People don't seem to like the new Halo. Or the rumoured new Xbox.
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Halo |OT16| Oh Bungie, Where Art Thou?
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- Halo's popularity & population is dwindling
- The remaining fanbase still has issues with the game
- An article talking about how Halo could be more profitable comes out
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Yeah, it seems more like people taking their Halo 4/Always online Xbox RUMOR hate out on a subject that is different from either of those.
I would pay nothing for my mark of shame, I just want it back gawtdammit.
User 73706
Banned
I'm pissed because I've lost my emblem in every fucking Halo game.
Halo 2: Race
Halo 3: Librarian + Display
Halo 3 ODST: Some ODST-exclusive one
Reach: Crosshair dot + Display
More than likely my Halo 4 emblem (Chevron + Rogue Skull) won't make it to Halo 5, either.
What are some Achievements you guys would actually enjoy doing in future titles?
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I think the achievements should be what the challenges currently are and the challenges should be what the achievements are. Kill 200 people with a long range weapon is a better achievement, whereas assassinate a player using a hardlight shield is a better challenge.
lol scrub.
runes 4 lyfe
Someone in the microtransactions thread had a really good idea.
I would totally get behind on disc locked COSMETIC DLC..... if it meant map packs would be free. Because this is a move that will drastically help the game. I want to play the fucking maps I bought but since no one buys DLC I get fucked.
Also, is the Games on Demand ODST... thats just the campaign+firefight right? They don't have a magical Halo 3 mythic in there?
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
lol scrub.
runes 4 lyfe
I had to switch back to my Halo 2 runes because the Cyclone logo (yes I'm calling it the Cyclone logo) was not in Halo 4 (was in 3 and Reach). Dissapoint.
Assassinate a player using a hardlight shield is shitty no matter where you put it. Developers need to stop encouraging players to perform hyperspecific behaviors like that, whether through achievements or challenges. They need to understand that those things have power over players, and they need to be responsible in how they use them. Even if a tiny percentage of players spend a few matches trying to get it, that's hundreds and hundreds of other players that they're fucking over by screwing around for that achievement.
If I were making multiplayer DLC achievements, I would just include one or two "Seriously"-style achievements in each pack. Kill a thousand players, get a thousand headshots, earn a thousand kills with X class of weapon (NOT specific weapons, that is a really stupid trap to fall into), win two hundred matches, get two hundred sprees, whatever. Make it complement your commendation system rather than the asinine challenges that we've seen over the last few years. You need your achievements and challenges to be fairly general in terms of how a player can choose to go about it, or else you just get assholes doing one specific thing over and over again, ruining matches because you've prioritized that behavior over what should be the primary goal: winning the match and helping your teammates in the process. The challenge needs to encompass a huge number of playstyles so you aren't pigeonholing players into the one specific style they need to get that achievement.
Hydranockz
Member
Just got 14 kills with the turret in Castle DLC. 20 and 1. Boom. Daybreak seems really good so far.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
If they show up in Destiny I guess we'll know the answer.
User 73706
Banned
...huh.
A couple years ago, I decided to make a random contribution after reading the poem The Highwayman in class and decided to edit the page for Usze 'Taham (your red-ish co-op Elite buddy in Halo 3) to point out his armor color is claret, which is somewhere between violet and crimson, used as an adjective in the poem if I'm remembering right.
And I just saw this on Halopedia.
A couple years ago, I decided to make a random contribution after reading the poem The Highwayman in class and decided to edit the page for Usze 'Taham (your red-ish co-op Elite buddy in Halo 3) to point out his armor color is claret, which is somewhere between violet and crimson, used as an adjective in the poem if I'm remembering right.
And I just saw this on Halopedia.
This. Please.
It has to deal with putting them as textures on every model. I don't remember the specifics of it, but there isn't enough memory to map them on to every armor so you either cut armor or cut emblems. There was an HBO thread about why certain emblems from 3/ODST not making it into Reach.
No. For 2 reasons. 1) You're forcing that bad play everytime the challenge comes up versus the one time needed for the achievement. 2) It's much easier to procedurally generate challenges versus custom creating them.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Is there a download link?
Man the natural pallet stuff makes Forge maps much better looking.
RebornYeti
Member
MaximumFlipFlop
Banned
lol scrub.
runes 4 lyfe
Someone in the microtransactions thread had a really good idea.
I would totally get behind on disc locked COSMETIC DLC..... if it meant map packs would be free. Because this is a move that will drastically help the game. I want to play the fucking maps I bought but since no one buys DLC I get fucked.
Also, is the Games on Demand ODST... thats just the campaign+firefight right? They don't have a magical Halo 3 mythic in there?
Runes? ma nigga
Hypertrooper
Member
Halo 3's Co-Op characters could have been a great addition if they had given you unique dialogues during the campaign... A missed opportunity. Anyway, I hated to play those two guys. They had no real part of the story......huh.
A couple years ago, I decided to make a random contribution after reading the poem The Highwayman in class and decided to edit the page for Usze 'Taham (your red-ish co-op Elite buddy in Halo 3) to point out his armor color is claret, which is somewhere between violet and crimson, used as an adjective in the poem if I'm remembering right.
And I just saw this on Halopedia.
Yea I guess 343 just wanted to use Majestic wherever they could sneak it in. It will be addressed in the next doubles update.
xxjuicesxx
Member
You mad.
