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

by cheapLEY , Wednesday, October 28, 2015, 16:13 (3553 days ago) @ MacAddictXIV

Combat on the first mission felt like chaos.

A lot of the game felt like this to me, in a very good way. I think the level and encounter design in Halo 5 is maybe the best the series has seen so far (excluding the relatively mediocre vehicle segments). They did such a great job of making the play space dense, and they really packed it full of enemies! It felt authentic, in a way that some of the other Halos haven't. Like, we're in a war, and sent one Elite a few Grunts out there to defend this area? Halo 5 fixed that for sure.

I realize that I've been bashing Halo 5 pretty hard. On to the good things. The weapons.

The weapons in Halo are so great, I agree. I love the Forerunner weapons this time around, and I thought they were just terrible and boring in Halo 4.

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.

I actually played through most of Halo 5 forgetting about the dodge ability. But the movement in Halo 5 is top-notch. It just feels right. The new stuff they've added in this regard feels like it could have always been in Halo, it fits so well and feels so natural.

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.

I love Destiny very much, but I am so glad that Halo 5 is basically nothing like. It was so refreshing to jump into a classic Halo campaign and play through it without worrying about any leveling up or upgrades or drops . . . I loved every second of it, and will definitely be not playing as much Destiny for the foreseeable future.