H5 Gameplay Video Breakdown

Games Halo 5: Guardians
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As some other posts have mentioned, Greenskull over at ReadyUpLive.com uploaded some brand new footage of Halo 5 Arena game play, stretching across 4 maps and 3 game types. I’m going to break down some of the new or updated features from these clips.

Kill Feed -
The kill feed has drastically improved since the beta, which was monochromatic and provided no info of the kill. The new features of the kill feed include the following:

  • Red text and weapon for an enemy who has gotten a kill.
  • Light green text and weapon for a teammate’s kill.
  • Dark shading behind text of your own kills and assists.
  • Shows the weapon used in the kill.
  • Shows a small target next to the weapon when the kill was also a head shot.
  • Skull and crossbones to designate a suicide and possibly death by the guardians.
    (Note - the shaded in kill in the picture is an assist, not the player’s kill)

Scoreboard -
The in game scoreboard hasn’t changed much but we do finally see emblems for the first time, will cover that in a following segment.

Medals -
First off I would like to start by saying that the medals in the beta were most likely not intended as the final iteration, many of the medal images were the same for different meritorious actions, and there seem to be many more medals than what was seen in the beta. There also seems to be more announcements for medals, such as one for Kill From the Grave, this might also mean that they might have altered the tone of the announcements of the other medals (ASSUMPTION).

Breakout -
The default breakout game type now includes a neutral flag that is an alternative to killing all opponents to win the round. To score a point with the flag, you have to bring it to the enemy base, meaning its not a simple snatch and grab. It may as well be neutral bomb, but I think the flag is more visible and more fitting of that type of game play. One other thing to note is that at the start of a round, there seems to be two players up front and two in the back, this is probably to keep teammates from incessantly running into each other and getting in each other’s way. Other than this it looks like it plays exactly the same as before.We also get a look at the game mode and multiple new maps, just go to Omeggos’ H5 Video directory to watch them (link at the end of this post)

Weapons -
As TranzTeK pointed out, it seems that there has been a few changes to recoil, accuracy, and damage of a few weapons.

  • Pistol has very little recoil.
  • Sniper has very little recoil.
  • SMG either does less damage or does not benefit from the head shot multiplier anymore.

All of the following customization options are supported by the following video. LINK

Colors - 32 Unqiue Color’s to customize your armor and emblem.
Visors - 53 Unique Visors
Helmets - 175 Unique Helmets [Link thanks to TheSpiritForce]
Armors - 175 Unique Armors (Probably coincide with the the helmet variants)
Stances - 14 Unique Stances
Assassinations - 17 Unique Assassinations
Weapon Skins - 28 Unique Weapon Skins (Primary Weapons)
Emblems - 218 Unique Emblems
EDIT: Apparently the emblems are preset, you can change their color scheme, but there are not multiple layers anymore. The background behind the players’ name is also determined by the emblem you have on. I’m kind of sad that I wont be able to rock my MkVI helmet with swords and flames emblem anymore, but I saw an ODST emblem that you can bet I’ll be going for. The emblems colors can be changed on three levels, Primary, Secondary, and Background.

The start button menu is very different from what we saw in the beta, I dont exactly remember what the beta menu looked like, but it definitely was not what was shown in that video. I think the layout looks good and is very easy to navigate.

Everything else outside of this looks pretty similar to the beta… Oh yeah, might want to throw this out there and see what kind of response this gets. LINK
I’m not really sure what that 4 stands for, but its definitely not CSR. That number was only on the one person in a custom lobby of 8 people, so it could be SR, but that wouldn’t explain why everyone doesn’t also have a number (even if its just a 1).
Thanks to TranzTeK for confirming that the number was not a Competitive Skill Rank (CSR)

If you’re looking for more game play, the best place to go is Omeggos’ Halo 5 Gameplay Directory

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CSR isn’t shown in the match, it’s shown before and after the match though, so it is visible.

You’ll see it in one of RUL’s vids.

Also the weapons are changed quite a bit from the beta.

No pistol recoil, recoil on the Sniper is lowered, SMG has bloom and is nerfed a bit as well I noticed.

Also I’m assuming the 4 is your Spartan Rank / SR.

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> CSR isn’t shown in the match, it’s shown before and after the match though, so it is visible.
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> You’ll see it in one of RUL’s vids.
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> Also the weapons are changed quite a bit from the beta.
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> No pistol recoil, recoil on the Sniper is lowered, SMG has bloom and is nerfed a bit as well I noticed.
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> Also I’m assuming the 4 is your Spartan Rank / SR.

I believe the videos your talking about are from the beta, a decent amount has changed since then but you may be right.
Ill put those weapon changes in the post as well, didnt think to mention that.
And that is possible, but where i took that screenshot from had only one person with that number designation, so you would think everyone would have at least a 1 if it was the SR. I don’t know though, it most likely is just the SR but cant be completely sure.

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> > 2535444867361780;2:
> > CSR isn’t shown in the match, it’s shown before and after the match though, so it is visible.
> > You’ll see it in one of RUL’s vids.
> > Also the weapons are changed quite a bit from the beta.
> > No pistol recoil, recoil on the Sniper is lowered, SMG has bloom and is nerfed a bit as well I noticed.
> > Also I’m assuming the 4 is your Spartan Rank / SR.
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> I believe the videos your talking about are from the beta, a decent amount has changed since then but you may be right.
> Ill put those weapon changes in the post as well, didnt think to mention that.
> And that is possible, but where i took that screenshot from had only one person with that number designation, so you would think everyone would have at least a 1 if it was the SR. I don’t know though, it most likely is just the SR but cant be completely sure.

