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Halo |OT 20| It really does feel like Halo
- Thread starter Fracas
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I'm not sure how to phrase this without it seeming rude, but why is it that none of the staff at 343i (or Bungie) are any good at their own game?
Welfare
Member
Oh god, yeah.
Optimatch forums were decent, it was just the general forums that sucked.
Onikaan
Member
Honestly, I think I'd rank B.Net's forum as the worst forum I've ever visited. I've had more intelligent and entertaining discussions on /b/ . Their mods also made GAF's mods look consistent and fair.
Onikaan
Member
Then the proceeded to insult us.
Well, isn't this pretty much true tho ..? This community always had one huge privilege: contributing developers. And currently people are doing everything they can to chase them away.
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
WHAT?
Yep. Official general forums are usually the stankest cesspool of filth involved.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Holy crap at the Elite and the Didact. Crazy stuff.
This reminds me, has there been any word on 343 bringing back handicaps for H2A custom games? I remember in the glory days of H2 doing FFA giving myself a heavy handicap so that my one friend who was TERRIBLE at the game (but still liked playing with us) a fighting chance.
We always did goofy stuff with our group like taking the two best players against 4 or 5 other folks in like CTF or Oddball. Lopsided matchups like this were honestly their own brand of randomness and fun.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Because people like us have been playing it religiously for multiple years, while they likely play in development and use their free time to play other games, so they don't get burnt out on their work?
Spend more time working on them instead of playing them. It's not a 1:1 translation for skill, unless they are like QA or something, being a dev doesn't automatically mean they will be proficient players of their own game.
This is pretty much the sole reason I went into a different field of programming instead of game programming. If I got into game programming I fear I would have burnt myself out a bit and possibly "ruined" my favorite hobby.
I was under the impression that they all did a ton of playtesting in office, I remember the old vidocs talking about how they'd often sit down for office LAN matches. Additionally, since they're designing the maps, weapons, etc., one would imagine that the familiarity with all that would lend itself to being able to apply that in terms of gameplay.
I played against Bungie a handful of times back in Halo 2, and it was always a slaughter. It seemed like most of them lacked even basic understanding of strategy, how to utilize the sandbox, etc. Really contributed to my skepticism whenever they would talk about balance and such in updates.
Everyone has an off game, plus we don't know exactly who was playing, but I believe our very own Tashi was on the losing team (one of the best players HaloGAF ever had though). Sometimes, people just aren't good at games, even ones they create. I would imagine IGN has played a lot of Halo themselves.
On a related note, based on stats when double checking gamertags, the best players here at Reach were Plywood, Tashi, Ramirez and Overdoziz. Now that ranks are back, will be interesting to see how people stack up, whether they still have it.
Yeah, 343 lost to IGN in the CTF game on Stonetown
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
Don't feel bad, you guys probably just felt bad after the embarrassment that was the Bloodline CTF game.
This confused me for longer than it should have. Nice post.
Not all of them are playtesting a ton, and they won't improve as much because they play the same competition over and over, instead of climbing up a skill ladder and facing tougher opponents.
I can still believe that designers know balance and mechanics even if they aren't very good at their games. John Howard (Lead Designer on Shadowrun and Halo CE) is pretty bad at his games, and they are the two best MP FPS on Consoles.
Diablohead
Member
SMG drop again! damn it didact.
At least you got a weapon, all I get is the same stupid weapon skin.
I'm totally going to talk like the Speaker to my team in multiplayer to piss people off...
"We're falling behind Spartans!"
"Total control team!"
"I know that's not the best we've got..."
"You captured their flag... it's ours!"
Then the proceeded to insult us.
Sadly true.
biosnake20
Member
Is there any gameplay of the silenced smg in H2A?
The Lamonster
Member
Is there a hard drive space difference for digital vs physical installs on X1? If not, I'm going to cancel my Amazon preorder for digital so I can download the extra 20GBs in advance.
Is there anything I'm missing? I already know the preorder skulls are different.
Is there anything I'm missing? I already know the preorder skulls are different.
Thug Waffle
Member
CE multiplayer playlist, here I come.
Just got around to watching the new Zanzibar footage. I actually don't mind the new announcer. I think it sounds fine during the actual gameplay. It does sound a bit weird during the intial waiting screen though. The way he says "score".
Hardly an issue though because it sounds fine during gameplay.
Hardly an issue though because it sounds fine during gameplay.
In the Blood Gulch footage Max dual wields them and shoots them for a second.
Halo 3!!!!
Aaaaaand the player isn't working.
works now
Poodlestrike
Banned
Yeah, IGN player is sketchy as fuck. Keep poking it, it'll start up eventually.
RowdyReverb
Member
Halo 3 looks damn good. I tried it again recently to see just how bad the resolution used to be. Yeesh. I wish they would have shown a shot of him looking across to the other side of Narrows since the pixelation really reared its ugly head there.
HOLY FUCK BALLS BATMAN, it's beautiful. I cannot handle this right now. I need it, you've ruined me Fankie, and the rest of the team, please give it to me now.
What? This is not the game that has that issue, there are at least two games in the series with that problem, and this is definitely not one of them.
What? This is not the game that has that issue, there are at least two games in the series with that problem, and this is definitely not one of them.
ActiveRush
Member
The video is a nice short view of Halo 3 Campaign and multiplayer at 1080p, 60 fps. While it looks excellent and so smooth I still have my doubt's in terms of the feel of the game and its responsivenss. The BR still looks as inconsistent as ever. These doubt's will probably be somewhat mitigated when I can actually play the game.
H3 BR has intentionally designed and programmed randomness, so it will always be inconsistent to a certain degree. Better resolution and framerate, along with better netcode should make getting used to its "intended randomness" a lot easier though.
I disagree with it outright though, I should be able to manage the recoil, spread, and inaccuracy of a weapon with my own skill, it shouldn't be programmed to be random with no mechanic of player correction.
Onikaan
Member
Halo: CE Multi I think?
Their taking requests for any game.
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
:lol
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Might be a tough call between Halo 3&4 for least played in my book. That first BR battle when it shows multiplayer.. ehhh