Yeah, ODST was awesome, and I lol'd about the mentally out of breath part, his grammar is atrocious, made his post very difficult to read. Secondly, about the pistol having a scope, halo 1 pistol had a scope. And creatures that you didnt see in Halo 2 or 3? Engineers? they're mentioned in the books. It was a way for Bungie to introduce them. Deal with it. It adds extra challenge to either kill them all or not kill them to get the achievements. I personally applaud them for involving engineers since it had been previously mentioned around the time of Halo 2.