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Halo |OT10| The Calm Before The Storm
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Canis lupus
Member
I wanna thank bGanci for the free Halo Reach he gave me, some people are really generous!
Just love Noble Team and their story.
Just love Noble Team and their story.
Oh, those naughty, naughty Forerunners.
Haha, oh dear
Speaking of FUD episode 1... I was able to see it early, and it is kick ass, and here is my spoiler free review.
It's either a middle finger or a Penis. Maybe it's like the bolt shot. At first a middle finger, but evolving into an erect penis if you stare at it for 4 seconds.
BuggyDClown
Member
I have not seen FUD yet 
I will be staying up until 3am though. I'll have a review on it not too long after.
I will be staying up until 3am though. I'll have a review on it not too long after.Canis lupus
Member
Such long flowing hair.
He's kinda angry.
Why do people hate on it?
I'd like to keep playing it, personally. But they 1) deleted the two good Firefight playlists, and 2) left the last remaining one in truly terrible shape. I try about once a week, despair, and go back to murdering farmers, destroying souls and building my humble house in Skyrim.
Played Reach just now. Holy fuck it is awful, i almost forgot just how bad. Almost everything about the game is bad.
Yes. Yes it is.
Yes. Yes it is.
Canis lupus
Member
I disagree. I'm not a big Halo fan but seeing what happened with Noble Team and the last mission... :'(
Steelyuhas
Member
Holy shit. I have a busy day and you guys blow through about 30 pages.
Jesus.
Jesus.
Zeouterlimits
Member
At least half of the deaths fall flat on their face. Noble Team bring nothing to the game except exposing poor A.I. and bad game design choices.Why do people hate on it?
Reach certainly isn't all bad, but a lot of it is severely flawed.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
OT 10, Oh Gosh
So not to draw attention to myself (OK a little), but this feels pretty awesome:
Go check it out.
Alright, I'll shut up about it til I post the interview I got to do with Stinkles!
Go check it out.
Alright, I'll shut up about it til I post the interview I got to do with Stinkles!
Multiplayer. Bad maps with no flow, mostly made out of big grey legos, inconsistent gunplay, not empowering to the individual, grain and blur makes for very difficult battlefield readibility, constraining movement, instead of shooting promotes camping and other cheap tactics that leaves the dying player constantly feeling unsatisfied and frustrated instead of justly defeated. There's probably one more thing or two I'm forgetting.Why do people hate on it?
ElzarTheBam
Member
So not to draw attention to myself (OK a little), but this feels pretty awesome:
Go check it out.
Alright, I'll shut up about it til I post the interview I got to do with Stinkles!
I read it. Still not convinced.. Does it look cheap?
Canis lupus
Member
So in terms of best to worst. How would people rate Halo games? I only played 3 but it would go like this:
Reach>Halo 3>ODST
Reach>Halo 3>ODST
Not really. It's clearly on a budget, but it works. You'll know in just a few hours.
Ajemsuhgao
Member
I have no idea what you people are talking about. Reach was amazing. With its vibrant graphics, amazing AI, balanced and fun weapons, interesting Forge palette, and buttery smooth framerate it is easily the best Halo game of all time.
And the Campaign story was great! So much build up for Noble Team and Noble Six, and they all had meaningful departures. Not like they were killed off because it seemed like they needed to throw in a death because things were getting slow. No pointless deaths at all. Rock solid characters and story arc all around.
And the Campaign story was great! So much build up for Noble Team and Noble Six, and they all had meaningful departures. Not like they were killed off because it seemed like they needed to throw in a death because things were getting slow. No pointless deaths at all. Rock solid characters and story arc all around.
I actually really liked Reach, but the flaws in the game are abundant. Oh well, I had plenty of fun with it.
Not at all. Its looks very high quality and awesome, in my opinion anyway. I went into it expecting to be disappointed actually. I'm not a journalist or writer by any means though (I just do web dev for the site), so it was hard for me to write a good review and talk about specifics while also not just summarizing it. It got me excited, I just want to see the rest now.
Halo CE = Halo 2 > Halo 3 > Halo 3 ODST > Wars > Reach.
