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Halo 5: Guardians revealed - more at E3 - Fall 2015 [Box Art person is new guy]
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Casanova
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Nailed it.
Done right you have.
Nintendont
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I kinda thought Halo 3 multiplayer was terrible. Too much silly nonsense like bubble shields that got in the way of actual gun fights. Hit detection was off too.
Equipment were poorly implemented gimmicks that cheapened the core of Halo MP gameplay, that is for sure. Those equipment gimmicks then morphed into player armor abilities and the series was fully transformed into a bastardization of what made Halo distinctly Halo.
Who knows whats next in store for this series as they grasp for some sort of identity, while still remaining "fresh" to reviewers and people looking to play something other than CoD.
Doug Heffernan
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Ol No Bones
Banned
I don't care what you say I loved Halo Wars.
Poker Face
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This is every Halo fan
it's not weird and scary it's just not good lol.
Fata1moose
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Halo 1 had the best big team battle maps, Halo 2 had the best arena maps and 3 had a good mix of both, but didn't reach the same quality per category. At least that's what I think.
l Zealot l
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It's a great game. A sequel would do it justice with more factions and FFA/more then 6 players in a match.
speakerlog
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This is every Halo fan
Haha exactly how I feel. I honestly thought Halo 2 had some amazing ideas for campaign that weren't executed properly or at all. Halo 3 although better than 2 and had some good parts didn't have high enough IQ for my taste in the times of COD4 and some excellent next gen games starting to come out. Sure some of the areas were big/impressive but graphically it looked like a beautiful poo.
ODST for me had a great world and I simply loved exploring it and Reach? Well it had the perfect balance between Halo 4 and Halo 3 IMO. Some lovely open areas but was still directed and focused with the animations/graphics/overall IQ.
Lockdown, Midship, Sanctuary, Beaver Creek, Ivory Tower and Warlock
vs.
Construct, Guardian, Heretic (Remake from 2 but still awesome), The Pit, Narrows, Onslaught, and
Snowbound....just kidding
I'd say they are pretty even. I agree that Halo 2 is better though.
I literally could have made this post myself.
Razgriz-Specter
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Arbiter stuff which at the time I absolutely hated, terrible pacing and probably the worst ending I remember in a video game.
Its the only campaign I never touched again.
I actually preferred the Arbiter sections because they allowed me to bypass a lot of the bad stuff while also allowing me to play around with the AI a little bit both because of the Active Camo. Still bad, but bearable. I was expecting a lot worse. Actually the whole campaign made me expect a lot worse. I was like "Ok, I'm going through this and...I mean, it's pretty fun I guess. Not sure why everybody hates it." Then I finished it and went and played CE all the way through and then 3 on Legendary co-op... Then I went back and played Halo 2 on Heroic...Ok, yeah, now I know.
I can't understand why people liked Delta Halo. Just as linear as the other ones. Oh yay, a tank. More linear than the Reach tank section. And it's got tons of Jack snipers. The level right after that is even worse. There's literally like 10 with beam rifles when you exit the little room where the prophet's hologram just was.
Also Legendary in Halo 2 is awful and unfun. I did it, and by myself too on account of trying to get the legendary achievement on PC (if I'm going to do it, might as well have something to show for my pains), but man, I am NOT doing that again. Don't know that I even want to play the game again at all.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
Is it even possible to beat it on legendary? I have always wondered this, had anyone here did it?. Halo 2 and Gears on hardest difficulty, I have found it unbeatable in solo. Absolutely unbeatable according to me.
Twilight Gap
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Plasma Pistol + BR will get you through in less than 10 hours. That and a little memorization/repetition is really all you need. Once you know what spawns where and when, you just need to deal with them swiftly. I don't like to skip enemies though and the noob combo takes away most of the challenge, so I usually go on for longer than that.
REMEMBER CITADEL
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The hangar section in the first playable level, the one where groups of elites just keep coming - that was extremely difficult. The rest was not so bad. Well, that fight on the stairs was also a bitch.
But I finished the PC version, with a mouse and a keyboard. Maybe it was harder on Xbox.
Gears, though, I couldn't even kill Raam on hardcore. I mean, I probably would have, had I kept on going, but after a few days of trying, I just decided I had better use for my time, so I dropped the difficulty to casual and beat him on the first go.
I did manage to kill him on hardcore in the PC version, however, also playing with the 360 controller.
Oh, and as far as campaigns go, Halo = Halo 3 > Halo 4 > Halo Reach > Halo 2 > ODST
Halo Wars and Spartan Assault are still waiting to be played.
