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Halo 5: Guardians |OT5| Is HaloGAF irrelevant now?

Fuchsdh

Member
I was in total agreement with him actually. You've provided little to show your argument that Blomkamp is unsuited to Halo. Landfall was and still as an absolute masterpiece, and district 9 definitely retains some of its look from its halo origination. (Blomkamp used assets and designs from the initial failed halo project) along with it being a solid movie.

You've said the gritty style doesn't suit Halo, but thats basically the descriptor for Halo 3 ODST and in my opinion Halo 2. Halo 2 was street level grit in the first few levels, and when they got to the stuff with the flood that was some serious gritty horror esque shit.


Lastly even if you don't agree with Juan don't reduce yourself to throwing insults. Keep it clean man, you do HaloGaf a disservice by being a dick for no reason.

I'm not going to argue with people who think walking around Mombasa as an ODST is "gritty" and in any way comparable to shooting your action scenes from a shaky cam on a gun and where whole sequences are shot handheld.

The Jenkins cam is novel in that it's the only "found footage" sequence in the entire franchise, not because it's a common stylistic device.
 

Rtas

Member
I'm not going to argue with people who think walking around Mombasa as an ODST is "gritty" and in any way comparable to shooting your action scenes from a shaky cam on a gun and where whole sequences are shot handheld.

The Jenkins cam is novel in that it's the only "found footage" sequence in the entire franchise, not because it's a common stylistic device.

It was never an argument, more a debate. And considering ODST was literally a noir detective mystery with serious gritty undertones particularly in the found logs, I find your reluctance to accept it odd.

The grit in ODST is not "walking around Mombasa as an ODST" it comes from the fact you are alone, trying to piece together multiple stories in a short time frame while fighting an overwhelming occupying force with little to no knowledge of whether your team is alive. Its quite a dark and emotionally taxing experience, something I found most obvious when encountering the corrupt cop at the end if you find the audio logs.

Blomkamp has used some shaky gun cam yes. But then Ridley Scott has been using dark corridors and steam for years and people still watch his movies, and despite some of the cringey writing I enjoyed Nightfall.

You still have yet to show what makes blomkamp such a terrible choice, particularly considering how good Landfall was.

Again, take a chill pill, talk like a reasonable adult and not someone throwing a tantrum because others have a differing opinion. I personally don't need to convince you to see my point of view, but I'd appreciate your respecting it, rather than the condescending responses you've given me and the others disagreeing with you
 

highrider

Banned
Hey been lurking on here a long time and I think I'm finally decent enough in team slayer to not be a detriment to a team lol. Just got an Xbox like 7 months ago and would enjoy finding some people to play with. Sometimes I can't use coms at night if my son is sleeping. I got up to platinum in the last season but I'm in gold now, seems like a lot of good players are using alt accounts and serving everyone now. I have a 2.0 k/d, usually in the positive. Anyway if you need a player feel free to add me, realgoeswrong44
 
Hey been lurking on here a long time and I think I'm finally decent enough in team slayer to not be a detriment to a team lol. Just got an Xbox like 7 months ago and would enjoy finding some people to play with. Sometimes I can't use coms at night if my son is sleeping. I got up to platinum in the last season but I'm in gold now, seems like a lot of good players are using alt accounts and serving everyone now. I have a 2.0 k/d, usually in the positive. Anyway if you need a player feel free to add me, realgoeswrong44

I haven't played in a long time but just recently got back into the game. I have been a Halo fan from the start and I used to be pretty good. Now I'm a bit rusty and need to get back into things. I keep making silly mistakes.
 

highrider

Banned
I haven't played in a long time but just recently got back into the game. I have been a Halo fan from the start and I used to be pretty good. Now I'm a bit rusty and need to get back into things. I keep making silly mistakes.

Yeah, I was pretty good at Halo 3 but I'm finding this a bit more challenging with AR and spartan charge in the tighter maps. The more open ones where pistols are more in use I'm better. I just try not to lone wolf and play sensibly but I still make dumb mistakes.
 

Karl2177

Member
Stop trying to expand the franchise to shitty books, shitty comics, and shitty TV series, and instead expand to not-shitty games. Karl saves.
 
I'm the real moose around these parts.

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Yeah, I was pretty good at Halo 3 but I'm finding this a bit more challenging with AR and spartan charge in the tighter maps. The more open ones where pistols are more in use I'm better. I just try not to lone wolf and play sensibly but I still make dumb mistakes.

AR is a good weapon at longer ranges than you would expect.
 
damn my elite controller joystick is done. huge deadzone top right.
how hard is it to go back to regular controller?

That is honestly why I stopped playing Halo 5 regularly.

My Elite controller received the dreaded forward drift which made playing Halo extremely frustrating. And I'm just too accustomed to the luxury of the paddles, for sprinting and thrusting, that I simply can't play without it.

But I don't have the budget to invest in a new Elite controller right now, so alas, my favorite FPS of this gen is on the back burner.
On the bright side, I've defaulted back to my Spartan Locke controller for all other games I play.
 

Defect

Member
damn my elite controller joystick is done. huge deadzone top right.
how hard is it to go back to regular controller?

