UNSC stuff was good, but the one thing I didn't like was those orange marine masks.
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Halo |OT 23| Thruster is Love, Thruster is Life
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UNSC stuff was good, but the one thing I didn't like was those orange marine masks.
343i nailed everything about the Suppressor, imo, save its impotency. It's one of the coolest SOUNDING guns in the series.
Munch Poke
Member
Holy shit that trailer looked amazing.
That's how I want Spartans, fast.
That's how I want Spartans, fast.
It's true, though. The ridiculous, fast cuts were terrible.
Totally the same games with the same design philosophy!
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
..jems running wild in this place
Need the true jem to save us. Share your thoughts on sprint, jem#1, watch the place squirm.
Need the true jem to save us. Share your thoughts on sprint, jem#1, watch the place squirm.
I have no problem with the SAs, but an ability shouldn't be required for any specific section. You can go through 99% of Halo 2 without jumping*, yet the player still has that in their arsenal.
*It may be possible to do it 100% with a grenade launch, but I'm not sure.
And now you're talking about mission design, so it's kinda clear to me you just need something different. Here's my advice: play Half Life. Or just quit trying to get a franchise to change what it is about to meet your demand.
... Yeah, of course people would be complaining. Quite a few of the people I see complaining about the changes aren't able to put it into words, so they just default to "it looks like a dinosaur now". The reason why I don't like the change is because there wasn't any logical reason to change it. From a canon perspective, a design perspective, a combat perspective, the redesign falls short of logic. For political reasons, there's the obvious one which is 343i wanted to put their mark on the franchise or that the art team wanted it to be different from before. Aside from that, there isn't a reason for change that is cohesive. If they just came out and said, "We're changing the character models for [something logical]" then I'd be fine with it. Instead it was the usual 343i/MS PR spin "These guys are like the Skirmishers... You know... A different species... You know...".
ME3 isn't good, but hardly the worst game of the generation. Lime(I think it was him) had a post that summed up all the issues about ME3, and it's why I don't consider it a good game. Sam Raimi is a terrible writer, but a good director. Darkman and SpiderMan 3 are the big titles on his writing list, and both of those are terrible.
I hate how people try to misconstrue the Golden Triangle to be 3 things that are important to Halo. The Golden Triangle was and will always be a sandbox balancing concept.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
I would think movement would be a key element to any "sandbox balancing" discussion seeing as how we had nuclear grenades with short fuse times in Reach with a terrible strafe, low jump height and sluggish movement.
Welfare
Member
But that was because Bungie wanted you to use the armor abilities.
YourExWife
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NobleGundam
Banned
Nah let's talk about bunny hop + TP-ing
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
That's a problem related to motion tracker, not sprint lol. Running in circles around cover has always been a thing in Halo.
Josh Holmes I believe made this similar statement and was crucified for it, poor guy.
Josh Holmes I believe made this similar statement and was crucified for it, poor guy.
Supports my point. Other elements are just as important to balancing the sandbox than just weapons, grenades and melee.
Of course I want a game to be molded around ideas I think are fun. It's not like there's gonna be another Battlefront, so I want the one that's coming to be the way I want it. I think that holds true for everyone...
It's no different than the guys who ask for classic scope, no sprint, etc. I know it's not going to happen, but I get why they want it. That's their ideal Halo game.
I'm not asking Halo to be changed completely, just branch out and try something new in its campaign.
jailbird20022
Banned
hey hey hey, no knocking toggle crouch. Some of us are actually heavy handed and DONT wanna screw up our sticks.
as for the video, much AR, very BK. Playing halo like CoD or any low TTK game will of course make it very hard for you to get kills, besides if he really wanted those al he had to do was cu them off, that's one of the points of learning a map; to deduce potential withdrawal routes and cut them off.
samurai1226
Member
This person is just horribly bad. It's clearly his fault that the people could run away. He tries to get people with AR on Midrange without Scope, yeah good luck with that...
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Jeebus, I thought I was terribad at Halo haha.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Doesnt matter what weapon he uses... same case would happen with BR/DMR...
Sprint is still shit for Halo and always will be.
I'd argue that the most important aspect of the Campaign is replayability.
You get replayability from excellent gameplay mechanics and sandbox (CE, 2, 3), great level design (Silent Cartographer, Delta Halo, The Covenant), interesting scenarios (LNOS, 3 Scarab battles, Warthog Run).
The abilities in the Campaign are a great gameplay element, and if combined with the right level design they will be fantastic. If we can approach an encounter in more than one possible way, then that is a victory in my book.
You get replayability from excellent gameplay mechanics and sandbox (CE, 2, 3), great level design (Silent Cartographer, Delta Halo, The Covenant), interesting scenarios (LNOS, 3 Scarab battles, Warthog Run).
The abilities in the Campaign are a great gameplay element, and if combined with the right level design they will be fantastic. If we can approach an encounter in more than one possible way, then that is a victory in my book.
orichalcos
Member
Finally: Halo 2 Anniversary LASO is completed...It was terrible...
samurai1226
Member
c'mon, the guy in the video misses his DMR shots, then switches from DMR to AR to hunt the guy down while he's running away... He got enough opportunities to hit 2 more DMR shots to kill. Using AR without scope in H5 also shows that the guy didnt quite get how H5 work
I had none issues with that in the whole beta. People sprinting away without shield are easy victims through the non-recharging shields. This was really badd in Reach and H4, but I think its fine in H5. I saw much more going in cover through truster packs in H5
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
A few other things lacking:
No prediction e.g. shortcut his enemy
No teamwork e.g. Team shooting
No team communication e.g. Location call outs
No decision making e.g. Engage other enemies instead
No deception e.g. Let enemy think they got away but watch then stealth attack
No prediction e.g. shortcut his enemy
No teamwork e.g. Team shooting
No team communication e.g. Location call outs
No decision making e.g. Engage other enemies instead
No deception e.g. Let enemy think they got away but watch then stealth attack
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
MCC was really unplayable for me yesterday. Im mainly talking about the shitty player matching. It cant be right that i get the people without thumbs 5 games in a row.