It's not like they were trying to make a AAA game from scratch. Bungie figured out a great, working gameplay formula back in 2001, as well as a framework for a universe, its characters, settings, and its stories. 343 had ten years of Halo games to cull ideas from, ~4 years of dev time, a team of industry veterans, and a massive budget behind them. All those developers have been in situations where they have to make a game with people they've never worked with before -- that happens all the time in the games industry -- developers are always moving around to different teams and studios. Learning new tools is part of the job; your knowledge and experience as a game designer is what will translate regardless of the studio, hardware, or tools.
The biggest reason I disagree with your argument is because they built a very traditional Halo game at some point in development (that people genuinely liked), became confident in their abilities, and then decided to scrap it to do something different. Which means they were on the right path, but consciously decided to veer off from it. They knew what worked, they knew what people liked, but they wanted to do their own thing to appeal to a larger audience. Strinkles gets no sympathy.
Shoot stuff.
Enjoy the scenery.
Listen to Siege of Madrigal.
Launch hogs.
Launch off of hogs.
Launch hogs from one beach on Silent Cartographer into grunts on another beach.
Try to flip the Halo ring.
Make marines stand on each other's heads.
Make marines stand on a hunter's head.
Abuse load zones to fill an elite up with 99 needles and then watch the pink.
Betray Keyes on the PoA and try to push the invincible marines into the pit.
Stick banshees with plasma grenades.
Punch an elite until your oXbox enters PS3 Skyrim mode.
Fly a banshee on The Maw.
Shoot stuff.
Oh, and spore herding.
You know, things.
500 hours is nothing.
It's somewhat cheap in places, but doable. Aside from skipping things (Halo 2 is quite broken, hehe), lots of "very hard" areas aren't so bad if you prepare for them. For instance, the second hangar on Cairo Station can be managed if you pick up and drop a bunch of plasma pistols from the first hangar before proceeding. It keeps them from despawning, so you have plenty of available ammo to burn on the elites.
Though some areas are just plain dumb. Even using sword flying to keep things sane, the Regret fight is chaotic cheap crap.
Oddly enough, there are some areas in Halo 2 that I think are only fun on legendary. Like the labs in Oracle; boring on the lower difficulties, but their intense and oppressive atmosphere comes alive on legendary.
Sounds pretty reasonable to me. I had the same reaction to 4.
Shake Appeal
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Completely doable. The only parts that stand out in my memory now are the jackal snipers and the early 'boss' fight.
Yep. Halo 4 was the only Halo campaign I didn't finish multiple times, and the only multiplayer Halo I didn't play for years. Quit before Christmas, never went back.
Cthulhu_Steev
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He never figured out his own father was the leader of Zeed until it was too late.
RSB
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Halo 2 is the hardest game in the franchise, but yes, it's very possible. Personally, I've done it only 3 times, but the last time I tried it was much more manageable for some reason. Guess I'm just more experienced or something...
If you want to see Halo 2 getting destroyed, you should watch MisterMonopoli (he's a speedrunner) The way he handles that second hangar in Cairo is amazing.
I must be in the minority, because I found Halo 2 legendary much easier than Halo CE legendary. The second room in cairo is a bitch, and fuck jackal snipers, but other than that you can get through it pretty easily just using the noob combo. Halo CE legendary is the only I couldn't complete.
It's definitely possible. I replayed it on legendary multiple times, even my dad beat it on legendary. Gears was pretty tough as well but yeah, that game is a lot more satisfying on the tougher difficulties.
That prophet fight though. So hard.
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
wow you guys make me look like a noob. While I have finished all Halo games on legendary, in fact I have played mostly all shooters on legendary except Halo 2 and Gears franchise. I will give it a try again when it hits on Xbox One lol
Exploratory
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Halo 4 wasn't THAT bad. Come on people.
List Wars!
Campaign overall: Halo 3: ODST > Halo 3 > Halo 4 > Halo > Halo: Reach > Halo 2
Story: Halo > Halo 3 > Halo: Reach > Halo 4 > Halo 2 > Halo 3: ODST
Multiplayer: Halo 4 > Halo 3 > Halo 2 > Halo: Reach
Maps: Halo 2 > Halo 3 > Halo: Reach > Halo 4
ArchedThunder
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Halo Reach's "Global Battle" concept needs to be realized.
titusandronicus
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Anyone think the title is kinda clumsy? I think once you go past 4 for numbered titles it doesn't look right. Something really 'fat' about the number five. Think Halo Guardians or Halo: Guardians would be better.
In fact this shows how good the series is. There are not a lot of series that can have such a big diversion in how the fanbase rates the games.
ArchedThunder
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This is completely untrue.
titusandronicus
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Last year I done all the three main Halo games on legendary difficulty solo and Halo: CE is by far much harder than the other two. Some of the check points took me a hour and a half/two hours to do.
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