Let me begin by saying I love what 343 has done with Halo 4, that being said I feel like a few things were missing. Though most of them being small things like theater mode working with campaign. Anyway let’s dive into what I’d like to see in the future. I’m going to start with what will make most of you look away from your monitors in rage and fear.
The Flood returning: Now hear me out. The flood have huge potential as an enemy and are already a huge part of the franchise. It’d only make sense to return to them. Think of all the terrifying possibilities there could be for new pure forms. We could be facing all sorts of horrifying new mutations in a new Halo game and if anyone could make flood more interesting to fight it’d be 343. Infected Spartans would be nice. A very fast (to the point of bullet dodging) shielded flood form that uses stealth tactics. And a threat if one of your teammates fall in combat and are discovered by an infection form.
Brutes: Mostly what I want to see here is Brutes returning and returning with their weaponry new and improved to fit in to Halo 5’s loadout and ordnance drops. The spiker tweaked to fit in with the AR, suppressor, and storm rifle. But what I want to see return most from the brutes is the chopper. This vehicle was a blast to use and very formidable. I would not care for the prowler’s return unless it gets a big redesign. I would love to see the return of the spike grenade and maybe even the incendiary grenade. They’d offer more variety in multiplayer and in loadouts plus the spike grenade’s unusual blast shape was always fun to exploit in creative ways.
More old things returning: Scarab, a human air vehicle, and revenant. While I doubt the scarab will anytime soon be incorporated into multiplayer, I very much think it needs to have a significant campaign presence again. It hasn’t done anything since Halo Wars and they have always been fun to bring down. Maybe a phantom like evolution where a previously indestructible vehicle can be destroyed by enough damage? Boarding them was fun but it felt too easy at times. Taking them down with an assault from multiple Mantis would be a blast. I would like to see the return of the Hornet (nerfed hopefully) or falcon. Of all the vehicles that changed the most it’d have to be whatever the covenant counterpart to the Warthog in each game. We had the spectre, prowler (I really didn’t like this vehicle), and revenant. Of all the vehicles that tried to be a covenant Warthog I think the revenant was the most fun to use.
Forge bits and pieces: I’d like to see things like levers, working doors, trapdoors, etc. But what I want most with every bit of my little Halo loving heart is being able to set down enemies like Elite Zealots, brute chieftains, grunt fuel rod wielders, and promethean battlewagons and being able to set them to teams. Making a makeshift arena in forge and watching them fight would provide hours of entertainment and I can’t even imagine what kind of gametypes the community would make with that at their disposal.
Pretty sure I left some things out but hey I can come back and add more. Feel free to add whatever you’d like to see and tell me what you think about my wishlist.
but honestly I would also like to see the flood returning, and maybe brutes as well. 343i has said that Halo 5 will be more dark, so perhaps they will use the flood but in a much darker way? This idea is very appealing, I always felt the flood could be way more intimidating or creepy. 343i would probably also redraw a lot of aspects of the flood forms, which would give them so much potential.