SPOILERS!!!DON’T READ IF YOU DON’T WANT TO DISCUSS THE ENDING TO ANY HALO GAME!!!
I just finished Halo 5 legendary solo.
CAMPAIGN ENDING THEORY
THEORY 1
In the last mission of Halo 5 when fighting the last group of knights Cortana quotes some of what the Didact said at the end of Halo 4. Is it possible that Cortana is being influenced by the Didact? That’s what I was wondering. Maybe she isn’t responsible for everything that has happened in Halo 5 due to the Didact controlling her(she is an ai), but at times the real Cortana comes through with that being displayed by her compassion for John.
THEORY 2
She is being impulsive due to her rampancy.
THEORY 3
She is the real Cortana, and she really believes in what she is doing is the right course of action.
THEORY 4
I’m wrong. Please leave your thoughts. I’m curious and open minded.
EXTRA OPINIONS ( NOT RELATED TO THE POLL ABOVE!)
It’s interesting, but part of me wonders why. Does 343 dislike Chief and Cortana? No, that can’t be it. I think that’s me being ridiculous. But they did kill Cortana at the end of 4, brought her back in 5 to kill a bunch of people, and reduced Chief’s playtime to like a very few amount of missions in Halo 5 compared to Locke. It’s interesting that 343 are are delving deeper into the story aspect of the game, but I don’t know if I agree with their direction.
Also I like Locke. But there needs to be more Chief in the next Halo. Chief should be playable in more missions. I like having a fire team at all times, but there were two problems with that. Their ai when playing solo was good for the most part but does need improvement especially during boss fights. And having too many characters introduced at once didn’t allow for character development.
And boss fights. I never really thought of Halo as having boss fights. Yeah there were hunters or some high class elite, but not like they are in Halo 5. I mean the Knights have weak points kind of like a Zelda game. That’s not a bad thing. Zelda and Halo are my two favorite gaming franchises. I think it kind of shakes things up a little. Though I do think the Warden Eternal could be a bit too much at times.
Custcenes were incredible. A movie should be made like the cutscenes.
There were some frustrating checkpoints.
What was with the lack of ammo? I get there shouldn’t be unlimited ammo and that part of the fun is picking up different guns, but there were times where I completely ran out.
Halo should have a serious tone to it, but I do miss some of the humor between Chief and Cortana like was in CE.
If characters are going to come back then bring back 343.
Really like the the new Spartan abilities.
Overall it was very fun. It was well done. The set pieces were great. The maps were well designed in the campaign. It flowed well. There were some great places to get cover. It’s just I pick out every little detail that I can. I’ve been playing since CE on the original Xbox, and am putting some thought into this. It’s a little difficult to accept not having Chief and Cortana fighting side by side. I bought the Halo 5 Master Chief controller for this game, and he was barely playable. So while Halo 5 is a well built solid game, it isn’t perfect. The complaints I have are more with the direction and not game play.