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Halo |OT12| Last One Out, Get the Lights

It's not Halo.
It's not Ezio.

(I don't know)
This is actually a pretty valid criticism; Connor is one boring protagonist, especially after playing as the Italian for three games.

Really, they should have just put Ezio in a time machine and brought him to the 1700's. It wouldn't even be in the top 5 silliest moments in the franchise!
 
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I can't stop laughing.

Woah shots fired lol.

Black Ops 2 has amazing features, just the gameplay gets old for me.

Assassin Creed 3 first 4 hours aren't needed.

I LOVED Black Ops 1, does it recapture that magic? Or does it just copy the Modern Warfare clusterfucks?
 

Omni

Member
So wait whats wrong with Blops2 and AC3?
In regards to ACIII...

Controls are 'streamlined' to the point where the character doesn't do what you want him to
Terrible mission designs
Loads of bugs and glitches (visual and gameplay wise)
Loads of redundant features that were implemented but never explained to the player
A 6 hour opening with a character that's 10000x better than Connor
Connor is boring; voice actor is dull and doesn't give off any emotion
Story is all about revenge and the Assassin/Templar conflict takes a back seat. Missions are dull and extremely linear
Cutscenes every 10 seconds
Ending sucks

I could go on, but they're the main parts.
 

Plywood

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I do, its a good way to get to any part of the map and not get pinged.
Every time I go over there the other team has already shifted to the sides or the opposite end.
Description of plywoods sex life ^
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If I were gay I would fuck plywood
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plywood it was a joke
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I can't stop laughing.
You know, 60 frames would help the faster pace of H4.

Halo 4 60fps edition at 720 launch?
 
So wait whats wrong with Blops2 and AC3?

You really have to buy Dishonored. I know you'll enjoy it. Just don't rush through it like you did with Deus Ex :p

Also, half the fun comes when you try to be stealthy. The game is substantially less fun if you just go in gun (or sword/crazy powers) blazing.
 
Just finished the campaign, damm it was good but WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK at the legendary ending...

Best campaign for me, the cinematics were pretty awesome too, very movie like.
 

Omni

Member
Just finished the campaign, damm it was good but WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK at the legendary ending...

Best campaign for me, the cinematics were pretty awesome too, very movie like.

Legendary ending?
All they did was show his eyes? Not exactly a "what the fuck" moment?

But yeah, it's definitely up there with the best Halo campaigns.
 

Akai__

Member
You really have to buy Dishonored. I know you'll enjoy it. Just don't rush through it like you did with Deus Ex :p

Still haven't completed Deus Ex. I was playing on the most difficult setting and now I'm stuck at a bossfight, in which my augmentations don't work, because I got a chip. It's frustrating, because I can't do anything...
 

willow ve

Member
There's a shooter I have on my Xbox that does 60fps locked and 1080p native, and it ain't Callamadooty

What's the FPS of Murder Miners?

Just finished the campaign, damm it was good but WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK at the legendary ending...

Best campaign for me, the cinematics were pretty awesome too, very movie like.

The cinematics remind me a lot of Final Fatasy: The Spirits Within (in a very good way). That movie is still amazing for a CGI movie and it's 11 years old...
 

Ken

Member
Still haven't completed Deus Ex. I was playing on the most difficult setting and now I'm stuck at a bossfight, in which my augmentations don't work, because I got a chip. It's frustrating, because I can't do anything...

I think there's a way to cheese that fight but I don't remember if you can do it when chip'd. Check on youtube.
 
Still haven't completed Deus Ex. I was playing on the most difficult setting and now I'm stuck at a bossfight, in which my augmentations don't work, because I got a chip. It's frustrating, because I can't do anything...

Yeah the boss fights in my opinion, are the only bad things about Deus Ex. I had the same problem you had. If all else fails, you could turn the difficulty down. But that would ruin the achievement for completing the game on the highest difficulty.

Of course, you could do a second playthrough without upgrading the chip. I'm thinking about doing a 6th playthrough soon :p
 

Slightly Live

Dirty tag dodger
Can't believe one of 343's and Halo 4's Lead Campaign Designer just dumped on Halo 4 in public less than two weeks after Halo 4 came out.

Talk about foot in mouth.

