GringoSuave89
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Digital or physical? If the latter, you need to download the code included in your game case. Even if Halo Channel is already downloaded, redeem and download the code.
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Halo |OT 21| Battle is the Great Redeemer | LIVE. DIE. RESPAWN.
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Digital or physical? If the latter, you need to download the code included in your game case. Even if Halo Channel is already downloaded, redeem and download the code.
Gnome Scat
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Thanks, I forgot that I haven't downloaded any codes for the game yet.
You're a good guy DM, but no one here is entitled in this case.
GringoSuave89
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User 73706
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Wow. Are you trolling, or just challenged? Please explain why you're fine with the launch of the MCC as it has gone so far. And if you're not fine with how it's gone, then how do you truthfully believe that not thinking "oh I'll just wait for the game to be fixed months after I've spent my money on it" is being entitled?
edit: 343 themselves is saying they owe us, because it's true. Not quite sure who you're even defending with that post. You just come off as smug, which is not what I'm used to from your posts
oh boy
NEW Halo 5 GAMEPLAY - [TRUTH] EXCLUSIVE Halo 5: Guardians Beta Gameplay [NO COMMENTARY]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt7vhoe9deY&feature=share
Damnit, the pistol is so strong!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt7vhoe9deY&feature=share
Damnit, the pistol is so strong!!
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I'd guess this game won't be running "properly" for at least a month.
I don't think it's unreasonable to be upset. Even being upset in the first week is completely justified.
Matchmaking shouldn't have needed to be fixed. The thing is though, there's a lot of problems to be sorted out not only on the multiplayer side, but also the single player side. Not to mention they are working with games ported from 2 different generations being crammed into one package, and making sure they all run together properly.
That's INSANE.
How do they expect people to work with that? If you want to only download games, 500 gigs isn't going to cut it. Especially not if you only have access to 360 of said gigs. Terabyte hard drive should've been the standard. I really don't see how they though any less in this case was enough. I mean... besides money. Damn I don't want to think of how much One's would've cost if it was a terabyte.
Nice aimbot yo
I understand bro <3
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Would be cool to incorporate the Flood into that mode. Maybe as a third team or just an alternate gametype in Firefight Versus? The potential is limitless.
Sprint is an illusion, movement speed is still too slow. Other than that, gameplay looks pretty fun and the Magnum looks awesome. Finally, but I'm still reserving full judgment until I get my hands on it as Greenskull might just be aiming poorly.
If there's not as much aim assist as previous games, this loadout selection is looking nice. AR/Magnum starts is the best option as long as the Magnum is a legit weapon.
Spartan chatter is waaaaaaay too frequent.
The 4-shot pistol will be the preferred on anything without BR/DMR starts. I think it should be lowered to 5 or 6 shot kill.
AR shreds.
The ADS implementation is so atrociously distracting. Notice how much visual clutter there is when you are getting de-scoped and re-scoping in this section.
http://gfycat.com/RapidPersonalAfricanpiedkingfisher
Looks like bloom is in.
edit: All criticisms aside though, I am excited to see how Halo 5 plays. It looks like it has the potential to be really, really good.
Ya that descoping ADS DMR is some janky, messy combat, looks gross.
BeamImpact
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Working on a sort of remake/remix of High Grounds.
At least, it has the core idea of High Grounds in there. It's being made primarily for Territories and One Bomb/Flag.
oooo let me know when your play testing that i love me some highground
DJ Lushious
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I beat Halo 2 Anniversary last night on Legendary. I didn't get the achievement for beating The Great Journey, nor Legendary Anniversary (or any of the other difficulties). I had the game crash on me right when I encounter the banshee in The Great Journey, so it was two and a half playthroughs on that level.
What do I have to do to get my achievements?! :'(
What do I have to do to get my achievements?! :'(
I guess this is a good time as any. Let's talk about what we're okay with in regards to H5 so far.
- Strong pistol
- Health and shield recharge bars
- BR and DMR (pick which one you prefer)
- Thrusters for fast movement
- The fact that Clamber isn't automatic and has to be initiated by the player
- Puuuuurfect kill medal
- Heavy emphasis on power weapons
- There is a penalty for using sprint (personally i think sprint should drain your shields and it should have to be something that you recharge)
Deputy Moonman
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Yes i am. I believe it is a destructive attitude to have. Me me me me. I was wronged. Give me stuff. Me me me me. 343 is working to get the game fixed. I honestly dont believe they owe anyone anything more than that. But they will because theyre cool like that. I know its not a popular opinion but thats the way i feel.
