Halo 5: Guardians, the upcoming\u00a0Xbox One\u00a0game from Microsoft, is shaping up to be “jaw-dropping” and a game that developer 343 has “dreamed of making.”<\/p>\n
That’s according to Xbox marketing executive Aaron Greenberg, who says as part of\u00a0The Inner Circle podcast<\/a>\u00a0that there are more than a few reasons to be excited about the game.<\/p>\n “Halo 5 is gonna be huge,” he said. “One of the biggest entertainment releases of the year if we do our job right. And I think what we’ve got with Master Chief and Locke, it’s just kind of a marketer’s dream.”<\/p>\n Locke is the mysterious Spartan who will\u00a0play a major role in Halo 5. He’ll even be a\u00a0playable character for portions of the game, according to Mike Colter, who played Locke in Ridley Scott’s live-action Halo series\u00a0Halo: Nightfall<\/em>.<\/p>\n Though Microsoft has\u00a0opened the floodgates about Halo 5’s multiplayer mode, we still don’t know much at all about its story mode. Expect those to come relatively soon, as the game is due out in under a year.<\/p>\n Greenberg said he is so enthusiastic about Halo 5 because it pushes new gameplay boundaries in ways that are blowing people’s minds, he said.<\/p>\n “The game is super innovative and this is really a title I think 343 has dreamed of making,” Greenberg explained. “And they’re innovating in ways that…our jaws are dropping. We want to be able to step up and deliver the type of quality products and marketing to match the quality of the game. And so that’s the challenge on us. But we have no doubt that the product they’re making is going to be pretty amazing.”<\/p>\n Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n HFFL:<\/strong><\/span> Okay, first let’s understand that this is coming from a marketing manager. So take the words with a grain of salt. I’m not saying Greenberg is lying. However, we’ve all been down the Halo hype train before with 343. So, let’s not get too caught up in this.<\/p>\n One particular sentence in this article already has red flags going up for me.<\/p>\n Here it is again:<\/p>\n Greenberg said he is so enthusiastic about Halo 5 because it pushes new gameplay boundaries in ways that are blowing people’s minds, he said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Folks, we need to err on the side of caution here. Pushing new gameplay has been rebuffed SO HARD by Halo fans, more specifically the pros\/wannabe pros. Heck, I still blame a certain few of those ‘pros’ for the thrashing of Reach and going forward.<\/p>\n Too much ‘pushing new gameplay’ could very well alienate Halo from the rest of the FPS world in a bad way. We Halo fans can be fairly fickle when it comes to new ‘innovations’ within the franchise. I loved Reach and had some issues with Halo 4. Some haven’t come back to Halo since Reach. Some came back because of Halo 4. And many of us were disappointed with the launch of the Master Chief Collection. And none of us are wholly right nor wrong.<\/p>\n 343 has a LOT of ground to make up with Halo 5. It’s not surprising that one of XBOX’s marketing managers would state what he has above. They are basically paid to do that.<\/p>\n I’m just asking for fellow fans to not get caught up in the glitz of an XBOX exec. It could very well be that Halo 5 is the Halo game that puts the franchise back on the map in a positive way. However, until we’ve not only heard but SEEN more, there really isn’t enough for us to go on. I’m sure many of you recall some of the blatant lies or ‘spins’ put on words to make Halo 4 and\/or the HMCC seem better than it was, only to disappoint.<\/p>\n I really want to be positive on this and for the next game. However, I feel it’s only responsible of myself to temper any excitement by my experiences with the franchise, especially over the last roughly 4 years. Halo has gone through a HUGE change when it shifted from Bungie to 343.<\/p>\n Halo 5 Guardians MUST be a hit for 343. There is no way around this. They had a shot with Halo 4. They had a shot with the HMCC. They even had a smaller shot with Spartan Assault. None have proven to be the LASTING win of a game that Halo needs ten to be. Initial sales today are superficial when it comes to the success of a game. Yes, it will look good for investors. But it won’t for gamers if a game doesn’t have some longevity to it.<\/p>\n I’ve said this before in some form or another. Halo up to Halo 3 didn’t have the kind of competition that Halo Reach, 4 and soon 5 have\/will have. It’s not only we Halo fans that want a stellar game, 343 NEEDS it to be stellar.<\/p>\n I played the beta, a LOT. I enjoyed it immensely. That said, the game still has many months of development and wasn’t the final product. Hearing or rather reading a XBOX exec, especially a marketing one say Halo 5 is shaping up to be jaw-dropping, well… I’ll believe it when I SEE it.<\/p>\n E3 2015 can’t come soon enough!<\/p>\n -Sal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In an article on gamespot.com,\u00a0Aaron Greenberg,\u00a0Xbox marketing executive, says Halo 5 Guardians\u00a0is “jaw-dropping”. The following is a reblog of that article: (Followed by my thoughts) Halo 5: Guardians, the upcoming\u00a0Xbox One\u00a0game from Microsoft, is shaping up to be “jaw-dropping” and … Continue reading ![\"gamespot](\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gamespot-H5G-jaw-dropping-graphic-600x337.jpg\")
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