Eh, sorta. Its definitely a step up from 3/ODST, but not by much. Most of the new features are nice an all, though they dont appeal to me all that much. A good majority of the new weapons are similar to previous one(rapid plasma rifle=sentinel beam), armour enhancements are pretty cool and a step up from 3's equipment, more vehicles including space ones are a welcome addition even if some are just old ones reworked(A dual prop three person helicopter? Hello, its a hornet). The story seems to be the best improvement out of the lot, but that leads to my biggest gripe....it throws continuity out the window. Not only with the books but with the games as well; where the hell was all this stuff in Halo 1-3? Did they just not want master chief to have access to it or what...I dont know but it rather perplexes me.