RebornYeti
Member
I really need Spacebucks. This will be so bought once I have them.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
So, why is that when I try to buy the OST Volume 2 its trying to charge me for shipping despite it being digital only?
This.
This.
squidhands
Member
looks like something you'd draw on your hand.I haven't had my Brute emblem since Halo 3.
RIP in peace.
squidhands
Member
I'll take some dedicated servers for ODST's Firefight. pleaseandthankyou
MaximumFlipFlop
Banned
ODST digital? Hot.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
I thought ODST's were retconned..?
Why is it that developer's always seem so resistant to keeping an established formula for a game? Are they bored so they want to try something new, or is there some research somewhere that states that even though people constantly clamor for the same (but better!) that they won't actually buy it? Is there an actually business case for it? I mean I remember hearing it all the way back when Super Mario Bros 2 was not just more Super Mario Bros.
I actually don't mind the changes that occur between games (improved network performance is the one thing I want to always see, that is the one thing that keeps me from jumping back to older games all of the time), even if they are decidedly different, but I would be fine it remaining along a fairly fixed path as well. Although people also complain about that, I recall a few 'Halo 2.5 lol' posts when Halo 3 came out, but those were still people who bought and stuck with the game.
I think the optimum scenario is to provide generous and flexible custom options and a MP that sticks to an established formula, but branch out in your SP and a 'beta'-type playlist where the best custom options can be tested out and pushed into your mainstream if it gains some traction.
So picture if for Halo 4 you basically had the core gameplay that seemed implied from the BR gif from so long ago. But you also had the 'hey let's try out this noise' playlists. Hell, get crazy and when you jump in you have the default with somewhat expected gameplay tweaks, but also the 'Halo CE', 'Halo 2','Halo 3', 'Halo Reach' style playlists. Change your perspective from splitting the population to allowing a long tail to pick up new populations. I'm not saying this would be easy by any means, and having a whole bunch of playlists of course has its issues, but those are UX issues, it is a problem that can be solved.
Not really related, except maybe tangentially, social aspects going into gaming should be less about tweeting or dirtying up your friend's facebook pages with mind-numbing posts about mundane game related tasks and more about gameplay sharing and teaching people how to get into a game successfully. Help people to be better players and to find other people to play with.
I actually don't mind the changes that occur between games (improved network performance is the one thing I want to always see, that is the one thing that keeps me from jumping back to older games all of the time), even if they are decidedly different, but I would be fine it remaining along a fairly fixed path as well. Although people also complain about that, I recall a few 'Halo 2.5 lol' posts when Halo 3 came out, but those were still people who bought and stuck with the game.
I think the optimum scenario is to provide generous and flexible custom options and a MP that sticks to an established formula, but branch out in your SP and a 'beta'-type playlist where the best custom options can be tested out and pushed into your mainstream if it gains some traction.
So picture if for Halo 4 you basically had the core gameplay that seemed implied from the BR gif from so long ago. But you also had the 'hey let's try out this noise' playlists. Hell, get crazy and when you jump in you have the default with somewhat expected gameplay tweaks, but also the 'Halo CE', 'Halo 2','Halo 3', 'Halo Reach' style playlists. Change your perspective from splitting the population to allowing a long tail to pick up new populations. I'm not saying this would be easy by any means, and having a whole bunch of playlists of course has its issues, but those are UX issues, it is a problem that can be solved.
Not really related, except maybe tangentially, social aspects going into gaming should be less about tweeting or dirtying up your friend's facebook pages with mind-numbing posts about mundane game related tasks and more about gameplay sharing and teaching people how to get into a game successfully. Help people to be better players and to find other people to play with.
User 73706
Banned
I'm trying to fashion together an achievement list for Halysis. One of them was:
Violent Cartographer
Win a match on every multiplayer map.
Look what I found. I've never played Halo 2 PC.
Motherfuckers.
Violent Cartographer
Win a match on every multiplayer map.
Look what I found. I've never played Halo 2 PC.
Motherfuckers.
Every time, all I see is Halitosis
Why would they focus on the people that are going to buy the game regardless of what they change when they can chase that Call of Duty money?
"Halo 4 is the best and fastest-selling Halo game in the series"
Mission accomplished
Hypertrooper
Member
Halo 4 OST Vol 2 is great. Much better than Vol 1 because you can associate specific gameplay moments or cutscenes with the music which I think is the biggest issue of Vol 1. It is available at Spotifiy if you have an account and don't want to pay 10bucks or something.
TheOhrenberger
Banned
I'm with you on that. ME3 had micro transactions for multiplayer and all of the DLC for it as free. I'd love to see something like that for Halo 5, and maybe even make the limited edition come with all micro transaction unlocks.
They will NEVER do this. Selling armor visa microtransactions is a way to get MORE revenue, not a way to displace one form of income for another. Thinking that selling armor will get us all free DLC is delusional.
Mass Effect 3 says hi!
It worked for TF2.
Also realtalk the best time for Halo multiplayer (post Halo 2) is before the first DLC hits, because you can just log on and play. Once the DLC drops it's "oh, we want to play on the new maps.. sorry" or "that playlist requires two dlc packs.. guess we're just playing Team Slayer tonight".
Zeouterlimits
Member
:-/ Can I trade my Vol 1 in?
That's what I thought I was purchasing.
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