I really liked Halo 4’s story. The Didact was a way better villain than Truth or Gravemind and going forward with him as the over-arcing antagonist and Master Chief’s arch-enemy could’ve meant exciting things on what direction to take this series after the Bungie era. The only problem was not explaining him very well to those who didn’t the read the books (or anything that happened in between 3 and 4, for that matter). A damn codex, like Mass Effect’s, could’ve sufficed.
But instead of trying harder to sell this new plot arc, they just… discarded nearly everything and started again, and for the worse. I don’t want to say too much for the sake of those haven’t played Halo 5 and not wanting to influence their opinion before they form it, but I think the new Guardians arc is just abysmal. It’s been years, I’m kind of over it, and I accept that this is what they’re going to do now, even if I don’t like it all. I’ll give Infinite a chance because I’ve invested so much into this series. It’s the reason I stuck with Xbox. But if the same trends continue I won’t bother with a Series X.