It’s not that bots aren’t cool, but Halo does not really suffer for lack of them. They were never a key part of the design.
Might make sense to check out the final product before passing judgement on this decision…
When Bots go Bad
Tyson Green, aka Ferrex, jumps into the ‘Why no Bots?’ discussion to give a pretty realistic rationale for leaving them out this time around. Would definitely be nicer to have them than not… but it looks like there just wasn’t time. Matt Soell goes further, and suggests that their inclusion has been in doubt since the pre-buyout Chicago days… which doesn’t bode well for their existence in the upcoming PC/Mac versions. As Matt says,