It felt like this game really wants people to stop playing.
People abused Sprint and Thruster a lot. And it was sometimes impossible to kill someone without help (which shouldnt be needed if im the better player). I did the same shit to other people on Eden. I was outplaying someone really hard that he ragequit.
And this above video is just an example. You can find more.
It felt like this game really wants people to stop playing.
People abused Sprint and Thruster a lot. And it was sometimes impossible to kill someone without help (which shouldnt be needed if im the better player). I did the same shit to other people on Eden. I was outplaying someone really hard that he ragequit.
And this above video is just an example. You can find more.
Halo 2 campaign was terrible, just recently replayed it in coop. Only positives were the music and story. Missions were such a drag to play through, especially the latter half. I was hype as hell when I first played it but looking at it now it was probably my least favourite halo campaign.
if it was impossible to kill them without help, they outplayed you and thus you weren't really better than them in that moment at least
You should check out my rebroadcasts on Twitch
http://www.twitch.tv/ttuvapor
I haven't been on HCE since I believe it was Friday last week. Still getting the lag stutter, which I think many people don't understand when I say lag stutter...what that actually is.
Best way I can explain it is through the rebroadcast of my stream. My teammate and the opposition, continue to skip around as they are strafing or just moving in one direction. Furthermore, I have yet to hear any scoping sounds on any of the weapons.
I've tweeted Bravo countless times, I think he's starting to ignore me because he doesn't have an answer for this issue, usually he's always replied to me in the past, on other issues.
The Jackdog
Member
50 days officially since the last "monthly" update.
Keep on keeping on 343
Keep on keeping on 343
Almost two months...that's crazy. You can tell they have slowed down. At some point, MCC will probably be left on the back burner, and all hands on deck for Halo 5.
I dunno. If you made Chief tougher in comparison it might reinforce the differences, but you're right that it also could be frustrating; Arby and Chief were the exact same except for a flashlight, which certainly helps players jump in but always seemed a bit goofy too.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I love the Halo 2 campaign, but only about half of it. The last half you can really see where they ran out of time, especially the endless bridges and corridors in the last few missions. The first half is fantastic though.
It's a shame about this because the last four missions (two Chief, two Arby) are great on paper (Chief causes mayhem across High Charity, Arby extracts vengeance on the Brute traitors), but they really fall short in terms of execution and being playable. It certainly doesn't help that Gravemind and Uprising(?) are two of the hardest missions in the whole series solo Legendary.
Uprising is at least fairly easy to cheese. Definitely doing Gravemind coop Legendary if I want a shot at the speed run achievement.
The Jackdog
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i really think this is gonna be the last significant title update.
Theyll roll out ranks if it works, dont need to title update for that. rotational playlists too. maybe fix bugs here and there, etc. Then around E3 they add ascension and ODST, throw in a few bug fixes, close up shop and all hands on deck for h5.
Is there an FAQ somewhere that explains when you're connected to a dedicated server?
I have no earthly clue when I'm peer 2 peer or on a dedicated server.
I've yet to read anything where someone states specifically how you can tell.
The brutes especially make playing the game a pain. Just full out bullet sponges unless you have a BR or Carbine. Started Halo 3 coop and the brutes are so much more fun to fight.
Are you somehow implying that MCC isn't already on the back burner? Because it seems like it's been back-burnered since February.
Replaying through all the campaigns in MCC I really noticed something that I hadn't before. Halo 4 lost a lot of the light hearted, comical, and even goofy charm that all other halo titles had. There were not many good quips between chief and cortana to make you smile. No silly marine comments and conversations, and of course the change from an unusual and often silly alien for to a more menacing but ultimately generic look. Halo always had a great balance with being good serious SciFi without taking itself too seriously, but this is definitely something that was lost when 343i took over. I do hope it has been recognized and will return, even if in a different form, but I have my doubt's. The series is too serious these days.As opposed to the really goofy looking bird versions
They said early spring for ODST/Relic. Seems like because they know their updates have slowed down, and that H5 is ratcheting up soon, they're saving ODST/Relic for around E3 which instead makes it summer. It's mind boggling that even if certain affinity only got the go ahead for Relic in December with Bonnie apology, it still takes them 4+ months to make one map? Especially a map that is already quite simple. I'm not in games development but surely a studio that has been making maps for we'll over a decade, you could do one map in less than a year no?
The Jackdog
Member
there used to be a "connecting to server" message, some people have done network testing stuff to see if they are host, etc.
Im not sure though. I dont think 343 would advertise how often you do not connect to a dedicated server though, cause it never seems like i do.
I think H3 Brutes are more fun than Elites in a lot of ways. One of the frustrating parts of Legendary in Halo games is that Elites turn into massive regenerating bullet sponges, pretty much necessitating the noob combo if you want to have any success. The Brutes' power armor never regenerates once you pop it so it allows more variety with how you approach scenarios and whittle down numbers.
The Jackdog
Member
Its probably done, or they are paying CA like for the time of 4 staff members. Im guessing they are waiting to release it in conjunction with ODST though.
This is also the team that promised ranks at launch, in november. Its the end of april and we MAY get ranks for just three playlists this week.
Clips you record on Xbox die after a while right? Can't seem to get any of my Halo 5 clips back
I think there might be a limit to the number of clips you can have or something so maybe it's deleting the older ones to make space for the clips you're recording now.