JeffG
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damn...oh well I was watching the blue jays implode
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New Halo 5 Coverage! (expect spoilers)
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damn...oh well I was watching the blue jays implode
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
SaganIsGOAT
Junior Member
Yup
Captain Zyrain
Member
I heart Bonnie.. she was so nice when I got to talk to her at Comic Con this year.
AHappyPanda
Member
I literally care zero about what anything anyone at 343i says to the community in these blog posts after MCC.
That's great.
They told you what day it launches. As long as it works that day, they have fulfilled the advertised promise. Whether or not you got it early is immaterial, you wren't supposed to, and you know that.
You probably show up at restaurants before they open and seat yourself, then complain about the service.
Cool. Moving on.
My Halo 5 shipped so I should get it on monday, aaaaaaw yiiiiiiis! See you on Sanghelios people!
Garrett 2U
Member
Hype overdrive
not looking good for me Monday night then
Captain Zyrain
Member
It took a decent while just to copy from my internal to my external drive.
It ain't no waifish game.
Even better, it appears some online drm check is preventing me from getting past the menu screen.
Such horseshit, I got a legit physical copy I can't even play right now. I hate this generation of gaming so much, remember when you could put a disc in and be playing within minutes? I miss those days.
Such horseshit, I got a legit physical copy I can't even play right now. I hate this generation of gaming so much, remember when you could put a disc in and be playing within minutes? I miss those days.
Bornstellar
Member
Go offline.
Captain Zyrain
Member
Paging Jumperz...
AHappyPanda
Member
Just saying. GAF seems to always want to hold developers responsible for their actions, or lack thereof, not sure why 343i should get a pass for the MCC considering its state still a year later.
Hawk269
Member
Thanks for stopping by and letting us know this. Move on....
Twilight Gap
Member
Actions speak louder than words, i agree. They've come a long way and they've done a good job working with the community to continue moving forward; nevertheless, they still have to prove that they can lead this franchise to success.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
lol I think everyone is tired of discussing this. Stop beating the dead horse over and over again.
343 failed to execute MCC because they tried to do too much in short period of time and contracting out most of the work. Running all different engines, online it was just a mess all around. Still the best collection ever made.
Halo 5 had beta a year ago, has been playable in every event this year, all the fans have tried it, media has been playing it since last week. I dont even know what to tell you. If you dont trust 343 thats fine, just move on. But just stop comparing it to MCC, its day and night different game.
ElRenoRaven
Member
They don't but a Halo 5 thread is not the place to shit on them for MCC. A MCC thread is the proper place. You can give them shit for one fuck up and still acknowledge that they've done a good job on something else.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
Mods wouldn't have to threaten to ban people to keep every non-MCC thread from derailing if folks were giving passes to 343.
AHappyPanda
Member
Thank you for a non-dismissive response.
They lost a lot of my trust this past year. I actually really liked Halo 4 and thought the mechanics of it were the best of the series (movement, aiming, gunplay, not the AAs) They showed they could make a very good Halo game.
I'm downloading Halo 5 as I type and I'm excited for it, but that doesn't mean I can't still be mad about MCC because I still play the game multiple times a week where I still see the gaps, the bugs, and the glitches... A whole year later.
So yeah, again. Don't tell me 343i...show me.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
343i didnt even really make it though, MS just made them try to frankenstein all the pieces together. There is literally no reason to put the faults on MCC to Halo 5 as a product.
they weren't directly responsible for MCC though. come on.
What? Their logo plays at the beginning of the game. If I hire a construction company to build me a house and the plumber they sub out screws it up, the construction company is responsible. Don't let them off the hook with that horseshit.
AHappyPanda
Member
The appointed and self-proclaimed stewards of the Halo franchise whose sole purpose in their creation was to take care of Halo weren't responsible for MCC? I know they outsourced a bunch of it, doesn't mean you can't hold them responsible. That's like saying you can't get mad at a manager if their underlings fuck anything up.
I've derailed this thread too much already.
Halo 5 comes out next Tuesday. Hurray.
Yeah I agree they should be held responsible, but not all of their sins should be transferred to the next full game. It's a shitshow forsure and they've taken the heat for it. It doesn't do anyone good when everyone comes into a Halo thread yelling HAHA FUCK THOSE GUYS THEY DID TMCC.
Better to be mindful, but move on.
Dental Plan
Member
Ah okay I thought it was just happening for me. I'm reinstalling the game offline then downloading the patch after. I accidentally deleted my save data too so I have to start over.
Monocle
Member
Is there any disadvantage to disconnecting from XBL, playing through the campaign, then downloading the patch?
He doesn't get along with aleins though.
Well yeah, but he doesn't afraid of them.
Some people say the same thing for the prometheans in Halo 4, but I didn't mind them. What is it about fighting the prometheans that you dislike?
I still found Prometheans in 4 more fun to fight than the Flood or the Brutes in 2 so it's not like past enemies outside of the Covenant were all perfection.
Honestly, I found them all pretty fun in their own right. Maybe my memory is a bit hazy, but I think the prometheans tended to have a bit more mobility to them, plus as shallow as it sounds, I love their death animations. Or at least the bit where they sort of disintegrate in a cool looking collection of pyrotechnics.
Side note, I don't agree with jumpers or whatever his name is, as I stated earlier it's silly for people to demand multiplayer work before release date, especially when the campaign is still playable, along with the patch too. But I don't think people ought to flat out directly insult him personally. His opinions, sure, but him directly? There's a way to be tactful about these things....
OldSkoolFool
Member
If any of ukgaf preordered from shopto, keep your eyes on the doormat. Mine was delivered this morning.
Goldfishking
Member
Damn all you people getting it early.I could have got it early but decided on buying the digital copy.
I've done both, disc will get traded in once the digital unlocks. I'll probably make money
level1
Member
That's strange, I feel exactly the opposite and always look forward to promethean levels more than covenant ones
justgames7604
Member
Well which side, damn it!
arhra
Member
They've been completely redesigned from their Halo 4 incarnation. RUL's legendary livestream shows them off quite nicely, if you want to see how they work (just make sure to stop the video when they've cleared the room if you're avoiding spoilers, as it goes straight into a cutscene afterwards; there's some dialogue during the fight that could be construed as spoilers... but it's stuff that's covered in the opening cutscene, so nothing major).
They look pretty interesting to fight to me. I'm more worried about Watchers showing up. The Knights were kinda tedious and uninteresting to fight in 4, but Watchers were just downright obnoxious (but then I've always hated flying enemies, those asshole covie bug things were always my least favourite enemies in the games they showed up in).
WordsintheWater
Member
Exactly what I didn't like in Halo 4, looks like it's duplicated in this one. Did you at least like battling them more then in Halo 4?
Ein Bear
Member
Really hoping my copy from Game comes today. It got shipped yesterday lunchtime.
These worldwide releases are cool, but it's a shame they always default to the standard US dates. Tuesday is such a weird day to release a game, here in the UK they normally come out on a Friday so you can play over the weekend.
These worldwide releases are cool, but it's a shame they always default to the standard US dates. Tuesday is such a weird day to release a game, here in the UK they normally come out on a Friday so you can play over the weekend.
Bits N Pieces
Member
I'm so so jealous of all of you who are going to be kicking back on a Saturday afternoon and blasting through the Halo 5 campaign.
Why did I go digital? Whyyyyyy?
Why did I go digital? Whyyyyyy?