Here are a few things that would, IMO, make halo 5 a great game.
A vertical map like spire from Halo Reach
Spire really focuses on map control because of the tower (the spire), I would greatly enjoy a map similar to spire in halo 5, but if and only if there is some kind of vehicle similar to a falcon or hornet. There should also be a gametype like king of the hill that focuses on controlling that tower.
In the last idea I mentioned a vehicle like falcon or hornet, halo 5 should most definitely have a vehicle like this, it would be amazing if they had both vehicles in halo 5. Having a vehicle like this is important, a lot of people complained that halo 4 was lacking a human air vehicle, as did I, I felt as if the whole sandbox was diminished due to the lack of a human air vehicle, but 343 had time to add the mantis, which is great and all but they should focus more on sticking with what’s already there, you know?
Firefight. IMO The only good firefight was in odst, the reason behind this was you played as an odst, with no shields and limited health, that gave it a real survival feel, unlike halo reach where if you were about to die all you had to do was hide until your shields regenerated, sure there was an option for no shields but it just wasn’t the same, odst felt like a real challenge. Spartan ops was 343s firefight, but it wasn’t anywhere close to being as great as firefight was, the whole point of firefight was to hold a location and fight through endless waves of covenant. Spartan ops had an end, and it really was no different than co-op campaign, sure spartan ops is nice for telling stories through gameplay but I just thought it wasn’t any fun.
Playable elites, I don’t care much for the infinity simulator and the backstory for the multiplayer and all the contradictions or whatever for being able to play as an elite in halo 4, all I know is that WE NEED ELITES!!! This is a really big topic in the community and with release of MCC coming soon and it’s playable elites 343 can’t ignore the elite community. I a lot of people might disagree with me on this, but I thought the way halo reach had it was right, with it being spartan vs spartan mostly but you can play as elites in specific elite-gametypes, such as invasion or elite slayer. Also if there are playable elites they should 100% bring back invasion, the best thing in halo reach IMO was invasion, I had the most fun playing invasion with friends.
More forge vehicles, bigger sandbox, etc etc… I’m not great with the technical stuff, but were talking next gen here so it’s seems like we should be able to die what was once impossible… scarabs. Yeah I’m aware that you’ve probably heard this one 100 times before, but with the new technology and dedicated servers (I think?) I don’t think there’s a reason they couldn’t do it. People have been asking for things like this since halo started but now it can be done without any problems. I would cry tears of joy if there was scarab ctf or assault, like neutral bomb perhaps, they could also have something similar to that but with a sandtrap remake and with elephants, mammoths. Also they could have pelicans and phantoms, and every other vehicle because why not? It would add a lot to the game I think.
Thoughts? Opinions? I know the last one is a bit ridiculous.