I am a huge Halo fan. I remember playing Halo: Combat Evolved for the first time and being blown away by the story. Halo 5 is a great extension to the story and also brings a great multiplayer experience we have come to expect.



The story itself is engaging and I enjoyed following the few twists. The cut scenes look amazing and can be mistaken for a live action movie at times. These amazing graphics extend into game play as well with beautiful landscapes. During a mission you might be fighting your way through a corridor to have the small space exploded into a massive outdoor expanse. The game makers spent a lot of time with many of the details and you can defiantly tell.



The game play is just as you have come to expect from previous games. Your button layout can be easily changed to fit your fighting style. There are a few new abilities that you will learn to use to help you along the way. Your favorite weapons are back with a few more added, some of them are good and others not but figuring that out is half the fun anyway.



One of the biggest and most frustrating drawbacks to this game is the fact that you cannot play split screen, neither coop campaign nor multiplayer. This bothered me so bad that I almost dropped a star off my review. In the end I couldn't bring myself to do that. In order to play the campaign with a friend you must connect with them over Xbox live, which means they must have their own console and their own copy of the game. I feel like this might be a nasty to ploy to help boost sales. I wont lie this really frustrated me when my buddy came over to play and we ended up having to take turns in single player.



I haven't had a lot of time with multiplayer but the little I have had has been a positive experience. I am still learning a bit about the req system. It seems like a nice new change that keeps things interesting but not to dramatic that it changes the complete feel of the game. I do like how they have increased the number of players and have also incorporated AI players into the mix as well. Again this adds a fresh competent that keeps things from getting old.



Lastly this limited edition does come with the metal guardian figure. I haven't completely finished putting mine together yet but I have done enough to be able to issue a warning. Be very careful when removing the pieces from the 'sheet' that they all come attached to. If you are not carful, you will end up separating pieces from each other that are supposed to go together. I learned this after attempting to remove my first piece and broke a piece off on accident. Mostly my fault for not being careful but they can be a pain in the neck to get off the sheet. Also bring a pair of needle nose pliers when you sit down to work on this... you'll need them.



I highly recommend this game to anyone that is ok with violence and mild gore. It is rated 'teen' so it is not terrible but you do have a gun shooting aliens so if you didn't know that already, there you go. I hope you enjoy the game as much as I did.