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Is Halo 4 a "copycat" then?
Does it feel worse than COD?
Ugh.
 
Can't believe one of 343's and Halo 4's Lead Campaign Designer just dumped on Halo 4 in public less than two weeks after Halo 4 came out.

Talk about foot in mouth.

Wait I assumed Jesse Snyder was a CoD developer or something, am I missing something here?
Can't believe one of 343's and Halo 4's Lead Campaign Designer just dumped on Halo 4 in public less than two weeks after Halo 4 came out.

Talk about foot in mouth.

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Is Halo 4 a "copycat" then?
Does it feel worse than COD?
Ugh.

In my opinion it tried to copy some of its elements, and those elements are better in CoD, so a partial yes to both questions. :p
 

Omni

Member
Can't believe one of 343's and Halo 4's Lead Campaign Designer just dumped on Halo 4 in public less than two weeks after Halo 4 came out.

Talk about foot in mouth.

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Is Halo 4 a "copycat" then?
Does it feel worse than COD?
Ugh.

Wait, he works at 343i?

Edit. Wow.
 
It'd actually be refreshing to see someone within 343 giving a shit about the framerate. Would maybe give me a little hope, that maybe, just maybe, they want the ACTUAL game to play well. Instead of playing like a pile of shit. Even if they pulled off a perfect balance, Halo 4 doesn't play that well every game I'm faced with framerate issues which makes aiming difficult and ruins my experience. Every other game I'm matched against a party of 0 and get an instant victory...the game foundation needs to be strong before you can build anything good.

House of Cards = Halo 4.

How do you make IGN give Pong a 9.8? You make deals with Doritos and Mountain Dew and 7-11 and you put a sweet background behind the game.
How do you get players to play Pong? You put a fucking scoring system in the game, so players can compete.
 

Tashi

343i Lead Esports Producer
I didn't take that as him dumping on Halo 4. He's giving props to Treyarch because he used to work there. Halo 4 is NOT a CoD Copy cat.
 

feel

Member
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I can't stop laughing.
From what I've seen, acknowledging publicly that COD exists is a big no no over at 343i. I hope this guy lands on his feet because I enjoyed playing blops' zombie mode for 10 minutes at my nephew'a place a couple of years ago.
 

Slightly Live

Dirty tag dodger
I didn't take that as him dumping on Halo 4. He's giving props to Treyarch because he used to work there. Halo 4 is NOT a CoD Copy cat.

Read the quote again. He isn't just praising COD, which is fair and totally up to him to have his opinion and all, but he's talking about other shooters on the console and putting them down based on frame rate, never mind the whole "copycat" stuff he could have not said, that's a whole can of worms itself.

Such a dumb thing to say.
 

J10

Banned
Maybe he has a secret second anonymous Twitter account that he meant to post that on, but accidentally posted it to his public one.
 

Akai__

Member
Yeah the boss fights in my opinion, are the only bad things about Deus Ex. I had the same problem you had. If all else fails, you could turn the difficulty down. But that would ruin the achievement for completing the game on the highest difficulty.

Of course, you could do a second playthrough without upgrading the chip. I'm thinking about doing a 6th playthrough soon :p

I love the game, no question, but boss fights are terrible and the german synchro is terrible, but I shouldn't complain, cause I got it for like 5€.

When I complete AC3 and most of the achievments for Halo 4, I will play it probably again and see if I have a save-file before the chip. I want to do the second run without alerting or killing anybody.

Hint: Typhoon still works to just obliterate bosses.

I don't think so, cause your augmentations are disabled. You have that blurry vision and only your weapons to fight with. Best part about it is, that the boss is invisible and can jump over walls, so that you are totally screwed. I can't even make out the position, from where he is coming with my Astro, cause there is this loud music and this error music from your augmentations...
 
Legendary ending?
All they did was show his eyes? Not exactly a "what the fuck" moment?

But yeah, it's definitely up there with the best Halo campaigns.
Legendary Ending spoilers:
His eyes were blacked out which made it pretty creepy, almost looked like Voldemort, plus I was expecting some kind of tease about Cortana still being alive... THE TEARS!
 

u4iX

Member
I didn't take that as him dumping on Halo 4. He's giving props to Treyarch because he used to work there. Halo 4 is NOT a CoD Copy cat.

