The core game is amazing and plays like a dream, peak Halo combat. A few tweaks to balancing/bugs and such are obvious complaints but will get fixed with time.

But not everything is fine and dandy at the time of this review. I know its all been drilled into our heads at this point but the battle pass and progression system is a mess right now as well as the armor customization.

---BATTLE PASS AND CUSTOMIZATION----
The battle pass leveling is boring and tedious with not much to offer in the pass its self. The armor customization is lack luster, being forced to use "spartan cores" this means if you earn a visor on lets say a spartan V you cant use it on a spartan VII. This is very concerning because you can smell the greed. You know they will charge you again for the same visor but for a different spartan and that just doesnt sit well with me. Also the price of the armors themselves as of right now are way too much for what is offered. 343 im pretty sure is aware of this and it may be fixed sometime soon who knows.

And at this time there are also no free armors to unlock by just playing the game like in previous halos they are all paid for with a couple free things thrown in there. So expect to see the same looking spartans a lot.

----CONCLUSION----
Overall The game itself is amazing with the smooth AF combat amazing sound design and well balanced sandbox. I really want this franchise to succeed because it is one of my favorites. BUT customization NEEDS and SHOULD be fixed. As well as the battle pass. If theyre going to make us pay for customization let me use it in ANY way I want. I am excited for what the future holds and congrats to the devs for making an amazing and probably the best feeling halo game.

The core game is amazing and plays like a dream, peak Halo combat. A few tweaks to balancing/bugs and such are obvious complaints but will get fixed with time. But not everything is fine and dandy at the time of this review. I know its all been drilled into our heads at this point but the battle pass and progression system is a mess right now as well as the armor customization. ---BATTLE PASS AND CUSTOMIZATION---- The battle pass leveling is boring and tedious with not much to offer in the pass its self. The armor customization is lack luster, being forced to use "spartan cores" this means if you earn a visor on lets say a spartan V you cant use it on a spartan VII. This is very concerning because you can smell the greed. You know they will charge you again for the same visor but for a different spartan and that just doesnt sit well with me. Also the price of the armors themselves as of right now are way too much for what is offered. 343 im pretty sure is aware of this and it may be fixed sometime soon who knows. And at this time there are also no free armors to unlock by just playing the game like in previous halos they are all paid for with a couple free things thrown in there. So expect to see the same looking spartans a lot. ----CONCLUSION---- Overall The game itself is amazing with the smooth AF combat amazing sound design and well balanced sandbox. I really want this franchise to succeed because it is one of my favorites. BUT customization NEEDS and SHOULD be fixed. As well as the battle pass. If theyre going to make us pay for customization let me use it in ANY way I want. I am excited for what the future holds and congrats to the devs for making an amazing and probably the best feeling halo game.