Why is Halo 5's Campaign So BAD!? (Part 1) Marketing, Expanded Lore, & Intro Cinematics 

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Actman: "Only people who have read all the books and comics like this game!" HiddenExperia: "No, we don't like it either"

Halo 5 was the most disappointing thing since my son

If I'm being honest having so many Spartans took away from being the spartan. This game just didnt make me feel like a badass spartan. Reach handled it much better.

The only thing about the marketing that wasn’t a lie was Chief’s visor being broken.......

Halo 5 memorable dialogues: "Affirmative" "I dont like it" "Use the artemis tracking system"

Halo 5: the biggest clickbait in videogame history

Halo 5 Pros: Nathan Fillion Halo 5 Cons: Literally everything else

The story sounds like a Bad fan fic made by someone who probably didn’t understand their characters properly

They made the trailer seem like Master Chief and Spartan Locke were enemies..

I don’t care what anyone says, as far as I’m concerned Master Chief is still floating in cryo sleep in space after Halo 3. Everything after this is fan fiction

No split screen No duel wielding You play as Locke 90% of it Cortana being evil felt cheap Cliff hanger ending Repetitive Warden Boss Short campaign

Me: Ehh halo 5 could be worse. My friend: did I mention they took out split screen? Me: WTF 343!?!?

Red vs Blue has better story and Choreography. XD

The opening cutscene is straight from a Marvel movie. I miss the storytelling of Halo 2's cutscenes.

If halo 5 was anything like the trailer then the game would have been so good

I've played the campaign a few times and all i know is that there's 8 Spartans, a random war with no name, a 1 armed Halsey, and that you stop Cortana and some robots.

The live action trailers for this game have a better story than the game itself.

Its already been said before but its true. "The whole budget was spent on dumb looking helmets"

Chief: I dont like it Me: yo I feel ya. This game sucks.

I’m gonna be honest and say that Halo 5 was the first Halo I played and thought it was great. Then I played the other games and I was like, wtf have I been doing my whole life

A list of good things about Halo 5: 1. Nathan Fillion That is all.

Only 343 could fuck up halo for me.

What I liked about Halo: Combat Evolved was the mystery of the Forerunners. Not knowing is what moves us. 🌿

The only piece of “essential material” that I actually got and recommend is “New Blood”, even if you don’t like Halo 5. In fact, it has very little to do with the Halo 5 story other than how Buck became a Spartan, that’s it. It details what happened to the team from Halo 3 ODST, including how the Rookie died.

There was more master chief in reach than there is in halo 5

i hated how a certain antagonist was killed in a cutscene in the first mission instead of a epic boss fight that would set the pace the rest of the game.I was really hoping for some awsome bosses in this games not just one you fight every half hour!!!

This was the last game I've ever pre-ordered. I learned my lesson.

Halo 5 shouldn’t even be considered a halo game.

14:07 Arbiter:I will continue my campaign against the humans... Truth:No!!!

Has anybody else realized that the Halo series is going through the exact same thing as the Star Wars movies? Original Trilogy: Brilliantly sets up the heroes, villains, weapons, vehicles, and motivations for the universe they exist in. Known as perhaps the greatest Space Action series in their respected platforms. Reach=Rogue One: Prequel. Main character is unimportant but more skilled than the NPCs/extras. The team is killed off as they deliver a valuable piece of technology to the ship that escapes and sets up the very beginning of the entire series. Reach/Rogue One are both enjoyed by almost everybody. (Halo does not have a prequel trilogy, so I won't mention Star Wars' prequels) Sequel trilogy: Changed the art style and design of clothing, vehicles, weapons, and buildings; not exactly something people wanted, but we rolled with it. The first entry to the sequels was decent for some, but terrible for others. But then the second entry to the sequel comes along and holy cow were we unhappy. We are disappointed by characters from the original trilogy because they are nothing like they were back then (Luke/Cortana), we spent so much time with characters we didn't like (Rose/Locke), and political messages were smothered in our faces (Women are superior to men/ Justice for the enslaved AI's). After seeing the dumpster fire that was Rise of Skywalker, I am very concerned for Halo: Infinite

It is extremely sad to see a franchise I literally grew up with sinking this bad. Besides the campaign, I've seen multi-player gameplay and it doesn't even look like Halo anymore. It looks like some sort of apex-overwatch-destiny generic shit.

Here are the things Microsoft should've done. 1. Release Halo 4 as a launch title for Xbox one so they can finish up a better story. 2. Delay MCC for the Xbox One S 3. Never make Halo 5 guardians. 4. Should of made Halo infinite the 5th entry of the franchise.

