Halo 5: Guardians

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6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 3713 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 1,021 out of 3713
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  1. 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.
  2. ufc77
    Oct 28, 2015
    1
    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.
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Idlemind
    Jan 24, 2016
    6
    Focus is just not on the weapons. Pistol is hand downs the best weapon in the game and you start with it, reducing the value of most other weapons on the map. Anyone who argues differently need only turn up their speakers to hear the pistols going off non-stop.

    Short radar range is crippling. Thrusters are gimmicky. Clamber is annoying. Sprint speed builds up over several seconds,    Focus is just not on the weapons. Pistol is hand downs the best weapon in the game and you start with it, reducing the value of most other weapons on the map. Anyone who argues differently need only turn up their speakers to hear the pistols going off non-stop.

    Short radar range is crippling. Thrusters are gimmicky. Clamber is annoying. Sprint speed builds up over several seconds, also annoying.

    Save your money, buy old copies of Halo 2 or 3 instead.    … Expand
  6. Borgees
    Sep 25, 2016
    5
    Esse e The Order andam de mãos dadas. As maiores decepções de 2015. O Marketing totalmente voltado para a luta de Chief x Locke e quando você chega na batalha é uma completa decepção, a campanha foi extremamente fraca. Única coisa boa do jogo foi o Online porque de resto...
  7. ChaseInY0Face
    May 27, 2016
    6
    Disappointing, 343 hasn't lived up to Bungie at all. I bought this game thinking it would occupy a lot of my free time like Halo 3 or Reach, and I was optimistic after Halo 4 even though it wasn't as good. Then they release this mediocre game that has no real point of existing. The campaign is the worst Halo campaign I've ever played, the multiplayer while good, doesn't have the addictingDisappointing, 343 hasn't lived up to Bungie at all. I bought this game thinking it would occupy a lot of my free time like Halo 3 or Reach, and I was optimistic after Halo 4 even though it wasn't as good. Then they release this mediocre game that has no real point of existing. The campaign is the worst Halo campaign I've ever played, the multiplayer while good, doesn't have the addicting feel of 3. I bought int the hype of this game only to be massively disappointed.… Expand
  8. shipoopy
    Jul 21, 2020
    6
    Weak story. The whole thing being after master chief saved humanity half dozen times now he is being hunted as a fugitive and cant be trusted is stupid. I am sure half the people buy it for the campaign and it is just terrible.
  9. Blindpilot20
    Jan 23, 2017
    6
    This game is nothing but a micro transaction mess and a slap in the face to all fans of the Halo series. Do yourself a favor and never play this game.
  10. VeryShway
    Mar 26, 2016
    5
    Halo 5 Guardians was a HUGE disappointment. The only redeeming thing it has going for it is the gameplay for MP is actually fun. Overall the story was a complete mess and all over the place. In Halo 4 they had a beautiful ending with Cortana but now it seems that means nothing because she has a cyber suit and is ready to "RULE THE GALAXY" I wish I was joking but she actually says that inHalo 5 Guardians was a HUGE disappointment. The only redeeming thing it has going for it is the gameplay for MP is actually fun. Overall the story was a complete mess and all over the place. In Halo 4 they had a beautiful ending with Cortana but now it seems that means nothing because she has a cyber suit and is ready to "RULE THE GALAXY" I wish I was joking but she actually says that in Halo 5. Brian Reed has completely butchered the Halo story and needs to be replaced ASAP if 343 has any common sense. The story can still be patched if given to someone like Joseph Statin or Eric Nylund who actually knows how the Halo universe works. As for the MP it is tons of fun but sadly the graphics were a huge step down. Halo 5s graphics are comparable to Halo 2 classic and even Combat evolves dare I say it. I think this may have been due to the first time trying to get the game to play at a higher frame rate. So if you want a game for story play the MCC but if MP is all you care about and graphics isn't an issue then Halo 5 is worth a try.… Expand
  11. SparkzPlayzGame
    Jan 20, 2018
    5
    The Game is something

    Graphics=9, Graphics are very good but not the best Music=7, MEH, ok but not very good Story=2, BAD, VERY VERY BAD Replayability/Length=3, Short and not good Gameplay=8, Actually quite good, I enjoy it This leads to a grand total score of ...... 52! Not a halo game, the story is awful and there is no reason to replay and it is short, but the    The Game is something

    Graphics=9, Graphics are very good but not the best
    Music=7, MEH, ok but not very good
    Story=2, BAD, VERY VERY BAD
    Replayability/Length=3, Short and not good
    Gameplay=8, Actually quite good, I enjoy it

    This leads to a grand total score of ......

