Halo 5: Guardians

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  1. Gamemonster
    Nov 4, 2015
    0
    Lan parties is what i love about Halo. Well loved, since Halo guardians doesn't support system link. Why 343?? Can you fathom how annoying it is gathering a couple of friends and xbox live is down??
    Now you can't have guests over to play that doesn't have live.
    You just killed Halo for me and my friends!!!
  2. GeneticBlueprin
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    I've been playing this game on and off over the past year and I think I'm just done with it.

    The single player campaign is an awful nonsensical story that's completely forgettable. That's all that could be said about that portion but it's so much worse: Boring AI squadmates and shifting perspectives to uninteresting personalities are really what kill it. Halo 2 did this well and made it    I've been playing this game on and off over the past year and I think I'm just done with it.

    The single player campaign is an awful nonsensical story that's completely forgettable. That's all that could be said about that portion but it's so much worse: Boring AI squadmates and shifting perspectives to uninteresting personalities are really what kill it. Halo 2 did this well and made it work because the Arbiter was an interesting character. The sangheli were an interesting race. And the Covenant is an interesting faction. Locke offers absolutely NONE of that so why force him down our throats? Start a spin off with Locke if you want to tell his story so bad. People play the SP campaign of Halo to play as Master Chief and have him interact with crazy alien objects in exotic locales. Unfortunately that's only a small portion of the campaign here.

    The multiplayer has several exploits that make it frustrating. Some items and weapons are way overpowered. Requisition/lootboxes add a pay to win aspect that just makes it no fun especially since they keep adding more and more common/uncommon items making it even harder to unlock the rarer ones. So people can just pay hand over fist and keep unlocking overpowered weapons and items. Even the way the permanent unlocks work makes you suffer. I had to unlock like 100 different assault rifles and battle rifles that barely vary at all before I unlocked something I was excited to use. And the UI for scrolling through these items? AWFUL. There's 100 items but only five at a time fit on the screen. Are you kidding me? Christ.    … Expand
  3. locsphere
    Dec 1, 2015
    0
    WHAAAAT WERE YOU THINKING? We play Halo games that are not ODST, Reach, etc to play as Master Chief. He is playable in three missions and the story reaching up to his half assed going rogue is ridiculous considering the Halo4 mission storyline that was slowly released barely lead into it. I mean come on here. We want to play the Chief. Spartan Locke and most of his crew look like cheesyWHAAAAT WERE YOU THINKING? We play Halo games that are not ODST, Reach, etc to play as Master Chief. He is playable in three missions and the story reaching up to his half assed going rogue is ridiculous considering the Halo4 mission storyline that was slowly released barely lead into it. I mean come on here. We want to play the Chief. Spartan Locke and most of his crew look like cheesy rip offs of an anime. The story is garbage and Cortana goes evil. Didn't see that coming and then they have to rescue the chief and this is just nonsense. No explanation of Chiefs team. Just a ridiculous rivalry with a fight scene that sounds like nerds slapping it out in motorcycle helmets and gear. Story way to short and a grind unlike other Halos. The enemies seem bloated and for some reason the weapons are all low on ammo without famine being on. I don't know how you could make a game like Halo 4 which was amazing and then produce this. I mean you guys said you were going to make up for the Master Chief collection and we don't even get to play the Chief.... He becomes the Arbiter from Halo 2. If Spartan Locke was in Halo 1 I would love playing as Spartan Locke, But I started playing as the Master Chief and that is what I would like to keep doing until this is concluded. Botched it again!… Expand
  4. Zephlar
    Dec 17, 2015
    0
    This isn't Halo without Split Screen. Halo 4 was the best to date in my opinion, so I can't totally call 343 out on being a terrible company. However, this oversight cost them a LOT of purchases, mine included. No way I would ever buy Halo without split screen.
  5. SKELETOR420
    Apr 2, 2016
    0
    I take back anything remotely pleasant I had to say. This game is totally broken for EU players, 6 months out. It's MCC all over again.

    Don't buy anything with 343i on it. It's a shame that Creative Assembly (who've lately been recognised for Alien Isolation) are getting into bed with them.
  6. UltraDoom
    Jul 27, 2016
    0
    This review mostly concerns the Halo campaigns.

    Gears of Duty: Halo Edition 5 simply isn't a Halo game. I've just come off beating the Master Chief Collection, even grinding through 4 again. While some design elements saw improvements, namely the fore-runner guns which now feel appropriate to what they were supposed to be, almost everything else is significantly worse. Having also just    This review mostly concerns the Halo campaigns.

    Gears of Duty: Halo Edition 5 simply isn't a Halo game. I've just come off beating the Master Chief Collection, even grinding through 4 again. While some design elements saw improvements, namely the fore-runner guns which now feel appropriate to what they were supposed to be, almost everything else is significantly worse. Having also just finished Advanced Warfare, the similarities to the COD franchise and everywhere.

    There was also one, particular thing, which stood out like a giant middle finger to the entire Halo community. As one Reddit user, amusso18 put it, "they [343] spent their time giving you the best parts of the game in UNPLAYABLE CUTSCENES". During the opening scene I thought, "Ok, maybe its a tease for what you get to do, I can let one slide". But when the second scene ran, showing your team killing a bunch of elites and then a boss elite - something EVERY other game let the player do countless times - I had enough.

    If this were some COD nod to Halo that would be different, if it was an entirely different game or even an experimental game based in the Halo world like ODST, I may have been more sympathetic. 343 simply took all the things that made Halo what it was and killed them.

    Some people say "Just go play CE forever then", but that's just it. Halo 1-3 all showed progress and innovation. Halo ODST and Reach did the same and took the series further than it had ever been, all while keeping the core of Halo in-tact.

    Halo 4 was frustrating to play and marred by adjustments that made no sense. Where did chiefs headlamp go? Its the same suit at the end of 3, why do I have to suffer an insanely dark game because 343 didn't feel like mapping the up arrow to a flashlight? Really? Why do the guns almost all have reduced ammo counts? Why does chief feel like he is way more vulnerable than before; I haven't A-B'd it but I'm certain his shield is far weaker in 4. Why are grenades basically useless now? One of the funnest parts of 3 was sticking everything and getting good at it, in 4 its almost impossible. Why do banshee pilots fly like they can read the players mind, I've never seen such insane piloting, not even by human players. The whole thing just feels like its trying to punish the player. Also, I really didn't care for Cortana's drama. The COD influence of her barking orders the entire campaign, I suppose, were a glimpse into 5's direction.

    Regarding multiplayer, why did they nerf the rail gun!? Why did they keep changing things on the whims of butt-hurt players? Its so frustrating to buy a game, like the game, and have it be completely different a few months in! I completely gave up Halo 4's multiplayer because they changed it at the core level so often. Halo 5, I hesitate to even try it.

    The game is OK, but its not Halo. Don't call it Halo 343 if your going to make something completely different.    … Expand
  7. trytoblockmenow
    Oct 29, 2015
    0
    One of the most disappointing releases of the year. Basically you are looking at 4-5 hour campaign with an extremely mediocre story. Then you get into the multiplayer which has been turned into Call Of Duty, with jet packs, ground slams and a very annoying auto aim feature that I can seem to disable. Split screen has been removed and there is no forge mode. Micro transactions have alsoOne of the most disappointing releases of the year. Basically you are looking at 4-5 hour campaign with an extremely mediocre story. Then you get into the multiplayer which has been turned into Call Of Duty, with jet packs, ground slams and a very annoying auto aim feature that I can seem to disable. Split screen has been removed and there is no forge mode. Micro transactions have also been added for the first time in the form of REQ packs. This doesn't effect Arena mode, but it ruins Warzone by turning it into a pay to win scheme, as nothing is stopping people who choose to fork over cash from spamming the most powerful weapons and vehicles. This greediness is on top of an already overpriced $60 game for the lack of single player content. Halo 5 should be avoided at all costs.… Expand
  8. noelhuxley
    Dec 30, 2019
    0
    A long boring slog of a game. frustrantly difficult in parts with an overall nonsensical storyline......
  9. Omran121
    Jun 21, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Halo is garbage … Expand
  10. Miuk
    Oct 30, 2015
    0
    SAD MOMENT IN VIDEO GAME HISTORY: this game is nothing other than an attempt to bring mobile freemium model in disguise of a AAA premium console game just in time for Halloween ! WHAT A TROJAN HORSE !!! There is no future ! Definitely not a console seller ...
  11. ronaldomds
    Jun 12, 2020
    0
    Perdi meu tempo nessa porcaria! Chato demais, não tem emoção, essas armas de brinquedo são um tédio, só não é pior que a campanha!
  12. hobbes138
    Sep 21, 2016
    0
    I **** love spending my money on garbage games like this! Thank you 343 for handing us a giant pile of dog **** Seriously! I hope you all get AIDS! Full blown ass-bleeding AIDS!
  13. Longshots
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Micro-transactions. .
  14. B167
    Jun 26, 2018
    0
    I'll share my ideas going in depth of what must be made in Halo 6 to fix Halo 5's story:

