Frank is only talking about the visual ID content. Period.
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Frank is only talking about the visual ID content. Period.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Solid idea. On top of that, bring back Firefight Versus and have classes for both UNSC and Covenant with controllable boss characters being the Flood.
EDIT:
Who's Frank? Question mark?
NO. We've tried it. Didn't work. Scrappy Doo it and bring back the winning formula.
Don't care what could be. It won't be.
Firefight.
I would throw all my money at the screen for playable Hunters.
User 73706
Banned
ME3 MP is so good, yet it has a lot of potential for expanding it and making it better.
Of course ME3 is a third person cover shooter with powers, so it wouldn't translate to Halo perfectly, but i think the concept is solid enough, and more importantly, strikes a good balance between Reach and ODST firefights, difficult but not endless.
The Henery
Member
I'm certain this won't return, no matter how many wish it were so. We'll probably get another stab at some kind of ranking system ( they employed the SC guy) but it won't be a straight visible in game 1-50. They've disparaged it too much in previous comments to 180 on it. UNLESS... Dedicated servers can somehow circumvent the cheating issues.
Poker Face
Member
welp
What does that even mean?
The key art released today, which is essentially the 'visual identification' for Halo 5.
So now when we all think of Halo 5, that image pops into our heads.
The second half of the Spartan Ops was pretty excellent imo, and the SpOps was an excellent idea to get something like a playable Halo TV serie.
Yeah, it was not the best way it could have been done in Halo 4, but it was a good try and I truly think 343 Industries could achieve something great in Halo 5 with the Spartan Ops model, and the learning curve they had with Halo 4.
Welfare
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Ragnarok Flames
Banned
While i am happy to read this, it isnt the way that Traviss wrote the k5 trilogy.
Already hit you up on fb.
Hype increasing
I think that since 343 heard so much backlash that they wouldn't blatantly change one of the core things about halo. but im being cautiously optimistic.ads confirmed
They could do something great with FF. They haven't tried yet.
User 73706
Banned
It'll get addressed the same way Destiny did it - by revealing some first-person gaming footage only to have the classic BR use aim down sights in the middle of a fight.
Shortly after, Frank will damage control with "It's a weapon attachment. The Battle Rifle comes with a scope variation too." with minimal clarification.
Come launch, it'll boil down to personal loadout preference just like Tactical Packages and Support Upgrades and you'll seldom find flinchless, descope-enabled scope-only Battle Rifle start matches.
Maybe you get to play simultaneous campaigns like Halo 2, except Not-Chief has all the modern twitch shooter mechanics like ADS, sprint, and a bunch of AAs ONI's advanced tech provides, while as Chief you get your standard classic Halo mechanics. When they inevitably fight and Chief stabs Not-Chief in the jugular, it'll be some meta-commentary on how arena gameplay>modern shooters. Or something.
NobleGundam
Banned
Can't wait for H2A gameplay next month! =D
Way too real, man.
User 73706
Banned
I'm actually hoping for something like this, but I don't think 343's ballsy enough to make that kind of commentary.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
No, Keep ADS away from Halo. Halo 4 was already a major departure from the formula. 343 already faced that backlash, i dont think they want more.
Poker Face
Member
I would have believed you if you had put "Trust Us" or "Feels like Halo" somewhere in there
I agree.
Well, Firefight, in itself, is a bit limited, in a story telling side I mean. It's just an arcade mode, it was great in ODST btw, I liked it, but I don't think Spartan Ops should be out and replaced by Firefight only because it was not something gorgeous (it was great once again imo) in Halo 4.
343 has just scratched the surface of Spatan Ops and his potential.
But you could have both, like Destiny seems to have Strike and Raid.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
I could play FF without having to have XBL gold. Spartan Ops is sitting on my hard drive but lo and behold i cant play it without gold...
Hell i can even play Horde and Beast modes without Gold.
NobleGundam
Banned
You're right. We need a barn leak.And then we have to wait an extra few months before we can even play it
Inb4twitchstreamleakagepre-e3
I guess that's my (main) problem with SpOps vs FF, I just don't care about the story. Would much rather a fun game mode than a bunch of cinematic stuff. I know less about halo lore than anyone... probably won't change. ODST FF was done the right way. Expand on it with some of Reach's customization options, maps, more interactive maps like you see with Horde mode (we know they like buttons). They could throw some story/cinematic stuff in there if they wanted to but I'm skipping it. I know I'm in the minority on that point.
