I've played the game and enjoyed it, but never felt overly aware of the story. We saved the traveler, but was that a big deal? The last boss fight was pretty simple. The traveler and the speaker were minor characters. There were no epic vehicle battles other than a strike on Mars. I wish there was some variety to the missions rather than "go here, beat this group, go there, beat that group, go get a reward while never interacting with anyone". I would love a mission involving boarding and bombing an alien ship. Something with high energy. The Scarab fights from Halo 3, the warthog escape from Halo 1, something like that. The fighting on foot is well done, very enjoyable. I kept waiting for the moment when everything would get taken up a notch, but it didn't happen. I was surprised to find out that I had beat the story. I enjoyed the game and am still playing, but I feel there is so much more interesting levels that can be made for future instalments if developers continue to use their imaginations. What do you think?