    52!

    Not a halo game, the story is awful and there is no reason to replay and it is short, but the multiplayer is pretty good    … Expand
  12. 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
  13. CYurk
    Jan 25, 2020
    5
    Lacking in a lot of what makes Halo, Halo. This game is the beginning of a loose grip the developers at 343 are starting to acquire with the Master Chief franchise. The story is uninspiring and dull, the mechanics have strayed far away from its roots and the micro transactions have imposed greed and lacks true commitment to pleasing its fan base. The game still applies an easy andLacking in a lot of what makes Halo, Halo. This game is the beginning of a loose grip the developers at 343 are starting to acquire with the Master Chief franchise. The story is uninspiring and dull, the mechanics have strayed far away from its roots and the micro transactions have imposed greed and lacks true commitment to pleasing its fan base. The game still applies an easy and some-what enjoyable play through of the main story, it still graphically climbed new heights, and added some new interesting game-modes that can still be kind of fun. Sadly, the multiplayer is not what halo used to be. If you take away split screen multiplayer, add micro transaction, and make the Master Chief a sensitive wimp with human like traits... Then you have just made a recipe to kill that Halo magic that made us all get an Xbox in the first place. This is by far the worst Halo game ever in my opinion.… Expand
  14. twinklyten
    Jan 25, 2020
    5
    Although the shooting and movement mechanics are the best in the series everything else drowns this title in mediocrity. Awful campaign, no loadouts in multiplayer, lootbox systems, pay to win systems and no split screen.
  15. HaloVeteran
    Jun 2, 2020
    0
    Says Halo when you launch the game but is in fact, not actually a Halo game
  16. Persona9999
    Nov 21, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Badest halo game..and fu. K mAster. Chef bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad abad bad bad bad bad halo is babd babdbdbdbsbbabbdbdb ...... ..… Expand
  17. Omran121
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Halo is garbage … Expand
  18. 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!
  19. DarkReaperV3
    Jun 29, 2016
    5
    los graficos son excelentes, es lo unico bueno que puedo decir del juego, desde que Bungie dejo se producir esta saga se volvio malo con halo 4 y ahora con halo 5 aun peor pues su modo historia es aburrido y el multijugador pesimo!!! ultimamente industrias 343 ha tratado de cambiar el modo de juego en el mando y tratando de agregar el estilo de juego de call of duty y al hacer eso halo 4 ylos graficos son excelentes, es lo unico bueno que puedo decir del juego, desde que Bungie dejo se producir esta saga se volvio malo con halo 4 y ahora con halo 5 aun peor pues su modo historia es aburrido y el multijugador pesimo!!! ultimamente industrias 343 ha tratado de cambiar el modo de juego en el mando y tratando de agregar el estilo de juego de call of duty y al hacer eso halo 4 y 5 dejo de ser halo.....… Expand
  20. 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.
  21. Elanonimous
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Fue una gran decepción pero de todas formas a mí nunca me llamaban la atención los juegos halo j
  22. Aleks_Jonson
    Dec 16, 2021
    10
    Halo 5 - one of the best part of halo series.
    story is very good. refresh halo in future.
  23. dark_hox
    Nov 16, 2020
    0
    such a bad story looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooioiooooooooooooooooool
  24. StudentCritic20
    Apr 7, 2022
    4
    Only good thing for awhile is multiplayer. Campaign was horrible, it took me years to finish it, not because it was challenging, but because it was so bad I didn't want to play. They changed a lot of gameplay into what feels like another game entirely.
  25. KingZander23
    Dec 11, 2020
    0
    halo five story was boring. But the gameplay was decent enough to play the time.
  26. jhongams2014
    Oct 18, 2021
    3
    the Halo series is based around master chief but in halo's 5 campaign you only get to play as him for 3 missions . then that added the others that follow you around and shout random things . the multiplayer was 343's main focus to get their players to play for all of the loot box type systems, the multiplayer is not all that fun if you don't play with friends.
  27. HanTrooper23
    Apr 11, 2022
    4
    I mean don't get me wrong it is a halo game and they are really good but this one it's boring. but it is fun though, it has good graphics and there are lots of Easter eggs but the same time i haven't really finished it. The controls are confusing, the story did make sense. here is just one of the few videos about why it is so bad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwwyb_5jJHc.
  28. Cjreviews11
    Nov 12, 2015
    5