Working on a sort of remake/remix of High Grounds.
At least, it has the core idea of High Grounds in there. It's being made primarily for Territories and One Bomb/Flag.
High Grounds
Putting Pot Coffee into the Coffee Pot Since 2552
- Aesthetics. Truth is gorgeous, and that Breakout map, arena sandbox area is superb.
- An SMG that's worth a damn.
- Breakout Gamemode -> One life rounds (CS-style)
I agree completely. There is a terrible attitude with some people where they feel that if they are wronged, or if a game isn't up to specs, they deserve to be compensated adequately. But life's not fair.
Fata1moose
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I'm one of the people asking for a port of Reach and ODST, but I don't see it as an actual possibility, just think it would be awesome! Even H2A maps don't seem very realistic, it's going to be free Xbox live gold or something.
That Halo 5 gameplay was pretty good. I know some people don't like the voices, but the spartans actually make map callouts in relation to where they are shooting and they say "Watch your nade spam." When you damage teammates with grenades, which is pretty cool. So if it can be toggled off when you're playing with friends I see it as a neat feature. I also like how at the begining of Slayer it says "Control power weapons to win" I feel like that's really buying into what makes Halo great and it's good to see. Though i don't like that there's an announcement when power weapons are re-spawning, players should have to keep a track of that themselves.
Add
- Lighting (and lighting effects)
to that list and we are good! Seriously, that lighting especially on Truth is just so damn beautiful. It really looks like every minor source of light is reflecting on the players, environment and the first person weapon. I love it. Feels very vibrant and not put-on, like Spartans felt in any Halo title before.
Gnome Scat
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Gameplay looks really good.
Some things I noticed:
Kill cam now tracks grenades
DMR seems really hard to use
Spartans seem to call out when grenades are being spammed
Looks great so far dude. Count me in if there is ever a playtest.Working on a sort of remake/remix of High Grounds.
At least, it has the core idea of High Grounds in there. It's being made primarily for Territories and One Bomb/Flag.
- Strong Competetive Focus
- Tier System
- Automatic Weapons are viable again
- De scope
- Much lower aim assist (not confirmed yet)
- Equal Starts
- No ordinance
- No AA's
- Changes adding to the core gameplay instead of fluff
- Grenade indicators are out
- Kool Armorz
- Emphasis on Map traversal
- Emphasis on map control
- In game Spartan call outs (though hopefully this can be turned off)
Well said dude
You got it for playing Halo 3 today.
Fata1moose
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The DMR might be in Truth just for weapon balancing purposes for the beta, but I feel it should be regulated to BTB maps, doesn't seem very fitting even with the increased size of this Midship remake. Hopefully it's replaced by carbines on Truth and hopefully Carbines are actually useful/have a purpose.
GringoSuave89
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As a major DMR lover, I'm fine with that. People seem to feel it's OP and were even saying make it a Power Weapon (oh God no). If there's a learning curve, I can manage.
Deputy Moonman
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I have some explaining to do.Wow. Are you trolling, or just challenged? Please explain why you're fine with the launch of the MCC as it has gone so far. And if you're not fine with how it's gone, then how do you truthfully believe that not thinking "oh I'll just wait for the game to be fixed months after I've spent my money on it" is being entitled?
edit: 343 themselves is saying they owe us, because it's true. Not quite sure who you're even defending with that post. You just come off as smug, which is not what I'm used to from your posts
Its not so much that im happy with the way the game launched. It was bad and i get that. I just dont like waving a pitch fork at people either. Not trying to be smug i promise. Im trying to be grounded and accept failures on occasion without expecting a bunch of compensation, especially if the company behind the product doesnt have a history of screw ups. However, I shouldnt be throwing around the entitled label at everyone. That was wrong, and i apologize to all of you for that. Ill keep it on the DL.
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you speak the truth. Thanks for the kind reproval.
Gnome Scat
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YourExWife
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"We played against a pretty competent team."
Large Midship map, slow base movement, fast sprint so that Greenskull is sprinting 90 percent of the time everywhere.
