Has the looks, but none of the spirit of the video games or books. Truly a standalone, awful representation of the universe. I didn't spend six games playing Master Chief without ever seeing his face to get bamboozled in the first episode by some average, whitebread looking dude. Hopefully Disney buys this and reduces it to the "legends" universe and makes it right.
Additionally, the acting reminds me of One Tree Hill or some other unremarkable CW Thursday night, off-prime time TV series. Maybe even similar to Days of Our Lives.