What I Liked About Halo 5 

Being able to switch seats in vehicles without having to get out of them.

"It sucks that we got forge two month late." This aged well

So Locke is played by Luke Cage but isn’t voiced by him... that’s weird

Halo 5 has a really good multiplayer, the only thing that was annoying was the removal of split screen and some changes tho such as req packs.

Ike Amadi's acting was dope as Locke, and I could totally picture him voicing Locke as an actual shady, Masterchief-hunting ONI puppet, but sadly we got what we got :(

I love how he says "Not too hard to get a hold of" as his vehicle glitches into the next dimension.

Honestly, the 8 player war zone firefight is my favorite thing about the game. I'd like to see it expand or carry on in future titles.

I loved its multiplayer and the way it felt when you killed someone and got the badge,headshot just the way it felt

What I liked about Halo 5: 1. Forge 2. Music ("The Trials" for example)

I wish Arbiter had some sort of interaction with Chief...

I liked the downtime they had in some of the missions where you can go around and talk to random people, but I wish they elaborated on it more and actually shown what Elite civilians looks like or put in some mini game modes just for achievements or whatever. And I HATED how they had so many invisible walls in the game. Part of the gun in Halo is just exploring and goofing off during missions. They should add more of those moments.

Heres something awsome: Back in H2 - HR you could play as an Elite, what if you could play as a Promethean Soldier?

Split screen is the reason I play Halo.... Couch co-op shall live on forever!!!!

I'm definitely one of those people that called him toxic. I'm sorry Act Man. You are not toxic. You are good for the Halo community. Along with the other Halo youtubers, you are the voice of the community in which 343 needs to listen to to ensure Halo 6 is exactly what the fans want. Good job!

6:57 I know I'm late, but how epic would it be to do this in real life? Hijack a ghost in mid fucking air. Like a badass.

With how negative and toxic almost all gaming channels are now, I appreciate this channel more than ever. This guy is always accurate, well thought out, well written, great editing, and up beat(even when he is doing why is -- so bad) this guy knows what makes a great game, keeps all politics, trendy BS, and console fanboyism out.

most of my issues are with the overall direction. I didn't find the execution on certain things horrible.

I think a reason people regard many halo youtubers a primarily negative is because these days it's just a sad fact that there's more bad then good going on with the franchise.

7:22 "every couple of minutes, a pelican comes and sends some drop pods, drops off a scorpion or a vehicle..." Well, we finally got it with infinite, 6 years later, we came a long way haha.

7:23 Act Man basically just invented Halo Infinite BTB

7:08 This must've been when you were playing a lot of Titanfall 2 huh?

One reason I like this video: because unlike very other halo critic, you state what they did right. when all your criticism is negative, you come off as someone that doesn't have the games best interest in mind.

Speaking of warzone, I feel a complete removal of the req-lootbox system would be possible with, instead of using points to buy req packs, one just buys the things they want, with different variants costing more or less respectively.The respawning vehicles could serve as a kind of 'baseline' thing, with point-purchasable vehicle charges being used to either activate the construction yards for vehicles or calling them in via pelican drop, and charges could be either bought in-game or in the menus. Another thing warzone needed was more than just 9 req levels. It stuns me how some power weapons cost as much as a scorpion.

One of my friends has halo 5, but that's the only one he had played in is life other than halo 4. So one time I got him to play halo 3, and he was like "How do I sprint? How do I aim down the sights? Where are my spartan abilities? How do I pick a loadout?". He didn't even recognize the Halo theme that played when I booted up the game.

Um, Ike Amada didn't voice Locke in the H2A cutscene. That was Mike Colter, the actor who Locke's facial and motion capture is based off of. At some point between recording that scene and the making of the "Traitor" trailer, Mike's voice was replaced with Ike's. They do sound pretty damn similar to one another, though.

The thing that made me mad and is the reason I still have not bought Halo 5 (though I have played and have gotten pretty decent at the game's multiplayer) is the misleading marketing. I was all ready for this hunt the truth premise and Locke trying to track and kill/capture Master Chief. And then all that hype and build up led to a 45 second confrontation where the trade a few punches.

Warzone firefight is actualy my favorite thing

Infection is also my favourite game mode even though I broke my TV over a game lol

Fireteam Crimson > Fireteam Osiris

Finally you made a postive video about halo 5 because there is some good things about halo 5 that no one talks about and I hope the good things are improved upon in halo 6.

