Support NeoGAF

[FateBreaker]

I have a question. Would it be impossible for Halo 5 to include some boss battles? I love the Halo series, but I don't follow too many others shooters. Are boss battles, like, not a cool thing to include in shooters? Honest questions.

 

[FyreWulff]

I have a question. Would it be impossible for Halo 5 to include some boss battles? I love the Halo series, but I don't follow too many others shooters. Are boss battles, like, not a cool thing to include in shooters? Honest questions.

Was tried in Halo 2 and was terrible

 

[Ramirez]

I have a question. Would it be impossible for Halo 5 to include some boss battles? I love the Halo series, but I don't follow too many others shooters. Are boss battles, like, not a cool thing to include in shooters? Honest questions.

That was what made the original Halo great, Halo 2 had a boss battle and it was terrible.

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

Nowise, explain the easter egg. No one heres gonna find it

 

[Tashi]

That was what made the original Halo great, Halo 2 had a boss battle and it was terrible.

What about Halo 3 when you punch that Prophet? That was weird looking lol

 

[enzo_gt]

343 was a terrible boss battle too.

I think the only real good boss battle was the Scarab, but it lost all it's lustre when they made you fight more and more of them.

 

[Karl2177]

If you're going to do boss battles, do them as bigger and tougher opponents; think Scarab or Phantom. Don't do them like Tartarus, Regret, or 343GS.

 

[thezerofire]

343 was a terrible boss battle too.

I think the only real good boss battle was the Scarab, but it lost all it's lustre when they made you fight more and more of them.

didn't you only fight 2 tops? and that fight was awesome

 

[Fotos]

didn't you only fight 2 tops? and that fight was awesome

5 including the one in Halo 2.

What about Halo 3 when you punch that Prophet? That was weird looking lol

That was Halo 2. Keep up bro.

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

didn't you only fight 2 tops? and that fight was awesome

Nah after the first one it just seemed tame. Same situation with Brumaks in gears of war.

Or how theyve ruined Sword Elites. Remember the terror seeing that first sword Elite in CE running at you?

Fast forward and Halo games throw them out every level or two.

Effect is lost.

 

[Fotos]

Listening to the Halo 3 soundtrack while I do homework. I miss Marty

 

[thezerofire]

5 including the one in Halo 2.

I mean at one time

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Boss Fights?

 

[Havok]

If you're going to do boss battles, do them as bigger and tougher opponents; think Scarab or Phantom. Don't do them like Tartarus, Regret, or 343GS.

I don't necessarily think Phantoms fit in that niche. They're very passive and primarily support-focused, and aren't a worthwhile goal very often. A better example, in my opinion, would be the Hammer Chieftains. Smart, tough, aggressive, your immediate focus when you enter the room.

 

[Omni]

Boss Fights?

Lol. That was pretty terrible, by memory. Legendary was a bitch... unless you flew the Banshee in

 

[Tashi]

5 including the one in Halo 2.



That was Halo 2. Keep up bro.

What did you punch in Halo 3? Guilty Spark?

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

What did you punch in Halo 3? Guilty Spark?

Other than the wall for getting a more unreliable BR as the utility weapon? Maybe a baby or two..

v No.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

What did you punch in Halo 3? Guilty Spark?

Scrubs with a superior weapon sandbox

 

[TheOddOne]

Boss Fights?

No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.

Bungie pls.

 

[Omni]

Whelp. My Xbox Controller broke. And I have no cash to buy another. Guess I better update my PC games so I can play them instead... BF3 alone needs an 8GB download...

...

On an unrelated note, anyone have need for a 14 day Gold Trial? Came with Tomb Raider and I have no use for it.

 

[Tunavi]

about an hour in, bioshock 2 is real good, way better than 1

 

[GrizzNKev]

about an hour in, bioshock 2 is real good, way better than 1

No.

 

[Devolution]

What's the population numbers of h4 right now?

 

[Nowise10]

What's the population numbers of h4 right now?

 

[Devolution]

That's sad even for 11 pm pst.

Oh well, alienating the people who wouldn't just jump ship for CoD will do that.

 

[TheOddOne]

Even Grifball and Flood playlists are low. You've done 'everything wrong, 343.

 

[Devolution]

What other gaffers are on a hiatus from this game?

 

[Nowise10]

What other gaffers are on a hiatus from this game?

While the game is completely random, if you just go into a match and play, and not care about if you die or whatever, its pretty fun.

At some point, you just gotta laugh off on how ridiculous the gameplay is, rather then getting mad.

 

[Devolution]

While the game is completely random, if you just go into a match and play, and not care about if you die or whatever, its pretty fun.

At some point, you just gotta laugh off on how ridiculous the gameplay is, rather then getting mad.

Nah I'd rather not play period. No point in inflating the numbers for a game I couldn't care less about playing. I've hit an age and maturity where I just don't bother with shit games.

 

[GrizzNKev]

Nah I'd rather not play period. No point in inflating the numbers for a game I couldn't care less about playing. I've hit an age and maturity where I just don't bother with shit games.

Have a look at the daily peak population if you want a better idea of its current popularity.

 

[heckfu]

Nah I'd rather not play period. No point in inflating the numbers for a game I couldn't care less about playing. I've hit an age and maturity where I just don't bother with shit games.

At what age and maturity level is it where you don't feel the need to visit a thread about a game you don't like just to talk shit about it?

 

[TheOddOne]

To be fair, 343 has tried to make the game better with a more stripped down playlist, small maps and listening better to feedback. However it all feels too little too late. Sidenote, one of the better map packs, Majestic, is the victim in this all.

