Unfinished: Halo 5: Guardians 10/15/2015

1. They're usually good games
2. Halo is pretty much every 90s shooter rolled into one
3. The games industry is dominated by cinematic/shooting/driving/sports games; Halo satisfies all of those things
4. No competition: Halo and Call of Duty are the only shooters that people care about
5. Wide appeal:
   
   1. gamers + challenge = success
   2. kids + funny aliens = success
   3. teen angst + power fantasy = success
   4. nerds + science fiction = success
   5. jocks + competition = success
   6. grown men + nostalgia = success

25:55 another WU BANGA.

Really jarring to see those xbox pop-ups be so framey when the games runs at 60fps.

There are different types of Spartans. Chief, and Blue Team were the last and most efficient "breed" of Spartans known as SPARTAN-II's. They were plucked away from their families from the age of six, underwent the most extensive and brutal augmentations to become the soldiers they are today. They were literally picked as the perfect specimens. The third and fourth generations of Spartans didn't have that type of training or augmentation, and aren't as efficient. But, for their benefit, it was safer for their benefit and they were easier to "mass produce".

Also in the novels, the rest of Blue team that we see in Halo 5 (Kelly, Linda and Fred), were shown to have survived, so this isn't non-canon.

Not as good looking as Destiny but I will be buying it. Halo will always have a place in my heart.

@mlarrabee: I can't really fault you for feeling like that. One minor thing though, Jorge refers to Halsey as "ma'am," but his accent causes the word to come out like "mom."

@kapelan: You take that back. Take that back right now! You can NEVER have too much Dan. Never.

@doctorkohaku: That's been a thing around these parts for awhile now.

mmm that was a good shot of nostalgia, the game looks awesome at 60 fps. Kinda wish I had an Xbone now.

@osaladin: Ha! Wishful thinking. There isn't a single chance Halo is coming to PC other than the hacked-up f2p game and twin-stick mobile ports. Halo Wars 2 might come out on PC, simply because the genre fits much better for PC than a first-person shooter.

The product placement on MI6 Rogue Nation was nothing more than the dev build put on a high-end PC for show. Unless there is a way to put 3 HDMI's into an Xbox One, or Microsoft puts out it's own little gimmick, then it may as well be impossible to actually have that setup for Halo 5

Man, no split screen though.

"You don't see the real cutscenes until you get up to Legendary"

@jeff this was actually true in Halo 3. Just sayin'.

Still don't really care for Halo, but this does look pretty good.

Yeah, that's why I said that.

Oh damn, thought it was a joke. My bad!

I don't remember when or why the tutorial from Halo 1 became such a big deal to the crew and I don't get why it's as funny as it is, but dammit, it cracks me up every single time.

Am I missing something? There's a lot of gushing over the graphics but I'm not seeing anything especially notable there...arguably the environment stuff actually looks kind of bad (you call that ice?)

Regardless of how much Dan drives me crazy sometimes during podcasts, he seems to be the only one of the west crew (not counting the technical folks) who still has unabashed excitement for video games. Every time Jeff or Brad say they like something they have to prefix or postfix it with some eeyore-esque negative comment about why it probably sucks. I'll take Dan on video streams all day by comparison. Of course I wouldn't take Jeff any other way, he's the cranky old videogame grandpa of the collective gaming community.

@general_mapache: I love how Jeff never lets a chance for a Wu reference go by.

@ferenz: Very true, which is why I particularly enjoy having Drew and/or Jason on the other side of the camera. In fairness to Jeff and Brad though, with the sheer number of games they each cover per year it must be easy to get jaded.

@elflaconeri: sure, these days I mostly just feel bad for Brad - he seems really tired. take a vacation big guy

That is one fucking Nathan Fillion ass looking Nathan Fillion character model.

I hate Dan. I don't know why... I don't know when this started happening... All I know is that I hate him. The man's demeanor and aura demands that we treat him like a villain, like the heel that he is

*EDIT*
On second thought.... I think I love him

Do they play any multiplayer in this video? Don't want to watch any campaign parts because I'm planning on buying the game.

I would assume that they do a multiplayer video at launch once all the servers are up and running and the game is out next week.

@kapelan Why do you hate America?

@ferenz: I find jeff or brad's apprehension to new titles quite refreshing in this day and age where 'hype' has become a cliche meme and almost every preview can be summed up as 'it's shaping up to be pretty good'

@jedikv: Everyone is entitled to their own opinions; I just find it a bit sad to watch a group of game journalists lose their excitement for video games. I've seen the same thing in game developers consistently - I guess that's why they say don't make your hobby your job.

That custscene is really cool, then you're just a normal dude running around with a gun, and thats not very cool at all.

edit: like seriously, wasn't there supposed to be improved movement and stuff? Where is that?

If this comes to PC im down.

Props to 343 for the framerate too, shit looks dope.