The question we’re sure fans are probably wondering, could the franchise last even longer? Gamers growing up with Cortana are older now, wiser (hopefully), and more discerning. Only the most hardcore of Halo lore fanatics knew. I don’t have to have somebody at my house. So far, 343 Industries is on course to deliver a whopping meal of a game.
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343i is dedicated to making us care about the Halo universe, even if we’ll only play the Guardians campaign once or twice before placing our attention on multiplayer afterwards.
Halo 5: Guardians will be released October 27. The group, called Blue Team, is the original team of Spartan-IIs the Chief fought alongside prior to the series’ first entry, Halo: Combat Evolved. In that regard ODST is the most distinctive Halo game out there, and having played it recently as part of 343’s MCC make-good, it holds up so, so well.
Visually, the game is vibrant. “It’s one of the advantages that Xbox Live obviously offers”. Your days spending 45 minutes trying to glitch jump that rock wall are pretty much over!
Holmes: Nightfall introduces Spartan Locke. Covenant Grunts fire turrets from within its bowels, Jackals snipe from behind annoying energy fields, and Elites lead the assault, darting left and right to avoid Spartan bullets as they’ve always done.
The addition of two more players adds a whole new depth to Halo 5’s campaign, offering a number of play styles, especially given the much larger environments this time round. As the second mission of the game, The Argent Moon sees Halo 5’s campaign still in tutorial mode, and teaches the player how to use Halo 5’s new Fireteam Order System. Early in the story Master Chief goes AWOL for uncertain reasons. It reeks more of Gears of War than a new gameplay enhancement. “No team is focused on it more than 343”, said Spencer.
And while staying near your allies so they can revive you may help, you’re still welcome to go it alone and do your own thing, breaking away from the pack without worrying about propping up others – nor will they steam ahead and play the mission for you.
“Run and gun” is not a recommended strategy.
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Expansive, complex battlefields created to support more players, more enemies, and even more intense, epic-scale battles than ever before. Halo 5: Guardians is the crown jewel of Microsoft’s holiday 2015 line-up. In a recent interview with GameSpot about the latest “Halo” title in the franchise, Spencer mentioned his opinions about augmented and virtual reality. Initially I worked my way through waves of enemies on a raised platform up top, but in a second play through I stayed below, picking off enemies hiding underneath the rocky platform and finding a secret entrance that you could smash through with the Spartan Charge ability.
