Controversial decisions and delays don't make me excited to dive in.
Despite its status as the flagship series for Xbox and the franchise that originally put that console on the map, Halo has struggled to remain relevant in the first-person shooter space following the success of Halo: Reach in 2010. Both Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians featured controversial changes such as intrinsic advanced movement abilities, a less diverse sandbox, and gameplay-altering microtransactions that many fans felt were contradictory to the core of what made Halo great. As a result, both games were largely overshadowed by other titles.
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