E3 2006. I remember all the complaints about it not looking "next-gen" compared to Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty 4 when the initial gameplay was shown. I distinctly remember how Metal Gear Solid 2 even was used to mock the production values of Halo 3, I remember all the mockery of Lord Hood's face. It was regularly being compared to the presentation on display in Call of Duty 4, and it wasn't favorable at all to Halo 3. And while Halo Reach was a significant step up from Halo 3, the same overall complaints about that game existed as well. The horribly implemented armor abilities (that were done far, far better in Halo 5 and Halo Infinite with how those games were evolved gameplay wise). The sprint they love to criticize was added by Halo Reach well before 343i came along. So while Halo Reach was a major step up from Halo 3, it was still largely described as "just not good enough." Lacking the real feel of a true big budget title. All of this was said about Bungie's Halo titles, and people try to act as if they weren't. In fact, it wasn't until 343i came along and blew people away with Halo 4's visuals and presentation that some energy was pushed back into Halo as a franchise that could be a "visual showpiece" that pushes the hardware. It's literally like clockwork. They bitch about the latest game, and then start praising the previous game that they trashed. People even at one stage started to praise Halo 5 to trash Halo Infinite. And then they were praising Halo 4 to trash Halo 5, talking about the change to Cortana's design, how this or that was a stepdown. People were not showering Bungie with all praise. They were also being hammered, and people just don't like to admit as much. Even armor lock was criticized to hell and back in Reach, and so much more.