I liked it. I'm a little disappointed that each planet only has one region to explore. As there is no sub fee, and they are looking at this as a ten year game, I do wonder if to them that means an expansion every year that costs 30-60 (with a 90+ collectors option) that adds new story content and regions, and then free multiplayer maps a few times a year. Not sure how people would react to that, but I think it's likely. Also, I'm interested to see how the story unfolds, if there will be one giant decade spanning saga (like the Halo story arc) or if it will be a series of separate events like the WoW story arc.

It was fairly impressive. It did point out that I can no longer get away with having my console connected through WiFi and that I'm going to need a faster connection to be competitive in the Crucible. It's not easy being a bulletsponge sometimes.

IMO Beta was okay it was smooth but connection issues made the crucible a bitch to play. The alpha seemed longer than the beta and more balanced for the crucible. Missions were extremely short and i feel like they did that on purpose to just have an excuse to add more DLC missions.