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[Final Verdict]

Can any early players here tell me if there is a legendary ending like previous halos?
I'm not looking for spoilers, but genuinely curious about that.

 

[BeforeU]

Is anyone with early access running the NXOE?

It forced me into the new dashboard update and if performance is bad or it causes issues with H5, I'm going to be absolutely livid.

Lots of people. Was watching IGN stream. Ryan was also on NXOE. works great.

Can any early players here tell me if there is a legendary ending like previous halos?
I'm not looking for spoilers, but genuinely curious about that.

Yes pleas, I also want to know this.

 

[draughn101]

Lots of people. Was watching IGN stream. Ryan was also on NXOE. works great.


Yes pleas, I also want to know this.

I'll let you know later today. I would assume so.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Stick with Heroic. If you start Legendary, you'll be banging your head against certain fights and it'll sour the experience.

Do Heroic to learn the fights, then go Legendary.

Can't do that. Legendary for first play through as always or bust.

 

[Fotos]

I'll let you know later today. I would assume so.

I'll try today too. Legendary sucks ass by the way. Your team is complete garbage.

I also just realized there's no more start from rally points

 

[TheDanger]

Just finished the campaign, i enjoyed it very much overall, but I'm kinda disappointed

Spoiler

that you hardly ever play as the the Master Chief.

 

[shungokusatsu]

Anyone with the CE do the swap for a disc? I was hoping it'd arrive early but I just know they're going to ship it late. Xbox.com status shows nothing but "in progress."

 

[Euron]

To the people who have finished the campaign, how does it rank in comparision to the other games?

FYI my ranking right now is 3>ODST>1>2>4>Reach

 

[Lakitu]

Just finished the campaign, i enjoyed it very much overall, but I'm kinda disappointed

Spoiler

that you hardly ever play as the the Master Chief.

Any big vehicle heavy missions like The Ark? I haven't been watching streams so I can't tell.

 

[solis74]

A note from Bonnie Ross: https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/the-halo-5-journey

good read.

 

[draughn101]

To the people who have finished the campaign, how does it rank in comparision to the other games?

FYI my ranking right now is 3>ODST>1>2>4>Reach

Gameplay wise. It's my favorite. Story, who knows. I enjoyed it but others won't. It's halo.

I can't put the controller down.

 

[TheDanger]

Any big vehicle heavy missions like The Ark? I haven't been watching streams so I can't tell.

yes

 

[Lakitu]

yes

Can you go into more detail if you have time please?

I don't mind spoilers, PM me if you feel that's better.

 

[draughn101]

I'll try today too. Legendary sucks ass by the way. Your team is complete garbage.

I also just realized there's no more start from rally points

Lol. There's been some rough spots, and yea the friendly ai isn't real helpful besides some revives. I know some boss battles are going to suck. I'm at the end of level 5.... Ouch.

Yea I've been trying to get skulls which is stupid because if you die you are likely going back a ways. Still having a really good time tho

 

[solis74]

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/community-update-prepare-to-launch

 

[Euron]

yes

Welp there it is

All I needed to know

Hopefully they're open vehicle missions and not closed linear ones like 2 and 4

 

[Twilight Gap]

the 60 bucks video is the best one.

 

[JonnyKong]

My copy from Simplygames arrived at 4 in the afternoon, what the hell Royal Mail? Anyway, time to get the install out of the way..

 

[tiredheadcrab]

This may sound a bit stupid, but i have already read 3 stories of installing Halo 5 from the disc. I am on the east coast and intend on going to the midnight launch to pick up my Limited edition along with my elite controller. So like I dont feel like waiting an hour or 2 for it to install, so i preordered the game digitally as well and its downloading right now. Ill just use the codes that comes with my physical to get my req packs and armor goodies. This way it will be unlocked and ready to play when i get home and all ill have to do is install the elite controller software.

 

[bidguy]

Gameplay wise. It's my favorite. Story, who knows. I enjoyed it but others won't. It's halo.

I can't put the controller down.

im on mission 8 and id rank this above halo 4,reach and odst easily so far. areas are a lot more open and some remind me of the early halo games like ce and 2

 

[draughn101]

im on mission 8 and id rank this above halo 4,reach and odst easily so far. areas are a lot more open and some remind me of the early halo games like ce and 2

Yea gameplay wise. It's easily tops for me, but you know how people are.

How the Fffffffffffff do you beat the end of mission 5 on legendary

 

[solis74]

I'm so so jealous of all of you who are going to be kicking back on a Saturday afternoon and blasting through the Halo 5 campaign.

Why did I go digital? Whyyyyyy?

ditto!!

 

[Twilight Gap]

Am loving the main menu UI. so slick.

Really like how 343 streamlined the Forerunner design. It looks very clean and has great contrast.

Heroic is too easy though. Think I'm going to bump up to Legendary.

 

[Twilight Gap]

The 30 FPS animation of the enemies is very noticeable even from a short distance.

I kinda like it though, in an endearing sort of way. Adds a bit of personality to the movements of the Prometheans.

 

[DyZ]

Am loving the main menu UI. so slick.

Really like how 343 streamlined the Forerunner design. It looks very clean and has great contrast.

Heroic is too easy though. Think I'm going to bump up to Legendary.

The UI, surprisingly to me at least, is one of my least favorite parts. The FOV seems off, but maybe that's just me.

 

[Twilight Gap]

The UI, surprisingly to me at least, is one of my least favorite parts. The FOV seems off, but maybe that's just me.

