Halo 5: Guardians

HitmonInfinity · May 2014

http://www.polygon.com/2014/5/16/5721032/halo-5-guardians-release-date-xbox-one

Alright so here's my theory on the plot lol: Cortana takes over the body of another spartan, Crysis 2 style, and she's the villain.

aleksdigital · May 2014

Nice. I'll buy an xbox one for this.

Jesse Moody · May 2014

2 was the worst in the series

Will Faucher · May 2014

Jesse Moody wrote: »

2 was the worst in the series

While H2's campaign wasn't the best, the Multiplayer was among some of the best online experiences I've ever had. It was so much better before we had the addition of all these power-ups and armor abilities.

If anything, ODST's campaign was far worse.

mats effect · May 2014

2 was a bit lacking at parts in the single player even Bungie have said that (not that I ever noticed at the time) but in terms of Multiplayer its stellar. Think that's the main reason I lot of people want to see a remake.

Very much looking forward to Halo 5 though. Halo 4 had great art and an very enjoyable single player but its good to know they are looking to expand on gameplay a lot more with this new one.

ae. · May 2014

Jesse Moody wrote: »

2 was the worst in the series

quoted for truth! nothing beats halo 1 and i really enjoyed Halo reach/Halo ODST.

looking forward to see where they take this, arts gonna be amazing no matter what you think about gameplay/story the guys at 343 are extremely talented!

looking forward to the art dumps once this is released

WarrenM · May 2014

They DID lose their art director though ... Kenneth Scott is at Oculus now. Hopefully they get someone passionate about Halo to take his place.

Clark Coots · May 2014

2 was great. I don't recall the campaign much, but that xbox live multiplayer was so sick.

Halo 1 was probably my favorite. great single player/co-op, the flood!, fun LAN parties with friends on Blood Gultch riding around in Warthogs, and the soundtrack/audio was incredible.

5 should be cool, but I'd probably say that to any next gen game coming out right now. I like pretty graphics -___-

WarrenM · May 2014

I STILL remember playing the Flood ... one of my defining moments in gaming. Fantastic.

skylebones · May 2014

WarrenM wrote: »

They DID lose their art director though ... Kenneth Scott is at Oculus now. Hopefully they get someone passionate about Halo to take his place.

I believe Sparth stepped into that role. And I love his art so thats awesome to me.

WarrenM · May 2014

Oh they're good then.

Shiniku · May 2014

Jesse Moody wrote: »

2 was the worst in the series

Finally an opinion that I can get on board with!

Easily the worst campaign (short, anti-climactic, not memorable) and I didn't much care for the multiplayer either. Things felt so overbalanced that it seemed boring compared to my Halo 1 days. I mean obviously it was decent but I never understood why it's so often cited as the best of the series, and why they would remake it is beyond me.

Anyways...

This looks cool, I'm excited!

Harbinger · May 2014

They've got some rockstar artists over at 343, they'll be good to go

One thing I'm looking forward to seeing, which not many other games have pulled off so well, is the sense of scale I get when playing Halo. That one level in Halo 4 where you're riding on that huge vehicle through the desert... so cool.

NegevPro · May 2014

While I loved Halo 2 and it was probably my favorite installment to the series next to 3 and ODST, I can understand why many didn't like it.

It's a great time to be a Halo fan, not such a great time to be somebody who doesn't own an XB1.

One day they'll port all of this to PC, I hope!

Shadownami92 · May 2014

I personally loved how Halo 4 looked, it was basically Halo with a bit of Metroid Primey stuff going on. And yeah I definately missed the scopey sniper pistol when I played Halo 2. Think they brought it back in the newer ones?

Autocon · May 2014

I think the title is dumb as is anything with the word Guardian in it. But who cares, more Halo!

I love that art style and I love the world they have with Halo.

Only game that could make me buy an Xbone

Computron · May 2014

So they are now obligated to port the Guardian map from Halo 3 to this game. YAY!

Tobbo · May 2014

Why does it even need a subtitle? I think just 'Halo 5' is good enough.

