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FYI - I would actually give the game 4.5 stars, but that is not an option, so I rounded up.
Halo 5 is a great, fun and extremely ambitious game that, unfortunately but ultimately, collapses under the weight of its own ambitions. It is by no means perfect, but it is a great game, and mostly certainly is not nearly as bad as the reviews would suggest. Of all of my X-Box One games, I have probably put more time into this game than any other (with the exception of The Master Chief Collection). But Halo 5 has a lot in common with Halo 2, in that the gameplay is great, but the marketing for the game made you think the story was going to be different from what it was. Also the ending leaves you wanting more, and not necessarily in a good way.
The game mechanics have been greatly improved. You can aim, run, charge, ground-pound, climb, and have limited use of thrusters. While the controls take some getting used to (I keep hitting left trigger to throw a grenade, which is now used to aim, and can't seem to get out of that habit), they are significant tighter. The weapons have all been tweaked so that everything has its pros and cons. Some are more versatile than others but each feels unique and more utilitarian. So, for instance, the run-of-the-mill assault rifle has a more controlled spray, but it is still not as refined or exact as the battle rifle or a good pistol. The Promethean weapons, which previously just felt like minor variations of human weapon counterparts, are all now substantially more distinct.
The maps are... different, and I am not entirely sure if that is a positive or negative. The one thing I always liked about Halo games were the sheer size of the maps: how they could be linear, but were so large that they never actually felt linear. In Halo 5, the maps are significantly smaller, in both size and the length of time it takes to beat that particular level; I would say each is on average probably half or even a third of the size and length of time of the average map in Halo 2 or 3. But the offset is that they are somewhat less linear; the game rewards exploration, as you can find hidden passages that allow you to flank your opponents in ways that you never could before.
The plot follows the trend of Halo games, in that the storylines grow increasingly incoherent. If you don't keep up with secondary sources (and I don't), you may not necessarily know why Master Chief all of a sudden has three Spartan buddies (I always assumed he was the last of his kind) following him around everywhere, or why Dr. Halsey is a one-armed fugitive (there's a joke there that I don't have the time to look for), or who Locke is and why we should care. You may not know that humans previously had been an interstellar species, that they had had a war with Forerunners, that they lost, and that the Forerunners took their stuff and left them on earth to be a primitive species again. I have never considered understanding the storyline to be integral to enjoying Halo, but I do like to know what's going on, and that is what wikis are for. Suffice it to say, the main point of the game is to go where the arrows tell you to go to, shoot what needs to be shot, and save the universe.
The major letdown for me in comparison to previous games is how short the campaign mode is, given the increasing shift toward multiplayer online gaming. I would estimate that, all other things being equal, I could play through Halo 5 in slightly more than half the time that it would take to get through Halo 1 through 4 (Halo ODST being the obvious exception). And considering the fact that it is the campaign mode that I really buy the game for more than anything else, that is a problem. I like single-player campaigning and split-screen multiplayer. If you're going to force me to use online multiplayer, at least have some story going on, as with Spartan Ops. But Spartan Ops is gone.
There is Warzone, which is really just two big teams of players going at it. I'd like Warzone if there was more variety to the maps, but I just get the same map over and over again. I'd like to assume there are more, but the game isn't particularly helpful in showing newbies who aren't used to online gaming how to get the most out of the experience.
Much has been said about the loss of the split-screen option. I am not going to join the chorus of people complaining about it, except to say that I do miss it because I like playing with my wife or kids. But the option of playing through the campaign mode with up to three friends online is very cool. I have an old friend from high school who now lives in another state; I haven't seen him face-to-face in years, but we played through the campaign mode for 5 hours straight last night. And it was then that I decided that I really do love Halo 5.
So overall, Halo 5 is a brilliant game at what it does: it's just that what it does may not have been what you wanted it to do. The graphics are a huge leap forward, the gameplay is greatly improved, and in general the game is a crapload of fun. It is definitely a different experience from other games that are out there, which is great, but the fact that it is so different from its own predecessors is what is garnering a lot of negativity: some of it deserved, some of it not so much. If you just want a game that feels like the original Halo, or the more recent Halo 4, you should know that there are a lot of changes, some of which you won't like. For me, Halo 5 is a beautifully flawed game that doesn't accomplish everything that it sets out to do but still manages to be better than most of what is out there.
Couple of random points:
- On the whole, I like the shift to squad-based play. The conversations are interesting to listen to, especially since it gives a reason for exposition. But the offset is that there is no longer a feeling of isolation the way there usually is in Halo.
