With failures and problems of halo 4, mcc, and 5 343 is on very VERY thin ice with the halo community. Halo 6 will be there very last chance to keep the FPS halo alive (in terms of identity and population). Here’s a list of what I think is crucial for halo 6 to be the best halo we have ever had;
-All previous successful content avalible at launch. This is crucial. For many players the lack of content at launch for halo 5 was enough to make them quit halo for good. Highly important game modes like forge, btb, infection, griffball, and firefight were all a absent at launch with allot of other missing things we come to expect in a modern halo game (high levels of armour customisation, drivable UNSC air vehicle, emblem customisation etc). In short it doesn’t matter if the content comes free for later, not having important content like this at launch is enough to make long time halo fans quit and therefor damage the population. If you must include content in new updates then please let that content be for things we don’t expect at launch (crazy stuff like the hybrid warthog, new non forge made maps, completely new weapons).
-Playable elites. The fact there has been sooooooooo much uproar about this should be enough to bring them back. “What about balancing in arena” well 343 can simply use the halo reach method. Put playable elites in custom games and social playlists, better yet have a toggle feature in custom games if people don’t want them in their maps. Playable elites were allways fun to use and to stick out of the crowd, not having them in just annoys lots of fans.
-The removal of ADS. This is not about the removal of sprint or Spartan abilities but ADS is completely unnecessary in halo and it ruins the whole point of certain weapons by increasing their accuracy ( test it out in forge, the bullet spread is significantly reduced when aiming down sight). Removing ADS will take halo further back to its roots and make the none long distance weapons what they are meant to be.
-Clasic playlists. I can’t stress enough how important this is. This links in with ADS, but as anyone can see on waypoint and the internet that a huuuuuuuge amount of people don’t like the new halo game play (myself included) by having classic playlists this problem is solved, they will no longer be forced to only play one style of halo on multiplayer and will have the choice to play what they want online. certain classic maps should also be brought back specifically for this game mode (NON FORGE MADE).
-Bring back Splitscreen. Do I even have to explain on this one?
-A better story. Halo 5 was filled with inconsistencys, plot holes, and overall was a let down. I can’t provide much else on this front because I’m not a writer but even a toddler can see halo 5’s story was terrible. Halo 6 NEEDS to step up its game in this department.
-Invasion. Halo Reach invasion was one of the most popular game modes halo has ever had. Weather you like it or not warzone assault is not invasion. Invasion should be brought back the way it was in reach, no reqs (weapons and vehicles on map) and you need to steal the core , not destroy it.
-Return or at least make halo 6 look more like the original halo art style. Go on any halo wars 2 trailer and you will see nothing but people wanting the art style brought into halo 6. “But the technology is more advanced so it has to look differ” stop. No it doesn’t. Look at halo wars 1, a game that is 20 years befor 3 and reach, the tech is a hell of a lot less advanced but it still respects the art style of halo. Also you can use lore to back up your points how ever you like, it doesn’t change the fact that so much stuff changed without reason (Chiefs armour, the entire forward unto down, the covenants “sub species” who were never mentioned priori to the changing of the art style (the new sub species, not the skirmishers) etc). If 343 doesn’t change the art style they should at least pay more respect to the original through armour designs, environments and colour choices (everything is far too shiny and metallic now).
-Removal of the req system. There’s not much else’s to say about this because every possible argument against the req system gets ignore, but if 343 is not going to remove the req system from halo they should at least look at my next point.
-Remove armour and cosmetics from reqs. Armour should be earned not rewarded from a stupid rng system, for example, complete the campaign on legendary you win a new type of armour, get 500 shotgun kills earn this armour etc etc. You should look at someone’s armour and know they worked their -Yoink- off to get it , not getting lucky on a card pack.
-At the very least a reach level of armour customisation. Does this really need to be defended?
-Social playlists. Again, do I have to say why?
-File Share in game. This is cruicial. Of you want to maintain a strong social community you need them to be able to share content easly and quickly. The fact we haven’t got this in game is a disaster.
-Filebrowser in game. This was just fun if you wanted to pick up a good map quickly with little trouble.
-Theatre for EVERY mode. Not having it for campaign and forge makes it difficult form machinima makers to do their job, and it also ruins times when you want to record a clip you just saw in campaign or forge that was cool (record that is no were near as good or immersive).
-Firefight. Like it or not warzone firefight is not firefight. Firefight should be about survival, not kill x amount of enimies to fight boss y. Warzone firefight is fun but it is not firefight. They should bring back the reach firefight, where we can customise waves, Spartan traits, and create our own little game modes.
-A better UI . Halo 5’s UI is just terrible. Anyone can see that. Halo reach had the UI perfected. In seconds you could see who you were playing against in a match, what they looked like, how much armour they unlocked, how many challanges they completed and what their previous scores were on halo 3 and ODST. Halo 5 we can see their emblem. That’s it. Not even their name. Come on guys.
-full emblem customisation. If I need to explain this then you shouldn’t be here.
-return of blood. It’s a small thing but halo should allways have blood, removing it was so unnecessary I can’t even wrap my head around it.
-UNSC air vehicle at launch
-AI’s in forge. Rumours are that it will be in halo 6, but based on the amount of talk about wanting it in forge I think it should be here anyway.
if there are anymore things for halo 6 put them down below.