NV was up 1-0 series and had a +10 kill in game 2 of slayer but choked and then just tilted and OpTic took all the rest of the games with ease.
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Halo 5: Guardians |OT5| Is HaloGAF irrelevant now?
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NV was up 1-0 series and had a +10 kill in game 2 of slayer but choked and then just tilted and OpTic took all the rest of the games with ease.
YourExWife
Member
Being able to hear a vested audience at a Halo tourney is making this more watchable than I thought.
Most Wanted came to play apparently.
Most Wanted came to play apparently.
curiouscharles
Member
shit, i kind of expected as much :/
Nv certainly has a good chance to dethrone Optic, but they're kind of inconsistent so far.
hoping it's just that the team is new and they need to gel / find their groove together, but when they click they really click.
Nv certainly has a good chance to dethrone Optic, but they're kind of inconsistent so far.
hoping it's just that the team is new and they need to gel / find their groove together, but when they click they really click.
The HCS structure really needs to put more emphasis on open competition.
Segmenting the Pros from the AMs so heavily just reinforces the cliquey behavior.
This season was a small step in the right direction. hopefully next season they have more LANs, in better locations, with better prize pools.
BizzyBum
Member
Gotta give it to something like Gears 4, they seem to have a great eSports system in place.
Gears 4 system sounds PERFECT.
Of course, that game has offline MP support, so that setup is more viable logistically.
It would be nice if Halo5 would get some sort of server app, that could allow for offline MP.
SaganIsGOAT
Junior Member
Wowza, reinstalled Reach after hearing about the new update. 😮. Well done to everyone involved in this update. The game feels great again! GOAT campaign time 🙌🙌🙌
Does it run at a normal frame rate?
Gears still has some issues. Only played a little bit, but couldn't get a solid game yet.
Samurai G0SU
Member
Heard its better than what the 360 was outputting...
360 with frame dips at 20fps ..
Xbox one bc same spot at 30fps....(idk for the rest of the game)
Crazy.
I played a game of Firefight on Beachhead without any hitches. The real test will be playing a game of FRGfight on Glacier and seeing if the frame rate tanks like it did on the 360 version.
SaganIsGOAT
Junior Member
Yup, they really fixed this game. Every encounter feels tight and right at 30fps. So good. I honestly never expected this game to be fixed. I never expected that any of the updates that were made to fix it would work to this degree. 💯
I think one game at a time is good from now on...
I'll take H3A but if they skip it and go right to H6 that's cool too.
SmartWaffles
Member
Both CE and 2 in MCC are Windows builds which have some really big differences from their Xbox counterparts, especially CE.
Oh shit. I forgot they were based off those builds!
Hah, good to know.
Though his preferred settings sound pretty bad.
Munch Poke
Member
I've been reading the new Halo Fractures book and just got to The Ballad of Hamish Beamish. Did that poor bastard really live off nails for ten years? How did he cut the other passengers nails or hair if they were cryo? Why not go full cannibal at that point?
What the fuck Frank. 10/10 best tale in the book so far.
What the fuck Frank. 10/10 best tale in the book so far.
SmartWaffles
Member
Probably just some kind of time dilation effect? No way it is ten years.
But again, just like H2A and Halo CEA, they would get a different studio to do it. Remember MCC was largely a multiplayer disaster. I dont necessarily want Reach multiplayer back. With the power of Scorpio, they could probably remaster Halo 3's campaign to 1440/60fps or even 4k/60fps if the visual fidelity isn't too crazy. They would theoretically only do one multiplayer and Reach campaign remaster would be no different than how they improved H4 or ODST etc. I'm saying they could sweeten the H3A deal with something like that. Halo 6 isn't coming before 2018, and with Halo Wars 2 this year and Halo 5 declining, they have to have something for next year when yet another CoD is released, another Battlefront etc.
Forerunner
Member
Yup, they have to have something for 4Q of 2017. This is why I believe H3A is going to happen; it’s the 10th anniversary, plus there is that Blur H3 picture in the Mythos. It’s most likely just going to be the campaign with some multiplayer maps and extras for H5.
Also have to check certain forge variants. I know on a couple i tested when i had access toa One last, you could see individual frames.
Glacier is definitely the worst case scenario. The framerate was so unstable on that map that it was even left out of the Firefight playlist originally.
I dont care for logic. One game at a time pls lol
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Ya know I originally was ok with them passing on H3A but given the play anywhere program I really want it actually. I think I would really enjoy the older Halo games with kb/m since there's no sprint and thrust. Whereas Halo 6 I'd rather play on Xbox assuming both of those abilities return.
At a certain point keyboards feel clunky to me in fps games once I reach a certain number of hotkeys.
I know I'd have the option to play with a controller on PC but who knows if they'll include aim assist/magnetism in their first game actually built for windows. Maybe it wouldn't be an issue but some games kb/m users have been able to abuse that and get those benefits as well.
The new Breakout is okay'ish. Still not as good as anything else in this game, but pretty good to do stupid shit with 3 other friends.
Also playing Halo 5 right after I play R6 Siege and Halo 5 on PC, makes me want to pull my hair out:
I'm not gonna get hyped about a potential Halo 3 Anniversary and themed pack for H5, based on a picture, though. Not until it's confirmed, anyways. Will I be excited when it actually happens? Possibly.
All we know for 2017 is Halo Wars 2 and it's 6 months of support.
