The art, graphics and sounds in Halo 5 are bit off in my opinion and make the game not look unique or special like a Halo game should look but rather make it look like a normal game. Here are some things I would like to see changed to the art, graphics and sounds to make it more like unique and look/feel like Halo:



1. Please change the shield sounds to something similar to the classic sound. The new shield sounds are way too loud and have a too high frequency making them very annoying and distracting. The Halo 3 shield sounds are the still the best in my opinion and 343 should use these again. I understand 343 wants to have their own style but there is nothing with using some sounddesigns from older Halo games if they sound better than the current design. The shield sounds from Halo 3 really give me that Halo feeling, abilities don't take the Halo feeling away for me, the sound/art changes do. So please bring back the shield sounds from Halo 3 or make them very similar atleast.



2. Please get rid of the hitmarker pings, they are very annoying and not necessary at all. We got the hitmarker indicators which is enough to make some aware they hit someone or not. The hitmarker pings are pretty annoying and make the sound in the game cluttered instead of clean. I prefer to hear my gun instead of the hitmarker pings.



3. Please change the menu sounds to simple clicks instead of beeps/pings. Everything in Halo 5 so far that has to do with sound is all on a very high tone or has some kind of beep/ping in it which does not sound good. Also I really don't like hearing the start of a match sound when backing out of the menu.



4. The lightning effects in Halo 5 are way too bright and make the art look ugly. The metal objects reflect too much light and are too shiny making the game look less like Halo and more like any other shooter. Please add some colors to the game instead of making everything bright and shiny, it looks ugly. Halo is a sci-fi game, it never looked realistic and should not look realistic now. Be creative, add some colors to make the art look beautiful instead of making it look generic by making everything bright and shiny.



5. I can understand the Rocket Launcher design needed to change for Smartscope but atleast give it the same colors of the classic Halo rocket launcher so it still looks like the iconic classic rocket launcher we all love since Halo: CE.



6. Please remove the wind streams that appear when we are approaching max sprint speed. It is distracting and makes the screen look cluttered instead of clean.