To be brief I want to say that I am completely dissatisfied with the Halo franchise.
It is my given right to say what I want, and explain myself. I likely will not read any of the comments that will surely appear about how I’m not a true Halo Fan. And how I am just a childish hater.
firstly I want to mention that I have been a part of the Halo community for many years. 2008 was the first achievement I earned in Halo 3. Before that I had about 6 years of Halo behind me.
What made me such an avid fan was the fact it wasn’t an over the top, cheesy space flick that forced you to kill cheesy AI with an unrealistic boom stick. (I think most of the grandfathered gamers can relate) Halo was the game I put in to listen to the anthem of my childhood hero, the game I could get all 3 of my friends to play with me on a basic television. Using a primitive console to PWN my friends and spew digital blood on digital grass. It was anything but Call Of Duty. It separated the skilled from the not so skilled gamers and made you use what little you had to make it a long way. Now what has this become…
I recall little to no controversy over the fist ground up game built by 343 Industries. (Or maybe I wasn’t looking for it) the day I picked up my copy of Halo 4 I was burning with anticipation. To continue where Halo 3 left off and set off on mother beautiful journey. But it was anything but that… The gritty graphics with a mix of horrible SFX, Horrible music and horrible gameplay brought me great dismay. Not to write a review but this is just my opinion in a nutshell.
Monday December 29th 2014. I have been bottling my thoughts and feeling about Halo until yesterday. Now I do know one thing about Beta Tests. They are an official / unofficial version of the final product. What I witnessed was a major disappointment and my feeling were of disgust and absolute frustration. I have never played anything that I have felt so strongly about in my life. I experienced a mix three or more games combined into a poorly designed shell. That being Call Of Duty, Destiny, and no aspects of Halo what so ever… The Halo music is missing, absence of any original Halo weapons, no armour that resembles the actual MK VI (halo 4 is not the true MK VI) and the graphics were a complete nightmare. Just look at the armour customization. How sad that that exists on the Xbox One.
In no way do I expect any agreement from the vast community. Many of you have likely started playing Halo no later than 2007-2010. And for someone who has loved every small niche of the original 3 games, I am truly saddened and hurt that 343 has made halo into this.
Don’t get me wrong, it was quite fun being able to do the things you can do, such as climbing, sprinting and so on. But that isn’t Halo. I think that this is a massive outrage. The beta contains almost every part of what will be included in the final version of Halo 5. Including the horribly designed armour and weapons. They will tweak and edit small aspects of it for the final finished product…
I cant ant explain my opinion any better. All I can say is this… When you melee a door in Halo 4, and the door splashes orange blood… You know you went wrong somewhere… Bungie never made those mistakes. And neither should you guys. As a customer and gamer, I cannot enjoy the artistic value of a COPY AND PASTE game. I learned from Call Of Duty, and I haven’t played COD since early 2013.
When the the day comes that you make something Far more beautiful than BUNGIE’s Halo 3 and implement everything that was part of the original 3 games, I might consider playing new Halo games again. You recognized the artistic value of things in Halo 2 anniversary, so why not do the same with Halo 5?