Overall this is the best Halo experience I have had since the Halo 3 era.
GAMEPLAY:
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The overall play experience was very easy going, immersive and felt polished even if it is a tech preview. - Sprint feels like you have good pace, but its not overwhelming. The slide is a perfect balancing aspect. It suits the current map sizes well. - Maps are very well made and immersive (chickens approved). - The Battle Rifle and Sidekick feel incredible, perfect burst/kill time. - Combat in general feels great and the sound/visual feedback from sighting > hitting a target > killing the target is well done.Cons:
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Crouching is almost useless currently. Why would I crouch when I can just default walk/run and not be picked up by the radar. This needs to be changed or heightened to all movement excluding crouching needs to be picked up by radar. (Perhaps an alternative if you’re in active camo default walk/run is not picked up.) - There needs to be more prompts for when you’re taking damage. i.e further sound prompts. At times when you’re being shot in the back, there is little to no sound/visual feedback of this. And then all of a sudden you’re at 1 shot. - Random selective weapon rack spawns is frustrating… Playing a map without a BR feels dull. Be good if it was guaranteed but just random racks each match. - At times it is difficult to identify who is an enemy. - Unsure if it was just the bot mechanics, but grenades superseded any other weapon they used, in terms of kills.UI:
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Polished and smooth operation. - Amazing settings options, great for PC players.Cons:
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Once you finish a matchmaking session, the breakdown of match statistics is troublesome to operate. It should be a 1 click option where you can get a basic breakdown of everyone’s match activity. Kills, Assists, Deaths, Damage, Match points. Rather than having to cycle though 4 players independently.
Battle Pass / Leveling:
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System worked fine, no major issues. - Rewards were polished.Cons:
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What is the point of item rarity if everybody can easily unlock it. - Confusing layout and side menus. - We need more daily challenges, once you complete these and can no longer gain experience, it feels less rewarding when you play. - I think the ability to purchase a battle pass level up is a bit lame. Challenge swaps and xp boosts are fine. - Would be great if we had a consistent 1-50 skill system again, getting reset each season sucks.Bugs:
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Gameplay sound is now and then muffled and all you can hear is your Spartan talking and other users Spartans talking. - Random crashes in menus that require a computer restart. - When you have 0 ammo loaded and you restock at a weapon rack or the ground, you cannot shoot unless you switch weapons. - A lot of people complaining about performance but mine was great with a 2060 / i7-9700K.Cheers 343 I think this will be the best iteration of Halo since Bungie vacated.