343i is killing any sort of mystery the Halo universe has. Apparently speculating and making up your own views of Halo isn't needed when you have a bunch of asses at 343i running the Halo show now. Wont be long before they butcher The Precursors too.
I'm not sure whether I like the idea of having his face revealed. In one sense, you'll finally look upon the face of [i]the MasterChief[/i] himself. But then, you haven't got a character you can intergrate yourself into. And all those other reasons Bungie never showed his face. I don't want to find out that I've been playing as an old man all this time, even if he is cannonically(?) 46 or whatever, because just looking at those wrinkles around his eyes was pretty damn dissapointing to be honest.
Actually, Bungie was more funny at times, than 343. Just think of Johnson at the and of H1.
They poked fun at themselves. Something 343 will never even be remotely able to do.
Heck, they can't even take criticism, let alone feedback.
I think 343 mistakes being heroic and serious with being laughable and comedic, so they will certainly try to be more serious at being laughable next time.