    ▪ Important things have to be shown in cutscenes and not told from characters as exposition (flashbacks and flashforwards do exist you know! How the hell did Cortana turn evil?) ▪ In general: characters who have conflicts in the story have to get a juicy background to ensure fights deliver    I'll share my ideas going in depth of what must be made in Halo 6 to fix Halo 5's story:

    ▪ Important things have to be shown in cutscenes and not told from characters as exposition (flashbacks and flashforwards do exist you know! How the hell did Cortana turn evil?)
    ▪ In general: characters who have conflicts in the story have to get a juicy background to ensure fights deliver struggle.
    ▪ All the characters: not enough interaction through each other. The dialogue is pretty bad: most of it was just useless banter and rarely did any character say anything of actual importance that gave us an insight into their character. These characters are irrelevant to the story: Vale, Tanaka, Buck (although he adds fun lines), Fred, Linda, Kelly, the Arbiter (he's there to get Sanghelios free from the Covenant, but that doesn't have anything to do with the story ), the Covenant (what are they up to in the first mission? - they're on their last stronghold on Sunaion just to justify the Arbiter presence in the game), Prometheans and Warden (they're there just to be shot, they spawn a little time before a Guardian awakens and start killing people), Meridian people (I can't see why I should care about them), Lasky+Palmer are there just because the Infinity is the Osiris ship.
    ▪ Blue Team (Fred, Kelly and Linda): Characters have to be introduced IN THE GAME, I just played another Halo chronological marathon to try understand Halo 5 only with the information held in the games - because playing the games without reading the expanded material is what most of the fans do - but it is actually impossible. I know who they are and I love them because I read "Fall of Reach" but a fan who didn't read it doesn't know anything about their awesomeness and will never love them as me!
    ▪ Vale and Tanaka: you need to show more of them, why did they decide to become spartans? What are their motivations? We just know Vale knows a lot about Elites and Tanaka is a technician, nothing more.
    ▪ Jul'mdama: What was he doing in the 1st mission? What should players know about him if they didn'play Spartan Ops? what about the Janus Key?
    ▪ Locke: he's been introduced in "Nightfall" (I saw it), he had to be introduced in the game, and his fighting and stealth skills too! In Nightfall we can see he is an ONI agent who is sent in the most dangerous missions but in Halo 5 he looks empty, he rarely talks to the other characters (as almost every character) so you can't learn anything about him or his relationship with the other characters, and in every fight Osiris just runs into enemies! Is that really how a stealth ONI assassin would lead his Spartan team? How are we supposed to get connected with him that way? The only characters who work well if they almost never speak are the Rookie and Noble 6 because you don't see their face, so you "Imagine to be them", so whereas Locke is intended to be a character with huge background he's not a good character if his motivations and abilities are not shown in the game.
    ▪ Guardians: we know from Cortana's exposition that the Guardians are very powerful Forerunner constructs that were used by them to rule the galaxy, but we never see their power! The game is called "Halo 5: Guardians" and we see just one of them EMPing a planet at the end of the game, nothing more...
    ▪ The Warden Eternal: as the Guardians there is not enough shown of his story, we know from what he says that he's the protector of the Domain, and he serves Cortana because she's now in control of it. How did Cortana and the Warden meet? What is the Warden story during the Forerunner era? Did he know the Didact?

    ▪ The Arbiter: everything about him changed (in my language that is italian they also had to change his dubber because the previous one died... but the new one doesn't resemble him in any way… the only good thing is the armor because it hides his wrong jaws. Then is behaviour is also a lot more aggressive than Halo 2/3 and he screams a lot!
    ▪ Halsey: did she want revenge against UNSC and ONI or am I wrong?
    ▪ Lasky and Palmer: they are Captain and Commander, but they actually don't command anyone... and there is not much of them that helps the player caring about them
    ▪ Roland: he's actually in the story because of what?
    ▪ Exuberant: only good new character, she serves the "Guardians builders" (I don't know their name in english, in italian they are "i Costruttori") and her installation is Genesis, that is the planet where Guardians are built. It is enough for her because she isn't in conflict with anyone in the story.
    ▪ Buck: he's ok, but he has no influence in the story.
    ▪ Chief: after Halo 4 I though we would see more emotions from him... he turned from a static to a dynamic character in Halo 4, and in Halo 5 he just "goes awhole" and tries to take her home.
    ▪ Cortana: Died at the end of H4 and she just reappeared OP and wants to rule the universe. WTF happened?    … Expand
  15. moviecritic9001
    Nov 6, 2015
    0
    Easily has the worst story and campaign of all Halo games. The multiplayer is good however, i bought halo for forge, split-screen and the campaign all of which are nonexistent.
  16. Bernadet
    Nov 6, 2015
    0
    the game sucks its cinematic scenes are the worst, the game play is also the worst. the graphics are also the worst, do your self a favor and stay away from this title I really do not like the online game play of it either its broken.
  17. dgbug
    Feb 14, 2016
    0
    Halo 5 is merely a ghost of the past. Halo 5 besides a few nice game modes, and beautiful graphics should be called "call of halo 5 requisitions." The game reflects the current generations' desire to draw and have immediate gains rather then actual earned experience.

    Split screen is gone. How I was introduced to the series and owned titles was via split screens. My friends bought 360's    Halo 5 is merely a ghost of the past. Halo 5 besides a few nice game modes, and beautiful graphics should be called "call of halo 5 requisitions." The game reflects the current generations' desire to draw and have immediate gains rather then actual earned experience.

    Split screen is gone. How I was introduced to the series and owned titles was via split screens. My friends bought 360's by the shared experience.

    Requisitions. This is basically gambling for items in game. I'm surprised Microsoft hasn't been docked for placing deceiving content in game in order to unlock all the suits you would need to place $1160.60 (at infinite odds or play the game 600-1000 hrs and hope that the draws are perfect.)    … Expand
  18. VideoGamePlayer
    Oct 28, 2015
    0
    Graphics are pretty bad for what’s supposed to be a showcase for the Xbox One. Multiplayer matchmaking is very weak because of the limited choice of game modes to choose from. Multiplayer maps are very uninspired! Guns are underpowered and extremely stale compared to other games. Movement system is also lagging behind the competition now because it’s too basic compared to what you see inGraphics are pretty bad for what’s supposed to be a showcase for the Xbox One. Multiplayer matchmaking is very weak because of the limited choice of game modes to choose from. Multiplayer maps are very uninspired! Guns are underpowered and extremely stale compared to other games. Movement system is also lagging behind the competition now because it’s too basic compared to what you see in other games. Single player campaign is not epic and this is Halo so it should be! Clearly this is not the next gen Halo we were all hoping for!!!… Expand
  19. TrevMizer
    Oct 28, 2015
    0
    Another rushed Halo game. No surprises here, but it's also unfinished. Pitiful number of multiplayer maps, no big team battle, no forge mode. Custom games are pretty much impossible because of this. I'm also not happy with the agenda 343 have. Campaign is just terrible and filled with sjw dribble. The shills are trying really hard to keep the fake reviews up.
  20. Figaro79
    Jun 4, 2016
    0
    Короткая и забагованная игра. Не лучший сюжет, плохая режиссюра. 343 industries показала себя с плохой стороны. Master chief collection почти непроходима из за проблем с сохранениями. В halo 5 похожие проблемы. Враги проваливаются и исчезают с радара, загрузка чекпоинта не помогает, приходится перепроходить всю миссию сначала. Microsoft в своем репертуаре - гонит сплошной брак. ТакоеКороткая и забагованная игра. Не лучший сюжет, плохая режиссюра. 343 industries показала себя с плохой стороны. Master chief collection почти непроходима из за проблем с сохранениями. В halo 5 похожие проблемы. Враги проваливаются и исчезают с радара, загрузка чекпоинта не помогает, приходится перепроходить всю миссию сначала. Microsoft в своем репертуаре - гонит сплошной брак. Такое низкое качество не приемлемо для консольных игр. Вот именно так microsoft решило объеденить пк и консоли...… Expand
  21. spejson
    Oct 29, 2015
    0
    Very dissapoiting and short story.... With terrible ending. The worst Halo so far. 60 fps is good for shooters but graphic is really lame... So 60 fps isnt good argument.
  22. GreekChief
    Nov 9, 2015
    0
    Almost nothing different from halo 4 other then maybe customization for multiplayer. This game lacks in so many areas i cant believe I payed for the limited edition. There is almost no story in this game. After you finish your first mission the cut-scene that follows is so poorly done and left me wondering how old the writers for this game were or rather what did they cut from the originalAlmost nothing different from halo 4 other then maybe customization for multiplayer. This game lacks in so many areas i cant believe I payed for the limited edition. There is almost no story in this game. After you finish your first mission the cut-scene that follows is so poorly done and left me wondering how old the writers for this game were or rather what did they cut from the original script. Halos multiplayer hasnt change very much so if you're into that type of game play then you're good. If you wanted another epic story or even a mediocre story then this does not deliver. If youre new to the franchise this may appeal to you. If you're a die hard halo fan who has read the books and also knows a lot about marathon youre going to be let down.

