The -blam!- do I care what Max Hoberman thinks? If they really wanted these features in the original versions, they would have been there. This is just a cheap "well we gotta do SOMETHING to change things up!" directors cut. Why am I even responding to you? You're a well established fanboy whose sole purpose in Halo-related discussions is to drain 343's balls and defend every single decision they make, no matter how ill-advised. A houseplant is capable of contributing more to a discussion than you are.