That's not speculation. It is confirmed in court documents that the story was rewritten one month prior to the original release date.

This is not the employee that they change the story over. This was the composer, not the write. The writer that left is a whole other matter.

I know exactly who Marty is. This court case is the [b]first official[/b] proof that the story was changed dramatically. The connection you're failing to make is that Marty and Joe both left for the same reasons: Activision corrupted Bungie. There's nothing to debate there. It's a fact. And the game was unequivocally affected by it in a negative way.