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Posted by: Falerin
Nothing ruined Halo. Halo is as good as ever. Sure, I think the innovations in gameplay being changed back to past styles is a mistake, but it isn't like the past styles were bad. Each Halo game has been insanely popular and done insanely well. Each new Halo game is vastly different from the past, and changing Reach to seem more in line with past games is silly, but don't you tell me Halo 3 and before wasn't good.
The thing is, past Halo titles steadily built up from the last, allowing players to carry over easily into a new experience.
Reach took that, said "ah **** it" and tried to start from scratch. They borrowed too many ideas from games like CoD, ****ed up the traditional Halo game mechanics, and tried to introduce far too many of what you're referring to as "innovations". Now there is no measurable skill in the game, people play for pretend money rather than for the sake of playing, and we end up with game-breaking crap like AL and Jetpacks that cater to casuals and bad kids.