When I first got introduced to Halo it was through an adult back in the Halo 2 days. I played video games but I never seen something like Halo before. It was because it was rated M. Every time he would leave the room he would put me on into a full BTB lobby party chat. From then on I became familiar with the trash talk that is known to be raw and the beauty of Halo at its peak. Everything from it being military and smooth feeling felt like a mature combat based shooter.
We skip to today and we have forced outlines. No collison. Really bright colors. Open and simplistic maps.
Stances. Skins. Charms. Events. Battle passes. Seasons. Generic non classic or advanced gameplay.
Spartan chatter.
Sure you can ignore some of this stuff but as you can see it’s far removed from when it once was. When playing arena it doesn’t feel like it has weight anymore. I’m not interested in what HCS looks like. It all looks the same. Just everyone forcing themselves to Sprint slide everywhere. Super boring. Looks like cod with it’s sprint slide combo. When I win a game it doesn’t feel like an accomplishment. And when I loose it doesn’t mean much. It’s like meh. Where as past halos if someone beat you in halo it felt like it ment something and you had to work to get better. Maybe that’s just me. I just don’t feel the “sparkle” that I had with the Halo 5 beta. Or those really heated Halo 2/3 mlg playlists I’m MCC or back in the day.