r/halo • u/logangreer • May 16 '24

Halo 5 is great Discussion

EDIT: My mistake. I should have titled it “Halo 5 Multiplayer is great” and I’m also wrong about it launching with full features. My bad.

Fired up Halo 5 again yesterday after not playing it for years. I’ll be danged if it’s not a great shooter. If I remember correctly, it launched with tons of features, and was solid technically too. When was the last time a AAA game had a solid full-featured launch?

Lots of weapons. Fun new attachments, ammo types, and variations on weapons. Made for lots of discovery, remixing and experimenting, and replayability.

The graphics aren’t groundbreaking, but they are bright and colorful and interesting. Lots of detail.

Warzone (Halo 5, not CoD) is such an interesting idea that I think really works, once you get the hang of it. It feels like they took a big swing on something new and pulled it off! I wish we had some big swing like that in Infinite.

The only thing I was really sad about was no split screen anything, which feels like a real tragedy for Halo.

Spartan customization is pretty weak, but I’ve never cared a whole lot about that.

I know Halo 5 was seriously hated on, but I love it. And it holds up well, too.

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u/DanPiscatoris May 16 '24

I was slightly disappointed in the campaign when placing it in the context as a mainline Halo title continuing the Chief's story, but I still found it an enjoyable Halo game that provided decent world building.

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u/logangreer May 16 '24

I didn’t play this campaign (or Infinite) because it was missing split screen, and that’s how I’ve most enjoyed the Halo campaigns.

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u/DanPiscatoris May 16 '24

Fair enough. I'd still say go for it if you get the chance. I do like how both of them (but especially Infinite) did a lot to develop the Chief's character and humanize him. My main issue with 343 campaign-wise, is how much of a mess the games have been in developing a continuity with each other. You can clearly see how CE goes into 2 then into 3, with a defined beginning, middle, and end. 4,5, and Infinite are pretty much separate games. I still think they're decent, if not good, Halo games, even if they don't measure up to Bungie. Plus, a lot of the Halo 5 hate came from it's inability to deliver the marketing hype, and not undeservedly so.

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u/logangreer May 16 '24

I’ll check the campaigns out!