This is just a few issues I found with the game.
- Armor and loadouts:
- Yeah I know the REQ system is suppose to be a change and something that 343 would do differently to express that they want to put original ideas into Halo, but honestly, I’m not that into it. I think that leveling up to earn armor pieces and visors was a lot better. Reason 1, because you could actually look up what armor was available to you by a certain level, but now its by chance and luck. Say you wanted protector or noble, you are not certain when you are going to get it nor most likely seem you won’t get it, but it’s an addiction how gamblers are with poker or slot machines, hoping that we can get that armor we wanted after playing 4 to 5 games of warzone that are 20 to 30 minutes each game. It was interesting at first but then it just gets old in my opinion.
- Choppy animation and looking like toy figures
- Choppy animation is what bugs me the most compare to anything right now with Halo 5. It reminds me of a 64 bit animation or an animation of a early Y2K gaming animation but just better looking. I can’t tell if its lag or if its just not smooth when people sprint or strafe. I’ve had lag before so I’m sure its just not a smooth transition from my screen to seeing my teammates sprint. You can say its my connection but I’ve asked my friends if they noticed this and once I pointed this out to them, they started to notice it. And to also help this argument, the Animation for campaign is exactly the same compared to multiplayer, for both A.I enemies and A.I friendlies. I don’t know why this is, but I miss the smooth action animations like what Halo Reach had. There is another thing that its annoying is that we kinda look like toy figures. I remember in Reach and Halo 2-3, we didn’t look like bright toy figures fighting each other. I look at the other players before halo 4 and we looked liked we actually was wearing some kind of defend-able/ useful armor, but now its not like that anymore. I mean like I know this game is now T for teen now but Halo was to be enjoyed for what Bungie intended it to be. So see blood and action and kill each other and have fun and rage and get mad at the game and have fun with your friends. Not some kind of play toy trying to make safety with a shooter game. Like blood doesn’t come out of players anymore.
If some of these things can be patched, then it would be pretty cool to see. Smooth out the animation, and input the blood. I know the REQ system is a permanent thing now for this game, but I think the REQ system would be more useful with just Warzone, not involving armor, Visors, Stances, Assassination animations, etc.