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Here’s the deal guys. Custom games are INSANE. You could do just about anything you want in them. The big problem in the Halo 5 Community right now is that we can download tons of cool community created maps and game modes BUT can’t really enjoy them with our friends like we use to. And why would that be? Well there isn’t anymore splitscreen so there’s already 3 other potential players out of the question. And then to organize a bunch of your friends to log on (I’m talking 2 full teams) and play is just a mess and doesn’t really work out a lot of the time. You often just can’t get enough people to play with you.
Matchmaking is great and loved. But we should have an option to choose from a list of custom games just as you would in Halo CE for PC. Or most online games for that matter.
If you were a Halo Custom Edition player like I was you would know the joy of searching online for other rooms with the same custom map as you had and being able to play with them. The custom settings, weapons, health and shields are all so great in Halo 5’s custom game options, and put together with their forge makes it so you can almost forget that you’re playing Halo 5.
Matchmaking is great for competitive people and we do have the social playlists with user created maps but adding a server list into Halo 5 or Halo 6 would be phenomenal for the casual player looking for crazy big game modes. I don’t think there would be any complaints anymore, Halo 5’s Custom Game Options are so in depth you can change them to make the game play just like Halo 2 (Disable Smart Link, Sprint, Change Health Amount, Change Shield Recharge Rate, Change movement Speed, Change Jump Height and so much more) and then we’ve got an enormous amount of weapons to choose from to put in the custom maps (Halo 2 BR, Brute Plasma Rifle, SMG, etc). Being able to play like this with random players like we use to would be amazing. Halo CE is a 15 year old game but I logged on the other day and there were still A LOT of servers running and SO MANY custom maps. The Halomaps website is still active! Still being updated with new maps! Though having slowed down from last year just think about the future Halo 6 would have with this feature.
Thanks for taking the time to read and Vote in the poll and Comment below what you think. Yes, no, problems, advantages, who (what kind of player) this would be good for, who it would be bad for, etc. This is a feature we need to make sure Halo never dies.
I can think of one point to make: If you wanna play Halo 2 so bad why not just play MCC.
My answer: There is still so much to fix about that game, it’s pathetic they haven’t already. I don’t wanna go back to playing it.