Maybe I’m in the minority, but my favorite lobby screen was from Halo 4 because the cards quickly showed the different customizations of all the players. You didn’t have to go any layer deeper in the UI to just glance through the looks of your allies and enemies.
Now as it stands, the only lobby is the fireteam with your friends, so you’re looking at the same people multiple times there.
Then you have the gameplay obviously where you see the colors and looks of everyone while meeting them on the battlefield, but that’s always been that way besides the coloration they allowed with the highlight system, so that doesn’t count.
What does count is the victory screen, and you’ll only see the stances and look of your enemy clearly displayed if they win, otherwise you just see your team again.
Then you’re kicked back into the lobby with your fireteam. I believe this separation of players from each other, where they’re essentially isolated only to their own fireteam lobbies detracts from the socialization and community.
Remember as you sat in the loading lobby and players popped in and you could BS with each other, even the enemies, for a few minutes? Also, as the topic says, glance through them and check out their styles? Yeah, I miss that.
- Halo 2
- Halo 3
- Reach
- Halo 4
- Halo 5
- Halo Infinite
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