I won’t argue the subject of a custom Game Browser. Just know that Reach is my favorite, 'nuff said.
I love me some customs, but Halo 5’s rather limited selection and pre-finished state leaves a lot of want in my heart. For that reason, I bring to you an offering of custom game mode ideas that you and friends can play RIGHT NOW with the current customs, and ask only for you to leave your ideas so that they might be added to the list(with credit to you, of course).
tl;dr: Custom Games List, add your own.
- Crab Battle - Free for All or Team Battle, Slayer Variant. Everyone has swords and nothing else, and the movement controls are set to 10% forward speed and 120% strafe speed, with good ol’ radar and smart link radar. Spartan abilities are optional, I think it’s more fun with them. You have to kill your fellow crabs, and crab walking(crouching) is your only hope. For more destruction, give everyone six “concussion” grenades(set grenades to 10% damage and 400% knockback). Be sure to turn off map weapons and grenades. Try this as a Capture the flag or SWAT variant as well, but give people mags for Swat. - World Of Tanks - The opposite of Crab Battle, set forward and max speed a little higher than default, and strafe speed to 10%. Give everyone higher damage resistance with no healing or shields, and 10% jump height with high gravity. Lastly, set weapons to rocket launcher and SAW, and depending on preference, give everyone a single life for a truly tanky feel. Other options include no radar, grenades, and playing on breakout for the objective/limited lives. - Halo 1 - Everyone loves Halo 1, and now you can play it in Halo 5! Can be played with any game variant, it’s all about the weapon and movement settings. Lower all movements to 80%, so 80% strafe, forward, max, etc. Same with jump height, but also slightly lower jump gravity, and turn off ALL Spartan abilities, including sprint. Lower shield strength to sixty percent and equip everyone with magnums, and four grenade maximums. Don’t forget to lower grenade damage to between 60% and 80% and increase knockback to around 150%. Keep map setting such as weapons and grenades, or remove them to your preference. Its all your choice. - Halo 2 Zombies - This game mode requires Honor, so don’t play it with people you don’t know. Its free for all, Spartan abilities and shields turned off, no grenades, everyone has a magnum and a sword. Here is how it works; you pick one person to start off as the zombie, everyone else is a survivor. Zombie is only allowed the sword, Survivor only the pistol. All the survivors have to communicate, because they are all red on each other’s radar (Free for All after all), and the zombie wants to end them. If a survivor falls to the zombie, suicide, or a fellow survivor, he must ‘switch sides’ to be a zombie, and only use the sword. This is where the honor comes in, and it has to be free for all because Halo 5 doesn’t support team switching in customs. The game comes to a close when A) Everyone is a Zombie or B) the time runs out/score limit is reached. I’d suggest setting the time limit at 6 minites, plus 30 seconds for every player over six players(4 players is six minutes, 8 is seven, so on).Be sure to post ideas, variants, and reviews! HAVE AN AWESOME DAY!