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Halo 4 |OT2| TURBO

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IHaveIce

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daedalius said:
Halo 4 is still more populated than Titanfall PC.

Has much faster/better matchmaking too.
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Meanwhile Titanfall Xbox one shits on Halo4's speed of matchmaking.

Played Halo 4 2days ago... you get matched up against a party of 4 when you go in alone and get paired with guests.. seriously fuck this game or give us a mercenary playlist.

Like people are asking for since? Idk? Years..

Jetpackers, Camo dudes and Infinity Ordnance are also the worst.

I'm really optimistic for Halo5 just because I think they can't get worse gameplaywise(except adding ADS in and vringing back Armor lock).

Though I thought the same after Reach
 
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El_Chino

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NobleGundam said:
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Yes. Yes I do.
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Eh, doubt there would be anymore AAA titles on the X360.
 
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II SHABUTIE II

Neo Member
IHaveIce said:
Meanwhile Titanfall Xbox one shits on Halo4's speed of matchmaking.

Played Halo 4 2days ago... you get matched up against a party of 4 when you go in alone and get paired with guests.. seriously fuck this game or give us a mercenary playlist.

Like people are asking for since? Idk? Years..

Jetpackers, Camo dudes and Infinity Ordnance are also the worst.

I'm really optimistic for Halo5 just because I think they can't get worse gameplaywise(except adding ADS in and vringing back Armor lock).

Though I thought the same after Reach
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Considering Armor Lock was the worst thing to ever grace a Halo game, I'd say Halo 4 was a step in the right direction. Could you imagine armor lock, being apart of the custom loadouts in H4? Prime time on a Saturday, each playlist would struggle to hit 100 players.
 
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l Zealot l

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II SHABUTIE II said:
Considering Armor Lock was the worst thing to ever grace a Halo game, I'd say Halo 4 was a step in the right direction. Could you imagine armor lock, being apart of the custom loadouts in H4? Prime time on a Saturday, each playlist would struggle to hit 100 players.
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4 was a step back.
It didn't help to improve the problems it evolved them.

Armour lock was bad, but it was one problem we traded for two others in 4. It's been said again and again but the drop in 4s population is evidence enough.

Reach MP wasnt the best, but Reach > 4
 
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lizardwizarding

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I imagine with all the new hires from the competitive scene that the game will at least begin it's path back to it's roots with more arena sized maps and the mechanics that follow.

This bigger, Battlefield/Call of Duty-esque Halo has got to be on the way out now, right?!
 
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daedalius

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l Zealot l said:
4 was a step back.
It didn't help to improve the problems it evolved them.

Armour lock was bad, but it was one problem we traded for two others in 4. It's been said again and again but the drop in 4s population is evidence enough.

Reach MP wasnt the best, but Reach > 4
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I totally loved default bloom and nuclear grenades.

Totally did.
 
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II SHABUTIE II

Neo Member
l Zealot l said:
4 was a step back.
It didn't help to improve the problems it evolved them.

Armour lock was bad, but it was one problem we traded for two others in 4. It's been said again and again but the drop in 4s population is evidence enough.

Reach MP wasnt the best, but Reach > 4
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I believe the population heavily disliked Reach. Even though Halo 4(IMO) was a push(ish) in the right direction, I think the fact that it wasn't the game everyone wanted, for the second game in a row, was the reason for the server population drop. If Halo 4 came out before Reach, I think we'd see the same population numbers. It's just on the fact that neither really cater to "Halo" players.
 
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HigherLevel

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It's awesome that MS is announcing all this before the E3 conference. They must have needed that time for that live Halo 2 Anniversary MP demo.
 
ElRenoRaven

ElRenoRaven

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Fracas said:
Yeah now it's basically a weaker ps4
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Yea but it's a good console even if a bit weaker. Hell the snap feature alone is awesome. I can play some multiplayer while the game is on. I actually wish Sony would have copied that feature for PS4. Then the PS4 would have been perfect.
 
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User 73706

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This is the way consoles should be - offering standardized baseline feature sets (buzzwords ahoy) with differences boiling down to the strength of the hardware and software. Now we have a dedicated hardcore gaming platform and a more casual one.

And, of course, the Wii U remains the outlier, but Nintendo's going to outlast both of them in the gaming industry so it's a moot point.
 
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Poker Face

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Sub-Zero at a Starbucks said:
This is the way consoles should be - offering standardized baseline feature sets (buzzwords ahoy) with differences boiling down to the strength of the hardware and software. Now we have a dedicated hardcore gaming platform and a more casual one.

And, of course, the Wii U remains the outlier, but Nintendo's going to outlast both of them in the gaming industry so it's a moot point.
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Microsoft really should have cut the price to 350. IMO Xbox One has the better lineup right now, and for the foreseeable future. They just need to send a clearer message the general public and explain that you have cool features like watching TV as well as awesome games.

aHebrewMenagerie said:
E3 is going to be the equivalent of a warzone.
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hype!!
 
