so 343 said they built the campaign around normal difficulty, so that's how I shoulda judged it by.
my first play through was on legendary n very frustrating, but ive now run it back n played on normal to give it proper analysis.
8/10. its a very fun campaign, the Banished are way better than the Prometheans, n I had fun lookin for the secrets while doin combat.
my wishes for the DLC: different enemies(like the Endless)
different biomes: lets get snow n desert environments like past halos. we only got to explore part of the ring this run, lets get more. snow, deserts, etc.
no more FOBs: they were brief enough that it didn't get old, but any more snd it would feel redundant. lets end on a high note and make the expansions focus on something else.
story: overall the story is ehh. they had the task of washing away Halo 5 which would have have been difficult but it still wasnt my favorite story. now that the series has readjusted, there's a lot of awesome avenues 343 can follow going forward.
overall, awesome soft reboot that puts the series back on track. story wise it aint better than the original trilogy or Reach, but gameplay wise its def better than reach. story def better than 5. this is the modern Halo we expected after 3. if I didn't have gamepass already I woulda been happy with dropping 60 bucks on this.