I am replaying the entire series in release order, and I was especially excited to play this one. It does not hold up well in 2022. It sets up the games that succeed it, but that's honestly about it. The game isn't that fun and doesn't really have that much going for it. The main story consists of having to do 3 investigations (minigames) to unlock the main target, and repeat until the game is over. The parkour made me want to delete the game entirely at times and the repetitive nature of the game made me ask myself why I was playing and made me consider skipping it on more than one occasion. Don't even get me started on that ending and how lackluster it was. It might not be a popular opinion, but I felt so strongly about this that I needed to write this.

Fun multiplayer but clearly centered around making money. You can't acquire anything unless you spend $10/20 in the store. The battle pass is predatory and barely gives you gear to make the pass worth it. Singleplayer premise sounds cool, but it's extremely repetitive and isn't satisfying. The same 2 biomes/area types across the entire game, even during the missions. (forerunner underground or outdoor plains). 343 is scrambling and working to 'make things better' after the backlash, but the game should've been in working condition and full of content from the get-go, and they shouldn't pretend it was a finished product if it's going to be sold at $70.