Halo 5 Review Thread: 83 OC (67 reviews) 84 MC (90 reviews)

[Max King of the Wild]

I don't think bungee would know where to pick up on the series from here and elect to reboot instead.

[Ludicrous Speed]

Looks like my 86 was too generous. Haven't read any reviews, but word of mouth makes it seem as if it's like Titanfall, incredible MP but lackluster SP tacking points off the score. So have Warzone impressions been good?

[Legend]

Looks like my 86 was too generous. Haven't read any reviews, but word of mouth makes it seem as if it's like Titanfall, incredible MP but lackluster SP tacking points off the score. So have Warzone impressions been good?

The review I watched loved all of the multiplayer, even breakout.

[Raven]

Looks like my 86 was too generous. Haven't read any reviews, but word of mouth makes it seem as if it's like Titanfall, incredible MP but lackluster SP tacking points off the score. So have Warzone impressions been good?

From what I've heard the multiplayer is awesome but the single player is a joke.

[BananaKing]

Is Bungie contracted to make 6?

OH SNAP!

[ethomaz]

The chertz that said Halo campaign is the strong point over Destiny lol

[ethomaz]

How about how many time I will live in the Halo 5 review thread in VGC?
It will be a funny prediction.

[Legend]

How about how many time I will live in the Halo 5 review thread in VGC?
It will be a funny prediction.

Huh?

[ethomaz]

Huh?

Just they are trying to defense the Halo 5's story saying the reviewers are comparing it with Halo level of story and not other games lol
I just can't... well... lol

It is like they want to say the Halo 5's story is bad compared with previous Halos but amazing compared with any other game.

Living in a null shell.

[ethomaz]

GAF thread is even  better.

Some hurt Halo fans are bashing Uncharted lol

PS. Did you changed your avatar today? I just saw now @legend.

[Legend]

GAF thread is even  better.

Some hurt Halo fans are bashing Uncharted lol

PS. Did you changed your avatar today? I just saw now @Legend.

Changed my avatar last night.

[Aura7541]

GAF thread is even  better.

Some hurt Halo fans are bashing Uncharted lol

With the way Halo 5 has averaged, it's no surprise that the review threads would have a lot of.... um, activity.

[ethomaz]

Found on GAF the link for the DF article about what works and what didn't work in Halo 5.

Digital Foundry: What works and what doesn't in Halo 5: Guardians - NeoGAF

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/di...-tech-analysis Read the article for the extensive discussion of the bullet points.What works

Frame-rate: Without a doubt, the defining technical feature of Halo 5 is its frame-rate. Delivering a stable 60 frames per second across the board, Halo 5 feels marvellous to play. During normal gameplay, only the occasional duplicate frames manifesting at checkpoints have any impact on fluidity. (...) The lowest resolution we've recorded is 1152x810, which you can see here (select view all for full res images). The impact on image quality is certainly immense and obscures finer details from view.

 

Dynamic resolution: It's clear that hitting 1080p while maintaining 60fps would not have been possible in Halo 5 but rather than simply opting to render at a low resolution across the board, 343 has implemented one of the most impressive dynamic resolution scaling systems we've seen to date. (...)

 

Menu system: (...)

 

Cut-scenes: (...)

 

Audio: (...)

 

Loading times: (...)

 

Physically-based materials: (...)

 

What doesn't work

Image quality: While the dynamic resolution system is impressive, the reality is that the game spends the overwhelming majority of its time well under full 1080p. When combined with sparse anti-aliasing coverage this often results in scenes exhibiting aliasing and blurring artefacts simultaneously. This is further impacted by limited texture filtering, smearing surface textures at oblique angles. In fact, the selected texture filtering has a stronger impact on overall presentation than resolution.

 

Half-rate animation: While the game operates at 60fps, active entities within the world will actually animate at half-rate when they reach a set distance from the player. (...)

 

Lighting and shadows: (...)

 

Alpha effects: (...)

 

Texture quality: Despite the move to a more realistic materials system, the actual resolution of many assets leaves a lot to be desired. (...)

 

Level of detail: (...)

 

AI: (...)

 

Multiplayer map selection: (...)

 

[Riderz1337]

Even Ryan Mcaffrey guy hates the single player...The dude from IGN, he loves Halo lol

[Legend]

How about how many time I will live in the Halo 5 review thread in VGC?
It will be a funny prediction.

Well you got banned.