I bought a 2nd Xbone for my wife to play Destiny on.
Perhaps not the best decision I've ever made, but at least I can play Xbone games upstairs as well?
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Halo |OT 24| In Before the Locke
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I bought a 2nd Xbone for my wife to play Destiny on.
Perhaps not the best decision I've ever made, but at least I can play Xbone games upstairs as well?
Poker Face
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I was going to switch to Playstation after Halo 4, but luckily for Microsoft Killer Instinct was released and it is amazing!
But will Rare's project be any good? Does anyone really want another Battletoads? lol
I was just about to post that it's the same for me but the I realized I have both AC 4 and AC: Unity from the bundle I bought. Played about two hours of AC 4... probably should go back to those at some point, lol.
Let's not forget about the myriad of free XBL Gold games I have since November too.
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Oh shit, THAT'S how I was playing with the both of you? XD
Recently got back into playing it, the league thing is pretty cool. Still have to play around with season 2 characters though, pretty much only using Jago online.
Poker Face
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Leagues are cool, but I think they need to be worked on a bit more. Everything should be reset every couple months including brackets. I really love all the characters, they all play very differently and are lots of fun to use.
Well, to be fair, I think I'd rather sit in a MCC lobby indefinitely than play AC.
Definitely. ACU is absolutely terrible. 4, on the other hand...
Edit: Just played a game of team slayer and this guy went 27-10, he still lost. Incredible.
Edit2: and I just got loaded into a game of swat by myself. fuuuuuuuu
I really loved Unity, other than the performance issues I thought it was probably one of the best AC games I've played. Paris was just so damn cool.
You say that, however other than performance issues, the stupid Initiates shit and people trolling about "girls being too hard to animate" I haven't seen any legitimate complaints about the game. It has the best assassination missions of the series, it also has the best open world. Yes it has the same issues as previous AC games like weak combat and iffy traversal however they're improved upon from previous games in Unity. Combat is no longer just a tap X to win game and the new up/down traversal is a massive improvement over previous systems.
It's a far better Assassin's Creed game than 4. Sure the boats were kinda cool but the rest of the game was terrible, so many awful tailing missions.
You say that, however other than performance issues, the stupid Initiates shit and people trolling about "girls being too hard to animate" I haven't seen any legitimate complaints about the game. It has the best assassination missions of the series, it also has the best open world. Yes it has the same issues as previous AC games like weak combat and iffy traversal however they're improved upon from previous games in Unity. Combat is no longer just a tap X to win game and the new up/down traversal is a massive improvement over previous systems.
It's a far better Assassin's Creed game than 4. Sure the boats were kinda cool but the rest of the game was terrible, so many awful tailing missions.
Is it on sale yet? I'll probably get it eventually.
Jem... please understand...
Busting your balls is basically a weekly tradition here at HaloGAF. XD
Obviously AC:U had a ton of launch issues, but I haven't played it honestly so I have no idea how it plays today.
I bought it for like £12 on a cd key reselling site. But I don't think we're allowed to talk about them here anymore...
I know
The whole ACU thing just kinda annoys me because it's a genuinely good AC game and definitely a bit of a return to form yet it gets brushed aside because of the performance issues.
http://kotaku.com/new-assassins-creed-spinoff-is-a-sidescroller-in-16th-c-1637649790
Close enough
Download Codes are on sale for 16$ regularly. I'll try to find the current deal, if there is one.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Shovel Knight is legit if anyone is on the fence about it. Been playing that and Tomb Raider lately, both great games.
And Poker, a new Battletoads is something you don't think you want, but you do. In fact, it's probably a matter of need by now lol
And Poker, a new Battletoads is something you don't think you want, but you do. In fact, it's probably a matter of need by now lol
ElzarTheBam
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AC is zzzzzzzz
Wake me up when it moves to feudal Japan.
Wake me up when it moves to feudal Japan.
Orochinagis
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Munch Poke
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I had no problems with the perk. It's not like big team was a ranked playlist in Halo 4, and I enjoyed the casual fun. And again, I'd have no problem with legendary if it let me keep infinite sprint and my thruster. That's pretty much all I want as far as the Halo 4 goodness goes.
Luckily Halo 5 is keeping those two things and making everything even starts once more. Which is great and a fair middle ground for people like me and old school fans who really want that legendary equal starts feeling.
Edit: I'm sad to see people still having issues after the patch. I'm having pretty decent luck every night with my team. But we play with the same group every night, we could definitely just be getting lucky.
For me at least the performance was so bad I just didn't want to play it. Running full speed down any street resulted in single-digit framerate and throngs of people popping in mere feet ahead of me. And frankly, beyond the veil of bugs and performance issues, I don't see anything noteworthy. It's a totally average AC game, one that happens to play a lot worse than all of its predecessors.
Still a right bugger's muddle though on any front of balance.
Check your PM's.
Wow that is an amazing deal! is this site legit? lol
Wario64 tweeted it and my buddy and me got the code in < 10 minutes.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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As soon as Halo 5 comes out MCC won't even get mentioned by 343 anymore.
