Destiny and Halo 5 Thoughts (Potential Halo Spoilers) (Destiny)

by MacAddictXIV , Seattle WA, Wednesday, October 28, 2015, 12:16 (3553 days ago)
edited by MacAddictXIV, Wednesday, October 28, 2015, 12:45

If you don't deal with "Thought barfing" well, I wouldn't suggest you continue reading. I have a tendency to just type what I'm thinking and it might not be that cohesive.

I was going to say "vs" instead of "and" but in reality they are very different games.

After playing just 3 solo levels I've found there is a giant difference between Destiny and Halo. It's been a while since I have played a Halo game and I've played a lot of Destiny, so I was forgetting if the mechanics were Traditional Halo, New Halo or just Not Destiny.

Immediately upon hitting the start button and the first cinematic comes on, I felt overwhelmed to say the least. "I" was doing a bunch of Bad-ass stuff in the cinematic, but once it was done I felt like I had to live up to that expectation on the first mission except I wasn't given the opportunity. This made me think about Destiny, sometimes a slow and non-cinematic start is the best one. People have bashed Destiny for not have cinematics and up front story line, and it's true they didn't have enough of it. But I kinda felt like Halo 5 had way to much of it.

Combat on the first mission felt like chaos. Maybe it was because I hadn't played a Halo game in a while but it was no Destiny that's for sure. It actually felt like a fast paced multiplayer game than a single player campaign. Even when I slowed down and stopped rushing at enemies, which is usually my style of play, I found that the play style felt like "just pump this guy full of bullets". This was greatly affected by the Destiny style of play where you always zoom for precision shots and you actually aim at stuff. Also, it was really weird to me that you are thrown out of zoom when you take damage.

Mission two felt much better, maybe because I was getting use to it or maybe it was because it was indoor fighting, I don't know. I was actually aiming at things to do more damage. It's really hard to describe how it's different from Destiny. The best way to describe it would be that when you use weapons in Destiny, there is a very defined point to where you shoot a guy, in Halo that boundary seems fuzzier.

I realize that I've been bashing Halo 5 pretty hard. On to the good things. The weapons. I hadn't realized it, but missed the very distinct weapons of Halo. Weapons that were familiar and also new ones. And the variety! I was using roughly 5-6 different kinds of guns per mission and then when I played a second mission I was using 5 more new guns. I would use an Assault Rifle and it felt good, then I would pick up a sub machine gun and say, this is basically the same thing but at the same time it felt SO different. Destiny I think needs to work on making different kinds of guns. When I think of Destiny's guns, I think of 5-6 types of guns. Sure, they have different styles and some exotic versions of them, but they are basically all the same type of gun. However, Destiny has GREAT gun feel. I don't think I've every had a game make me feel like I'm using a gun like Destiny does. The sound, the kick, it just feels like I'm using the gun I'm holding. Halo doesn't give me that feel.

Mobility. It could be because I'm a Titan, but I loved the simple mobility in Halo 5. My favorite encounter so far has been with a Hunter (Halo) and dodging plasma but quick bursts of movement. I remember I have mentioned several times about Destiny is that I miss engaging bigger enemies, like Hunters, toe to toe with a dodging aspect. Halo 5 reminded me of that, getting in the face of a Hunter with a sub machine gun while dodging flying plasma. Destiny needs more of this.

All of this makes it sound like I hate Halo 5. But in fact I am really enjoying it. It's just so different from Destiny. And sometimes that sucks, but I'm finding that it's also a very good thing. I would highly suggest people play Halo 5 to appreciate it for what it is and at the same time better appreciate Destiny as well.