I guess it comes down to how everybody plays Halo. I don't care at all about MLG or the competitive community. I like BTB with friends, and I loved Forge World in Reach because it allowed for a bunch of permutations without Bungie having to explicitly design new maps for the playlist.
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Halo |OT 23| Thruster is Love, Thruster is Life
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I guess it comes down to how everybody plays Halo. I don't care at all about MLG or the competitive community. I like BTB with friends, and I loved Forge World in Reach because it allowed for a bunch of permutations without Bungie having to explicitly design new maps for the playlist.
I miss the days when games were just for a good time...
I don't think that's necessarily the reason nobody cares...
Salty reputation aside, HaloGAF's criticisms are usually valid ones. Halo 4 suffered from a multitude of problems such as a massive lack of content and poorly managed playlists (the latter being nothing new...). Reach is certainly looked upon in a better light but again it still has it's problems as a Halo game.
You know something beyond the game being fixed that would show 343 care a bit more, a complete selection of playlists, gametypes, fixed default starts tried and tested over years and community favourites old and new installed, ready and waiting the instant things are working, no more we are doing this update this week, a tweak here, we'll get that sorted in a future playlist update, content update. There is absolutely no excuse to not have the best of the best available now, months ago. Get them out there, let the population play, numbers be damned. People need to experience the best selection and not be so reactive to numbers. A wide ranging community is better than one you helped funnel down bog basic gametypes that only hurts future games.
Good times.
Orochinagis
Member
So true it hurts
So were you a major montage maker back before you were hired at 343?
Can we expect a surprise Halo 5 BTB montage made by you?
I wouldn't say major but I love editing. We have real editors on the team here, no need for me to mess anything up haha.
To be fair, there was also warm reception to Halo 4 pre launch events. I'm holding out until a month after launch when people start learning about exploits and such.
He only searched Halo 2 Anniversary. This makes the whole thing useless, since we knew that H2A was one of the only games where dedicated servers actually worked (also H4 somewhat). The issue is H1, H2, and H3.
The Henery
Member
Why would you want to believe? If the findings of his (limited data) experiment are true for the wider population, that means the games you've been playing with connections as bad or worse than P2P have been on dedi's.
Not really sure what your duties involve regularly but you should make a montage of the dev matches post launch to stretch the ol' editing muscles. Would love to see it
I'm waiting till the entire info for Halo 5 comes out. All game modes, is there firefight, what's BTB like, any non-arena modes. If they have a radically different style of gameplay for non-arena, I feel it'll be like Halo 4, where people had to pick either infinity and classic/slayer pro, and as one rewarded less skilled and easier game play, it naturally won out.
Though if MCC isn't fixed soon, I won't buy Halo 5 out of sheer principle.
True, to an extent. I remember people calling out some flaws but its tough to breakdown a game with limited playtime against horrendous opponents.
In a private environment where drinks are flowing
I was at the NYCC event and I could tell from the get go ordnance, both global and personal was super dumb and I abused the shit out of the boltshot.
However the gunplay in H4 is VERY solid, so it was still enjoyable at the time. Coming off of Reach's bloom and shit movement H4 felt really nice.
Yeah, never trust GAF's initial impression of anything. Dat honeymoon phase.
Absolutely. We were all positive for 4 when it was first teased on Conan. That faded quickly after we had the full game.
Wow, evidently there is interest in this... I'm actually genuinely surprised this many people are showing interest.
Could we nail down a time say on Saturday or Sunday?
It took me a long time to dislike Reach, even with all the BS. After Halo 3, the much improved netcode and framerate (or judder- I know Reach has it's issues, but H3 never felt smooth to me at all) was a breath of fresh air. It was not until Bungie flooded Team Slayer with forge maps that I got super turned off.
Halo 4- I think I played for about 6 weeks before I had had enough.
Halo 4- I think I played for about 6 weeks before I had had enough.
Halo 4 was basically dead by end of December. By January it was dropping like a rock through the top XBL rankings. And yet you can see people say, it's not so bad, it's only losing to cod, and then next month, hey, it's only losing to fifa, the month after, hey minecraft is a beast for kids, eh, it's still top 5, month anger that, they should be proud it's a top 10 game, etc.
Reading older threads is crazy. 99% of the people who posted from the lead up and launch of Halo 4 no longer post. Hell, a majority of the people who posted even last year barely post now.
Reading older threads is crazy. 99% of the people who posted from the lead up and launch of Halo 4 no longer post. Hell, a majority of the people who posted even last year barely post now.
Barely anyone who posted in the Halo 2 thread carried over to 3, and barely any people from 3 post here today, it's not really a great measure of anything.
I don't really consider the Halo 4 prelaunch hype comparable to 5. We had a public beta, for 3 weeks. I almost played more H5 beta matches than I did H4 release, I really don't think there's any honeymoon phase going on for me, the game was good.
