I’m going to say a lot that most of the people in these Forums would disagree with… If you are a hardcore Halo 2 fanboy, hater of Halo 4, or overly Competitive player/member of the Community, I’m warning you now… Don’t read this, and don’t comment. I really don’t want to hear it. You’ve made up your mind, and I’ve made up mine. I’m an avid Halo fan. Playing games, reading books, watching media, whether it’s TV, Animation, etc. That being said, I really, really like where Halo 5 is going.
STORY: I can’t talk to much about story, because honestly, we don’t know too much about it that isn’t speculation. Master Chief has gone AWOL, Locke is going after him, and the Arbiter has retuned. Other then that, we don’t know what Didact is up to, or even alive if you read comics. If Cortana will return, or any lead characters from Halo 4. With this premise, I think the story is shaping up to be interesting. As long as Locke doesn’t disappoint as a protagonist/antagonist, I’m sure I’ll love it like all the other game stories. My one suggestion, drop the “Guardians” subtitle. Halo 5 should just be Halo 5, none of the other main Halo games had subtitles except the first one, which actually makes sense. Just my opinion.
MULTIPLAYER: Here is where I’m sure I’ll lose a lot of “Halo Purists”, “Hardcore Fans”, and even most “Competitive Players”. I like the Multiplayer! It’s good, it’s FUN! People are so ready to sht all over anything that is Halo 4, or Halo 5. If the game is fun, and people enjoy it, don’t tell them they’re wrong, or stupid. They can have fun playing a good game, which is what Halo 5 is. The Master Chief Collection has H:CE, H2, and H3. If you really can’t stand anything that is not one of those games, don’t play it, and better yet, don’t talk sht on it. I’m happy to see you leave the Halo community. Anyways, I like how so far there are two versions of each map, I think that’s really cool. I love Breakout as a new mode, it’s fast, and exciting. It’s also fun to play with your friends as a team.
The Ranking System, to me, makes perfect sense, and it good. You gain a public rank, SR, and then can get rated, promoted and demoted in individual ranks, like Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, etc., etc,. I think that this is a good competitive ranking system. But of course, if it’s not H2 or H3 it’s crap so…
My suggestions. Make better looking armor, brighter menus for Customization, more armor options much like Halo Reach, or H4, and add more Intro/Win animations.
GAMEPLAY: Here it comes, the ultimate sin against humanity, I like Halo 5 gameplay! BOOM! It’s fun, it’s fast, it plays well! I don’t understand how everyone can want slow combat again! I loved Halo 3, it was a great multiplayer game, but I like Halo 4 more for mixing it up. Yep, I like Halo 4, another sin. Sprint? Oh my God! Stop complaining about Sprint! It’s fine, it makes the game better, IT DOES! It’s too slow otherwise. The new Spartan Abilities are good too. Let me tell you something, people say with sprint, dodge, boosts, etc. that people can get away too easily. I call BS! Never once has someone gotten completely away from me, and I’ve never gotten away either. I, or I’m either chased down and killed etc.
The new moves like dodge, clamber, Smart Scope, they really don’t affect the game that much I don’t think. The game still plays great. People complain about Ground Pound too. They say they get killed before hitting the ground. I got something to say, it takes about 1 full second to complete a ground pound, but people think they need to float up there until you ground pound automatically. You don’t, just wait until the second reticule pops up, it’s like 1 second.
In the end, I guess I’m just tired of people talking bad about Halo 5, and even Halo 4, they’re good games. Halo 2 and Halo 3 had their problems, and in my opinion, Halo 2, the forum fan favorite, really isn’t that good/fun. It’s just not, sorry, again my opinion. So people say Halo is becoming more CoD like… If that’s the case, if it is copying too much from Call of Duty, and moving away from Halo 2. Then I’m happy, go for it! Halo needs to evolve to stay relevant, if you do not agree, you’ll have The Master Chief Collection… This is coming from a Halo game, book, media lover. It is my favorite game franchise, and I love every game, I’m just trying to make a better Halo community.
So, did I offend to may people, what do you guys think?