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Halo |OT 24| In Before the Locke
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wesleyshark
Banned
She'll still be around until at least
Issue 20
The Absolute Record part 2 Operation: ATHENA is underway and there is no turning back. Will Commander Palmer's team survive the treacherous journey into an ancient vault of Forerunner secrets?
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
MrGreencastle
Member
Coooooooool!
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I remember a few, but not 10+ or whatever MCC has. My main stance comes from the beta actually working, when MCC wasn't. I think 5 will work, at least to a level better than MCC currently is, at launch. Day 1 might have issues though, as usual.
Though if I remember right, Halo 4 worked pretty well out the gate.
Cool deal, thanks.
wesleyshark
Banned
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Excluding cinematics, wasn't it just 343i, with Certain Affinity working on Forge?
And yeah, Halo 4 worked perfectly fine.
Agreed. MCC is like too many cooks in the kitchen. I have a lot more confidence in H5 working properly based on Halo 4's functionality and the beta alone.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
gAg CruSh3r
Member
Well dang I miss the jump for the new OT. Oh well I'm throwing this here. I can not wait for more Halo 5 news.
Well, for one there's only one game to deal with. And the game probably won't be completely broken for 4ish months then get somewhat fixed for a month then get broken again.
So dealing with any issues should hopefully be sorted faster, also you're less likely to get stuck playing something you don't want to play.
Yeah, that's actually a problem with Destiny as a whole. Literally the only thing you seem to do is kill things. You either defend a spot killing things, or you run through different arenas killing things, or you kill other Guardians in Crucible. All whilst getting items to more effectively kill things. It's a good thing that shooting is really fun in that game.
Certain Affinity developed the Forge mode, co-developed War Games and created a number of maps and multiplayer modes for Halo 4.
I'm just here for the d a n k m e m e s
Rightful Chaos
Neo Member
Yeah, pretty much. 343i did just about everything. Certain affinity collabed on the MP maps, but from what I know that's it. It won't be anything like what MCC was. There were to many moving parts on the project and as far as I know nothing like it has been done. Yet people will still complain and call it out blaming everything on 343 when they weren't the only ones there.
They'll also blame them for "ruining halo" even though one of the first things they did was nerf armor lock like so many people wanted. And when it came to Halo 4 they just followed what Bungie left behind and made some changes to what Reach was like.
My opinion? Loved Halo 4. Love all of the games. Haters gonna hate. Come at me
wesleyshark
Banned
I'm with you. But that's probably obvious lol.
I don't care that it sucks, this gif is hilarious.
I should change it.Sign?
Hey buddy, you're the one with a Chief avatar here.
Halo is good for one thing, creating more m e m e s.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Reach and 4 are my favorite Halos. :3
Twin Tails
Member
Is it still a good time to jump into Destiny?
Forerunner
Member
Reach was a lot of fun, it's actually the Halo I spent the most time with. Yeah it had a lot of issues, but at the end of the day it was still very enjoyable for me.
Halo 4... well it wasn't bad, but it also wasn't anything exceptional.
wesleyshark
Banned
Best time. HoW is going to make Destiny what it should been at launch.
I may be wrong but didn't Bungie remove armour lock from playlists and never got the chance to do anything more as 343 took over content updates ?
Also, 343 ruined DLC playlists for Reach, it was a short time of new maps, good fun then DLC never to be seen ever again.
As for MCC, buck stops at 343. They planned it out, had oversight, didn't deliver. The other studios are meaningless to the argument. Can't do the job right, don't ship the game.
Hope that wasn't a bait post.
Reach gets too much hate, single player firefight heavy aside was good stuff.
Also, 343 ruined DLC playlists for Reach, it was a short time of new maps, good fun then DLC never to be seen ever again.
As for MCC, buck stops at 343. They planned it out, had oversight, didn't deliver. The other studios are meaningless to the argument. Can't do the job right, don't ship the game.
Hope that wasn't a bait post.
Reach gets too much hate, single player firefight heavy aside was good stuff.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Reach was great fun. The DMR felt great and the pistol was useful from a distance. Not my favorite MP, but the campaign had a really good pace and setting. Heck, I even soloed Firefight. I think Reach had my favorite art style too. Halo 5 might beat it.
H2A campaign is beautiful though. Dat new Delta Halo/Regret. Its teh s3x.