    Listen Im not trying to bash on a series i love ok. But I didn't feel any excitement playing this game. Maybe its because im 30 and lack the amount of testosterone i had 10 years ago. But i still play racing games and i still get an insane rush when im winning. The spark is still there not the guilty one. From the first cut scene with Spartans falling from the sky to masterchiefs intro i felt really ashamed and embarrassed. Only because Ive read the books and my image of what Spartans are does not compare to these. Of course the books are going to be different since theyre written by different writers.

    That lack of continuity in halo can cause a lot of confusion for me. also it causes me to actually hate the new since it breaks so many lines. Im just gonna make a list W/E.
    1.Story is boring and lacks continuity 2. Missing spartan threes. No Spartans from the ghost of onyx series. Fyi these Spartans were with linda kelly and fred after halo 3 events. 3. Spartans falling from sky would kill them or injure them. 26 Spartans jumped from a pelican in reach. It wasnt pretty. 4. Halo 1-3 hinted that humans were the forerunners. Now they have removed that and made these forerunner enemies. I just dont get it why would the forerunners only call humans re-claimers. they didnt make the tech the forerunners did right? seriously wtf halo Four. 5. Same boring multiplayer 6. cant join random people for coop campaign only friends...seriously.    … Expand
  23. niel1000000
    Nov 4, 2015
    0
    not so good story, devs wasted time on micro transactions instead of making the story longer, no split screen but but but my bro cant play with me, nor the kids, corporate **** i say, whole purpose to buy this was to play with frnds and family on couch and have quality time this is theft no more splity :(
  24. CopperySinger5
    May 25, 2016
    0
    This is the most boring halo game ever. 343 uses micro-transactions to sell us armor that is really hard to get in-game. multiplayer maps are law-luster, so they give us community maps and make it nearly impossible for us to share maps.
  25. Hellome7
    Nov 4, 2015
    0
    Wtf? Are you serious? I finished the game in 4 hours! No co-op? Why do I only get to play with the masterchief 3 **** missions!? Are you serious? It's unacceptable.
  26. fallouts
    Oct 28, 2015
    0
    A very boring story campaign that feels too similar to Halo 4, although the gunplay is somewhat improved. The graphics are better but not by much, still looks like Halo 4.5. There are better FPS games out there. See my other reviews to find out about other good FPS games.
  27. Reroll0
    Dec 12, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm just gonna say it Halo 5 sucks, and these are the reasons why it is such a waste of digital space.

    Halo 5: Guardians campaign is a confusing disarray of levels, characters, and story plots that don't add up. Halo 5, which takes equal parts of the Halo novels, lame live-action mini-series, and characters, by Halo standards, don't really have an impact or you would care for. The story centers around Spartan Jameson Locke, of which he is the main character of the live action series Halo: Nightfall, and Fireteam Osiris, which is composed of Spartans Holly Tanaka, Olympia Vale, and Edward Buck, which you might recognize from previous Halo games Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach. The premise of the story is to track down the location of the Master Chief, after Master Chief receives a vision that Cortana is still alive and on a distant planet called Meridan. After Master Chief arrives on Meridan with his team of Spartans called Blue Team, Spartan Locke shortly arrives and tracks them down, and after a heated argument about what both of their objectives entail, they engage in a fisticuff, and Master Chief escapes. After this, the game continues to get really confusing for most intents and purposes, as Locke, has to fight an Elite civil war upon their home planet, Sanghelios, and Master Chief learns that Cortana is alive and has essentially become the forerunner equivalent to Gravemind, the Flood hive mind from previous games. But if you think that's the worst, here are more plot points that they left out entirely, as well as keen observations.
    !. Halo 5, like Halo 4, does not take place around or even remotely close to a Halo ring.
    2. The Flood, again like 4, do not make an appearance.
    3. In the Campaign, they say that Master Chief isn't the last Spartan 2 anymore.
    4. There are 12 levels with Spartan Locke, and only 3 levels with Master Chief. I thought Master Chief was the star of the show...
    5. Spartan Locke looks way too close to ODST character Romeo
    6. Holly Tanaka does not look remotely close to a Japanese person.
    7. Your A.I. buddies, are almost dumber than marines in previous Halo games.
    8. Vehicles, which is one of the reasons Halo is enjoyable, get so shafted.
    9. You get nothing for beating the game, no armor, no option to play as the other characters, absolutely nothing.
    10. And this might be the last point, they're 2/3 levels dedicated to storytelling.
    And the sad thing about this story is that, it vaguely reminds of Metal Gear Solid: Peacewalker, because the fact that Snake believes that the Boss is still alive, is almost word for word the same as Master Chief looking for Cortana. Halo doesn't need convoluted plot twists and turns, it just needs good game play, great voice acting, and copious amounts of vehicles. The only good thing I can say about the game is, well, which they kinda stole this from Star Wars: Republic Commando, but if you're playing solo, you can assign your A.I. buddies to attack certain targets, pick up weapons, and drive vehicles.

    So far, you just heard me jaw about the hideous campaign, but surely since this is Halo, you'd expect a decent online multi-player right?

    Wrong.

    Halo multiplayer is divided into two playlists, Arena and Warzone. Arena has the core game types you'd expect like Slayer and Free-for-Fall, but oddly, no Oddball, or Team Objectives like neutral bomb. and Warzone, which combines equal parts disappointment, Territories, and Invasion from Halo:Reach. Warzone also has the privilege of being the worst Halo mode ever invented beside modes made just for the Action Sack playlist. How the game works is capture territories, and continually move on to the next one, like Invasion. There is also A. I. on the map to kill for points, but that's more of a problem than an innovative feature, because matches are lost and won killing those things instead of capturing said territories. After capturing all territories on the map, you have to destroy the other team's power core, which boil down to my next point that the power core is impossible to reach and you're gonna die multiple times trying to reach it, because the maps are designed so poorly that all objectives/territories are only accessible by a bottleneck corridor, and that people abuse the requisition system, which gives people vehicles, power weapons, and power-ups like active camo. And that's not even the end of all of the gripes I have for game, which I'm almost surprised I forgot this, the game handles like crap, remakes of maps are really bad like Headlong, and Midship, and the fact that the SMG which has been absent since Halo:Reach overpowers the Assault Rifle and horribly imbalances gameplay, is astonishing. From reading this review, you might think this guy is an **** and doesn't know what's he talking about. No, the game is that bad, like I'd rather play Halo Spartan Assault, or Halo Wars, instead of this heap of garbage. I fear for Halo 6.    … Expand
  28. Knuxie
    Nov 1, 2015
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    Lets see here... It builds off the gameplay of Reach, instead of Halo 1-3, effectively making it a Call of Duty game, NOT a halo game. Love halo? Stick to the original trilogy and ODST. Anything from Reach and onwards should just be avoided at all costs. Make halo HALO again. Enough of this CoD nonsense.
  29. evilcart
    Oct 29, 2015
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    So far I am not at all happy with this release.

    1 had to reinstall 3 times to get the damn thing to correctly install 2 NO split screen, it should have been an option, and at the very least they could have added support for offline co op split screen 3 micro transactions. 4 boring campaign that lacks any choice motivation and comes across as being led around by the nose.    So far I am not at all happy with this release.

    1 had to reinstall 3 times to get the damn thing to correctly install

    2 NO split screen, it should have been an option, and at the very least they could have added support for offline co op split screen

    3 micro transactions.

