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[jem0208]

He has very little (good) character development after halo 3.

The chief has had infinitely more character development in Halo 4 alone than in all of Bungie's games...

 

[Kalentan]

The movement and shooting aspects were always shitty in Halo 3. It isn't relative to its time.

This is true.

 

[Surface of Me]

Some interesting stuff. Probably all fake though. The guy says Halo 5 gets 10-15k players a day and 20-25k when new dlc drops doesn't match what Frankie said the other day where they get hundreds of thousands of unique players daily.

Yep, that alone shuts this down it seems.

 

[Nirolak]

On the one hand, nothing here sounds implausible.

On the other hand, if this person is real, it's assuredly super obvious who it is to everyone at 343, which makes it seem fake.

Edit:

Ah, yeah, the player count thing kills it.

 

[JaggedSac]

We'll probably never know if this guy is legit. We know he's an ass though.

wtf, this can't be real

 

[Mechazawa]

If you look the games without Chief you will understand why...

What about em? ODST is the best Halo.

 

[Sojgat]

I can tell you that as far as the modeling of the next main series entry goes, the big agreement from the studio heads was that a longer campaign with impressive enemy AI and a less story-in-your-face approach to experiencing the levels, possibly akin to Combat Evolved.

Oh, you mean what they should've done two games ago?

 

[Gnome Scat]

chief was in halo 5 ?

I think he made a cameo appearance a few times.

 

[QuantumSquid]

Yep, that alone shuts this down it seems.

But consider this:

What if he means 15,000 people playing at a given time per day, but hundreds of thousands of unique players that make up that 15k throughout the day?

Like, hundreds of thousands of users log into Halo 5 daily, but at a given point, only 15,000 are playing at once.

 

[deadscreensky]

If you look the games without Chief you will understand why...

I'm not a huge fan of Reach, but ODST is my favorite Halo game.

 

[ebullientprism]

Most of that sounds pretty tame so it could well be legit.

 

[jem0208]

The player count didn't necessarily discount him...

If it's averaging 15K concurrent players and (for example) each player plays 1 hour that's 360k uniques in one day which fits in with what Frankie was saying.

 

[Stinkles]

Lol at "Nemesis" and the Reach code that makes you explode.

I can confirm however that I am a shill and a cuck though so it's not all fake.


And to the dude who was asking if I am as much of a bitch to work for as he suspects, the answer is more so.

 

[Ryouji Gunblade]

I think they successfully made the Prometheans way more fun to fight in H5. In H4 you just run out of ammo as they teleport away to heal, tank it with their shields, or respawn with watchers, or all of the above.

 

[NormalFish]

When was the last time you played Halo 3? Cause even 2 has aged better than it. Hell, for all Halo 4's MP's shortcomings, the simple act of moving and shooting in that feels leagues better than Halo 3 ever did.

Few months ago. And Halo online. Halo 3 has always been the halo game that feels best to me, so I'm not even sure where to start lol.

 

[SomTervo]

the big agreement from the studio heads was that a longer campaign with impressive enemy AI and a less story-in-your-face approach to experiencing the levels, possibly akin to Combat Evolved.

You never had my curiosity.

But now you have my attention.

 

[Interficium]

Some interesting stuff. Probably all fake though. The guy says Halo 5 gets 10-15k players a day and 20-25k when new dlc drops doesn't match what Frankie said the other day where they get hundreds of thousands of unique players daily.

He was clearly talking concurrency, which franky was not.

 

[Myggen]

Anon on 4chan writing something we all could come up with. Yeah, sure, seems legit.

 

[Vince DiCola]

Interesting stuff but you can never tell with 4chan

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

How did this thread stay open so long?

 

[NoLongerALurker]

Lol at "Nemesis" and the Reach code that makes you explode.

I can confirm however that I am a shill and a cuck though so it's not all fake.


And to the dude who was asking if I am as much of a bitch to work for as he suspects, the answer is more so.

As we all suspected. Frankie is a bitch to work with.

 

[Cranster]

Lol at "Nemesis" and the Reach code that makes you explode.

I can confirm however that I am a shill and a cuck though so it's not all fake.


And to the dude who was asking if I am as much of a bitch to work for as he suspects, the answer is more so.

I kind of expected as much.

 

[Vire]

Lol at "Nemesis" and the Reach code that makes you explode.

I can confirm however that I am a shill and a cuck though so it's not all fake.


And to the dude who was asking if I am as much of a bitch to work for as he suspects, the answer is more so.

What? You mean to tell me the thing posted on 4chan with no evidence isn't real?

 

[Myggen]

What? You mean to tell me the thing posted on 4chan with no evidence isn't real?

Truly shocking.

 

[jem0208]

I think they successfully made the Prometheans way more fun to fight in H5. In H4 you just run out of ammo as they teleport away to heal, tank it with their shields, or respawn with watchers, or all of the above.

I really liked the Prometheans in H5.

 

[blue_phazon]

Lol at "Nemesis" and the Reach code that makes you explode.

I can confirm however that I am a shill and a cuck though so it's not all fake.


And to the dude who was asking if I am as much of a bitch to work for as he suspects, the answer is more so.

I was waiting to see what Frankie's response would be and it was better than I ever expected.

How did this thread stay open so long?

Who knows. There's even mods posting in here.

 

[Klyka]

I am fucking dying laughing at that 4chan thread XD

 

[Stinkles]

They really don't like neogaf over there. Looks like it is Bish's fault.

