I actually agree with this, while some of it was impressive, it did look VERY Reachy.
I think alot of it was down to the green map with the bloodgulch base. I think you can only evolve forge so much before it has to have a serious upgrade. Honestly with the work 343 are putting into campaign, spartan ops and multiplayer Im surprised we even got a update to reach forge which at a purely functional level was already pretty amazing.
While i was not blown away by forge 3.0 the additions particularly dynamic lighting, magnetism and duplication are very welcome. Would I of preferred terrain editing? sure. However I was under no illusion something like that was going to become a reality its a monumental task and given what 343i is doing its almost beyond expectations.
We still have no idea about the other 2 Forge Environments id bet one of them is very vibrant and colourful something set aboard a covenant ship would be perfect but requiem as a location has a huge list f possibly locations if its even half as diverse as a halo ring.
I'm content but not blown away, ultimately Forge and Theater are just fluff if the Campaign and Multiplayer are up to par then I'm a happy bunny