Halo 5: Guardians is the only Halo game not available on PC. That needs to change
Ever since Halo: Campaign Evolved was announced, I’ve been thinking about what’s next for Halo as a franchise. There’s the high-level stuff, like the long-rumored multiplayer-only game or a brand-new Halo title that features both a robust campaign and sizeable multiplayer offerings. That said, there are some smaller-scale steps Halo Studios could take to regain some goodwill.
One of those things would be finally porting Halo 5: Guardians to PC. Over a decade after its initial release, Halo 5 is the only game in the series that’s still Xbox console exclusive. It didn’t even receive an Xbox Series X remaster like many other Xbox One titles. Although Halo Studios might want to forget about this game because of how controversial it was, Halo 5 does deserve to be brought over to PC as part of this new era for the franchise being kicked off by Halo: Campaign Evolved.
A look back at Halo 5, 10 years later
A controversial, but important game in the franchise
Halo Studios, formerly known as 343 Productions, has struggled to get Halo quite right since taking the reins from Bungie. Halo 4, The Master Chief Collection, Halo 5, and Halo Infinite have all received backlash in different ways, but Halo 5 definitely received the worst of it. That mostly comes from how the game handled its campaign.
Ahead of its release, it seemed like this game could have the best Halo campaign yet, as Master Chief is being hunted down by his former allies. While that is technically what Halo 5 is about, what we actually got was a lot less intriguing as that premise wasn’t as satisfyingly seen through as the pre-release marketing suggested it would be. Most of the game follows characters not nearly as compelling as Master Chief and Cortana, and the campaign level design itself just isn’t as good as previous games in the series.
