So the Halo 5 Beta is finally here and it is great, since I have only played a few matches here are my first impressions and feedback:
Pros:
The mechanics feel good, the sprint in addition with the thruster pack and the wall climbs give the game more movility, it feels good and the game is pretty fluent the lack of shield regen when you sprint makes the game more dinamic however the hability to use thruster pack and have your shield regen gives the player another way of moving around safely, both mechanics are pretty good.
At first I wasn’t really sure about the callouts but they work great, since I’m playing the beta in spanish there is no dudebro chat and it really gives the game more immersion and a idea of what is happening, who has the power weapons and other stuff, great idea
The smart scope is great, the button maping for it is just awesome, now the AR starts feel more competitive and you stand a chance with a opponent with a DMR or a BR
The wall climb makes great approaches to skirimishes around the map, insted of lowering the skill gap of the skill jumps, it gives them another prespective.
Overall Halo 5 seems fresh, fast paced and fun to play, but with the scence of Halo, looking forward to another game modes
Things to improve:
The melee is the thing that needs more tweaking in my point of view, sometimes the melee magnet is too strong and makes the CQC feel wierd, is a beta after all
The kill cam music gets boring really quick, maybe adding more that one tune, or the abillity to dissable it?
The chatter should be customizable, maybe some dudebro, some MLG, some campaing related, some serious one…
I’d love to see a button maping same as deffault, but with thruster melee buttons swaped
A weapon indicator for map spawns H2A like, a little something that shows you where the regular (BR DMR SMG) weapon spawns
A little icon for the “Press X to pick up” weapon instead of the weapon’s name on it would be appreciated
Same as the chatter, the match ending animation should be customizable so everyone cand enjoy it.
I’ll continue to edit my post the longer I play, feel free to discuss anything and post your impressions, see you on the battefield spartans