^ @Rancegamerx, because I gots me a fan! I also have precisely 39 disagrees on many of my other comments, so I'm sure it's legit.. pmsl

You're right @Inverno, FXIV occurred to me too. It's a good example of a game that actually manages to keep compelling content coming to earn it's player base over such a long period.

Halo is still, to a large degree catching up with what it should have been at launch - which itself was already delayed by a year! It's not good enough, which is why people gave up on it. Each eventual content drop will bring back fewer players for less time than the last. They need to cut their losses and move on to the next game.

"Halo is still, to a large degree catching up with what it should have been at launch - which itself was already delayed by a year! "
Why does Halo need to be judged from a different lens compared to other games? Why can't its single-player or Multiplayer get the merit its needs? Why do both of them need to be near perfect for it to be deemed the perfect Halo. No game out there do that but Halo needs to be upheld to that standard anything less than it's deemed a failure.
Why is the last of us part 2 being called out for not having factions day one and it's instead its taking 3 years to make that part of the game? Double standard that what it is.

"It's not good enough, which is why people gave up on it."
Who is giving up? When is the last time you played Halo I do and I am having no problem with multiplayer.
Who are those people?

"Each eventual content drop will bring back fewer players for less time than the last."
Each Season brings back players and everyone is looking forward to the next one.

"They need to cut their losses and move on to the next game."
The next game is Halo Infinite like I explain it's going to be a continuation of the story that was finished at the end of the last game. Multiplayer is doing fine....what do you mean cut losses.

If you mean make the next version of Halo that will be after the 10 years.

^ @Bandar, look man, you're entitled to your opinion and I'm not wanting to change it - I'm glad for you if you enjoy it. The fact is the steam player count is there for all to see and it CRASHED HARD shortly after launch, because while the mechanics work well, there just wasn't enough content to keep people interested.

There's really little point bringing TLOU2 into this. Factions was dropped from the game - and this was communicated to the fans - NINE MONTHS before the game launched. Nobody pre-ordered TLOU2 expecting Factions 2 to be included. It's just a false equivalency.

Even if it was remotely similar, whataboutisms don't fix Halo's shortcomings. The trouble with Halo Infinite is that 343i seem to have mistaken a 10 year plan for an extra 10 years to finish the game. That's how it feels to me - you may think I'm wrong and I'm fine with that. I hope you're enjoying it immensely and continue to for the next 8 years.

@Rancegamerx

That's so weird, I've noticed it to, even when the article is still fresh and clearly hasn't had time to have a lot of views yet

My comment on another thread got the same disagrees, in the 40 mark

Sully also has 40 ish disagrees

BandarHub has 40 ish agrees

That is super sus

@Foxtrot mods are aware of the downvotes issue and are working on it.

Agreed, he definitely don't know what's best for Halo after those two statements lol

"You are making no sense……it isn’t ok to want the main character of a game to be interesting? oooooooh mysterious…..we won’t show his face until we do a sun par live action show about him."

Except that's a subjective opinion. You won't find many Halo players who think that MC is uninteresting, especially since he's one of the defining cases of "Show, don't tell" characterization. There's little in terms of the Chief's lore or history, but they let his actions and choices throughout the games define him as a character, and it works.