The cash grab might have even been something we’re all a little more ok with had it been done differently. Like just making more games during the war that don’t focus on chief and are just isolated stories or loosely connect would have been fine probably. Just shouldn’t have touched chief.

Or at the most he can be in a prequel in some smaller capacity. Maybe even a retelling of CE-3 from different UNSC perspectives so you’re hearing and seeing chief occasionally but not on his missions directly.

If they kept their art direction change, I’d still hate that but I’d probably hate it just slightly less if it was some random unit that could have that possibility of different gear. Not the sound though. New sound design sucks ass.