Let me start off by saying I actually enjoy playing Halo 5 a lot. It’s extremely fast paced and really feels like an evolved Halo game. But, like in all Betas, there will be a lot of problems and a lot of things that need tweaked and here are some of the notes I took while playing the Beta.
Menu:
- Sometimes when you close the Spartan Hub menu it will just fade into the background refusing you access to everything else. This includes the Main Menu and the Roster.- When you’re viewing someone’s Service Record and back out it makes the same sound as the “countdown timer” in the old Halo games. This is very weird and I hope it’s a placeholder as I often think a map is loading when that’s not the case.- Sometimes the screen will just go black and you have to exit to the dashboard to close the application.- Often times after a match or two the lobby will disband and I’ll get some sort of server error. But there is no option to back out into the main menu and I have to exit to the dashboard.- Once you’re in a party you can’t leave. I found this out last night when I was trying to play with a friend and the loading times were messed up (see bullets below) I asked him to back out and he couldn’t. I also couldn’t kick him from the party.Multiplayer With Friends:
- The search times with friends can be just as long, if not longer, than those currently in the Master Chief Collection. I found that this only occurs when trying to find a match with a friend(s) rather than by yourself.- There are also a lot of server disconnections. I know this is only a beta but it literally took me seven tries last night before I could play my first match and I had to quit to the dashboard and close the game several times as the menu would glitch out on me. (See bullets above)- Sometimes your teammate will be on the opposing team. After we found some matches we noticed people with the same clantag on out team and the opposing team. Even people with the same Gamertag were on opposing teams. Ex: Halo 343 1 and Halo 343 2 (Yes those are random but they would be on opposing teams when they clearly joined in together)My Dislikes and Suggestions:
- There needs to be a shotgun on Midship, I forgot the name (don’t shoot me), as many times I would get the Prophet’s Bane and would instantly go on a rampage. Same if someone else got the sword. The shotgun just balances that out and it’s not a guaranteed kill either. - Just my personal opinion on that.- There needs to be more customization on the armor side of things. I’m not sure if this is only a thing in the beta or not but if it is then it needs fixed. One of the things I love about Halo are all the choices of customization. Helmet, shoulders, chest, legs, visor, etc. Bring that back!- The thrusters need to be more fluent. Instead of pressing a button to thrust it should be the analog stick. Although I will probably get a lot of flack for this it needs to feel as fluent as Advanced Warfare. It’s very awkward at the moment and if it was in the analog stick then the Halo 4 controls would be perfect. Except I want my melee to be bound to the “B” button.Those are all the issues I ran into during my time on the beta as of now. Did I miss anything? If so, let me know with a comment! (I’m also posting this on /r/Halo)
