I feel Halo 5 is harder to play than 2 or 3, considering everyone has a lot more avoiding abilities, you’re not a sitting duck anymore. I still prefer Halo 3 over 2, 4, reach, mainly because of the reduced auto-aim and magnetism. But I still think Halo 5 is harder due to the speed of the game itself. Now you have to be a good shot to kill someone even with the magnetism they got going. I believe Halo 5 is qualified to be a good game. Sadly not as original as its predecessors, 1 2 and 3.
Before bashing 343 or any successor to the Halo franchise just remember that the original creators(Bungie) turned Halo on the direction its heading. If you played Destiny you would realize that Halo Reach(Multiplayer) and ODST(Campaign) were “Betas” to Destiny and if they kept to creating more Halo it would lead to this eventually. What I truly think is that I’m getting too old for FPS games since its reaching a stagnant point where all feel the same.
I’ll tell you chronologically my FPS evolution multiplayer-wise:
- Unreal Tournament -> Quake 3 -> Call of Duty 1/Halo/UT2004/Medal of Honor -> Halo 1/2 -> Halo 3 then came Halo Reach which to this day I still despise due to some additions like armor lock and the retcon they did on the book Fall of Reach.
If you look back and compare all those games at their birth the only thing in similar was the genre.
Call of duty used to be slow paced and is the game that changed the most through time.
Unreal tournament keep to its roots and as you can see now, there is no upcoming unreal games other than a hint on UT4.
Quake 3 stopped there because you couldn’t really add much that wouldn’t ruin its core mechanics, which was a plain in your face shooter, get weapons, strafe(avoid getting put down) and be a good shot, probably they realized re-skining the game wasn’t profitable and would get a lot of hate.
Some of us would like a re-skin of Halo 3, some already got a re-skin of Halo 2 with additions that the original creator of the MP didn’t add and was intending on adding back then. How long would that re-skin last? Considering that there are tons of FPS games in the market nowadays.
Another thing that makes games too alike now is the realistic art they got going not just the gameplay.
Tell me if you could go back in time and continue Halo from 3 without knowing the existence of Reach/4 and 5 now. What new stuff would you implement?
PS: I forgot to add, C&C Renegade the idea of the game was extraordinary felt like I was playing a unit on a RTS game. It was one of the most refreshing games I’ve played and it didn’t get the love it deserved. But it still had some Counter Strike “rip offs”, Money to trade in for weapons/vehicles.