343 have somehow managed to turn yet another disastrous launch into something fun. PC performance is significantly better as of the Season 4 patch, and the game feels good on MnK now too. The store has been reworked so that you no longer need to wait for items you want to rotate back in, allowing you to purchase bundles directly from the customization menus. Career rank was also added in Season 4, giving players something to work towards outside of the battle passes. Season 5 is also adding some of the biggest features the community has asked for, like cross core on some armor coatings and all helmets (with more coatings and armor pieces on the way), and Firefight. They also finally gave us the ability to use campaign AI in Forge mode, something that we have been asking for since Forge launched with Halo 3 in 2007. Career rank finally has armor rewards as well, offering you Master Chief's full armor set as a kit for reaching max rank.

Overall though the issues with lack of content have been resolved, creating a very solid PvP experience. The current PvE options are finally starting to shape up, with an official Firefight playlist dropping later in Season 5 and community made Firefight and Campaign experiences available to players via the amazing Forge community.

There has never been a better time to pick this game back up.

343 have somehow managed to turn yet another disastrous launch into something fun. PC performance is significantly better as of the Season 4 patch, and the game feels good on MnK now too. The store has been reworked so that you no longer need to wait for items you want to rotate back in, allowing you to purchase bundles directly from the customization menus. Career rank was also added in Season 4, giving players something to work towards outside of the battle passes. Season 5 is also adding some of the biggest features the community has asked for, like cross core on some armor coatings and all helmets (with more coatings and armor pieces on the way), and Firefight. They also finally gave us the ability to use campaign AI in Forge mode, something that we have been asking for since Forge launched with Halo 3 in 2007. Career rank finally has armor rewards as well, offering you Master Chief's full armor set as a kit for reaching max rank. Overall though the issues with lack of content have been resolved, creating a very solid PvP experience. The current PvE options are finally starting to shape up, with an official Firefight playlist dropping later in Season 5 and community made Firefight and Campaign experiences available to players via the amazing Forge community. There has never been a better time to pick this game back up.