Flood levels are boring.
ODST and Reach were so much better for not having the previously obligatory Flood levels. Even Wars had 'em, and they had the same "remember that fun you were having? Time to stop for a bit" effect.
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Flood levels are boring.
ODST and Reach were so much better for not having the previously obligatory Flood levels. Even Wars had 'em, and they had the same "remember that fun you were having? Time to stop for a bit" effect.
Orochinagis
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So, Hey Stalker, my account got locked too for the same security stuff.
Prinz Eugn
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Thanks guys! Big quote post ahead:
I bought a graphics card instead...Looks great, now you just need a tablet
Not Halo related... um, airplanes?
No, but...
Sweet!
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Thanks guys! I kept a Halo 4 style scope because I thought it looked more futuristic and because I thought the smaller size better communicated the type of range it was supposed to be used at (bigger scope, longer range). The Halo 2 and 3 scopes looked like you could buy them at Wal-Mart. And I did make the top specifically a rail so you could switch them out. I almost colored the round scope I had, but I just felt it was finished for now. Maybe later...
Halo 1's Flood levels could at least become awesome if you really made an effort to embrace them. Even The Library is pretty glorious if you play the fights really aggressively.
Halo 3 doesn't do quite as well. The Flood combat usually tries to permit aggression like Halo 1's, but it's a weird melee-centric thing that's less exciting and doesn't flow as well. Sometimes it's still decent; most of Floodgate is not bad, for instance. But when the ranged pure forms show up, it destroys what flow the combat had. There have been times when I'd almost rather be fighting Prometheans.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Why does Halo Reach feel better to me than Halo 3? Netcode seems better, Game seems to flow better. It has a more visceral feeling.
Did I adapt?
Did I adapt?
Steelyuhas
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Netcode in Reach is light years better, aiming feels a lot better, visual and audio feedback is great, wider FOV.
It's not that crazy, I think they made plenty of bad design decisions but in more technical terms like the above Reach is a pretty huge improvement over its predecessor.
aHebrewMenagerie
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The feedback is a large part of it, it makes for more satisfying gunplay.
Because Reach has better feedback and netcode.
On one of the pre-release Bungie podcasts, they said Reach's netcode took 40% less bandwidth to function than Halo 3's.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
I jumped between H3, Reach and H4 a bit the other day to get a feel and the only one that left me satisfied was Reach. So much so that I want to play it more and more. A feeling I hardly ever have with games now.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Elite Slayer as default Spartan movement/gameplay and better maps could've went a long way for that game.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Better UI than Halo 4 and Better Armory.
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
Reach is seriously the best Halo game in terms of quality. Game was so smooth, polished, and perfect. <3 Full fledged, fully functional at launch. No real game breaking issues, no missing features at launch, no downgraded modes. Perfect.
A polished turd, sure.
Syphon Filter
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Halo 3 is : )
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
Hey, at least it's polished! Same can't be said about Halo 4.
Halo 3 was also extremely polished, but compared to Halo:Reach, it's UI just feels so outdated and slow. Plus the net code is terrible.
ZB/faster movement reach is pretty great still I think, definitely the most fun mode in the game. It is a bit skatey, and you have a bit too much inertia though.
100% bloom was absolutely infuriating, as are nuclear nades and regular slow movement speed. 3x zoom on the DMR was a mistake, as was a remade hemorrhage coupled with that DMR.
So yea, that seems like an accurate assessment.
Syphon Filter
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Hey, at least it's polished! Same can't be said about Halo 4.
Halo 3 was also extremely polished, but compared to Halo:Reach, it's UI just feels so outdated and slow. Plus the net code is terrible.
The UI is the same as reach with very little difference. Its the same one that even COD uses.
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kittens
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There are menus and you push buttons, yes.
User 73706
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So I tried carving a pumpkin in honor of Easter coming up and used my old Promethean Knight head / current personal logo as a base.
It's kinda shitty on purpose because I needed something spoopy for an album cover since I'm having a surprise single released on Halloween. It doesn't look like complete shit in the dark, though, much like me.
It's kinda shitty on purpose because I needed something spoopy for an album cover since I'm having a surprise single released on Halloween. It doesn't look like complete shit in the dark, though, much like me.
Syphon Filter
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FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Halo 1 gameplay.
Halo 2 maps.
Halo 3 Theater.
Halo Reach player feedback, features, etc.
ODST Firefight.
Halo 4 audio (feeling of POWER).
All improved with next gen hardware and new industry standards.
EDIT: Halo Wars commitment to hardcore fans.
Halo 2 maps.
Halo 3 Theater.
Halo Reach player feedback, features, etc.
ODST Firefight.
Halo 4 audio (feeling of POWER).
All improved with next gen hardware and new industry standards.
EDIT: Halo Wars commitment to hardcore fans.
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
"It looks shitty on purpose."So I tried carving a pumpkin in honor of Easter coming up and used my old Promethean Knight head / current personal logo as a base.
It's kinda shitty on purpose because I needed something spoopy for an album cover since I'm having a surprise single released on Halloween. It doesn't look like complete shit in the dark, though, much like me.
Sureeeeeeeeee.
Industry standards such as hundreds of microtransactions, subscription-based DLC, and motion controls.
Syphon Filter
Member
The POWER of a stapler!
There's nothing funny about your pumpkin.
It makes me feel dead inside. And I'm a pumpkin.
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
It's... Beautiful. :')
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
I agree with the split player base comments but a possible use of bots could be to replace JiP. Loosely match the bots skill to the players TS rank that quit out, with the cloud maybe drivatar tech could be useful in Halo.
If you had 4 basic squad commands on the d-pad bots could actually be useful e.g. follow, defend, attack, partrol area.
ElzarTheBam
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User 73706
Banned
this is som... SMOOTH ROAD
Poker Face
Member
eek
im okay with spartan ops if it's executed well...still want firefight tho
Zeouterlimits
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The sentinel factory is one of my favourite hidden/kind of cut bits in Halo 2.
Dedicated servers will save the day. Spartan Ops in H4 was literally unplayable at times.
There is no Team Slayer-only playlist that requires DLC. Team Mythic requires all DLC and has Slayer in it, but it also has Objective in it.
Reach's UI was very brutalist and utilitarian, but it needed to be and did the job well so you could actually manage your content and your lobbies quickly.
Hard to call it either "hidden" or "cut" when it's one of the areas you fight through in QZ.
Anyway, as much as SI/QZ isn't particularly my favourite part of Halo 2, it's got style. And a very strong allure for the tricking community part of me. Much of the coolest shit ever accomplished in the Halo campaigns was accomplished on Quarantine Zone.
Orochinagis
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its tha same as Fracas did on Black Ops 2 emblem!
There's no way it wouldn't come back. They look at sales of games like Walking Dead and want their own episodic content that you have to purchase every season and is a new revenue stream to complement their $60 game.
lol it totally is. My emblem has a sad face next to the grave, too
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=87750952&postcount=391
I have a feeling gaf is going to crash pretty soon.
I have a feeling gaf is going to crash pretty soon.
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