Luke Ladlee: "Spanning my teen years until now, I have gone through a lot of covenant scum. I’ve done business with the cartographer, made my mark with the Arbiter, and blasted my way through Prometheans. Halo 5: Guardians continues down this epic and legendary path, welcoming you to pick up your Spartan armor and continue the fight. You will remember why you loved Halo before, and why you should be excited for its future. Top echelon storytelling, new gameplay mechanics, vast and beautiful landscapes, and a superbly designed multiplayer, has soared Halo 5: Guardians to my favorite in the series.
Halo 5: Guardians stands the tallest amongst it’s other series entries. 343 Industries exhibits they can take this coveted franchise to new heights, while still respecting it’s past. If there were questions about Xbox One having a killer app, Halo 5: Guardians is your answer."
In Halo 4, 5, and Infinite, Master Chief became a more nuanced, human character.
In spite of the Halo series’ struggles, 343 deserves praise for adding nuance and characterisation to the ever-beating heart of Halo - The Master Chief. Playing through Infinite, it's abundantly clear that the events of the current and previous trilogies have irrevocably changed the iconic hero. He’s no longer the ‘blank slate’ that was previously presented by Bungie. He’s a fatigued, damaged and fallible protagonist, and one who is meandering through currents of grief, while reveling in his newfound agency. Giving the Chief a compelling and meaningful voice was no small feat, and 343 should be proud of that victory.
This article completely misses part of the appeal of the original iteration of character in the original game trilogy. It was the Chief and Cortana vs an entire alien collective. The blank slate Bungie displayed in their games was genius, he was an mysterious hero a wide audience could identify with because he wasn't as clearly defined as most characters.
The books added a lot of lore and backstory but most Halo players just want a fun game with exposition that doesn't get in the way of gameplay, it's why the Cortana level in Halo 3 was derided.
Not every character has to be a damaged soyboy, a soldier has to suck it up and do his duty.
The 343i Master Chief has is based on the books. However, in Halo 4-Infinite, the Master Chief overtime become. gradually becomes more willing to show some emotion.
Daily Video Game writes: "GameStop is running a new pre-owned game sale on over 1000 pre-owned games that offers four pre-owned ($9.99 or less) games for $20 across multiple gaming platforms right now, including PS3 and Xbox 360!"
Given the nature of backwards compatibility on new systems, this is a great sale in case you missed out on some gems from last gen.
Most of the games on Xbox are on game pass. The Switch games in this sale are trash c'mon farming simulator that's laughable. The PS4 games should be cheaper. I can't wait for the GameStop going out of business liquidation sale.
These sales, while potentially great, really struggle to be valuable given you can't easily parse what games are in stock. You can't just say "only show what is online & what are in my nearby stores". Probably 60-75% of these games in these massive lists are out of stock for shipping, and out of stock locally. It makes it a chore to find anything you'd want, much less 4 of them, much less enough if you wanted to get to a free shipping tier. It's a bummer.
NoobFeed Editor Joshua Burt writes - There are many games in the famous Halo Franchise that are stellar titles and need to be revered. And some that do not. These games stand out from the crowd and deluge of colossal Halo titles. Games that made Halo great. We do need to iron out what qualifies the game for this list. They have to be in the Halo franchise… Obviously.
Halo 3 at the top is correct the only thing id change is swap infinite and halo ce around.
Halo 5: Guardians stands the tallest amongst it’s other series entries. 343 Industries exhibits they can take this coveted franchise to new heights, while still respecting it’s past. If there were questions about Xbox One having a killer app, Halo 5: Guardians is your answer."
That pretty much sums it up how I feel about Halo 5.
Mutilplayer is PERFECT
best graphics for a Halo game to date.
Love the new controls, scope, ram, ground pound, etc.
Smooth 60fps
Solid story with amazing cut scenes.
4 player Co op.
The soundtrack much improved over Halo 4.
So much was put into the game to make it a AAA juggernaut worth your money and give you so much reply value.
Anyone that has an XB1 shoukdnt pass it up.
I finished the campaign last night.
I am in complete agreement with the reviewer.
I really like how the have progressed the story and lore of Halo.
The graphics are a sight to behold, the new character additions are great as well as the gameplay mechanics.
I do hope the next Halo features the Masterchief and his more, maybe buck joins up with him??
I had a blast the entire time, thank you 343 for yet another phenomenal gaming experience.
Great review. I'm loving it so far. I haven't had the opportunity to play for too long, but it's very addicting, the action is fantastic, the graphics are gorgeous and the multiplayer is just simply the best out there imo. Right down the line.