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[Hypertrooper]

Thread makes me think of: Double, double, toil and trouble.

Must watch the LE unboxing video. Seeing disappointed comments does not make me hopeful. It's not exactly cheap, at €90.

Where the fuck do you pay €90 for it? The most retailers are selling it for €75-80 on the mainland.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

big list

Damn, Halo Reach sucked ass. How did the people who made the first three Halos make this game?

 

[Woorloog]

Where the fuck do you pay €90 for it? The most retailers are selling it for €75-80 on the mainland.

If not for trading in some used games and store-credit, i'd pay 100€ for the Limited Edition here... Can't get it cheaper anywhere.

Damn, Halo Reach sucked ass. How did the people who made the first three Halos make this game?

Franchise fatigue, i think.

 

[SatansReverence]

Damn, Halo Reach sucked ass. How did the people who made the first three Halos make this game?

I've always wondered if Bungie deliberately did it so their next big thing didn't have Halo to contend with.

 

[dragonelite]

I would have preferred something more a long the lines of tFoR but I was still happy with the end result.

Still think the campaign was oke and enjoyed it so money well spend more disappointed in multiplayer it became so boring really fast for a halo game especially when friends stop playing it.

 

[Conor 419]

I really hope 343i nails the narrative and storyline in Halo 4.

 

[JuanGGZ]

Just finished my Reach campaign panoramas!

Well, I trimmed them down and scaled them a lot in the preview above, but the original files are huge! I will have to admit though, it's very easy to forget how great the campaign looks in Reach.

Enjoy your campaign panoramas, you won't be able to do that in Halo 4 Campaign.

 

[Striker]

Drones sucked balls, but Skirmishers were okay in minor segments, or in their small packs.

Covenant Reveal was weak.

They didn't really hit the "Covenant invasion" in Halo 2 or Halo 3 quite well, either.

Can't say I agree with all of them either but there are some good ones in there.

There's some fair points, but most of it is extreme exaggeration, which is no surprise. Each campaign, even the best one in Halo CE, had issues. Replay value is something I look at and linear levels, boring enemies (hello Brutes), or segments like some of Reach's on rail missions are the cause of it.

Reach's story was probably one of the weaker ones, but it didn't hit the bottom of the commode like 3's did.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

We're going to have a new winner.

Spoiler

No one wins.

 

[SatansReverence]

We're going to have a new winner.

Spoiler

No one wins.

Team downer leading the charge.

Don't worry, I will eventually piss everyone off to the point where I couldn't be fucked posting for some time.

 

[Woorloog]

Enjoy your campaign panoramas, you won't be able to do that in Halo 4 Campaign.

Theater is available for Halo 4 campaign, no?

Team downer leading the charge.

Unless you're referring to yourself, what?
Halo4: slurp.

 

[SatansReverence]

Theater is available for Halo 4 campaign, no?



Unless you're referring to yourself, what?
Halo4: slurp.

Thought Halo 4 theater was a carbon copy of Reachs.

Unless you're referring to yourself, what?
Halo4: slurp.

Who's at the top

 

[Woorloog]

Who's at the top

Team refers usually to multiple people.

 

[Blue Ninja]

Enjoy your campaign panoramas, you won't be able to do that in Halo 4 Campaign.

What? Yes you will.

 

[SatansReverence]

Team refers usually to multiple people.

There's a few of use apparently.

I don't know, I really don't follow this place much.

AFAIK there's Team Slurp who are similar to waypoint users. i.e 343 can do no wrong.

And Team Downer who apparently don't like anything and throw salt everywhere.

 

[aj1467]

We're going to have a new winner.

Spoiler

No one wins.

How do you find that list? Always wondered but haven't figured it out yet.

 

[Woorloog]

How to you find that list? Always wondered but haven't figured it out yet.

Thread replies, click on that

 

[Gazzawa]

Damn, Halo Reach sucked ass. How did the people who made the first three Halos make this game?