You left out the most important one: Glasslands! To understand how Blue Team and Halsey escape the shield world. But to understand why they're in it in the first place, you have to read Ghosts of Onyx! But to understand how Linda survived Reach, you have to read First Strike! And so on and so forth... I'm not so sure about Last Light, though

I wish cortana stayed dead

“Hunt the truth podcast, who can you trust?” Obviously not 343.

Who else is watching this after the Infinite Gameplay Reveal thinking this will be a repeat of 5?

MC: "I don't like it..." Yeah, that was pretty much EVERY Halo veteran's reaction to Halo 5. Prove me wrong, I dare you.

we miss you so much bungie. damn its so sad.

H4 Lasky: I was sent here with orders to prevent you from leaving and going awol. But take this fully armed pelican and good luck to you both on stopping the Didact. H5 Lasky : Locke! Arrest that man! He refused to return to the infinity when I told him to.

I love how The ACT MAN tells it like it is.

"Your inability to safeguard Halo, was a colossal failure." -Prophet of truth to 343i

Goddamn I choke laughing everytime I revisit these

I played Halo 5 before any of the other games in the series, and I just assumed that the story didn't make sense because I skipped ahead to the fifth game. But after seeing this... wow.

They could of justified chief going rogue by making him kill other Spartans because they are killing civilians. The spartan program was designed to put down civil war and revolts originally. Since the covenant are defeated they could make it so the Spartans are doing their original purpose. Eventually it gets to chief cause he keeps thinking about what Cortana said about not being a machine. So in order to save lives he kills Spartans he's with and is declared a traitor. The themes could be about being a good soldier, ends justify the means, PTSD, soldiers being machines and so forth

What angered me the most was the mistreatment of the blue team. As a hardcore halo fan who have read the books, I was so excited that blue team was actually coming back. I have always wanted to see how fast Kelly could actually run, or how amazing Linda was with a sniper, but they never had a chance to shine in the game. Blue team was never portrayed in the legendary status that it should be, and most important of all, they should be the family that John has ever known since the age of 6. They should have acted much closer in the game, but to my disappointment they were just like any other generic squad mates cloned from countless video games. Screw you 343 for ruining blue team and for shoving generic Locke down our throats. Even if Locke was inevitable, I would have been much happier if the boss fights were taking on the blue team one at a time, each having their own unique abilities and needed the players to overcome them. Imagine how amazing it could have been..even if it meant killing Kelly Linda and Fred, then master chief could have an actual reason to hate and fight Locke :(

I think that Microsoft and 343 industries spent more money on the marketing and advertisement then on the actual game

No no you don't really understand how dumb that scene 13:11 is The covenant and their massive army brought down the UNSC greatest space research base, codename Reach (where they created the fuckin chief) and decimated the galaxy best squad on that planet in 12 days....12 DAYS. They were already a few months away from winning the god damn human-covenant war in 2525. This scene was humiliating. The elites are the best of the best of the sangheili warriors. When a sangheili warrior is given a blade that means they have what it takes to be the guard of the council or higher ups (of what was). It basically means they are officers. The fact one idiotic spartan took down 5 officers at the closest range is a horrible way to make this scene.

The worst thing Halo 5 did, for me: it made me question whether the previous titles were any good to begin with. Let me explain: The series has been a substantial part of my life. I sank countless hours into Halo CE and 2 and 3. And even later titles, like Reach and 4, while not as good, were still fun to me. And I have come to realize that the story is a big part of why I love Halo so much. It was the first time lore in a video game really sucked me in. I was worried the writing would take a hit when 343 took over, but 4's story was really damn good. I had faith the franchise was in good hands. And then I played this. I was mesmerized at just how awful the writing was, how cobbled together it felt. And after that, I started noticing flaws with everything else in the game; the poor sandbox balancing, the pitifully short, obviously rushed campaign, the bland level design, the cringy dialogue, the shifted focus from campaign to multiplayer, the dumbing down of the gameplay to appeal to a more COD audience, movement being made more sluggish, bad enemy AI, visuals being dumbed down compared to beta, etc. It all started to leave a really bad taste in my mouth. I wanted to go back to previous titles, to get this trash pile off my mind. But when I did, I'd find those exact same flaws sprinkled in other titles in the series. The repetitive level design in CE, the shitty weapon balancing, rushed campaign and downgraded graphics in Halo 2, the slow as molasses player movement and sepia color palate in Reach, the laughable dialogue and multiplayer focus in Halo 3, the dogshit AI in Halo 4. Those flaws had always been there. I couldn't stop seeing them when I played through. It got to the point that, for the longest time, I didn't want to play a Halo game. I've thankfully managed to get back into the series as of late, and come to realize that many of those flaws weren't as egregious as I initially thought, and were more a product of technical limitations and time constraints than bad design. But I will never go back to Halo 5. It tainted the reputation of one of my favorite series, and nearly gaslit me into thinking the franchise was always bad. And I can never forgive it for that.