    4 boring campaign that lacks any choice motivation and comes across as being led around by the nose. Players have no input other than following along a predetermined path , predetermined actions and events. one might as well sit back and just watch the AIs play the game. As a gamer of over 30 years I can tell you the best days of FPS have long since past. These days it is pay to win, pay to advance, pay for a hat. Where once FPS required thought and planning, now it is run and gun drop and pop you back. No costs for death, No thought required..

    The best part of Halo was sitting down with my peers and playing together. By removing split screens, 343 has hollowed out the game. No more can my friends arrive at a house settle in for the day and leave when our fingers are worn and our heads are aching.
    No longer can I enjoy running missions with my son, instead he has to watch me play or I watch him. we had so looked forward to running Halo 5 together, he is old enough to no longer need to be carried and we had planned to put the game on hard and battle our way through together.

    All of that has been cut to cater to the whims of online multiplayer, 343i has disgarded the very people who supported Halo through thick and thin. We were patient when 343i dropped the ball ref MCC. We forgave them and looked forward instead of placing blame.

    yet 343 has abandoned the split screen crowd , not even provided a campaign split screen .

    this is likely the last 343i game I buy. The game designers have decided to focus on twitch players in the 10-30 group and is completely ignoring the players who helped Microsoft Bungie 343i build the brand of XBOX and HALO.

    thanks guys way to be loyal to those who were loyal.

    4 REQs ( seems like every game wants to be an RNG SKINNER BOX)

    5 online only.

    6 plays like COD

    7 super fast re-spawns means no real death penalty. Resulting in sloppy play styles and suicide runs....

    it really is a shame the way these large release high profile games are all adding RNG , PTW. Halo COD Destiny all feel like games designed around Tryhard kids and are deliberately designed to get players addicted to the RNG...

    If I feel different a few days from now I will change the score , but for now I am not at all happy how 343i is just following the pack instead of leading the way.

    What happened to playing a FPS on a level field where everyone has an equal chance. Halo 4 was a PITA to play because    … Expand
  30. Morbidlight
    Nov 5, 2015
    0
    This game is Halo 4, watered down with slightly better visuals. Short and forgettable campaign. No split-screen. The mechanics just feel all wrong. Looks like the magic departed with Bungie.
  31. lordzzz
    Nov 22, 2015
    0
    No coop. Saddest day in life to tell son that we cant play together. Are u serious? Devs, totally dissapointed. No excuse for that. Crime as hell.. Refund on the way. No more halos, forzaz... +*()#+-_@(@)@//@!!!
  32. 3dYoumad
    Oct 27, 2015
    0
    Is Halo up to the Challenge?
    On the levels where most games operate, it is. Here we get two interweaving stories – or perhaps one story told from two perspectives – as the game shifts perspective back and forth between Blue Team, led by the Master Chief, and Team Osiris, led by the ex-ONI agent, now Spartan, Jameson Locke.
    Not everything works perfectly. There's an absolutely awful    Is Halo up to the Challenge?
    On the levels where most games operate, it is. Here we get two interweaving stories – or perhaps one story told from two perspectives – as the game shifts perspective back and forth between Blue Team, led by the Master Chief, and Team Osiris, led by the ex-ONI agent, now Spartan, Jameson Locke.

    Not everything works perfectly. There's an absolutely awful section in a mining colony where you can eavesdrop on characters that are supposed to tell you nothing from a distance of two-feet away; a sequence that's perhaps supposed to remind you of Locke's background in intelligence, but leaving you wishing 343 had exercised more of theirs. There are two other missions later on where you do almost nothing bar wander somewhere and speak to an important NPC.
    With less experience we're even less inclined to say much about Warzone, except that it's mix of large-scale Battlefield-style warfare and almost Destiny-like co-op skirmishes and boss-battles has a lot of promise, with the action escalating nicely as new weapons and vehicles become available through the requisition system. We'll cover both Arena and Warzone in more depth, and look at server and matchmaking stability, in an update after launch.

    The Verdict:

    Halo 5 make a promise to the future, in Competitive mode.    … Expand
  33. forthenco
    Oct 29, 2015
    0
    I don't have the time to enjoy multiplayer, and the campaign story wasn't just bad, it was abysmal, I beat the campaign on heroic in 7 hours of straight gaming and in the end I wanted to grasp some hope that the ending was gonna be good but instead all I felt was that the narrative could not have been more disjointed and **** up then it was. It is nothing like hunt the truth, it isI don't have the time to enjoy multiplayer, and the campaign story wasn't just bad, it was abysmal, I beat the campaign on heroic in 7 hours of straight gaming and in the end I wanted to grasp some hope that the ending was gonna be good but instead all I felt was that the narrative could not have been more disjointed and **** up then it was. It is nothing like hunt the truth, it is nothing like the ad campaign, they never really wanted to hurt the chief there was no stress about locke and the chief really hashing it out. In the end they portrayed locke as if in equal standing to the chief and made one of my most favorite characters a villain who made positively no sense. The end of the game left me both mystified and tremendously frustrated as all it made me feel was that the whole campaign was the prolouge to halo 6. This review is based on the campaign experience which is honestly why I bought the game and I cannot be any more angry with how **** the campaign is.… Expand
  34. Rysmit789
    Oct 28, 2015
    0
    Why is its terrible.

    -no split screen Split screen is one of the core selling points of halo, its been in every halo since the beginning but for some pathetic reason 343 chose to get rid of split screen in favour of 1080p graphics and 60fps, despite the majority of halo fans preferring lower frame rates and worse graphics like there always has been. -boring single player The single    Why is its terrible.

    -no split screen
    Split screen is one of the core selling points of halo, its been in every halo since the beginning but for some pathetic reason 343 chose to get rid of split screen in favour of 1080p graphics and 60fps, despite the majority of halo fans preferring lower frame rates and worse graphics like there always has been.

    -boring single player
    The single player in this game is not a scratch on the stories that bungie were able to produce, the new characters are boring as is the short story, that ends on a terrible cliff hanger, very unlike halo 2's cliff hanger ending which made me desperately play more, halo 5's makes me want to forget this completely    … Expand
  35. Viltgance
    Oct 28, 2015
    0
    This game is a big let down for long time Halo fans. The pure fact that there is no local co op and no online guest is absolutely absurd for a Halo game. You cannot have get togethers with your buddies IRL anymore and have Halo nights at a friends place....hell you can't even have 1 friend over and play together now. Also this game is lacking in game modes, basically there isn't manyThis game is a big let down for long time Halo fans. The pure fact that there is no local co op and no online guest is absolutely absurd for a Halo game. You cannot have get togethers with your buddies IRL anymore and have Halo nights at a friends place....hell you can't even have 1 friend over and play together now. Also this game is lacking in game modes, basically there isn't many options to choose from right now, and on top of that there is no forge. Seems to be the normal in this gen to have minimal content at launch and add more later with DLC and microtransaction. Halo 3 is still the definitive Halo game to play in the series and I'd make sure to play this game somewhere before running out and blindly purchasing it....you may be disappointed.… Expand
  36. JJJS
    Oct 28, 2015
    0
    Dropping features such as split screen that where core to the series makes it a no buy.

    343 seems to have already long track word of saying one thing and then doing another, here's hoping they retcon halo's 4 and 5, then Master Chief wakes up from cryo-sleep. with a relieved sound in his voice saying "oh thank god it was a terrible dream"
  37. DangerxZone89
    Oct 28, 2015
    0
    As a long time Halo and Xbox fan, this game is utterly disappointing. Sure it looks great, but the story is lame and playing online doesn't have that Halo feel anymore.. Not to mention there is a huge lack of maps and variety. This should not have the Halo name. II highly recommend you play it somewhere before buying.
  38. jpetro416
    Oct 30, 2015
    0
    Feels like call of duty....

    Plus:
    -No split screen
    -Flat Story

    In short: Halo 5 has lost everything that was halo, playing with your friends in one room.
  39. Vielsten
    Nov 2, 2015
    0
    Fluid it might be, "Halo" is still it's name..but it's complete garbage to me. No split screen whatsoever? I played Halo all these years to sit down and play with friends.

