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Halo 5 – Behind the Scenes

I know I have practically vowed to stay away from Xbox for the moment, but it is still nice to reminiscence about the many hours of enjoyment certain games like Halo have provided over the years. Since Halo 3, the franchise has felt…burned out. At least on the online side of things. Everything felt like a clone of 3 as they attempted to squeeze its success for everything they can. A little light inside shines in hope that Halo 5 will bring it back.

We will have to wait until later in 2015 to know for sure (when the game will be ready for launch). There are new Spartan abilities, better graphics and the obvious chance that this game will only be available on the Xbox One.

Since I still have a pile of games I haven’t even touched yet in my position, it’s best to assume that it is going to be awhile before I invest into the new system. I have also enjoyed my escape from the game world by filling it with friends, traveling, hiking and so much more. I guess I may just have to wait to see what you other games feel about the game before I dive in 🙂

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Comments (146)

  1. Steve Urkel

    Not sure if halo or new desriny dlc

  2. Cylon Centurian

    People don’t realize that Halo is getting left behind. Halo has the curse
    of being an incredible idea that was made just too soon before the tech was
    made to support it. Spartans NEED to be able to climb, sprint, slide,
    ground-pound, etc. because they’re 7ft tall super soldiers! Look at John,
    he was raised since the time he was six in the Military by the best, he’s
    in powered battle armor that was passed down through genesongs from the
    Forerunners, and people think he shouldn’t be able break stride. Does
    anyone else realize how stupid that is? Anybody? Look, because it doesn’t
    take you ten days to cross the map, doesn’t mean it is Call of Duty. If
    you actually played both, as I do, you would know that NO Halo game (yes,
    even 4) feels like CoD. So many other games have sprint other than Call of
    Duty, people now associate anything that is first-person that isn’t Halo
    with CoD. Which is absolutely the most ignorant thing any “gamer” could
    say. If Halo doesn’t change, then it will cease to exist. And what would
    really help is if people ACTUALLY LISTENED. ADS is like the Battlerifle,
    the sight changes magnification, which makes YOU aim better at longer
    distances, but doesn’t make the actual bullet spread. So, if you are
    better, you do better. Let’s look here, what did Bungie do? They gave us
    some sights on some guns, Magnum and Sniper Rifle in Halo, BR and Cov.
    Carbine and Sniper in Halo 2, Cov Carbine and BR, Sniper in Halo 3, and the
    Needle Rifle, Magnum, DMR in Reach. 343 is doing the exact same thing with
    Guardians, only the scope is applicable to all guns instead of a select
    few. And look at it this way, its actually 343 (who has a crap load of
    ex-Bungie staff) who is doing the work, if I am not mistaken, the majority
    of Halo 4’s multiplayer was done by Certain Affinity. People just go and
    input any game that has come out in the last few months, look at Halo and
    point at Halo saying COOOOOOPY oh my gosh the game is ruined. People just
    like to complain and this gives the hater the perfect opportunity.

  3. Conrad Pro

    But, Halo has been damaged ever since they got their hands on the series
    and the Metacritics are dropping…. Not improving, it’s going to be
    getting lower, I can bet on that. Using the “Smart scope”(aim down sight)
    isn’t innovation or evolution to Halo it’s just copying CoD. Show us some
    real innovation, none of this bullshit. We HALO FANS EXPECT BETTER SUCH AS
    SPACE COMBAT, WHICH IS SOME REAL SHIT OR MORE VEHICLES NOT VEHICLE
    IMPROVEMENTS DAMN IT, THAT’S INNOVATION!

    You can send hate this or whatever, but must face the reality of what’s to
    happen.

  4. Sick Dece

    How the fuck is this anything like cod?? Seriously, there is no
    killstreaks, no weapon drops, no armor abilities, no ads, time to kill is
    same as other halo’s unlike cod, even starts, classic arena multiplayer and
    map control, spartans moving the way they should be moving?? I don’t see
    any resemblance to cod at all? Smart scope is just an animation, look at it
    carefully the hipfire reticule is still the same, no movement penalty and
    you can get descoped, no iron sights no red dot sight no attachments. Fuck
    if anything advanced warfare copied halo reach and halo 4. People are
    stupid and the halo community needs to get a grip!

  5. aznsk8er4life142

    Wow tbh I was very skeptical about this at first just like many of the
    people on here, but then I watched more videos and understood what 343 is
    trying to do. They are trying to keep Halo at its core but adding things
    around it, sure there maybe new things we’ve never seen, but it’s still
    Halo. One thing I’ve notice is that the people who bash at it have never
    played the beta and are making conclusions from observations. Many people
    who have played the beta have said that it’s just like Halo, and they are
    all mostly old Halo fans. The point is, please don’t bash on a game you’ve
    never played before. Make conclusions after you play the beta.

  6. aznsk8er4life142

    There is just one thing that I dislike about it..the ground pound. Not
    because it’s “copied” from other games, but I think that it’s kinda useless
    and it doesn’t really fit in. Imo I think that it’s not necessary.

  7. halo player

    8:37 New weapon?

