Halo 5 is out for four months now and matchmaking still doesn’t work properly in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. Americans and Europeans complain about the lack of gamemodes in Halo 5, while we have even fewer. FFA, Breakout, BTB, and Warzone Assault are completely unplayable in our regions and even the playlists that work are restricted to some times.
343i is supposedly trying to fix this issue, but it’s been exactly one month since their last update on that matter: https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/e0d9938206f04a598ce84f2c8cadce02/topics/region-specific-matchmaking-adjustment-test/3dddd628-64b4-4ab2-af7b-fb26146ccbe9/posts?page=13#post252
At this point, does it even matter anymore? I’m certain that a lot of people gave up on Halo already. I absolutely love this game, the gameplay is great and when it works, it’s the most fun I’ve ever had on a multiplayer shooter. But it’s getting harder and harder to like this game and defend 343. I’m second guessing buying even other games from Microsoft Studios, like Gears of War 4 and Crackdown 3, since there’s no guarantee that multiplayer will even work anywhere but USA and Western Europe.