Jesse Moody · May 2014

yeah Halo 5 is enough for me haha.

I look forward to seeing what comes. Shifting to 60fps for mp will give it that nice smooth and fast response in the controls. Excited about that.

Can't wait to see more. I LOVE ME SOME HALO!!!!

Ged · May 2014

Do you think guardians might refer to a mode of play where your online friends can join in with your campaign progression as your "guardians"? like a destiny-ish sorta thing.

NegevPro · May 2014

If it's in the title I'd imagine it would be more related to the story rather than anything gameplay related, but that does sound pretty reasonable too.

leleuxart · May 2014

I can't remember the ending of Halo 4 that much, especially regarding the Didact, but perhaps there will be a big scene involving the Guardian Sentinels.

Or we just go further into the Forerunners' story: We are Forerunners, guardians of all that exists. The roots of the galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun towards which all intelligence blossoms and the impervious shelter beneath which it has prospered.

StephenVyas · May 2014

Lookin forward to seeing more
That teaser sure was sweet.. but I'm still thirsty :icon60:

AlexCatMasterSupreme · May 2014

What is halo.

Computron · May 2014

AlexCatMasterSupreme wrote: »

What is halo.

It's kind of like Metroid.

AlexCatMasterSupreme · May 2014

Computron wrote: »

It's kind of like Metroid.

Thanks for the advice computron. I like metriod.

Computron · May 2014

AlexCatMasterSupreme wrote: »

Thanks for the advice computron. I like metriod.

Yea, then you should try Halo sometime, it's like Call of Duty but in space.

There is this one blue chick in it, she's kind of like Princess Peach. ...ya know, from Mario?

er actually, it's more like Navi, from Zelda.

Do you like playing Zelda? well, if you do, then you'll probably like Halo.
Its exactly like that.

Makkon · May 2014

Computron wrote: »

Yea, then you should try Halo sometime, it's like Call of Duty but in space.

There is this one blue chick in it, she's kind of like Princess Peach. ...ya know, from Mario?

er actually, it's more like Navi, from Zelda.

Do you like playing Zelda? well, if you do, then you'll probably like Halo.
Its exactly like that.

I laughed so hard I nearly spilled my drink all over my tablet.

That's enough excitement for one day.

lotet · May 2014

Computron wrote: »

Yea, then you should try Halo sometime, it's like Call of Duty but in space.

There is this one blue chick in it, she's kind of like Princess Peach. ...ya know, from Mario?

er actually, it's more like Navi, from Zelda.

Do you like playing Zelda? well, if you do, then you'll probably like Halo.
Its exactly like that.

+1

artquest · Nov 2014

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Info is starting to trickle in. I for one am very excited to see how the new multi-player changes will work out.

StephenVyas · Nov 2014

Well, this looks like nothing but... Awesome!

Lazerus Reborn · Nov 2014

Sparth seems to have his balls out awesomeness all over this.

Autocon · Nov 2014

The 60FPS switch looks interesting. Way more fluid game play which I think most players will enjoy. That of course is coming with a large graphics hit as it looks on par with Halo 4 which is a bit of a shame but understandable.

All those movement ability's spartans will have look like a fantastic addition to gameplay. Traversal seems fast and fluid and gives a lot of opportunity's for skilled players to really shine and get in some great fire fights.

Halo 5 is whats gonna make me buy an Xbone

almighty_gir · Nov 2014

Jesse Moody wrote: »

2 was the worst in the series

Will Faucher · Nov 2014

So the Halo: Master Chief Collection has been amazing. Some matchmaking and partying issues, but 343 is working on that right now. Replaying H2's completely remastered campaign has been hugely nostalgic, not to mention that Blur's cinematics blew me away. Holy shit.

Plus, access to Halo 5 beta in December, yey! I bought an Xbone exclusively for this.

HitmonInfinity · Mar 2015

New trailers:
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I'm not crazy about the live action results, but I love what they're doing with the story.

Weekly audio series profiling the Chief. (Serial for Halo) It's awesome.