    Garbage.
  40. CaptainFumbles
    Nov 1, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 343 centers their stories around "the mantle of responsibility" which is ironic because in a way they have assumed "the mantle" for the halo franchise and have proven over and over that they are unworthy of it. Halo 5 does nothing to shake that feeling from you as you play through the campaign. If anything it just drives the point home as you rapidly watch the story twist and morph into something not even reminiscent of bungies halo. Words cannot convey my dissapointment.… Expand
  41. maxblaster445
    Nov 1, 2015
    0
    It is garbage. The best it can do is some multi player, but the rest is not worth the money. If it was free to play, that is another thing, however it is not. The full price you expect a lot more campaign, split screen, and a great story line. Well, the campaign is painful. It is plain garbage, the rest I could not give a **** about.
  42. Sabin190
    Nov 2, 2015
    0
    I love halo games, but this, oh my god, graphics old gen, bad gameplay and multiplayer, i don't have words, this game is a trash. the campaing i talk nothing, but is bad too
  43. Typharius
    Nov 4, 2015
    0
    I've been a die hard halo fan since combat evolved which I bought my first Xbox for, 1-3 and Reach still represent the pinnacle of fps perfection to me. Halo 4 I thought was average, I didn't like the textures which I think we're abysmal compared to Reach's graphics, the story was a bit boring, and the game was short and linear but I thought "it's 343's first game, not too bad for a firstI've been a die hard halo fan since combat evolved which I bought my first Xbox for, 1-3 and Reach still represent the pinnacle of fps perfection to me. Halo 4 I thought was average, I didn't like the textures which I think we're abysmal compared to Reach's graphics, the story was a bit boring, and the game was short and linear but I thought "it's 343's first game, not too bad for a first effort" I genuinely had faith that Halo 5 would address all of these issues and bring the beloved series back on top. So I got halo 5 deluxe edition pre ordered, got the game and... I'm absolutely devastated at what 343 have made. It doesn't feel at all like Halo anymore, the graphics are blurry and jaggy, the draw range for resolution is appalling with heavy pixelation to boot. Level design is poor and cramped/linear, firefights are unintelligent and repetitive, team AI is ridiculously bad, some "missions" are basically extended interactive cut scenes, the story is dubious at best.. I've never gotten halfway through a Halo and literally lost all desire to continue before this, I had to force myself to continue. And then the multiplayer customisation is another huge step back from Reach, low res armour with very poor colour modifications and choices, basic emblem design.. Halo Reach looked better and played better than Halo 5. I don't think 343 are capable of carrying the Halo franchise. The multiplayer is also very bad, serious issues with aiming and weapon balance, really lazy map design, pay to win REQ or " Wreck" system. I'm not against innovation either but most of the changes have been poorly initialised (squad mechanics, pointless Spartan abilities, being broken out of iron sights when hit, missions that are basically interactive cut-scenes with no shooting!) they even went backwards imo by removing Armour abilities. 343i are not worthy of the mantle of responsibility they owe to Halo fans (pun intended). These aren't thoughtless complaints either, there are many issues with the campaign and design of 343i Halo titles and they aren't addressing them. Honestly do any of you think the very limited AI, personality bereft, bullet sponge, dull as dishwater prometheans or equally poor squad AI/dull as a stone characters (not including blue team members or Buck though their AI sucks bad) improves the Halo genus? Or the many contradicting nonsense plot devices? The story is just poor. Aside to the awful storyline let's take a closer look at the characters, compare Osiris to NOBLE team who were incredibly interesting, varied, and unique; Locke and his team excluding Buck are boring and clichéd, Commander Sarah Palmer is outright irritating. Spartan IV's? How the heck does Locke fight the Chief on an even keel?? How is Osiris shown to equal Blue team?? Spartan II's are superior in every way not to mention the experience gulf here. Someone put a nail in the coffin above by saying the campaign is designed for co-op. That is so wrong! They shouldn't ever take away from the solo experience, some people don't like playing online and besides that it should work just as well in solo as a point of good design. For me my adventures with the Master Chief are over. I couldn't be more disappointed.… Expand
  44. faradinh
    Nov 4, 2015
    0
    I've been a Halo fan for a very long time and I cant find the words to express my disappointment. Halo 4 was a very flawed game for sure, but I thought 343 was going to pull themselves together and make a good Halo. Turns out this is a much bigger disaster than the previous game was. This isn't Halo anymore. It's some random shooter with some ties to the Halo universe. Graphics areI've been a Halo fan for a very long time and I cant find the words to express my disappointment. Halo 4 was a very flawed game for sure, but I thought 343 was going to pull themselves together and make a good Halo. Turns out this is a much bigger disaster than the previous game was. This isn't Halo anymore. It's some random shooter with some ties to the Halo universe. Graphics are dreadful, everything looks plastic, the story is a joke, characters have zero depth, and the gameplay is so awful I can only play in 10-minute bursts. It's sad to see such an awesome franchise fall into mediocracy… Expand
  45. sajuu
    Nov 4, 2015
    0
    I'm not sure why this game got a 85 from major critics but at best this game is a 70 or maybe a 75. FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, ADVERTISEMENT ON THE STORY LINE CAMPAIGN. Play it for one day and return it the next day. Nothing in the CAMPAIGN what Microsoft advertise on there trailers for this game.
  46. b0rntohula
    Nov 5, 2015
    0
    its just not Halo anymore. 343 have ruined this once great game.
    The guns feel wrong.
    The AI terrible
    Story is stupid.
    Campaign is short and lacks the epic feel of the others.
    Multiplayer modes are dull(even warzone)
    Thanks 343 for taking my favourite game and doing a massive turd on it.
  47. Steve117
    Nov 6, 2015
    0
    the game its bad, the history is too short 4 hours in legendary, you play like Master chief 3 missions, and you can´t play split screen with your friends, the multiplayer its Destiny with Halo skin, good job microsoft, good job
  48. Luis_Caban22
    Nov 6, 2015
    0
    Same old game play, boring story (worst halo ever regarding to story), no split screen, micro-transactions. little to no innovation. Don't explain anyting for those who are new to the series. MS expect new gamers to buy all halo games to keep up with the series.
  49. awesomepianoman
    Nov 7, 2015
    0
    No splitscreen, the game play feels like a cartoon, the cut scenes are made for little kids. Not for players who grew up with Halo. 343 has swindled all existing Halo fans into buying a game that is not Halo. It would be a good game if it was named something else and not associated with the Halo series.
  50. Quantiumviceroy
    Nov 8, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First off the multiplayer:
    -The gameplay is so fast it is pretty much on par with destiny speed and almost titanfall speed.
    -The beeping noises that play every time you do pretty much anything are basically ear cancer.
    -There is no split screen even for campaign (sorry, you dont get to play with your friends who come over or your siblings anymore)
    -Once again you can't play as elites
    -The smart scope is basically just ads in disguise
    -The spartan abilities are literally carbon copies of mechanics from other games
    -The maps are pretty much all garbage
    -In warzone, you start off with power weapons from packs instead of actually finding them on the battlefield like normal halo games
    -rocket launcher, battle rifle and sniper rifle skins are literally eye cancer
    -The countdown to when power weapons are going to spawn is just a noob magnet and makes everyone wait at the spawn location
    -the amount of hits you can take when your shields are down is about 1/3 of previous halo games

