Coming from a religious Halo 2 and Halo 3 player. Halo 5 is the most fun I have had playing halo in a long time.
Thinks I really like:
Very competitive. Fast paced. A ton of choices for each player to consider during a firefight without any being overpowered. Nades are absolutely perfect radius and damage and bounce nicely like halo 2. Don’t modify the nades. I really like the buff to the AR as well which makes it a viable weapon in mid to close range against a BR or DMR. Makes for more interesting gameplay. The maps and the remixed maps are really good for 4v4. Not too big, not too small. Verticle jumping and climbing awesome. I am having fun with all of the spartan abilities, especially the thruster pack. Makes for some really fun plays. Weapons and aiming feels solid.
Just got done playing about an 8 hour session with a friend of mine that we used to play halo 2 religiously. Even though we were stuck on basically 2 maps, didn’t matter, had a ton of fun.
The few things that would be nice to be fixed:
Kill Cams - seem laggy/glitchy… also should be timed to let you see a little more of the firefight while you wait for respawn
Ranking system — its not horrible, but I kind of prefer the numbers… or at least something that made you feel like you were progressing a bit faster. Took me like 20 straight wins to move up one logo. I don’t mind the symbols actually, there just needs to be more of them … More fun to have more ranks to move up and get the feeling of some progression if you are consistently winning.
Chat in lobby — can’t chat with other players who join your halo 5 party/lobby until you actually connect to a server. Both before and in between games. Shouldn’t chat run though a separate server?
Seriously well done. Disagree with anyone who says this is like COD. It plays completely differently then COD. Plays like a modernized halo. Teamfiring/nading, callouts, power weapons, and map control are all incredibly important to winning games. Please don’t change much about this game, what I have been waiting for since Halo 2.
I’m gonna have to agree with this. I can’t speak for the team aspect because I’ve yet to get a party together. I have noticed a couple times that it has brought up the last still image from my previous game when it starts a new game. It’s just a flash but I’m sure it’s a bug none the less.
Chat seems to be broken all around. Even in a game lobby, it starts cutting out when you start the game. It’s to the point now that me and my team just use Skype on our phones and just wear the phone earbuds under our gaming headsets.
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> Astro A50s can be hooked up to the phone to chat and hear game audio far more comfortable. I dislike nades to much nade spamming like halo 2.
Good to know! I’m still using old TB X41s. Do A50s have an actual Xbox one connector or do they require the adapter as well?
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> > Astro A50s can be hooked up to the phone to chat and hear game audio far more comfortable. I dislike nades to much nade spamming like halo 2.
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> Good to know! I’m still using old TB X41s. Do A50s have an actual Xbox one connector or do they require the adapter as well?
Went ahead and upgraded to Halo edition A50s today, because fanboy. Thanks for the feedback
I agree with this post. And this comes from someone who’s torn about some of the new abilities. It’s just a fun game.
And I agree there needs to be something done with the ranking emblems. Each tier of each division should have different emblem, and they should get progressively more awesome as you go higher–something noticeable. I feel this would make the grind worth it, because, like you said, it is a grind to move up. I don’t think they’d scrap the whole system and go back to numbers, though.
Remember folks: they have to actually release a great game with a good launch to redeem themselves. We won’t know if they’ve done that until a year from now.
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> Remember folks: they have to actually release a great game with a good launch to redeem themselves. We won’t know if they’ve done that until a year from now.
Agreed. I just like the direction they are going right now with the Arena-based multiplayer and catering to the competitive halo 2/halo 3 community that felt reach and halo 4 was out of place.
Matchmaking still has a few glitches but Halo 5 beta is eons better than the Halo MCC was for the first month of GA.
In terms of ranking to clarify… I am very much a fan of two ranking systems (Competitive Rank - how good you are … and Spartan Rank - how experienced you are… ie how much you have played). Would be nice for both ranks to show somehow in the lobbies. The Competitive Skills just need more symbols and levels… and perhaps a bit more mobility between ranks.
The initial placement seems to greatly affect how fast you can progress as well. So perhaps increase the points you get from wins/losses and decrease importance of initial placement a bit.
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> Remember folks: they have to actually release a great game with a good launch to redeem themselves. We won’t know if they’ve done that until a year from now.
Fixing MCC will play a huge role in 343i ever redeeming themselves.