The FOV on the menus themselves or the HUD? The HUD in game seems a bit weird (on Locke), but i'm finding that the menus are pretty snappy. 343 has also added a lot of micro managing stuff like checkpoint saving.

 

[Detective]

Yaw guys.
I've just got the Halo 5 console.
Can I play the game today?
Appreciate it.

 

[hammertomb]

Yaw guys.
I've just got the Halo 5 console.
Can I play the game today?
Appreciate it.

No. You can play on the 27th.

 

[Twilight Gap]

Yaw guys.
I've just got the Halo 5 console.
Can I play the game today?
Appreciate it.

If you have a phyiscal copy, you can play Campaign offline. Nothing else works yet.

 

[Bsigg12]

you can play Campaign offline. Nothing else works yet.

He can't because the console has a digital copy.

 

[DyZ]

The FOV on the menus themselves or the HUD? The HUD in game seems a bit weird (on Locke), but i'm finding that the menus are pretty snappy. 343 has also added a lot of micro managing stuff like checkpoint saving.

Oh I meant the HUD. Yea, I love the design and aesthetic of the menus. However the HUD, in game, is off to me.

 

[Detective]

No. You can play on the 27th.

If you have a phyiscal copy, you can play Campaign offline. Nothing else works yet.

Too bad. Thanks guys. I really hoped that I could play it today

 

[Sai]

343 has also added a lot of micro managing stuff like checkpoint saving.

Wait, what? Like, we can permanently preserve a checkpoint? That's great!

 

[Twilight Gap]

Wait, what? Like, we can permanently preserve a checkpoint? That's great!

it looks like it yes. i haven't tinkered around with it too much but there are 3 slots to save a checkpoint, presumably at different points within the same difficulty.

 

[solis74]

Royal Mail postman dropped off a bunch of letters, but no Halo 5...

lol

 

[solis74]

The soldier class feels more like fighting an elite while the Knights feels more like hunters. The Spartan abilities like thrusting, charging, ground pounding allows for different play styles against them making it way more exciting IMO.

One thing I do just want to point out is that there is a slight learning curve at the beginning. Especially with this being the first Halo game being made in 60 FPS from the ground up and all the awesome Spartan abilities...it took me like 10-15 minutes of fighting to get the complete hang of it (I've beat every single Halo game on Legendary as well...so I'm definitely not new to the series)...but after that I was in FPS heaven. Game runs fantastic.

sweet.

 

[draughn101]

sweet.

They become second nature pretty quick and are difficult to play without once you get them down. Makes the gameplay a blast.

 

[Sodding_Gamer]

The 30 FPS animation of the enemies is very noticeable even from a short distance.

I kinda like it though, in an endearing sort of way. Adds a bit of personality to the movements of the Prometheans.

I felt the exact same way. It was weird at first but I kinda like it aha.

 

[Sunset Samurai]

Just finished the campaign, i enjoyed it very much overall, but I'm kinda disappointed

Spoiler

that you hardly ever play as the the Master Chief.

Rate the campaign 1-SoGood.jpg

 

[Jessie.Bristol]

Is anyone with early access running the NXOE?

It forced me into the new dashboard update and if performance is bad or it causes issues with H5, I'm going to be absolutely livid.

Mine auto-updated this morning. But I have seen people playing Halo 5 fine with the NXOE. So, all should be good. And by the way, the new dashboard is really slick and smooth. Much better then the previous dashboard.

 

[Twilight Gap]

I'm digging the Spartan teammates so far. They're not a guaranteed revive on Legendary, especially if you go down far away from them, but it's so nice to not be frustrated every time you die from random bullshit on Legendary.

Tanaka da MVP

 

[m23]

I'm digging the Spartan teammates so far. They're not a guaranteed revive on Legendary, especially if you go down far away from them, but it's so nice to not be frustrated every time you die from random bullshit on Legendary.

Tanaka da MVP

Even on heroic, you can't just run into battle and expect to be revived.

 

[Twilight Gap]

Even on heroic, you can't just run into battle and expect to be revived.

Definitely true. I bumped up to Legendary though and am really digging the difficulty curve.

 

[ironcreed]

Gameplay wise. It's my favorite. Story, who knows. I enjoyed it but others won't. It's halo.

I can't put the controller down.

 

[samurai1226]

Anyone remembering that the actor behind Locke told us that he is the maincharacter of Halo 5 last year? and remebering frankies response.

"A" primary character,

Chief is the main character and hero.

Spoiler

1/5 of the game = main character, right...

 

[El_Chino]

Is anyone here picking up Halo 5 from Best Buy at midnight?

 

[drotahorror]

In another thread I sort of detailed my goings through the MCC this week (first time playing Halo campaigns). Have beat the first and second this week and I'm on mission 9 in Halo 3. Gotta say, Halo 2 is still my favorite unless this last mission or two in 3 knock my socks off. Got Halo 5 on preload and a year of Gold today.

 

[Sunset Samurai]

Is anyone here picking up Halo 5 from Best Buy at midnight?

Right chea, made my preorder today

 

[RAIDEN1]

Guys, any idea when we can watch Fall of Reach? Or is it only viewable when the game unlocks on the 27th?

 

[draughn101]

Guys, any idea when we can watch Fall of Reach? Or is it only viewable when the game unlocks on the 27th?

27th. You'll watch it through the Halo app