Halo 5: Guardians |OT| The Trials of Osiris

So after doing my 10 placements in Slayer today (put into diamond 1, still got it after all these years b o y s), I think I can say this is a good game. Almost all my matches were super competitive and there was no pubstomping like in the other Halos. The core is arguably the best it's ever been. Spartan abilities feel like the modernized Halo formula that H4 should've been. Everything's gently intertwined into guns/grenades/melee, in stark contrast to the solid core with a mountain of shit piled onto it like H4 MP. Really cool to see 343 change direction and go back to what made the series work originally.

Random thoughts that no one cares about:

-Grenades should be less available (or remove the hitmarkers from them). Feels like I'm getting clusterbombed often and it can get pretty frustrating. 1 grenade on spawn should be more than enough. There are plenty of nades on the map already.
-I can't believe I'm saying this but radar needs a buff. It's basically useless. 18m is just too short. Without proper headphones hearing footsteps is basically impossible. I agree that 30m was far too big, so maybe somewhere in the middle at 24 could work?
-Low aim assist is soooo good.
-Pistol is god tier
-Map weighting seems weird, I keep getting like the same 3 maps over and over again in Slayer
-MP maps are pretty ugly and there are too many Forge ones. Orion kind of sucks
-Audio design is a complete 180 from Halo 4. Just incredible work here. Easily the best in the series. Everything's got that meaty thunk to it and I love it.
-Dynamic res ;___;
-Things off in the distance running at 30fps is super jarring and I don't like it
-Everything else being 60fps is awesome though
-REQ packs are going to make a goddamned killing

I should probably play campaign at some point.
 
Holy shit just went 15 and 20 in SWAT and the next game 11 and 10 and ended the game with a triple kill for a 50 to 40 win. Proudest I've been for a video game moment in years lol.
 
Fracas said:
-Grenades should be less available (or remove the hitmarkers from them). Feels like I'm getting clusterbombed often and it can get pretty frustrating. 1 grenade on spawn should be more than enough. There are plenty of nades on the map already.
-I can't believe I'm saying this but radar needs a buff. It's basically useless. 18m is just too short. Without proper headphones hearing footsteps is basically impossible. I agree that 30m was far too big, so maybe somewhere in the middle at 24 could work?
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For real though
 
Fracas said:
So after doing my 10 placements in Slayer today (put into diamond 1, still got it after all these years b o y s), I think I can say this is a good game. Almost all my matches were super competitive and there was no pubstomping like in the other Halos. The core is arguably the best it's ever been. Spartan abilities feel like the modernized Halo formula that H4 should've been. Everything's gently intertwined into guns/grenades/melee, in stark contrast to the solid core with a mountain of shit piled onto it like H4 MP. Really cool to see 343 change direction and go back to what made the series work originally.

Random thoughts that no one cares about:

-Grenades should be less available (or remove the hitmarkers from them). Feels like I'm getting clusterbombed often and it can get pretty frustrating. 1 grenade on spawn should be more than enough. There are plenty of nades on the map already.
-I can't believe I'm saying this but radar needs a buff. It's basically useless. 18m is just too short. Without proper headphones hearing footsteps is basically impossible. I agree that 30m was far too big, so maybe somewhere in the middle at 24 could work?
-Low aim assist is soooo good.
-Pistol is god tier
-Map weighting seems weird, I keep getting like the same 3 maps over and over again in Slayer
-MP maps are pretty ugly and there are too many Forge ones. Orion kind of sucks
-Audio design is a complete 180 from Halo 4. Just incredible work here. Easily the best in the series. Everything's got that meaty thunk to it and I love it.
-Dynamic res ;___;
-Things off in the distance running at 30fps is super jarring and I don't like it
-Everything else being 60fps is awesome though
-REQ packs are going to make a goddamned killing

I should probably play campaign at some point.
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I've played 16 Arena Slayer matches and haven't seen Truth or Regret yet. They're in the playlist map rotation according to the launch playlist details on Waypoint.
 
