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.
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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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