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Official Madden '15 PS4 League Thread: Wards? Where We're Going We Dont Need....Wards
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Purple Cheeto
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I wouldn't play NP with you guys anyhow. Every time I play with you guys I know I'm playing the 5 position unless we are playing with FMT or MrBob, then I get to play the 4 (maybe).
I'll be happy to play the 5 for you Purp. I'll be happily eating up wards with my tangos.
Purple Cheeto
Member
Oh I don't mind playing the 5, I know that my skill level is vastly lower so I'm not gonna make a lot of #bigplays. Playing support with a team that actually communicates with you in a language you understand is fun.
That all seems like the best
I can't wait for this to hit.
CrimsonCommie
Member
There's a new madden patch. I bet it fixes every problem we have with the game.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
Madden trying to steal doters thunder. You lose John M
mastershake
Member
Omfg I lost my shit at the new stampede...
I'm back in!
Pls forgive me icegod
I'm back in!
Pls forgive me icegod
CrimsonCommie
Member
Azwethinkweiz
Member
What a magnificent patch.
So do I need to read a book before Halo 5 to know what the heck is going on?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1037470
MS is pushing this Locke dude hard.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1037470
MS is pushing this Locke dude hard.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
if halo 5 launched at $19.99 i wouldn't buy it. i'll probably get it when it's under $10 years down the line. i'm more interested in Blops 3 and i have almost no interest in blops 3 aside from the new moba mode
Clearly we are all halo experts and will know the answer to your questions
They basically explain Locke in the Halo 2 first and last cutscene in MCC and in the TV series which is part of MCC. The other spartans you see are from a book yes (on Chiefs side). They are Blue Team which is who he was with for the majority of his time prior to Halo 1. They should explain this in game at some point, but it'll probably be a simple thing that they are Spartans on his side. Locke's Spartans are a bit trickier, but it looks like they might be the ODST members who survived in Halo ODST and are now Spartan IV's (Chief and his Spartans are Spartan 2's who were enhanced from birth unlike the rest).
... Yes I know some shit about Halo lore.
If you want you should listen to https://soundcloud.com/huntthetruth
It's following a reporter about a year after Halo 4 looking into the history of Master Chief and it's really well done. They are doing a new episode every Sunday till E3.
Blue Team wasn't on Reach, MC was the last of the Spartan 2's to survive on Reach.
Spartan IV's (Locke and team) are normal soldiers with enhancements. Basically super soldiers but not like the 2's who were changed and modified at like 6-8 years old. They are still beasts and you can have more of them since you don't need to start at birth.
Purple Cheeto
Member
I played through 3.5 Halo games and the demo of Halo Wars and I couldn't tell you the first thing about the lore aside from there are aliens and then zombie aliens and you shoot a lot of both.
New Mombasa or something
Just because you don't pay attention doesn't mean there isn't lore and story there. Myself and plenty of other Halo fans cleary got it.
Purple Cheeto
Member
I paid attention, it just wasn't particularly important or interesting to the game at hand. Its an FPS where I shoot shit and shit shoots back. The game never made the narrative seem that important until like after the third or so game and by that point I wasn't interested. I think its really hard to go from a non narrative game like Halo and try to make it into a narrative game. Now they're just awkward shoehorning in things to justify the need for the franchise to continue because it makes money.
I'm not saying the lore in Halo is good or bad, I'm saying for the first 3 games it was completely irrelevant to the game, it didn't affect my enjoyment of the games positively or negatively because the basic premise (humanity is in danger, you're the only one who can save them) was enough to make the games go. Attempting to transform it into something more just seems like an exercise in futility that has limited appeal.
I'm not saying the lore in Halo is good or bad, I'm saying for the first 3 games it was completely irrelevant to the game, it didn't affect my enjoyment of the games positively or negatively because the basic premise (humanity is in danger, you're the only one who can save them) was enough to make the games go. Attempting to transform it into something more just seems like an exercise in futility that has limited appeal.
There's actually a shit load of story and more in Halo 2 and 3. Hell Halo 1 has a ton from Spark 343 if you listen and pay attention.
The difference is it's more than just a shooter now like before so they are more lore focused and I can see if you weren't into it much before how you'd not like it. For myself and tons of other Halo fans we love it.
To each their own though, I'm happy with where its going.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
halos story is garbage but good for a laugh. did master chief ever fuck cortana?
mastershake
Member
he gave her some of that looooooong dick you can be sure of that bruh
mastershake
Member
rtz and ppd matched up on the same team in a pub
the feels
the feels
rtz and ppd matched up on the same team in a pub
the feels
Is PPD leveling his smurf?
mastershake
Member
boom
MaddenGAF confirmed for 2 more seasons!
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
As close as you can get basically.
I love me some Bungie extended lore, I used to read the books when I was in school, best one was Ghosts of Onyx. But the new shit, the whole "ancient human" stuff is dumb and retcons a lot of stuff from Halo 3 terminals with the Librarian finding Earth and giving humans the mantel.
I can only imagine what Halo 4 was to people with zero extended lore to go off of, even reading the books before Glasslands it was a pretty confusing mess due to the changes in origins with Humans and Forerunners.
But shit, Blue Team is going to be in Halo 5, that shit is going to be amazing if the four player campaign is going to be everyone playing a different Spartan.
mastershake
Member
Tell me about it bruh
Ya 343 admits they messed up by putting extended lore into the game with no explanation at all so I assume they are going to try to fix that with Halo 5.
As long as they can just roll with what they have and explain it a bit more they'll be fine.
edit: and to be fair even Bungie has retconned their own Halo lore lol
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
Greg was declared champ. Congrats greg!
The major problem with MCC was it was done by like 8 teams. 343 launched Halo 4 and it worked perfectly. Now the likes/dislikes on the multi is another subject.
Halo 5 beta ran smooth as hell.
I couldn't have done it without the love and support of my fam!
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
Yea, Reach was one hell of a retcon. The Pillar of Autumn was not a ship that I expected would be rated to land in atmosphere. I mean, we saw what happens when the PoA lands on a planet.
Not to mention the fact the invasion seemingly went on for almost a month in the game, while the book described it as an average slaughter, with some places being spared from glassing due to the artifacts the covenant were looking for.