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Podcast: Game Pass or Pass
Episode: Halo 5 Guardians: Dude, What Happened? How Do We Feel on the Eve of Halo Infinite?
Description: Halo 5 is a perplexing game. It feels as if it was chasing the trends of the FPS genre but somehow still feels like 343 was trying to evolve Halo past it roots. Creating new dynamics in an IP is a scary and daunting task. It takes a lot of trial and error as well as creative minds to evolve while also not destroying the past.
Halo 5 is an example of how not to accomplish that goal. The campaign is one that feels like its barely held together. Mixing bad and obtuse story telling with new characters nobody asked...