There are so many disappointin factors to this game. This may seem like ignorant ranting to most of you (probably you newcomers) but this is my thorough analysis of the game as a Halo Vet since Ce.
I love how the pistol has replaced the primary slot for our loadouts by becoming everyones very own pocket sniper. The point of redical bloom for the magnum is redundant seeing as the rate of fire is so slow it prevents any possibility of creating inaccuracy. The damn range is equal if not further than the BR, evidently because most battles result in the PISTOL winning - both in my experiences and on YouTube as well as sevreal other reddit posts and forums. The pistol should resort to that of Reach’s - small clip size, inaccurate yet dangerous in CQC.
Plasma Caster - what the **** is that? A substitute for the concussion rifle/ brute shot? Literally shoots plasma grenades - wow.
Aiming feels very sporadic compared to all previous titles. Everybody can agree that it feels hyper sensitive and strange.
Spartan charge’s animation should be fixed. Too many times have I been beaten down twice or killed while in the process of leaving the animation, which almost provides a death sentence for players.
Vehicle physics are vastly different from previous games - and not for the better. Even beginning since the beta it feels like the vehicles are less inclined to smoothly respond to the environment and the actions of the players. For example: in every halo any grenade would sleekly change the course of the vehicle in providing a fun response in physics or simply even traversing the terrain with the consequences of novice driving. In halo 5, while mid air in a warthog, it seems like we are able to shift the weight of the craft like we do whilst mid air in gta 5. Just nope.
Vehicle models look stupid IMO. Like the description of the scorpion lists that it’s half the weight of the previous version yet it LOOKS GINORMOUS AND YET ITSTILL MOVES AT THE SAME SPEED. The wraith looks even worst… actually all of the covenant vehicles look mediocre because the all have lost their classic, intimidating look we all love. Most if not all the covenant vehicles look “organic” in a sense… I can only describe it as looking lIke the Nanosuit from Crysis. The flagship look horrendous… why are there two giant the turbine looking structures on top of it when in the games before they looked perfect. Same wit the UNSC ships, in particular the pelicans. the point I’m making here is: don’t fix something or alter it’s appearance if it isn’t broken. DON’T CHANGE A SUCCESSFUL FORMULA.
The campaign made me want to drink bleach as consequence of it’s poor narrative and the fact that a few missions lasted only a mere few minutes - no exaggeration at all. Blue team was playable only a few times… way to keep it equal. The commercials were pretty much falsely advertising the game. Why? Because chief wasnt actually a traitor, there was no big confrontation besides Locke punching chief, there was no visit in any if the locations teased or featured besides meridian, it was extremely bloated, etc etc.
The dialogue is undeniably silly, boring, and mediocre - “For Sanghelios!” X5
Darker and more serious tones are ALWAYS BETTER.
VFX/ Graphics and artwork is terrible! This is 2015! 343I has access to some of the most advanced tech in gaming because of Xbox one yet you can effortlessly see the square shaped, dull pixels in EVERY surface, character, and weapon?!?!
Just look at the damn grass or directly outside the map or the water (it doesn’t even splash or ripple with the firing on guns or explosionsns!!) Halo 3 and Reach had far more impressive and impeccable artwork as well as character and vehicle models and those games were released in 07 and 2010!!! WTF.
Weapons sound humorous. Most sound like different iterations of people saying “pew pew pew” You exactly what I mean.
I’ll add more eventually but it’s 230 am and I am rife with restless anger and dissatisfaction. Goodnight
Kelly leads Fire Team Osiris into a trap by getting them to pursue her. Linda, on overwatch with her SRS99D, puts an armor-piercing round through Vale’s head; Fireteam Osiris yells her name but Vale lays motionless on the floor. Osiris get’s to cover and is forced to split up, only to be flanked by Kelly and her SMG’s (whom they cannot see due to her training in stealth). Tanaka slides behind a corner searching for Linda’s location, suddenly confronted by Kelly who quickly surprises her from the shadows. The two get into an altercation but Kelly’s years of experience in hand-to-hand combat throw Tanaka on the ground and have her executed by SMG fire to the head. Buck is too far but fires his shotgun at Kelly who disappears into the shadows again. He tries to pursue as he screams Tanaka’s name but Fred intercepts him with his shoulder and Buck is thrown sideways onto the floor, while his shotgun falls in between him and Fred. Locke attempts to rescue Buck but Linda fires a warning shot through the wall Locke is behind, missing Locke’s head on purpose. Locke backs up and gets down as he watches Buck retaliate. Buck grabs the shotgun on the floor at the same time as Fred (sporting a shotgun as well as a battle-rifle on his back). Buck tries to remove the shotgun from Fred’s hands but barely moves the Spartan II. Fred swings the shotgun up, knocking Buck backwards as he pumps one round straight into Buck’s chest. Locke yells Buck’s name as charges out to meet Fred, but Fred drops the shotgun and quickly disappears into the shadows as well. Just as Fred disappears, John steps out of the same shadow, iconically holding his assault rifle. All