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Mix

Member
Bam, now, I hope all you losers get an Xbox One so we can all enjoy Halo 2 Anniversary together.
EDIT: I called gamestop 30 minutes after the announcement and told the guy about it, I know it wasn't the manager, but I asked him how much a trade in for the kinect would get me and he told me that they wouldn't take it because it's required for the system and the system trade in. I told him it was announced today that there would be a kinectless SKU and he said, "Oh, really? I might get one now" and fuckin' hung up on me.
 
Welfare

Welfare

Member
Mix said:
Bam, now, I hope all you losers get an Xbox One so we can all enjoy Halo 2 Anniversary together.
EDIT: I called gamestop 30 minutes after the announcement and told the guy about it, I know it wasn't the manager, but I asked him how much a trade in for the kinect would get me and he told me that they wouldn't take it because it's required for the system and the system trade in. I told him it was announced today that there would be a kinectless SKU and he said, "Oh, really? I might get one now" and fuckin' hung up on me.
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Only reasonable thing to do in a situation like that.

Now more of my friends list will be on the One come June. More people to play Halo
Spartan Assualt
with.
 
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NobleGundam

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The Real Napsta said:
I'm aware of that game. It's the last one.
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You don't know that for a fact that it's the last one.

It's logical that XB1 titles should be the main focus. But I do believe MS can still profit out of a 360 title as well if there's enough promising statistics that they'll sell. Perhaps not as a physical copy but as a digital download for a game that's a few months old that had already came out for the XB1.
 
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Mix

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StalkerUKCG said:
Wonder if Halo 2 Anniversary will have any character customization added or if it will keep the old. Spartans - Elites. Colours
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Is it something that you'd really want though? I'd love just color schemes in multiplayer... Now, if mister chief came into play...
 
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User 73706

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StalkerUKCG said:
Wonder if Halo 2 Anniversary will have any character customization added or if it will keep the old. Spartans - Elites. Colours
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I'd want to see a Reach Elites / Specializations approach where they allow you to use full suits and capitalize on more color options rather than specific chests / pauldrons / etc. For mainline games it makes sense to fully customize the armor, but I think it'd be neat if they just had a couple of the traditional suits like Mark V / Mark VI (H2) / Mark VI (H3), an ODST suit, Noble Six's suit, etc. It makes it less complicated worrying if part X will clip through pauldron Y, and it would let them dedicate a little more time to each suit of armor.
 
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StalkerUKCG

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Hardware usage aside, I do really like Armor Customization. I like unique spartans.
It's in no was something I feel strongly about and if it was removed or not in H2A I wouldn't really care but it's pretty neat.
 
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Chettlar

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TheOddOne said:
You guys don't like ADS? YOU WILL GET ADS.

ADS.

Halo.
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I will punch babies if that happens.

Actually, I can see it happening, unfortunately. Not on main guns like the AR, but maybe on some new power weapon or something.

The Real Napsta said:
Spartan armor customization is a waste of RAM.
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Worth it.


I'd love armor customizations to be in Halo 2A. It's not like they affect gameplay, and they really help to keep things fresh. Even if it was really, really simple stuff like just helmets, I'd love that.
 
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The Henery

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Does the stipulation that DLC with achievements can't go free exist with the XB One? Wasn't that something to do with Don Matrick?

Halo DLC going free after a time was obviously a great boon to MM cohesion.
 
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StalkerUKCG

Banned
The Henery said:
Does the stipulation that DLC with achievements can't go free exist with the XB One? Wasn't that something to do with Don Matrick?

Halo DLC going free after a time was obviously a great boon to MM cohesion.
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I doubt these things are single man decisions. DLC for online titles should be free after 2 years. Making Reach DLC free now would be great.
 
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Mix

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Oh man, can you imagine Halo 2A launching with all of it's console DLC? That would be amazing and enormous. A Halo game to launch with 23 maps, possibly 25 if the Vista maps get a port. That would be insane.
 
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StalkerUKCG

Banned
Mix said:
Oh man, can you imagine Halo 2A launching with all of it's console DLC? That would be amazing and enormous. A Halo game to launch with 23 maps, possibly 25 if the Vista maps get a port. That would be insane.
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8GB DDR3 Clock: 2133MHz Bandwidth: 68.26 GB/s + 32MB eSRAM Bandwidth: 204 GB/s(102 In/102 Out)

8 Core AMD custom CPU Frequency: 1.75 GHz

AMD Custom GPU Clock Speed: 853 MHz(originally 800 MHz)

Backwash will still be sub 10 fps.
 
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