Wow Ranman10... Lotta words... Imo reach wasnt the best.. But it had its perks I suppose, one which was assassinations,, it gave a brief but cool cinematic during gameplay... If you dont like them then tap b dont hold it down.. And insane bear even though you think halo should go "classic" like halo 2 or 3, 343i isnt going to appeal to the 20% of gamers that are competitive over the 80% of casual fun gamers.. Halo 4 will be more favoured to the casual gamer, but will have aspects of it that appeal to competitive famers such as maps and playlists..