Halo 5 Guardians - Review

Halo 5 Guardians is a military science fiction game, developed by 343-industries and published by Microsoft Studios. Halo 5 can be played on Xbox One and is not released for Microsoft Windows. The game was released on (October 27 2015).
The Halo 4 popularity doubled the success of Halo 5 in its series, Halo 5 has grossed over US$400 million in its first 24 hours of its release and US$500 million in its first week, doubling the first week’s sales of Halo 4. The game supports additional downloadable content (DLC) and it was revealed that the game would feature up to 20 maps at its launch, and 15 more maps that will be available for download free of cost. Halo 5 can only be played on Xbox One.

GAMEPLAY

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If you are new to Halo game series, then you must play this game on Xbox-One, . The game graphics and story is amazing 10/10. If you buy Xbox One Console then you just have to play this Halo 5,4,3. The new abilities in Halo 5 are the "Spartan Abilities", the replacement of Armor Abilities from previous games. The new MJOLNIR armor has been upgraded with thrusters that increased the mobility options in all of the tree axes of movements for attacking, defense and evasion. Now in Halo 5 firearms can be aimed by looking down their iron sights, this capability was restricted in previous games. Halo 5 also equipped the player with a persistent FireTeam of NPC Spartans and can be given some limited orders by your Xbox controller.
While you play the game cooperatively with friends, then they will assume the control of these Spartans. These Spartans have unique attributes and if a Spartan takes too much damage, a teammate must rush over to revive before that Spartan dies. Halo 5 - Guardians has excluded the offline capabilities, including the split-screen for the cooperative campaign and for multiplayer modes. These features have been removed in order to focus on making better gaming experience, the Xbox Live ends the gap of lacking feature. Maybe, in the future release this feature might return.
Halo 5 story is considered confusing among many players but still the game has made its score to the top, of course, there is always room for improvements and hopefully, you will find these issues in almost all games. Halo 5 is best suited for multiplayer, you will need a lot of help which is good if you got a few friends backing you up. From Halo 4 to Halo 5 graphics has improved, sound effects are amazing in halo series. There just one problem I have found in the game, that is the speed of running and killing.
These aliens attacking you are in great numbers and they are running too fast. I played Mass Effect 3 and I loved it but when I look at this game and compare it, it's just not the same experience. There are a ton of weapons but also a ton of enemies to kill. Enjoyable? Yes! Of course. But still  they really do need to fix how players and the aliens move in these alien worlds. In the future perhaps it would be like that but as a player, I think the moving/attacking speed needs adjustments. The game story is just amazing, don't forget read the Halo story from Start to End. If you played the Halo 4 then you'll love the Halo 5.

HALO 5 - STORY

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Fireteam Osiris is deployed to a planet called Kamchatka to extract the rogue Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, planet controlled by the Covenant forces. The Dr. Halsey claims to have information on a series of devastating attacks on numerous human colonized planets. The team is successful in rescuing Dr. Halsey and in the eliminating the Covenant leader Jul ‘Mdama, Halsey warns the team about the new threat is about to emerge. Elsewhere, Master Chief is still mourning over the loss of a friend Cortana (AI), who saved his life and countless lives on Earth by sacrificing herself to stop Didact from using the Composer device. The Blue Team is on a mission to secure a ruined ONI research station on Argent Moon. 
The Blue team is unable to do so and destroys the station instead. During the sabotage, the Chief receives a secret message from Cortana that directs him to a planet Meridian. John is ordered to return to ship Infinity after destroying the Argent Moon, but instead he and Blue Team disobeys the orders and leave the Argent Moon after Cortana, forcing Lasky to list the Spartans as AWOL, which causes anxiety aboard the Infinity crew because the survival of Cortana through Forerunner technology makes Cortana untrustworthy and unpredictable.
Captain Lasky orders the Fireteam Osiris to capture the Blue Team. Osiris is then deployed to Meridian in order to chase Blue Team, where they discover a human colony being attacked by Promethean forces. During their chase, they run into a Promethean known as Warden Eternal, serving as Cortana’s soldier. After temporarily defeating the Warden, Osiris catches up to Blue Team and orders them to stand down and return to the ship Infinity immediately. Blue Team refuses, instead boards on one of the eponymous Guardians: a large Forerunner constructs that is capable of destroying colonies. Osiris hardly escapes the collapse of the colony as the Guardian activates and disappears. Then Guardian appears on the Forerunner planet known as Genesis, where John and Cortana are reunited once again. Cortana then explains John about her rampancy condition was cured by the same Forerunner technology that not only saved her but also made her successfully immortal.
By using the data gathered from Meridian, Osiris is deployed to the Sangheili homeworld known as Sanghelios: an inactive Guardian lives there that can be used to hitch a ride to Blue Team’s location. Though, the planet is still consumed in civil war by the Covenant that have made their last stand there. Osiris joins forces with the Arbiter to speed up their mission and help him attack the remaining Covenant forces. Arbiter is successful in the attack, while Osiris successfully boards a Guardian with the help of Commander Sarah Palmer. Once they reach the planet Genesis, Osiris run into the planet’s caretaker, the artificial intelligence (AI) known as 031-Exuberant-Witness, AI joins with them to stop Cortana. Osiris catches up to Blue Team as they have become aware of Cortana’s unpredictable nature.
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They explain that Cortana is planning on using the Guardians to achieve galactic peace through an aggressive destruction that may include an extensive slaughter of those who try to stop her. Cortana then imprisons Blue Team in Cryptum so they cannot interfere with her plans. All Artificial Intelligence across the galaxy promise loyalty to Cortana and her plans, as the Guardians release the destructive electromagnetic pulses that disable Earth and all other colonies throughout the galaxy to end the war, even if that means disabling all electronics and transportation. Lasky has still loyal AI Roland promise Infinity to random slipspace jumps to avoid capture until they can devise a way to fight the Guardians.
Osiris returns to Sanghelios with Blue Team recovered, reuniting the SPARTAN-II with an injured Commander Palmer, Dr. Halsey, and. the Arbiter. Completing the game with ‘legendary’ difficulty shows a cut-scene that shows an unknown Halo installation powering up before cutting to black. The story will continue, enjoy the game while the next story develops.
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