: I absolutely love this bit. It's one of the things I'm most excited about re:
: Halo 5

: But perhaps the fact Halo 5 doesn't have these things is its strength.
: Perhaps because every triple-A game nowadays has the same underlying
: mechanics, those same soft-grind, RPG-lite bits and bobs designed to prey
: on the bit of our brain that demands the numbers always go up, Halo 5's
: eight hour long campaign stands out. 343 might have played it safe here in
: an attempt to get the Halo hardcore back onside, but the result is pure,
: unadulterated, old-fashioned Halo fun - and that's great.

I just completed the campaign on Heroic and yeah, it's really refreshing having everything unlocked at the start and being the strongest you'll ever be. There's no need to micromanage, you can just concentrate on excelling in combat and mastering the mechanics.