    Campaign
    -Story is so flat and stale i wouldn't even call it 2D but 1.5D
    -The entire plot is something out of a fanfiction website
    -Cortana suddenly has a "I WANT TO BE AN OVERLORD" complex
    -Cortana is physical being now which makes no sense
    -Cortana has clothing
    -Cortana looks ugly and is not even hot anymore
    -Cortana is the antagonist for some reason
    -Locke is a try hard angsty person
    -highest number of missions in a halo game, shortest campaign
    -WALK AND TALK MISSIONS
    -it would have been cool is you could shoot allies in the walk and talk missions making them turn on you like in the command center in halo ce, but no, you are forced to keep your gun down. WTF
    -Enjoyed how halo was unique in the way you are a bada$$ lone wolf fighting an entire army of aliens? well guess what? Now you get a fireteam like in call of duty, battlefield and every other generic shooter.
    -instead of dying, you now get downed and have to get a teammate to pick you up, otherwise you have to wait a whole minute to respawn
    -because the coop campaign is now online, you get inconsistencies with your teammates. what you see on your screen is not what is happening on your teammates screen. If you are teabagging an elite, you friend will see you teabagging the air instead.
    -The music is out of place most of the time and is a failed attempt to remake the original soundtrack
    -The arbiter appears for a few missions but now sounds like a crazy cultist revolutionist instead of the awesome bada$$ we all used to love
    -There are no good memorable lines in the dialog. Remember quoting halo and sounding cool? well not anymore.
    -The voice acting is awkward and lines are cheesy
    -everything is really clunky like in halo 4
    -all the battles feel the same with similar room geometry
    -enemies kill you pretty much instantly with your shields down
    -now you can get beaten to death by a grunt
    -jackels sound like something an 80s cartoon bird character
    -you cant stick hunters for some reason
    -"boss fights" with warden eternal every hour or so
    -the game assumes you know all of halo's expanded lore
    -you cant pick up the skulls and hit people with them anymore. now if you pick them up, they just disappear
    -Locke, not Master Chief, is the evident main character. Master Chief levels were just thrown in the game to try to satisfy people who wanted to play as their favourite green super soldier, but there are only 3 of them.
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  51. Samusisback
    Nov 9, 2015
    0
    Worst Halo game wver made. I play mostly the campaing since l loved the story but its so stupid. Since when do we have to be teamed with stupid AI that prefer to die trying to help you instead of kill the bad guy before. I use to play one VS the wolrds but now you are easyer to kill just because there is other to help...The multi so stupid...you are having a 1 ton armor with a bad assWorst Halo game wver made. I play mostly the campaing since l loved the story but its so stupid. Since when do we have to be teamed with stupid AI that prefer to die trying to help you instead of kill the bad guy before. I use to play one VS the wolrds but now you are easyer to kill just because there is other to help...The multi so stupid...you are having a 1 ton armor with a bad ass shield and one can simply kill you with a few pistol bullet if they are well placed...common at point blank with an assault rifle i'm harder to kill in call of duty game. I was excited about the game...Even sell my xbox one to buy the halo edition and what a waste of time. 343 Industrie should have stay home and do some homwork before doing this one and giving cortana a stange looking armor.… Expand
  52. scrollrk
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I don't know who payed off the critics for their reviews. This Halo game was a complete disappointment. I waited hopefully for the next 343 installment of Halo after destiny was a complete turd. Pre-ordered it online thinking it was a sure thing. Went over to a friends house on launch day only to find out I couldn't even play split screen co-op with him. OK, i though, this isn't the bestI don't know who payed off the critics for their reviews. This Halo game was a complete disappointment. I waited hopefully for the next 343 installment of Halo after destiny was a complete turd. Pre-ordered it online thinking it was a sure thing. Went over to a friends house on launch day only to find out I couldn't even play split screen co-op with him. OK, i though, this isn't the best but we can pass the controller should still be fun. Well it wasn't. The story was boring. You fight one recycled boss over and over and over. The AI of your squad in single player are dumb as dirt. You don't actually die and have to wait to be revived by this retarded AI which may or may not reach you before your timer ends. In which case you have to sit there and wait 45 seconds to re spawn at the last checkpoint. Really pulls you out of the immersion of the game which really didn't pull me in anyway. The story was short, boring, acting was rubbish. Don't waste your money. Worst Halo ever. Now I can sell my XB one with a free conscience, and focus my gaming entirely on PC. Good riddance.… Expand
  53. Voretechz
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    It's Halo! But with everything good about the franchise stripped away and ruined by the incompetent boobs at 343.
  54. HanzoHasashi
    Feb 16, 2016
    0
    343 totally missed the boat on this game. A compelling and intriguing story has always been a cornerstone for Halo games but, this is severely lacking in said department. Add unimpressive textures to the mix, poor resolution and the lack of split screen (why?!) and here you have the, possibly, the worst halo in the franchise.
  55. BlueKura
    Nov 14, 2015
    0
    No Co-op. How can 343 take the one key thing that separates a Halo game from all the other FPS clones out? This is the first Halo game me and my friends are not going to play.
  56. GamerSince95
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    Worst Halo game ever made, i343 just has **** the franchise!
    No split screen no party! 60 fps yes but 360 graphics with drops of resolution to 720p. damn!
  57. Pssobeck
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    This is hands down the best call of duty to date initiative combat and health systems. This has to be the best game I've ever played. However it's still the generic call of duty shooting game. This is just a cheap destiny clone what a peice of trash just like undertail. Play a real game like fallout tactics
  58. Maverick_25
    Nov 21, 2015
    0
    1 point for effort... just kidding, they don't deserve it.

    This game has a a decent story. Not impressed personally, but I've got 330 steam games between two accounts so I've seen hundreds better. The graphics are significantly better than the previous halo games, so that's a plus. Then again, I've upgraded to a 4K TV from an old 768p TV, so that may be it. Wouldn't be surprised    1 point for effort... just kidding, they don't deserve it.

    This game has a a decent story. Not impressed personally, but I've got 330 steam games between two accounts so I've seen hundreds better.

    The graphics are significantly better than the previous halo games, so that's a plus. Then again, I've upgraded to a 4K TV from an old 768p TV, so that may be it. Wouldn't be surprised if that were the case.

    What they did that I REALLY REALLY REALLY don't like and makes this game have me grind my teeth instead of have fun is that the gameplay is so much different.

    They made maximum ammo close to nothing because you've always got a squad with you or because you don't live long enough to use it in multiplayer.
    They made the player's hitpoints close to nothing. The damage tables are also unfing reasonably unbalanced You get two shotted by BR's, three shotted by plasma pistols, instantly killed by melees from elites and hunters (when you could ALMOST ALWAYS survive at least one melee, even on legenday) and it's no better on normal and easy, you can take maybe 3-4 shots of any weapon when at full shields before dying, but thank heavens you can survive two spartan bashes, three clips of the assault rifle, and being rammed head on with a ghost and still have shields left because it makes total sense. Also thank god it only takes two of those $28 grenades to destroy a $47,500,000 scorpion tank (if you read the lore, that's what it costs to make them).
    They also added a zoom feature on all the weapons. I'm not going to lie, I like the idea of it. I like the design of almost all of the zoomes. What I hate more than Call of Duty and drives me crazy enough to want to bash my head into the wall is whenever you take damage, it unzoomes.

    Overall 0/10. They did long time Halo fans a severe disservice by trying to copy TERA, COD, and Destiny with this one.    … Expand
  59. xXxELITE-PROxXx
    Dec 1, 2015
    0
    I played this game hoping i would see a campaign lasting for days. I finished the game in 20 minutes. Maybe it is because i am the most elite player ever, but maybe the game is just a little bit short.
  60. peace0ut023
    Dec 2, 2016
    0
    one of the worst halos its so boring and the campaign is short and sucks and it feels like cod like wtf 343 we need bungie back. The best halo is 3 and honestly go buy master chief collection instead of this garbage!
  61. affejansson
    Feb 6, 2016
    0
    - No Split screen
    - Week Story
    - Microtransactions

    I haft nothing more to say, so i am just writing this because i need 150 characters and i am a lit
  62. Ps4isawesome
    Feb 19, 2016
    0
    I really like the halo franchise. This game in some aspects sets a new all time high in the multiplayer. Although the campaign was a little mediocre it was a beauty to look at, it really does look like a next gen halo game. The campaign is a little short compared to the other halo's if played on easy or normal difficulty. Overall with a great multiplayer and an okay campaign mode it is aI really like the halo franchise. This game in some aspects sets a new all time high in the multiplayer. Although the campaign was a little mediocre it was a beauty to look at, it really does look like a next gen halo game. The campaign is a little short compared to the other halo's if played on easy or normal difficulty. Overall with a great multiplayer and an okay campaign mode it is a great experience… Expand
  63. Kvothealar
    Mar 4, 2016
    0
    I was following Halo all the way through from the trial of Halo CE and got every single one up until Halo 5.

    This game was a total money grab. - The story sucks. I don't know how they didn't have enough money to pay someone to come up with something half decent. - Implemented microtransactions. - Removed local multiplayer, which forces you to go online, which you also have to pay    I was following Halo all the way through from the trial of Halo CE and got every single one up until Halo 5.

    This game was a total money grab.
    - The story sucks. I don't know how they didn't have enough money to pay someone to come up with something half decent.
    - Implemented microtransactions.
    - Removed local multiplayer, which forces you to go online, which you also have to pay for.

