• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

Halo |OT3| Remember Reach?

O

Overdoziz

Banned
CoD is popular because it's extremely forgiving. If you die you can instantly get back into the action. Hell, if you die 3 times in a row you even get back into the action with super powers. It's also easy to kill people. Even Juices can get kills in CoD if he happens to be behind someone who has his back turned. It only takes like 1 bullet to kill a person anyway. And then there's the fact that you get rewarding for every-fucking-thing. Survived for 5 seconds? Here have 100 points. Nearly killed that dude? You suck but whatever, have some XP, got shit-tons of it anyway. Now you can even get killstreaks without killing anyone. Capture some flags and you can get your super cool overpowered Chopper Gunner. Have a hard time hitting people? Don't worry, we'll give you explosive rounds and put giant red diamonds on enemy players.

The entire game is build around making everyone feel like a bad-ass no matter how bad they are. The fast pace, high framerate, easy points and shitload of unlockable things and bars to fill up also make it very addicting. Makes people stick around to "get to that next prestige" etc.
 
G

Gui_PT

Member
Xand said:
Happy Birthday Robby boy, I love you.
Click to expand...

animation1pknd.gif


Happy Birthday Robert!
 
D

Deadly Cyclone

Pride of Iowa State
We should probably chill all the doom and gloom until we at least see the full game. So far I really couldn't tell you how halo 4 is like cod at all.

A few small this so far, but we barely know anything, nor have we seen most of it in action.
 
B

bobs...onGaf

Member
ElzarTheBam said:
I always ask xand to post, he never does, says he has nothing to say, and yet right this very moment we are discussing pornstars.
Click to expand...

NLsJJ.jpg


No but really, if you guys play Ghost Recon, if you manage to unlock that one ability that makes bullets 'track' your enemy, let me know how it is, im so curious how the hell that works lol.
 
E

ElzarTheBam

Member
bobs99 ... said:
http://i.imgur.com/9oLCd.jpg/IMG]

No but really, if you guys play Ghost Recon, if you manage to unlock that one ability that makes bullets 'track' your enemy, let me know how it is, im so curious how the hell that works lol.[/QUOTE]

We played it today, I carried Xand, why weren't you on?

How come Xand is brain's? This is an outrage!
Click to expand...
 
B

bobs...onGaf

Member
ElzarTheBam said:
We played it today, I carried Xand, why weren't you on?
Click to expand...

I basically start a new contract tomorrow, I had to sort a bunch of stuff out, I was kind of on earlier but had no motivation to play any game. Halo 4 needs to hurry up. (If I have to sort out a new contract 6 months from now, just in time to suck my time away from playing for Halo 4 I will be gutted)

EDIT: Pfft, his hairbrained schemes involving weird thrusters and balconies seem classic of the kind of thing Brain would think of.
 
W

Woorloog

Banned
789shadow said:
WW2 shooters were the modern military shooters of today. I wonder what the next thing will be.
Click to expand...

Future (though this is never a favorite but always used), Napoleonic Wars etc 19th century and earlier wars with guns, American Civil War/Indepence war, WWI, Cold War (doesn't differ much from modern setting but is rarely used and is very interesting IMO), WW2 redux or alternatively somesort freak fantasy versions of these. Take your pick.
 
W

Woorloog

Banned
monsterfracas said:
I could use a good WWII shooter.
Click to expand...

Me too. More tactical than COD would be nice.
Hmm.
Dammit. Should not think about this, ever since my friend mentioned Return to Castle Wolfenstein i've felt like i need to play it... fuck... Now i gotta open Steam and check what's in sale... EDIT its status as WWII shooter is a bit questionable i think but at least my laptop could run it...
 
M

m23

Member
heckfu said:
I would never wish for a game or any developer to fail, that's a bit much, don't you think?
Click to expand...

I didn't mean to say that I hope it fails, same as you I wouldn't wish that on a developer who works so hard to make a game. What I meant was I hope something else could take the reigns other than COD.
 
A

Apath

Member
xxjuicesxx said:
No not really, it thinks that.

The reason people think CoD is popular:
1. Perks
2. Cool level up systems
3. Guitar riffs and explosions
4. Really quick deaths so anyone can get kills

The reason CoD is actually popular is because
1. 60fps
2. Incredibly responsive controls
3. Great simple fast gunplay

Halo is replicating all the wrong parts...
Click to expand...
Everyone I know who loves COD doesn't even know what 60FPS is -- they think I'm an idiot when I try to explain how COD is 60FPS and Halo is 30. I seriously doubt that is why the masses love COD.
 
X

xxjuicesxx

Member
Kenak said:
Everyone I know who loves COD doesn't even know what 60FPS is -- they think I'm an idiot when I try to explain how COD is 60FPS and Halo is 30. I seriously doubt that is why the masses love COD.
Click to expand...

Yes but understanding isn't a neccesity for enjoyment.

Another example: All these casuals that play Team Slayer all day long, you could give them any map and any gun and they would still eat that up all day. They just are busy enjoying. They don't analyze every aspect like people do here.

BTW show them this: http://boallen.com/fps-compare.html if they can't see the difference I don't know what to say. That bottom one is just so beautiful...
 
O

op_ivy

Fallen Xbot (cannot continue gaining levels in this class)
xxjuicesxx said:
No not really, it thinks that.

The reason people think CoD is popular:
1. Perks
2. Cool level up systems
3. Guitar riffs and explosions
4. Really quick deaths so anyone can get kills

The reason CoD is actually popular is because
1. 60fps
2. Incredibly responsive controls
3. Great simple fast gunplay

Halo is replicating all the wrong parts...
Click to expand...

your list(s) should have started and ended with this "Really quick deaths so anyone can get kills". no joke.
 
F

FL1Psyde

Neo Member
xxjuicesxx said:
Yes but understanding isn't a neccesity for enjoyment.

Another example: All these casuals that play Team Slayer all day long, you could give them any map and any gun and they would still eat that up all day. They just are busy enjoying. They don't analyze every aspect like people do here.

BTW show them this: http://boallen.com/fps-compare.html if they can't see the difference I don't know what to say. That bottom one is just so beautiful...
Click to expand...

I wish I could do this with Halo, I can do it with other games I play though :(
 
L

Louis Wu

Member
Gui_PT said:
But I get a checkpoint where they're looking directly at me.

So all 8, coming at me in a straight line, 8 shots and they're all dead. 8 shots or 2 grenades.
Click to expand...
Oh, sorry - I thought you meant in general. I turn the first turret on (it doesn't have a sightline on any of the enemies at that point) because a couple of times, when I didn't, I got a checkpoint earlier than I wanted. Might be a coincidence.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Xbox announces that future Halo games will be developed on Unreal Engine 5
4 5 6 7 8
369
13K
King Dazzar replied
Halo Infinite Firefight Announced - December 5th
News 2
98
9K
twilo99 replied
Two-thirds of CDPR devs are working on the next Witcher game, reaching its target staff size | Production is set to start in the 2nd half of the year
News Game Dev
26
2K
simpatico replied
[GSD] UK Sales October 2024: #1 PS5 (-18%) , #2 NSW (-18%), #3 XBS (-17%); #1 Black Ops 6, #2 EA FC 25, #3 Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
Sales-Age 2
63
3K
onQ123 replied
IGN: Phil Spencer Has Now Been Head of Xbox for 10 Years; We Look Back at His First Decade
Opinion Analysis 2 3
130
11K
ZehDon replied
Top Bottom