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Halo 5 beta preview [Game revolution] [Update: Big Screens]
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Bam Bam Baklava
Member
On your Microsoft mobile device.
You're a joke if you think the game is going to look appreciably different a year from now. This is must be your first console beta.
Just take solace in the fact that people stopped appreciating Halo for pushing technical boundaries a long time ago and stay more for the sci-fi gameplay and lore.
The game may have some nice looking effects going on while running at 60fps but I don't expect any severe improvements in texture, lighting or models. Single player may prove to be different.
Just take solace in the fact that people stopped appreciating Halo for pushing technical boundaries a long time ago and stay more for the sci-fi gameplay and lore.
The game may have some nice looking effects going on while running at 60fps but I don't expect any severe improvements in texture, lighting or models. Single player may prove to be different.
Poimandres
Member
Haha I was wondering why they looked, you know, exactly the same.
Anyway, no point getting too carried away with comments on the graphics when the game is so far out from release!
The stampede is approaching.
This getting better and better. :refills popcorn:
Final Verdict
Member
...and then proceeds to dock it for not includeing Reach and ODST...
much contradiction...
Twin Tails
Member
1 more hour
R.I.P Halo
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I think it will be almost everything that will be in the beta, if not actually everything. Maps, new abilities, beta weapon sandbox, etc.
Halo 5: Advance Warfare.
Really sad to see this series lose its identity by the creative vacuum that has become COD's effect on the fps genre. Mark of the times sure, but at least Bungie's Halos tried to bring something new to the table everytime they released a new title. This series is frantically just playing catch up by focusing on the wrong things and feels so unnecessary because of it.
Sad.
Really sad to see this series lose its identity by the creative vacuum that has become COD's effect on the fps genre. Mark of the times sure, but at least Bungie's Halos tried to bring something new to the table everytime they released a new title. This series is frantically just playing catch up by focusing on the wrong things and feels so unnecessary because of it.
Sad.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Yeah, and there is lots of BR scoping in Halo 2.
Diablohead
Member
I'm staying up to watch everyone rage, live.
Poimandres
Member
That's not necessarily true! Halo 1, 2, and 4 were all lookers for their time (to various extents) so I see why people are expecting big things from Halo 5. They also ran at 30fps, so clearly they weren't ALL about gameplay > graphics. Don't get me wrong, they did have a strong focus on playability but it's not like they didn't try to make them look good!
New screens made me think 2 things:
1) That shade of blue armor is gorgeous. Why does the red one not look so gorgeous?
2) The map looks cool, but it also looks a bit repetitive texture wise, in a way that makes it hard to quickly recognize where you are or where someone else is on a map.
1) That shade of blue armor is gorgeous. Why does the red one not look so gorgeous?
2) The map looks cool, but it also looks a bit repetitive texture wise, in a way that makes it hard to quickly recognize where you are or where someone else is on a map.
stirring the pot motherfucker
lmao
yeah you've always had to zoom in a lot to hit people
welcome to halo
It's a year out. This is as close to an actual beta as consoles get.
Cool, I'll wait to judge until I play it.
So fucking disappointed about both.
Sprint is in there, Dopey. Not going away. We'll get through this.
BTW, ADS is way worse.
Halo has always had tons of different control schemes. I believe in Halo 4 one control scheme allowed you to use LT to zoom. I expect 343 will do the same with Halo 5. If not, voice your concerns with the Beta.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
But what about fake ADS, which this is? I can deal much better with fake ADS than real, COD ADS.
That's actually already a control option in MCC.
Nah, if ads doesn't replace hip fire and works as a zoom/steady fire, im cool with it. As long as high TTK is still in.
If they were to improve base movement speed and strip sprint, i'd be cool. Hell i might even be cool with all the thrusting stuff. Sprint just damages everything it touches.
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
Well, Halo seems completely different than it used to be.
That's actually already a control option in MCC.
Haha I know, I just mean for the default control scheme
Syphon Filter
Member
I knew it! And people kept telling me otherwise.
But what about fake ADS, which this is? I can deal much better with fake ADS than real, COD ADS.
That's actually already a control option in MCC.
Should have clarified... COD ADS in Halo is way worse than sprint. I'm glad shooting from the hip is still in. Now they just need to confirm traditional ranking system...
???
Syphon Filter
Member
Ranking in halo 5 sounds a loooot like starcraft... which is kind of like reach
Ranking is good in SC, you get demoted and all. So that would be a good thing instead of the progressive and only go up style from H4.
Nooooooooooooooo!!!Ranking in halo 5 sounds a loooot like starcraft... which is kind of like reach
Hope?
I don't like starcraft system very much... i just never had fun
Halo 2/ELO style is still by far the best
The Shogun
Banned
I keep saying I won't judge this until I play it for myself in the Beta but....
....please do not fuck up Halo any worse 343. Halo 4s multi was already a huge misstep in the franchise and stuff like this could really kill the franchise.
Here's hoping this game still feels like Halo and delivers.
RSB
Banned
Yeah, I think I would be OK with "cosmetic" ADS, but only if traditional scope/zoom was an option.
If "cosmetic" ADS is the only option, then fuck it. Sure, it may function virtually the same, but I'm not going to accept having half my screen obscured by the weapons whenever I zoom.
Classic scope FTW. So elegant and functional. Seriously, they better give us that option.
Twin Tails
Member
Frank, can you please confirm or deny that ads is in Halo 5?
Real simple answer, yes it is or no it isnt.
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As long as there's a visible number that can drop then I'll be happy with it.
Starcraft grouped you via skill detection after a bunch of matches, just like halo reach
you can then move up and down from there and eventually the ladder resets and you go at it again
the problem for me was in starcraft, I kept getting placed in platinum or some such shit when I'm a silver player at best
so eventually I just gave the hell up
I don't like that one bit...