You radar lovers just need to get gud! ;P

Kidding completely! It is a change... But one I think opens up more close encounters and changes the gameplay for the best. People will learn to pay more attention to their surrounds and enemy spawns along with their movement patterns.
 
I just beat Campaign on normal in exactly 8 hours (according to the console). Thought it had a good story, weapon feel and choice of weapons was fair, the cut scene animations were awesome. I should probably go play the other 4 games now to fill in the blanks.

Now I don't know what to do with the game; I tried another round of MP and came absolutely dead last, as opposed to my previous post where I did decent, not sure I want to continue with it's MP when I have PC alternatives. D=
 
Source said:
I've played 16 Arena Slayer matches and haven't seen Truth or Regret yet. They're in the playlist map rotation according to the launch playlist details on Waypoint.
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The server will rotate through all of the maps in the playlist. However, if you back out and connect to a different server, you'll be on a different rotation so it's possible to miss a map or double up.
 
Ozzy Onya A2Z said:
This poor bastard, I feel for him/her today.

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damn those ONI spooks! ehh I mean ONI dog :P

edit

anyone wanna get together for a party, getting tired of being paired with scrubs T-T

GT: dark silver89
 
seriosbrad said:
I just beat Campaign on normal in exactly 8 hours (according to the console). Thought it had a good story, weapon feel and choice of weapons was fair, the cut scene animations were awesome. I should probably go play the other 4 games now to fill in the blanks.

Now I don't know what to do with the game; I tried another round of MP and came absolutely dead last, as opposed to my previous post where I did decent, not sure I want to continue with it's MP when I have PC alternatives. D=
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Keep giving it a shot. You're not gonna pick up the game and dominate right away, naturally.
 
lybertyboy said:
The server will rotate through all of the maps in the playlist. However, if you back out and connect to a different server, you'll be on a different rotation so it's possible to miss a map or double up.
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Alright, that has been my problem then. Thanks for letting me know about that.
 
Just won a Warzone match on ARC by stealing the Warden Eternal from the other team who had 2 tanks blowing his ass up. It was too good

lybertyboy said:
The server will rotate through all of the maps in the playlist. However, if you back out and connect to a different server, you'll be on a different rotation so it's possible to miss a map or double up.
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Oh! Did not know this. Thanks for the info
 
Oh my god. This bug that keeps disabling the mute function is a fucking nightmare. Not even disabling MP chat in audio setting would fix it.
Had to play Warzone to the tune of a dude sounding like he's jerking off inside a wind tunnel.
 
I dominated Halo 2 and 3 online but didn't play 4 at all or Reach or ODST because of the burn out. I am doing pretty mediocre in Halo 5 so far. It's a lot to take in.
 
I like the radar now. The beta was gigantic and i would naturally rely on it to see around the map instead of actuall looking at whats going on. I use the radar less now and i like it this way.

The MP is so great at its core. Love it even more than the beta BUT i despise the forge map. I hate all forge maps. They just look like shit to me in comparison to a fully designed map. always felt this way about forge maps from devs.

I miss BTB so much. I know they want to promote the new warzone mode, but man i want to play some simple BTB slayer right now.
 
Flipyap said:
Oh my god. This bug that keeps disabling the mute function is a fucking nightmare. Not even disabling MP chat in audio setting would fix it.
Had to play Warzone to the tune of a dude sounding like he's jerking off inside a wind tunnel.
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You can turn off voice chat from your xbox.com account settings.
 
It seems impossible to advance rankings once you hit placement. I'll carry my team, but the teammates still go major negative and lose, completely eliminating any work I did. Fuck this W/L sometimes man.
 
Ok so I just finished off the campaign. I completely understand why people haven't loved it story wise. It's either they don't understand what is happening or simply do not like the direction they've taken the universe and story. But whatever, I fucking like it. It's crazy and a little dumb in ways I'm down with.

