Fun to play, great to look at, but boring characters and a boring story.
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Halo |OT14| They call it Halo
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Fun to play, great to look at, but boring characters and a boring story.
MrGreencastle
Member
Just played some Halo: Reach solo matchmaking. The population is surprisingly high still. Didn't have any connection issues and went around demolishing kids in BTB and Anniversary Classic. I miss the percussion so much. Reach's intro beat is amazing.
Now to contrast that with some Halo 4 matchmaking, we'll see how it goes.
Now to contrast that with some Halo 4 matchmaking, we'll see how it goes.
I dunno the problem with Uncharted is the same issue I had with Bioshock--the materials seems kind of weird. What I remember most with Bioshock is how the blood and stuff seemed to have the viscosity of jelly. Similar issues with Batman: Arkham Asylum. Maybe it's an Unreal engine look thing or something.
I think I'm going to have a fondness for Reach just because I personally liked the slightly slower tempo to combat (versus "skillgap I wanna demolish five people I catch unawares etc") It felt less rushed. Not having a bunch of stuff on my HUD also helped (versus "why's the HUD blue? I can't see anything!")
Rickenslacker
Banned
I'd disagree that they're great, I can't say I didn't have fun with them (otherwise I wouldn't have platinum'd the first two games) but they're just such shallow experiences that it's hard for them to stick with me; let alone get on board with their acclaim.
I mean, the shooting's okay, but the only other thing the game has going for it is environment navigation which is made so braindead that it's only there for the spectacle. I just don't care for it. They're definitely not bad games, but it's not special by any means.
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Poker Face
Member
probably the same thing bungie thought when people said Halo CE was better than H2, and H2 better than H3, and H3 better than Reach. nothing new.
im not going back to reach though. id rather just play CE or Halo 2 on XBC
Clockblockers
Member
If they follow the bioware playbook they're thinking that the fans are just wrong and they just don't understand their vision for the evolution of multiplayer in Halo 4. Blah Blah, we're awsome, you don't get it, blah blah blah....or something like that
Which seems like that's the path they're on. GAF, and apparently the more vocal parts of the community, are the minority. 343i's catering to a voiceless audience.
I could never get Halo 2 XBC to work. The program would find my Xbox fine, just after that nothing would happen.
Poker Face
Member
some lobbies don't work for me, others work really well. try forwarding your ports and going into multiple lobbies. 8602 is the port to forward
Hey, they did it with Gears. Why not Halo?
xxjuicesxx
Member
I'm a turn it all around I swear. Ima save Halo. Frankieee lemme save it.
Reagan's BR
Banned
Playing COD 4. Took me less than 2 seconds to get into a match.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Is there an incentive for KDR? @mhi as well I dislike reading these sorts of player mentalities. Forget your personal KDR and go the team win I say. The incentive is to win the game type at hand, simple enough right?
If I may make a request to anyone with Photoshop or Illustrator. What I need are the icons for the Armor Abilities in Halo Reach and Halo 4 in a transparent .png format at least 256x256. All I have right now are 3 really crappy jpegs. I'm looking for something like the following. It would be much appreciated if you could help. 
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Is the triple double medal in Halo 4? Don't think so.
Oooh okay. Will try that, thanks.
Not really. But when you're left with team mates who aren't helping at all, what else is there?
MaximumFlipFlop
Banned
If I may make a request to anyone with Photoshop or Illustrator. What I need are the icons for the Armor Abilities in Halo Reach and Halo 4 in a transparent .png format at least 256x256. All I have right now are 3 really crappy jpegs. I'm looking for something like the following. It would be much appreciated if you could help.
I actually attempted to trace these with illustrator. They're just so damn small and terrible quality.
User 73706
Banned
There's never been one in any Halo. There was an achievement in Halo 3, though.
looooooooooool I should probably rephrase it. I need some one with a capture card to get the pictures. Then I need someone with Photoshop/Illustrator to get them png-ified.
Halo: Reach: bungie.net medal.
MaximumFlipFlop
Banned
Rickenslacker
Banned
That actually blew my mind back in the day, when every other game would make you fear water I decided to drive into it in CE to test my limitations. You could just keep going and going until you hit an invisible wall, and there was nothing the game did to stop you from just staying down there. It was empowering in a weird way; I am Master Chief, I bow to no water.
How is Halo 3's population doing? I'm thinking about getting a copy of ODST so I can have all the map packs.
I didn't know Salaya has a Halo 4 video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_xFXDy0PGs&pxtry=1
Sad to read (in the comments) he also doesn't intend to renew his Gold subscription to play the game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_xFXDy0PGs&pxtry=1
Sad to read (in the comments) he also doesn't intend to renew his Gold subscription to play the game.
mhi
Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMk5sMHj58I
Pretty much. I am always playing to win the game. Within 2mins of the match start i can tell if my teammates suck or not and then i shit my style to be more rogue.
MaximumFlipFlop
Banned
If I may make a request to anyone with Photoshop or Illustrator. What I need are the icons for the Armor Abilities in Halo Reach and Halo 4 in a transparent .png format at least 256x256. All I have right now are 3 really crappy jpegs. I'm looking for something like the following. It would be much appreciated if you could help.
I think the jetpack one came out great.
EagleBurnn
Banned
Implying that 'going back to the previous installment' is anything new in this series. Bungie dealt with it, now 343 is. Comes with the territory
no, youre right. instant respawn and global sprint means bad players go even more negative than they ever could in previous halos. they die, hit x, sprint to where the action is, die, repeat.
pretty hilarious if you're playing against a team like this, sucks fucking hard when you have a team like this.
personal ordnance also creates more of a steamroller effect than static power weapon spawns ever did. especially when I join a game where a team is getting obliterated, partly due to their lack of skill, and stupidly so, also due to the "better" team just camping one area of a map, power weapons dropping at their feet over and over again. that said, global ordnance could drop an incineration cannon and rockets closer to where players on the losing team are. in short, a clusterfuck. frustrating for both less skilled players AND skilled players.
Reagan's BR
Banned
COD 4 is so good.
Hydranockz
Member
Your agenda is adorable.
The sandbox in CE is, for me gameplay-wise, what made it king in my eye. I ended up getting spoiled by that because I expected the same from other video games (as CE was my first).
Yes it is!
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Would you say the new system vs old has drastically decreased spawn killing though?
Both bungie and 343i have been trying to remove that from the sandbox for the masses and default Halo. I agree about the random choices though, I like GO and PO but would prefer set tiered choices throughout a match. Only for Infinity types though. Prefer other types without PO.
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Reagan's BR
Banned
What?
Enter The 36 Chambers
Member
I love how a few people called your posting style out, and now you completely changed it.
Tell em how you really feel.
Your so shook.
Steelyuhas
Member
Yes, you should.
Uhhh I wouldn't go that far.
Uncharted 2 is everything that is wrong with the video game industry.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I remember picking up both COD4 and Halo 3 at around the same time. I wanted to get the P90 but realized it was a later unlock and was getting annoyed about it after each game played, so I sold it off never touched another fish game again and kept to Halo 3. Having to be wary of every corpse thanks to martyrdom just sealed the deal.