Overall, this build has been running incredibly smoothly. The campaign is running without a hitch and all the season 3 stuff is looking great. I do have some small criticisms, but nothing too major.
I'll begin with the imported weapons from ODST into Halo 3's multiplayer:
Starting with cosmetics, the view models look a little bit too large. This is obviously due to the Spartans being much larger than the ODSTs, so the view models shift accordingly, but the current result has left both guns looking a bit off in a way that is hard to put into words. They might be worth adjusting, if only to make them a little less jarring, but this is possibly just a me-thing.
What is much easier to put into words are the issues with the imported automag.
In ODST, it lives up to its name as a semi-automatic; the gun fires as fast as you can pull the trigger. Making the jump to Halo 3 proper, however, it's basically turned into a reskinned magnum with a scope. I've only tried it out in Forge Mode, so maybe this is different in other modes, but the fire rate has become painfully slow compared to its ODST counterpart. This might have been an intentional choice for balancing or whatnot, but it would be nice to have this new weapon brought over wholesale rather than being a glorified skin for a similar gun. I understand if it's not possible to change it and keep the game balanced, but I thought it was worth mentioning, as having a semi-automatic pistol in competitive multiplayer could be a really interesting addition to the sandbox mechanically.
The only other thing I wanted to mention was a suggestion for improving the UI in the store menu. Having to purchase each new cosmetic item individually was a bit of painful experience, especially for an entire season's worth of content in the case of this flight. In this regard, a "purchase all" button would really be appreciated. It wouldn't need to be literal, but just allowing me to spend all my points at once rather having to buy them all individually would save a lot of time if I wasn't feeling too picky.
Other than these niggles, the game is playing fantastically so far. I even really dig the new background for the menu; much more appropriate and eye-pleasing than the previous bullet background that seemed more appropriate as the menu for a reboot of the Xbox game "Black". I'm really curious to see what all the future seasons are going to have in store, as it's really clear you guys are going above and beyond to create new content for these decades-old games. One suggestion from me would be to allow Spartans to use DARE's helmet (basically just a skin for the Recon helmet), as I imagine that'd be an easy, yet really cool thing to implement. I won't go as far to suggest ODST competitive multiplayer in the far future, but ya know, it's a thought. ;)
Anyway, thanks for the flight invite. I'll continue dropping feedback as it comes, but this build has been rock solid on my end.
