Heres what I see:

If Bungie dont make any drastic changes, people will just bitch and moan its H3 with a different story and thats it.

If Bungie make big bold changes, people will bitch it doesnt follow story/have that Halo feel.

I'm stuck in the middle, I'm not impressed with the new style, technological improvements in the engine do interest me, but that can be done without fucking everything else up. Characters seem too "GOW" for my style, big, fat, chubby, bulky when they dont need to.

Halo:Reach no matter what, will have a hard reception, people will be wanting new Halo content, others will want it to be more like Halo 1.

Am I the only one who hates the new grenade icon? Looks way too big and fat.

I know for a fact, Halo Reach will never be better than Halo 1 for me, because Halo 1 is what made me fall in love with the series. That is the crem-de-le-creme of Halo.