That is honestly why I stopped playing Halo 5 regularly.

My Elite controller received the dreaded forward drift which made playing Halo extremely frustrating. And I'm just too accustomed to the luxury of the paddles, for sprinting and thrusting, that I simply can't play without it.

But I don't have the budget to invest in a new Elite controller right now, so alas, my favorite FPS of this gen is on the back burner.
On the bright side, I've defaulted back to my Spartan Locke controller for all other games I play.
Contact Xbox support. They will replace the controller for free once.
 

Trup1aya

Member
Lol man esl takes one step forward 7 steps back with everything regarding halo.

Instead of signing up have dreamhack participants sign up as teams, they have them sign up as individuals.

So there are incomplete teams already on the bracket while complete teams are on the waiting list. There solution:

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Lol what a joke man. I feel bad for anyone who Travels but ends up not being able play with their team/ friends
 
Lol man esl takes one step forward 7 steps back with everything regarding halo.

Instead of signing up have dreamhack participants sign up as teams, they have them sign up as individuals.

So there are incomplete teams already on the bracket while complete teams are on the waiting list. There solution:

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Lol what a joke man. I feel bad for anyone who Travels but ends up not being able play with their team/ friends

This sounds so insane to me. Who thought that was a good idea? Jesus...
 

op_ivy

Fallen Xbot (cannot continue gaining levels in this class)
Lol man esl takes one step forward 7 steps back with everything regarding halo.

Instead of signing up have dreamhack participants sign up as teams, they have them sign up as individuals.

So there are incomplete teams already on the bracket while complete teams are on the waiting list. There solution:

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Lol what a joke man. I feel bad for anyone who Travels but ends up not being able play with their team/ friends
It's so fucking crazy how incompetent this is.
 

Madness

Member
Lol man esl takes one step forward 7 steps back with everything regarding halo.

Instead of signing up have dreamhack participants sign up as teams, they have them sign up as individuals.

So there are incomplete teams already on the bracket while complete teams are on the waiting list. There solution:

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Lol what a joke man. I feel bad for anyone who Travels but ends up not being able play with their team/ friends

The fact they haven't gone on hands and knees to MLG yet still baffles me. Will let HCS suffer for years with substandard eSports rather than take a hit to their ego.
 

belushy

Banned
They are still geared up for one more pro league season + Dreamhack Austin. Hopefully after that 343 can sit down and make a decision. Imo i think they need to run the league exactly like the CWL, as a LAN league. Online is far too inconsistent, but they do still need some form of online matches to keep people interested in the downtime. Gears does the single show match a week, which could be an option.
 
The fact they haven't gone on hands and knees to MLG yet still baffles me. Will let HCS suffer for years with substandard eSports rather than take a hit to their ego.

I'm inclined to agree. I don't love Halo 5 enough to suffer though every terribly ran event, but if MLG or some other professional company would host it properly I would love to tune in.
 

JlNX

Member
They are still geared up for one more pro league season + Dreamhack Austin. Hopefully after that 343 can sit down and make a decision. Imo i think they need to run the league exactly like the CWL, as a LAN league. Online is far too inconsistent, but they do still need some form of online matches to keep people interested in the downtime. Gears does the single show match a week, which could be an option.

Well we know 6 will have LAN so there is hope
 

belushy

Banned
Yeah im excited for that, for sure. Really hoping we see a truer Observer mode and not just spectator mode with a very simple overlay over top. Needs more bells and whistles !
 

op_ivy

Fallen Xbot (cannot continue gaining levels in this class)
I know this isn't really the place for it, but I'm hating the Destiny 2 PvP. Literally no strafing and hit detection is HORRID.
 

wwm0nkey

Member
Yeah what I'm hearing doesn't sound great for D2, not bad, but not what I wanted out of a numbered sequel. Either getting it discounted or free with a GTX 1080
 

nillapuddin

Member
Load up D2 Beta, immediately switch to Scout Rifle
Have a strange feeling... (the reticle)


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Just shoot around a bit

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latest
(it looks like the reach dmr) BLOOM
 
Enjoyed D2 opening mission immensely, good mix of storey over gameplay. So well packaged, smooth framerate, great controls and that Bungie atmosphere/gunplay/music is still on the money. Had some fun crucible matches from Aus too. No issues here apart from 1 of 5 matches was laggy. Super impressed. Feels like an evolution not a revolution but I'm totally happy with that. Can't wait for raids.
 

Cranster

Banned
Seriously? I mean I get that some people have issues with Halo 5's aiming, but 60fps is objectively smoother than 30... How does it feel smoother to you?

Look at his post history...

Since im predicting/praying that Halo 6 flops sales wise, Phil will do a clearing of 343 or assemble a new studio

Good list Just dont bother with halo 5, game is 100% trash and not worth 100gbs of space

Good list Just dont bother with halo 5, game is 100% trash and not worth 100gbs of space

Fuck 343 first and foremost

Halo will never recover under them, microsoft will realize this after Halo 6 releases

Microsoft even knows Halo is dead

He is a troll, don't bother engaging him.
 
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