The beginning of 2015 did not start out well at all with the recent release of the Master Chief Collection at the end of the previous year. If any of you had this game last year you remember staring at this screen for hours trying to get a match in this broken nightmare of a game, several months after the game was released and after many bug fixes.
But yet there was still hope for Halo fans. Halo 5 would release later in October. 343 did an excellent job at hyping up Halo 5 with an extensive advertising campaign. Halo 5 was fresh with new innovations to the Halo Universe and multiplayer combat and game play, and was well executed. Although it had some shortcomings, Halo 5 left me satisfied and will continue to entertain me for time to come until more Halo content comes out. 343 also ended the year with a December update which provided a brand new innovation of forge, more multiplayer maps, and a promise for more.
Coming in 2016:
But what is to come this next year? Halo Wars 2 is scheduled to release sometime in 2016, most likely towards the end of the year during the holiday season. This is exciting because it will bring a whole new experience to the Halo universe. Most other Halo games are first person shooters (FPS) but this game will be a real time strategy game(RTS). This type of Halo game was attempted before back in 2009. Although I didn't think it was horrible, and actually had fun playing it, the game received very negative feedback from the Halo community. The game was way too over simplified for an RTS and didn't allow for a lot of freedom in game play. However, I believe this will not be an issue in Halo Wars 2, because it will be able to utilize the next gen (current gen) hardware. The developers have learned from their mistakes and know what the halo community wants. Having enjoyed the first Halo Wars, I don't think that I can be let down with this one
Conor, I love your blog. This post was very informative on how Halo has changed in this past year and is continuing to improve. I never imagined that Halo would be getting better in Halo 5, but if 343 industries is improving their game, it will be great to see what they come up with.
ReplyDeleteGood job on your blog, Conor. I like how instead of just doing a review or a look ahead blog, you decided to do both. It left me with a feeling of completion of the last year and still made me eager for the coming one. I can really tell that you are passionate on this subject and I feel like the blog reflects your personality, and I like that.
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