    I don't why people find this game excellent PLEASE STOP FANBOYING over this!!!. First I want to explain the Campaign, I didn't find it that good at all because the story was weak and underdeveloped. The ads for this "story" was a LIE completely mislead, it is short, I manage to complete it within 4 hours and 20 mins on normal. The boss battle was a joke, it kept on repeat on and on, It wasI don't why people find this game excellent PLEASE STOP FANBOYING over this!!!. First I want to explain the Campaign, I didn't find it that good at all because the story was weak and underdeveloped. The ads for this "story" was a LIE completely mislead, it is short, I manage to complete it within 4 hours and 20 mins on normal. The boss battle was a joke, it kept on repeat on and on, It was **** I really find this the worst campaign in the Halo Franchise I was truly disappointed. Lets talk about the multiplayer oh boy get ready for a rant for the REQ System, I find 343 a money grabbing company who doesn't give a **** about anyone who don't like the system, I got news for you 343 F*ck you with that video you put on YouTube, your attitude is UNACCEPTABLE!!. Why can't you just earn these things by going up in Spartan ranks but no they decided to be like FIFA and use a terrible card system that is Microtransactioned and only for WARZONE. That's another thing I want to talk about Warzone was depressing, that all I have to say. Last thing I want to talk about before I say the only good things about the game is that the map rotation is weak and bland. Good things is the graphics, classic modes, gameplay, voice acting and sounds/music. This is game that is one big LIE to the Halo fans, learn your MISTAKES 343!!… Expand
  29. HaremJesus
    Nov 29, 2015
    7
    Halo 5 was just dissapointing.
    The game has fantastic graphics. That's a given. The gameplay is pretty solid and the pack opening reminds me a ton of CS:GO. However, this won't be able to hold your attention for long. The story is relatively boring and almost non-existent. But at least you have missions you can play with your friends online. ONLY ONLINE. Here's where my biggest    Halo 5 was just dissapointing.
    The game has fantastic graphics. That's a given. The gameplay is pretty solid and the pack opening reminds me a ton of CS:GO. However, this won't be able to hold your attention for long. The story is relatively boring and almost non-existent. But at least you have missions you can play with your friends online. ONLY ONLINE. Here's where my biggest disspointment stems. No local couch multiplayer. No forge mode either. The two best things about Halo 3 and Reach are gone. It's so sad to see these features removed. Just play Reach or Halo 3 if you want to play with your friends without playing online. Overall, the game is a bit over average and if Halo 6 evers shows up, let's hope these features return.    … Expand
  30. ShakyWanderer1
    Nov 3, 2015
    6
    As a Halo fan this game is really disappointing both the campaign and multiplayer. Similar to Halo 4 this campaign itself is decent in terms of game play but the actual story that is there is very boring compared to Halo 4 which is due to the main character being Locke. The multiplayer on this game isn't very good compared to past Halos due to it being very unbalanced with so many littleAs a Halo fan this game is really disappointing both the campaign and multiplayer. Similar to Halo 4 this campaign itself is decent in terms of game play but the actual story that is there is very boring compared to Halo 4 which is due to the main character being Locke. The multiplayer on this game isn't very good compared to past Halos due to it being very unbalanced with so many little things constantly bugging me when I play and if you play in the higher skill ranks (diamond and platinum) some people use some of the cheapest tactics on a Halo game. People just constantly spam grenades which are massively overpowered with a huge blast radius and high damage, the maps are very bad compared to past Halo games with teams just camping in one room during entire matches in slayer, you can't recharge shields during sprint which wouldn't be so bad if you didn't in like a second when people use precision weapons, you zoom out every time you get shot so if the enemy is far away you almost always lose the battle and it's essentially like call of duty first shot wins almost all the time rather than skill based like previous Halos and whilst this zoom out when shot feature has been in previous halos it was bad then too but now it's made worse by the fact that precision weapons kill you in 4 shots to the head. The only good game mode appears to be capture the flag considering it's mode people camp the least on.… Expand
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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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Metascore
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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