På høstens liste over hete spill er det umulig å overse Halo 5: Guardians fra 343 Industries. Gamereactor fikk nylig muligheten til å snakke med produsent Josh Holmes, og vi benyttet anledningen til å spørre om flerspiller, esport og hvordan spillet skal fortsette utviklingen etter lansering.
Angående de to flerspillervariantene i Halo 5 (Arena og Warzone) sa Holmes:
"Halo 5 sort of features two distinctly different multiplayer experiences and it's almost like two multiplayer games in one. You have this very focused, balanced experience, which is built from the ground up for eSports. [Arena] is very much focused on this balanced competitive feel and it really pays off on the legacy of Halo's competitive play."
Det kreves naturligvis våkne utviklere som lytter til fansen for at spillet skal fortsette å trekke spillere etter lansering, og Holmes har følgende kommentar til dette:
"The post-launch support for Halo 5: Guardians will be the most substantial that we've had in any past Halo game. So we have a huge amount of content that will be there at launch, and we've announced that we'll have more than 20 multiplayer maps for example at launch, and then post-launch we'll be delivering additional maps that will be available free to all players and we've announced we'll deliver 15 or more maps before June of next year.
And then we also have a brand new Requisition system that delivers unlockable rewards to players that can be used throughout the game. Cosmetic rewards than can be used in both Arena and Warzone, and then specific gameplay impacting rewards that can be used only in Warzone and that are specific to that mode and we'll continue to release new content for that system post-launch as well."
I videoen nedenfor kan du se hele intervjuet. I tillegg til det du nettopp har lest, snakket vi også om hva 343 Industries har lært av Halo 4 og katastrofen Halo: The Master Chief Collection.