I imagine a good portion of the people playing Warzone exclusively would have never touched arena in the first place.
Also, wesley, the PS4 exclusive gear/strike/maps on Destiny is fucking bullshit.
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Halo |OT 24| In Before the Locke
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I imagine a good portion of the people playing Warzone exclusively would have never touched arena in the first place.
Also, wesley, the PS4 exclusive gear/strike/maps on Destiny is fucking bullshit.
Yeah, the Luke Smith super-snark "If I showed you the emotes right now you'd be throwing money at the screen" line looks egregiously bad in text form.
I don't care if this shit has been foisted upon them by big-daddy Activision, but Bungie has managed to burn many of the bridges they just slowly rebuilt over the past month or so with this stuff from most of the fanbase's perspective.
It's a lack of tact and to a small extent a lack of class.
wesleyshark
Banned
I guess I'm just numb to it all from being an Xbox player since the OG Xbox. I'm used to msoft securing exclusive content all the time, so when Bungie announced that destiny would have some stuff exclusive to the ps4 I just shrugged and moved on. It's nothing new. Hell, I'm kinda excited that we get Tomb Raider earlier on the Xbone... Not because others do not get it, but because I absolutely loved the previous one and getting it quicker is fine by me.
Poker Face
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Exclusivity, pre-order bonuses, junk food tie-ins, etc etc are all shitty but it comes with the territory of buying games that are being distributed by a big publisher. Yea I wish I had Hawkmoon, and a bunch of extra stuff but sadly it's how Activision does business. I just feel like compared to the initial PS4 exclusive stuff people are going overboard.
Hope you don't trade it in, but if you aren't enjoying it then you gotta do what you gotta do :/
PvPers trolling the typical PvE'ers with tricked out weapon stats?
The people who would only play WZ would have never touched Arena to begin with, or wouldn't be in your bracket, lol.
Demoncarnotaur
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OK, so this is a big ask, but I have been majorly out of the loop. I saw the e3 stage demo, but that's it.
Are there any links to all the new content (new enemy types, new enemy designs, screens, renders, etc.) I never even saw the info from when GameInformer had their scoop.. other than the picture of Buck.
Also, any e3 demos that weren't from the stage? Any other bits I should know/catch up on? I'm ready for the Halo hype again.
Are there any links to all the new content (new enemy types, new enemy designs, screens, renders, etc.) I never even saw the info from when GameInformer had their scoop.. other than the picture of Buck.
Also, any e3 demos that weren't from the stage? Any other bits I should know/catch up on? I'm ready for the Halo hype again.
link1201
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I have a similar concern I want the sample size as large as possible for Arena. I hope they don't market it just for the Hard Core and that they don't hide it away as an after thought to WZ.
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-5-guardians/xbox-one
Everything you're looking for is on this page bud, ViDocs, gameplay videos and screenshots and renders on the bottom of the page.
NobleGundam
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Water is gold
Arby wears gold
therefore Arby is water
Arby wears gold
therefore Arby is water
RedSparrows
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This. For all the shit, Arena is competitive, focused, equal. That is what I wanted, even as in the broad scheme it probanly isn't as popular as a wtf chaos mode.
Lmfao
Hold X to Commit Sudoku.
wesleyshark
Banned
This joke just doesn't add up.
Just getting round to watching the new episodes of the sprint. I noticed that the Arbiter is with Spartan Locke in the mission during production but isn't in it in the E3 demo. I'm assuming Arbiter leaves you at some point during the level or the E3 demo was being misleading for plot reasons.
RedSparrows
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Would read again.
ElzarTheBam
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S U D O K U
Did you expect any different from EA, Activision, Microsoft, or Sony?
wesleyshark
Banned
I was going to table it, but didn't want to be a total square.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Genius Marketing because fuck people that like equal starts non Adhd gameplay.
Yea, it's not like they had a month+ beta for that particular fan or anything.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
*slow clap*
wesleyshark
Banned
OmfgOmfg
wesleyshark
Banned
That'll cost you $80 USD.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Yet most of their marketing is towards Warzone and its gameplay affecting pre-order bonuses. We don't get shit for content about arena or fucking Big Team. Shit Big Team isn't even on the damn disc.
And they can say it all they want, but its because of Warzone that they'll be shipping g yet another incomplete product.
TS x Massacre
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Oh boy. That title though ha.
Anyways, yeah I'm looking forward to Arena more than anything. But I believe Warzone will provide a fun romp when I'm playing with my gf/brother/whoever that isn't very well versed in Halo MP.
Wesley is an Activision rep CONFIRMED.
Fahzgoolin
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Journalism
Oh boy. That title though ha.
Anyways, yeah I'm looking forward to Arena more than anything. But I believe Warzone will provide a fun romp when I'm playing with my gf/brother/whoever that isn't very well versed in Halo MP.
What's the graphic on your coffee mug now?
FFVI logo.
well done, *applause.gif*
*insert disappointed gif here*
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imgur has kicked the shit bucket, so consider those gifs as rain checks.
