Meh, really torn about this =/
Fucking been loving this franchise since '05 so I'm definitely excited and will be getting this. But iduno, they seem to be loving up the multiplayer mainly (this is a game that doesn't need multiplayer!), and then also it's a prequel set before a prequel. They say the multiplayer will take you like 60 hours to unlock it all or whatever, but then there's only like 7 maps to do over and over (pre dlc or course)?
I was really interested to see where they'd take the series after the ending in number 3 (and the ambiguous post credits scene). Seems like they realised "yeah we actually did screw up by making it that everything got destroyed in the end so uhhhh, another prequel anyone?"
But whatever, I'll hold my judgement till we get to see more. I'm sure setting it in this time frame could be interesting if they do it right. I'm just worried they'll focus on the multiplayer too much and then leave the single player (the real reason to buy the game) to be a tad mediocre.