If u do the same job for long enough it doesn't matter how good you are you will get complacent.
In the words of Jay Z "dark knight feelin - die and be a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain"
unh

 

[TheOddOne]

If u do the same job for long enough it doesn't matter how good you are you will get complacent.
In the words of Jay Z "dark knight feelin - die and be a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain"
unh

"N*ggas want my old shit, buy my old album" - Jay-Z, On to the Next One

 

[Tha Robbertster]

I liked Halo Reach's campaign. Not as much as 3, but I think Reach is better than CE, 2 and ODST. Sure, there were no missions as good as The Ark or The Covenant but there sure as hell weren't any real bad missions and all the previous Halo games had those.

I also don't get why people complain about ''hit the button to end the mission''. Is that so much worse than walking up to something to end a mission?

 

[op_ivy]

I liked Halo Reach's campaign. Not as much as 3, but I think Reach is better than CE, 2 and ODST. Sure, there were no missions as good as The Ark or The Covenant but there sure as hell weren't any real bad missions and all the previous Halo games had those.

I also don't get why people complain about ''hit the button to end the mission''. Is that so much worse than walking up to something to end a mission?

team reach slurp here too. its a great, and flawed, game. gets entirely too much hate IMO. oh wells, i don't expect halo 4 to change the downer trend from (some of) halogaf.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Not to mention it seemed like the best of Bungie was off doing Destiny. No disrespect to Lehto and co. but I just didn't get the same level of enthusiasm, from the studio in general. You can't blame them ultimately, but I think ODST is the perfect example of how a small team with a small time window can still do something really cool if they are excited about it.

I like Reach, warts and all, but if there were a Halo game that could be completely redone it'd be that one for me in a heartbeat.

 

[Petrichor]

I liked Halo Reach's campaign. Not as much as 3, but I think Reach is better than CE, 2 and ODST. Sure, there were no missions as good as The Ark or The Covenant but there sure as hell weren't any real bad missions and all the previous Halo games had those.

I also don't get why people complain about ''hit the button to end the mission''. Is that so much worse than walking up to something to end a mission?

exodus.

 

[Conor 419]

exodus.

Really? Gameplay wise I thought it was the best one.

 

[JuanGGZ]

What? Yes you will.

I tried to use Theater with the campaign when I was on Halo 4, and that was not possible. It can only view Infinity clip. Maybe that was a bug or an error from the build, but I remember it was not possible to use Theater with Campaign.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Satans, don't become aZooJoo.

 

[TheOddOne]

I don't think people hated Reach campaign, but hate the fact that is should have been executed better and lost a ton of potential for intresting moments.

 

[MaximumFlipFlop]

I tried to use Theater with the campaign when I was on Halo 4, and that was not possible. It can only view Infinity clip. Maybe that was a bug or an error from the build, but I remember it was not possible to use Theater with Campaign.

When were you playing Halo 4?

 

[op_ivy]

Really? Gameplay wise I thought it was the best one.

yup, i LOVE exodus. my favorite level of reach by far.

 

[SatansReverence]

Satans, don't become aZooJoo.

If you were around in my exploits mid OT 9 I think it was, you would probably already think I am.

Pretty sure I'm blocked by heckfu, tawpgun, stinkles and a few more

I don't think people hated Reach campaign, but hate the fact that is should have been executed better and lost a ton of potential for intresting moments.

Agreed.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

exodus.

What? One of my favorite missions in the game...

I love the design of the city, there are some great encounters like the where you have to activate the AA-guns. Plus I love fighting alongside ODSTs.

Spoiler

If only they'd stop killing themselves with the jetpacks

Overall, the main thing I don't like about Reach's campaign is the fact that the same story could've been told without retconning the books. The missions would need to have a different order but the story would be largely the same.

 

[Tawpgun]

They didn't really hit the "Covenant invasion" in Halo 2 or Halo 3 quite well, either.

Did a whole lot better than Reach.

In Halo 2 you saw a small fleet attack Earth and a Carrier breaching defenses to land in New Mombasa.

You land on Outskirts and the old city is ravaged and occupied. I will admit the Halo 2 E3 Demo that never was conveyed the invasion a LOOOOT better, but Outskirts/Metropolis were pretty good.

In Halo 3 you just got the feeling that Earth is thoroughly invaded. Humanity is a resistance force at this point.

