BigEvilTurtle
Banned
Holy fuck those Hunters. The rage mode when their buddy dies is insane. I was gonna play through on Legendary my first go but I don't wanna get frustrated.
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New Halo 5 Coverage! (expect spoilers)
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Vire
Member
Heroic from the looks of it, seems like it's continued the tradition of "the way Halo is meant to be played".
I watched a bit of the Giant Bomb stream and they were playing on normal and it seemed laughably easy. Little to no penalty for sillily running up and punching literally every enemy. Unless you want to do that... which is a totally valid way to play.
Nah, I'd like a little challenge. Especially now that you're always in a squad. Thanks.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
The tactical and methodical play on Legendary looks delicious.
I think I'm gonna dive into Legendary first. Looks like the way to be truly immersed.
I think I'm gonna dive into Legendary first. Looks like the way to be truly immersed.
^this.
I'm a huge fan of the new art style.
The vehicle, weapon, sound, etc design is top notch. Best the series has ever had.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Yea, this is definitely the reason for the color choice, without doubt.
I've said this ever since Trials of Osiris kicked off in Destiny. The base gameplay of Breakout is so boring without a revive mechanic. Winning a round when you're outnumbered is pretty much out of the question unless the other team is just extremely bad. The mechanic is already in the game, so I would imagine it could be ported over to MP. Put a stacking penalty on deaths, just like in ToO.
If anything, I want the Spartans to look like the early released shiny red and blue they showed first. Visual clarity should trump realism easily. I hate the fact Halo 4 mp had a more washed out look. I need the bright basic colors and saturation.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
I agree with this. The ease of enemy identification, especially the blue vs red clarity against backgrounds or geometry, was a major win for most of Halo MP games. It does seem to be tapering off in more recent titles.
The classic Halo blues, greens and purples should always be front and centre for campaign.
that's nonsense. you mean to tell me you wouldn't get visual clarity with one of the campaign characters being selected? that's complete bullshit.
it's a really poor aesthetic decision on 343s part. really poor. especially since "looking cool" is very coveted by gamers today. look at destiny, is there no visual clarity there?
come on. i'm not even one to care much about that kind of stuff but at this point it's ridiculous.
User 73706
Banned
You sure?
yes, i am sure. for most games i dont' care, but most games don't completely take you out of the "world" during MP. Can't believe people aren't tired of Red vs Blue yet. Damn. And particularly this red vs blue hue, everyone looks like big Jolly Ranchers.
RvB is Halo in the same way that the Master Chief is Halo.
Too iconic {and good} to change.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
I'm pretty sensitive to visual problems, but I don't see the problem with red vs blue.
*shrug*
Um, considering visual clarity was a huge problem in the beta, no I don't think it's bullshit at all. I think they should have went with the shiny plastic look they had as renders when initially showing the game in MP.
Red vs Blue's kind of a staple. And offering darker 'n grittier shades of color would only cause problems when it comes to identifying enemy players against darker backdrops, which can be an especially annoying issue for those into the more competitive aspect of the game.
It's Normal, of course you can blow through it.
Yeah but instead of looking like one of these guys
We have to look like this
Call me crazy but i just don't understand why they'd do that.
There's so many ways around this problem. But then again sometimes things that are so obvious takes so long for some people to figure out. Like a different color HUD so everything wasn't sky blue and confusing....
Each mission seems shorter than its Halo 4 counterpart, and it appears as if Osiris to Blue Team is 2 to 1 in terms of missions.
Glassed is really short on normal. I'm surprised they considered it to be a separate mission. It's only 13 minutes long.
Just an observation.
Edit: IGN leaked mission names Reunion and Alliance, 7 and 9 respectively.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
Yeah but instead of looking like one of these guys
We have to look like this
Call me crazy but i just don't understand why they'd do that.
There's so many ways around this problem. But then again sometimes things that are so obvious takes so long for some people to figure out. Like a different color HUD so everything wasn't sky blue and confusing....
Honestly I can't say I disagree, the solid bright colors don't do it for me, and solid red armor looks really flashy and fakey. It is good for contrast though. I'd rather they fix other stuff about Halo 5's armor first. Some of them are cool no doubt, but there are certain things that just aren't pleasing to the eye. The under-mesh is too exposed and doesn't look right (almost looks like a Master Chief Halloween costume that someone would wear) and a lot of the armor pieces are overdone, there's a lack of sleek and sexy in comparison.
