Marshall Marlatt

The game's biggest problem is the economy is structured to incentivize unhealthy play, and progressively so as you get into the late game content. The healthiest gameplay is the early gameplay, but by late game it's simply unsustainable to play for fun. Rewards are capped, but late game costs are very high, to try to force players to buy in with real money, but even paying players are left with lobbies terrified to play the game because the risk of losing sets you back possibly days of play time.

I really, really wanted to like this show. I love Halo. I've loved it since it first came out. I think the actors are putting on a good performance given what they have. The visual effects isn't perfect but when they lean into it, it really works. The writing is just straight up bad. Setting aside that it's merely an "interpretation" of Halo characters and not even an attempt at telling the actual story of Halo. It's bad writing. The dramatic elements are contrived rather than arising from the nature of the characters. The sub-plots and plot contrivances are impossible to suspend disbelief through. There's only 2 actually likeable characters out of 10 or so main characters in the show. The mechanism given for character development of the Spartans is a MacGuffin. Plot armor plays a major role in the characters getting out of situations, rather than overcoming them through growth or exposition of ability. The writing is just plain terrible. As much as it pains me to say, because Halo deserves a good TV adaptation and I would hate to see executives get the wrong idea from this show failing, I think you should give it a pass. It's not worth your time.