I’ve had this idea for a while now and I’ve only seen a few other people also come up with it on various other forums and youtube, so from my perspective it isn’t very popular, but it should be. The idea is to have a feature that works like a custom game server browser where people could start up a custom game lobby and have the option to set it to either public or private. If set to public, they could add a title to describe what they were playing. And then, like the battlefield series, players could scroll through and join public games.
The addition of a feature like this would dramatically increase the longevity of the game and would also cater to a greater audience. I have a friend who is not a huge fan of the competitive style that comes with halo matchmaking, but is always playing gta5 for the odd game types people come up with. If 343 added this, he would become a halo fan and more than likely buy the game for this one feature because the halo 5 forge mode has limitless possibilities and is used to create the most bizarre, most fun game modes. I remember back when halo 3 was popular, I would spend all night enjoying custom games with friends and I had thousands on record and with the implementation of this system, I could return to that.
It would also help creators to share their content with the community a lot easier than they do now. Because right now, you either have to know someones GT to save a variant, or you have to download from this website, which is kind of a hassle since it is not in-game. A player could then, after creating a map/game type, instantly just load it into a custom game and show it off. Halo has an insane forge mode and 343 needs to take advantage of it because there is no other game out there that has anything that compares, which would give it a step up. The number one complaint in the community for the past couple years for most of the AAA titles is a lack of content. And what i’m talking about now is essentially unlimited content which is far better than the “EA” model which throws the season pass in your face at every turn, and the best part is, 343 wouldn’t have to pay developers to create content because the community will do it for free, and they’ll have fun doing it.
Leave your thoughts/opinions in the comments and PLEASE spread this idea any way you can, because this would put halo at the top again and we can only hope that 343 sees this post or another like it and gives it a thought.