GrevSev · Mar 2015

Soo the first trailer had me on edge but the second removed the hype

I'm confused but this is great

Sanek94cool · Mar 2015

I'm still hope for some Halo on PC. Not Halo Online

Count Vertsalot · Mar 2015

AlexCatMasterSupreme wrote: »

What is halo.

A mediocre console shooter that somehow single-handedly destroyed PC shooters for many years. It also opened the gates for the Call of Duty shitstorm.

Sorry, I'm just a mad Quake and UT player. :poly141: I know I'm outnumbered.

GrevSev · Mar 2015

What did Halo do to Quake and UT?

Count Vertsalot · Mar 2015

GrevSev wrote: »

What did Halo do to Quake and UT?

It caused a massive popularity shift in the shooter genre. It boils down to control preference, mouse and keyboard vs console controller. Halo isn't actually a bad game series. I'm just mad.

Count Vertsalot · Mar 2015

Oh neat. I'm not alone.

Goeddy · Mar 2015

Tidal Blast wrote: »

The FPS genre went from...

Creative (arcade) | Skill-based | Interesting level design

to...

Military | No skill | Straight forward cinematic experience

And at some point ''auto-aim'' became normal on console and some game studios even had the balls to put it down our throat by forcing it ON claiming that it is impossible to play without auto-aim with a game controller.

The FPS genre was at its pinnacle with Unreal 1998. UT and Quake 2 and Quake 3. Last year it was as low as it could get. Now with the new Unreal Tournament and a possible remake of the first Unreal singleplayer, who knows... maybe the FPS will return to its roots of skill-based gameplay and brilliant design.

out of curiosity, if Halo is not skill-based, what is it based on?

almighty_gir · Mar 2015

Goeddy wrote: »

out of curiosity, if Halo is not skill-based, what is it based on?

it's skill based in terms of tactical movement/positioning etc.

but trying to deny the strength of auto-aim mechanics is just ridiculous.

Count Vertsalot · Mar 2015

Whenever I played Halo multiplayer the skill was all in watching the other player's splitscreen section and sneaking up on him from behind for an insta-kill.

ambershee · Mar 2015

almighty_gir wrote: »

it's skill based in terms of tactical movement/positioning etc.

Whilst true, the majority of players just seem to run around like headless chickens. The game rewards this behaviour though, even more so since they removed the ability to use stealth when crouching (wtf?).

I played a fair bit of Halo 3 online, but it really annoyed me how it rewarded people for playing like that since players in TDM were rewarded for number of kills, not KDR - players who completely lost the game for their team could still be considered the 'MVP' by the game. I'd usually get a perfect performance (6-8 to 0), but some chump would get the reward for the match despite having a 1-2 KDR and essentially feeding the opponent and forcing the rest of the team to carry them.

Still hasn't changed.

Rant rant rant.

vargatom · Mar 2015

Hmm...

Halo added a few things IMHO:
- good console FPS controls
- pretty good enemy AI in single player
- more open levels in SP too
- good vehicle stuff
- interesting design limitations like only 2 weapons at once
- recharging "health"

Sure most of this is SP, but that's not irrelevant IMHO. And a lot of the above stuff is now pretty much mandatory in any FPS game and hasn't really been done (or done well) before Halo.

ambershee · Mar 2015

Halo was nearly 15 years ago now - it did a lot for the shooter genre, but I'm not sure all the changes since then have necessarily been positive. I wasn't a fan of it moving away from being an arena shooter in multiplayer (as a result, 3 was the last one I played online).

vertigo1 · Apr 2015

almighty_gir wrote: »

it's skill based in terms of tactical movement/positioning etc.

but trying to deny the strength of auto-aim mechanics is just ridiculous.

We are playing the role of an elite augmented super soldier. Also, everyone has it so it is a level playing field.

Auto-aim does little to aid in situational awareness, environment memorization or timing as you have said, and while it does not happen often the auto-aim can get in the way and is something to work around when tracking overlapping targets.