I was big on taking a "wait and see/play it first" mentality with 4, since it was their first game, and a few of the people here had played it at PAX and enjoyed it, we're all wrong at some point. It's also harder to trash a game and give proper opinions when the dev team is inviting you to the studio and treating you to stuff.
Part of the problem is that any skepticism is quickly labeled as "salt" and dismissed.
I apologize everyone :c
What does RGIII think of Halo 5?
Works both ways
Digital Limit
Member
True, to an extent. I remember people calling out some flaws but its tough to breakdown a game with limited playtime against horrendous opponents.
In a private environment where drinks are flowing
I was at the NYCC event and I could tell from the get go ordnance, both global and personal was super dumb and I abused the shit out of the boltshot.
However the gunplay in H4 is VERY solid, so it was still enjoyable at the time. Coming off of Reach's bloom and shit movement H4 felt really nice.
To be fair, H4 is fantastic in the MCC. There's a good game in there, and killing Infinity Slayer was a solid chip in the right direction.
The reverse is also true.
Positivity is often labelled as shilling or just "bad opinions".
SaganIsGOAT
Junior Member
Was just replaying Halo 4 and man oh man Forerunner architecture got so gaudy. The Tower rooms on the Pelican mission are some of the worst offenders.
Xbox Clips Video of the Gondola
Xbox Clips Video of the Gondola
Yea, it is pretty nice having static spawns even in infinity modes in H4 now.
Played the Pit last night, other than the other team quitting after a severe dumping on, I really enjoyed it.
Some of the AAs I really dislike still in H4, but being able to use thruster is worth dealing with them sometimes. Boltshot is still a terrible loadout weapon though, although it doesn't seem nearly as egregious as it has been in the past now.
I'm really looking forward to H5; as I loved the beta (and am now cursing WoW coming out right near there, because it sucked me in at that time, and now I just want to play H5 again
). The Wii U will keep me busy, mmm dat metroid prime.I need a Space Marine definitive edition on Xbone.
Looks borderline cel-shaded.
Digital Limit
Member
Yea, it is pretty nice having static spawns even in infinity modes in H4 now.
Played the Pit last night, other than the other team quitting after a severe dumping on, I really enjoyed it.
Some of the AAs I really dislike still in H4, but being able to use thruster is worth dealing with them sometimes. Boltshot is still a terrible loadout weapon though, although it doesn't seem nearly as egregious as it has been in the past now.
I'm really looking forward to H5; as I loved the beta (and am now cursing WoW coming out right near there, because it sucked me in at that time, and now I just want to play H5 again
My biggest complaint is that the best AA feels like Jetpack, but I have to change my controls to use it since it requires such finger-attention. And then I miss bumper jumper.
GringoSuave89
Banned
Nothing yet. I'm holding out for hope we get some word about it tonight, but it's not looking very good.
Check it out, looks like the Motorcycle helmet is coming in July.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02...available-from-july?utm_campaign=fbposts&utm_
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02...available-from-july?utm_campaign=fbposts&utm_
keep in mind that this isn't the final design, just the most recent one
link1201
Member
I see. Ok thanks. I've got my fingers crossed.
Awesome.Check it out, looks like the Motorcycle helmet is coming in July.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02...available-from-july?utm_campaign=fbposts&utm_
keep in mind that this isn't the final design, just the most recent one
Completed 4 today and would be happy if I never saw another Forerunner structure again.
Give me beaches, mountains, human cities any day.
Jellycrackers
Member
Any time Saturday post-lunch time (12:00 central for me) and I'm game.
What? I get you what you want but Halo 4 takes place on a Forerunner planet for nearly the whole game and still has diverse environments.
Dawn and Composer are human ships/bases. Infinity is a jungle + human ship. Reclaimer is a desert for most of it. Requiem is a mix of rocky/grassy terrain + Forerunner. Midnight, Shutdown, and Forerunner are the three levels that are almost exclusively Forerunner.
NobleGundam
Banned
Snow level = Profit.
Frankie is pretty small, though. pretty sure that dude is smaller than BSangel.
Welfare
Member
The campaign level Forerunner had some patches of lava here and there, but were tiny while the mission was rocks and forerunner structures.
Spartan Ops had a level that had more focus on the lava.
Anytime is good for me.
SaganIsGOAT
Junior Member
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
If Halo 3 was a better game on better netcode then maybe people would have went back to it for their competitive Halo game. Halo 3 built the coffin and Reach jumped into it. Halo 4 jumped into the hole and TMCC is burying itself.
Can TMCC pull a Beatrix Kiddo and save itself in order to regain its life for Halo 5?
ElzarTheBam
Member
Ehhh
I'll be honest, most people here know I don't like destiny, I don't even have it anymore.
Yeah, I think I can remember. Been a long time since I played Spartan Ops...
Snow + lava would be cool.