I am the classic halo fan, played ce, 2 ,3,reach, and 4. My favorite was either 2 or 3. I realize they don’t have sprint or armor abilities. Until this morning, I was unwilling to change, unwilling to say they belong, however, my second favorite game is titanfall, where you can sprint, double jump, and wall run. I don’t like that the sprint or armor abilities are, I want to make that clear. However, I am going into this h5 beta with an open mindset, I am acting like this is not a halo game, let me explain. Any halo game that is different than 2 and 3 has always frustrated me because of skill gap and maps that are not built for sprint. I have been watching a ton of halo 5 and I think halo 5 has maps that are built for sprint.
Now, when I play it later today, I’m not going to be thinking of this and comparing it to halo 2 or 3. I am going to ask myself, is this fun, could imsee myself playing this for 2 years. I am going to try and judge it as a multiplayer game, not a halo game. The fun halo games were fun because they were competitive , they had a skill gap, and the more you played, the better you were.
IMO, they HAVE to take away party chat in ranked games. I am a level 16(ranked reset a million times) in halo MCC h2a and I have yet to talk to a teammate in matchmaking. Only to find out, the other three teammates of mine were in a party lol yes, always add a mute button for 10’year olds screaming but if not, work together. I think that is one thing that can drastically improve the game