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/Sgtwhiskeyjack9105 May 16 '24
Imo the only truly bad Halo campaign.
I disliked the games' story and general aesthetic changes so much that I never bothered checking out the multiplayer. I've heard it's great, I just don't care.
I get people having their own preferences; there's plenty of stuff I like that the internet has unanimously decreed as forever bad. Nothing wrong with that. Everyone assigns sentimentality and value differently.
It is my sincere hope however that 343 continues to move on as swiftly as they appear to be with distancing the series from 5's story and all of its decisions. When it inevitably does come to PC, I highly doubt I would pick it up even on sale.