AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
Reach campaign >>>>>> CE campaign
Why should a non-Halo fan care about Halo 4?
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Reach campaign >>>>>> CE campaign
Nah, Halo's campaign is the king of the hill.
Clay Davis
Member
ODST campaign >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Combat Evolved campaign >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Reach campaign.
AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
Those nostalgia goggles...
Deified Data
Banned
This. You shouldn't care if you're not already a Halo fan. No need to feel obligated into liking something if it's not your thing.
See most of the time when a franchise changes developers people get scared. Maybe I'm not all up on Bungie's reputation with fans? Are people really that optimistic about 343?
HigherLevel
Member
ITT: a whole lot of posting without thinking
I've played all the campaigns dozens of times, and even replayed them all back to back just a few months ago. The environments, the encounters, the music, everything is the best.
AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
Fixed.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
In what fuckin' universe is Reach Campaign the best
can I visit it
does Ice Cream grow on trees as well
can I visit it
does Ice Cream grow on trees as well
Nope.
Precisely.
When a new Pokemon or Madden game is released, I ignore it. I don't sit here wondering why I'm not into it.
Clay Davis
Member
Reach was good, but it doesn't hold a candle to the exceptional and well balanced / paced campaign from combat evolved.
They weren't. Then they heard some of the music. Then they saw some screenshots. Then they saw some of the multiplayer, then they saw some of the maps. Then they saw some of the campaign, then they saw Spartan ops, Forward Unto Dawn web series etc...
People went from utter fear to nergasms. It happens.
Mr. B Natural
Member
There ya go. All games these days should have demos, but if not, there is this.
Well, its easy to see you don't care about the story if you rank 2 last.
So say we all.
AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
what. if you played them all and still don't like the series, why asking this question in the OP???
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I wouldn't consider myself a big fan, but I am interested in the latest game since it looks to finally be taking a new direction.
But I don't pay for Gold, so half the game is locked out from me. Because of that it'll be a buy used and return within seven days kind of game for me.
But I don't pay for Gold, so half the game is locked out from me. Because of that it'll be a buy used and return within seven days kind of game for me.
Story is important, but gameplay is even more important.
Clay Davis
Member
this is most certainly true but that doesn't take away from the fact that it had the best multiplayer.
Zeouterlimits
Member
It's a game first and foremost. I love (90% of) Halo 2's narrative but it certainly has the worst campaign gameplay of the series.
If it's actually a semi-open adventure based around getting new powers and unlocking more areas similar to a proper (good) Metroid I will gladly jump all over this. As is it seems to be just a few MP-esque visuals and enemies, along with a grapple beam, and that's just superficial flavoring that is completely beside the point of why I play Metroid.
It's not like the game has been handed off to some random developer who had previously made a C-grade FPS before, Microsoft literally hand picked the best talent in the industry which included several Bungie people.
I was extremely sceptical that they could capture the Halo essence, but the first released screenshots put that to rest, then the previews came, then my own experience came, I am 100% they can deliver something that is at the very worst....as good as Reach.
I am. They have good people. They have some people that have worked on Halo, and love halo.
Granted, they are an unproven commodity. but its not like Halo got handed off to a bunch of nobodies
And I think we all know that Bungie was tired of Halo. They didn't WANT to do it. So id rather play a passion project then something Bungie didn't want to make anymore
base shagohod
Member
Because GAF.
Zoso Achilles
Member
That's exactly why he's asking. He played through the series and didn't understand what the big deal was and why halo has such a following/hype.
Eh? There's no grapple beam in Halo 4.
And the only thing I hold against 343 is that they refer to Master Chief as "Chief".
AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
Maybe it's just not for him/her...?!
But it took him/her a long time to figure that out... That's for sure.
ODST is so radically different I'm not sure you can compare it. I started having fun once I realized that I wasn't the Chief, so I couldn't play it like Halo. I started choosing my battles and sneaking where I could. Turned the game into a masterpiece.
Swore there was something like that. Maybe it's just turning the enemies attack on them instead that I vaguely recalled then? Whatever was shown in that E3 footage.
Why would you think this?
That was Master Chief fighting a Forerunner dude. The part where he grabbed the dude's head or whatever was a scripted event, actually. There are enemies that walk on walls, however.
Because 343 seems to be taking a bit too much inspiration from COD
Halo 2 did because of it's multiplayer. This was the first major internet game on the consoles.
But it's true that the franchise never felt like a revolution like it did with the original. I'm glad Bungie decided to start a new IP. I think they realized Halo had been milked for all it's worth. The FPS genre needs another revolutionary game like the original, not just stuff
that keep building on the previous game.
It's more like Halo multiplayer with some light CoD trappings. The unlock system isn't so much progressing to better weapons, but rather progressing to weapons you might prefer. For example, the BR and DMR are roughly equivalent, but you might prefer one over the other. So you might choose to spend your unlock points to get the DMR.
Killstreak/deathstreak bonuses are present in some game types, but they're not offensively done. So if you're dying a lot, you might get the option to drop down an overshield or a SAW.
Sprint is always available, and frankly that's a welcomed addition.
Respawns are instant in slayer, which I don't have a problem with.
Numbers pop off over people's heads when you kill them. But who doesn't like that?
Baconsammy
Banned
Redbox it. They dont even include the MP disc.
HigherLevel
Member
yeah that's what it is
Again, I never said I disliked Halo. The general impression I got from playing all the games in 2010 was that they were never able to fully repeat the quality of Combat Evolved, which I would probably put in my top five FPS campaigns ever (minus Library).
I think that game is nice, but I just don't car much for the lore which seems to be the center of all the marketing and coverage I've seen for Halo 4. I dunno I still can't find that much campaign footage from the game.
I really don't understand. You want to see more of the campaign, but you hate the lore?
What a thread, will we see a series of these threads?
I'm wating for "why should a non-pokemon/bioshok/assassins creed/dead space- fan care about pokemon/bioshok/assassins creed/dead space"- threads in the next weeks.
In short: if you aren't a fan of it, don't force yourself to care about it, nobody does.
I'm wating for "why should a non-pokemon/bioshok/assassins creed/dead space- fan care about pokemon/bioshok/assassins creed/dead space"- threads in the next weeks.
In short: if you aren't a fan of it, don't force yourself to care about it, nobody does.
JimboJones
Member
How can anyone not enjoy the sheer thrill of skimming across large maps in a ghost and splattering some poor bastard who is in the way.
I believe he meant he enjoyed the mission structure and level design rather than the narrative.
:lol