Masterz117
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I don't understand that argument though. Halo 3 is still the best selling Halo ever and the only game that actually was able to compete with CoD.
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Halo |OT 20| It really does feel like Halo
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I don't understand that argument though. Halo 3 is still the best selling Halo ever and the only game that actually was able to compete with CoD.
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
I'm really heart broken by this. I was willing to work with Sprint, but this... my hype for Halo 5 is killed and hype for MCC is severly dashed, I'm close to closing the stream because that's how betrayed I feel.
Prinz Eugn
Member
Why bother even interacting with this community if all you do is the opposite of what they want? From a practical standpoint it seems like a waste of time for 343i to even post here, though Stinkles does like his Off-topic.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Wow, and here I thought 343 learned from their mistakes and were stopping with the follow the leader game design. I legit wish I could cancel my MCC digital preorder and return my Xbone. I don't want to support this company that clearly has no fucking idea what their fanbase wants.
GringoSuave89
Banned
Boy did I wake up to a clusterfuck.
Sprint is the most worrying then here to me. The "ads" seems so instant I don't think it's ads so much as a new scope look. Though even that breaks the mantra of no screen clutter.
Regardless, until the beta is in my hot little hands, I'll stay neutral on all of this.
Sprint is the most worrying then here to me. The "ads" seems so instant I don't think it's ads so much as a new scope look. Though even that breaks the mantra of no screen clutter.
Regardless, until the beta is in my hot little hands, I'll stay neutral on all of this.
VisceralBowl
Member
You can cancel digital pre-orders on Xbone.
ArchedThunder
Banned
I can't return this Xbone that I bought months ago FOR HALO.
TheOhrenberger.
Banned
The user-base shifted. Also the Halo community progressively splintered over Halo 2 and 3 and they never managed to recover it. CoD just consumed so much time, Halo slowly drifted into the background. 343 would have to do something massive to pull fans back in. MCC must be that backup plan but its not fresh enough to drag in a new community.
Let's not let any shitty Halo 5 design decisions diminish hype for the MCC. The MCC is still going to be a great game.
ADS aren't modern, didn't MOH do them three generations ago.
I don't understand why 343 would want Halo to mesh with every other shooter, Halo pretty much stands alone and is better for it, unique at least.
At this point with COD fading slowly, BF mess, Destiny unknown. Halo had the chance to stand up tall but I think we're long overdue a new contender. Something that does the basics well with a great sandbox without the carrots and positive re-enforcement bs layers on top.
I don't understand why 343 would want Halo to mesh with every other shooter, Halo pretty much stands alone and is better for it, unique at least.
At this point with COD fading slowly, BF mess, Destiny unknown. Halo had the chance to stand up tall but I think we're long overdue a new contender. Something that does the basics well with a great sandbox without the carrots and positive re-enforcement bs layers on top.
How else are they going to pretend to listen to the community?
They know what their fanbase wants, the problem is that they want a different fanbase.
Ein Bear
Member
This is what I don't understand. They're doubling down on deicions that have already been proven to be poor ones. Halo 4's online population has been dwindling to pathetic numbers ever since it launched, whilst reaction to the return of classic Halo in the MCC has been enormously positive.
Who the fuck are they trying to appeal to here?
ArchedThunder
Banned
The only one I want. I have a PS4 and a PC, I bought an Xbone because it sounded like 343 learned their lesson.
Go buy Sunset Overdrive and/or Forza Horizon 2. Have some fun and you'll feel better about owning an Xbox.
Halo threads are so full of overreaction. Maybe wait to see what the official story is?
Gnome Scat
Member
I'm really surprised at how little these people know the industry. Hell, it's not even the video game industry, just business in general. The key to success with a sequel is to capitalize on what worked well beforehand. If you put out something your core audience likes, they'll buy it and others will follow through positive word of mouth. Since all these people like it, many will buy the DLC as well.
If you chase another audience, the core audience will hate the product, actively avoid it, and get others to do so. The audience you're chasing will drop your product and go back to theirs. After all, why buy an immitator when you can have the real deal? Then, DLC sales will be very low and the overall brand is tarnished.
They're thinking only about short term revenue gain. "Get all the sales in the first week. Who cares what our fans think? We're making money. " This ideology is what will kill Halo until somebody comes along and reboots it years down the line. The entire Xbox Brand might be at risk as well because of this.
