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It is advised to read this before answering the Poll:
From the H5 Beta it looks near the same graphics wise as H4 on MCC, with just everything looking a bit smoother in terms of UI and map design. I think that apart from the expected (more or less) Blur cutscenes you should be thinking: What will make H5 stand out from everything else this year? Lots of players? Battlefield? Multiplayer? Same loadouts Call of Duty AW without double jump. Campaign? Probably from my aforementioned answer it’ll look like BO3 with better cutscenes (but Treyarch are using Mocap so watch out).
Ok by now you should have realised Halo is probably doomed as it compares similarly to a lot of games this year, and with its (arguably since its fast paced) learning curve, which I know has put a lot of my friends off (you can fix this by having a beginners playlist like COD has). But what makes Halo stand out already from any other game ever (arguably not Far Cry…) ?
Forge and Custom Games. (Far Cry has a map editor)
This is the single mostly important thing Halo has under its belt at this point, you replicate peoples Halo 2 because people rave on about Halo 2 because of its nostalgia and CLASSIC gameplay, thats why H2a didn’t work for many people, it didn’t have the same feeling, therefore playing it now on MCC makes it feel old and outdated (H2 Classic). But what makes H2A and Halo 3 stand out on the MCC that keeps NEW players on there?
Forge and Custom Games!
This is because it always offers something new and fresh to the community, keeps people on the game and continually on whatever Halo game from 2A onwards offers them a fresh and exclusive experience they cant find anywhere else. So how can 343 stand out this year from any other game at this point? I think I have already answered your question, but why should you also be WORRIED?
Because 343, the -Yoink- they are, choose to heavily neglect this portion of the game and its respective community. How? Remember how after the massive area of success customs gained in Reach we had H4, HOORAY, but wait… despite having good, balanced multiplayer - it lacked a File Browser to share innovative ideas and maps with the community, it chose to single handedly -Yoink- slap everyone in the customs community and risk having anything innovative to separate it from the big beast Black Ops 2. And this is what made Halo 4 lose the majority of it customs community in just a few months. I left along with all my friends, I didn’t even know Halo 4 had a file browser added 3 MONTHS later when MCC came out. And lets talk about MCC.
So this is an absolute DISGRACE, not only did the multiplayer not work and the UI was glitchy at launch, BUT THERE WAS NO FILE BROWSER to keep people playing custom maps and holding out until the main portion of the multiplayer is fixed. THERE STILL IS NO FILE BROWSER. Customs is on its last legs in the MCC. Halo 3, which came out SEVEN YEARS AGO had a File Browser AT LAUCH. Reach? A FILE BROWER AT LAUNCH. They neglected Halo 4 and now MCC. The arguably most innovative thing about Halo, Fat Kid, Jenga, -Yoinking!- Parkour maps, barely exist at all under 343’s rule. It is probably best to note at this point it is very unlikely there will be a File Browser in Halo MCC and Halo 5 as 343 on Twitter, on the forums and on emails choose to ignore anyone who tweets them about it, so if they ignore us I ignore Halo, if there is no File Browser AT LAUNCH in Halo 5 I see no reason to buy the game as it is already too much like COD (besides the point). If 343 was to make a massive Uturn in this area and see how much they are rotting the game, here are 2 simple things they could ADD and ADVERTISE that I believe would make PS4 players want Halo 5 (And BO3 is rumored to have the abilities to create and share maps so they need to add this):
File Browser
Customs Game Browser (So new PS4 to Xbox One players can find and play customs easily along with the rest of us)
PS. They ignored me so much I ended tweeting them every day about it and now Josh Holmes has blocked my Account, TimeToDan from his twitter so thats my point about that they are probably not going to add it. The whole reason they didn’t add it first in H4 is because I think COD didn’t have it so they didn’t think of it as a necessity, and you though they would lear from H4, NOPE.
PSS. I want dual wielding and power ups back, I loved the hell out of dual wielding and camo, and Halo invented dual wielding and COD has it today so they need to.