: I haven't played Halo 5, but I did play MCC to get the new cutscenes, and let
: me tell you especially after playing Destiny, the movement was one of the
: things that stood out and aged poorly. It felt like you were just skating
: along the surface, with no weight and realism at all. This was made all
: the worse by the updated graphics, since the unreal nature of your
: movements clashed with the increased realism of the environment.

But this has more to do with visual representation (animation, etc.), not anything specifically gameplay-related, in this case actual base movement speed.

: The guns in Destiny also feel very real, and very satisfying to fire. From
: what I have SEEN of Halo 5, the guns don't look or sound real at all.

Halo 5's sound design is indeed very "meh." Whoever did the sound design at Sabre for H2A should be doing the sound design from now on for 343i. They had more punch to them than in any prior Halo release.

: You don't know for sure until you fire one, but I can pretty much already
: tell they look ridiculous. The movement also looks ridiculous.

343i's redesigns are part of the problem. They just don't look good. Bungie has always had a great art department. Another problem is the faux-ADS "smart scope." It functions like zooming always has in Halo (you don't have to hold in zoom, and getting shot de-scopes you), but the visuals of it can be annoying depending on the weapon. The DMR especially is bothersome given how much on-screen real estate the scope takes up when zooming.

As for movement, do you mean the way the guns jerk around when they're fired or how the player moves, or both? Because I didn't care for either.