I thought this is it, Bungie have had time to work out the kinks. Time to build on what they learned, and finally we may see a return to bungie of old. A return to the bungie that brought us 'action sack', 'big team battle', and a true ranked ladder matchmaking system. Vehicles that centred around teamplay, warthogs and mongooses, banshees and scorpion tanks. A plethora of game types, capture the flag, VIP, bomb the base, neutral bomb. And almost every possible combination of team games, 8v8, 6v6, 4v4, doubles and even multi-team. The bungie that brought fun, quality, community made content and playlists. Bungie favourites thanks to theatre mode and forge. Even better, this time we would have even more abilities and even builds to utilise in this new space magic sandbox. Well...... disappointed is an understatement. Having been a fan of bungie for over a decade it's sad to say that this recent instalment is the furthest thing I could have expected from the company that built its name on what is probably still the highest quality FPS shooter ever to grace our gaming systems. Halo 3 was the peak, and the steady decline into the irrelevant in terms of online shooters is where we are now. If this is what becoming independent from Microsoft was about, well, perhaps the companies coffers are better for it, because the gamers certainly are not. This company is bungie in name only.