Was 343i trying to immitate Halo 2 with Halo 5?

Games Halo 5: Guardians
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Notice the similarities to the relase on Halo 2

-Heavy emphasis on E sports
-Miss-leading Ad campaigns that are disconnected from the actual story of the game (Save Earth vs HuntTheTruth)
-ARG (IloveBees vs HuntTheSignal)
-Heavy emphasis on new abilities (Dual Weilding and Hijacking vs Spartan Abilities)
-Dual perspective campaigns (and everyone got up in arms about both)
-Play-style changing launch day bugs (Button glitches in Halo 2 shaped the meta, now the thumbstick deadzones are forcing people to rely more on strafe-aiming)

Gotta wonder of 343 planned this all out

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> Notice the similarities to the relase on Halo 2
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> -Heavy emphasis on E sports
> -Miss-leading Ad campaigns that are disconnected from the actual story of the game (Save Earth vs HuntTheTruth)
> -ARG (IloveBees vs HuntTheSignal)
> -Heavy emphasis on new abilities (Dual Weilding and Hijacking vs Spartan Abilities)
> -Dual perspective campaigns (and everyone got up in arms about both)
> -Play-style changing launch day bugs (Button glitches in Halo 2 shaped the meta, now the thumbstick deadzones are forcing people to rely more on strafe-aiming)
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> Gotta wonder of 343 planned this all out

No, they didn’t, they rushed the launch just like with mcc, witch was HORRIBLE. Wait a month before you play again.

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I can slightly see where you are coming from, though I’m sure as the above said it was a rushed launch. Had fun online for a bit, but for now I’ll stay in customs for a while.

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And look at how many people loved Halo 2.
I can’t tell if you are asking if 343 intentionally broke things to make it feel like Halo 2?.. I think not.
Unfortunately I believe it is simply the developers thinking they know what people want/like and doing just that, when in fact they don’t understand their fanbase. Not everyone cares about eSports and would rather just have a functioning game that can be played with ranking system but also casually.

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The similarities between both 4 and CE, and now 5 and 2 seem both blatant and intentional.

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No, it’s what almost everyone was asking for, if anyone is at fault it’s the halo 4 hate brigade , who would write multiple essay length neogaf posts a week, demanding that 343I make halo 5 like halo 2.
That said I like how guardians turned out, so it is what it is.

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> > 2533274908248642;1:
> > Notice the similarities to the relase on Halo 2
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> > -Heavy emphasis on E sports
> > -Miss-leading Ad campaigns that are disconnected from the actual story of the game (Save Earth vs HuntTheTruth)
> > -ARG (IloveBees vs HuntTheSignal)
> > -Heavy emphasis on new abilities (Dual Weilding and Hijacking vs Spartan Abilities)
> > -Dual perspective campaigns (and everyone got up in arms about both)
> > -Play-style changing launch day bugs (Button glitches in Halo 2 shaped the meta, now the thumbstick deadzones are forcing people to rely more on strafe-aiming)
> >
> > Gotta wonder of 343 planned this all out
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> No, they didn’t, they rushed the launch just like with mcc, witch was HORRIBLE. Wait a month before you play again.

The game is not rushed. Halo 5 5 is ok problem here is console limitations.