When comparing Halo 5: Guardians vs Star Wars: Battlefront, the Slant community recommends Halo 5: Guardians for most people. In the question“What are the best FPS (first person shooter) games on Xbox One?” Halo 5: Guardians is ranked 24th while Star Wars: Battlefront is ranked 29th. The most important reason people chose Halo 5: Guardians is:
Even though there are various upgrades and progression bonuses in Halo 5's multiplayer, it is enjoyable even before unlocking any of them. This is because it puts emphasis on player skill, allowing you to have fun without getting punished for not having invested enough time in it. The only way it starts feeling unfair is when you meet players that outmatch your skill level by a lot.
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Pros
Pro Balanced multiplayer
Even though there are various upgrades and progression bonuses in Halo 5's multiplayer, it is enjoyable even before unlocking any of them. This is because it puts emphasis on player skill, allowing you to have fun without getting punished for not having invested enough time in it. The only way it starts feeling unfair is when you meet players that outmatch your skill level by a lot.
Pro Feels great to play
It doesn't matter if you're playing single player, co-op, or competitive multiplayer, Halo 5 always is a blast to play. This is partly because of the sharp and fluid controls, awesome gunplay, and the great graphics run at a smooth 60 fps. It's also because the gameplay just flows so nicely, from performing takedowns on enemies, to shooting your laser rifle, to even ramming your jeep into an unsuspecting alien, Halo 5 as a whole feels really enjoyable.
Pro Great co-op
You can play the campaign with up to 3 other players, which increases the fun by quite a bit. You get the sense of being in an actual squad of elite soldiers that cover and support each other, making it feel really awesome to destroy aliens and robots with the help of your fellow Spartan soldiers. It's the type of feeling you simply can't get with AI companions.
Pro Fun team-based combat
Battlefront has fast-paced action and large scale battles between The Empire and the Rebels. There's a lot of shooting involved, so expect to see a flurry of laser beams overhead constantly.
Most of the battles involve taking or holding a location from the opposing side. You can move around on foot or jump using your jetpack, which is useful for scaling walls and hills. You can enter various vehicles such as the AT-AT walker, which makes for great fun.
When you die, you'll respawn after a short delay. This causes it to become a tug-of-war where one side slowly overpowers the other.
Pro Recreates many beautiful movie-like locations
Fight against the Empire or the Rebels in beautiful locations from the films, and visited and recreated by the developers: Hoth, Jakku, Endor and Tatooine.
Pro Split-screen co-op
During a current trend to leave out this feature, Battlefront includes local co-op where you and a friend can fight off waves of imperial troops and walkers. This mode is also available online as well.
Pro Iconic Star Wars characters featured
Play as favorite classic Star Wars characters. Luke, Han, Leia, Boba Fett, Darth Vader and the Emperor are all there.
Pro Gameplay is similar to the original games
The gameplay of Battlefront follows closely with the style of the original games, with fast-paced action and large scale battles for the fate of the galaxy.
Cons
Con Short single player/co-op campaign
A single playthrough takes only about 5 hours on average, so if you don't like replaying campaigns or if you don't enjoy competitive multiplayer, you won't be able to enjoy Halo 5 for very long.
Con No local multiplayer
While there is online co-op/multiplayer, Halo 5 has no local split screen co-op/multiplayer. This means you can only play with your friends/family over the internet, with each of you needing a separate console and a copy of the game.
Con No campaign
There is no single-player campaign; and it seems there never will be. No rich story to go with our current generation Star Wars shooter. Only limited Co-op missions fighting off waves of enemies.
Con Expensive season pass
While some DLC has been free so far, like the Battle of Jakku; EA and DICE set a pricy amount of $50 for the season pass, bringing the total cost to over $100 just to purchase the game and season pass at face value.