They’re not from the beta, I saw that from the videos he uploaded today. I believe it was the first breakout video. I’ll look and link it.

Found it, go to 8:05, I set it so it goes to that point.
As for the SR, I suppose that’s true… but it might be one of those things that only shows up for you. Mind you they only showed Custom Games menus, it may be different in the actual Arena, but obviously that’s not 100% certain. :slight_smile:

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> > > 2535444867361780;2:
> > > CSR isn’t shown in the match, it’s shown before and after the match though, so it is visible.
> > > You’ll see it in one of RUL’s vids.
> > > Also the weapons are changed quite a bit from the beta.
> > > No pistol recoil, recoil on the Sniper is lowered, SMG has bloom and is nerfed a bit as well I noticed.
> > > Also I’m assuming the 4 is your Spartan Rank / SR.
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> > I believe the videos your talking about are from the beta, a decent amount has changed since then but you may be right.
> > Ill put those weapon changes in the post as well, didnt think to mention that.
> > And that is possible, but where i took that screenshot from had only one person with that number designation, so you would think everyone would have at least a 1 if it was the SR. I don’t know though, it most likely is just the SR but cant be completely sure.
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> They’re not from the beta, I saw that from the videos he uploaded today. I believe it was the first breakout video. I’ll look and link it.
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> Found it, go to 8:05, I set it so it goes to that point.
> As for the SR, I suppose that’s true… but it might be one of those things that only shows up for you. Mind you they only showed Custom Games menus, it may be different in the actual Arena, but obviously that’s not 100% certain. :slight_smile:

Yeah I wen’t and looked and edited the post, thanks for letting me know about that. Still wondering what the most likely option is for that number, I want to say you’re right, but I think it would show on everybody… Maybe we can get confirmation or we will just have to wait until the game comes out to find it out.

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I really hate the new kill feed + the shield recharge metre it’s just to yellow

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> I really hate the new kill feed + the shield recharge metre it’s just to yellow

I think the new kill feed looks fantastic. Its much easier to understand and I personally think the look of it is a lot more clean than it was in the beta. I don’t think the yellow meter is bad, it’s actually a lot more noticeable than it was in the beta.

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Very interesting - thank’s for your work OP!

The Beta already had a suprising good weapon balance - with these tweaks the weapon sandbox should be incredible.

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> Very interesting - thank’s for your work OP!
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> The Beta already had a suprising good weapon balance - with these tweaks the weapon sandbox should be incredible.

Thank you! Just want to get all this info out there considering almost all of the threads and videos aren’t about breaking down the vids.
I agree with that, the headshot bonus for automatic weapons was a little OP, but I definitely feel that it is much better now!

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The news about emblems is kinda sad, but maybe there will be enough variety from the set ones they have now. I watched all 4 of his new arena videos last night when he posted them, and I have to say that it looks like the gameplay is much better than it even was in the beta. The flag in Breakout is interesting as well.

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> The news about emblems is kinda sad, but maybe there will be enough variety from the set ones they have now. I watched all 4 of his new arena videos last night when he posted them, and I have to say that it looks like the gameplay is much better than it even was in the beta. The flag in Breakout is interesting as well.

Yeah I feel the same way about the emblems, I have had the same one since Halo 3, so about 6-7 years… Maybe I can convince them to make my emblem exclusive to me :wink: hahaha

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Speaking of weapons, I don’t remember how it was in the beta but the DMR now has ZERO bloom. Also, like we’ve seen since E3, the DMRs scope is now a full-screen affair more akin to past games, rather than the obstructed view from behind the scope.

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I realized in his recent videos that I prefer Jeff’s beta voice to his current one. It just sounds so bland and unexciting now, like a golf announcer and not a proper badass.

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> I realized in his recent videos that I prefer Jeff’s beta voice to his current one. It just sounds so bland and unexciting now, like a golf announcer and not a proper badass.

I prefer the subtlety.

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Very nice :smiley:

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Here’s an image of the helmets to link in.

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> > I realized in his recent videos that I prefer Jeff’s beta voice to his current one. It just sounds so bland and unexciting now, like a golf announcer and not a proper badass.
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> I prefer the subtlety.

To each their own, I suppose.

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> I realized in his recent videos that I prefer Jeff’s beta voice to his current one. It just sounds so bland and unexciting now, like a golf announcer and not a proper badass.

I think that the beta version was a little too playful, while the current versions sound more serious, more like Halo’s tone conveys.

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> Here’s an image of the helmets to link in.

Thanks for that link, will definitely throw that in there!

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> > I realized in his recent videos that I prefer Jeff’s beta voice to his current one. It just sounds so bland and unexciting now, like a golf announcer and not a proper badass.
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> I think that the beta version was a little too playful, while the current versions sound more serious, more like Halo’s tone conveys.
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> > Here’s an image of the helmets to link in.
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> Thanks for that link, will definitely throw that in there!

Sure, the beta voice was flamboyant, but it had that gravelly tone that it has always had. The new one doesn’t, it just sounds like a normal announcer.

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I am really sad that they have used a skull and crossbones when you are killed by the Guardians. It should be a mini image of a little guardian.