has this beta influenced you? Warmed you to the new direction of halo or are you parting this beloved game?
what do you think about the game basically likes and dislikes. Some constructive criticism for 343i (if they do take the time to read)
for now I’m not sold on this game. The halo 3 beta had more awesome then this game. My main concern is 343i building maps to over cater for the use of gimmicks such as clamber and sprint. If halo pans to the movement and gimmick of other fps games like BF and CoD what is going to stop people losing interest in halo.
Sprint
sprint in cod is balanced due to low kill times so there is no chance of running away. Halo on the other hand does have a cat and mouse eliminate prevelent in the game due to higher kill times. Sprint in halo is not balanced and never will be until 343i realises that halo cannot incorporate sprint in the same way as BF and CoD. Sprint in halo needs to be a slight increase to base speed to allow the player to reach an area on the map faster, not an unlimited high increase in speed to scoot across the map. Let’s say a spartan can travel at 110% and jump to 115% while sprinting. I do want the ability to travel faster on old maps but I don’t want to have sprint as a means of getting around all the time.
Clamber
it is catered for way to heavily and this comes down to map design. Old halo maps have a few places where crouch jumping is beneficial. Clamber is just a new way to making these jumps easier and more regularly used. However the maps over indulge the use of this ability.
thrusters I like
ground pound is cheap and instead of it perhaps a new power weapon (the didact’s javelin) works in the same fashion but all you need to do is jump and aim radical. 1-2 charges will be ok.
Breakout is good, all maps in halo Ce, 2, 3 are better then the ones made for halo 5. Maps in halo five are to busy catering for gimmicks then focusing on the game play. They are huge due to sprint, you can clamber almost everything and there are hardly any interesting weapons to pick up or any areas that provide a stratigicly advantage. All and all the maps just don’t provide fun. People today are still talking about classic maps like blood gulch, Zanzibar etc how many halo 4 maps are memorable?
Halo 5 has potential but for now it just doesn’t have the replay value old halo has.