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Halo 5: Guardians |OT5| Is HaloGAF irrelevant now?
- Thread starter sir_dany12
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looool
This really made me laugh. And the sad part there is truth to it too.
I've put more than 70 days now. Supported this game since launch, but it's really unplayable now.
Is there some sort update on the horizon?
Fata1moose
Banned
4K patch for Halo 5 please. Also since Frankie is bald like Peter Molyneux, Fable reboot please! Both reasonable requests.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Not trying to cast any shade, but it feels like you make these posts frequently. It sucks to be experiencing these issues so often, so perhaps it's time to play Halo 5 less? As sad as it is to say, my tolerance for unbalanced games, quitters, or other nonsense has drastically reduced lately, so there's little hesitation to just jump to Gears, Overwatch, or some other game I'm playing.
There are too many other good games out there to be worrying about the poor experiences in Halo 5. I love the game, but I'm over playing teams of 4, and radar, and BR starts in BTB, and a slew of other things I hope gets changed for Halo 6. Still trying to help with Achilles by jumping into Warzone and BTB, but the Halo drive has certainly plunged, especially when things like the aiming inconsistencies are shown. So many issues that dampen the enjoyment ;'[
Fata1moose
Banned
I actually wouldn't want 343i to do a Fable reboot. We need a British studio. Playground Games would be my pick, or a new studio. Not Rare...
If 343i took on another IP, Perfect Dark would be neat.
I play 90% only Halo.
There are issues and I come here to communicate.
Do you know how hard it is to open a stream and see the game plays beautifully and I with killer connection can't enjoy that?
These server issues drove all my friends away, only few remains now. What can I say, I love playing it.
So for me to live far away from the server should suffer? Is that fair?
And your solution is to quit playing Halo?
Did it not occure to you why have I been playing it all the time when I also report having these frequent problems as you describe them?
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
I'm trying to say that Halo sucks and it's time to move on, especially when it's causing you so much frustration. Game is clearly dad. Franchise is dad. Xbone is dad. In fact, we're all already dad.
Please, I would appreciate it if you gave a proper response. Seriously. That's right there is...well
I don't know what you implying here..
FATstronaut
Member
C'mon, we all know 343 is working on that Brute Force reboot. Get hype.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
I'm simply saying that if you're seeing so many problems, maybe consider playing it less because it's clearly a big source of frustration for you. It doesn't seem like there's much that'll be changed with Halo 5, so perhaps don't invest as much time into it if you're seeing this high frequency of issues?
I don't know what you thought I was saying, but that's it. Nothing more, nothing less. I too have been putting less time into Halo because of the many issues people complain about, so I was suggesting the same for you.
Fata1moose
Banned
We wouldn't be having this conversation if I handled playlists. There'd just be one playlist called Halo and everyone would love it.
That's sad :/
Thanks for your feedback. Really appreciate it bro.
Hope there will be some update or fixes until Halo 6 comes out.
I feel like their ideas for crazy abilities would actually be neat in a game like the 360 Shadowrun. Perfect Dark would also be cool.
wrong
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Not sure much of you care, but I can't wait for Halo 2 Anniversary campaign on Scorpio. The visual flair adds a lot to the game, but the resolution and framerate were suspect at times.
If MCC is ever patched again, they should add an audio toggle for music.
New soundtrack destroys the new visual experience.
I'd rather listen to the old one.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
I like some of the new tunes...but yeah you are totally right in a lot of ways. The problem with the new approach to the tracks is they lack the subtlety and nuance (volume, attack, texture, etc) of the original compositions and therefore lose a lot of it's emotional drive and feeling. It sounds very mechanical--like a cover band (which is it is).
I remember on my H2A playthroughs I would frequently change back to classic graphics just to satisfy my ears and emotions.
Masterz1337
Neo Member
They'd have to fix the original games audio first... The original music can be barely audible at times when it use to be booming in the original and in anniversary mode. http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Masterz1337/video/29328625
I had the opportunity to attend a keynote by Tom Salta back in January where he went into some detail about his experience working on Halo titles. He didn't have any of the original sheet music for either of the anniversary games and had to reconstruct everything on his own. While I do enjoy his music, I don't think it's really possible to enjoy his remasters for what they are, when they are meant to directly be compared to the original which people have heard for 10+ years now.
His original work for Fall of Reach, Halo Online, Spartan Strike and Assault as well as the announcement trailer music for MCC I think are very nice, and sound more "Halo" than H4 or H5's. But then again H4 tries to have it's own style to it's music and doesn't try to fit in Marty and Michael's music either.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Huh... Interesting, thanks for sharing. Didn't know this. And yeah I was wondering about the volume... Geez it sucks that the MCC is not the definitive place to experience those games.
