The Beta has been out for about 2 weeks by now, but i only started playing it like 2 days ago. With that said, i think i´m ready to talk about my opinions on the current state of the game. Long -Yoink- review, here we go!
Before starting, yes. I am aware that this is not the final product. K? k.
Ok, the first thing i´ll say is that the tittle screen, while having a pretty nice soundtrack, is really borig to look at, so if 343i are planning on keeping that for the main game, well… Don´t do it. Then i entered into the Spartan hub. Customization looked a little more complicated than Halo 4´s customization. I dunno, it just feels that way to me. Oh, and the Spartan hub is really dark and it does not match up with the bright colours of the armors.
Ok, with my little Sparta lV ready to fight, i went to play my very first match in the Beta. Now the Matchmaking lobby looks great to me, and i hope that they keep it similar for Halo 5. When my Slayer match starts, i first noticed how the announcer plays a larger role now. While i do like his presence, the voice acting is kind of over the top and, quite frankly, distracting most of the time. The spartan team animation at the begining and the end of the match is nothing that bothers me, but i tend to ignore it. Also they talk during matches, and they add a lot to the atmosphere of these training program, so i hope they keep that. Well, I start playing and i find myself lost in the very first second. The default controls are so… Diferent. Quite clomsy at times, being honest. Now sprinting is infinite, aiming is more “CoD-ish”, and there this “Spartan abilities”. Some of them usefull, and some of them pointless. During my first match i got killed like 18 times and only killed like 2 people. Since i am a long-time Halo player, i felt so ashamed of myself, yet so inmersed in this new challenge that i just wanted to play some more to get payback. A good gaming expirience to add in my memories. Ok, enough “me” moments. The weapons are, of course, un-balanced, what a shocker. Of course they´ll be more balanced in the future. I liked the new desings and sound effects, especially for the DMR, but i would like the Soun effects to be a little more… i dunno, “powerfull”?.. Yeah, i guess that´s it.
Now i can´t really talk about the ranking system, because i still don´t really get it. I guess that it combines the Halo 3´s and Halo 4´s ranking systems with some turns here and there? I started talking about the subject with random guys from my team and nobody was really sure about what they were talking. Whatever, my next step is to play some “Third playlist which name i don´t remember”, a game type that was just like territories from previous Halo games. Since i´m not a real fan of this game mode i won´t talk about it and instead i´ll skip right to Breakout. It is a lot of fun… Yeah, i don´t really know how what to say here either. Guess i´m too tired.
I guess i don´t have anything else to say, really. The game is weird to catalogue. It has so many new elements, it is much more fast paced and it takes itself less seriously than previous instalments, but i can guarantee that if you want to, you will see why this game is called Halo.
-My english is not perfect, so you might have encountered some problems. I now invite you to share your opinions here. Thanks for reading and see you later… Oh, and 343i, fix the MCC multiplayer already, for christs sake-