I honestly can't believe that shit still doesnt work 6 months on.
I honestly can't believe that shit still doesnt work 6 months on.
jailbird20022
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The Henery
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When was the last time YOU were put in a 3v4 and had a -26 kid on your team?
Like a week ago. :'(
Nollemaster
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Hey guys, Halo Reach is a really cool game and I've noticed the majority here does not love it as much as I do. I've been playing it from time to time in between the MCC and I really miss it and its heydays. Train of thought incoming:
The weapons and armor abilities added to the Halo sandbox really give you more ways to play the game. The Falcon is the coolest thing ever and the pro-pipe is better than the sticky detonator will ever be. Next to competitive tryharding, Halo for me has also been about doing cool stuff in the multiplayer like tricking people with a hologram (people never fell for this) or jumping of Spire and breaking the fall with a jet pack. I sound like an excited ten-year old but I fail to care at this point. Remember Highland and Breakneck? Those maps were the coolest and don't get me started on Forge World, although that map became bland after a while. I do admit that the DLC maps were much better than the stock maps (lots of them done my Certain Affinity right?). Armor customization was also really cool and stuff. Campaign-wise Bungie really tried developing characters, it is debatable however whether Noble-Team is actually interesting but Bungie really managed to put together an awesome and diverse campaign experience. (inb4 retcon)
Whether you disagree with the design decisions such as bloom, I think Bungie really succeeded innovating the Halo genre all the way to its limit, without conforming too much the mainstream shooter genre, which 343 is guilty of doing according to popular opinion (and mine!). It is also hard to believe that this same Bungie that made Destiny, which is in terms of content nothing like Halo.
Don't lynch me pls, this is what I feel man. Go tell me my feelings suck, I'll go back to lurking again.
The weapons and armor abilities added to the Halo sandbox really give you more ways to play the game. The Falcon is the coolest thing ever and the pro-pipe is better than the sticky detonator will ever be. Next to competitive tryharding, Halo for me has also been about doing cool stuff in the multiplayer like tricking people with a hologram (people never fell for this) or jumping of Spire and breaking the fall with a jet pack. I sound like an excited ten-year old but I fail to care at this point. Remember Highland and Breakneck? Those maps were the coolest and don't get me started on Forge World, although that map became bland after a while. I do admit that the DLC maps were much better than the stock maps (lots of them done my Certain Affinity right?). Armor customization was also really cool and stuff. Campaign-wise Bungie really tried developing characters, it is debatable however whether Noble-Team is actually interesting but Bungie really managed to put together an awesome and diverse campaign experience. (inb4 retcon)
Whether you disagree with the design decisions such as bloom, I think Bungie really succeeded innovating the Halo genre all the way to its limit, without conforming too much the mainstream shooter genre, which 343 is guilty of doing according to popular opinion (and mine!). It is also hard to believe that this same Bungie that made Destiny, which is in terms of content nothing like Halo.
Don't lynch me pls, this is what I feel man. Go tell me my feelings suck, I'll go back to lurking again.
Ashes2Bashers
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The Jackdog
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I have to say, im sometimes that guy in your game.
The guy that goes way negative.
Im sorry, the matchmaking in this game is just terrible. Sometimes i play with people my skill and have a blast. sometimes people way below me. sometimes i feel like im playing with pros.
Its all over the board.
The guy that goes way negative.
Im sorry, the matchmaking in this game is just terrible. Sometimes i play with people my skill and have a blast. sometimes people way below me. sometimes i feel like im playing with pros.
Its all over the board.
The best thing about Reach mp was the grenade launcher. Not really sure how they innovated Halo with Reach.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Glad for you, enjoy the things you love. Enough time has passed that I can look past my distaste for Reach and embrace it as a stepping stone for this franchise, similar to Halo 4. Everything that happened needed to happen in order to get the vision back on track. No longer will we have useless weapons and painfully sluggish gameplay. No longer will the BR be the only weapon people use. No longer will Halo 3 fans rule this franchise with a floppy fist.
Halo 5 will hopefully be the sequel I've wanted for 10 years, but if not, there's always Halo 6.
The first thing that comes to mind about reach for me is how much I disliked the 100% bloom dmr in multiplayer.
It worked fine in invasion because elites had giant heads.
85% was better, but still not great, and ZB was definitely the best. Nades were still a bit too nuclear imo.
I did like the campaign well enough tho, good infantry combat, not as many big dumb set pieces as h3 tho.
It worked fine in invasion because elites had giant heads.
85% was better, but still not great, and ZB was definitely the best. Nades were still a bit too nuclear imo.
I did like the campaign well enough tho, good infantry combat, not as many big dumb set pieces as h3 tho.
I don't think anyone has anything against people who go negative. It's just the way the game matches you up. Trueskill simply doesn't exist and if there was a clear social/ranked split (with a real ranking system and not this half assed one), people wouldn't even complain.
Halo 2 (and Halo 3 to a degree) had it right. I never had teammates, that had 0 kills or went -20+.But in the MCC? Happens like every 5th match...
Yes. BEST. WEAPON. EVER.
