This thanksgiving, let us take a moment or two to think of one way Halo 5 has made each of us feel thankful. That’s right, list one way Halo 5 has made you feel thankful.
For me, I am thankful that Halo 5’s Premium Warzone REQ Pack has finally made Monday’s worth looking forward to for me.
Honestly, the dedication and commitment of 343 Industries, and also them bringing back the traditional core Halo that we all love. Every time I hear someone complain about 343, I question them. Sure they aren’t perfect but people in my opinion always underate them. They are not only listening to our feedback more than Bungie, not only bringing back Competitive Esports, but also expanding this franchise in ways that weren’t really ever touched upon. I guess in conclusion, and please don’t start a debate about 343 with me, but I am thankful for Halo being in my life!
I am just thankful Halo is still around. Microsoft could have very well said eh screw it no more Halo. I am thankful for the changes H5 brought. Every Halo game brings changes so you have to adapt and learn new tactics and skills. It’s not the same repackaged and reskinned game. I am thankful for the Swords of Sanghelios, that mission was so great.
Honestly I’m not thankful. Atleast not completely. 343i worked hard on bringing us Halo, sure but even from the start a lot of content that should’ve be standard (forge, score attack, most MP modes, firefight/spartan ops, split-screen and file share) were absent. And teasing us with nearly half the maps being forge maps? That’s just cruel. The story was ‘meh’ and warzone is slowly turning into ‘whoever has the best cards wins’ which leaves me in a strange predicament.
Would’ve been cool to see Robo Didact come back for vengeance, or ONI being a sinister force to be reckoned with just like in the HtT vlogs. but nah, let’s make Cortana go berserk and become the looming space empress tyrant that was never implied or hinted at till now. The campaign levels themselves are fun. The story however is worse than even Halo 2 IMO. Also, huntthetruth? More like Chiefwaitupiwanttohelpyou. There was really no sense of hero or traitor. The moment cortana was confirmed alive was the moment Chief’s ,otives became clear. It was never hinted or implied that he was waking them. There was no real character evolution with Locke either, he just randomly decided he wanted to help, because reasons.And I expect quite a few rage replies after this, but I’m not saying 343i did a bad job. But this game is bringing me more frustration than enjoyment. Even opening req packs feels tedious now because I never seem to get the stuff I want (took me lv 53 to finally just a get a single DMR variation? Seriously?) …it also doesnt help that only warzone and warzone assault give you decent points for how long you play. Really wish BTB gave you more than team slayer does…because that makes sense, right?
I allowed myself to be blind to the faults of Halo 4, but not here. Not this time.