  8. UltimateHero128

    Stop trying to make it accessible. Halo is not for everyone and the next
    installments should not try to be for everyone. Your long-time loyal fans
    are the ones you need to be listening to. Not CoD players, not BF players,
    and not TPS (Third-Person) players. I can take keeping Sprint in, but take
    out the fucking “Smart Scope”. It’s ADS and it has no place in Halo. It is
    one of the few shooters that doesn’t use ADS so don’t try to shove it in
    there.

  9. milesprower06

    I’ve always found it weird how the tone of the comments really doesn’t
    match the like/dislike bar.

    Probably because the whiners always have to be more vocal, because they
    have to try that hard to get their way.

    Looking forward to Halo 5! It looks great!

  10. d talmood

    what kind of samsung model are they playing on?

  11. Chez EU

    I better be seeing these people saying “stop bitching” playing halo all
    year and you better be in the 100000s and play competitive or I’m going to
    be pissed off.

  12. Natethegreat.exe

    I like how 343 is really trying to do something new with the Halo series.
    Sure some things aren’t perfect and maybe they need to tweak something but
    they’re really trying to introduce the Halo community to a new step in the
    series. I’ve been a fan since Halo: CE and really seeing them making
    something like this really gets me excited, I mean the visuals are nice but
    the game play looks like old Halo games but tweaked to fit modern day
    shooters (Not saying that it’s like CoD please don’t think I’m comparing
    the two) but still the feel of Halo is still there. And the abilities add
    more competition to the game as well. So far I think that what they are
    doing is pretty what they want to do and that is make a Halo game that we
    can all like a lot. But the critics are really hammering away at Halo with
    things like “It’s not the same!” or “How dare you turn halo into CoD!” When
    they haven’t even played the beta because it isn’t out and you can’t just
    judge the game by watching other people play it and say “Well since they
    play it like that then it much be a CoD or whatever the hell kinda game you
    can think of ripoff.” Seriously though. Give them a chance and they’re
    doing their best.

  13. John Smith

    This literally could be a mod for Call of duty: Advanced Warfare…

    GG 343, you fucked up again.

  14. Braeden Fraser

    At 0:09 what kind of xbox one controller is that? What are the extra 5
    buttons for?

  15. Tony L.

    That Quinn out-br

  16. Дмитрий Михайлович

    СТАРТОВАЛО #ЗАКРЫТОЕ #БЕТА-ТЕСТИРОВАНИЕ МУЛЬТИПЛЕЕРА #HALO 5: GUARDIANS
    #halo5 #MICROSOFT #XBOX

    http://15-igr.ru/2014/12/news/console/startovalo-zakrytoe-beta-testirovanie-myltipleera-halo-5-guardians.html

  17. MarineeeSniper

    Why to play the beta i would have the halo: TMCC. The beta of battlefield
    was for everyone!
    This is fucked up
    Fucking 343 .l.

  18. 8bullets tothehead

    hey 343 can you make news on the campaign to not just the multiplayer

  19. Deadly Assassin

    I can’t even play the multiplayer on the beta.I uninstalled it and then
    re-installed it.I got mcc just for beta.
    Even mcc sucks,its campaigns are all the same cause its a collection but
    the multiplayer sucks.

  20. kelden quinones

    FUCK HALO 5 its just another 1st person we liked then some other company
    fucks us over the game was shit when it launched and didn’t even work I
    want bungie back

  21. Yoly Gómez

    Hay guys but halo 5 on Xbox 360 because a Xbox one is 500 a Xbox 360 is 400

  22. H Burke

    well you have officially made the first game that has copied advanced
    warfare. fuk you

  23. GreedyLemon

    Dear 343,

    Learn how to make a halo game.

    Sincerely, Every single real halo player.

  24. Casey Thomas

    I like the new Halo 5 Beta. My only problem is that I am matched against
    MLG Pros or people way ahead of my skills. It is not fun getting wiped out
    and not having a chance. I don’t even get a chance to learn and try the
    game really. All my friends are having the same experience. We want to play
    and enjoy the game but we don’t get a chance. I know it’s a beta. I just
    hope the final product will match people according to skill. Right now my
    KD ration is in the negative and that never happened until Halo 5 beta.
    Therefore, I lost my excitement for the game.

