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[Bornstellar]

If they want to do something like armor abilities, they should look more at Crysis IMO.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

Me, Funk, and two lucky HaloGaf members for Halo 3 campaign tonight.

Any takers?

Hell yeah, ODST too if anyone's down for that B]

I only think that because it doesn't make sense how 343 would KEEP all those things, regardless of the major community backlash. They were really keen on the new changes, even though no one else was. Just seems strange to me. Bungie justified it as "It's what we always wanted to do with Halo." If that was true, why were stuff like that not even hinted at in Halo 2 or Halo 3? Just seems off to me.

Don't forget, 343 brought back the Camo Powerup for Reach Anniversary playlists but where is it in Halo 4?

 

[Ramirez]

...You guys are literally the dumbest shits I've seen in the gaming community

This is quite insulting coming from you. :\

 

[Nowise10]

rip nowise.

I don't know if this applies to me or not, but how so?

I post how they haven't done much other then a few maps and reskins (in which, my bad, Saber Interactive DID Halo: CEA, CA did the maps), so i dont get how you could hate them and I get:

"They haven't done anything" That was my point, you illiterate f*ck.

"They made the CE maps for Reach and not its own game" Yeah, because that would be a perfect idea if you feel like sand papering the communities down to a fine dust and snorting it until its nothing.

"They made the castle map pack big team maps when we've been asking for small the past few months" Hey guess what, 95% chance all these map packs were done a week after Halo 4 came out. They even admitted Perditions map layout was developed when they made the Anniversary mappack

"They just re skinned the maps for The anniversary map pack" That was my point.

Yes, Forge is kind of lame without the nudge and zoom tool. Valid.

This is quite insulting coming from you. :\

Im mad

 

[Speedy Blue Dude]

Don't forget, 343 brought back the Camo Powerup for Reach Anniversary playlists but where is it in Halo 4?

... they did? I played Anniversary a decent amount but never noticed a Camo Powerup.

 

[blamite]

I only think that because it doesn't make sense how 343 would KEEP all those things, regardless of the major community backlash.

I think Bungie did what they did in Reach all on their own, as a way to try out some new ideas within the Halo universe without having to be tied too heavily to certin aspects of the first 3 Halos. The fact that Reach doesn't even have the word "Halo" within 40 feet of the title screen is pretty telling. I'm assuming things like bloom and armor abilities were experiments for class features or customization options in Destiny. I don't thing 343, MS, or anyone else involved int he game would have had much of a problem with Bungie just putting out Halo 3.5 with some minor incremental upgrades or whatever.

I think 343 stuck with hat Bungie did in Reach in an attempt to keep familiarity with the most recent Halo game most casual players have had experience with. I think the didn't strip away the excess and go back to Halo basics because they didn't ant it to seem like they were taking a step backwards. I think they genuinely thought they were fixing the problems Bungie had created with things like bloom and Armor Abilities. They nerfed the Jetpack, They replaced Armor Lock with Hardlight Shield, most people just used sprint all the time so everyone has it now, the DMR has almost no boom! I think they really thought they had fixed the problems with Reach's core systems when what they really should have done was through them out in the first place.

 

[Booshka]

"They made the CE maps for Reach and not its own game" Yeah, because that would be a perfect idea if you feel like sand papering the communities down to a fine dust and snorting it until its nothing.

Oh you mean like this?

 

[Nowise10]

Oh you mean like this?

As in the 80k population Reach got, would go down to 40K as half and half would switch off, leaving lower stats between the two and leading them both down slowly,.and if CEA had the maps and was the game, it would require a matchmaking system and all new lobbies and such, which you could just do the same on Reach with a new mappack so much easier and quicker. How 343 executed the playoff between CE gameplay and title updated game types to fit the maps may not have worked well, but thats 343 and not CA.

Anyways rant over

 

[TheOhrenberger]

Oh you mean like this?

Yeah except reach, the game those maps were made for (you know, not halo 4) had a pretty solid population.

That's comparing apples to oranges.

 

[Released]

... they did? I played Anniversary a decent amount but never noticed a Camo Powerup.

In Anniversary Classic, it was on every map except for BC.

 

[Steelyuhas]

I only think that because it doesn't make sense how 343 would KEEP all those things, regardless of the major community backlash. They were really keen on the new changes, even though no one else was. Just seems strange to me. Bungie justified it as "It's what we always wanted to do with Halo." If that was true, why were stuff like that not even hinted at in Halo 2 or Halo 3? Just seems off to me.

