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[Twilight Gap]

Only thing I'm particularly disappointed with is the kill-times. It seems like you lose shield way too fast. That is one thing I hate about call of duty, you die fast and the game takes no strategy.

best way to balance all these abilities is to have quick kill times. if it's around halo CE/halo 2 kill times it'll work well.

 

[Jarrod38]

I thought we were getting two maps for the beta preview tonight?

 

[cheezcake]

That footage looked pretty outstanding, but I have one question that hopefully Frank or someone else could answer.

The Prophet's Bane isn't replacing the classic energy sword, is it? ;_;

In MP looks like it is, gonna be something in the campaign related to it surely

 

[Booshka]

Base Movement speed is too slow, I don't like Sprint at all. Shield recharge mechanic for Sprint only really helps for people trying to sprint away, they can still quickly get back into position off of spawn, or not under duress, which has negative ramifications for map design and long range engagements.

ADS is terrible and needs to get out of the way of my ability to see what is on the screen. Scope is far better, everything that is on your screen is in front of you to be shot at. Ironsights serve no purpose except to satiate the mass audience that somehow needs to see their gun filling up their screen, instead of just what they are shooting at.

It's a terrible mechanic, even if it doesn't have an impact on movement, it's still a big problem.

Lot of the abilities seem to marginalize the shooting skill, charge melee, ground pound especially.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

Some of you are so damn negative it's not even funny. Like damn, at least wait until you play the beta in a month

 

[neogaffer1]

Question: does this guy work for 343?

Yes.

 

[Super Stardust]

Question: does this guy work for 343?

Yep he's the bald guy in the video

 

[Jessie.Bristol]

Question: does this guy work for 343?

Yeah, that is Frank O'Connor.

 

[Malo]

I thought Halo 5 looked great. I'm so ready for the beta next month.

 

[Ogimachi]

Sprint, ADS, dash, ground pound, ledge grabbing (wtf?), shitty movement speed..
Yeah, I'm out.

 

[FaintColt388301]

Looks very similar to Halo 4 but with less bad decisions. I'm there day 1 so hopefully it turns out well. Beta looked decent. Not what I want but I can dig it.

 

[Steverulez]

i think weekly maybe frank can comment

Weekly

Weekly starting this week i believe. There's an armor set for the beta tied to watching all 5 episodes so it has to be done by the 29th of December.

Thanks, weekly makes more sense, i'll give it a watch tomorrow if I can remember

 

[tiredheadcrab]

I am totally good with all these additions. I will have to play it to be sure. But yeah this looks like a lot of fun. Its Halo but just evolving. Cant wait for December 29th.

 

[Doukou]

How long is an episode, might watch if it's only 40 mins.

 

[Unstable]

Someone messed up the stream lol

 

[Eric WK]

Question: does this guy work for 343?

Haha, yes.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

So, is Halo MCC available to play? =o

 

[Master Yoshi]

I can see why Nightfall received mixed reactions.

 

[hydruxo]

Some of you are so damn negative it's not even funny. Like damn, at least wait until you play the beta in a month

 

[Wedge7]

lolol

 

[Ape]

I will thank god every day Bungie didn't develop halo 5.

 

[Poodlestrike]

I'm really not sure how people can say they hated Halo 4 but like 5 when 5 looks to go even further with stuff introduced in 4.

Except for all the stuff from 4 they stripped out, sure.

 

[Ryaaan14]

Um lol

 

[Gaz_RB]

Question: does this guy work for 343?

Yeah. He was the handsome bald guy getting interviewed at the beginning of Halo Fest

 

[malfcn]

Oops..

 

[Noobcraft]

Sprint, ADS, dash, ground pound, ledge grabbing (wtf?), shitty movement speed..
Yeah, I'm out.

Bye. I'll at least try the free beta tho.

 

[Dub117]

What...

 

[trixx]

lol halo blackout

 

[S0cc3rpunk]

please show us more halo 5 beta gameplay and weapons
Loooks amazing great job 343i team

 

[neogaffer1]

ded stream

 

[AlexMogil]

Please clean the disc

 

[enzo_gt]

Agent LOX: RRRRRREMIXXX

 

[Diablohead]

bible thump

 

[Gnome Scat]

I thought we were getting two maps for the beta preview tonight?

Pros vs Devs (New map)

Pros vs Pros (Midship)

Also, fix that stream guys.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

I just feel really indifferent about it. I feel like I'll never use it.

Like how many of you that have played COD: AW use the ground pound/know it even exists? You don't. You use double jump and lateral thrust pretty exclusively.

Eh, it looks different than the AW ground pound. Based on what we just saw in Halo 5, it looks like you can aim pretty far forward and aim where you smash into the ground. Definitely can't do that in AW.

 

[JayEH]

Stream went down at the right time.

 

[PachinkoChampBruh]

more halo 5 pls, nigtfall aint working bruh.

 

[Darryl M R]

Streams are acting up, have me concerned that it only started acting up right now

 

[GringoSuave89]

Halo stream is dad

 

[Vire]

I'm really not sure how people can say they hated Halo 4 but like 5 when 5 looks to go even further with stuff introduced in 4.

No kill streaks, no mantis, no SAW, nerfed sprint and even starts.

I don't see how this is worse than Halo 4.

 

[everyday math]

Someone tripped over the cord!

 

[Bsigg12]

Lets watch Nightfall together guys! Hopefully it's decent

 

[Master Yoshi]

Something amazing better happen within the next four minutes or I'm jumping into the MCC.

 

[Magwik]

I will thank god every day Bungie didn't develop halo 5.

Even though most of the new abilities are extremely similar to Destiny?

 

[Dubz]

Fuck Nightfall...time for Halo 2 MP.

 

[Eric WK]

Fuck Nightfall...time for Halo 2 MP.

Yup.

 

[Pappasman]

Base Movement speed is too slow, I don't like Sprint at all. Shield recharge mechanic for Sprint only really helps for people trying to sprint away, they can still quickly get back into position off of spawn, or not under duress, which has negative ramifications for map design and long range engagements.

ADS is terrible and needs to get out of the way of my ability to see what is on the screen. Scope is far better, everything that is on your screen is in front of you to be shot at. Ironsights serve no purpose except to satiate the mass audience that somehow needs to see their gun filling up their screen, instead of just what they are shooting at.

It's a terrible mechanic, even if it doesn't have an impact on movement, it's still a big problem.

Lot of the abilities seem to marginalize the shooting skill, charge melee, ground pound especially.

Exactly. Sprint has more ramifications than just escaping combat for free.

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

In all honesty, ignoring ALL the other things, I really just can't wrap my head around trying to make the base gameplay so much faster.

Halo was designed to be slower and more methodical. It was the anti-twitch game. There's always Quake and CS and CoD and so much more.

The game may very well turn out to be great! ... But, I just can't imagine it'll *feel* like Halo... at least to me.

 

[hwalker84]

"Halo Channel now on XB1 and Windows"

I'm not seeing it on the Win 8 app store?

I just downloaded it. It's there.

 

[Icyflamez96]

Anyone know the name of that electronic song that was playing in the transition? It was catchy as f***