    It's literally a money grab and they have turned on their loyal customers. I will no longer be supporting xbox. I've switched to PC. If I'm going to give money to Microsoft I'll at least support the products that should stay on the market.    … Expand
  64. IngrownMink4
    Sep 1, 2022
    0
    ¿Lo peor? La historia ¿Lo mejor? 1080p y 60 FPS estables en multijugador.
  65. Sonyer-Pipero
    Jun 25, 2016
    0
    I don't have the time to enjoy multiplayer, and the campaign story wasn't just bad, it was abysmal, I beat the campaign on heroic in 7 hours of straight gaming and in the end I wanted to grasp some hope that the ending was gonna be good but instead all I felt was that the narrative could not have been more disjointed and **** up then it was. It is nothing like hunt the truth, it is nothingI don't have the time to enjoy multiplayer, and the campaign story wasn't just bad, it was abysmal, I beat the campaign on heroic in 7 hours of straight gaming and in the end I wanted to grasp some hope that the ending was gonna be good but instead all I felt was that the narrative could not have been more disjointed and **** up then it was. It is nothing like hunt the truth, it is nothing like the ad campaign, they never really wanted to hurt the chief there was no stress about locke and the chief really hashing it out. In the end they portrayed locke as if in equal standing to the chief and made one of my most favorite characters a villain who made positively no sense. The end of the game left me both mystified and tremendously frustrated as all it made me feel was that the whole campaign was the prolouge to halo 6. This review is based on the campaign experience which is honestly why I bought the game and I cannot be any more angry with how **** the campaign is.… Expand
  66. DrugsAreGood4U
    Nov 15, 2017
    0
    Absolutely horrible....

    343 needs to give up and retire from making games. I literally bought and Xbone specifically for this game because of how much I loved the series since the original Xbox. I had both platforms last year and although I loved both, the 360 for the first half of the last generation had me gripped. Toward the later part of the generation, the PS3 had me won. I    Absolutely horrible....

    343 needs to give up and retire from making games.

    I literally bought and Xbone specifically for this game because of how much I loved the series since the original Xbox. I had both platforms last year and although I loved both, the 360 for the first half of the last generation had me gripped. Toward the later part of the generation, the PS3 had me won. I ended up getting a PS4 1st this time with the understanding that I would get an Xbone as soon as Halo 5 came out because there was really no reason for me to get both of them at the same time due to the lackluster amount of exclusive games out at the time. I bought the xbone with so much joy in me that I was finally going to be able to experience the Halo story again and experience the awesome PVP.....and both aspects of the game suck to a point where its absolutely hilarious. 0/10    … Expand
  67. master2205
    May 17, 2016
    0
    Microsoft, en serio, hasta cuando piensas seguir dilapidando la marca halo? este juego es un desproposito, su campaña es horrible sosa y aburrida, nunca me habia sentido asi tan dedepcionado con un halo.
  68. carl0009
    May 17, 2016
    0
    que cansino es microsoft con esta saga, deberian soltar maletines y hacer que bunguie vuelva, esta franquicia va sin rumbo, me ha resultado una decepcion total de entre todas las entregas de halo
  69. Lbjmvp232
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    This game is an incomplete mess. At launch this game is missing a ton of gametypes as well as missing split screen, lan, and forge mode. The graphics are sub-par with flickering shadows, a resolution that is constantly wavering between 720p and 1080p, and a framerate that is only locked at 60fps when you are in close range, enemies that are mid to long range will stutter around at 30fps
  70. mlfurm
    Jul 18, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have never in my entire life felt so let down and honestly heartbroken over a story, in any medium (books, movie, tv, games, etc.) as I felt after finishing the Halo 5 campaign. Let alone the idiotic decisions to force Locke down our throats, or the absolute laziness of having to fight the Warden again and again and again and again, the nonsensical writing and ending of this campaign has absolutely destroyed the Halo/Master Chief story. Master Chief is no longer cool, unique or special. He's just one of a million Spartans, another soldier same as all the others and Cortana (for no explainable or justifiable reason) has become a Genocidal maniac worse than any in the history of the planet... All of which happened while we had our back turned because we were humping a football with Locke. Even if the writers wanted to have Cortana go bad, the key of the story would have been Chief anguishing over it and wrestling with trying to cope with it as he was forced to fight her... their shared history and relationship being strained and affecting their decisions and actions. All elements that this story glosses over with barely a shrug in a single, stupid cut scene... just like the supposed argument with Locke. Seriously, this is the worst story line and story writing I have ever encountered. The only reason I will be looking to Halo 6 is to see how awful it is. Like the morbid curiosity of gawking at a terrible accident on the highway. BTW, I hear Nintendo is coming out with a great Mario game where you get to play as one of Mario's faceless classmates in plumbing school and Princess Peach turns out to be a Nazi! Yay!!!… Expand
  71. xboxkid
    Dec 23, 2016
    0
    343 Industries has told us that each halo must be different and also halo has to evolve, convert halo into call of duty is not evolve anything, just wanted to take a piece of cake from cod fans, This slut who has 343i He has done is to divide the halo community into 2 parts. Artificial intelligence is very bad, but bad, The forerunners weapons are beautiful but the new enemies do not fit.343 Industries has told us that each halo must be different and also halo has to evolve, convert halo into call of duty is not evolve anything, just wanted to take a piece of cake from cod fans, This slut who has 343i He has done is to divide the halo community into 2 parts. Artificial intelligence is very bad, but bad, The forerunners weapons are beautiful but the new enemies do not fit. The story is bland, and it does not help to tell her by having bad jokes of buck.… Expand
  72. Whatsupbetches
    Jan 4, 2017
    0
    Halo 5 is a disgrace of a game, I give it a zero out of a billion. The graphics remind me of Mario 64, the music sounds like something out of a bad colecovision game and the controls are like trying to aim down in the last of us as a monkey is slapping you with its tail. Killzone 4 is the best FPS experience to date and it has a way better story. Who the hell is masterchief anyway? A greenHalo 5 is a disgrace of a game, I give it a zero out of a billion. The graphics remind me of Mario 64, the music sounds like something out of a bad colecovision game and the controls are like trying to aim down in the last of us as a monkey is slapping you with its tail. Killzone 4 is the best FPS experience to date and it has a way better story. Who the hell is masterchief anyway? A green astronaut I'm supposed to care about? News flash I don't give a rats ass about him, and Cortana is a useless blue betch that should be sucking me off. Bill gates should be ashamed for making such a bad game, hell even RE7 is s better FPS than this crap.… Expand
  73. AActualReviewer
    Mar 1, 2017
    0
    If your done reading the fake generic responses that give this and 8 or above here's a real review for you. The absolute worst game I've ever played with zero exaggeration. This supposed 343 industries has no relation to the genius minds that created the first 3 as they claim they came from. These guys just wanted to make a quick buck from this game and all quality and creativity gotIf your done reading the fake generic responses that give this and 8 or above here's a real review for you. The absolute worst game I've ever played with zero exaggeration. This supposed 343 industries has no relation to the genius minds that created the first 3 as they claim they came from. These guys just wanted to make a quick buck from this game and all quality and creativity got thrown out the window. I thought it couldn't get any worse after Halo 4 but boy was I wrong. Campaigns story wasn't amazing but that's not even what made it bad. The dialog seemed incredibly Hollywood. Any real fan of this game would agree. Master Cheif was made into a complete wimp and they forced so many females into this game that it wasn't even believable. All these guys wanted to do was put their stamp on it regardless of what their fans thought and now they have no fans. As far as the call of duty multiplayer goes I'm pretty sure everyone knows why it's so bad so I'll save my breath.… Expand
  74. neighborprism
    Mar 27, 2017
    0
    When I saw Halo 5 for first time I was completely hyped but three-for-three flush the faith for me and Halo right down the toilet stories bad multiplayers raging the only good part is the forge that's it
  75. TheGodMouse
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    JUST GIVE IT UP! Let halo die in peace! After M$oft stole the game from bungie, they then hired a couple of their dregs to run the "new" studios , called 343. After alot of deliberation with the few members who still wanted to keep halo as it was, and bound by the "halo bible", they ultimately fired those employees, and turned halo into the steaming pile of excrement you see today. DO NOTJUST GIVE IT UP! Let halo die in peace! After M$oft stole the game from bungie, they then hired a couple of their dregs to run the "new" studios , called 343. After alot of deliberation with the few members who still wanted to keep halo as it was, and bound by the "halo bible", they ultimately fired those employees, and turned halo into the steaming pile of excrement you see today. DO NOT BUY! I repeat, DO NOT BUY! This isn't halo anymore. It's COD with familiar titles and faces... I truly feel sorry for the xboners who desperately needed this game to cling to legitimacy with their failed console... Shame M$oft, Shame...… Expand
  76. EmadTM
    Oct 5, 2017
    0
    Bad game carrying with it a weak story and bad characters and graphics weak in the Lula and I advise anyone ...
    Whoever buys the game will regret it because it is very bad (:
  77. CJElliott
    Sep 15, 2017
    0
    Worst halo game by far, congrats 343 once again you show how not to make a halo game.
    Terrible campaign, terrible game balancing, **** community (almost every game will have someone not getting any kills or just killing themselves), terrible armor customization (just why the hell would you remove options? sequels are meant to improve on what the previous did).
  78. rocketsniper
    Aug 10, 2018
    0
    The campaign is absolutely terrible. It tries and fails at every turn. Part of that is due to the misleading market. None of the characters are fleshed out, there is no development, the storytelling is awful and lackluster. From an ordinary storytelling perspective it's baseline average but this is a HALO game. Honestly 343, what the hell happened? Now the multiplayer is a littleThe campaign is absolutely terrible. It tries and fails at every turn. Part of that is due to the misleading market. None of the characters are fleshed out, there is no development, the storytelling is awful and lackluster. From an ordinary storytelling perspective it's baseline average but this is a HALO game. Honestly 343, what the hell happened? Now the multiplayer is a little conflicted. 343 tried a little too hard to be competitive and as a result we lost a lot of casual fun. Instead of armor abilities, every player has dash, spartan charge, and ground pound, which makes for a more fast paced game-play. Game modes like Warzone were very experimental and fun but 343 decided to monetize the weapon sandbox for it. Forge was incredible. 343 really outdid themselves. It was easily the best forge we've ever gotten in a Halo game, also THANK YOU 343 FOR ADDING A CUSTOM GAME BROWSER!!! The maps and gun-play are pretty dang good and 60 fps game-play makes for some fast paced fun, but it just doesnt feel like Halo to me. Also theater is an absolute joke. So many glitches in the theater I'll probably never use it. Overall the campaign is trash, the multiplayer is fun, and I WOULD give this game a 7/10. But there is something keeping me from doing that. 343 did something that pissed me off so much I have to give this a 6.5/10. They removed split-screen co-op. A feature that had been in every Halo game before it and is one of my favorite things about the franchise. The ability to play with your friends on the same xbox and on the same TV was gone, all so they could sell more xbox's and charge you for xbox live. Thankfully 343 listen to the outrage and Halo Infinite is going to have split-screen. Overall grade: 6.5/10.… Expand
  79. xxmar-au_san_xx
    May 9, 2019
    0
    pior halo de todos simples assim,muito ruim mesmo tedioso,o halo 4 e um bom jogo esse halo 5 e uma decepção.
  80. Landsharkfl
    Feb 18, 2020
    0
    Worst halo ever if they wanted to compete with cod so bad shouldve just made a different game this game lost its charm and does not feel like halo anymore back to the mcc
  81. MateusGHmaster
    Jul 11, 2020
    0
    At this point, I wasn't paying attention on the story side, but, for me, this game has the best Halo multiplayer so far.
  82. XB0
    Apr 26, 2019
    0
    ¿Dónde quedó la época en la que Halo era el ejemplo a seguir?
    Halo antes era el referente de los shooter y ahora se ha Call Of Dutysado, Halo pasó de ser el ejemplo a seguir a ser el que se deja llevar de la mano y por una saga que está en declive desde hace mucho tiempo. El peor Halo de todos, lo justo sería darle un 3 por su multiplayer, pero vamos es un Halo. Esto merece un 0 por ser    ¿Dónde quedó la época en la que Halo era el ejemplo a seguir?
    Halo antes era el referente de los shooter y ahora se ha Call Of Dutysado, Halo pasó de ser el ejemplo a seguir a ser el que se deja llevar de la mano y por una saga que está en declive desde hace mucho tiempo. El peor Halo de todos, lo justo sería darle un 3 por su multiplayer, pero vamos es un Halo. Esto merece un 0 por ser un insulto a los seguidores de la saga, una decepción.    … Expand
  83. XiiaaN
    Jul 7, 2020
    0
    Muy aburrido un copia y pega de los demás.
    Lo intenté jugar varias veces y nunca lo pude terminar.
    La banda sonora muy mediocre.... Se ve que no tuvieron cariño al juego
  84. hovercroft
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    Same old rehashed trash. Boring gameplay boring story. Microsoft need to up their game and make new exclusives. Not just churn out the same **** from the original Xbox.
  85. SNXL
    Jul 21, 2020
    0
    Q bosta de jogo, Microsoft só me decepciona puta merda cara. VAI PRA PUTA QUE PARIU
  86. Haris004
    Jul 18, 2020
    0
    Worst game. I won't play it again, I stopped it right middle of it. Game paly is not good. I won't suggest it to anyone.
  87. SelfPlayer123
    Mar 2, 2023
    0
    Where do I even begin.

