So I think I hate Reach.

     I've had this sinking feeling for the last few weeks. I find myself swearing at my TV screen an awful lot more than normal. I only can play a few games at a time, I used to play for hours. I look forward to games ending so I can go do something else more fun and relaxing, like the dishes.

Here are my issues in no particular order.

Shocks are too stiff on vehicles, maps have terrain that is too rough. I can't drive anywhere without fliping over and the gunner can't get a bead on a target. What's the point of driving?

Vehicles are too slow, especially the Banshee and Mongoose. I liked driving fast, now I can't and I'm just a big, slow moving target.

The sniper can take out a tank in 4 shots. REALLY? I can't even find out where I'm getting shot from and swing the gun around before the sniper gets off 4 shots.

The boost on vehicles runs out.

50 cal guns are weak and overheat.

Nades are way too powerful. It's like I'm playing COD with all the nade spammiing going on.

I hate sniper games and SWAT. I want them out of BTB and in their own playlist so I don't have to spend 15 minutes finding a place to hide.

New melee rules suck, I understand them but I still always lose.

Armor lock sucks. I hate gun battles against armor lock.

I miss the invisibility powerup. It worked. the new invis just promotes camping.

CTF games always end in no score ties. No one can get the flag out of the base, the gametype is broken and I don't know how to fix it.

Elite slayer games only have one decent weapon, the needle rifle. So much for choosing a loadout. (no I don't want to spend time looking for a dropped weapon)

Too many of the new weapons are useless/unfun. The plasma launcher thing is too slow to charge and fire and it dosen't track well enough to do it's job. The flare gun thing is slow and has a short range. The plasma pistol overcharge won't track a vehicle untill it's on top of my dead body.

The game has good points too, The removal of rank, beautiful graphics, the quit ban, the mute ban, the DMR, the new pistol, the new forge, the search and recomend functions for gametypes and maps.

Overall, I don't find it enjoyable. I hate being pissed off when I play. I hate feeling like I lost even when we win. I realize that some of this is just the adjustment, but mostly it's just a different game.

I'll give it a little more time, but'I'm not hopefull.