Had halo 5 for almost 3 years. Still haven't passed the campaign

Remember when halo was a masterpiece

I like how they built up cortana into this dangerous foe that was going to light the rings then in the next game she is just beaten before the game even begins and replaced with a new enemy. So basically halo wars 2 was more relevant than halo 5.

I loved how 3 books setup jul’mdama as the new threat to the UNSC/Elites and dude gets killed in a cutscene

the only good thing about this game is buck (My second favourite halo character) being a spartan.

Fingers crossed that Halo Infinite is going to be good. After seeing this video again, my hopes and dreams started to dwindle

As someone who've read the novels, I was SUPER excited for Blue Team's appearance. Marketing was dope. And then the game came out. I highkey wish that Blue Team didn't appear in this mess of a game at all.

As someone who read all of the novels released before Halo 5, I can safely assure you that reading the novels does not make Halo 5's story any better. As a matter of fact, I'd argue that it actually makes the story worse, because there were a lot of cool things in the books that got little to no payoff in Halo 5.

I am literally surprised they were never sued for click baiting because the trailer stated or acted like you could chose an ending where Chief or Locke dies

You forgot to mention, that you have to play all of the Spartan ops missions in Halo 4, to understand why Halsey was captured.

Master Chief? You mind telling me what you’re doing in this game? Sir. Doing it for money.

343 would have gone down as legends if they made Halo 5 a two part game. Part 1 you deal more with Locke and his team and how he Came to be and how he came to hunt chief, to include a lore accurate fight between the two where Locke realizes… he’s not the one. Part 2 ends part 1 in the realization that Locke NEEDS to help chief find Cortana. They save Cortana from corruption BECAUSE the didact “hacked” her and was using her to activate the guardians. Cortana at this point either fully “dies” or is saved and no longer suffers rampancy.

I can't express in words how much I hated that opening scene. I like to think of the covenant as the formidable opponents I faced growing up with through the original games and not these pathetic targets that don't fight back. I immediately judged the game before I even started playing because of that scene

As a guy who never read the books and then blue team was introduced in the second mission... I was like WTF?!! I thought Master Chief was the last OG spartan!! Who the hell are these guys and where did they come from? No explanation in any of the games and now you're suddenly gonna slap this in the player's face. 343i needs to get this out of their heads that campaign is meant for the hardcore lore enthusiasts while the rest of the players only play multiplayer anyways so its no big deal if they are lost... what kind of logic is that?!

Bringing Cortana back was a bad move imho. It serves no purpose to do that. Yeah, she as a favorite character, but it was also a great opportunity to teach us how to deal with loss. The more you like/love someone, the harder it is to let go and I believe it's important for all of us to learn how to overcome it.

Spartan Locke and his group were clearly not playing on Legendary in that opening scene

"You have to read a comic book, before you play a video game .. we've entered a new level of nerd" -Conan O'Brien

You know what would be badass. If they made a halo game based off of buck becoming a spartan, and forgetting the shitty halo 5 plot

The action scenes are visuals are gorgeous but it's all for nothing. There's no reason to care because everything we cared about in the marketing is absent

There are so many developers that manage to weave expanded universe into the actual games without alienating non-EU players and giving players that do enjoy the EU a ton to appreciate and discover about the story and world. Franchises like Dead Space, the Starcraft or Warcraft series and so many more are prime examples of how to let people who just play the games enjoy the games and how to give people that absolutely adore the lore and universe a ton to love 343 could've done that, but instead of having EU compliment and provide greater context or understanding of the story, it becomes a barrier to entry, and that's a shame. Halo 1-Reach and even 4 to an extent didn't rely on EU to simply enjoy the campaign, it only made the experience more enjoyable when something that happened in the books or comics was referenced in some Terminal, Data Log or cutscene dialogue. If you didn't get the reference or understand the full weight of the references you were fine, the game didn't use these references as story focal points and they generally explained a summarized version of what the reference is about to give at least some context to what was being showed to the player Halo 5 doesn't fail because it uses and references EU in its story, Halo 5 fails because it requires you to have expansive knowledge of the EU just to enjoy or understand the opening cutscene. Maybe that's what you actually meant, but I just figured I'd throw my 2 cents in regardless

Me: *buys Halo 5 because of awesome marketing* Me: *plays 2 missions* Me: *burns game and replays Halo 3* Yes, I did actually burn my copy of Halo 5