The best thing about Halo 5 was indeed the gameplay and multiplayer, everything about it felt good, the thing is that it doesnt really feel like a Halo game, it also doesnt feel like a CoD, but its something in between, the game is good, but its isn't a good Halo game.

Also I love Assault Rifle, SMG, DMR, Battle Rifle and SAW on the same game

343 should watch this video. Goddamn Man you have good ideas.

Hope you guys enjoy the video! Thought this one was a bit overdue ;) Hope you're all looking forward to Part 2 of Why Halo: Reach's Campaign is SO AWESOME!

I kinda noticed they used the Halo 3 elite designs for the Arbiters faction of the Covenant.

EXCELLENT video. There were good points and improvements, just mixed in with the rest of the game. On the point of H5's forge, I tried to get used to it but couldn't fully do so. I feel like I need a class on how to use it. I'm used to H4's forge, which to me felt much more easy to pick up and start messing around with in terms of manipulating objects and even just moving around as the forge monitor. I did need some help learning the finer points of H4 forge that I hadn't yet discovered, but I feel I was further along in H4 just by my own efforts than I am in H5's. Yes, of course I could just google stuff and watch tutorials, but I don't want to have to do that to learn most of the mode. H5 forge has definitely got the options and yields fantastic results, but the controls were just off-putting to me.

What did I like? Hmmmm....well, it certainly _looked_ pretty.

What, if anything, did YOU like about Halo 5? And could that thing have been improved in some form or another to make you like/enjoy it even more? Post your thoughts, comments, and opinions as always ;)

I honestly absolutely love the Halo 5 multiplayer and all the updates that came with it along with the forge and I actually never really knew what was so bad about any of it. Like with the whole Req pack deal: I never cared about that! I just thought, “hey If someone else wants to buy their way to fun, that’s fine. I will just play the game without buying anything and earn everything without buying my way into it.” You know there’s a really cool feeling when you become better and unlock everything in the game, without buying anything. It makes you feel accomplished. Now why can’t we all just love the Halo games for what they are and stop fighting, cuz I For one love all the games and embrace their uniqueness.

finally i found someone thinks like me

The biggest thing I miss in Halo 5 is the old art style... I mean, why the hell is everything so damn glossy and shiny?!

3:30, Jesus Christ. I thought that was ME that you killed. That exact MK 6, and Hunter armor and color was what I used for a while before I got the Wrath armor XD

I really liked the weapons and gunplay in this one, probably even my favorite. If only this game had a better narrative and no squad mechanic.

War zone maps, but big team battle slayer instead of actual war zone. That is my dream. Also imagine a 20 v 20 or 50 v 50 halo match in a war zone map.

8:52 I'm dying right now

343 did have a reason for cutting splitscreen. I had the opportunity to talk with some employees through a friend. one worked on campaign and the other on multiplayer, particularly warzone. 343 had every intention of including splitscreen, and cut corners graphically to achieve it, but if 343 were to include splitscreen in halo 5, they would need to recreate the physics engine (made to be locked at 60 fps to actually utilize the 60 frames, which with splitscreen would limit the game to 30 fps) as well as severely hinder warzone. Warzone would have no AI, and half the amount of vehicles it currently holds. I'm no 343 fanbo, I have a lot of gripes about sprint and such in halo 5, but there is a reason behind no splitscreen. honestly I've got no idea why 343 has such an issue being transparent in their announcements with things like splitscreen.

I actually grew to appreciate the new spartan armor (now hear me out) I by all means don’t prefer this armor art style over the originals, however found that it had (from a story standpoint) built an image or reputation for itself for the newer generations of Spartans. It had become a part of my head canon that Spartan 4’s were as fast and more agile as Spartan 2s were strong and disciplined. That is not to say that a spartan 4 would destroy spartan 2s infact I think quite the opposite, but I like the idea that the newer Spartans are better at some things that perhaps older Spartans are not and vise versa. I believe that the cruel and immoral depths ONI had to go through to acquire Killing Machines shouldn’t be brushed aside, it doesn’t feel right to think that the newer Spartan 4s are the exact same if not an improvement over Spartan 2s and 3s. (TL-DR) I think the new armor of halo 5 including the art style have become the symbol of the Spartan 4s as the classics have to the Spartan 2s and the Reach armor to the 3s

