AHappyPanda
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I'd like to see this as well. I legitimately believe 343 when they say they're working their asses off to get everything fixed and that the genuinely feel bad that this happened, but at the same time I want to see a major site or two rake 343 and Microsoft over the coals for Master Chief Collection because this straight up should have never happened, and I think Halo's reputation is irreparably damaged now. And porting ODST, remaking Relic, and giving a BP "we're sorry" won't heal the Godzilla sized wound that this collection's reputation has.
The closest I could do to an open letter is write something and post on my blog over on Destructoid and hope it gets promoted to the front page, but that's about it.
On that note, this might just be me, but I don't feel like ODST + Relic is enough. Honestly I'd openly sacrifice ODST if we could get 6 more Halo 2 Anniversary maps. Halo 2 Anniversary having so few maps (one of which is a remake of the worst Halo 2 map) because the actual gameplay if H2A is pretty much the definitive Halo experience in my opinion. I find it superior to Halo 5
The letter would have to be so detailed and nuanced with what's wrong with the game but yet still be understandable by a casual audience. It needs the perfect amount of factual evidence stating what's wrong and why it's wrong, but enough emotion and explanation so someone reading it can go "Why the fuck does he care about in game emblems so much?" Read the context, then go "Oh. I see."
EDIT: I'm honestly surprised at how many people like Relic. I would've taken Burial Mounds, Colossus, Midship, Terminal, and Headlong before Relic. BURIAL MOUNDS PEOPLE.