- The game has several parts where the combat goes into a cut-scene. The most notable, and annoying, part of the game where this happens is where you have to take out the Elite boss that is holding Dr. Halsey hostage. You do not get to fight him, at all. I assume the point was to have a scene that shows the player how badass Locke is - but we know Locke is badass, because he is a Spartan with all of the same abilities of Master Chief.
- A lot of people make a really huge deal out of the deceptive marketing. It's true that the gameplay really does not make much use of the plot conceit, which is that Master Chief is rogue, and that the Spartans are hunting him down. At no point in the game do you, as a player, get to face off against another Spartan, or anyone who could otherwise be considered a friendly. This echoes the marketing of Halo 2, which had trailers showing the Covenant invading Earth. It didn't bother me much, but it would have been cool to have a confrontation that amounted to more than one 30-second cut scene.
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Hunt the TruthA mysterious and unstoppable force threatens the galaxy, the Master Chief is missing and his loyalty questioned. Experience the most dramatic Halo story to date in a 4-player cooperative epic that spans three worlds. Challenge friends and rivals in new multiplayer modes: Warzone, massive 24-player battles, and Arena, pure 4-vs-4 competitive combat. |
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WarzoneNew, massive-scale multiplayer mode that supports 24-player battles with both friendly and enemy AI dropping in. It’s nonstop action when you confront Spartans, Covenant, and Forerunners while trying to complete a variety of objectives. |
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Warzone ModePrepare for nonstop action with Warzone. This all-new, massive-scale multiplayer mode features 24-player battles (12-vs-12) with both friendly and enemy AI dropping in to pump up the mayhem. The first team to score 1,000 points or destroy the other guys wins. |
Fireteam AI SystemFireteam AI adds a new level of drop-in/drop-out co-op excitement by keeping four Spartans active at all times. It's designed to be completely autonomous, and when controlled by AI, your teammates support you by navigating the environment and reacting dynamically throughout combat. |
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Halo 5 while it was supposed to be the newest Halo game to try and make the Xbox one superior but instead the game does the opposite and from the trailers I thought we were going to get something new and familiar in the game old vs New conspiracies and the return of the arbiter so I bought the game got a friend to come and play Co-op for the story and thats where the first problem showed theres no Split screen local co-op which sadly sucks and then the game had more problems Microtransactions was also a problem despite the numerous updates and patches this game got the damage was already done and this game is the worst Halo GameStory/Campaign: Now the story Of Halo 5 is major as the game expects you to look at the lore and content before playing this game and instead onto the main storyHalo 5: Guardians takes place in the year 2558, and is set eight months after the events of Halo 4 and if you include Halo Spartan ops campaign which was set 6 months after Halo 4 which isn’t taken into account.Fireteam Osiris comprised of Jameson Locke from Halo Nightfall Gunnery Buck from Halo ODST, Holly Tanaka, and Olympia Vale are on a mission to Jul 'Mdama's splinter Covenant faction-controlled planet of Kamchatka to retrieve the rogue Dr. Halsey, who claims to have information on a series of devastating attacks on several human worlds during a battle between Covenant forces and the Prometheans.(Now theres a problem why are the prometheans and Covenant fighting each other because last I checked during Halo 4 spartan ops they were working together now they aren’t) The team is successful in retrieving Halsey and eliminating the Covenant leader Jul 'Mdama, Halsey informs them that a new threat is about to emerge.Elsewhere, the Master Chief leads Blue Team comprised of Fred, Kelly, and Linda are on a mission to secure a derelict ONI research station known as Argent Moon. The arrival of a Covenant fleet forces Blue Team to scuttle the station instead but during the sabotage, the Chief receives a cryptic message from Cortana directing him to the planet Meridian. John is ordered to return to Infinity upon destroying Argent Moon but he and Blue Team disobey orders and set out after Cortana, forcing Captain Lasky to list the rogue Spartans as AWOL. This causes consternation aboard Infinity, as Halsey believes that Cortana's survival through the use of Forerunner technology makes her unpredictable and untrustworthy.Lasky gives Fireteam Osiris the aim of finding and capturing Blue Team. Osiris is deployed to Meridian to pursue Blue Team, where they find a human colony under attack by Promethean forces. During their pursuit, they encounter the Warden Eternal, a Promethean serving as Cortana's enforcer. After temporarily defeating the Warden, Osiris catches up to Blue Team, ordering them to stand down and return to Infinity. Chief bests