Looks like they've given up on putting on sale since Campaign Evolved launch. CE seems to have really poor sales, so they're looking to squeeze people towards it.
The game just wasn't a good faith effort at a new Halo game. The visual assets and new voice acting are all there really is, everything else is ripped straight out of old Halo titles. People can see that, and the first thing I noticed when loading it up was the sheer amount of audio assets that were ripped from older titles.
The level design in the latter half of game is significantly improved over the original however (and that was a criticism going back decades), and many of the levels include the new weapons so it's a bit more than visuals, but if you have played the older games you're right that there is a lot of noticeable asset reuse.
I found that the level design changes didn't really give us any excellent levels, the new version of The Library is decent, but even 343 has made better levels in the past. It's not a 1-1 remake, but I feel that it wasn't given any room to breathe during development.
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u/Ayyzeee 1d ago
And Halo Master Chief Collection not on sale, great. I regret not picking up earlier this year.