Halo 5: Guardians |OT| The Trials of Osiris

Papercuts said:
I think it's just the XB1 doing weird things. It seems to update the bigass update along with the install which makes it super slow to start.
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Well I installed the game from the disc offline but now the update says it's already at 84%, it keeps jumping forward. I want to hope it will be done soon but no idea.

Or worse... The update actually BEGINS at 84%.
 
Loving the (mission 4 spoiler)
non combat missions
. Breaks up things nicely, great change of pace, can be sprinted through if need be, or you can take your time and soak it all up.
 
I'm really impressed with the improvements they've made to the Prometheans. They're a lot more fun to fight this time round, and their weapons actually feel unique when you use them - compared to Halo 4 where they were pretty much just reskins.

Though I am a bit confused as to what they're actually doing in these levels in the first place. I've been trying to keep up with the lore, but still have no idea where these ones came from. Requiem got destroyed in Spartan Ops?
 
I have fallen for the hype and have Xbox One and Halo 5 waiting for in store pickup after work :D . I have not used Xbox Live in years. I'm very interested to see what my friends list activity will look like.

Just got the regular edition of Halo 5, hoping I'm not missing out on anything by not getting LE or whatever but the REQ pack stuff kinda turns me off. Hope it doesn't take me 12 hours to download the day one update when I get home.
 
Ein Bear said:
I'm really impressed with the improvements they've made to the Prometheans. They're a lot more fun to fight this time round, and their weapons actually feel unique when you use them - compared to Halo 4 where they were pretty much just reskins.

Though I am a bit confused as to what they're actually doing in these levels in the first place. I've been trying to keep up with the lore, but still have no idea where these ones came from. Requiem got destroyed in Spartan Ops?
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There were more Prometheans in other sites. Plus A LOT of them were created in the New Pheonix compose.
 
VinFTW said:
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Wife just texted this to me. Didn't even preorder the elite controller...
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This is my plan tonight! Except 3x the alcohol, nothing better than playing swat wasted.
 
BossDarkseid said:
why did you have to un-enroll from NXE? I've been having serious problems with Gears and Halo 5. This morning both worked fine. got home about 2ish. neither work at all. connection errors out the wazoo....
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I could not get Halo 5 to install properly last week, so I decided to back out of the NXE program..The thing is, you can't go back and undo you submission once you've requested to roll back..It was working just fine for me, and I went to cancel the enrollment but nope lol. Was about to finish the campaign with a friend then bam, you need a 2GB update! Didn't realize it was going to factory restore the machine..Sitting at 6% prob won't be able to play till like 1am, fuck these slow installs on XB1
 
Teggy said:
Hi, does anyone know what I need to read (or listen to or play) to get the backstory on

Very beginning of game spoiler:
Why Halsey is the "most wanted person in the galaxy" at the beginning of the game and what happened to her arm?
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Go watch the spartan ops cinematics, and then read halo escalation comics for some more if you'd like
 
Teggy said:
Hi, does anyone know what I need to read (or listen to or play) to get the backstory on

Very beginning of game spoiler:
Why Halsey is the "most wanted person in the galaxy" at the beginning of the game and what happened to her arm?
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It's covered in Halo 4's spartan OPs (all the cutscenes here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jid6DeE3EWQ) but basically in her quest for knowledge about forerunners/prometheans, she ends up captive, and seemingly starts helping them, but really its only an alliance of convenience,
which comes to and end which is why Halsey sends the SOS mentioned after mission 1.
If you watch spartan OPS you also see why she's missing an arm now.
 
ryan299 said:
The radar is too short. They need to increase the range
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Learn to play without it.

Halo is the only major competitive FPS that allows you to see nearby enemies w/o some sort of game altering mechanic behind it (killstreak reward, character ability, etc.)

If I had my way, radar would not be in anything besides maybe Warzone.
 
