So i bet we have all had some fun now with Halo 5 for some time. Maybe played around for a few hours or so, finished a few mission on legendary here and there, won a few dozen matches online. And while the gameplay of Halo 5 is probably my favourite in the series so far the character customization is probably the biggest problem i have with the game. Let me explain why i personaly think that.
The best way i can explain my point of view is to ask you to look at the picture of my spartan that i am using as profile picture. Notice how i got the Stalker helmet, my favourite, and the scout armor. I must say that i for one hate how my spartan looks like. Mostly cause i have no other choice but to have the scout shoulders with that chest. I want that chest piece on my spartan but i do not want those shoulders or those arm guards. Should i not be allowed to change those if i so desired?
This limitation is a major backstep from Halo 4.
In Halo 4 i could change pretty much every piece of armor as i wanted it. I don’t know what 343 was thinking with this limitation but it just seems odd that they would sacrifice that amount of customization for the restriction of 1 armor set and 1 helmet. Liked the Halo 4 armor or not but atleast we could all agree that you were atleast able to combine the armor with the pieces you wanted to have.
My spartan now lost that personal touch to it by basically forcing me to use that uniform.
Now i do not know anyone else who brings this up so i might aswell do so here. Have you guys ever noticed the layout of the customization? Why is the scout (as an example) armor just tossed around amongst the other armors? Would it not be more organized if they had it so that i would be able to click X to get different armor skins to the basic armor? You know, like with the weapon skins selection in Halo 4? Just seems chaotic now that i have to find that specific armor skin amongst every other armor in the game.
Speaking of being extremely limited on how things should look like, why are we not able to make our own emblems? This is just like with the armor sets in which we can only choose one specific emblem that is only able to change color. We can’t even change which parts of the emblem is colored in what color. You may not think this is much of a big deal to take away but then you realise that this has been a part of the game since Halo 2. The change of emblem was the first thing we were ever able to change on our spartans other than armor color.
That is atleast my thoughts on the matter of armor customization. I for one did not really see the point in limitating it this much. Just seems like a giant step backwards after the massive improvements in games like Reach and 4. What do you guys think? An improvement or a giant step backwards?