Here is some of the most important things I noted. While not all of it is pertaining only to bot slayer I’ll still post it here for lack of a more general review thread or feedback review about the game.
- In my personal opinion I think the head bob while running is a just little too aggressive it feels like you’re doing a small jump with each step.
- The outline of enemy players and friendly players is too bright and needs an option to change the opacity not just the color. I see bright blue character throughout the whole map.
- Add the typical beeping during the countdown of the match you’re about to join as Halo has always had.
- In my opinion the reload speed for the sidekick is too fast and feels like you slipped a clip out of your wrist into the gun. It makes the gun very powerful and when you watch the reload it’s a little jarring.
- When playing with the Ravager I noticed it has extremely weird bullet magnetism attributes. I would aim at the center of the body in the shooting range and it would shoot through their legs. I would then aim at the top of their head to fix the trajectory but the bullets still shoot to the same exact spot between their legs. As you move your aimer up the body of your target you can see the bullets always want to magnetize to the same spot making it impossible for you to fix the trajectory of the shot and hit the target. It’s very noticeable if you use the weapon on a standing target.
- On PC when using the mouse to hover over armor items in the cosmetic menu they often don’t appear but using WASD works fine.
- Make it so clicking E or Enter while in the cosmetic menu will enter into that category or select that item. Then you can use only keyboard to navigate the menu but right now you have to mouse click a category in order to enter it.
- When I unlock a new item or armor tell me that there’s something new. For example make a star in the Helmets category so I know I have a new helmet. Add a filter in the cosmetic menu so you can see only new items.
- The prosthetic arms and legs would often glitch and would be late to appear or when I would set the limb back to “None” they would still show up as a robot arm or leg. I had to click back a couple times to get it to update for what I actually selected.
- Add the ability to activate XP boost from the matchmaking menu so you don’t have to go into the battle pass every time.
- Let the player always be able to rotate the player model in customization. For example I wanted to see the right arm prosthetic but I couldn’t because I can’t rotate the character.
- Make it so people can change the color and opacity of spartan shields just like the player outlines. I don’t like the bright red shields and it doesn’t hurt to add that as an option.
- Make it so you can ping through the shield wall equipment just like how you can shoot through it. Right now it stops the ping even from the side you can shoot through.
- You shouldn’t receive ammo from energy weapons that you walk over on the ground. You should get the prompt to switch your weapon with the one on the ground. That has always been one of the main mechanics of Halo is that energy weapons cant replenish ammo from the same weapon you walk over on the ground you simply switch them instead.
Bugs
- You often see inside your legs when you slide.
- Muffled audio when joining games in progress.
- Skipped into cinematic.
- Models posing weirdly and in random direction at the end of matches.
- Ai always take the same path at the start of matches.
- When you die sometimes you’re covered in a white shield.
- Sometimes a Bot’s body will get launched from a melee.
Sounds like a lot but don’t get me wrong the game is great and I think it’s by far the best Halo game 343 has made from what we have seen so far which I know is just the surface but I have good hopes for what the game can be.