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Halo 5 Review Thread
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thekiddfran
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Ah but that isn't fair to be honest.
If I pick up a game I don't want to have to read tonnes of books to know whats going on.
It is the developers job to be able to create a cohesive storyline in 6-7 hour game.
Expecting players who enjoy the Halo story in the games to read the books is not a valid explanation as to why the story sucks.
That's the thing though, the parts that got cut were largely irrelevant to the overall plot, with an exception to the final mission.
So bad it spawned an entire marketing campaign, lol?
CassidyIzABeast
Member
Nah, "Sir, Finishing this fight" is the worst cock tease ending in gaming history.
Dylan Sexbang
Banned
Goddamn it, when you et so used to sarcastic remarks and jokes in spoiler tags.... It just becomes autopilot.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
I predict this thread to be a 8.6 on the Review Thread scale.
For reference, Uncharted 3's Review Thread is a 10.
For reference, Uncharted 3's Review Thread is a 10.
thekiddfran
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CassidyIzABeast
Member
Shout out to marketing for turning a negative into a positive.
Na it's only on page 16 and it's been up for more of an hour
Karak
Member
Ya not sure what is going on with some of the posts concerning that.
He's referencing the UC3 review thread which was hilarious
THEY ARE BOTH VIDEO GAMES.
Boom, nailed it, get rekt.
:3
I dunno, on a hilarity scale this isn't nearly delivering as much.
But the morning brings a new day...
AHA-Lambda
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Arby 'n' the Chief
Member
It's the nature of the beast ¯\_(ツ
_/¯Halo isn't just about the games anymore whether you like it or not, It's just too big of a franchise now
level1
Member
It's just a reference to how much of a shitstorm will be kicked up by fans, not to the games themselves
did you read what he wrote or did you just react, lol
It's the nature of the beast ¯\_(ツ
Halo isn't just about the games anymore whether you like it or not, It's just too big of a franchise to be limited to the games.
Yeah but you don't go to a Marvel movie and expect to need to read all the comics in order for it to make sense, ya know? That's why those movies make so much money.
It's the nature of the beat ¯\_(ツ
Halo isn't just about the games anymore whether you like it or not, It's just too big of a franchise to be limited to the games.
Where is my my movie MS, just fucking do it
Interficium
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This comment bumped my review thread review score up to an 8.7
A shitty Halo movie is not worth making.
Well if they consistently fuck up the stories of these games (which have huge potential, especially the H5 marketing) it starts to get a bit annoying
NoMoChokeSJ
Banned
Probably the worst analogy ever, with all the decades of lore and storyelling around each character in the marvel movies, lol.
No dude. Uncharted 3 review thread is a clear 10/10.
This is more like 8/10 territory.
Nope, it was a perfect analogy, I can walk into Iron Man, GOTG, etc and not know anything about the characters and fully understand what's happening
Sodding_Gamer
Member
Just had a read of the Eurogamer pre-review campaign review, thing. There are a few location spoilers but that's it. If you are on the fence give I highly recommend you give it a read. Paints a real nice picture of what to expect.
I agree completely with what they said there and I had fun with my playthrough on Heroic over the weekend. They have improved on every aspect of the campaign from Halo 4. Even though the story is weak the firefights and level design make up for it. They were definitely on to something with the story, they just didn't execute it as well as they could have.
I agree completely with what they said there and I had fun with my playthrough on Heroic over the weekend. They have improved on every aspect of the campaign from Halo 4. Even though the story is weak the firefights and level design make up for it. They were definitely on to something with the story, they just didn't execute it as well as they could have.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
I didn't know a single character going into Guardians of the Galaxy, but it told it's story succinctly and without the need of background knowledge.
Also, how's the story of the thread compared to it's multiplayer?
Karak
Member
I can see that but lots of people liked it. There is some...oddness to it but many actually are liking it.
I think that was his point. There's decades of lore and storytelling with Marvel characters, but when a person goes into the theatre to see a movie they don't have to know any of it for the story to shine.
Yep, will probably pick it up on a sale some time next year, don't really care for PvP, but will probably have a decent time co-oping the campaign.
Most are probably waiting to see if the servers shit the bed again
glassgannon
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Its also the time when the biggest halo fan base is asleep .
just wait for morning. because as it currently stands , half of them are gonna get up and see a metacritic score lower than halo 4 and just a point above mcc , first thing in the morning.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Single player is effectively non-existent. Multiplayer is technically brilliant, but let down by a sub-par population.
Well they definitely should have.
Triscuitable
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Holy cow, thanks for saying that. You saved my spoiler-evading butt.
Gaf devs need to release some patches and free threads.
I...dunno if that's possible. If the foundation is weak, you can't really build anything without crumbling in front of you.
Blue Ninja
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arhra
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It still resulted in a rather disjointed story, though. Not much may have happened, plot-wise, during the Forerunner Tank level, for example, but having some explanation of just how you go from jumping into a lake to being caught in the clutches of a giant talking plant would have gone a long way.
Karak
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But much much less so