Levels are generally good, all better than 4. There are also some truly incredible levels, 8, 9,10,11 that stand out personally as some of the most enjoyable Halo missions. Yeah, overall I really enjoyed it. It's also amazing how different their campaign are from Bungie's.
 
Radar should probably be more effective and only available in Warzone and BTB. Everything else it could be disabled. That's probably the happy middle because BTB will still be a competitive mode where radar is probably needed but not really needed in 4v4 modes.
 
So, finally sat down and played a bunch of warzone and arena.

I'm in love, game finds matches almost instantly and I never noticed any lag. Warzone is crazy awesome and I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. Arena was also out-standing and brought be right back to my days of climbing the ladder in Halo 2 and Halo 3.

Game is at least a 9 when considering the whole package IMO.
 
I think my favorite part of this game is Warzone.

Just played a match where we were losing for the most part, I somehow managed to steal the other team's tank, proceeded to completely shut their team down with it, we triple capped them and won.

Had a 20 kill streak in it...35 spartan kills total. So good.
 
So even after the MTU fix, I still cannot access Halo 5's multiplayer.

Keep getting a "Cannot connect to Halo 5 guardians lobby service" message when I attempt to enter online.

Tried a hard reset, modem power cycle and absolutely nothing.

Getting really frustrated because sometimes it lets me into the lobby for all of 30 seconds then kicks me out before I can get a game.


Anyone encountered this and have a possible fix?
 
I've just went through some of the reqs....i did not realize how much depth there is with the weapons. Then there's armor mods etc. Warzone is dumb and chaotic but it's really fun. I see why they split arena and warzone best of both worlds. Can't wait to get my hands on a modified DMR.
 
My wife likes halo but cant play anything past easy mode. when i told her about the ranking system she started thinking of giving the online a try, once the dust has settled and more of the high rankers are ranked and possibly less likely to be in her games, while trying to rank herself.

Question: is anyone here or does anyone here know someone in bronze ranking? If so, are players really playing like its their first fps, like my wife would be? or would she still "get rekt"?

it would be awesome if bronze was a good intro to online fps for her
 
Hispanic! At the Disco said:
My wife likes halo but cant play anything past easy mode. when i told her about the ranking system she started thinking of giving the online a try, once the dust has settled and more of the high rankers are ranked and possibly less likely to be in her games, while trying to rank herself.

Question: is anyone here or does anyone here know someone in bronze ranking? If so, are players really playing like its their first fps, like my wife would be? or would she still "get rekt"?

it would be awesome if bronze was a good intro to online fps for her
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My sister in law had good success during the beta. You'll still run into some disparity but generally speaking I think the skill matching has greatly improved over past games.
 
Campaign isn't doing much for me so far. Looks nice, though.

Rtas said:
So even after the MTU fix, I still cannot access Halo 5's multiplayer.

Keep getting a "Cannot connect to Halo 5 guardians lobby service" message when I attempt to enter online.

Tried a hard reset, modem power cycle and absolutely nothing.

Getting really frustrated because sometimes it lets me into the lobby for all of 30 seconds then kicks me out before I can get a game.


Anyone encountered this and have a possible fix?
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What's the MTU fix? I had that issue on launch night but somehow haven't gotten it since.

edit: ah nvm, saw it was patched out.
 
Just beat the campaign, Holy shit that was epic! I didn't really have any complaints. I mean, I wish we had more master Chief gameplay, but it wasn't much of a burden for me.

I have to say, all through the game I felt like I was moving the way the way they did in the opening Osiris cutscene. I didn't really, because there was so much going on in it that isn't possible, but I feel like the spartan abilities definitly gave me that rush.

All in all I say the campaign is great.
 
Alright almost at the end...oh. oh no. no. no. no. wh. no. please. no. god why. please. Frankie. why. Frankie. Frankie. Frankie. Please. no. god why. please no. no. who thought this was okay. why. no. please. please. please. no. no. no. no. no. why. please. no. Frankie. why. why would you do this. no. no. no. please no.
 
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