The Cortana thing doesn't make sense. MS could have easily renamed it and then there wouldn't have been any association with Halo. I'm calling BS on this video.

I play Halo 5 almost daily, and Im fine haha. I think the Halo community will be fine. Flame wars happen literally everywhere in gaming, in every genre and within every major franchise or brand.

As I've said, this is a big MAY case. This is just about all we know in terms of whats going on in 343, and unfortunentely this is the best we have right now. But even if that isn't true, there is plenty that does make sense, such as Halo MCC being rushed.

Agreed. Microsoft already stated they are using the Cortana name simply because it's nostalgic and it's an ode to their most popular gaming franchise. Pretty simple really.

Halo 5 had a great multiplayer, but its campaign left a lot to be desired. The MCC on the other hand is just a total mess. The multiplayer didn't work for months after release, and the campaign performed poorly as well. I was a strong defender when it released, but I've since let go of a bit of my fanboyism. I'm not saying you're one because you liked the games, but both clearly had problems at release that I can't let go of.

But anyone can tell you that MCC was rushed to release. It was an ambitious project. Its been patched and the situations rectified. This happens with every major company, not even in just gaming. The whole MCC debacle ended very long ago and Halo 5 was released to great reviews.

Yeah Im no fanboy, I MUCH prefer Gears of War over Halo however I think it's a bit silly for anyone to be creating a conspiracy theory on a video game haha. That guy on Youtube just wants views.

Really? Because as far as I know, it was the lowest rated mainline Halo. 84 isn't awful, but considering many were expecting numbers in the high 80s or 90s, clearly it didn't do as well as expected. Halo 5 was slammed at release for its confusing story and lack of content, and that was true. 343 has since done great in adding lots of that content, but lots of problems remain. How exactly did Halo 5 turn into this jumbled mess from Halo 4? This video may just be some guy trying to gain attention, but clearly development did have problems, and clearly the story had lots of changes and rewrites before release (remember hunt the truth?). I'm not saying Halo MCC or 5 is a bad game, but what I'm trying to do is defend 343 from a lot of the critism its received.

The reason I showed it in the first place was to spread the understanding that 343 isn't at fault for all of Halo's problems. This has come from other youtubers as well, and those may or may not be creditible. What I believe is that both Halo 5 and the MCC had trouble throughout development, and that Microsoft's interfearing caused lots of that. I'm still a big Microsoft fanboy (even if I try to deny it), but I can't always come to its defence.

Halo:CE and Halo 4 has some frame dips, but still a HUGE improvement over the 360 releases.

Halo Anniversary on 360 was sub-HD and had significant frame dips below 30 fps. On X1, its 1080p, the frame rate usually stays north of 50fps (better than sub 30), and has more visual polish. Halo 4 is the same thing. Much better frame rate, more visual polished, simply a better way to experience Halo 4 even with its dumb issues like the button prompts. Also, the online experinece is pretty significant to what makes Halo:MCC great, can't say that about other remasters.

The Chief was never the bad guy, he was being hunted for going AWOL while trying to find Cortana. It was believed Cortana may have been corrupted so they wanted to stop MC. That comes to a conclusion leading to Halo 6. That's literally Halo 5's story in a nutshell. The marketing was misleading, just ignore that.

I think action focused FPS games are generally not great. Even the previous Halo campaigns have boring missions. I'll just say this, Halo 5 was still one of the most overall satisfying FPS games I've played in years. I say that as a person that plays/tries pretty much all the major shooters. And I hope they raise the bar in Halo 6.