biosnake20
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I'm not gonna lie, I kind of like it.
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Halo |OT 20| It really does feel like Halo
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Poodlestrike
Banned
I gotta say, I liked it. The salt will flow, but with the exception of smart scope, I'm sold on basically everything.
Doug Heffernan
Member
I don't see the Destiny comparisons at all.
This is next gen Halo, the way it should be. They did in fact learn from Halo 4. It feels like a natural evolution from Halo 3.
This is next gen Halo, the way it should be. They did in fact learn from Halo 4. It feels like a natural evolution from Halo 3.
CreateNowSleepLater
Member
Not ONE spartan ability is original. All of them ripped from this years hit games.
You have to charge that in mid air, your a floating target with it.
ADS doesn't make sense fictionally.
And Groundpound being a OHK is the true outrage worthy thing over here.
why give so much power to melees
Edit: But I actually think this looks decent
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Didn't hate it immediately!
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I mean, no ordinance drops and no custom loadouts/perks makes it 75% better already.
Pretty sure all these abilities described have existed in games prior to this year.
Simmer the fuck down already!
Trolling or for real?
CreateNowSleepLater
Member
I mean, they officially put every single thing Halo fans asked NOT to put in Halo.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Here is what I have so far...
GENERAL
MAPS
SPARTAN ABILITIES
WEAPONS
BETA
GENERAL
- still red vs. blue
- shields remain at top mid of screen
- even abilities all the time
- radar and no radar setting shown, radar remains at bottom left
- 4PM - playtest everyday.
- pro team - go to resource e.g. callouts
- callouts all created by pro team at 343i
- Perfect Kill = new medal for perfect 4 shot kill
- descope returns
- game text feed on bottom right
- personal text feed on bottom left
- new slayer gametype
- no more ordnances
- power weapons on static timers
- can carry 2 primary weapons (no mods/packages needed)
- medals feed now middle bottom of screen
- appears to be a faster pace overall
- Carry 2 frags and 2 plasma grenades
- new spectator mode
- 5 seconds respawn for normal death
MAPS
- Truth = Midship remake
- New map shown, simulation design style
SPARTAN ABILITIES
- Thruster (works multi direction)
- Ground pound
- Clamber (really hard ledge grabs work like classic crouch jumps for good players)
- Slide (full sprint velocity then crouch to slide)
- Charge (full sprint velocity then melee to slide)
- Sprint (while sprinting shield does not recharge, must walk or stop to recharge)
- Smart scope (hip fire accurate, no penalty to movement), allows descope
WEAPONS
- AR
- sniper
- pistol
- rocket thingy
- battle rifle (2X zoom)
- dmr
- SMG
- Prophets Bane - new energy sword and you get increased movement and lunge
BETA
- Begins 29th DEC 2014 and ends 18th JAN 2015
- all about new arena experience
- beta for feedback of balancing, maps, exploits, weapon, abilities
- nerfed first: thruster pack (quinn), ground pound (josh)
- the DEC beta will include a basic version of the new spectator mode
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
Actually looks ok, needs hella refinement though
This is a pretty big thing that's making me give this a chance.
Zoso Achilles
Member
Their programmers must be fast then...
ElRenoRaven
Member
Yup it's officially Destiny of Duty 2557: Guardians.
GoDs DeMoNaToR
Neo Member
Halo is like Coca-Cola.
Doug Heffernan
Member
The beta will have 7 maps, that's pretty substantial.
The outdoor map with the foliage looked really pretty.
Bornstellar
Member
Looks great IMHO. But I've been pining for more movement abilities. SUPER happy the clamber is not automatic.
I think when players learn everything matches will be faster.
The game looks great visually but when you start really picking those mechanics apart (in the best way we can) all of that stuff becomes super concerning. The damage abilities and thruster look like they are already broken. Sprint and clamber is enough for speedy movement, IMO.
biosnake20
Member
There was a third map shown too I think. It was an outdoors grassy map.
BigEvilTurtle
Banned
Beta looks rough, as expected, but I like what they're trying to do. Add more content while keeping everyone on equal footing.
Smart scope is cool; I like it. Sprint sucks but the shield penalty makes it less terrible.
I'm cautiously optimistic.
Smart scope is cool; I like it. Sprint sucks but the shield penalty makes it less terrible.
I'm cautiously optimistic.
Doug Heffernan
Member
Oh please...
This was in development well before the Destiny alpha or COD AW multiplayer reveal.
Real talk:
ADS almost looks like it encourages hip fire. It takes up a ton of screen space and kinda came off as clunky in general. All of the long-range firefights seemed to devolve into camping or running away because it was impossible to maintain a decent engagement.
Could be good or bad, but in general the game looked pretty slow. Maybe the players weren't used to the mechanics, maybe it's the game itself, idk. Smart scope is dumb, but it clearly hasn't turned the game into an ADS fest.
ADS almost looks like it encourages hip fire. It takes up a ton of screen space and kinda came off as clunky in general. All of the long-range firefights seemed to devolve into camping or running away because it was impossible to maintain a decent engagement.
Could be good or bad, but in general the game looked pretty slow. Maybe the players weren't used to the mechanics, maybe it's the game itself, idk. Smart scope is dumb, but it clearly hasn't turned the game into an ADS fest.
Destiny's gameplay mechanics have been known since the early alpha in what, June?
Even the match opening is a blatant rip off. :lol
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
Looks like classic Halo with new abilities and sprint, which i figured what the aim was
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Everyone has the same abilities. Thus equal starts. No perk choosing or loadouts.
Seriously. Just waiting for bigshow to say it didn't cause him to projectile vomit and I'll let the hype fester.
At first blush I like it about as much as Halo 4. I think it's kinda gaudy - too busy.
Looks good. Interesting how much they talk about looking at the info from the beta, sounds like they've got a lot of options they can play with. I like the zoom, feels like augmented reality. Yeah, looks like ADS, but seems like it it will feel like traditional zoom. If the movement is consistent then that is the most important.
Thrusters were one of the most fun things for me and looks like they are using it the ways I've always wanted.
Can't really get any sense of those weapons yet. Can't wait for the beta, looks like it will be a pretty good look at what to expect.
Thrusters were one of the most fun things for me and looks like they are using it the ways I've always wanted.
Can't really get any sense of those weapons yet. Can't wait for the beta, looks like it will be a pretty good look at what to expect.
We all have the same abilities and weapons now.
Bornstellar
Member
Everyone gets all the abilities.
No loadouts and killstreaks already makes it better than Halo 4 so there's that. Not a fan of Charge and Ground Pound, but aside from that it definitely looked like it could work a lot better at competitive level. ADS seemingly replacing scoping in really doesn't sit well with me, though. Shit has to go.
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