

Literally everything about it was revolutionary. One of the first games to have primary/secondary weapons. One of the first games to have vehicles and special weapons in an “open world” map. Regenerative shields.
A lot of games had these elements but no one had all of them in an online multiplayer game for console. Console gaming was still growing and Halo set a standard for literally every fps shooter after it.
Ya I’ll buy it at some point when it’s on sale but they tried to change too much and instead of sticking to the formula and improving what they missed or messed up on in 6, they just changed everything.