    I'm gonna quote The Act Man here "Halo 5's story is a collection of great ideas, but it is nothing more than that." Poor story without direction and 95% filler and exposition. No true relatable villians. A complete twist of all characters you may have loved before. Inadequate relation to expanded lore material. No acceptable or barable gameplay and lastly no    Where do I even begin.

    I'm gonna quote The Act Man here "Halo 5's story is a collection of great ideas, but it is nothing more than that."

    Poor story without direction and 95% filler and exposition. No true relatable villians. A complete twist of all characters you may have loved before. Inadequate relation to expanded lore material. No acceptable or barable gameplay and lastly no splitscreen campaign or multiplayer. I wonder what 343 thought when making this game and turning one of my favourite franchises into a bad Call of Duty x Star Wars thing.

    Please do not buy this game and support it you won't like it and I guarantee you won't.    … Expand
  88. Robincito
    Apr 1, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the worst of all halos by far, art and history are clichés and boring. Not recommended.… Expand
  89. Queruba
    Jun 28, 2021
    0
    O pior Halo já feito, difícil entender por quê a desenvolvedora faz isso. Vai levar zero como protesto.
  90. HaloVeteran
    Jun 2, 2020
    0
    Says Halo when you launch the game but is in fact, not actually a Halo game
  91. dirtymetalhead
    Jan 12, 2021
    0
    The worst and the most boring Halo campaign I’ve ever played. The MP can be good but for me it never should be the first focus in Halo universe.
  92. Not_Ur_Momz
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The campaign sucks, there is no split-screen, the graphics make it hard to see things. It just does not feel like Halo.
  93. Vorg
    Oct 7, 2021
    0
    No vale la pena. Lo compré en ofertas y la verdad me sentí estafado. No volveré a tocar un halo nunca más
  94. Elanonimous
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Fue una gran decepción pero de todas formas a mí nunca me llamaban la atención los juegos halo j
  95. Ixcam999
    Aug 11, 2020
    0
    Not a single halo is worth it after bungie left... So sad 343 is not half as good as bungie
  96. Marcz3ra
    May 1, 2021
    0
    Perdi meu tempo nessa porcaria! Chato demais, não tem emoção, essas armas de brinquedo são um tédio, só não é pior que a campanha!
  97. Veguetta
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    La historia y jugabilidad cambio mucho Es el peor halo que hay una vergüenza que este juego sea el mejor exclusivo por así decirlo ya que hasta una pc de gobernó lo corre mejor que la xbox one oficialmente es el peor halo que haya existido
  98. Denisking12
    Nov 7, 2020
    0
    This game is one of the worst games i have ewer played it looks like a 2year old directed the story lieterly my 2month year old cousin could have maked a better game
  99. Fetherlyt
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    Terribly balanced campaign difficulty with completely idiotic AI... By far the worst and most frustrating legendary run I've ever done of any Halo, and I've done other ones with skulls active...
  100. andreyararuna4
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    Jogo lixo demais, graficos ultrapassamos e jogabilidade ruim. Modo online todo travado
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#17 Best Xbox One Game of 2015
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#1 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2015
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#1 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2015

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84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 101 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 89 out of 101
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 101
  3. Negative: 0 out of 101
  1. The Jimquisition
    Jan 20, 2016
    65
    Halo 5: Guardians is okay. Its campaign is rubbish, but the multiplayer is solid thanks to the foundation it’s built upon. Warzone is a really enjoyable experience, and while combat is still mostly about tossing grenades and hitting the melee button, the whole Requisition gimmick adds some much-needed flavor to proceedings.
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  2. CD-Action
    Jan 12, 2016
    75
    The latest Halo is a big deal only for hardcore Halo fans. For me the single player campaign was unbearably pompous and despite 1080p and 60 fps the visuals are not as breathtaking as they once were in Halo 4. The game builds a solid foundation for Halo 6, but it’s not one of those games you absolutely have to play. [13/2015, p.48]
  3. Pelit (Finland)
    Jan 4, 2016
    91
    With a more accessible and engaging story and solid new designs for the Prometheans, Halo 5 is a major improvement over Halo 4. Warzone is a great addition to the multiplayer, though the mode seems to have some game balance issues. [Nov 2015]
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