As far as gameplay goes, I think it’s great! I love the faster flow of it, the new abilities, and the team work/callout system. Sure some things bother me, the melee charge should be instant kill, and guns randomly seem OP, and then they don’t? I don’t know, I found that annoying, but those aren’t my real complaints.
My real complaints are more like this…
The Menu is boring. I think the beta menu with the Spartans and crew is decent, but waiting in a lobby is boring and dull looking. I liked Reach’s art in the back, they had the best menus/lobbies.
When I try and play with my friend… The -Yoink- ain’t happening. Neither of us find a game together, and the game and menu experiences heavy glitches, and makes us see different things in the roster. Also, there is no way for us to back out when a game has been “found” but won’t start. So yet again 343i fails at connecting me to my friends. The same problem exists in Halo:TMCC.
Customization is awful, Holy -Yoink-… Honestly, Reach and Halo 4 had the best customization. Reach being the best because of helmet accessories, and better looking armor. (H4 had some stupid/ugly armor.) I was bummed in Halo:TMCC when you couldn’t completely customize your guy, and only had armor sets, but I soon realized I didn’t mind it, and actually thought it made sense. But in H5 Beta, gosh, they give you less options then Halo 3! The armor looks un-detailed and too shiny. It looks so dumb in my opinion.
Also, you cannot make Emblems yet!? Maybe even at all?! What the heck!!! Why?! That’s so stupid! And, your service tag MUST be 4 characters long, and that’s BS. I use either G17, or RAY, and now neither can be used. These must be fixed… I like my Spartans to look good whether it affects gameplay or not. lol Add more options, and better, detailed, armor like Reach, or even 4.
Now for a mix, Customization Menu. It’s so dark and distorted when customizing your guy, you can’t see any real armor detail or even differences. Colors are also dark, that nothing really stands out. Of anything, this needs to be fixed.
Server lag and party/roster problems both exist. It’s like they carried over from Halo:TMCC. I also kind of blame Xbox One in general, because I really think that it seems that game and part invites in general take a long time to work, and snap, and closing your game and opening apps directly is annoying. I’ve gotten use to it, and can do it all efficiently now for the most part, but 360’s guide just made it easier I think. Game Invites, and joining players in H5 Beta is glitchy like I said before.
These are the things that bother me the most. If anyone agrees, let me know, if you disagree, tell me why. Thanks, other then that, I really like this game.