Gravemind IV
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Disc. I'll try to capture it this afternoon.
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Halo The Master Chief Collection |OT| Halo Never Died, It Was Just Missing In Action
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Disc. I'll try to capture it this afternoon.
Blue Ninja
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No, they outsourced that too.
It's pretty crazy, really. Basically everything in the game has been made by someone else. At this point I feel like Saber Interactive could make a better Halo game than Halo 4 ever was. :lol
Twilight Gap
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woooow finally got a game of Halo CE.
nostalgia's a bitch. i don't think i want to play that ever again.
nostalgia's a bitch. i don't think i want to play that ever again.
Bam Bam Baklava
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Looks can be deceiving.
Sure, however opinions from people have played it also factor in the excitement. Combined with the gameplay we have seen.
This isn't blind faith, lots of evidence for people to base an opinion on.
Gravemind IV
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I have to say though. If Saber Interactive was responsible for H2A, then damn. They know how to capture the feel of Halo, even if it was based on the foundation by Bungie. The remake to me feels like what I would expect from a next-gen Halo.
Maybe I am just too much in love with the sound of the BR, Sniper and Carbine.
Bam Bam Baklava
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I recall Halo 4 received all kinds of gushing praise and the gameplay videos didn't look all that bad. Then I played it.
theres like 3 people who have blind faith. everyone else is waiting on the beta or thinks 343 ruined halo.
Blue Ninja
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Did Joe Staten voice the Marine at the start of Metropolis? His mocap actor also looks a lot like him.
EDIT: Okay, it isn't him. Still though, sounds kinda similar.
EDIT: Okay, it isn't him. Still though, sounds kinda similar.
Twilight Gap
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only thing i didn't really like about what sabre did with the H2A campaign was the high charity levels. i missed the maroon and mahogany.
also, cortana's in-game model is a joke.
also, cortana's in-game model is a joke.
Blue Ninja
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I thought the High Charity level itself looked amazing. They really made it look and feel oppressing.
Twilight Gap
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it looked great, but i liked the reds bungie used for covenant architecture in halo 2. purple is a bit "generic alien" and i wish they wouldn't make everything purple.
it was great to see the red phantom shooting red plasma bolts again
edit: i really hated the new Hunter cannon sound. I switched back to classic whenever they were around because you can barely hear the new one or distinguish it from anything else.
Stevey
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That doesnt happen to me
It looked nice except for the center of the covenant city with goddamn human skyscraper with tron lights on em surrounding the dreadnought.
There was also a massively negative reaction to 4 before the launch. The Game Informer reveal was awful.
Side note: I also played and enjoyed 4. So again, hardly blind faith.
Twilight Gap
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lol at 5v3.
betrayal booting works but the game can't manage to put me on the same team as my friends.
betrayal booting works but the game can't manage to put me on the same team as my friends.
thunker 9000
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Solo Queing is working pretty well. I was able to get into like 8 matches in an hour and a half. Some matches were pretty bunk tho. But hey, I got to play!!
Is an update due Wednesday ?
Future PhaZe
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yeah I didn't get my refund, got the same schtick, which sucks because the first rep was about to give it to me and the damn chat froze
i'll give them until wednesday when the patch inevitably fails and then ill give it another go, will take it to a supervisor this time if needed
Gravemind IV
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343 are doing a lot of things right with Halo 5 and are fixing issues that people had with Halo 4 (which were genuine, very much so). I am still iffy on sprint being in, you'd reckon that after the official polls that they would know that sprint is not appreciated. Not only for its direct gameplay implications but also for the fact how it alters map design; just look at 'Truth' and how immense it is (which in turn might lead to the feeling of 'trench warfare' again).
Yep, I agree. I have no problem lowering the score but to 6.0 is too low in my opinion.
Will they bump the score back up if they get the multiplayer working properly with the patch releasing this week? I doubt it.
ProvenDeadly
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So I have this pretty hilarious glitch going on right now in MM. When I walk around, it sounds like I am shuffling through the menus. Was this game tested?
Yeah matchmaking patch is apparently wednesday
It happens every third match for me. It's damn annoying.
link?
They should be congruent about it, they already playing the change the score based on the current state of the game. If they don't, then this will be just a punitive score.
You have to wonder what does that would accomplish? IMO that would be detrimental for consumers, they would be reading a review that doesn't reflect the current state of the game.
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_/¯ seems so pointless...
BigTnaples
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Nice. I am assuming my copy will finally arive from GAME UK Monday or Tuesday, and Wed is my first night off this week.
Though this also sucks because I will then have GTA Far Cry and Dragon Age to play...
jizzlobber
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Ok I have another thing to add to the list... If it hasn't already been mentioned.