Because the opinions of NeoGAF doesn't necessarily represent the opinions of the player base.

Regardless, the things that I have the biggest issues with in H4 are not things that were present in Reach.

I think that looking at things that Bungie has said about the development of their games over the years, and there are plenty of things that they didn't get into previous games that made it into Reach (specifically the long list of things they announced for H2 when it was announced that never made it into the game).

 

[FUBAR McDangles]

Holy shit that gif is depressing.

 

[Booshka]

As in the 80k population Reach got, would go down to 40K as half and half would switch off, leaving lower stats between the two and leading them both down slowly,.and if CEA had the maps and was the game, it would require a matchmaking system and all new lobbies and such, which you could just do the same on Reach with a new mappack so much easier and quicker. How 343 executed the playoff between CE gameplay and title updated game types to fit the maps may not have worked well, but thats 343 and not CA.

Anyways rant over

I guarantee a well executed Halo CE MP Remake on XBL would hold steady in population for years to come. Through all the shit Halo's that get released and people jump from new Halo to new Halo, Halo CE XBL would sustain its population. I doubt it would have cannibalized the community long term, maybe it would harm Reach in the short term, but long term I think more people playing Halo MP is a good thing, no matter which one they are playing.

I and probably 15-20 of my friends would be playing Halo CE on XBL daily, and I am sure plenty of other people would have their friends list filled with people playing CE XBL. We could let 343 do their thing with future Halo's and not give two shits.

 

[TheOhrenberger]

I guarantee a well executed Halo CE MP Remake on XBL would hold steady in population for years to come. Through all the shit Halo's that get released and people jump from new Halo to new Halo, Halo CE XBL would sustain its population. I doubt it would have cannibalized the community long term, maybe it would harm Reach in the short term, but long term I think more people playing Halo MP is a good thing, no matter which one they are playing.

I and probably 15-20 of my friends would be playing Halo CE on XBL daily, and I am sure plenty of other people would have their friends list filled with people playing CE XBL. We could let 343 do their thing with future Halo's and not give two shits.

You make a lot of big assumptions here.

 

[Pop]

Cyren posted this in r/Halo, but since he hasn't posted it here I figured I might as well.

Gametrailers - What We Want From Halo

Good list, agreed with their points.

Holy hell they shit all over H4 in that vid.

 

[Hydranockz]

I am no illegitimate duck.

Thanks for nothing, Nowise10.

 

[FUBAR McDangles]

Play Halo 3 with us you peasants

 

[Tawpgun]

Yeah, gotta be real here, I don't think CA has put out anything I REALLY liked. Besides maybe the Majestic pack. But even then, its not like Skyline and Monolith can hold a candle to the good maps of Halo.

CA has been known to just LOAD their maps with weapons.

 

[Booshka]

You make a lot of big assumptions here.

Yea I am probably totally wrong, I'll just never get over it.

Dream was crushed so hard : /

 

[Orochinagis]

woot? two empty spaces, what happened in that time?

 

[Ramirez]

woot? two empty spaces, what happened in that time?

Cyclone was at the 343 offices giving out blowies, thus, unable to log on.

 

[xxjuicesxx]

Damnnnnn I love when people just post like a ton of shitty reasons why halo 4 is good n them someone just posts the Halo population charts n it's like oh hello cold hard facts how are you doing?

Speedy did you make that gif? Welcome to Halogaf man.

 

[Devolution]

Damnnnnn I love when people just post like a ton of shitty reasons why halo 4 is good n them someone just posts the Halo population charts n it's like oh hello cold hard facts how are you doing?

Speedy did you make that gif? Welcome to Halogaf man.

You playin' at all tonight? I'm drunk and bored.

I don't know how you guys manage to talk about this shit anymore. It's just depressing.

 

[HigherLevel]

Cyren posted this in r/Halo, but since he hasn't posted it here I figured I might as well.

Gametrailers - What We Want From Halo

I hope 343 listens to people. This video makes so many good points.

 

[Booties]

Ya'll playing? I can't sleep and need to do something.

 

[HiredN00bs]

Make Halo 3 and Halo: Reach Games on Demand and all DLC completely free for Gold subscribers and update the damn playlists already. People have to pay you for the subscription and the console and hard drive and they're not buying those older games in droves.

