I'm a pretty hardcore Halo fan. I've read all of the books, comics, played all of the games over and over. Halo 5 is a complete disappointment. It massively fails in the story department by making a story that requires knowledge of the books to understand what's going on while simultaneously disappointing the people who have read the books by criminally under representing Blue Team. Forge mode didn't even ship with the game.
Warzone is a poor man's Invasion mode. And the whole req pack system more or less revolves around Warzone as arena multiplayer doesn't have classes, making most of the items you get from req packs useless if you don't like Warzone (I don't). The map selection is super weak and there's no firefight/Spartan Ops type mode. The movement stuff like boosting, sliding, shoulder charge, and ground pound are fun and I like the way they handled aiming down the sights, but these features can't prop up the weak multiplayer. Grenade spam is a serious problem in arena.
[spoiler]And then there's the story. What the hell does 343i have against Cortana? I mean damn. In Halo 4 they killed her off, now they've brought her back as the enemy of the entire galaxy. 343i has made it more than obvious that they want to replace Chief with Locke, but the way they handling it - shoving Locke down everyone's throat while undermining Chief - is the worst possible way they could've handled it. The fact that this was to be the first game that featured Chief's reunion with Blue Team just helps to really salt the wound when you look at what they gave us. We should've had 15 levels of Blue Team just being the badasses they are, instead we got 3 missions as Blue Team. Seriously 343? And the fact that Locke was able to hold his own against THE Spartan II is a complete joke. It's like 343 hasn't even read their own books. The missions were boring and dragged on A LOT, of course maybe it was due to they act that I didn't want to play as Locke and Osiris.[/spoiler]
Overall I feel sorely disappointed in Halo 5. The story bad, the missions are boring, the multiplayer feels barebones and there is no forge yet. Compare this with Halo 3 and Halo: Reach, the pinnacle of game games (at least in content if you aren't a huge fan of those games), and Halo 5 doesn't stack up.
Edit: I also wanted to point out that one of the areas that I feel like Halo 5 really disappoints is content. Ever since 343 took over we have not seen the same amount of content we were used to getting with Bungie Halo games, just go back and boot up Reach, that game has more content than you can shake a stick at - great campaign, firefight, multi, invasion, best ever forge, theater, file sharing, full customization, a plethora or customization options for multiplayer and firefight, etc.
Halo 5 has campaign, custom games and online multiplayer. I know forge is coming but it should've shipped with the game and Theater mode doesn't count because it's no longer necessary since Xbox One has Game DVR.
[b]Edit 2:[/b] so I reposted this on the Halo Waypoint forums and wow, yeah, they really hate Bungie over there lol. Where's the guy with the post saying there weren't any trolls over there, lol, he needs to look again.
[b]Edit 3:[/b] Just saw that the original Halo:CE M6D pistol is coming to Halo 5 along with the Gravity Hammer and Spankr rocket launcher. Unfortunately they're only going to be available in Warzone via req cards, and they'll be the ultra rare "Mythic" variety at that. So again, if you don't like Warzone, you're pretty much screwed lol.
[b]Side note:[/b] gamesradar.com has good article breaking down all the problems with Halo 5's story and campaign. http://www.gamesradar.com/why-halo-5s-story-fails-completely
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I just skimmed through what you wrote and I agree
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1 ReplyEdited by Weary Werewolf: 11/3/2015 2:36:00 AMLOL op is such a moron reach was dogshit and the fact you compare AND think its better than halo 5 proves how misinformed you are reach killed halo and was a total fcking disgrace
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[b][u]WARNING I AM GOING TO DISCREDIT THIS ENTIRE POST![/u][/b] [i]Eye of the beholder[/i]
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It's not a good game. It's an Awesome game!
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The main reason to buy Halo games is for the multiplayer, and they tried way to hard to make the combat futuristic, which didn't work out. It's a no from me
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The grenade spam is my biggest issue.
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2 RepliesShould I not get it?
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It's a great Halo game.
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6 RepliesEdited by footlesscoot002: 10/28/2015 10:01:36 PMHalo five was great. The story was awesome and war zone is the most fun I ever had in PvP. I like the halo changes 343 is doing because for me halo 1-3 was just boring and compared to halo 4 and 5 the story actually interesting. Hell cortana going rogue and chief trying to stop her. Also not playing as chief as much was interesting. I could see locke's team working with chief in the future.
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2 Replies[quote]shoving Locke down everyone's throat[/quote]Remember how popular the Arbiter was after "Halo 2"? Guaranteed way to make an audience hate a character is to try too hard to make the audience accept them. And in this case, the voice acting isn't helping. At least the Arbiter had Kieth David!
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3 RepliesYeah I was on the fence about it but after reading this I don't think I'll be buying it. I usually buy halo for the campaign, but having not read the books I have no reason to play.
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Arena is completely garbage. Terrible maps, terrible spawns. Anybody who defends it just says "it takes skill" and that's just the people who go positive and think they are badasses.
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I like it but I don't like that they took away several multiplayer games. I wasn't expecting infection to stick around but I did like the party playlist they had in 4 more specifically rock and rail and shotty snipers. It just feels like there aren't many maps either. At least this launch wasn't the same train wreck as MCC. My only other gripe is armor unlocks. Req is fine but I think they only drops from gold packs and that's a lil bit of a hassle lol
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Expected b8 Am dissapoint
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Loved halo series to bits. Halo 5 is si meh. 1 week return policy here i come.
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5 RepliesYup gaylo 5 is pretty damn gay.
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1 ReplyThe gamesradar article is spot on. This trilogy is going to be like The Hobbit trilogy. They are stretching it out for sure. But I did enjoy the campaign gameplay.
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1 ReplyUnrealized potential. That's all it really can be summed up as. It really could have been amazing but they got too caught up in a lore intensive story, trying to make a group of new characters, not enough Buck, and a complete disregard for blue team.
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It has literally been out for a few days good god
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2 Repliesthe lag so far is complete bs, worse than destiny
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I think you meant to say Warzone is a [i]rich[/i] man's Invasion.
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You complain about story, multiplayer, and lack of content. Yet you spend days playing the wet mess that is Destiny. Your opinion in invalid.
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3 RepliesYour not a good halo game
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I personally love everything about this game and find a lot of enjoyment from playing it.
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Completely disagree. The campaign was enjoyable, warzone is extremely fun, and arena is entertaining if you're feeling competitive.
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10 RepliesLoved Halo 5. One of my favourite Halo games. Don't get caught up on yourself because it's different.