 

[Nowise10]

Have a look at the daily peak population if you want a better idea of its current popularity.

And the game probably gets around 300,000 - 400,000 or so unique players a day

 

[FyreWulff]

At what age and maturity level is it where you don't feel the need to visit a thread about a game you don't like just to talk shit about it?

Yeah, it's much more mature to spend pages trying to detective gaf a supposed alt of a banned member.

 

[User 73706]

I'm trying to think of some way to roughly streamline everything into a concise playlist count without completely killing off/overspecifying things. Like, in an ideal game where all our gametypes came back and got refined and all that. Maybe something along the lines of:

ARENA
Ranked playlists. Note that Imperialist is basically Regicide/Juggernaut/VIP 2.0, taking the best from the three gametypes to actually promote being in first while still allowing for defensive play in team games where you've actually got to protect your king. There are always four voting options.

6-Way FFA. Rumble Pit (Slayer / King of the Hill / Oddball / Imperialist)
2v2. Team Doubles (Slayer / One Flag / One Bomb / Imperialist)
4v4. Team Throwdown (Slayer / Slayer Classic / Imperialist / Team Snipers)
4v4. Team Objective (CTF / One Flag / Assault / One Bomb)
4v4. Team Control (Territories / Three Plots / King of the Hill / Oddball)
4v4. Team SWAT (SWAT lol)

If people absolutely have to get their all-slayer-all-the-time fix, then Throwdown could be split into Team Slayer and Team Throwdown, with Throwdown being Slayer Classic / Imperialist / Team Snipers / CTF or something.

SOCIAL BIG TEAM
All the large-scale combat, none ranked. Either 8v8 or 16v16 if next-gen is generous, which would allow for some Battlefield 3-style matches, but in space.

Slayer
Dominion
Invasion (has some modifications to allow for what amounts to CTF/Assault 2.0, which would always be possible voting options)
Extraction
Safe Havens (Basically large-scale, class-based Infection meets Dominion meets Firefight)

ACTION SACK
A double EXP rotational playlist. You could possibly allow for more than one. Some options include:
Race
Rocket Race
Flood
Grifball
Multi Team
Fiesta
Swords
Infinity Slayer (lol)
DLC Playlist

 

[GrizzNKev]

To be fair, 343 has tried to make the game better with a more stripped down playlist, small maps and listening better to feedback. However it all feels too little too late. Sidenote, one of the better map packs, Majestic, is the victim in this all.

Yeah, and it's kind of sad. I really do appreciate the effort they put in to improve the game. I got all the way to SR130 and much prefer the new maps and playlists. However, they're not going to bring back players, but instead only hope to retain the ones they still have.

 

[heckfu]

Yeah, it's much more mature to spend pages trying to detective gaf a supposed alt of a banned member.

slrp'n

 

[Devolution]

At what age and maturity level is it where you don't feel the need to visit a thread about a game you don't like just to talk shit about it?

I knew someone would get riled. People have opinions about games they used to love. News at 11.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

LOL biggy

Oh sounds productive. Also how much of the discussion here veers completely off Halo? Yeah comin' in to talk about Halo without suckin' some dick is SO WRONG.

I don't know you but the grittiness of this post in combination with your avatar/title just made me hawt.

 

[Devolution]

Yeah, it's much more mature to spend pages trying to detective gaf a supposed alt of a banned member.

Oh sounds productive. Also how much of the discussion here veers completely off Halo? Yeah comin' in to talk about Halo without suckin' some dick is SO WRONG.

 

[heckfu]

Oh sounds productive. Also how much of the discussion here veers completely off Halo? Yeah comin' in to talk about Halo without suckin' some dick is SO WRONG.

I knew someone would get riled up.

I'd say this thread talks about off topic stuff in general than Halo. Today was Lost, Diplo, and Game of Thrones.

 

[User 73706]

oh god why do I pay attention to this thread so late

good thing I just had some NyQuil so I can at least go behuhuhu the rub hive

 

[Devolution]

I knew someone would get riled up.

I'd say this thread talks about off topic stuff in general than Halo. Today was Lost, Diplo, and Game of Thrones.

Okay.

So I talk about how I don't like Halo 4 and you get pissy because?

 

[heckfu]

Okay.

So I talk about how I don't like Halo 4 and you get pissy because?

A halfway witty retort hardly classifies as getting pissy. Take a chill pill.

Spoiler

don't. drugs are bad.

Spoiler

and if I was actually opposed to people talking bad about the game I'm in the wronnnnng thread

 

[Devolution]

A halfway witty retort hardly classifies as getting pissy. Take a chill pill.

Spoiler

don't. drugs are bad.

Spoiler

and if I was actually opposed to people talking bad about the game I'm in the wronnnnng thread

I didn't see anything witty just "why you talk about a game if you don't like it lolololol."

 

[TheOddOne]

Yeah, and it's kind of sad. I really do appreciate the effort they put in to improve the game. I got all the way to SR130 and much prefer the new maps and playlists. However, they're not going to bring back players, but instead only hope to retain the ones they still have.

Oh man, if they had done this out the gate, the backlash would have been minimized and people would be more forgiving. But now? Yeah, good luck with that.

 

[Tashi]

I didn't see anything witty just "why you talk about a game if you don't like it lolololol."

Place is still largely negative, don't worry. It's just like you left it. Now let's all fucking relax

 

[Tunavi]

Place is still largely negative, don't worry. It's just like you left it. Now let's all fucking relax

hey fuck you man

 

[Nowise10]

hey fuck you man

wtf leave tashi alone you fucking prick

 

[heckfu]

wtf leave tashi alone you fucking prick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhy-w4o0P70