Coupled with the new no shield recharge during sprint, you're either forced to move slow and get health back or sprint with no shields.
Or, here's a radical idea, bear with me. They up the base movement significantly, so that you are moving pretty fast, and remove sprint entirely and shields recharge normally as they did in the past games. You wouldn't need the map so big either.
Coupled with the new no shield recharge during sprint, you're either forced to move slow and get health back or sprint with no shields.
Or, here's a radical idea, bear with me. They up the base movement significantly, so that you are moving pretty fast, and remove sprint entirely and shields recharge normally as they did in the past games. You wouldn't need the map so big either.
Too early to call obviously, but it's nice to see the DMR not destroying everyone and everything in its path.
I noticed this while playing Halo 4's campaign (not sure if it's the same in MP, honestly can't remember), but the majority of your outer vision is completely cluttered and not visible while zoomed in. It's very similar to what we have here, in that you can basically only see what's around you in that small circle of zoom. I honestly believe it could be a decent way of making the DMR not as powerful, since you don't get a big clear zoomed in picture to pick your targets off.
I guess I'd prefer it just use the old system, but it's not happening guys, so time to look for the silver linings!
I noticed this while playing Halo 4's campaign (not sure if it's the same in MP, honestly can't remember), but the majority of your outer vision is completely cluttered and not visible while zoomed in. It's very similar to what we have here, in that you can basically only see what's around you in that small circle of zoom. I honestly believe it could be a decent way of making the DMR not as powerful, since you don't get a big clear zoomed in picture to pick your targets off.
I guess I'd prefer it just use the old system, but it's not happening guys, so time to look for the silver linings!
Gnome Scat
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Heresy! That would never work. Everybody knows that sprint is always a good thing since all hames gave it now. And what's even better is now people will get shot, sprint to escape without knowing their shields won't recharge, and then die quickly, thus making the game even more fast paced.
Duh.
I would add that I really appreciate the faster weapon switch times. I always ran with Dexterity as a tac package in Halo 4 because I loved how fast you could shuffle your weapons. It looks like they've definitely boosted the speed, hopefully it's not uniform though (makes sense from a balancing standpoint slowing your ability to switch to a power weapon slightly.)
After watching a few videos, Base movement speed is too slow, likely because sprint is included which was my worry. Needs increased even at the expense of sprint not being that much faster. Far too much short sprinting when it could be avoided for the most part.
Rest of the game is looking pretty good. I like the call outs, maybe not the voices but always liked what they add to BF,
Rest of the game is looking pretty good. I like the call outs, maybe not the voices but always liked what they add to BF,
Ragnarok Flames
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Base speed has to be slow so they can justify ignoring the criticisms about sprint.
StalkerUKCG
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Did I hear Nathan Fillion AND Adam Baldwin in that Truth Gameplay?
I'm calling it now, they'll eventually remove the sprint penalty, because even with it on, people are so conditioned to sprint everywhere, they'll complain that they keep dying and that they don't like shields not recharging. I just don't see it staying when 90 percent of the people mindlessly sprint about.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
And it'll be another showing of who their new target audience is.
I'm really glad that it seems difficult to use. Having a single shot weapon with good range is great as long as it doesn't just dominate at all ranges.
I'm still hoping for a toggle but if it doesn't happen then I can live with the ADS.
Having it obscure your screen does seem like a potential way to balance it though given its nature as a mini sniper. I wonder how battles between a DMR and a Sniper Rifle will go in Halo 5.
The base movement could certainly use a boost. You shouldn't have to sprint on "smaller" maps to get around. It should be a tool you use when you are really in a hurry.
NobleGundam
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This beta needs more refining. Movement is still shit, imho. Sprint is bcuz why.
That's the map description now.
BF3 chatter would be great.
"I'm getting my shit pushed in here!!"
"Guys, we are losing. Get your fucking shit together!"
Scrub chatter would be great.
"Shit, I'm so far off host!"
"Warthog coming in left side. Or wait no should I call that right side? Wait that's a mongoose. Shit."
GringoSuave89
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Serious or not aside, I don't get Halo's aversion to cussing. It's an M rated title, and I don't need it every other sentence like it was a David Goyer script, but you'd think someone would say "shit" once or twice. I'm guessing it's because despite its rating, Halo still attracts a sizable young audience.
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