User 73706
Banned
Playing MCC / H2A I noticed the balancing of the sounds had been adjusted, like in H2A / original H2 MP the ambient map sounds are considerably more audible than they were in the original. I have to imagine part of the reason for this is that the original tracks as well as the remasters run off of a single "music" volume slider, essentially, and now that all of the audio can be played at a considerably higher bitrate than on the original Xbox, it's not as loud as it used to be because there's nowhere near as much compression available to amplify it.
Well, that, and there's probably some other minute factors at play, like the new stuff accounting for surround sound, and production / equalization for this type of stuff being way better in general. Marty was squeezing blood out of a rock using some of those soundfonts and samples.
Fata1moose
Banned
I really wish they'd take the opportunity/excuse to fix MCC with a H3A update, but they won't.
VincentMatts
Member
Halo 5 & Halo MCC fixed and assets updated for 4k and Scorpio.
Fata1moose
Banned
I'd love this, especially if we don't get proper releases of those titles on PC.
Fata1moose
Banned
SWAT is abysmal.
Yep. Don't see how people play that trash.
I don't understand how people play it past the placement matches. It's teh quickest 10 matches if you're just trying to get ranked for the emblem.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Why? Cuz you can't sprint around the map and get away with it?
I like it a lot lol I don't play it much, but it's fun.
FATstronaut
Member
Some details on the upcoming Pro League settings
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/summer-2017-feedback-updates-more
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/summer-2017-feedback-updates-more
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Read this 5 mins ago and just now got the joke, durr me.
Also I'll throw my hat in the ring of struggling to find balanced matches at Aussie mid-late night times.
Everything looks pretty good. Still no clue who the 8th seed team is. Seems like its ESL that is holding everything up on that front.
Welfare
Member
Just get rid of the speed boost from the Sword. Unnecessary, keep it to higher tier versions.
Yup, simple fix.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
First Proving Grounds match of the night.. vs a team of 4.
Welp, time to play something else lol.
Welp, time to play something else lol.
YourExWife
Member
Assassinations now the top commendation after tonight's session.
Soon
Soon
Deputy Moonman
Member
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Not to complain just to complain... But I have a great connection with open NAT and my friends and I have terrible hit reg half of our matches. It's really killing the fun.
We also get booted from games randomly.
We also get booted from games randomly.
I also noticed Halo 1 is missing all the rumble features that made the OG Xbox version superior.
Other GAFers have posted about graphic assets missing as well since this is a PC port.
I've heard his work for Killer Instinct Season 3 which initially sounded OK, but like you said, his arrangements don't really work in-game. Reminds me when Mick Gordon did Riptor music for KI, and that felt really off. It's fine to listen as a music track.
I guess for what he had, that is impressive since he didn't even contact Marty as Marty was working for Bungie.
Choir feels flat or out of tune. Something might be wrong with my ears, but it didn't sound in key like some people didn't get enough sleep or something. Still very disappointed to this day how this collection turned out.
Im kind of annoyed that 1.5 years of data and the best they can do is cut weapons from a playlist instead of giving them the balancing tweaks they deserve.
This sandbox team / mp team split seems to cause a bottleneck for progress that other competitive games dont deal with. The mp team can see that weapons are broken, but are powerless to make the actual changes necessary, so they just cut them.
Meanwhile, outside of a minor improvement to the sniper, the sandbox team hasn't done shit to improve Arena weapons balancing since launch. Infact plasma caster and hydra tweaks have made those weapons WORSE for competitive. Compare this to any other game with a esports scene and 343 looks downright unresponsive.
Why? Cuz you can't sprint around the map and get away with it?
I like it a lot lol I don't play it much, but it's fun.
For the exact opposite reason actually. It's pretty much entirely cross mapping from people you can't see and spawn killing. Plays like shit.
Nerf autos and you get the entire casual community raging. The competitive fans aren't the only ones which matter.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
This is why I think classic MLG settings did things better. It was always fairly straightforward and simple.
Start with one utility weapon that is the most important skill in the game.
You have one power weapon and maybe a power up on the map.
No radar so only pure skill of audio queues, communication, and map awareness are in play.
While your at it 343--may you please get rid of those stupid grenade hitmarkers. PLEASE.
That was competitive Halo at its core for years and years. The devs trying to include a myriad of weapons and features they developed for the game just seems like a desperate attempt to give everything a smart purpose in and out of competitive play for the sake of meaningless variety. The simple core that they have provides the competitive variety we crave. There is nothing wrong with a streamlined simple experience. There's a reason people use to 1v1 or Octagon for hours in Halo....because the skill of reading your opponents, aiming, strafing, dodging, etc is pure fun and raw skill that can take hours and hours to develop.
I'm sick of 343's approach to this. Separate the communities entirely. It was just fine before. Don't piss off or compromise both clearly different sets of players and communities.