0ptimusPayne said:
I could not get Halo 5 to install properly last week, so I decided to back out of the NXE program..The thing is, you can't go back and undo you submission once you've requested to roll back..It was working just fine for me, and I went to cancel the enrollment but nope lol. Was about to finish the campaign with a friend then bam, you need a 2GB update! Didn't realize it was going to factory restore the machine..Sitting at 6% prob won't be able to play till like 1am, fuck these slow installs on XB1
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Did you try the DNS trick for downloads?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiSyh0sXsnA
 
0ptimusPayne said:
I could not get Halo 5 to install properly last week, so I decided to back out of the NXE program..The thing is, you can't go back and undo you submission once you've requested to roll back..It was working just fine for me, and I went to cancel the enrollment but nope lol. Was about to finish the campaign with a friend then bam, you need a 2GB update! Didn't realize it was going to factory restore the machine..Sitting at 6% prob won't be able to play till like 1am, fuck these slow installs on XB1
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daaaamn. i'd appreciate if it you could let me know if it helps any issues you have. apart from dragon age inquistion all my games on Xbox One are digital so...i'd rather not have to re download etc but if it will solve the problems...
 
There are those who said we should be wary after MCC... What are they to say now?

Having so much fun with this.

Hey can anyone confirm if the Valkyrie emblem is in this? The sword with two wings on the side. It's been my emblem in every Halo game, hoping it's here somewhere.
 
14 day trial doesn't work at all and Microsoft Support is trying to tell me that it's for the single player campaign only in support.

This is painful, all I wanted to do was play Halo 5 coop. :(
 
Little help appreciated here:

I am at the part where you have to fight 3 eternal wardens and I cannot even come close to killing just one. How, when playing with 3 AI team mates, am I supposed to shoot them in the back, especially when the damn things never bother looking at the AI. I was pretty high on this game but this fight is just super stupid when playing solo. I could see this being pretty simple in co-op.
 
"The 14 days trial Xbox live works to play single player campaign only, however, if you are going to avail the monthly xbox live membership, you can be able to play the coop campaign."

Microsoft Support pls

Has anyone else had issues with the 14 day trial working?
 
The Sum of Zero said:
There are those who said we should be wary after MCC... What are they to say now?

Having so much fun with this.

Hey can anyone confirm if the Valkyrie emblem is in this? The sword with two wings on the side. It's been my emblem in every Halo game, hoping it's here somewhere.
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not to be a debbie downer but...i had zero problems with MCC. I've only been able to play Halo 5 for about 5 minutes because of whatever issues. it seems to be more xbl regional etc so it's not necessarily 343s fault but...
 
I just got the game and it took 40 minutes and 4 seconds to install. This was just the disc/single-player--I declined the 9gb update. Absolutely insane, and I can't even launch it to start playing while it's installing like I can on PS4.
 
Chalupa Batman said:
I just got the game and it took 40 minutes and 4 seconds to install. This was just the disc/single-player--I declined the 9gb update. Absolutely insane, and I can't even launch it to start playing while it's installing like I can on PS4.
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I think inconvenient is the word you are looking for, not insane. It'll be worth it
 
The Sum of Zero said:
There are those who said we should be wary after MCC... What are they to say now?

Having so much fun with this.

Hey can anyone confirm if the Valkyrie emblem is in this? The sword with two wings on the side. It's been my emblem in every Halo game, hoping it's here somewhere.
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There's absolutely nothing wrong with being cautious about a game based on problems in its predecessors. You lose one day of playing the game if you wait to hear the first player reviews come in. You lose $6 if the game sucks.
 
Does anybody else choose to restart from checkpoint whenever they go down? I'm not a fan of the reviving. Feels like cheapening the difficulty.
 
bfett9 said:
Go watch the spartan ops cinematics, and then read halo escalation comics for some more if you'd like
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Glass said:
It's covered in Halo 4's spartan OPs (all the cutscenes here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jid6DeE3EWQ) but basically in her quest for knowledge about forerunners/prometheans, she ends up captive, and seemingly starts helping them, but really its only an alliance of convenience,
which comes to and end which is why Halsey sends the SOS mentioned after mission 1.
If you watch spartan OPS you also see why she's missing an arm now.
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Great, thanks - I started playing Spartan Ops after I finished halo 4 last week but it just wasn't much fun solo.
 
