[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Cowgoesmoo I certainly am, happily awaiting more information about Call of Halo 4. Confused? Well I'll tell you something. -Before you read, I'm not singling out CoD, I'm simply using it as an example in my belief of 343's pandering. -More armor abilities -I pretty sure there was going to be a gun shop, correct me if not -Sprint for all players, because CoD obviously doesn't have that, if Halo implemented default sprint for all players after a handful of titles without it, it's obvious that 343 has no major issues -Forerunner vision: Call it X-ray vision with lag, so now the armor ability just doesn't make sense. We could sure use X-ray vision today, it's just that it's illegal, it causes cancer, so in the future they have lag? -_- -For the first time in Halo, weapons will have alternating/dynamic spawn locations, which means players will have to remember the spawns of every single weapon on the map and check out each spawn before getting a sniper rifle. -Oh can't forget, SPARTAN OPS That's a great name a three-year old told to try and copy CoD's spec ops absolutely woudn't make. I expected at LEAST a good name, but what? You call it spartan ops? WTF? But, no, I thought the idea was nice. It's just the name. Spartan Ops. Ugh. But once again, it was a nice idea, weekly co-op episodic campaign, not too bad. -*sigh* And right! Armor abilities can now be purchased through the store, we've been doing this all along... every single halo... nothing new, and I don't see anything related to CoD here. -And, John's personality is confirmed to change throughout the campaign. Most of this news is bad news to me, but fortunately not all. Did I miss anything else?[/quote] Ok. I will take the bait and defend 343. While I may not be please with some changes, on the aesthetic front, what I have heard about the changes I like so far. The biggest reason is because I am not a multiplayer guy. I prefer the campaign over multiplayer. So I am excited with the fact that, unlike Bungie, 343 is working with the ENTIRE Halo canon while making the new Halo games. That means all the books (including the newly announced live action mini-series), especially the new books, actually tie into the games. Same thing with the Spartan-Ops. While I think Spartan-Ops is a really lame name, unlike CoD Spec-Op missions, the Spartan Ops will have a story line that contributes to expanding the story of Halo 4 and into Halo 5. The best part is, the new content that will be released (supposedly) on a weekly basis will be FREE! As far as multiplayer goes, you don't know how good it will be until you try it. Everybody cried like bunch of babies when equipment was announced for Halo 3. The Forerunner vision (or whatever it will be called) reminds me very much of the Farsight gun from Perfect Dark. While it is fun to see through walls to see where you opponent is, you are standing still while using the feature, so like using a sniper rifle you are an easy target if someone sees you. As for sprinting. 343 decided to use it as a default setting over using it as an armor ability because the majority of the community used more than the rest of the AAs. I bet if the jet pack was used more than sprint it would have been set as default function instead of being used as an AA. So that is my two cents. I am sure it won't change your mind. But I would give it a chance before you completely write Halo 4 , and 343, off.