Locke in hand-to-hand combat and flees with the rest of Blue Team as they board a Guardian, one of several colossal Forerunner constructs built as enforcers of entire worlds. Osiris barely escape the colony's collapse as the Guardian activates and disappears. The Guardian emerges on the Forerunner planet Genesis, where John and Cortana reunite. Cortana says her terminal rampancy was cured by the same Forerunner technology that saved her.Osiris is deployed to the Sangheili homeworld of Sanghelios, where they plan to use a dormant Guardian that resides there to travel to Blue Team's location, However, the planet is engulfed in civil war; the remaining forces of the Covenant have chosen to make their last stand there. To hurry their mission, Osiris joins forces with the Arbiter and help him strike a crucial blow at the Covenant remnant. Osiris boards a Guardian with the help of Commander Palmer while the Arbiter finishes off the last Covenant troops.On Genesis, Osiris encounters the planet's caretaker, the artificial intelligence 031 Exuberant Witness, who allies with them to stop Cortana. Osiris catches up to Blue Team, who reveal Cortana is planning on using the Guardians to achieve galactic peace through forcible disarmament. Master Chief, aware of the massive devastation Cortana's plan will cause, attempts to convince Cortana to stand down. She refuses and confines Blue Team in a Forerunner prison, to prevent them from interfering with her plan. Osiris manages to transfer control of Genesis back to Exuberant, who wrests the prison from Cortana as she leaves the planet via a Guardian.Artificial intelligences across the galaxy begin swearing allegiance to Cortana and her plans. Cortana locates Infinity and prepares to disable it, but Lasky has the ship's AI Roland, who is still loyal to Infinity, engage slipspace away from Earth and commit to random jumps until they can develop a way to combat Cortana. With Blue Team recovered, Osiris returns to Sanghelios to reunite the SPARTAN-IIs with an injured Commander Palmer, Thel'Vadam, and Halsey. If the player completes the game on Legendary, an extra cutscene shows an unknown Halo installation powering up while Cortana hums, before cutting to black.Now this story fing blows I can sort of see what it looked like what they were trying to do but the story doesn’t make sense or even give us time to learn about our characters or set up elements like the other Halo games did but instead its exposition. I don’t blame the voice actors if anything I blame 343’s story department as I could have given a better story then what they gave us for this game which is why I’m not going to talk about the characters.Gameplay: Halo 5: Guardians preserves many of the core features of the Halo franchise's gameplay experience of the past. Players step into the MJOLNIR powered armor of a Spartan and control that character's actions. MJOLNIR armor provides deflector shields, which diminish whilst protecting the wearer from weapons fire but recharge after a short recovery. Spartans may only carry two personal weapons at a time, but may swap them out at any time for any other weapon they find (including those dropped by slain enemies) and may also carry and fire a crew-served weapon (discarded when the player switches back to a personal weapon). Spartans may also throw grenades and use their weapons for pistol-whipping. Finally, some of the vehicles and their mounted weapons are available for use.New to the series are "Spartan Abilities", replacing the Armor Abilities of previous games. In-universe, the characters' MJOLNIR armor has been upgraded with various thrusters that allow them increased mobility options in all three axes of movement. They are context-dependent and can be used for attack, defense and evasion. Additionally, all Halo 5 firearms can be aimed by looking down their iron sights, a capability restricted to specific weapons in previous games.Previous games in the series have featured brief gameplay segments where the player character is accompanied by non-player character (NPC) companions in the form of United Nations Space Command (UNSC) Marines, non-human allies like the Arbiter, and other Spartans but in Halo 5 also equips the player with a persistent fireteam of NPC Spartans, who are present at all times and can receive limited orders using the Xbox controller. During cooperative play, other players assume control of these Spartans; each Spartan has different gameplay attributes. If any Spartan, player-controlled or not, takes too much damage, they enter an incapacitated state, and a teammate must rush over and revive them before they die. Sadly the lack of Local Multiplayer and the stupid REQ microtransaction system is also stupid to consider and sadly this hurts the game to the extent of every playing itMusic: Sataro Tojima was the audio director for Halo 5: Guardians with Japanese composer Kazuma Jinnouchi composing the original score. Jinnouchi wanted to reintroduce the original Halo theme in Halo 5: Guardians, so he composed his own interpretation of the piece. A larger emphasis has been placed on the use of a choir in Halo 5: Guardians' music than Halo 4's. Even though we have an original tune sadly the music is not as memorable as Martin O'Donnell’s music classic Halo