Microsoft’s E3 2015 press conference begun today by premiering new Halo 5 campaign and multiplayer footage, and a gameplay demo of the campaign from Agent Locke’s perspective. The gameplay demo was accompanied by a story trailer, showing further depth into themes of the game, and Fireteam Osiris.
The demo begins with a Story trailer, setting up the premise for the game. The trailer is compiled of pre-rendered cutscenes, which recap previous Halo events, and the themes explored in Hunt the Truth.
The live demo begins with Fireteam Osiris being dropped from a carrier, into a Covenant stronghold. They have received Intel that the Master Chief is located inside, therefore the fireteam must progress, and infiltrate the facility. The buildings are in ruins, with many Covenant dead, or seriously wounded on the courtyard floor. Many holograms and other technologies are located on the map, however damaged or broken. To search for clues during the mission, the Artemis is used, which is attached to Agent Locke’s wrist. The pad allows the user to search for information, in order to progress through the level.
Once the facility is entered, a Guardian can be seen in the distance. It releases a shockwave/EMP pulse and knocks the Covenant carriers out of the sky. A phantom flies into a nearby building, which begins to collapse, and changes the terrain of the map. The map continues to collapse, as the fireteam run to the next sound structure. The team then encounter Prometheans, which are set to make a return in Halo 5: Guardians. The new Promethean soldier makes an appearance as well as a new unidentified Promethean, who looks to be a new unique character.
We also covered gameplay elements and features from the Halo 5: Guardians mission, ‘Blue Team’ early last week. Click here to see the article. To see more screenshots of Halo 5 in-engine, click here.
Make sure to watch the gameplay demo for yourself below:
Matt was a regular ICXM contributor in 2015, publishing 110 articles across game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news. Their work focused on hands-on reviews, platform commentary, and breaking-news reporting during the Xbox One’s first full year of post-launch coverage, including the early days of Backwards Compatibility and Windows 10 gaming. They post on X as @RTEnvi.