Fata1moose
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When was the last time YOU were put in a 3v4 and had a -26 kid on your team?
I got put into a 1 v 4 game on Prisoner, I was managing to stay around -5 until the game decided to spawn fuck me. Then I ended up -20. Why didn't I quit? Because it was Halo 1.
Two Words:
Forge World
Haven't seen anything approaching it yet on any other console FPS even 5 years on. Reach's Forge is still the best Forge in the franchise (have yet to see about 5).
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Don't get hit. Don't die. Cover your teammates and hold positions. When you spawn, immediately go to where your teammates are and cover angles they aren't watching. Put bullets into everyone even if you think they won't die, but understand that it takes several seconds for them to regenerate, allowing you time to be productive as they play it safe.
The rest will fall into place if you worry more about your deaths and ensuring your teammates' safety than your own kills. This is one barrier that keeps players from progressing and consistently dropping huge neg-bombs. It may be obvious, but many are oblivious to the fact that if you don't die, the enemy team doesn't get kills and may lead to them making poor decisions in their positioning, allowing you to capitalize on situations where you maintain control. The problem with many fans (not limited to the Halo fanbase) is that they put soooooo much investment into their K/D spread that they forget some of the most important aspects of a team.
Seriously, don't die and think critically about your positioning. If you have three teammates walking down a single hallway, looking the same direction, shooting one guy, it would be more effective for you to watch another angle and let them get that kill. Don't try and steal it to boost your stats, understand the greater situation at hand.
Well, I wouldn't say that. How many times must one run into a group of 4 people expecting things to change when all they're doing is giving free kills to the enemy team?
Lucky you lol
Munch Poke
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Which is what legendary was for. I may not like it, but I understand why some people need it.
For a more crazy big team experience infinity big team filled that void for me. I actually enjoyed grabbing a damage boost and jumping in a banshee, it was nuts. Or with the survivor perk, timing your vehicles explosion so you could burst out and jack an enemy vehicle. Very little was cooler than that. Yes it wasn't the most balanced thing but I enjoyed the hell out of it.
Plus the sticky det made for some fun in vehicles too. Let someone jack your ghost and then blow it up.
But yes it isn't BR versus BR standard spawn controlling Halo so not every digs it, I understand that.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Speaking of the Grenade Launcher, are there any objections to it returning as a hybrid with the Sticky Detonator? As in:
I feel like that's the obvious design to bring the best of both worlds, but is it too obvious that they won't do it? Like the Keyes' Magnum; it makes too much sense that I doubt it will be in the game lol
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Hold RT for Grenade Launcher properties (bouncing off walls, release to explode)
Press RT for Sticky Detonator properties (press once to shoot Sticky Det., can stick to walls, press again to detonate)
Press RT for Sticky Detonator properties (press once to shoot Sticky Det., can stick to walls, press again to detonate)
I feel like that's the obvious design to bring the best of both worlds, but is it too obvious that they won't do it? Like the Keyes' Magnum; it makes too much sense that I doubt it will be in the game lol
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Displays the motion tracker on the Grenade Launcher? Maybe even bring up a little holographic motion tracker out of the weapon or it can just be a slight zoom. Anything, really.
Welfare
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But then what would be the ADS mode be?
Nollemaster
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That's another way to look at it, very well said.
I can't believe its been almost 5 years since the release of Reach and almost 8 since Halo 3. It makes you realize how invested you are in this franchise since it left me such vivid memories of me playing the game (with friends) and having fun.
Zeouterlimits
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Followed by "Buy Teh Haloz"
Tha Robbertster
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Nerd.
Nollemaster
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They just want to take morning wood to its most literal conclusion breh
Greatness can be found even in the thickest Cambodian ass swamps
Luckily HaloGAF is cool so it's much easier to find
It'd be cool if they could bring BluePoint on the MCC. Those guys have level 80 port wizards.
At least there's hope for H5 working from launch. Really would like the MCC to be mostly fixed before that though...
It's weird that despite knowing of the MCC's eregious flaws, my desire to play it hasn't faltered at all. Halo is a curse.
I'm into this. However it makes too much sense to exist. I'm pretty sure we've used up most of the alloted sense with the Thruster Pack and Keyes Pistol.
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The Real Napsta
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Just read the beyond entertainment article. So the hot fix problem have been fixed?
The lack of consistency is what annoyed me about the perk, some people having it and others not. It was also rather annoying taking down a vehicle only to see the driver pop out of the vehicle and sprint away.
The performance is definitely far better than that now. Drops are still pretty prevalent. However nothing under 25ish from my experience.
As for the actual game, I thought it was probably the best game of the series. They improved upon control and combat issues (sadly didn't solve them but they're much better), the large scale sandbox assassination missions are fantastic and the game is completely gorgeous. Paris is so damn detailed that it's one of the few games where I've found myself just wandering around looking at things. It's definitely not perfect but I really enjoyed it.
Funny discussion about how terrible NeoGAF apparently is on the Beyond forums at the moment.
RIP in pieces FollowTheWind.
CreateNowSleepLater
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For Halo 5 which books do you think you will need to have read?
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