games from BungieHow I think this game was meant to be told or I would’ve told: Now the story of Halo 5 Guardians I think should have been told would have been toldThe game should have introduced fire team Osiris as a new team of Spartans meant to replace Blue team with Locke being a spartan under orders by O.N.I which he follows no matter what he is given and then we start with the first mission as Master Chief being reunited with his friends going on a mission to argent moon with the loss of Cortana still fresh in his mind and much like the second mission he gets a message from cortana and he then later informs infinity on a mission to Meridian with Lasky denying it but chief and blue team go anyway. then we get the mission of fire team Osiris completing a successful mission and battle against Jul 'Mdama's forcing his covenant promethean forces to retreat and rescuing Dr. Halsey. Word then gets out from O.N.I that the Master Chief his team have gone Awol and disobeyed orders with Lasky informing the crew of the infinity of the mission to bring the chief back alive while O.N.I secretly gives Locke permission to kill the Master Chief if bringing him back is impossible. Team Osiris goes to Meridian where they find a human colony under attack by Promethean forces and no covenant. During their pursuit they encounter the Warden Eternal a Promethean enforcer who serves to protect the Guardian under the orders of someone in the domain. After temporarily defeating the Warden Osiris catches up to Blue Team ordering them to stand down and return to Infinity.The Master Chief and Locke have a battle with locke firing one round from his pistol at the chief. Chief bests Locke in hand-to-hand combat and flees with the rest of Blue Team as they board a Guardian, one of several colossal Forerunner constructs built as enforcers of entire worlds. Osiris barely escape the colony's collapse as the Guardian activates and disappears. The Guardian emerges on the Forerunner planet Genesis. Blue team begins to scout the area with Master chief as they pick up a faint familiar signal as they then meet up with the Warden who tells them he is service to an old friend of Master Chief making them realise but find it impossible. Meanwhile a huge argument breaks out on the infinity as the soldiers of the UNSC don’t want to work with fire team Osiris when the mission was to bring Master chief back alive not shoot him with Buck questioning Locke’s actions with everyone disagreeing and Palmer states she believed Locke was in the right with Locke reporting his actions to Lasky and wanting permission for Fire Team Osiris deployment to the Sangheili homeworld of Sanghelios, where they plan to use a dormant Guardian that resides there to travel to Blue Team's location. However the planet is engulfed in civil war; the remaining forces of the Covenant and Jul 'Mdama have chosen to make their last stand there. To hurry their mission, Osiris joins forces with the Arbiter and help him strike a crucial blow at the Covenant remnant but during the battle the Warden appears and the promethean soldiers turn on the covenant and Jul ’Mdama. Osiris boards a Guardian with the help of Commander Palmer while the Arbiter finishes off the last Covenant troops. On Genesis Osiris encounters the planet's caretaker the artificial intelligence 031 Exuberant Witness who allies with them to stop the one who awakened the Guardians. Osiris catches up to Blue Team who reveal the one who awakened the Guardians is to achieve galactic peace through forcible disarmament. Master Chief unaware of what's happening is teleported with the rest of Blue team reuniting with Cortana. Cortana says her terminal rampancy was cured by the same Forerunner technology that saved her. The Warden begins sending his forces including himself to attack Fire team Osiris while sending a small number of his forces to attack Blue team and protect Cortana. Master Chief attempts to convince Cortana to stand down. She refuses and confines Blue Team in a Forerunner prison to prevent them from interfering with her plan and to protect them after seeing the chief’s damaged Visor from Locke.Osiris manages to transfer control of Genesis back to Exuberant after fighting through The Warden’s forces who wrests the prison from Cortana as she leaves the planet via a Guardian. Artificial intelligences across the galaxy begin swearing allegiance to Cortana and her plans. Cortana locates Infinity and prepares to disable it but Lasky has the ship's AI Roland who is still loyal to Infinity engage slipspace away from Earth and commit to random jumps until they can develop a way to combat Cortana as Cortana uses the Guardians powerful EMP on Earth shutting down all systems on ships of both O.N.I and the UNSC. With Blue Team recovered, Osiris returns to Sanghelios to reunite the SPARTAN-IIs with an injured Commander Palmer, Thel'Vadam, and Halsey.Sadly this game has been given lots of flack and problem and I can’t give it a solid 10/10 despite it being a Halo game so I have to give it a 4/10 which is not very interesting and I would suggest playing The Master Chief Collection over this game considering its more interesting despite it being a “Mega Collection” type game.
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