So i have been playing Halo since November 2001 /2002 C’ant quite remember XD
And halo has grown up on me and with me in this matter !!
The game where always awesome and epic !!!
I love Halo 5 as a stand alone !!! its a great game and will keep playing it !!
But as a halo experiences well . . .
And i finally got myself an Xbox One jut to continue this franchise that i loved.
I stayed far from marketing and spoilers to have a fresh mind.
So here is my Pro and Con of this game.
The campaign is not so bad but. If you follow the halo story story or Book you clearly realize that it was rushed and not polishe enough.
Character’s and Certain cutscenes look like i was playing a EXPENDABLE movie. With al that over the top action and all.
the gameplay i like it aside the god pointless ground-pound i am not using it and so far its ok !
The runing felt fluid and the spartan charge felt natural !
But the problem for me is that Blue team was able to do the exact same thing as a spartan IV !!! It does not make any sense !
This time Cortana did not change Chief armor and blue team armor !!
They thought about giving the Artemis to The Spartan IV at least but for got the rest ?
The second problem is how they choose to implement the Characters !
Its simply Botch if you put it in a simple way.
People who read the book and know the expended lore will be happy to see them but not in every way. . .
The music !
The Halo music is iconic in the video game industry why changing it !!!
And why doing a remix of the 1st time you embark on a mantis in Halo 4 and put it in the mission where you ride a mantis to save the arbiter ?! its just weird !
The music in the main menu was cool !!! It was Halo related music !!
The music in the Elite home world where epic as all hell and verry good !!!
A good game usually define itself with the story telling and the music to back it up for the emotion. I dint felt any in this game aside disappointment. . .
I see a lot of potential and a lot of good idea but. . . They where badly implemented !
The fight of Chief Vs Locke was … to put it simply bad.
No coordination at all they felt like 2 robot with no training what so ever !
To slow and with almost no impact !!!
Now the visual !
They where incredibly good !!!
But the Human art style is well . . . Lacking ingenuity. Its toooo round-ish in my opinion. The forerunner structure was better then Halo 4 for sure !
The Covenant well . . . nothing new from Halo 4 just some minor change here and there.
Now lets talk vehicle !!!
I think its cool to see new vehicle or to see new variation of them but why limiting to 1 sort instead of using previous one in the mix ?
The Phaeton look cool and FINALLY a new vehicle !!!
And no UNSC-AIR unit ?! Fell odd since they have the strogest space ship with the INFINITY ? or is it just me !
Campaign took me overall 7 hour to finish and that was on legendary !!!
The revived system help wayyyy to much !
The enemy are hard but with the Revive system made it way easier then it should be.
The warden eternal . . . I liked the boss the first 2 times but using the lore to make it come back that much ruin a concept. Too much its like not enough !
The soldier felt like a good addition to the game but again fighting emotionless robot wasn’t my tea cup XD
Those Replicator wannabee can disappear for all i care XD
Character Development
Well they’re isn’t that much its severely lacking !!!
Blue team where boring as all hell !
And even if Locke and Buck had a good chemistry it felt forced !
And why John isnt having mental problem !!! Cortana died in front off him
(i am talking whit the knowledge i know from the game. Not with the expended lore (BOOK’s))
And Cortana is Evil. . . but i kind of feel like. . its fitting her since she always tried to protect John 1st and the rest after ! if you read the book’s that is if you didn’t well you where like a lot of people wandering how come she’s back !
The arbiter look cool as usual but again no Character development !!!
The armor looks weird !!!
Voice acting
They all did a fantastic job in my eyes !!
For me its the script that wasn’t flesh out enough.
The cliff hanger was to be expected of course i mean its the 2nd of a series of 3 it had to happen.
The Plot
well its a copy paste of Terminator 3. Skynet deactivating humanity and controlling them.
Lazy is my final verdict for this. . .!
Halo 5 in my eyes isn’t really a good Halo !
The game play and forge might be good but the rest well it look like an empty shell that wasn’t finished.
My verdict
Gameplay: 9/10
Forge: 9/10 Those control tho XD !!!
Campaign: 5/10
Graphic: 8/10
Music: 7/10
For a total score of 7/10
Not a bad game on its own if your new but as a successor to Halo 3 and 4 its the last one i would replay i term of campaign.
What do you think about my review ?
Do you think i was wrong or right ?