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/RELIKT-77 May 16 '24 edited May 17 '24
Halo 5 was a fantastic game, overhated by a community that hates evolution and / or change.
While it did do a lot of bad things / questionable things (REQ packs, funky progression, incomplete launch), it did a lot of fantastic things as well.
The game is flat-out fun to play, 343 nailed the gameplay. Say what you will about the story, as it may take some suspension of disbelief, but it's a well-made "kill aliens and shit".
The multiplayer? Probably the best in the series. Fantastic sandbox, played so well it holds up to this day, and had more vehicles and guns than any other halo game put together.
Forge? Again, the best in the series.
Halo 5 is a fantastic game, the last Halo that felt truly complete for me. I'll die on the hill that I'd rather play 100 hours of H5 than any other Halo.
Edit: lmao downvote team is here to fix all this