Is it just me or was all of the sound design way better in the Halo 5 beta? The flinch was annoying but everything else from the guns to the spartan abilities were more satisfying to use
Definitely not lol pretty much every sound effect in the beta were annoying to listen to with the exception of ground pound, which I think I preferred that old version. The shot indicators, shield recharge, announcer, all were way too much. That being said the visuals of the beta were much better than what we got, and the thruster looks more finely tuned to actually complement your current momentum. You can see towards the end of that video he's falling down and thrusts and it kinda accelerates him downwards, more in line with how they worked in H4. Otherwise, meh.
Part one was at least somewhat believable. Part 2 just seemed stupidly fake and ruined the whole thing.
I like almost all of it more. It doesn't feel like Halo, but it does feel like something. The launch version of halo 5 somehow had even less character and it feels like an amalgamation of halo and Power Rangers. I'd rather halo 5 be full on spacey shooter than the abomination it is now.