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Halo |OT16| Oh Bungie, Where Art Thou?
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Rickenslacker
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Forget that 4 exists and pop in your Mythic disc instead. I don't care if the playlists only have a thousand people or whatever that's still 993 more than you need to play 4v4 with.Thinking of picking up a 2nd hand copy of Halo 4 again after a long hiatus.
I'd like to try the new maps out as I bought the season pass early on. Game drove me nutters, that's why I flogged it. But I need to play Halo, it's in my blood.
What does HaloGAF say to it now?
Still better than Reach?
Thinking of picking up a 2nd hand copy of Halo 4 again after a long hiatus.
I'd like to try the new maps out as I bought the season pass early on. Game drove me nutters, that's why I flogged it. But I need to play Halo, it's in my blood.
What does HaloGAF say to it now?
Still better than Reach?
In my humble opinion, not even close.
Regardless, if you can pick it up for cheap, may as well get it it you're dying for Halo. Otherwise, I'd steer clear.
Syphon Filter
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Thinking of picking up a 2nd hand copy of Halo 4 again after a long hiatus.
I'd like to try the new maps out as I bought the season pass early on. Game drove me nutters, that's why I flogged it. But I need to play Halo, it's in my blood.
What does HaloGAF say to it now?
Still better than Reach?
You said you wanted a halo game,so why get halo 4?
ElzarTheBam
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Death cost $100 each time and navigation is disabled, that really is the only thing different about it.
In terms of boss battle, you are correct, the only is
Lady Comstock
Yes, very easy because you already know enemy placements and are familiar with the game, also invest in maxing out possession as fast as you can. Makes the playthrough a breeze.
I did it on my second try (my only death here). I
spammed possesion, also you can instead of using the songbird on the Zeppelins, board the Zeppelins themselves and destroy the engines from the inside, and use the songbird on the troops and patriots, this has one key effect, using the songbird on ground troops results in a faster recharge as opposed to using the songbird on a zeppelin
I agree with this.
User 73706
Banned
I'm surprised you aren't trying to stop people from smoking weed.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Cool, that'll be useful.
EagleBurnn
Banned
Alright guys, important question time. Which one would you rather have?
- A full remake of Halo 2 with updated graphics
- A full remake of Halo 3 with 60 FPS and includes all Halo 2 maps
- A full remake of Halo 2 with updated graphics
- A full remake of Halo 3 with 60 FPS and includes all Halo 2 maps
Dude
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Halo 3. BTB in Halo 3 was amazing.
Poker Face
Member
No fixes at all for either? Probably Halo 2 if so.
User 73706
Banned
Is it PC with Custon Edition treatment or just a shot-for-shot remake? This is important.
I'd probably get divorced
Ghost launching on Headlong. I love all the glitches in Halo 2 so much.
User 73706
Banned
My hand and both of my flings would probably die of neglect
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Everybody, send your money to siggy, pls
Poker Face
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Zoso Achilles
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Which three maps won the FFA forge contest? I'm playing that playlist right now and some of these are pretty bad, I wanna make sure they're not the ones that won.
Twilight Gap
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If you're talking strictly MP, then Halo 3.
Now if we could port the improvements since into any of the games, then I'd pick Halo 2. Gimme that with 60 fps, Next Gen graphics, Campaign Theater, Forge, and Firefight.
Onikaan
Member
Ouch!
Could you guys quickly go over why you dislike the game? I'd like to see if they marry up to my own issues.
EagleBurnn
Banned
The quote in the OP lays it out well
OdysseusVA
Banned
Read the OP
Loadouts, personal ordnance, global ordnance, boltshot, poor maps, poor playlist structure, poor DLC outside of 1 map pack, lack of legacy features, splintered gametypes across playlists, sprint, flinch, and instant respawn. To name a few.