somebody put this man in charge of 343

Hello The Act Man! Before I begin, I have to say that I was a part of people who thought you were toxic, feeding a community of fans staying living at the "bungie period". When I discovered your channel, it was with the part 1 of your "Why H5 campaign is so bad?". I did not agree with everything but I found the video well made. But then, I watched an other video, an other video and an other video and finally, the only thing that came out after this was "Halo 5 bashing". This feeling was also reinforced by the fact I did not begin to play to Halo 5 at Day 1 because of my studies so, a lot of bugs you were talking about were already fixed so I did not have the same frustration you had when I played my first Halo 5 game. But then, you see, you needed only one video were you say good stuff about Halo 5, only one, and now I like your argumentation because, even if you continue to say bad things about H5, about the 343i's decisions, I now you can find good points, and not only focus on the bad aspects. Now to answer to the question you asked in your video, I really enjoy the REQ system. I am a huge fan of Collecting Card games like Magic: The Gathering so I just can't dislike this system. BUT I think it can be improved like, I don't now, keeping this system for the Warzone and Firefight but go back to the old system for the personnalisation. Or, an other alternative would be keeping the REQ system as it is now but adding a new armor category (like, I don't know, "War Trophies") that only can be unlocked with citations and success. Sorry if I made some english mistakes ^^ A french Halo fan ;)

I am sorry actman, but... are you me? Because, so far, I have agreed 100% on all of you opinions in your videos

The forge/custom games were probably my favorite in the series just because of the amount of creativity that can be had with it. One of my favorite map/gametype combos is one where someone recreated Emerald Coast from Sonic and made it a functional footrace map.

The multiplayer in halo 5 was the best it’s ever been imo. The multiplayer of halo infinite doesn’t even get close

kudos for the positive video -- using your power for good

MP in Halo 5 is solid but something about it still gets me bored of it? maybe the lack of old Halo feels... VITAL FEATURES that aren't in the multiplayer like ODDBALL, KOTH, Good RANKING SYSTEM, Good AMOUR CUSTOMISATION, PLAYABLE ELITES & Old Design of the old HALO Weapons... #HALO6InheritTheseFeaturesPlease!

I had soooo much fun in the multiplayer. But I didn't really like the campaign and no split screen

Beautiful video, man. Keep up the awesome work.

I miss old breakout :,(

If people tell you that your opinion is toxic, then that's wrong. If you give constructive criticism about a game that you have played and grown to love, dove into the lore and many stories. Then that means you love it and want it to be better. It's not a toxic thing to do in my opinion. It's goes by the saying, "You critique a game because you love it" even if the criticism is brutal. Great vid Act man and keep up with the great vids👍👍

Halo 5s multiplayer was smooth af and I enjoyed it the most out of all the Halo, including my favorite, Halo 3. The only thing that drew me away from the game was the art design. The game didn't look or feel like Halo at all.

This video is longer than Master chief screen time in the game

"Whats up everybody this is the act man here" - literally orgasmic

Bruh, u can't even have a halo 5 Spartan in the thumbnail

Switching seats Sprinting Aiming Forge being better Multiplayer/warzone The newer vehicle versions Lots of weapons Definitely hate no split screen and the whole loot card system though

I have played every single halo game, and Halo 5 is honestly not that bad. Are the prometheans lame af? Yes. But the game as a whole isn't that bad besides having a kinda short campaign. People give it more hate than Halo 4 which is the true failure in the Halo series.

He said dominion...I loved dominion

The act man: this is a video on what I liked about halo 5 Me: holy cow I never thought I would ever here those words Nice video btw love your videos I subscribed

Something I want to add to warsone is a “Reinforcement” system. Kind of like the thing with the pelicans bringing in vehicles, but they bring in marines with different weapons and speciality (Assault, defense, anti-vehicle, etc.), and they can bring in vehicles with a few marines to man the gunner or passenger. You can always have a teammate get on, and the marines follow you around, and you can command them like you could with Osiris and Blue Team in the campaign. You can assign them to locations to defend, send them to get in a vehicle, attack a location, etc. To me, this sound pretty cool.

I honestly love listening to your videos. Keep it up man

10:12 That T-Bag xD I'm dead lmao

I enjoy the shit out of super fiesta.

I wish you could play as covenant in multiplayer.

I would like to see a spin-off game that focuses on Locke because the premise of his character is actually really cool.