The opening scene was suppose to show how good lock and his team actually are, being able to take in sooo much. And that’s why they were picked to hunt down the best Spartan 117

Also why in the hell would Master Chief need to wear a robe in the desert? I think that bothers me the most now

Even with or without reading the books, Halo 5 still is no different, still hard to understand anything

i always thought 343's campaigns where shit

Plus that opening scene looked so cartoonish. They’re falling down a hill at what, 60 mph? And also shooting people? Lol ok

Bungie released masterpieces on a rushed timescale and overhead pressure. 343 released dumpster fires with Hollywood-level funding and overhead support, repeatedly showing that they don't understand Halo as a story or a game. I don't understand how people can defend 343. Contrarianism maybe?

BTW halo nightfall was garbage

0:35 They misspelled Lasky's name... in their own behind-the-scenes video... Fuck.

Why would you call yourself the Act Man and not title the parts as "Acts?"

In my own head canon, the series ended with Halo 4. Master Chief abandoned his life as a machine and became a human and that was a great place to end in my opinion especially since they showed his eyes at the end.

Honestly, I’ve read and watched the majority of Halo’s extended lore, and I still thought the story was dog shit.

What went wrong? The team that made spartan ops for halo 4 is the team that made halo 5. From what I understand, the majority of the team that actually made the good bits of halo 4 left 343 industries early in halo 5s development. That's why it's pretty bad.

whats worse about the game is the fact that the covenant design is almost as bad as halo 4. also it doesn't even feel like the player is the spartan it just feels like they are just controlling master chief

I just keep rewatching these videos every so often, because they’re so god damn good! Even back then Act Man was blessing us with masterpieces like this

Me: Oh can’t wait to play this game, I heard it is awesome! *Master Chief is barely playable* Me: I’m going to burn it down

My biggest problem with Halo 5 is the fact that nothing happened at all to create any emotion whatsoever! In Halo CE, you found the flood which was scary, and you lost the whole entire Pillar of Autumn and your whole entire crew, in halo 2 the elites get kicked out and 2 prophets die, a bunch of characters that have been building up throughout the whole series die in Halo 3, and in Halo Reach you and your team die and you lose an entire planet. At least in Halo 4 it seemed as if Cortana died which created emotion, but in Halo 5, I guess Cortana becomes evil for uh... some reason or another...

About the trailers, they sold Locke as a ruthless hunter who would take Chief head on and put him down without doubts, that is what hyped me up at that time.

I only played Halo 5 once, like partially, but my stepbrother bought it, one time is enough.

10:50 Anybody else feel like they are starting in the middle of the series that they don't know the backstory on? Because I am a huge Halo fan, but Halo 5 makes me feel like I am starting in the middle of a completely different series.

Memorable sayings in Halo 5: Guardians “Get the hell out of here!” “Who are you?” “coRtana”

The cutscene from reach where the invisible elites drop down on noble team because the girl gave up there position will always be one of my favorite moments in halo. It was also my first halo game, Lotta love for that game

6:05 I actually know a lot about the expanded lore, and even I was left kinda scratching my head at some points. Guess I'm not enough of a nerd :/

I just hate that Osiris Team got more attention than Blue team (which are just as badass as the MC himself lore-wise)

The marketing lies is what i'm most salty about.

I still don’t consider anything after Halo 3 (chronologically) as canon.

This aged very well with basically all cutscenes in Infinite 10:14

God Halo Nightfall is so bad I didn't even finish it, shame because I actually loved Halo 4 Forward Into Dawn

Halo 3: ODST introduced Buck, Dutch, Romeo, Mickey, Dare, and the Rookie effectively, I think. Even though some of the lines are clearly so that you know who is who: "How 'bout you show some respect, Romeo!" "Just sayin', Dutch..." "Dunno, Mickey..." The lines are delivered very naturally. In Halo 5 it seems like Chief's "Thanks, Kelly." was him looking to the audience and saying "Okay, did everyone catch that? Her name is Kelly. Kell-ee!" While it isn't necessarily "fair" to so aggressively drop the hammer on 343i for the shit-show that is Halo 5, I feel like when you're following the footsteps of Halo, you really need to put your best foot forward. You don't have to stop the rotation of the earth, 343i, but slow the spin down a little bit, we expected better.

Act Man:"This is the sory it released with and there no going back from that" Halo Infinite: "Locke? Locke who?"

I remember back before the game launched when they launched their whole ARG to lead up to the game. Making Master Chief seem like a villain was a different perspective and I was incredibly interested to see how it interacted in the full game! Instead, we got 12 levels playing as Osiris, and the entire thing was a miscommunication.