Yes, Halo 5. It sucks. The graphics are nice, the sound is kinda nice, but the game as a whole? It is bad. You like moving like a tank but still dying in 3-4 seconds upon getting shot? This game is perfect for that. How about vehicles that barely add anything to the gameplay except inbalance since most of the time you have nothing to counter it? Halo 5 has it all. No splitscreen? Who needs it! I mean, they only introduced a new 2vs2 mode to celebrate Valentine's Day. Except you can't play with your spouse that is sitting right next to you but heeeeey, close relationships are overrated anyways, to 343 they apparently are. How's about customization? Oh, you mean getting completely random shit that doesn't do anything and you will never notice it on other players and other players won't notice yours? Money well spent on those glorious microtransactions. I guess we can see the winning team's armor for about 2 seconds in the oh sooooooo amazing victory stance that they take. I mean, they stand there for a whole 2 seconds!! Genius! Such craftmanship is put into this experience. Like how arguably the most popular mode in all of Halo, Capture the Flag, has no playlist of its own? Hmmm....that sounds like a bit of a gigantic misstep on their part but hey, who knows, maybe 6 months down the line they will add it in for free. But then they will be teasing Halo 6 since they already said it is coming. That is...riveting. At least now the players talk in the battles. I mean, it is so immersive hearing the same sounding voice on almost everyone. Also, you know how Halo Reach and nearly EVERY OTHER shooter nowadays actually has a comprehensive lobby system that allows you to see who the hell is gonna be in the game with you? Halo 5 says to hell with that and instead lets you see the shitty emblems with no indication on who is who until you are in the game. However, you won't be seeing them again unless you add them because you are immediately given new players each and every game. Did you see a teammate playing awesomely and want to add him? You better remember who the hell he was or else you will miss the chance. Another thing, MODES. Who needs those either? You might remember some classic Halo modes like Infected, Oddball, you know, those zany modes that were still really fun to play? Those aren't here. I mean, Halo only sells millions of copies with every release and now this one has microtransactions but whoooooo caaaaares, we don't need such stupid modes. We have the vanilla modes that have been done to death in every shooter ever. Top it off with a completely meaningless leveling system that NOBODY ELSE CAN SEE and no firefight either and you get a Halo game that is somehow more shallow than Halo 4, even though it plays better than Halo 4.

Can this game be fun? At times, but for me, these have been few and far between. Very far. Now, I am honestly sick of the game. Then again, nearly every competitive multiplayer shooter sucks ass nowadays so I shouldn't expect much.