Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-23782751-20140528024550/@comment-5949826-20150127161930

L377UC3 wrote: Xili Gar wrote: OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG HALO 5 IS DA BEST TING EVAH!!!! Well that works. See, the thing is, I haven't played the beta so I have no friggin' clue or anything other than a vague opinion about it. The thing that really frosts me, about which I have led the crusade on numerous forums against, is this concept that Halo is "Outdated" and must "Change."

Don't get me wrong. Healthy change is healthy and acceptable. But the question of whether or not change is necessary has the Halo Waypoint forums are split nearly 50-50, usually with the "Change" guys saying Guardians is a fantastic game. While I may agree with their conclusion should I play H5, I can never agree with their reasoning. From you, however, I hear that H5 is actually a homage to H2/3, and that the new stuff adds a dimension to the game that works. Here, I may agree with your conclusion and your reasoning, should I play the game. Dis ees kool.

Also, who needs Aim Down Sights when you have Spartan Laser with five shots? Miss one and I can still hit you four more times! Have at you, Silly Lizard! First of all, Halo 5 does have a load I would like changed with it. There seem to be many changes just for change's sake.

I agree with you on that point, Halo is not outdated. Halo doesn't 'need' to change to keep pace with the times or to compete with CoD, because it's on a whole another level. Again, I agree that some change is good, as it keeps things from getting stale, but as you rightly said, it should be a healthy change. For example, in Halo 2, they added the Battle Rifle and Carbine as longer range precision weapons between the Magnum and Sniper. This was a very good change and it helped the game immensely as there was more variety and added to the missing niche of ranged and precision weapons.

Similarly, in Halo 5 the new Legendary weapons idea is really cool. There exist two types of Sword, the ordinary, beloved Energy Sword, and the new Legendary one-map-only Prophet's Bane. (This being the personal sword of Thel 'Vadam, the fan favourite Arbiter.) This sword bestows a faster movement speed and has a longer lunge range. Thus when playing on the map with this sword, the sword becomes something more than a power weapon - it's far more prestigious and people fight to control it. I've noticed that the other map with a normal sword didn't have nearly as many people rushing the sword.

On the other hand, Sprint, Clamber, and the ADS seems to be change just for change's sake. I like Sprint, I like clamber (but don't think it truly has a place in Halo) and I like the ADS on some weapons, such as the Light Rifle (the parts detach and hover around your head when you scope in. There's videos of it somewhere) and the Energy sword (It increases your lunge range at the cost of your radar. On the other hand, The AR and SMG become far to powerful at ranges further than they really should, but it ends up like Halo 3, where just using the starting AR will get you at least a few kills.

I too had huge misgivings about the game before I played it. I saw gameplay and instantly thought it was basically futuristic CoD and that Halo was dead. However, I gave it a try, because it was a free open Beta. And I loved it. Most of the things I was worried about weren't really worries - it didn't go the way I had feared it would. I really had the initial impression that it felt like Halo 2/3, with some major upgrades, and reminiscent of Halo 4.

Plus ADS just looks different, there isn't much change, (except as I pointed out previously, the Sniper takes a tiny bit longer to scope in, and the DMR obstructs 99% of your screen. Plus I hate it how you have no peripherals while scoping in with a Sniper. It sucks. And headshots are harder now with the snipper due to people moving about quicker and less auto aim.)

And who scoped in with a Splaser anyway? :P (ThisisthepartwhereIsayIlikedtheHalo4Splaserbetterbecauseithadlessshotssoyouhadtobecarefulbutitdidmoredamagewhenyoudidhit)