I'm going to be honest here I didn't expect that you'd like anything in halo 5.

You were talking about the 60 FPS and showing comparisons... but the video was encoded in 30 FPS. Oops...

I don’t think that getting random weapons while playing war zone would improve it. I think it would make it worse. It takes the annoying rng from the req packs and makes the game entirely luck based. Let’s say one team gets a Scorpion and the other a wasp. And if your getting stuff for the whole team then it never feels like a reward. The players carrying a team will be out there fighting the enemy, the pelican comes and drops off the weapons and the noobs get them. It wouldn’t be practical. I’m thinking keep the req stations and either keep the req packs (not monetised) or let you buy the REQs you want with req points.

Halo 5, I loved the gameplay and mylutplayer. The Campaign felt it could of had potential but just missed all its points. The acting were all good and the graphics were clean. My only complaint of Halo 5 was the story and how many modes there was for multi-player (which was fixed. 343 is the company that listens to the fans. An example where a bad story took away from great gameplay is The Last of Us part II. The only issue with games such as Last of Us part II is theres no multi-player for players to escape the bad story mode like Halo 5.

You give great respect to the fact that this game does have some pluses! As bad as it was, it was still good, and I'm glad you see that too! Act Man! You are a genius son!

I've waited for this video for a long time :)

Dude some of the best gameplay I've seen from u yet

one thing i didnt notice until i saw cortana in this video near the start, but i really like, is how they made cortana look like shes wearing something instead of being naked, its a SUPER small detail but i like it, 2:21 for anyone who hasnt noticed yet and wants to see it for themselves

Why do the subtitles in Halo 5 have to look so terrible?

I would've changed the campaign quite a bit, mostly telling the story from Chief's perspective (or at least half of the story, not three missions) and probably wouldn't have had Cortana in the game very much at all. I would've made a new villain, and really changed the story. I do like the idea of chief getting chased by Locke though, I would leave that in but Locke would have a different reason to chase him instead. I wouldn't have changed the multiplayer too much, even though it isn't classic halo that I like, I understand that if halo wants to survive, especially in the competitive market, it needs to change. Not completely, but it does need to change. I personally like what 343 did with the multiplayer (for the most part), but the campaign was a pretty big let down.

I love your videos act man keep it up and keep doing your thing and God bless!

4 years and all, but I feel like this video really puts my thoughts into words. Great video as always

Idk if it just me but I liked the mobility cause it makes you feel like a super soldier in the future while the other games made it feel as if the suit was limited. I dont understand why a super soldier with armor neurologically connected to the user wouldn't run. I could do without spartan charge and ground pound but I feel sprint, dash, and I also feel smart link was a good inclusion. Might be me but yeah

I absolutely loved the free DLC they gave out. It made the community last _much_ longer than any other Halo game, since everyone could get the new stuff.

I remember walking around time square and seeing a huge ass screen hyped me up sm, i was so heartbroken when I ended up with halo 5s campaign the multiplayer I played for so long

Actually in the Locke cutscene from Halo 2 Anniversary was Mike Colter who did the face

He didnt voice Locke in Halo 2 anniversary

that clip at 8:55 brings back funny memories...

I loved Super Fiesta, it was dumb chaotic fun just running around the Arena maps with req weapon variants which you randomly spawn with

The graphics were really nice for 2015.

Halo 5 should have a better custom games. Like you could pre-choose the game map and mode so that it is a quick transition from game to game. Also, you should bundle gamemodes together, so like if I choose on "Survive the Underground" then it will put both the map and mode on.

Lol, I love infection! There was a time where I came 2nd with 7 infections and virtually no survival kills, mainly because I got a ton of points killing the last spartan standing. And yeah, constructive criticism is one of the best ways to give feedback although not everyone does it. I do it quite a lot.

I personally really loved the fast paced gameplay and multiplayer in general. Made me play the game for a bunch of hours

Some of the small details I loved was reloading animations being shown with different points of view, games like COD would have like the same reload animation for all of the weapons (from others pov) but when you reload a SPNKr or aim with a light rifle. You can see the little details from others watching you.

I loved infection, and I still do. Warzone is still one of my personal favorites

As someone who played the campaign coop with a friend who skipped all the cutscenes it was pretty fun

I enjoyed the campaign when I first played it. Mind you, it was the first Halo game I played.