So here is my list of things I would like to see changed/improved in the full game to make Halo 5 the best possible game it can be. The point of this beta after all was to get as much feedback as possible to make Halo 5 the best possible game it can be. The list I will post here may seem like I have a lot of complaints but I don’t. I really like the game but I just want to touch on every single thing I think that could improved. I can’t wait for the final game at the end of this year!
Feedback:
- Reduce the amount of medals (remove any medal that isn’t anything special or important, for example remove the kill medal, perfect kill medal and medals that say that you killed someone with a power weapon (sword kill, sniper kill)).- Reduce the amount of Spartan Chatter. I like the idea of Spartan Chatter but things like “Nice Kill” and “Thanks for the assist” are making the game feel less serious.- Reduce the amount of power weapon callouts, we don’t need to hear everything twice- Reduce the amount of medals the announcer says, make him only say important or special medals like Double Kill, Triple Kill, Overkill.- At the beginning of the match the announcer should just say Team Slayer instead of “Control the power weapons to dominate the enemy team”.- Remove the hitmarker pings- Change the sound you hear when you shields are down to something less loud and with a lower frequency.- Aiming with Smartscope should be just as fast as classic zooming, I really don’t like the delay especially on the sniper rifle.- Remove Killcams, it does not fit Halo and I takes away the opportunity to help your teammates.- Remove the respawn music, it is annoying.- Change the Default controllerscheme to something similar to Halo 4’s controller scheme. Currently I’m using Halo 4’s controller scheme and it feels much better and a lot more like Halo than the Default one. The default controller scheme doesn’t feel right.- I would like to see brightness, lightning and darkness changes to the graphics. Certain areas and objects just look too bright or too dark making the game look less beautiful. Something I liked about Halo:Reach’s graphics was the fact that there weren’t many bright or shiny objects making the game art look a lot better.- The color Blue on Spartans does not stand out enough, it is hard to spot them on Eden. Please use less blue on your maps 343.- Don’t add too many remix maps to the game. Personally Regret and Eden feel like less good designed versions of Empire and Truth. I would rather see a bit less maps and more variety in them than having multiple variants of the same map. Each map should feel unique and different.- Remove the power weapon indicators, we now have a hologram showing us what weapon will spawn which is enough to indicate it. I don’t like having a green triangle on my screen when a power weapon is about to spawn.- Add the Halo 2 Anniversary power weapon indicator back on dropped power weapons.- Bring back the option to set matchmaking preferences like in Halo:Reach.- Remove Flinch while shot.- Increase the base movementspeed by 10%.- The matchmaking userinterface should be more similar to Halo:Reach’s matchmaking UI. It was perfect.- Add more Armor Customization options (Arms, Legs, Armor attachments from Reach).- Give us the option to see our last game stats.- Give us the option to see the amount of medals we earned.- Reduce the size and the brightness of the Prophet’s Bane and Energy Sword.- Reduce the DMR Smartscope size- Bring back the black undersuits on Spartans- Remove the wind screens at the highest sprint ( I understand why it’s there but it’s not needed and it’s distracting.- Reduce the accuracy improvements of Smartscope on automatic rifles or remove it- Bring back Custom Emblems- I know we haven’t used the Rocket Launcher yet but I’m sad to see the classic design has been completely removed and changed in a green tube looking too similar to real life launchers.- Make the armor look more like metal instead of plastic, tone down the color a bit.What do you guys think? If you agree make sure to like this post and post your feedback below! Sharing this with 343 is what we want!
Side note:
Personally I would like to the classic zooming return with classic weapondesigns. I’m not very happy to see classic weapondesigns change completely to make them fit smartscope. The Rocket Launcher is one of them. What will happen to the Covenant Carbine or the Plasma Pistol? What about the Shotgun, will Smartscope improve the bullet spread of it? I hope it doesn’t. I understand why 343 added Smartscope but on the other hand it doesn’t feel like it fits the classic designs of the weapons we all know and love. Changing the Rocket Launcher to a green tube is something I dislike a lot, but we will see how it turns out.
EDIT:
- Make the armor look more like metal instead of plastic, tone down the color a bit.