Halo 4 is like this naturally beautiful girl who dresses poorly and until she learns how to dress better she's gonna keep looking shoddy, but her body feels amazing and has a fresh air about her. She's new to all this and you gotta teach her a couple things along the way.

Black Ops 2 is like this hot cougar lady who's learned how to dress herself up and accentuate her features with makeup, but as soon as you feel up on her her skin is leathery, old and wrinkly. She's experienced and knows how to work with what she's got, but it's a bag of older goods.

Both are hot, both are fun, but both have flaws.
 
I didn't take that as him dumping on Halo 4. He's giving props to Treyarch because he used to work there. Halo 4 is NOT a CoD Copy cat.

It kind of is a copycat...

-Perks in the loadouts, unlockable weapons
-Large souless maps with plenty of spots to camp and peak out from
-ordnance is just care packages with a different name
-killcam
-JIP
-Instant Respawn
-Sprint default for everyone
-NO RANKING SYSTEM lol


Even the playlists are more CoD where you get to choose the gametype you want to play.

Anyways I REAAAAALLLLLLLLY hope they think long and hard about the technical features of the next Halo. You just can't put out a Halo at the level of the other Halo's these days without some strong technology behind it to support the features.
 

Tashi

343i Lead Esports Producer
Read the quote again. He isn't just praising COD, which is fair and totally up to him to have his opinion and all, but he's talking about other shooters on the console and putting them down based on frame rate, never mind the whole "copycat" stuff he could have not said, that's a whole can of worms itself.

Such a dumb thing to say.

I read it as, "as far as copy cats are concerned, they'll never touch CoD because of 60fps"
 
I dunno what I'd consider my GOTY this year. Probably Dishonoured because it hit the most marks, but I haven't played XCOM yet, or Sleeping Dogs, or Dragon's Dogma, or Mark of the Ninja, so I missed a whole bunch. I don't pick up a lot of brand new games and I got a backlog that I like chipping away at.

That Jesse Snyder tweet is gold though.

Xenoblade is the game of the year.
I'm actually interested in picking that up but it seems hard to find now. Shit.

Still haven't completed Deus Ex. I was playing on the most difficult setting and now I'm stuck at a bossfight, in which my augmentations don't work, because I got a chip. It's frustrating, because I can't do anything...
I am amazed that anyone fell for that. This corporation is super shady and now they want you to "upgrade" with them, COME ON.
 

Slightly Live

Dirty tag dodger
I read it as, "as far as copy cats are concerned, they'll never touch CoD because of 60fps"

If he had said that, it would be less stupid, but still stupid.

There's a reason why the tweet vanished, he must have realised how it read after the fact.

Look, I respect the guy. He's a good dude from what little I've heard or know about him. I just think he's said something here he regretted.
 

CyReN

Member
Halo 4 is like this naturally beautiful girl who dresses poorly and until she learns how to dress better she's gonna keep looking shoddy, but her body feels amazing and has a fresh air about her. She's new to all this and you gotta teach her a couple things along the way.

Black Ops 2 is like this hot cougar lady who's learned how to dress herself up and accentuate her features with makeup, but as soon as you feel up on her her skin is leathery, old and wrinkly. She's experienced and knows how to work with what she's got, but it's a bag of older goods.

Both are hot, both are fun, but both have flaws.

Halo 4

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Akai__

Member
You guys should calm down. People make mistakes sometimes and we shouldn't read much into it.

I agree, that Halo 4 could be, with small additions a much better game, but it is what it is, for now. Here's hoping, that the next gen Xbox Halo game will be absolutely awesome and we get most of our concerns fixed.

Edit:

I am amazed that anyone fell for that. This corporation is super shady and now they want you to "upgrade" with them, COME ON.

I thought it was necessary, cause the HUD had bugs and I didn't payed that much attention, at this point in the game. Was a horrible mistake, I know. :(

Edit 2:

I took the upgrade and paid the price of losing augmentations like you did but when I press the Typhoon button it still worked just fine, despite the HUD issues etc.

Give it a try but perhaps difficulty settings are a difference here?

I'm pretty sure I tested it, but I seriously can't remember. Last time I played, was 2 months ago, I think.
 
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