So that it's obvious that people are where they are and are on the team they're on.
Crisp, clear visual feedback is critical in Halo.
Different classes of Promethean Knight in Halo 4 had similar color layout. People complained about this, because it posed an obstruction to smooth Halo gameplay. 343i doesn't want to fall into that tarp again.
Final multiplayer maps via Halopedia. 21 in total.
Arena
Orion – Forge
Pegasus – Forge
Coliseum
Eden
Empire
Fathom
Plaza
Regret
The Rig
Truth
Breakout
Altitude
Crossfire
Gambol
Trench
Trident
Warzone Assault
Array
Dispatch
Summit
Warzone
Escape from ARC
March on Stormbreak
Raid on Apex 7
Arena
Orion – Forge
Pegasus – Forge
Coliseum
Eden
Empire
Fathom
Plaza
Regret
The Rig
Truth
Breakout
Altitude
Crossfire
Gambol
Trench
Trident
Warzone Assault
Array
Dispatch
Summit
Warzone
Escape from ARC
March on Stormbreak
Raid on Apex 7
xxANTIMONITORxx
Member
PetulantChild
Banned
So 8 actual maps and 5 of them are grey UNSC buildings? Also no Bloodgulch/Valhalla variant. Why?
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Cheeky.
The armor doesn't even look like this in game, I wish it did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loWjTyKwbFQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ8pH8M15NE
Just watched both of those again, I fucking need this game man.
SmartWaffles
Member
The streamers are allowed to show the first THREE missions right?
But why
But why
Meridian mission is mission 4? Opening cutscene counts as mission 1?
Bloodgulch and Valhalla doesn't fit the 4v4 arena gametype like at all, they can only be BTB maps if they decided to remake them.
Glassed is mission 3. It is just really short and transitions into Meridian station immediately.
SmartWaffles
Member
Oh I was confused then, they cut off at the beginning of mission 4.
PetulantChild
Banned
I suppose so, but an enlarged version would be great in Warzone. Either way it feels weird having a Halo game launch with no Gulch/Valhalla.
SmartWaffles
Member
Also what bugs me is the heavily de-synced subtitles, hope it gets fixed at launch.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
It was in the beta and still should be I just think it's a lot harder now that they narrowed the kill radius of GP.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Great, thanks.
Svartafaran
Member
Is this thread worthy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USqc0hugiec
IGN and Gamespot have started uploading footage too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USqc0hugiec
IGN and Gamespot have started uploading footage too
SmartWaffles
Member
Holy shit all these small details, routes you can take, hidden power weapons.
Oh cool on the mantis you can see which target the missiles are locking on and you can lock onto different parts of big targets as well.
Captain Zyrain
Member
just watched the three missions sans commentary... so good! cant wait any longer!!!
when the trials kicks in on mission 2... hnnnng
N7Commander95
Member
The music playing at 24:57 songs like the Noveria theme from Mass Effect 1 (specifically Port Hanshan)
[Call-Me-G]
Banned
2:40 for the first 3 missions in Legendary. 15 hours for the whole campaign in Legendary? Not bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80dueBq1l_8
One or two additional hours for me, of course.
This. Only 8 Arena maps and 5 human themed. Quasi-identical.
Concerning Bloodgulch or Valhalla, you should wait for BTB to come
And there in Warzone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80dueBq1l_8
One or two additional hours for me, of course.
This. Only 8 Arena maps and 5 human themed. Quasi-identical.
Concerning Bloodgulch or Valhalla, you should wait for BTB to come
And there in Warzone.And I'm pretty sure Josh said on twitter that there's only six in the slayer playlist. Empire and Eden aren't currently in it.
Watched the first three missions and they looked really good. Just thought they were short, but it was normal so I'm sure it's not that bad.
PetulantChild
Banned
What's the point in them not being there? Slayer works on pretty much every map, honestly why not include them?
No idea. Josh said they'll eventually be rotated back in. I'm disappointed in the arena map count. I could do without the warzone assault maps at launch.
Jessie.Bristol
Member
What the hell, I never noticed in the Launch Playlist post on Halo Waypoint that Empire and Eden were excluded from rotation. That is very odd, why would they not be in Team Slayer?