Also playing Halo 5 right after I play R6 Siege and Halo 5 on PC, makes me want to pull my hair out:
- Controller settings are still garbage.
- I got a 40-60ms ping in every R6 Siege game so far. In Halo 5, it's at least over 100ms due to the simple fact of playing against people from other continents.
- Server Tickrates are terrible.
I'm not gonna get hyped about a potential Halo 3 Anniversary and themed pack for H5, based on a picture, though. Not until it's confirmed, anyways. Will I be excited when it actually happens? Possibly.
All we know for 2017 is Halo Wars 2 and it's 6 months of support.
BizzyBum
Member
I'll probably do the same thing I'm doing with Gears 4: campaign on the PC and multiplayer on Xbox.
Forerunner
Member
I'd still pick Reach over 3 or 4.
Munch Poke
Member
I'm a Reach kid all day. There was something so good about how close quarters was actually really effective in that game. Probably due to bloom on the DMR and a myriad of other things but I haven't felt that masterful with an Energy Sword since then. I miss my slice n dice medals.
Over 4 sure, over 3? Nah
Ricky Ricardo
Member
Samurai G0SU
Member
We all know before halo 5, Halo
had the best mp.
2
before all the haxx that occurred.
hacks did ruin Halo 2 post level 25-30, but I remember sometimes getting the really fun ones on Containment where you could fly the Specture turrets and it was basically some Star Wars shit lol
Forerunner
Member
Halo 5 has been out for like a year, so it's list time
Multiplayer
2
5
CE
Reach
3
4
I would have put 5 at one if it weren't for the lack of modes, plus all the other things I complain about regularly, and if it had
Campaign (also includes story quality)
ODST
3
CE
2
Reach
5
4
again.
Multiplayer
2
5
CE
Reach
3
4
I would have put 5 at one if it weren't for the lack of modes, plus all the other things I complain about regularly, and if it had
BTB pistol starts.
Campaign (also includes story quality)
ODST
3
CE
2
Reach
5
4
Fata1moose
Banned
Ranking the series:
MP:
1. 5
2. CE
3. 2
4. 4 in MCC
5. Reach
6. 3
Campaign:
1. CE
2. 3
3. ODST
4. 2
5. Reach
6. 5
7. 4
MP:
1. 5
2. CE
3. 2
4. 4 in MCC
5. Reach
6. 3
Campaign:
1. CE
2. 3
3. ODST
4. 2
5. Reach
6. 5
7. 4
SaganIsGOAT
Junior Member
Did this last night. I'm not sure if its a placebo effect or not, but Glacier felt better than it ever did on 360. Also, the lag you'd get when zooming sometimes feels like its gone. It's crazy how much better it all feels.
Unfriendly TimeTraveler
Member
Finally fucking got the h2 br the day has finally come. I am now awaited in Valhalla.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Uploaded some Reach gameplay if anyone's interested in how it runs. Got 28 kills lol, and there's some good ol' Sword and Hologram action.
Played it last night too; felt good.
God, Reach is painful to even watch. The snail's pace movement speed and reticle bloom are so frustrating. I'll stick to nostalgia with that one, no need to go back.
BizzyBum
Member
curiouscharles
Member
Ok I'll play...
MP:
1. 5
2. CE
3. 2
4. 3
5. 4
6. Reach
Campaign:
1. CE
2. 4
3. Reach
4. 3
5. 5
6. ODST
7. 2
lol, i kind of agree with you...
people make a huge fuss about Halo campaigns [and give 343 a lot of shit for apparently ruining them], but i always found them pretty lame / forgettable / non-events.
MP:
1. 5
2. CE
3. 2
4. 3
5. 4
6. Reach
Campaign:
1. CE
2. 4
3. Reach
4. 3
5. 5
6. ODST
7. 2
lol, i kind of agree with you...
people make a huge fuss about Halo campaigns [and give 343 a lot of shit for apparently ruining them], but i always found them pretty lame / forgettable / non-events.
Gnome Scat
Member
Multiplayer:
1. 3 (5/5)
2. 2 (5/5)
3. 5 (4/5)
4. CE (3/5)
5. 4 (2/5)
6. Reach (2/5)
Campaign (Level Design):
1. 3 (5/5)
2. 2 (5/5)
3. CE (4/5)
4. 5 (4/5)
5. Reach (4/5)
6. ODST (4/5)
7. 4 (3/5)
Campaign (Story):
1. 4 (5/5)
2. ODST (5/5)
3. 2 (5/5)
4. CE (4/5)
5. 3 (3/5)
6. Reach (3/5)
7. 5 (2/5)
Halo 4 barely beat out Reach for multiplayer, so thank Haven and zero/low bloom.
1. 3 (5/5)
2. 2 (5/5)
3. 5 (4/5)
4. CE (3/5)
5. 4 (2/5)
6. Reach (2/5)
Campaign (Level Design):
1. 3 (5/5)
2. 2 (5/5)
3. CE (4/5)
4. 5 (4/5)
5. Reach (4/5)
6. ODST (4/5)
7. 4 (3/5)
Campaign (Story):
1. 4 (5/5)
2. ODST (5/5)
3. 2 (5/5)
4. CE (4/5)
5. 3 (3/5)
6. Reach (3/5)
7. 5 (2/5)
Halo 4 barely beat out Reach for multiplayer, so thank Haven and zero/low bloom.
Forerunner
Member
Lists
At least we aren't posting the Waypoint sprites.