The Halo series generally has a very steep learning curve. You have to work for your kills. You won't often get away with the random spray and pray tactics you see in the call of duty series.
Halo 5: Guardians [Official Thread]
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Read Our Early Halo 5 Impressions While You Wait For The Full Review
We’ve spent the last several days digging into 343 Industries’ latest Halo effort, and it’s already clear that the developer has opted for some major changes and advancements to the structure and gameplay of the long-running series. We’ve already played all the way through the campaign and explored multiple difficulties. We’ve also tried out the online cooperative functionality. On the competitive front, we’ve tried several Arena and Warzone matches. So where’s our review?
Multiplayer has only been available for limited windows of time over the course of just a few days. We simply haven’t played enough or advanced far enough through the progression system to offer a definitive opinion. In addition, we’re waiting to confirm that matchmaking and stability issues hold up to the large number of players that will arrive on launch day.
In the meantime, we can share that Halo 5: Guardians is a worthwhile new entry in the series, but that it may take some getting used to for veteran players. The campaign features a greatly revamped approach to speed and movement. Particularly on the first three difficulty settings, this sense of mobility makes your Spartan feel like a superhero. Limited ammunition forces you to change weapons all the time, which can lend either a sense of frantic excitement or frustration, depending on what type of player you are.
The story is told through beautifully crafted cutscenes filled with action and impactful character moments. Also, for the first time, Halo 5 seems to fully tap the potential of its fiction and characters from its own expanded universe of comics and books. As such, the science fiction narrative feels deeper – but also may be more confusing for players who haven’t been following along closely. For those players who have been charting the Halo story across all its mediums, the Halo 5 campaign brings some profound changes to the way we understand some of the main characters. I suspect there may be a good bit of debate about the direction and decisions made by some of the leads.
The matches I’ve played in Arena and the new large-team Warzone are fast and highly twitch skill based. Variant arena game modes promise lots of variety, and the maps I’ve seen so far are flexible for your chosen playstyle, whether that’s ranged sightlines or close-quarters throwdowns. Warzone is a complicated mode that seems to draw on everything from MOBAs to games like Battlefield for inspiration. My early games have tended towards landslide victories for one side or the other; it should be interesting to see if that problem persists once more players are in the mix.
We’ll have a final verdict on Halo 5: Guardians in the coming days. In the meantime, if you’re still trying to make up your mind about a purchase, you can be safe in knowing that Halo 5 is polished and intense, with some epic approaches to both campaign storytelling and multiplayer. However, go in with the knowledge that Halo 5 feels more distinct and separate from any of the Halo games that have come before, which may come as great news to many, and a disappointment to some others.
Read Our Early Halo 5 Impressions While You Wait For The Full Review
We’ve spent the last several days digging into 343 Industries’ latest Halo effort, and it’s already clear that the developer has opted for some major changes and advancements to the structure and gameplay of the long-running series. We’ve already played all the way through the campaign and explored multiple difficulties. We’ve also tried out the online cooperative functionality. On the competitive front, we’ve tried several Arena and Warzone matches. So where’s our review?
Multiplayer has only been available for limited windows of time over the course of just a few days. We simply haven’t played enough or advanced far enough through the progression system to offer a definitive opinion. In addition, we’re waiting to confirm that matchmaking and stability issues hold up to the large number of players that will arrive on launch day.
In the meantime, we can share that Halo 5: Guardians is a worthwhile new entry in the series, but that it may take some getting used to for veteran players. The campaign features a greatly revamped approach to speed and movement. Particularly on the first three difficulty settings, this sense of mobility makes your Spartan feel like a superhero. Limited ammunition forces you to change weapons all the time, which can lend either a sense of frantic excitement or frustration, depending on what type of player you are.
The story is told through beautifully crafted cutscenes filled with action and impactful character moments. Also, for the first time, Halo 5 seems to fully tap the potential of its fiction and characters from its own expanded universe of comics and books. As such, the science fiction narrative feels deeper – but also may be more confusing for players who haven’t been following along closely. For those players who have been charting the Halo story across all its mediums, the Halo 5 campaign brings some profound changes to the way we understand some of the main characters. I suspect there may be a good bit of debate about the direction and decisions made by some of the leads.
The matches I’ve played in Arena and the new large-team Warzone are fast and highly twitch skill based. Variant arena game modes promise lots of variety, and the maps I’ve seen so far are flexible for your chosen playstyle, whether that’s ranged sightlines or close-quarters throwdowns. Warzone is a complicated mode that seems to draw on everything from MOBAs to games like Battlefield for inspiration. My early games have tended towards landslide victories for one side or the other; it should be interesting to see if that problem persists once more players are in the mix.
We’ll have a final verdict on Halo 5: Guardians in the coming days. In the meantime, if you’re still trying to make up your mind about a purchase, you can be safe in knowing that Halo 5 is polished and intense, with some epic approaches to both campaign storytelling and multiplayer. However, go in with the knowledge that Halo 5 feels more distinct and separate from any of the Halo games that have come before, which may come as great news to many, and a disappointment to some others.
Read Our Early Halo 5 Impressions While You Wait For The Full Review
BelowTheMasonDixon
Veteran
I am playing. Tired of getting three kils six assist and 12 deaths.
Folk shooting me like three times I'm dead, I'm shooting motherfukkers all in the face and not doing shyt.
BelowTheMasonDixon
Veteran
Man I play Battlefield. I'm like decent/lower tier good. This shyt is like a whole nother world. Hell at least when you suck at battlefield, you eventually get better. Not this shyt. I've been playing all weekend despite almost blowing a gasket and ITS NOT HELPING. this shyt is crazy.
I might just have to wait on Amazon or Microsoft then. I'll check out BB and GameStop tomorrow though. Maybe I'll get lucky
Lol it'll take months to get good. It took me several months to get okay at Gears.
YouTube some videos and look at what the pros do.
blockburna420
Consecutive thumbs up
my controller is ready
BelowTheMasonDixon
Veteran
fukk it I'm taking this shyt back. Might as well suck at Halo 5 and get good while everybody else is still learning how to play.
Halo comes out tonight hit me if you need to get it for $10 out the door
bout to head there to reserve it myself
bout to head there to reserve it myself
HDKG_
All Star
Ign shyttin on the campaign lol gotta take whatever they say with a grain of salt tho
No hand holding in halo. Earn your stripes. Take ya licks nikka.....every time you die and respawning just think back to cod...simpler times...how much less you had to work to get kills because it was so easy to pick up and play....then wipe ya tears and
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
Drink wolf cola
pretty much. I like to opt for swat with ctf rules. Helps me shake rust and get my aim up. CTF has also always been my favorite match type anyway so it's a win/win for me. This shyt is taking forever to load though. My internet is slow too so I don't know if it's that or if it's the game.No hand holding in halo. Earn your stripes. Take ya licks nikka.....every time you die and respawning just think back to cod...simpler times...how much less you had to work to get kills because it was so easy to pick up and play....then wipe ya tears and
Who are the Co-Op Crew? What up
BelowTheMasonDixon
Veteran
Have you been playing Halo MCC? these dudes out here giving out that work.