Its not a very accessible game. Period.
Long time Halo fans should love it. But people coming onto Halo expecting some casual / social fun will be treated with pitchforks. Its almost as if 343 want the noobs to go back to playing COD / Destiny.
1. To know the story, you need to complete Halo 4, Spartan Ops and read a couple of books and watch the TV show. Its a very tall order and I found myself turning to wiki to find out what was going on.
2. The multiplayer is phenomenal. But by making everything ranked, if you come onto Halo 5 to expect some social fun, you will get your ass handed to you plain and simple.
3. Lack of modes at launch. Not having big team at launch is stupid Making big team forge maps is twice as stupid. No Forge. No party games. Specified maps for specified game modes is also stupid. 3 maps for warzone is pathetic.
343i / MS may as well just go ahead and call this game a spin off and rework for Halo 6.