Every game is worse than the last, with exceptions to Halo 2. Funny how that works.
Mmm, fair enough. Only two hours now, right?
10/10.
Canis lupus
Member
This is why I like Reach so much!
Ajemsuhgao
Member
I...don't know if you're serious or not.
So not to draw attention to myself (OK a little), but this feels pretty awesome:
Go check it out.
Alright, I'll shut up about it til I post the interview I got to do with Stinkles!
Ok I started reading and this quote seemed like an odd demand
Senador said:
BuggyDClown
Member
So not to draw attention to myself (OK a little), but this feels pretty awesome:
Go check it out.
Alright, I'll shut up about it til I post the interview I got to do with Stinkles!
jerk. Bookmarked to read later.Also just as shameful (not to steal any thunder, but yeah)
I unfortunately have to wait to see it before I can write my review.
Great summation. I agree with the blur/ghosting part, but idk about grain. I don't think I've heard anyone complain about grain in Reach.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Including the other games, I think it's 3 > ODST > 1 > 2 > Reach.
I'd post reasons for all of them, but it's bed time, so I'll just speak to 3 and Reach. Halo 3: Sierra 117, Crow's Nest, The Storm, The Ark, The Covenant. Halo Reach: Slow movement speed, cheap Legendary AI, bloom, bad vehicle physics. Reach had an amazing atmosphere, art style, and soundtrack, and some decent encounters. I really appreciated it as a spin off, but with all its frustrating flaws, it is my least favorite by quite a bit.
Edit : HaloGAF is so god damn cynical. Someone with a genuine love of Reach comes in, and we just roll our eyes, lol.
Ok I started reading and this quote seemed like an odd demand
OH SHIT! Ha! Fixed it, thanks. I said I'm not a writer!
Also just as shameful (not to steal any thunder, but yeah)
I unfortunately have to wait to see it before I can write my review.
You can definitely read my review before seeing it, I ruin nothing.
Perhaps not HBO quality, but its possibly better quality than Firefly and many other TV series in terms of set pieces and overall fidelity. Acting was good, but nothing super significant happens in the first episode so its hard to say if the acting is actually great.
Ajemsuhgao
Member
Did you just use Sierra 117 as a high point for Halo 3? What? Is this a common thing that people do?
BuggyDClown
Member
OH SHIT! Ha! Fixed it, thanks. I said I'm not a writer!
You can definitely read my review before seeing it, I ruin nothing.
Hmmm maybe, I saw you said it was spoiler free though that's not exactly my concern. I kind of want to go in with as clean of a slate as possible. Since I have made it 2 hours away with nothing but the expectations the production team and 343i has set with their own previews.
Understandable.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
It's the weakest of all the missions I listed, but still solid.
BuggyDClown
Member
I did bookmark it though. So after I finish my review it will be cool to read someone else's.
So excited right now. Then again I did take 5 days off work for Halo 4 launch.
Honestly, The only death that felt meaningful was Jorge (or however you spell his name)
Aside from that, Everything felt weirdly underdeveloped to me. Spartans are the badasses of the bad. Kat Randomly dropping or in the case of jun, just randomly disappearing with quite literally no explanation just bummed me out. Emile had some pizazz, but i wish it had been some sort of a cutscene where he went super badass and killed 4 or 5 elites before being overwhelmed, rather than the Really fucking lame "How 'Bout You" line after some awkwardly slow Mo-Cap with the camera zooming on a wall, trying to follow his body rolling or something....
Reach is a really confusing game for me. I find it fun, but at the same time there are some issues that are absolutely heartbreaking to me. I can't find these sorts of things in Halo 3 or ODST where the entire atmosphere of the game is ruined like Reach....
Overall I'd say Halo 2 > Halo 3 > ODST > Halo CE > Reach.
If we were talking campaign only Halo 3 would take the top spot.
Canis lupus
Member
Well opinions are so different. I remember people not loving Halo 2 because of the ending.
Not to mention the Arbiter missions, those confused me at first.
Honestly I haven't looked back at Halo 2 since Halo 3.
My list in terms of Campaign;
CE > H3/ODST > H2 > Reach
Multiplayer;
H3 > H2 > Reach