If the latest trailer of the widely-anticipated Xbox One exclusive first-person shooter video game “Halo 5: Guardians,” which will hit the Microsoft next generation gaming console on October 27 is any indication, it seems that developer 343 Industries has given the game greater focus on cinematic moments, both for its single-player and multi-player modes.
The footage that was recently released showed a squad of four players in a co-op gameplay through a dimly lit sci-fi setting, showing the characters falling off ledges, unleashing flashy attacks as well as being grabbed by a big bad enemy without triggering a discrete cut-scene, details The Verge.
The grand scale of the multiplayer mode was also highlighted in the same gameplay footage and gamers who saw its new mode called Warzone describe it as similar to the one found in the Battlefied series, where players use a plethora of air and land draft to destroy one another.
Maps are free
343 Industries revealed last week that when the “Halo 5: Guardians” is launched in October it will come with over 20 maps. Subsequently, 15 more maps would be added after about eight months or in June 2016 as part of the game’s update via a downloadable content (DLC). The good news is that all of these maps would be free.
According to Bonnie Ross, 343 Industries General Manager and Studio Head, they do not want to divide the player base of the “Halo” franchise by selling maps. So they decided to make all maps in the upcoming “Halo 5: Guardians” free to all gamers.
Another good news for gamers, especially for the online multi-player and coop version of “Halo 5: Guardians” is that they do not need an Xbox Live Gold subscription or account to be able to play the game with friends.
Amid the good news, there is also a bad news for gamers of “Halo 5: Guardians.” The video game is not capable of supporting split-screen co-op. Unlike its predecessors which made the split-screen their staple and popular feature, 343 Industries uncharacteristically pulled it out in “Halo 5: Guardians.”
The “Halo 5: Guardians” campaign supports co-op gameplay for up to four players who must all be online to be able to play the game.
Coop gameplay
Master Chief will be accompanied in the campaign by the Blue Team in both the single-player and four-player coop. The Blue Team accepts commands from Master Chief in single-player mode but in the co-op, each player plays a specific member and each with a different loadout.
In the gameplay story, Master Chief and the Blue Team are suddenly declared AWOL by the United Nations Space Command (UNSC), which would then shift the campaign to Spartan Jameson Locke. Locke will track down the Chief with the help of a team of his own called the Fireteam Osiris.