Microtransactions are purely cosmetic and as far as I could see at eververse it was only some shaders and things like that so I ain't bother with it. Plus you get some with blight engrams.
The story is kinda flat and straight forward (brings me back to Halo 1), but compared to D1 (was there a story?) it's pretty fun and it's just for levelling your character anyways to get ready and play that end-game content, it really feels like a console MMO game.
I will review this game again after a month and see how much work Bungie will continue to put in, because content was the biggest thing lacking in D1.
Yeah, the cosmetic part does influence how people play, especially since it was there in the first game.
Yeah, now that you mention the Halo 1 story, it does seem pretty straight forward like that. Bungie doesn't have a history of truly great storytelling either. And D1... let's not mention that storyline lol!
Yeah, I'll come back to it as well. I look forward to your review!