Better game mode > story time
Fata1moose
Banned
Halo has become unique by being one of the few games without ADS, other shooters boil down to the same gameplay of LT+RT and it's just boring, it stagnates the entire genre. Halo better not go down the same path.
Tbh they probably will end up joining forces against the man similar to the arbiter. Doubt they'll spend half a game developing a character just to kill him off.
Oh no I agree, I was simply joining in the speculation.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
#oopsi"accidentally"streamedhalo2anni
You know, funny thing about about ADS, Halo gameplay and arena shooters.
Those arena shooters i've played (Quake, Unreal Tournament, perhaps old Jedi Knights count too, probably some others in some form?), they don't have scoped weapons aside from snipers, Halos on the other hand have always had more scoped weapons, and using those scopes has been integral to gameplay.
And scoped weapons are really only a step away from ADS.
Strictly speaking, it is probably possible to implement ADS that doesn't affect negatively to movement or other stuff, of course at that point one might ask, why bother?
I'm not saying Halo should have ADS, just making observations.
Those arena shooters i've played (Quake, Unreal Tournament, perhaps old Jedi Knights count too, probably some others in some form?), they don't have scoped weapons aside from snipers, Halos on the other hand have always had more scoped weapons, and using those scopes has been integral to gameplay.
And scoped weapons are really only a step away from ADS.
Strictly speaking, it is probably possible to implement ADS that doesn't affect negatively to movement or other stuff, of course at that point one might ask, why bother?
I'm not saying Halo should have ADS, just making observations.
Prinz Eugn
Member
Oh okay, I understand now. Can't say you're wrong, I enjoyed FF so much in ODST (and a bit less in Reach because it was way too easy, didn't have the feeling I HAD to survive wave after wave), but I was happy to get something new in Halo.
But yeah, we could have both, like a playable FF on Spartan Ops maps I guess.
And +1 for Ragnarok Flames, should have been available for no-Gold member too.
And then there's this...
http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/16/halo-the-master-chief-collection/
Any thoughts? Bullshit? Endgaget isn't exactly a shady site but I'm still skeptical.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/16/halo-the-master-chief-collection/
Any thoughts? Bullshit? Endgaget isn't exactly a shady site but I'm still skeptical.
They need to hire more former Marines at 343.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
thank the lord nktrnl
SpOps didn't feel like a new game mode to me. Just short campaign missions. Like I was replaying what I had already played... And then the fact each space was repeated so many times didn't help.
Season 2 was better but still a lot of the same.
A horde-ish ODST type of survival mode is what I'm looking for. You can put all the perks, killstreaks; whatever else they've been wanting to throw in MP in this mode if you've got to have it. Defense turrets like in dominion would go well here with the addition of light forging options (placing walls, weapon drops, vehicles, spawn locations etc...). SpOps seems like it would be much more difficult to do these kinds of things considering how linear most of the missions were and how scripted everything was.
Orochinagis
Member
Now begins the wait to see if there's ADS.
Reminds me of gears of war 2 trailer and the Lancer new sights, everyone freaked because it could have a new ADS system for the lancer for the first time, it was just a cosmetic change and the hammerburst was the one that got the ADS
There are logistical difficulties involved.
Poker Face
Member
ntkrnl already basically said this lol
I'm really starting to suspect ntkrnl was very, very much controlled leak, some MS guy registers to GAF and "leaks" stuff to get GAF interested in MS and Xbox, considering how badly the last year went.
I'm a former logistician, I can help.
Not surprising, especially since ntkrnl. MS wants Halo shit every year and Halo 5 has been delayed (or perhaps it was always slated for 2015), so this is a very practical way of filling the void and refreshing returning or new players.
All I hope is that this doesn't mean we won't get a real Halo 2 Anniversary. With any luck, it will be included in the collection along with the entire classic multiplayer suite.
I'm a former logistician, I can help.
How do you pack marines to crates and effectively move them around?
You cram them into business class on commercial airlines while wearing most of their loadout. Almost as space efficient as actual crates.