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343 Industries Admit The Lack of Focus On Master Chief In Halo 5 Was A Mistake

343 Industries Admit The Lack of Focus On Master Chief In Halo 5 Was A Mistake

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Halo 5: Guardians was a major departure for the series when compared to its predecessors. Early marketing material positioned the main character, Master Chief, as a possible bad guy while the finished product saw the campaign split playing time between the famous Spartan and a new group of super soldiers. This deviation from the an established formula that has proved incredibly popular for Microsoft and the Xbox brand proved controversial. Players were disappointed that they didn’t get to play as Master Chief as much as they wanted, while the campaign didn’t deliver on the marketing hype. Frankie of 343 Industries confirmed that the company was aware of these issues and was taking the feedback onboard for the next instalment in the franchise. “We took some digs for storytelling in Halo 5, but they were absolutely merited. We very much realized that people wanted Master Chief’s story of Halo 5,” he said in the latest issue of GamesTM. “We definitely marketed in a way that we hoped was going to bring

Warden Eternal To Be Nerfed In Latest Halo 5 Update

Warden Eternal To Be Nerfed In Latest Halo 5 Update

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Some of the changes coming to Halo 5: Guardians in the Memories of Reach update have been revealed by developer 343 Industries in a blog post on Halo Waypoint. Most significant among them is a change to the enemy known as Warden Eternal, who acts as the primary antagonist throughout the campaign. According to the senior systems designer Chris Proctor, encounters with the Warden are more difficult than intended and as such he will be nerfed. “Players and reviews commonly cite the Warden as an unfair difficulty spike on higher difficulty, particularly the triple-Warden fight towards the end of the game. Looking at this in depth, it’s partly because of the Warden himself: his attacks are difficult to avoid, he’s hard to get behind to shoot in the back, his front armor is durable. It’s also because supporting enemies don’t allow any breathing room – having multiple turrets firing continuous, highly damaging beams at you while you’re trying to dodge Warden attacks is pretty rough.” As well as making Warden

Halo 5: Guardians Review

Halo 5: Guardians Review

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343 Industries had something of a difficult task in redeeming their reputation and persuading millions of players that they were up to the task of taking over the Halo franchise. When the original creators, Bungie, left to go and create their very own shooter in the form of Destiny, the studio was put together by Microsoft specifically to carry on developing future games in the series. While they certainly didn’t cause too much harm with the release of Halo 4, their first attempt didn’t exactly set the world on fire either. Meanwhile a disastrous launch of Halo: The Master Chief Collection raised many questions about whether the developer was capable of handling such responsibility. It is partly due to the fiasco that surrounded the online multiplayer portion of The Master Chief Collection that this review has been delayed until now, so that we could ensure that the title did not suffer from any of the same problems. On that front at least, 343 Industries has definitely learned from their mistakes.

No Halo 5 Campaign DLC Planned

No Halo 5 Campaign DLC Planned

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Halo 5: Guardians won’t be receiving any sort of campaign downloadable content, as developer 343 Industries wants to focus on other aspects of the game for expansions. Studio head Josh Holmes has explained in an interview with Red Bull that although the team is interested in finding new ways to get players involved in the world of Halo, they don’t have any plans to do that with further story content for the newly released shooter. “While we’re always looking for new ways to expand the Halo universe, we do not currently have any plans to release future campaign content for Halo 5: Guardians,” said Holmes. This makes sense as Halo has traditionally stayed away from expansion packs and story DLC, instead having more content added to the online multiplayer portion of the game via map packs. It would seem that 343 Industries intend to carry this on, with the release of 15 brand new maps released by June 16. As revealed in June of this year, these maps will also

Halo 5: Guardians Needs 60 GB To Install

Halo 5: Guardians Needs 60 GB To Install

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While it’s not uncommon for games to take up huge amounts of storage pace when they are installed on next generation consoles, they usually don’t come anywhere near the size that Halo 5: Guardians will reportedly be. According to images found off the official box art by NeoGAF users the title will require 60 GB of hard drive space to be installed, meaning you may have to delete some content from your Xbox One hard drive if you want to play the highly anticipated game. The official Xbox store does list the game at 46.19 GB, which suggests that the extra space may be for a day-one patch to fix any issues or add extra content to Halo 5 that wasn’t included on the disc. Of course, it could also mean that the box art is fake, but with the game having recently gone gold it seems likely that some copies will have leaked. Halo 5: Guardians is due to launch worldwide on October 27 exclusively for the Xbox One.