ODST gave a really good vibe for covenant occupation.

As far as Exodus goes, Level design was good. Brutes ruined it.

 

[Fuchsdh]

What? One of my favorite missions in the game...

I love the design of the city, there are some great encounters like the where you have to activate the AA-guns. Plus I love fighting alongside ODSTs.

Spoiler

If only they'd stop killing themselves with the jetpacks

Overall, the main thing I don't like about Reach's campaign is the fact that the same story could've been told without retconning the books. The missions would need to have a different order but the story would be largely the same.

Amen. To me the worst part is that they trashed Nylund's books but then brought him back to essentially smooth out the retcons to his own work.

 

[SatansReverence]

Spoiler

If only they'd stop killing themselves with the jetpacks

On my first playthrough on solo Legendary none of those ODSTs died to enemy weapon fire... LOL

 

[JuanGGZ]

When were you playing Halo 4?

2 weeks ago at Microsoft France. And 2 days ago from a leaked version of the game, like a lot of players I guess. Hope I'm wrong, but I think I'm not.

 

[JohnOfMars]

I looked up my match history for each of the Halo games.

Halo 2 - 1169 matches
Halo 3 - 1019 matches
Reach - 273 matches

Wow. Quite a drop off there. Let's see what changed:

Halo 2 - Single in college
Halo 3 - Single in grad school
Reach - Married with a job...

 

[Tha Robbertster]

On my first playthrough on solo Legendary none of those ODSTs died to enemy weapon fire... LOL

For me, 2 of them always try to jetpack up a ledge with a little railing. When they bump into it, the fall to there death. Always, every time. No matter what I do

 

[MaximumFlipFlop]

2 weeks ago at Microsoft France. And 2 days ago from a leaked version of the game, like a lot of players I guess. Hope I'm wrong, but I think I'm not.

Well I am guessing at press events they lock out certain parts of the game. Oh, and about that leaked copy... I hear something coming.

 

[SatansReverence]

I looked up my match history for each of the Halo games.

Halo 2 - 1169 matches
Halo 3 - 1019 matches
Reach - 273 matches

I had around 1,000 in Halo 2 and I only got online a month before Halo 3.
7,000 in Halo 3 I think playing 6,750 of which on dial-up.
4,000 in Reach, 500 on dial-up and 3,500 on broadband.

 

[Booties]

Reach was a turd they didn't try to polish. Can't wait for halo 4.

 

[Blue Ninja]

Where the fuck do you pay €90 for it? The most retailers are selling it for €75-80 on the mainland.

No, prices were bumped up. I preordered it for €75, but now that same place is asking €99 for new preorders. Good thing I already paid in advance.

 

[Overdoziz]

Reach campaign is bland as fuck.

 

[Gabotron ES]

So about SpOps' netcode...

 

[MrDaravon]

2 weeks ago at Microsoft France. And 2 days ago from a leaked version of the game, like a lot of players I guess. Hope I'm wrong, but I think I'm not.

ahahahahaha. Man, I haven't even had my morning coffee yet, but looks like we're already on a roll today.

 

[Booties]

Reach campaign is bland as fuck.

But you can mod your Spartan! Turning a corner and seeing covenant without so much as a second though was hilarious. Such bad hype. Oh there's a soldier pinned against a wall!

 

[SatansReverence]

So about SpOps' netcode...

If it's anything like CEA.

Small seals will die.

All you need to do is give the clients .5 of a second. That's it. .5 of a second lead on the game so there is no silly input delays.

 

[JuanGGZ]

ahahahahaha. Man, I haven't even had my morning coffee yet, but looks like we're already on a roll today.

Be sure to not burn yourself with your coffee.

 

[Fracas]

Run Juan, run!

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

Pardon mua for asking, but did we ever learn anything more about join in progress, like whether or not there's a point in the match where its disabled? I don't think I'm alone when I say I don't want to join/people joining a game that's almost finished.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Reach campaign is bland as fuck.

It's like they read off a check-list of Halo campaign cliches and threw them in

here's the storm the beach section

here's the scorpion tank rampage section

here's the defend the base section

Push this button here, get to that point noble