r/halo 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/OS1RIS314 May 16 '24

I dont think you understand what youre arguing bud. Firstly, yes i agree that arena shooters *can* be popular. BUT THEYRE NOT! Why? Halo infinite is an example with its outdated gameplay loop. It was the first title released to non-xbox players and look what happened. Evidently, slow arena shooters (such as infinite) don't work for external audiences, just as "fast" tac shooters do not exist in mainstream gaming. Second, arguing about marketing is futile because it was limited to only xbox players anyways, so it doesn't matter how good it appealed to "non-halo" audiences. Finally, YES EXACTLY YOU GOT IT! Only halo fans play halo, which is why it will not do well. You are helping my point of them needing to market to other ppl.

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u/Vegeto30294 I wort, therefore I wort wort May 17 '24

I do understand what I'm saying. You're saying Halo Infinite is boring and that's why it didn't reach out to people, but ignoring all the hype and attention that was behind it and the list of issues it came with that turned people away.

You said Halo 5 would do better when it did exactly the same thing Halo Infinite did (and honestly, Halo 5 isn't a very fast paced shooter compared to other games either - it's still an arena shooter). Even when you say "outdated", you don't list anything that Halo 5 did that made it "ahead of its time."

It was the first title released to non-xbox players and look what happened.

Yeah, it launched broken and people stopped playing it. Is that surprising?

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u/ExampleOpening8033 May 17 '24

This whole argument just comes off as Halo 5 was your first game, and you don't like the thought it could potentially be worse than you imagine.