Hey guys. I’ve been working on this wishlist for a few weeks now and I think I’ve reached the point where I can’t think of anything that has a realistic chance of making it into Halo 5. I’m posting this wishlist so that you guys can talk about what you want to see in Halo 5 and because we need to start this early so that 343 can implement some of our suggestions before it’s too late in the dev cycle. So please support this thread to help make Halo 5 the best Halo game it can be. Here we go:
GENERAL
Platform: Next Xbox Title
Engine: Updated Halo 4 engine with DirectX 11 support (Tesslation,Realistic Water,etc.), native 1080p support and 60 Frames per Second.
File Share: Should be much Bigger
Menus: Should be similar to Halo Reach
Live-Streaming: Ability to live-stream any mode of the game to YouTube or Twitch. If Live-streaming a Multiplayer game, the viewers should automatically be put in the Spectator Mode-like view to make for a better viewing experience. If a camera is connected to the console, we should be able to have a little screen with our face on it (would be cool if it looked the same as when people like Palmer, Lasky, etc. appear on a Master Chief’s HUD in the Campaign).
SANDBOX
DMR: Shouldn’t return as it’s a mini-sniper and breaks movement in BTB
UNSC Air Vehicle: I think this should have one, preferably the Falcon
Promethean Vehicles: They’d be badass, especially if they formed the same way the weapons do.
Armor Abilities: No Promethean Vision, Jetpack in MM only
Active Camo: Becomes a power-up again
Vehicles: They should have health similar to previous games. The Troop Transport Warthog should return.
CAMPAIGN
Longer Campaign: It should last at least 12 hours.
More open areas: I think it should have more open areas like Halo CE instead of the linear levels in H4.
Return of the Arbiter
Boss Battles
More Skulls
No QTEs
More Backstory: Don’t assume we all read the books because most of us didn’t.
Better Teammate AI
More Promethean Classes
CO-OP
Spartan Ops: I think it should return as it is better than Firefight(IMO). Instead of having 5 missions a week, there should be a single mission that is as big as a normal Campaign level. This will make the missions more fun (less button pressing) and allow more mission variety.
Firefight: I think Firefight should return at the end of Spartan Ops as a Free DLC (go to the MP thread to see how that would work)
Net-Code: There needs to be a better net-code so that Halo will stop having a big co-op lag that makes co-op pretty much unplayable.
Thanks for reading. Please tell me what you think and don’t forget to post your own ideas.
Multiplayer Thread: https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2411945_Halo-5-Wishlist--Multiplayer.aspx
Forge/Theater Thread: https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2411917_Halo-5-Wishlist--Forge-and-Theater.aspx