It was for me and I haven't played Halo 2 yet.
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Halo |OT 20| It really does feel like Halo
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Ein Bear
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Well in my mind, them giving scoping to every weapon, along with switching the controller input for it over to the priority left trigger, definitely implies that the mechanic is considered more important in Halo 5.
I'm not going to freak out until I've played it myself, but am definitely wary.
Zeouterlimits
Member
The Vidoc does a good job of selling it, I must say.
It does ultimately feel like it might another Halo 4 esc faster and more aggressive TS experiencryption than Halo 3 was.
The announcer and audiovisual cacophony are what immediately top my list of things to be improved.
It does ultimately feel like it might another Halo 4 esc faster and more aggressive TS experiencryption than Halo 3 was.
The announcer and audiovisual cacophony are what immediately top my list of things to be improved.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Oh, cool, thanks!
I don't even know if you're being sarcastic.
So like halo 4
Really disappointed by Halo 5. Sprint needs to go, Midship looks so drawn out. It just reminded me so much of a Reach/Halo 4 style map with wide walk ways and large spaces.
Hopped on MCC and played some customs with friends and breathed a sigh of relief at how good it was. Shame about MM but oh well it'll be fixed soon enough. Just further emphasised to me how unnecessary sprint is.
But damn, Halo 5... looks so bad hahaha it doesn't even look like Halo. I'm fine with the thruster and aim down sights. Everything else should be cut, they literally made all the jumps a little bit higher just so you have to ledge grab... completely pointless. There's no way I'm buying that if the final game resembles anything like it.
Hopped on MCC and played some customs with friends and breathed a sigh of relief at how good it was. Shame about MM but oh well it'll be fixed soon enough. Just further emphasised to me how unnecessary sprint is.
But damn, Halo 5... looks so bad hahaha it doesn't even look like Halo. I'm fine with the thruster and aim down sights. Everything else should be cut, they literally made all the jumps a little bit higher just so you have to ledge grab... completely pointless. There's no way I'm buying that if the final game resembles anything like it.
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
Halo 5 is going to be god awful...
No, I don't need to wait until I play it to know that. These changes are terrible and have no place in Halo.
Unless virtually all of them die the moment the beta does, Halo 5 will tank just like Halo 4...
No, I don't need to wait until I play it to know that. These changes are terrible and have no place in Halo.
Unless virtually all of them die the moment the beta does, Halo 5 will tank just like Halo 4...
StalkerUKCG
Banned
C'mon Son.
Halo 5 looks genuinely fun, Sick of people crying over something they haven't even played. The combat looks tight and fast, the thrusters are a relatively small change, sprint isn't leaving the series but now it has drawbacks, Thruster pack worked fine in Halo 4, Groundpound seems OP but that is what the Beta is for and ADS doesn't carry the weight traditional ADS does and seems to only be a feature on select weapons. It's not game breaking it's just a scope under another name here.
I genuinely think some people just want to be pissed at Halo because it's the "in thing" to be a hypercritical salty mother fucker about everything
The Beta is a year from release for a reason, If this shit is broken and the game isn't fun it's going to be removed.
Game looks incredibly bad. I was watching it and I was just trying to find a way to love it I really was... everything I saw when they first showed it I laughed at. I'm sorry but that just isn't a game I want to play. Didn't seem next gen at all to me, just gimmicky.
Shit I haven't played Halo 4 in ages. RIP
Eh, at least we can let our voices be heard in the beta. But I'm expecting the worst, but hoping for the best.
Pop
Member
Also you get descoped on every hit.
I thought the beta footage looked amazing. I'm one of those that hated Reach and H4, quit playing within a month of release. The beta looked balanced and with even starts. The base speed could be increased a little though. The trade off for using sprint seems fair. Spartan abilities seem very basic and not something that can be abused. Hell half of them won't even be used in competitive matches, just because the mechanic of some would cause people to be out of position.
I am really surprised that HaloGAF doesn't think that the Ironsights taking up a bunch of your screen is not a big deal. It has a severe impact on your overall awareness and ability to see the map. There is no benefit to it over a Scope, which doesn't fill up your screen with shit you're not shooting at.
It's cosmetic ADS, and that visual only mechanic is terrible for Halo gameplay.
It's cosmetic ADS, and that visual only mechanic is terrible for Halo gameplay.
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
Wait until you see it.
Wait until you play it.
Wait until they fix it.
Wait until they replace it.
Every... damn... time...
I'm sorry, I don't give blind faith where it isn't deserved.
