Zeouterlimits
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Halo |OT 20| It really does feel like Halo
- Thread starter Fracas
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BigEvilTurtle
Banned
Good point, guys. A second install disc wouldn't be bad. I always forget that's how it worked with Halo 4.
Only missing Halo Wars and Halo: Spartan Assault, but that's still pretty cool.
No that is too logical.
That does not seem to be the reason as Frankie said "The game is designed to run as a single, unified product" even if aparently he was talking about swaping disc, it very much confirms that this content is ready.
He also mentioned this "Mind if I ask you what your specific problem situation is? Disc? Bandwidth cap? Slow speed? Just curious and would like to provide deeper guidance"
He is most defenetly aware of what people are debating about and probrably is looking into it.
I doubt I'll ever do those. Wars just really wasn't my kind of game and I own Spartan Assault on Steam where achievements are a complete afterthought.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
No HW or Spartan Assault? Not a true Halo fan.
I have 100% for every game too, but only 50% for SA. I'll 100% it one of these days ;]
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I've only gone out of my way to go for Halo achievements a few times. That "prevent yourself from dying of fall damage by getting an assassination" one from Reach was probably the one I went for hardest. Otherwise, I just let them come naturally. Which means I'm missing A LOT of them, lol. Some of the ones from Halo 3 are so terrible, and I never even had all the Halo 4 DLC to have a chance at those.
IDKAboutThat
Member
I think Halo Wars was a pretty great game. Should have been ported to PC long time ago.
Achievements are okay, except the General achievement. Even if you are boosting that one it will take you ages.
Achievements are okay, except the General achievement. Even if you are boosting that one it will take you ages.
I want to try it but I'm afraid the person will hate whatever I get them, lol.
Crimson Kopite
Banned
As long as you give them something other than this OT I think they'll love it.
"Who the fuck gives a McDouble as a Christmas present?"
LOOOOOOL
So I'll be the oddball here and say that I don't think 4v4 should be considered the standard. I still think pro games should be 8v8 and incorporate all of the sandbox (yes vehicles too).
I know that in Halo: CE there are a lot of cool skill tricks you can do with vehicles and that could make for some pretty interesting CTF games.
Here's a link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNTnIwLtHF4) to some of the old school vehicle tricks you could do and that's just scratching the surface.
I know that in Halo: CE there are a lot of cool skill tricks you can do with vehicles and that could make for some pretty interesting CTF games.
Here's a link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNTnIwLtHF4) to some of the old school vehicle tricks you could do and that's just scratching the surface.
Kibbles
Member
United States of America. But fuck AT&T I'm downloading it anyway. Yolo
ElzarTheBam
Member
I'm gonna do this.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
SSound cool on paper but getting 8 humans together to practice and go to events would be nearly impossible for most.
Poodlestrike
Banned
It's a problem of balance. The larger the sandbox, the harder it is to make sure everything fits together.
See I feel like the more you add the more unpredictable things become. Which could result in some really incredible plays. I don't know maybe it's me but noscoping people and spawn trapping is getting a little old for me.
Poodlestrike
Banned
It could result in some incredible plays, but it could also result in incredible predictability. Tournament play has a way of filtering out all the less than optimal options. Increasing the scope makes it that much more likely that someone finds something hideously broken. A smaller sandbox makes it more likely that they can make more of it viable.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
unpredictable != competitive
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Most teams express how difficult it is to get a team together, make time for practice with everyone's schedules. That's why doubles is incredibly appealing for people. You just need on other person and you are good.
8 v 8 sounds cool, but would be way too hard to manage a team. It's just not going to happen.
Nah variety is cool for sure. The more focused stream lined nature of Halo is STILL unique compared to other games out there despite it not using the full sandbox.
8 v 8 sounds cool, but would be way too hard to manage a team. It's just not going to happen.
Nah variety is cool for sure. The more focused stream lined nature of Halo is STILL unique compared to other games out there despite it not using the full sandbox.
Because the biggest tournaments had their gametypes determined arbitrarily by one person instead of community consensus
Yep... doesn't help that the pros never want to branch out and try new stuff either. Oh well... I still enjoy comp Halo, even if it lacks a bit of variety.
Crimson Kopite
Banned
I think the Community Cartographers is a good example of why things shouldn't always be designed from the community.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
This is the thing I disliked about MLG as Halo games gave more control to the player and Bungie kept watering down the sandbox; it was a terrible mix of hardly any weapons good for competitive play (money on the line) and MLG limiting the variety too much as time progressed. That being said, MLG did try incorporating more elements of the sandbox when the games first released though, but probably found it too difficult to maintain that balance (by their standards).
Would the CE Plasma Rifle be a weapon on the map if it was designed like that for Halo 3? I don't know, but CE didn't have Forge and the everything-must-be-100%-symmetrical mentality, and it worked fine for competitive play. Would Chill Out even be allowed for tournaments in today's age? I'd hope so.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
apparently LAN doesnt exist to 343
Part of my issue and some other people I know is MLG started diverting so much from the base game that it was watching two separate games, instead of an eyebleeding super hardcore version of what we were playing.
This is what it was like in Halo 1 and 2.
Then in 3, MLG started diverting
Reach MLG had custom Megalo written to it that they were entirely different. It had almost no relation to the game the vast majority of the userbase was playing.
I posted about this before, but MLG community members had a hard time even getting new maps tested because nobody wanted to play on non-circuit maps
CCs weren't the sole gatekeepers of matchmaking and had content under the CC name put out that the CCs never worked on. The hardcore community has never gotten a community consensus playlist, it's always been arbitrarily made up by one person.
Crimson Kopite
Banned
Maps like Colonnade and Cragmire are the reasons I'm hesitant for community involvement. I bet you could agree with me there.
YEYE FIRST PAGE
Wall of Shame:
Pretty hyped up, MCC OT in 3 weeks and it's no where near done yet. Let's hope it's at least better than Fracas' attempt
Holy shit, I made the Wall of Shame
Also yay! I'm unbanned!
I missed a whole week of the new OT
Going to have to do some catching up to make the next wall.Edit: Damn, people are getting way too worked up about the whole patch thing.
Well this is disappointing. I was having a bunch of friends over on launch day for a LAN party, and I really doubt everyone is going to be able to get their systems updated on the day. That really sucks
Only one of you needs it. Get an external storage device and transfer it to everyone else.
We dont know what is included in the 20gb Content Download. to this point the only thing 100 percent sure that is on the Disc are the SP campaings.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
so not all of the games are on the disc? thats false advertisement
All the games will be playable from that one disc.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
all of the games Campaigns... what about multiplayer?
not being salty, just trying to show that not everything is on the disc like they said it would at e3.
Come on dude, I know it sucks, but do you have to infect the OT with this stuff now too?
By that I mean once the patch is downloaded, all the games will be playable just by putting the disc in.
Also this, there's a gaming side thread for this.
You are not been salty, but "so not all of the games are on the disc? thats false advertisement" sounds like a sarcastic jab.
technically once the patch is installed, (a one time event), everything will play from one disc
a lot of things are said at E3 that doesnt end up in the end product, by that logic, the Xbox one not having allways online is false advertisment as well.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
fine.
gaiz 343 is the best dev ever. they always listen to the community. lets just be happy they are giving us outdated halo along with the rerelease of the messiah that is Halo 4.
Palmer is a better spartan than chief. Laskey is a nerd.
Stop acting like a piece of shit.