Fata1moose
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One thing that worries me is the amount of arena maps we'll be getting. There's 6 War Zone maps so that's 6/20 then we don't know if Big Team maps will actually ship on the disc if they do that takes a bite out the arena maps as well. If not, then there will be 6 War Zone DLC maps and however many Big Team battle maps as the DLC. Seems like they might be relying on forge too much in arena and I don't necessarily like playing on a plain gray map all of the time.
wesleyshark
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Fata1moose
Banned
The true rite of passage is when he realizes the CE pistol is the best gun in Halo's sandbox history.
I had Calc 2 in my first semester of college...
My grade suffered because I skipped some classes to answer payphones for ilovebees.
feels old, man
i regret nothing
Demoncarnotaur
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The Warzone MTX are footing the bill of 15 free maps, of course they're going to push that mode. They pushed Arena last year with a beta, and have stated that all of the cosmetic stuff is shared between the two modes. What more do you want?
Jesus, DestinyGAF still burns through OTs in two weeks. I don't understand how you can follow threads like that. Gave up on the Dota threads for similar reasons.
(Which reminds me, people doing the OTs really need to start putting the archive links back in.)
We need to preserve payphone booths as historical relics so kids can learn of The Old Ways.
(Which reminds me, people doing the OTs really need to start putting the archive links back in.)
We need to preserve payphone booths as historical relics so kids can learn of The Old Ways.
JumPeRJumPzZ
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I dont understand how people can still play this turd.
I don't understand how people can still play this turd.
Demoncarnotaur
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Now excuse me as I react to things that are old news for everyone else.
Wooo, they fixed the Grunts! I love the look now.
Bleh, they kept the Halo 4 Jackals. I just don't like the design at all. At least the energy shield looks a lot more glowy.
They also kept the Halo 4 Elites, and while I don't love them, I don't loath them. Anyways, moving on to the Prometheans/Forerunners, I love that they really expanded upon their variety and added a more humanoid profile to them. However, I still think the designs are too complicated and not nearly sleek enough.. and what's with Megatrons face? I'm still not in love with this enemy class visually, but I can't wait to fight them.
I just really wish they would stuck closer to the actual Forerunner aesthetic.. I really wish we could fight Forerunner enemies that look like this:
I realize canonically that what we are fighting are post composer Forerunners, and the pictures above are from when they were alive. But the 'Prometheans' we fight look nothing like the Forerunner aesthetic I know and love.. plus the ancient armor just looked cooler.
Anyhow. I still find this human architecture incredibly bland and boring. It looks brilliant in in concept art, but in execution with the Halo engine it just doesn't do it for me. Everything sorta looks and feels like plain building blocks, where only the skybox is appealing.
Also, the covenant architecture doesn't look very Covenant. I thought this was a human city at first. It should be brighter, sleeker and more organic. It kinda lost the charm.
However, when it's all said and done, this excites me:
Plus, Buck is on Lockes team? Hell yes.
Look, I know gameplay is the thing that matters in the end. But I loved Halo for it's beautiful and alien worlds, and its art style was very unique. I just feel a lot of that visual identity and charm is lost here, it doesn't look right to me and isn't exciting me or making me wish to explore it the way past games did. Again, if they nail the gameplay I'll be happy, but this is still something that bums me out.
Wooo, they fixed the Grunts! I love the look now.
Bleh, they kept the Halo 4 Jackals. I just don't like the design at all. At least the energy shield looks a lot more glowy.
They also kept the Halo 4 Elites, and while I don't love them, I don't loath them. Anyways, moving on to the Prometheans/Forerunners, I love that they really expanded upon their variety and added a more humanoid profile to them. However, I still think the designs are too complicated and not nearly sleek enough.. and what's with Megatrons face? I'm still not in love with this enemy class visually, but I can't wait to fight them.
I just really wish they would stuck closer to the actual Forerunner aesthetic.. I really wish we could fight Forerunner enemies that look like this:
I realize canonically that what we are fighting are post composer Forerunners, and the pictures above are from when they were alive. But the 'Prometheans' we fight look nothing like the Forerunner aesthetic I know and love.. plus the ancient armor just looked cooler.
Anyhow. I still find this human architecture incredibly bland and boring. It looks brilliant in in concept art, but in execution with the Halo engine it just doesn't do it for me. Everything sorta looks and feels like plain building blocks, where only the skybox is appealing.
Also, the covenant architecture doesn't look very Covenant. I thought this was a human city at first. It should be brighter, sleeker and more organic. It kinda lost the charm.
However, when it's all said and done, this excites me:
Plus, Buck is on Lockes team? Hell yes.
Look, I know gameplay is the thing that matters in the end. But I loved Halo for it's beautiful and alien worlds, and its art style was very unique. I just feel a lot of that visual identity and charm is lost here, it doesn't look right to me and isn't exciting me or making me wish to explore it the way past games did. Again, if they nail the gameplay I'll be happy, but this is still something that bums me out.
AllIsOneIsNone
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Aren't they funding competitive tournaments through Warzone? I think arena will be fine, they know the hardcore Halo players are their solid foundation. Everyone else just be swayin with the wind.
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