Halo 5 Will Have Microtransactions

Halo 5 Will Have Microtransactions

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Microtransactions are common amongst free-to-play games as a way for developers to earn money from a product that doesn’t have an initial fee. However, in recent times they have started to become more and more prevalent in fully-fledged titles that are available at retail. So not only are some developers asking you to pay around $60 to play their game but they also want to encourage you to part with more money for bonuses. While the practice is still relatively rare it is becoming more frequent and 343 Industries is the latest studio to jump on the bandwagon with Halo 5: Guardians. Speaking on a new post on the Halo Waypoint site, Halo 5 development lead Josh Holmes has explained that players will be able to spend real-world money on unlocking REQ packs. These packs are part of the new Requisition System that has been introduced in Halo 5. REQ points are earned during matches and by completing commendations and can then be used to unlock extra content. This content

343 Industries Tries To Reassure Fans That Halo Is In The Right Hands

343 Industries Tries To Reassure Fans That Halo Is In The Right Hands

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Halo is arguably Microsoft’s biggest showpiece in terms of gaming. It effectively launched the original Xbox console back in 2001 and became one of the major gaming franchises with the release of Halo 2 in 2004. So when Microsoft and Halo developer 343 Industries announced that they were set to release a remastered compilation of all of Master Chief’s adventures for the Xbox One, fans were naturally delighted that they would get to play some of their favorite games on the console with upgraded graphics and audio. Unfortunately for everyone, Halo: The Master Chief Collection wasn’t the brilliant game that it was supposed to be. Bugs and glitches plagued the game, while online multiplayer was almost entirely broken thanks to connectivity issues that prevented the vast majority of players from getting into games over Xbox Live. 343 Industries released several patches to try to fix these problems, and while most of them have been fixed some issues still persist. Microsoft tried to make amends to disappointed fans by releasing a

Halo 5: Guardians coming in October

Halo 5: Guardians coming in October

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https://youtu.be/tHQiYPiNVEE Halo 5: Guardians will be launching on the Xbox One in October. While there had previously been speculation that the title would release in the fall of this year, Microsoft has finally given a specific date for the latest instalment in their hit series. Players will be able to get their hands on the game from October 27. The announcement, which was made via the Xbox official Twitter account, was followed by two separate trailers – one featuring Sergeant Locke and the other Master Chief. The game is set to depart from the traditional formula used in the series, with players not just taking on the role of the series protagonist Master Chief but also as Locke as he searches for the hero following the events of Halo 4. A beta for the multiplayer component of the game was made available on the Xbox One to those who had purchased Halo: The Master Chief Collection. It featured a number of new game modes and maps and made a favorable

Halo 5: Guardians Beta Impressions

Halo 5: Guardians Beta Impressions

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Over the past couple of weeks, players who bought Halo: The Master Chief Collection have been able to try out some of the multiplayer offerings from the upcoming Halo 5: Guardians. The game will be the second Halo sequel developed by 343 Studios following the split of Bungie from Microsoft. They were last responsible for Halo 4, a game that divided fans somewhat for the dramatic departure from some of the traditional gameplay mechanics of the series. That didn’t stop it from receiving a strong positive reception and break sales records for the franchise though. Now that 343 Studios have had plenty of time to map out what they want the series to evolve into and enough experience in working on Halo games, Halo 5 should be a significant improvement on their last effort. Especially when you consider that they have far more powerful hardware available to utilize in the form of the Xbox One. While details on Halo 5: Guardians (we still don’t particularly like the subtitle) have been