 

[Booties]

woot? two empty spaces, what happened in that time?

I remember one of the outtages, but that may have been an XBL thing.

 

[heckfu]

Cyren posted this in r/Halo, but since he hasn't posted it here I figured I might as well.

Gametrailers - What We Want From Halo

That's amazing. I can certainly get behind that video fully - what a good way to express their views in a calm and collected manner.

 

[Devolution]

Ya'll playing? I can't sleep and need to do something.

No ones on ;_;

 

[TheOhrenberger]

That's amazing. I can certainly get behind that video fully - what a good way to express their views in a calm and collected manner.

If there's one thing GT does well its the professional nature of their videos (with a few exceptions).

 

[Booshka]

Ya'll playing? I can't sleep and need to do something.

No ones on ;_;

Getting on, Reach or Shadowrun.

Oh who am I kidding


Reach LFG

 

[xxjuicesxx]

Nah sorry it's gf night.

 

[Devolution]

Use chloroform. Get on Reach.

 

[FUBAR McDangles]

Funk and I have been hopping around all the Halos for the past three or so hours.

Oh, and Funk is about to get some solid dick from a dude thinking Funk is a girl. So that's good I suppose.

 

[Tunavi]

Remember dudes, Halo 4 is shitty, its only still alive because it has Halo in its name. If this game was named something like Brink it'd be selling for 3 dollars on Gamefly atm.

343 has made a bad Halo. They need to go back and remember why Halo is special and not just another FPS.

amazing post

 

[Barrow Roll]

Cyren posted this in r/Halo, but since he hasn't posted it here I figured I might as well.

Gametrailers - What We Want From Halo

Gametrailers has been doing good shit lately. This, and those letters to video game companies have all been excellent.

 

[TheOddOne]

Gametrailers has been doing good shit lately. This, and those letters to video game companies have all been excellent.

That happens when shit for brains Shane Shatterfield isn't in charge. Quality went up a couple of notches.

 

[Tunavi]

Anyways rant over

Looks like your rant isn't the only thing thats over

 

[Madness]

...You guys are literally the dumbest shits I've seen in the gaming community

Uncalled for man... I disagree with things from time to time, but why resort to personal attacks?

 

[Fracas]

Looks like your rant isn't the only thing thats over

yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

 

[Tawpgun]

That video was Game Trailers revenge for Doritos-gate

But in all seriousness, it nailed it. Very uncontroversial either, like you can't really argue with their points.

 

[Sai-kun]

...You guys are literally the dumbest shits I've seen in the gaming community

i dont even have a marina gif for this!

 

[heckfu]

Looks like your rant isn't the only thing thats over

lol i didn't even notice he was banned until you posted that

 

[Tawpgun]

AND DONE.

FUCK BRONIES

IM BAD AT FIFA


someone shop a Bruins logo onto my avatar pls.

 

[Devolution]

Bungie and 343 are people who never actually play their own games. It's so evident in so many decisions either in UI or the game itself.

 

[TheOddOne]

Meh, that GT video was tame. Some points were contradictory or not well researched.

 

[heckfu]

Bungie and 343 are people who never actually play their own games. It's so evident in so many decisions either in UI or the game itself.

oops bungies ui's were pretty stellar imo

 

[Devolution]

oops bungies ui's were pretty stellar imo

The UIs were fine but I was just making an all encompassing statement. Like who the fuck thought, yeah armor lock sure makes for a good game. Or Uncaged is a great placement in a game with such huge nade radius. It just boggles the mind.

 

[heckfu]

The UIs were fine but I was just making an all encompassing statement. Like who the fuck thought, yeah armor lock sure makes for a good game. Or Uncaged is a great placement in a game with such huge nade radius. It just boggles the mind.

"armor lock's super powerful...i love it!"

 

[Tawpgun]

The UIs were fine but I was just making an all encompassing statement. Like who the fuck thought, yeah armor lock sure makes for a good game. Or Uncaged is a great placement in a game with such huge nade radius. It just boggles the mind.

The Halo Community is even more baffling.

People VOTED for uncaged.

People thought 100% bloom is better. AND SOME HERE STILL DO.

I'm pretty sure we had Armor Lock defenders here at some point too.


and now people still vote for Complex.