Halo 5 beta ends today; did you like it?

I enjoyed the Halo 5 beta. The gameplay was fun and the spartan abilities are a great addition. Breakout is a fun new mode, reminds me of Socom. The things I would like to see improved are the graphics and the frame rate. The frame rate seemed unstable at times even though the matches were pretty small. I also don't like the whole machismo aspect that's suppose to appeal to dude bros or 12 year olds. Also, kill cam sucks. Seems like a COD knockoff. They couldn't come up with something better?

What are you thoughts, SW? Now that the beta is over, I really don't know what to play on X1. Should've waited for a better time. Forza Horizon 2 is still fun though.

started to come around on it the more i played. still not completely sold on it. clambering is stupid, just give me a double jump

Yes I enjoyed it very much! Can't wait for its release later this year!

**Edit**

By the way I'm willing to bet this is not the end so to speak.... you can bet there will be another beta BTB style I predict around July/August.

i hated it at first and was getting destroyed too

but now that im used to the controls and the guns i am definitely improving and the game is getting a lot more fun now

was going to buy halo 5 anyway for campaign but i def was liking the multiplayer

the weapons are all very fun compared to the same crap guns we get in CoD every year

already had this topic

wow, cows talk, and make threads, about Xbox games more than lems do. then pretend like they hate them and aren't interested lol.

I think I put abut 8 hours into it. I liked what I played. Felt fast and more like Halo should than Halo 4. I enjoyed the new abilities as well. Everything is already well balanced. I also like the idea that maps will have alternates.

I loved it.Can't wait for November.Halo 5 is going to kick ass.

I did like 3-4 hours and got bored. Eh.

It was okay, but it wasn't as compelling as Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo Reach were to me. Then again, the Beta was very limiting.

Here's my HALO Master Chief Collection copy at the bottom and how I played Halo 5 Beta:

Didn't even bother with it. Still pissed I cant coop on MCC.

I enjoyed it quite a bit overall.

Once you get past the idea that, gasp, it isn't Halo 2 with better graphics, I think 343 may really have a winner on their hands.

It played very smoothly for a game that has a year left in development.

I do have some critiques of it though:

optional killcam, optional end of match dudebro screen, slight increase to base movement speed, AR is a little too powerful, SMG has too much range while zoomed in, allow us to toggle off in-game medals appearing while in combat, and a few others I can't remember at the moment.

All in all, I'm very excited for it. It took me about a week to really get the controls down. I've been playing Halo since 2001 but I've never used the Bumper Jumper control scheme. I wish I had always used it.

I like the maps Truth, Pegasus and Empire. Eden and Regret are ok. I don't like Orion. If you establish Power Weapon control and secure the glass tower, it's nearly impossible for the other team to come back if you are well organized.

Also, despite what some of the nay-sayers are spouting, I LOVE ground-pound. It's just so damn satisfying to crash down right onto someone's neck.

I want it for single player only. I'm crap at Halo Multiplayer so of course I don't enjoy it haha.

well then you missed out on some of the most fun next gen has to offer.

I really enjoyed the beta.