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Bonnie Ross (Head of 343i): "Every Halo FPS will have Split-Screen going forward"

jelly

Member
Hopefully after Halo 6 they do a soft reboot. I wish the had put chief in the cryptum and had 6 take place 10,000 years later with chief coming out. Ace that splitscreen is back as I can see the significance of the feature and was upset with it's removal even though I don't use it lol.

That would be a cool Halo 6 ending. The odds are against humanity and they fail but over a couple of thousand years even Cortana can't make it work and Chief is released by future rebels to beat her into submission. Would be a neat end considering Spartans were made to fight rebels.
 
Stinkles i just read that Bonnie Ross said Halo stories will be simpler and less in depth. I think Halo 4's story is criminally underrated and judged and i really think that was the perfect balance. Would you say thats the route 343 is going? I did enjoy Halo 5's story i just didnt like the lack of Master Chief gameplay and i fear Halo turning in to "Master Chief kills everything" i mean i highly doubt that would happen, but can you make me feel better and say there will still be emotional attachment to these characters.....please
 
Stinkles i just read that Bonnie Ross said Halo stories will be simpler and less in depth. I think Halo 4's story is criminally underrated and judged and i really think that was the perfect balance. Would you say thats the route 343 is going? I did enjoy Halo 5's story i just didnt like the lack of Master Chief gameplay and i fear Halo turning in to "Master Chief kills everything" i mean i highly doubt that would happen, but can you make me feel better and say there will still be emotional attachment to these characters.....please

Elaborated on it a bit more on Twitter...

 
I'll take gameplay over story. Doom 2016 had no story and was one of my favorite FPS campaigns in recent years. Halo CE is also pretty light on story. Give me open sandboxes to run around with more dynamic enemy encounters and I'll be happy.
 
Also, 5's story wasn't bad because there was too much story/too much going on. It was easy enough to follow, it just sucked. They certainly tried to set something up as well, so it was in satisfying as a standalone story. The game's plot need to be more self contained moving forward.
 
Interesting negative to takeaway / mention from 5.
Personally smaller to me now, but would have been super valuable previously.

And she's right, trust has been really eroded.
 
I'll take gameplay over story. Doom 2016 had no story and was one of my favorite FPS campaigns in recent years. Halo CE is also pretty light on story. Give me open sandboxes to run around with more dynamic enemy encounters and I'll be happy.

I am playing Doom now and i have had everyone tell me how amazing it is and i do like it, but i get tired of it pretty quick. I know there must be something wrong with me, but i cant play more than a couple missions every couple days. I have been comparing everything to Titanfall 2's campaign and i think its ruining all other FPS for me
 

ryechu

Member
This is good, but they missed the biggest splitscreen gaming window of my life, so I'm not sure if I'm going to make use of this.
 
I am playing Doom now and i have had everyone tell me how amazing it is and i do like it, but i get tired of it pretty quick. I know there must be something wrong with me, but i cant play more than a couple missions every couple days. I have been comparing everything to Titanfall 2's campaign and i think its ruining all other FPS for me
It does get repetitive near the end, but I'll still take it over Halo 5 or 4's campaign.
 
this is what we need Bonnie/Stinkles

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Elaborated on it a bit more on Twitter...

Yep, this is pretty good for me. Halo 4 was pretty good aside from some parts that required having knowledge of the Forerunner trilogy in order to get properly invested. So if they can hit that balance of not needing to read the books but also using them as a bit of a backbone, I will be pleased.
 
Glad to hear.

Why do some people want 30fps? I don't mind it but just curious, though I can imagine how good the visuals can look on Scorp at that. Maybe give the option of 30/60fps.
 
Halo 5 MP is phenomenal, sure the story was kinda lackluster and very lore dense, specially if you followed the viral campaign. Can't wait what they do next with the added split screen component.

I feel like 343 has enough understanding of what makes Halo great and will be able to give us an all around fantastic Halo 6.
 

ElNino

Member
I mean you can. You just need a second TV and XBOX :)

And xbox live gold ����

Just gameshare. ;)
I think you still need Gold to play co-op though. My son and I have done it, but I have Gold anyways so I'm not sure if it would work without.

Edit: Also, the split screen would be helpful again so I can play co-op with my kids without them playing in the basement... although that gives me a full screen to use, so maybe I'll just continue that way anyways.
 
Don't you all understand? If some tertiary game mode like Warzone doesn't have classic weapon control, then it must not exist at all.
/s
 

Theorry

Member
I think you still need Gold to play co-op though. My son and I have done it, but I have Gold anyways so I'm not sure if it would work without.

Edit: Also, the split screen would be helpful again so I can play co-op with my kids without them playing in the basement... although that gives me a full screen to use, so maybe I'll just continue that way anyways.

I think you'd still need at least one xbox live subcription to use the online, I don't think Halo 5 support local LAN play

I was talking about what the second person needed also. ;)
 

Leyasu

Banned
Halo 5s mp, is probably the best mp that I have ever played.

But I am sure that they just helped kill their game by refusing to region lock it, or give us some region selection options. My friends all dropped it after a week or so of constant high latency, US hosted games. They also totally ignored the waypoint mega threads. When they did finally act, the population was so low, they had no choice but to reverse it. Such a shame.

Give us proper BTB maps as well please in 6. Even if it is the Halo 4 BTB maps redone.
 
So I'm tuned in to the live stream, but does anyone know if the vidocs will be available on demand, in YouTube or something? Really wanna see the Bonnie Ross one.
 

Kukawaki

Member
I tried, I really did but I can't stand listening to he speak. She's like a MS version of Soderlund.

Good news for splitscreen. Wish Halo 5's story never existed. Can they just make 5 again and we pretend it never happened?
 
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