Cisce said:
"The 14 days trial Xbox live works to play single player campaign only, however, if you are going to avail the monthly xbox live membership, you can be able to play the coop campaign."

Microsoft Support pls

Has anyone else had issues with the 14 day trial working?
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I'd ask to talk to another customer support worker. I've had someone before who wasn't just useless, but giving me wrong information.
 
Why does it feel like you're stuck in mud when you try and turn? Like if you're getting shot at from behind? Is that the auto aim?
 
Soooooooo I may have wasted a perfectly good limited edition promotional code that came with the box. I already pre-loaded the digital deluxe version but also had the physical LE come from UPS today. I thought "hey more sweet req packs for me" and redeemed the code. Turns out the code just unlocks the same content that you get with the digital deluxe. So no duplicate req packs. Feelsbadman, could have given that sweet code to a friend or someone here on GAF.

At least I have both physical and digital now. :)
 
draughn101 said:
I think inconvenient is the word you are looking for, not insane. It'll be worth it
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I was gonna add "It better be worth it" lol. But insane is the appropriate word, not even PS3 games took this long. And I'm only playing the single-player so I apparently spent 10-15% of the total play time waiting for it to be ready. Anyway, time to play.
 
At first I thought the controls felt super clunky and awkward but now that I got used to them, they're amazing.

I got a 1kd in my first slayer match, so I'm pretty happy I don't sorta suck
 
The radar is an issue, feels like more of a distraction than a tool at times. On top of the small proximity, when someone jumps over you their dot disappears and it becomes a waste of time trying to locate them on the radar.
 
I listened to the OST last week and thought it was great, but it's even better hearing it while playing. Great work on the score. Only 1 hour left till I get to leave work and play more.
 
Homeboyd said:
We've gotta get some colors in these maps. Nature. Sand. Grass. Trees. Snow. Water. These maps need some livening up pretty badly from what I've seen. Just think about some of these maps:

Anchor 9
Zealot
Longshore
Ghost Town
Tempest
Highlands
Powerhouse
Boneyard
Reflection
The Pit
High Ground
Valhalla
Avalanche
Lockout
Guardian
Midship
Breakpoint
Zanzibar
Coagulation
Battle Creek

I'm seeing so much human/forerunner style in these H5 maps. They may play well (haven't actually played any Arena yet), but watching streams and it seems like I'm watching the same map over and over again. Watched a stream of Coliseum, Coliseum, Fathom, Plaza, Coliseum, Plaza (or something like that)... we need some color!
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Yeah, I've been saying this about maps for the last 6 months at least lol. Pipes and boxes for every map - kinda sucks. Midship remake is nice, though.
 
Anyone know how many wins it take to rank up? I knew i shouldnt have started with multiplayer last night, in platinum.

Still havent figured out a good strat for "Rig". I think my favorite map so far is "Orion".
 
JaggedSac said:
Little help appreciated here:

I am at the part where you have to fight 3 eternal wardens and I cannot even come close to killing just one. How, when playing with 3 AI team mates, am I supposed to shoot them in the back, especially when the damn things never bother looking at the AI. I was pretty high on this game but this fight is just super stupid when playing solo. I could see this being pretty simple in co-op.
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This fight is a bitch even with coop. AI in this fight is fucking useless. It took my friend and I 52 tries to beat in on Legendary. The trick is just grabbing the incineration cannons, doing damage early, then try to get the wardens so only one is moving towards you. Once you kill two there is a checkpoint and some laser turrets spawn. One incineration charge + light rifle shot and they will blow up. Try to take out both on side of the map so you don't get smiled, then kite the final Warden around that side of the map until he dies. Headshots work great since you won't be able to get behind him. Good luck.
 
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