of Blue Team watch as John steps over Buck’s lifeless body, puts his rifle away, and stops in front of Locke. Locke has his assault rifle trained on Johns head. “Stand down Spartan…before I make you stand down.” “ONI ordered me to capture you, and I am not leaving here without you; even if that means bringing back your dead body.” Locke fires his weapon but John swats it out of Locke’s hands before a single round hits his armor. Before Locke can even think about throwing a punch, he’s up in the air clutching John’s wrists; John holding him by his neck. Blue Team steps out of the shadows watching as the 7’2 foot tall Spartan, weighing half a ton in his original Mark 6 armor, throws agent Locke intro the ground in front of him, effectively breaking Locke’s neck. “You really don’t wanna piss me off right now…”, John says as he stands tall, looking ahead; not evening checking on Locke’s body.“Blue team! We need to get to the Arbiter before the UNSC makes it to Sanghelios. The UNSC and ONI have severely crippled the Arbiter’s fleet. If the Infinity gets here they won’t stand a chance”, John explains. Fred pulls out his BR55, “So much for that truce.” John turns and shows Blue Team a small hologram of the Vadam Keep. “ONI’s been crippling the Sangheili military internally. Without an organized military and a capable fleet, the Arbiter’s forces will be overrun in the next 12 hours.” Linda points at the hologram and expands the size of the image. The close up shows a fortress scarred by craters and smoking from plasma damage. Two scarabs are defending the front and back of the keep but it continues to take banshee and seraph fire from rebel factions. “The fortress looks like it won’t last long. Are you sure we should be getting involved?” Linda asks. “You’ve been away from the war for a while. All of you have. I know it must be confusing for you since the war seems like it began and ended quickly but alot’s happened while you all were gone. These elites are our allies.” John takes out the AI chip in his helmet and holds it out “If we can get them out of there, they can help us get to Cortana.” John changes the image on the holopad to an image of the Sphere (shield) world he and Cortana discovered after floating in the wreckage of the Forward Unto for three years. “That’s Trevelyan…” Kelly says. John puts the holopad away. “Exactly. We need to get back to that shield world before the UNSC discovers it. It has a Forerunner fleet on the ground that Dr. Halsey and the crew of the Spirit of Fire have been working on since we (he and Cortana) found you. As soon as Dr. Halsey repairs Cortana’s core Cortana can upload herself into the Forerunner defense system on the planet, we can lock the doors and activate those ships. We need the Arbiter’s forces to so we can get off-world as well as create a fleet of our own. The UNSC won’t be able to follow us to the edge of the galaxy.” “John, are you sure this is a good idea? If the flood got pushed back, it would be too great of a risk to pursue them. We can’t risk another infection to spread in our Galaxy. Our only option is the Halo array and that’s not an option.” Fred interjects, "He’s right Kelly. If what Cortana said is true before she went rampant, the cycle’s going to repeat itself. We have to find out who unleashed The Flood in our galaxy so we can stop them before they do it again. We need those Forerunner ships to get there because not even the Covenant ships are capable of traveling to distant galaxies in as quickly as a week. Besides, if the UNSC thinks we’ve all gone AWOL, that’s fine by me.“These new “spartan” squads they’ve got can protect them.” Fred punches John in the arm sarcastically as he walks over to inspect the Locke’s armor systems. Kelly observes Fred, “Dr. Halsey would find these new Spartans’ shameful.” “Our Spartan III’s back on Onyx could take these guys…”, Fred scoffs. “…but they’ve got pretty armor, I’ll give 'em that.” “Take their ammo if you need it but we’ve gotta move. The Arbiter doesn’t know that the UNSC reinforcements he requested are coming to take him out”, John says. “Doesn’t Lord Hood know they’re on our side?” Linda asks. Fred looks up, “He thinks the Arbiter betrayed us”, he says. “ONI’s been pulling the strings behind the scenes. They glassed a human colony using a stolen cruiser to get the UNSC to think that the Arbiter betrayed us”, John explains. “We can’t save that keep but we can save the Arbiter and his people. Let’s go Blue Team! Technically, the elites attacking the Arbiter’s keep are still part of the Covenant so if you missed out on the war, nows your chance to show them why we won.” Fred -Yoinks!- his rifle, “Awesome. Let’s go meet your friend then.” Fred walks out, followed by Linda and Kelly. John looks down at Locke for a moment before stepping over the body, putting the AI chip in his helmet, equipping his MA5C and walking out. Blue Team board their pelican dropship, fitted with an M831 Warthog and an M274 Mongoose stowed on the inside. Kelly gets into the cockpit with Fred will Linda checks her ammo and speaks with John about the Halo’s. Blue Team takes off and heads for distant smokestacks coming from the Vadam keep.
And yet you have the audacity to claim to be a Ce vet. You’re wrong, by the way, the Pistol is easily outclassed by the BR outside of its red reticle range. it’s difficult to use at extended range and is in no way a “pocket sniper”.
I’m not seeing your point? Primary fire is basically the Brute Shot circa Halo 2. Secondary fire shoots one strong grenade that explodes into a cluster of many grenades, good for area denial or area of effect damage.