The last big shift for Halo 5’s level design comes from the Spartan abilities.
Halo’s single-player level design has long been shaped to better serve new weapons, enemies, and AI behavior.
To analyze Halo 5’s design, she says to start looking at where those new mechanics and rules push against the familiar Halo space.
Halo 5’s successes will ultimately need reach beyond its level design into an ambitious story and an eSports-focused multiplayer mode to find the level of success that Microsoft is hoping for.