Halo 5 has received loads of negativity, so I decided to create this thread to hear what you optimistics think about it. What are some of your favorite aspects of Halo 5?
I’ve found the gameplay to be near-flawless. Your Spartan is more tactical than before and the controls feel great. Nice to give Halo the mobility boost that it really needed.
The multiplayer has also been one of the biggest highlights of Halo 5 to me, specifically Warzone. The game modes are beautifully crafted and features some of the most dynamic combat on the series.
The balance and variety of weapons and vehicles. You are able to change your strategy with close, medium or long range weapons and do equally well with all of them.
I have reservations about a lot of features of this game and all of them combined are dwarfed by the magnificence of warzone. And of forge. The two combined easily make this the best Halo yet.
The campaign had some very large and exciting engagements, the soundtrack is fantastic, warzone I find pretty fun, and the overall arena gameplay is fast and ferocious. Finally, the new forge is the best by far, though gametypes are needed.
Gameplay hands down, but I’ll counterpoint this with saying that even the gameplay which is the best since Halo 3 cannot keep me here much longer without more actual content.
Campaign-wise, my favorite thing (and not just about Halo 5 but 343’s administration of Halo in general) is the way that they’re trying to merge the EU and the gameplay more than Bungie did, I appreciate that. I’m looking mainly at the Spartan Abilities. I know they’re controversial for multiplayer because they change the classic gameplay mechanics, there’s no easy answer for that. But in campaign, they make you feel more like a Spartan from canon than in any Halo game before. I like that.
I like that the latency is minimum, and I don’t get Super’d be some nine year old who shouldn’t be playing the game or an attack helicopter/drone/airstrike let loose on me by some troll that mines and camps new a spawn point.