It’s fair to say PlayStation 4 has run away with this generation, down to a combination of Microsoft’s bungled launch message back in 2013 and a wealth of high-profile (and incredibly well received) exclusives. If you are an Xbox player though, there’s one huge title that stands tall amongst a lot of cancelled, or very average, first-party titles – Halo 5: Guardians.<\/p>\n
Halo as a franchise is that rare beast; a first-person shooter that weaves an excellent narrative throughout action packed set-pieces and sandboxes, while also offering a significant multiplayer component.<\/p>\n
Imagine the fanbase’s surprise, then, when for the series’ first move onto Xbox One (aside from the bungled, and now much-improved Master Chief Collection), Halo 5’s narrative took misplaced turns into conspiracy theories; pulling characters from extended Halo lore without giving them proper introductions and stripping out local multiplayer.<\/p>\n
Despite these missteps, however, Halo 5: Guardians<\/a> might be the best multiplayer title that you’re not playing – even 4 years on from launch.<\/p>\n