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
I feel it would be cool during the campaign, each member of the team would be assigned a different objective according to their respective skill to work together towards a common main objective.
(I.e. Linda going up on a perch to snipe, while Kelly is running around dealing with threats and Chief is working towards the main objective, etc.)
Poodlestrike
Banned
It was never a good time to jump into Destiny.
wesleyshark
Banned
Forerunner
Member
Ok this one is good. lol
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
Lmao
#DEAD
It's always amusing how much people hate destiny and how they act like it killed their dog.
Great time to hop into destiny. Get the base game and house of wolves. You can skip the dark below and buy it if you want later. Hope you have some friends to play with.
And @henry I think playlist management will be easier in 5. Seems everytime they try and touch MCC something breaks so it takes longer. MCC also has the added challenge of balancing so many maps and game modes in so few hoppers with that small population.
Will we see Btb maps in 4v4? Hope not.
Will we see ar starts? Probably. But at least this time we will either play Br starts da goat or meh ar starts whatever
As opposed to BR starts da goat vs kill me now insta quit ar starts in other halos
IronWarrior
Neo Member
I really liked how versatile the magnum was. It wasn't too hard to ping snipers from a distance and with skill you could beat most ARs except at close range, but you needed to really make your shots. Reach overall had a pretty solid weapon sandbox, just about everything could be useful in the right situation. Armour Abilities and Bloom really hurt it though, especially Bloom. It's not a terrible idea on paper since it allows the precision weapons to be useful at different ranges if the player knows how to properly control their bloom but was just annoying as heck to deal with in reality.
I'm kind of hoping with the pistol buff in H5 AR/Pistol starts get some prominence. I'm probably in a minority here but I really enjoyed swapping between the AR and pistol depending on the situation in Reach and I never felt too handicapped fighting a DMR with the magnum, at least not as completely helpless as in H2/H3 AR starts.
wesleyshark
Banned
It's by no means a perfect game, but damn is it fun to play. The actual mechanics are so solid, that is almost with the price of admission itself.
I agree with Tawp. Dark Below DLC can be skipped pretty much. Get House of Wolves DLC when it comes out May 19th. HoW updates the game to where it should have been at launch. Bungie took A LOT of player feedback to heart and are about to make some pretty significant changes when HoW drops.
GringoSuave89
Banned
Mmmmm that new OP smell. Now who will be the first to drop a french fry between the seats?
I was just about to say go fuck yourself, then I got the joke.
I was just about to say go fuck yourself, then I got the joke.
Prinz Eugn
Member
Advertising DOTA in a Halo OT. That's bold.
Edit: Wall of Shame. Well done jem. Sprint enthusiast confirmed.
I was having a small existential crisis about halfway through last OT that I would end up on there.
Well, crisis averted I guess.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
If Destiny had more than 4 versions of the same multiplayer mode I probably would have stuck around for a lot longer. I still don't understand that, when Halo has had such a varied selection of multiplayer modes since day one. And ya know, customs.
wesleyshark
Banned
It's baffling. I play Control and Control only. When Iron Banner is around, I switch to that because it's also Control haha.
GringoSuave89
Banned
Destiny has such a shit MP though.
*sigh*
#MaybeHalo6
#FlimsyExcuses
#Beli343
#somethingsomethingbutts
Tawp pls
Uhhh...
Forerunner
Member
But it's fun. So it's like throwing shit at each other.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Its okay that you like something than the majority here. Im a competitive CSGO player and love my Halo league settings, but I totally agree with you. With a good pistol buff the AR/pistol dynamic will be something I look forward to.
This is true
Trials of Osiris is looking to remedy that though. The match in the stream yesterday was intense.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
It wasn't brilliant, but it was fun enough. At the very least I enjoyed the gameplay of Destiny, and multiplayer felt like a more productive way to experience it than awaking the Hive for the hundredth time.
GringoSuave89
Banned
I have never partaken in the act, but I'm pretty sure literally throwing shit is better than playing Destiny MP.
The worse part is, because of the grind, I HAVE to play MP. Iron Banner has gear outside of raid items to level you up to max, pretty good guns, and Trials of Osiris will be just as important in those regards. I'm hosed.
Until Arkham Knight comes out.
if supers were out it would be way more interesting.
Though Destiny's MP's biggest problem is all maps are shit.
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