If you’ve ever tried to use the Theater to record game clips from different angles, you probably noticed just how difficult it is to record things. Oftentimes, the Theater doesn’t render sound effects, shows incorrect cross-hairs, doesn’t display your gamertag, and worst of all, it replays the game footage and shows things that didn’t actually happen. Also, when you try to skip ahead or rewind, it will almost always skip you to a different player! Why!?! I want to watch what I’M doing, if I wanted to watch what other players were doing, I’d switch to them! These few things I listed interrupt my ability to record gameplay in tremendous ways.
I feel like this needs some serious attention. Since Halo 3 was released 8 years ago, Theater hasn’t been tweaked much at all. And this latest version in Halo 5 is so unreliable, I find it takes me WAY longer to find and record clips then it should.
I made a video to highlight all these points. Here is the URL: Halo 5's Theater is Awesome & Works Perfectly! - YouTube
What do you guys think about the state and history of Halo’s Theater? Should 343 put it as a priority to improve it? Or are there more important things for them to focus on?