This is the thing I still can't understand.
So glad I'm getting MCC for free now.
A few things though. So far the ADS looks aesthetic. Doesn't seem to slow you down to a crawl or anything like that. Doesn't seem to be a huge change to accuracy either. Seems like a new type of zoom. I can guarantee that we see a Left Trigger zoom come out of this though.
A few things though. So far the ADS looks aesthetic. Doesn't seem to slow you down to a crawl or anything like that. Doesn't seem to be a huge change to accuracy either. Seems like a new type of zoom. I can guarantee that we see a Left Trigger zoom come out of this though.
Gnome Scat
Member
Brilliant.
Prinz Eugn
Member
Retweet cosplayers, obviously.
TriStateTryHard
Member
How much development time was wasted on a feature no one wants?
ArchedThunder
Banned
Was that one clip the only thing to leak? I'm willing to wait after my knee jerk reaction(I literally woke up to a text from my friend with a picture Halo ADS) and hope that it's fake ADS that functions the same as the old BR scope. I guess we'll find out tomorrow.
'still'? Is there a gaqme where that is the case?
7 seconds.
Welfare
Member
GringoSuave89
Banned
I'm hoping that's all it is. Sprint needs to go though.
So lets get this straight. Halo 5 may have/do have the following based on leaks:
Double jumps, ADS, and Sprint would really be weird but its not the reason something like Destiny isn't competitive. Destiny isn't competitive because of the bad map design, unbalanced weapons, and so many 1-hit kill weapons (supers, shotguns, fusion rifles, snipers all at start).
Look, COD was willing to take fundamental risks with the exoskeleton but kept a old school version intact. I was hoping the 4v4 arena gameplay would remain intact like that but man this changes things.
- Double Jumps
- Climbing
- ADS or new scoping look
- Clans
- Ranks
- Sprint
- A 1-life round-based mode
Double jumps, ADS, and Sprint would really be weird but its not the reason something like Destiny isn't competitive. Destiny isn't competitive because of the bad map design, unbalanced weapons, and so many 1-hit kill weapons (supers, shotguns, fusion rifles, snipers all at start).
Look, COD was willing to take fundamental risks with the exoskeleton but kept a old school version intact. I was hoping the 4v4 arena gameplay would remain intact like that but man this changes things.
Ein Bear
Member
So, the same amount of time that Halo 5 will spend in the Xbox Live charts?
YourExWife
Member
So we all know ADS is shit through and through for gameplay, but whatever happened to Spartans' armor connecting to the weaponry, negating the need for ADS since you're armor's helmet is providing the scope instead of limiting the Spartan to the physical scope needing to be near the face?
Not only ADS, but *another* retcon?
Not only ADS, but *another* retcon?
Well, that's what I've been saying it looks like from the start (except for a minute when I was just like "shit").
I think it will be. I really hope it will be.
Syphon Filter
Member
It's not because you can see he shoots from ads mode.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
So we all know ADS is shit through and through for gameplay, but whatever happened to Spartans' armor connecting to the weaponry, negating the need for ADS since you're armor's helmet is providing the scope instead of limiting the Spartan to the physical scope needing to be near the face?
Not only ADS, but *another* retcon?
Whats that? 343 retconning shit just fit their vision. fucking shocking.
Masterz117
Banned
Why can't 343i copy the good parts of CoD? Like a zombie mode or something?
I'm saying that "ADS mode" might just be a visual redesign for scoping.
How is this just a visual zoom design change? It's straight up ADS. Coupled with the fact guys like Shinobi have now said they've pretty much confirmed it in all weapons, AR, pistol etc.
Because he still shoots with complete accuracy in hip fire mode. Because we don't know whether or not it affects movement speed.
It looks like ADS, however mechanically it could act like scope.
6 more than Halo 4.
Where's all this info coming from? I know the AR ADS and Locke/Chief info came from Shinobi but what about this?
How is this just a visual zoom design change? It's straight up ADS. Coupled with the fact guys like Shinobi have now said they've pretty much confirmed it in all weapons, AR, pistol etc.
ALL OF THIS.
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Depends on which perk you select.
So we all know ADS is shit through and through for gameplay, but whatever happened to Spartans' armor connecting to the weaponry, negating the need for ADS since you're armor's helmet is providing the scope instead of limiting the Spartan to the physical scope needing to be near the face?
Not only ADS, but *another* retcon?