Got into a team slayer pro match on warlord, was 5v1 in the lobby so when the game started I tried to swap teams... Hit start button and noticed a mix if English and some kind of Asian in the menu.
Stuff like this (and1th) makes me think it was rushed.
Got into a team slayer pro match on warlord, was 5v1 in the lobby so when the game started I tried to swap teams... Hit start button and noticed a mix if English and some kind of Asian in the menu.
Stuff like this (and1th) makes me think it was rushed.
RSB
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Halo CE is awesome. AotCR is one of the best levels in the franchise, and one of the best levels ever. The Library is probably longer than it needs to be, but it is actually quite a fun level filled with non-stop action combat, a cool homage to old school FPS games. And Two Betrayals, with it's great atmosphere and those crazy three way battles is very good too.
And yes, the visual repetition is really the only "big" problem the Halo CE Campaign has, and it is only annoying during the first playthrough. Once you get into the combat and start replaying levels, it stops being a problem. The encounters are so fun and replayable that you don't really think about the repetitive textures and re-used geometry.
Never thought I'd see someone say that Halo 2's AI is better than Halo CE's. LOL.
Halo 2's enemies may be more dangerous, but only because they do more damage. The actual AI behaviour is way inferior to Halo CE, which still has some of the best AI ever seen in a videogame (IMO only FEAR can compare)
And yes, you can throw a bunch of grunts and jackals and a couple of elites in a room, and it will make for a way more fun encounter than anything found in Halo 2. The AI and the gameplay are just that good. As I said, the combat in Halo CE is still unmatched to this day.
Blue Ninja
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How hard is it to release a decently polished game this days, jesus. Seeing that vid of Silphonica losing his save was painful.
Funny how they go through the slow process of testing and certifying the patch but they didn't quite do that with the game itself.
EdibleExplosives
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I can't believe they released this game in its current state, and I can't believe that I actually bought an Xbox One for this shit.
I actually LOVE the repetition in CE. I know it's frowned upon because it seems cheap, but from a storytelling and even gameplay standpoint I thought it was great. I loved seeing the corrupted version of areas I had fought through before, and looking at them from a different perspective by going backwards was a lot of fun. I also agree on the three-way battles, the chaos of Two Betrayals and especially Keys are unmatched on harder difficulties. You could feel the world crumbling around you from the tip of your toes to the never-ending tremor in your fingers. I would love to see Keys recreated current gen, with a much larger enemy count and fully destructible environments.
jizzlobber
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Yeh had a couple games myself, stumbled across one or two maps I hadn't seen from map packs before... One called orbital from halo 3 was a bit ordinary, too hard to get to the action at times, walls in the way, and a silly big death hole for no reason.
MP works more or less for me now.
except H2A, which runs like shit:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XwlrW62ji3k
except H2A, which runs like shit:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XwlrW62ji3k
That LAG holy crap lol.
The Xtortionist
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You played Orbital? I'm so sorry.
I've managed 12 games since Tuesday, not one has had a decent connection or been any fun. Only 2 or 3 have started with even teams. More than half of the games have split our party of 2 into opposing teams. The game has frozen twice during the CEA campaign and once it totally locked up my whole Xbox.
So disappointed
I have zero faith in 343 fixing all of these issues in a timely manner, they haven't done anything to warrant the faith that others have imo. I'd be very, very happy if they proved me wrong though!
So disappointed
I have zero faith in 343 fixing all of these issues in a timely manner, they haven't done anything to warrant the faith that others have imo. I'd be very, very happy if they proved me wrong though!
returned the game to GAME. They didn't like it - were saying 'thats how the game is, they're fixing it now' and 'it isn't our fault it is broken'. I pointed out fixing it means it isn't currently working, and I wasn't blaming them, I just wanted my money back.
They gave me a refund eventually. Not sure whether to hold onto the credit for when the game gets fixed, or use it on Dragon Age or GTAV. I mainly bought it for splitscreen coop campaign play and I'm not confident they'll be giving that much attention - all eyes seem to be on the multiplayer.
They gave me a refund eventually. Not sure whether to hold onto the credit for when the game gets fixed, or use it on Dragon Age or GTAV. I mainly bought it for splitscreen coop campaign play and I'm not confident they'll be giving that much attention - all eyes seem to be on the multiplayer.
Sparrowhawk
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I kind of wish I'd saved my money for DA:I, GTAV, or Smash Bros... Seriously, just fix the matchmaking and the frame rate issues, PLEASE. $60 seemed like an amazing bargain for such great games, but they somehow managed to make me feel cheated.
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