I was on the alpha, beta, and played the final version for about 15 hours. My impressions so far:
Pros:
+ Brilliant gameplay.
+ Great soundtrack.
+ Good visuals and art direction.
+ Amazong enemy draw distance. It's a sniper's dream.
+ Challenging/hard game.
Cons:
- The maps are linear and far from open, unlike Bungie have been telling us. The world looks big, but instead is full of invisible walls and non playable backgrounds.
- Little incentive to explore. Bungie should have taken some notes from Bethesda games where, valuable or not, there are lots of objects to interact with.
- Static environments. No physics, destruction or any kind of interaction.
- Massive loading times.
- Weak story and lore.
- Low player cap for a MMO.
- Very limited character costumization.
- Forced parity between versions. 1080p60 should be mandatory, especialy on games that are also on last gen platforms.
It's funny how a team like Hello Games, with almost no resources or support, has in their hands a far more ambitious space exploration project than Bungie and Activision! Don't take me wrong, the game is great, but with Bungie's portfolio it could have been soooo much better! Instead they just played the safe card by making a linear shooter no different than any other.