So I got home at 10pm PST with my game. And now at 1:10 AM PST did it finally install and I can try the matchmaking. Ridiculous. I hope a future update makes disc installs voluntary. At least let me play the fucking game and install it later on during the time I am sleeping. I'm dead tired but still have to get some games in.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
It does
ViewtifulJC
Banned
7 maps, didn't say they'd all be different #Kappa
7 different Midships confirmed
HiredN00bs
Member
Dear Developers and Publishers,
Now is the time. You have a contingent of traditional Halo fans without a modern version of the competitive multiplayer game they want to play. The blueprints are already drawn. Make it look smart, make it play tight, keep the rules simple, and support the hell out of it. Microsoft has dropped the ball, and it's there for anyone to pick it up.
If you build it, they will come.
Regards,
A Former Halo Fan
A Former Simpsons Fan
A Former Star Trek Fan
P.S. Sorry to 343 Industries; you're good people and I wish you good luck. :_(
Now is the time. You have a contingent of traditional Halo fans without a modern version of the competitive multiplayer game they want to play. The blueprints are already drawn. Make it look smart, make it play tight, keep the rules simple, and support the hell out of it. Microsoft has dropped the ball, and it's there for anyone to pick it up.
If you build it, they will come.
Regards,
A Former Halo Fan
A Former Simpsons Fan
A Former Star Trek Fan
P.S. Sorry to 343 Industries; you're good people and I wish you good luck. :_(
What if the map is the same; just a different variant of it? Kind of like the Forge spaces except that you can copy the map setup onto different settings.
Crazy talk? Ridiculously optimistic?
But H2A
Have you not played Halo 2 Anniversary?
NobleGundam
Banned
Terrain editing?
HiredN00bs
Member
If I get it for Christmas. I've played all those games already. A lot. A whole lot.
Blue Ninja
Member
I'm not completely sold on Halo 5 yet. Seeing that smart scope on an AR made me die a little inside.
But the game looked fun. I'm excited to try the beta. Just wish they'd picked a better time than during my goddamn midterms. :lol
But the game looked fun. I'm excited to try the beta. Just wish they'd picked a better time than during my goddamn midterms. :lol
That raises the question; what progression in Halo are you guys looking for? What game mechanics can 343i add to improve the experience? And no, I'm not talking about simple things like increasing base movement speed.
I get it that you've played Halo 2 a lot. Most of us have. But when you guys are opposed to vast majority of changes that both Bungie and 343i have implemented and want classic Halo, why isn't an uprezzed Halo 2 simulator good enough?
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Halo 2 holds up wayyyyy better than I expected it to.
All I really want is Shooting Skill back, game has been stupid easy to shoot in since Halo 2 came out. More of a medium paced Quake style game with quicker base movement speed, teleporters, having to rotate around the map for powerups and powerweapons. Better strafe, maybe some more interesting jumping and movement mechanics, that don't take the gun out of my hand of course. Simpler more balanced weapon sandbox would be nice too.
Blue Ninja
Member
The only thing's I'm currently pretty unhappy about are the weapon indicators/spawn timers, the ground pound (which just reminds me too much of Destiny's supers) and the scope on weapons like the AR and SMG. The rest, with all the added mobility, looks pretty great, and is what I wanted from a new Halo game.
What would you need to change in Halo 5 to reach the bare minimum requirements that you just stipulated?
Haha, my disc install just finished. Patch still nowhere close to done. Just watching Neighbor stream MCC until then. Probably one of the worst launch nights I've had since Gears of War 2.
No sprint, no ADS, better FoV (80+ pls), faster base movement speed/strafe, smaller gun models. Aim Assist on Rifle type weapons that is closer to Halo CE's aim assist mechanics, so I don't have to zoom all the fucking time. No Ground pound, charge, slide, clambering on ledges, thrusters don't disable your gun temporarily and can be used to slightly boost jump. Crouch jumping to clear obstacles and make jumps, as well as allowing you to apply it to your strafe and mid fight evasion tactics. No lunge on melees, screen shouldn't be so busy with information and clutter.
Probably more, but that's all for now.
buddha0991
Member
I played 1 game of H2A Team Slayer, 1 game of H2A Big Team Battle, 1 of Halo 3 Big Team Battle, and 1 of Halo 1 Big Team Battle. When this thing works, its glorious, I cant wait till they make the matchmaking good!
Bornstellar
Member
This about sums up my thoughts,
TLDR: The only new mechanic you like are the thrusters?
Is there any major feature they can add (from another game or otherwise) on top of your list?
I see a developer wanting to change Halo not because the old Halo is bad per se; but because every new release from the players' and the reviewer's perspective requires new ideas to justify the $60. I don't completely agree with that philosophy but that is the nature of the industry and it will not change. It's something we will have to get used to.
I'm basically trying to see what you guys have in mind in terms of additional game mechanics. If a solid and realistic proposal is given a year is plenty of time for 343i to implement it.
Curious why you wouldn't want thrusters to disable your gun. Aren't you afraid of constant burst shootouts?