  25. Captain Awesome

    Change or not, this IS NOT Halo. This has become more like Call of Duty
    with shields, and if I wanted to play CoD, I have it on disc. This is going
    beyond the true playstyle of Halo. New weapons, maps, armor abilities, and
    slight adjustments to graphics? Yes, that is good. Changing the gameplay,
    weapons, and everything else that keeps it from being Halo and more just
    like EVERY OTHER FPS OUT THERE is HORRIBLY WRONG! I have been Playing Halo
    since the second grade and have delved deep into it’s immersive universe
    with it’s past games and books, and now it’s pretty much become like a
    hybrid of “Spartans” that are more like Power Rangers than anything else
    with the weapons mechanics of CoD, and that’s just not Halo, and I can’t
    even play a real Halo game because those servers are pretty much abandoned!
    I’m confined to this bullshit when it comes to Halo, and the ONLY WAY I can
    get an authentic experience is by hosting a LAN party with my friends on
    the first Halo for the computer, because hardly anybody has Halo 3 anymore
    and I don’t feel like paying $400 for an Xbox One that isn’t even backwards
    compatible JUST SO I CAN PLAY CLASSIC HALO GAMES THAT I ALREADY OWN!!! THIS
    IS BULL SHIT!! FUCK YOU, BUNGIE, FOR HANDING OVER YOUR BABY TO A FUCKED UP
    COMPANY LIKE 343i, JUST SO THEY COULD GO AND GENERALIZE IT!!! STOP TRYING
    TO APPEASE EVERY FUCKING GAMER AND DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TOWARDS THE HALO
    FANS!!!!! GOD DANG, THE LOVE OF PROFIT RUINS EVERYTHING!!!!!!!! DO YOU HEAR
    US 343i???!!!?!?!?!?! DO YOU HEAR THE REAL FANS!!!!!! STOP TRASHING THE
    THING THAT WE LOVE!!!!!!!!!!

  26. markhartsfield97

    Also I hate having to stand still for my shields to recharge I like the old
    ways better. Please keep it the way it has been. Please keep halo one of
    the best games out there

  27. Seth Lopez

    Dear 343i, all I want for halo 5 forge is that you can have lights and can
    change the weather and day and night cycle.

  28. Seth Lopez

    Would you throw a bomb like on the dirt/grass the dirt gets your armor
    dirty. that would be cool for the final release of halo 5.

  29. Nicholas Aragon

    I thought this game was gonna suck…… Just play the beta and your gonna
    love it trust me.

  30. TheTheroU

    Halo 5 plays awesome but Remove the groundpound!

  31. HereIsRick

    dear 3v4i, I know Bungie began the downfall of Halo with the atrocity that
    is Reach, but after the utter failure of your still broken game Halo 4,
    followed by the complete failure of MCC, how about you focus on releasing
    an actual Halo game successfully instead of adding stupid crap that should
    not be in the game.

    Take Halo: CE, 2 and 3, take the good things from those games and make a
    new game. That is all you have to do.

  32. reynaldo ayala

    Halo la coleccion tiene demaciados problemas en las campañas de los juegos
    desde halo 1 hasta el 4, tiene fallos en imagen y en todo porfa arreglen
    eso para los que ya tenemos el juego manden una actualizacion

  33. StarKeyStudios

    I’ve played the beta and I think these abilities work well in matchmaking.
    I just hope you have the option to switch them off in custom games for
    obvious reasons

  34. Wellsy Reviewer

    Sort out the fucking rocket launchers

  35. Pam Smith

    But plzzz just make sure there’s skulls and have plenty of armor.

  36. Austin Ritsema

    Hey wats up r u adding the halo 3 troop warthog to halo 5 cuz it would be
    good for games like CTF let me know if u get a chance to read this thank
    for all you done with halo

  37. Ahmad Fathoni

    Link Music please :/

  38. Lewis Lyon

    On halo 4 xbox 360 cauldron you give everyone master chief armour if the
    have a h or a or l or o in there gamer tag

    Please add the smg

  39. Eric Renner

    i was super skeptical before the beta. There are bugs and things that need
    worked on etc. But. I love it. Honestly. It is a very satisfying game
    to play if you play with a full team especially.

  40. Jack Elstun

    I love halo and 343 has ruined it. Even in those rare moments I get over my
    hate for 343 and get online it never works for more than a few games. Why
    are you doing this? Please get rid of ordinance drop for guns, abilities,
    custom load outs, and I would prefer not to have sprint. Although this will
    never happen because 343 wants everyone to know they make halo now and not
    bungi.

  41. Revan114

    I’m so fucking tired about hearing about how something “looks like CoD”.

    News flash: EVERY FUCKING FPS can be compared to CoD. CoD is simplistic as
    fuck. Holy shit if you take any FPS I guarantee you can find elements in it
    that can be compared to CoD. They’re FPS GAMES. Shit the only unique
    Multiplayer FPS game I’ve seen in a while is probably the Counter-Strike
    series.

    Also, who gives a fuck if it looks like CoD? As long as there is shields,
    the gameplay is not quite ‘CoDish’.

    I’m also pretty tired of hearing about ‘iron sightz make it cod’. Oh, so
    every game that has iron sights is just trying to be CoD now, huh?

    Quit bitching.

  42. Aiden Ayers

    I like all of the Spartan abilities except the smart scope because it
    doesn’t fit in with the lore of the UNSC weapons so please bring the
    original zoom back instead of the ADS that’s from other FPS’s. Also please
    put some lore being why the UNSC removed the armour abilities.

  43. Ethan McKernan

    Halo 5: Guardians – the best game in history (aka) game of the fucking
    century

  44. Sk3l3br0

    Halo mcc should be the final disc and install new halo games on the same
    disc that way is better

  45. Roel Lance Tamayo Javinar

    Halo is still Halo no matter how it changes.
    All those haters should stop hating, if it weren’t for 343i, Halo would’ve
    stopped at Halo Reach.

  46. majorgamer009

    What halo 4 should have been…

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