Twilight Gap
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My issues:
1. No Campaign Theater.
2. No offline Spartan Ops, and no customization in it.
3. Missing gametypes.
4. Ordnance and Perks. Too much randomness and guessing.
5. Flinch makes long-ranged battles a hassle.
6. Loadouts including anti-vehicle weapons.
7. DMR + Boltshot combo. Neither weapon should be in the game.
8. AAs that were annoying in Reach are still annoying (Jetpack, Camo, and now HLS).
9. Vehicles feel very light.
10. Too many large asymmetric maps and (ironcally) no 1-sided gametypes. Not enough small maps.
11. No Elites.
12. No in-game ranking system.
13. No covie stuff in the Forge palette, as well as the lack of precision tools.
14. No Hornet or Falcon.
15. The ending to the Campaign kinda made 10 years of Halo do a 180, and there were a lot of linear or repetitive missions.
16. Lens Flare, glare, and other high contrast colors make maps like Complex hard to play on.
17. Armor looks very angular and 'plastic' compared to Reach (which I thought looked great).
18. UI is very cumbersome to browse.
19. Blurry Loadout Camera
20. No classic settings for Slayer, Flag, etc.
21. Instant Respawn and Killcams.
22. Y U NO SPECTRE?
The list for Reach was about the same length.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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BTB in Halo 3 was terrible coming off of Halo 2.
Honest question, what do people prefer in Halo 3 over 2? To me, Halo 2 was the far superior Halo 3. Halo 3 only served to make the game even more watered down, inconsistent and slow.
Halo CE MP on Xbox Live.
Twilight Gap
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-Controls
-Graphics
-Vehicles (except no Spectre)
-Assault
-Announcer voice
-Death screen (didn't like the red flash in H2)
EagleBurnn
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I found H3 BTB to be better because it had a more varied supply of vehicles which made it more fun. In terms of competitive play though, H2 all the way.
Still going to to with Halo 2.
For those who don't know yet. Siglemic is doing now a 24 hours run, because some guy went crazy and donated a good amount of money (think it was way over 1000US$, not sure).
twitch.tv/siglemic
Edit: Another guy just donated 1337US$ after he already donated 500$.
Edit 2: Holy shit what is happening. Sig is getting rich guys.
twitch.tv/siglemic
Edit: Another guy just donated 1337US$ after he already donated 500$.
Edit 2: Holy shit what is happening. Sig is getting rich guys.
Halo 4 FALLS to 5th place on XBL Activity - http://majornelson.com/2013/04/06/live-activity-for-week-of-april-1st/
Twilight Gap
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I was talking about the control schemes, not aim acceleration. Default Halo controls are awful.
I also was not talking about polygons. I prefer the overall look of Halo 3 to Halo 2.
I prefer instant arm Bomb.
EDIT: I don't mean to sound rude in my reply.
Halo 4 has been slain by MW3 in the LIVE activity list. Oh my!
http://majornelson.com/2013/04/06/live-activity-for-week-of-april-1st/
http://majornelson.com/2013/04/06/live-activity-for-week-of-april-1st/
Twilight Gap
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Not surprising since there's a CoD competition going on. There were 2 CoDs ahead of Reach too.
Poker Face
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RebornYeti
Member
Decided to chime in with this, but you already handled it. Good job!
Nothing rude about expressing opinions, at least you didn't call me a dick lol
Cod online tourney ended on Feb 25th.
Twilight Gap
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Being killed by somebody spawning while you're planting the bomb after walking all the way across the map with it is not what I'd call ideal.
I don't remember disarm time in H2 though so perhaps I could be thinking of something else.
Weow. I guess that image that was posted recently was outdated then.
Shows how out of touch with Xbox I am.
I guess I just felt that it was snappy. I might be slightly cranky,
Halo 2 didn't have disarms. The arming zone was a separate, larger radius object from where you needed to plant it. If you stopped a fully-armed bomb from touching the plant spot and stopped them from touching it again, the bomb would reset at their base.
Instant arm made offense trivially easy by comparison, especially when you could just waltz into the base, drop a bubble shield, and win fifteen seconds later. Immediate rushes weren't just viable with instant arm, they were usually the most effective, low-risk tactic, which kills the pace that made Assault so satisfying. Arm times meant that timed pushes during respawns were a requirement against good teams, not just sort of helpful. If you're getting killed by somebody spawning, then you didn't have a good team setup to catch them off spawn in order to protect your carrier. The slow-paced, cautious setup and push, having to protect the carrier the entire time is what made Assault a more interesting gametype than CTF in the first place.
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