 

[napata]

What? You mean to tell me the thing posted on 4chan with no evidence isn't real?

Bloodborne was real.

 

[TheYanger]

I thought the H5 prometheans were fun to fight /shrug.

 

[Toa TAK]

I thought the H5 prometheans were fun to fight /shrug.

They're a lot better in 5.

Making the Knights mini-bosses was the right way, I feel.

 

[blue_phazon]

They really don't like neogaf over there. Looks like it is Bish's fault.

A LOT of internet gaming communities hate gaf because apparently we're all evil "sjw"s who want to censor everything.

Or some dumb shit like that

 

[Akai__]

They really don't like neogaf over there. Looks like it is Bish's fault.

Looks like someone had this happen to him/her:

 

[mcrommert]

Yeah this reads as completely made up with reasonable information

Anyone under nda would not the day they left give information that points the finger squarely at them...they would be sued immediately

 

[XAL]

Yeah this reads as completely made up with reasonable information

Anyone under nda would not the day they left give information that points the finger squarely at them...they would be sued immediately

I'm sure only a handful of people left 343 throughout the entire development of Halo 5 and after.

If only they could post information anonymously.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Assuming this stuff is true, they wanna get rid of Chief?
Lol.
Chief is Halo.

I disagree. Reach is arguably the best campaign in the series.

 

[Stinkles]

I'm sure only a handful of people left 343 throughout the entire development of Halo 5 and after.

If only they could post information anonymously.

I think you're giving too much credit to the potential juiciness of a story.

Making the game was hard!

Features got cut!

People argued!

Someone did something gross in the third floor bathroom!

 

[Steel]

ITT I learned people actually want to keep the master chief. I mean, why?!? He's a quiet guy that's always in full armor, you can replace him with just about anyone, keep them quiet and no one would no the difference. Why?!?

 

[Loxley]

A LOT of internet gaming communities hate gaf because apparently we're all evil "sjw"s who want to censor everything.

Or some dumb shit like that

I think it has more to do with the fact that we're all just so athletic and good-looking.

ITT I learned people actually want to keep the master chief. I mean, why?!? He's a quiet guy that's always in full armor, you can replace him with just about anyone, keep them quiet and no one would no the difference. Why?!?

Because he's basically Microsoft's Mickey Mouse (sorry Clippy).

 

[mcrommert]

Ugh, please! Strike 3 and you're out for Halo 6, honestly!

Even if this is all fake, I agree with that.

Prometheans best enemies in the game...they are up to your speed...with the addition of the dash and ground pound and running...the older enemies are too slow.

Prometheans are up to speed

 

[Cranster]

ITT I learned people actually want to keep the master chief. I mean, why?!? He's a quiet guy that's always in full armor, you can replace him with just about anyone, keep them quiet and no one would no the difference. Why?!?

To get technical, he hasn't been quiet since Halo 3.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I think you're giving too much credit to the potential juiciness of a story.

Making the game was hard!

Features got cut!

People argued!

Someone did something gross in the third floor bathroom!

That was me sorry. I sacrificed a durian to Jobu!

 

[OnionPowder]

Someone did something gross in the third floor bathroom!

This is the story I'm really interested in

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

Nothing about this is particularly unreasonable or earth-shattering, in fact most of it seems extremely plausible. Didn't meet expectations but was still successful and profitable? Seems like a given. Story had heavy changes? I think that's like... Every Halo. But then it's fucking 4chan, so there's that. And again, it's not exactly earth-shattering info, so whether it's true or false: eh.

I will say though that holy shit 4chan is awful. Like:

Who's idea was it to include a black main protagonist in a core halo game as master chief's equal and what can we do to end their life?

Holy fucking shit.

To get technical, he hasn't been quiet since Halo 3.

I mean, he's never been entirely "quiet". He speaks in literally every game. You can buy his voice in Halo Reach for Firefight, lol. He's not Gordon Freeman.

 

[Tecnniqe]

They really don't like neogaf over there. Looks like it is Bish's fault.

Someone did something gross in the third floor bathroom!

Go on

 

[Flipyap]

They're a lot better in 5.

Making the Knights mini-bosses was the right way, I feel.

They appear with the frequency of mini-bosses, but since they lost all of the abilities that made them so dangerous in 4 (and with them almost all of their mobility), they've become some of the easiest enemies in the game. Hunters they are not and Halo 5 is far too liberal with power weapon placement.

 

[ZeezbruhTV]

He could be talking about concurrent.

But 10-15k still seems low.

Slightly under h4, which had like 3x more consoles, so matches up with retention>h4. Everything seems pretty plausible. Really glad to hear the heads agreed to a good direction for h6.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

If what he says is true, then 343i really have no idea what to do with the series and doesn't have a clue how to make it interesting again. Most of what they do is follow trends and see what sticks. Things like Iron sights and the Halo weapon 4 drops felt weird and out of place in a Halo game, but other popular games did it so they thought they might do it too.

How the might Halo has fallen.

Fallen? H5 is the best Halo has ever played online. Campaign needs help though.

 

[NullPointer]

ITT I learned people actually want to keep the master chief. I mean, why?!? He's a quiet guy that's always in full armor, you can replace him with just about anyone, keep them quiet and no one would no the difference. Why?!?

Never understood that myself. His main qualities are a raspy voice and luckiness.

Cortana had personality, but they busted it in turning her into a damsel in distress before turning her hot and bothered for the Chief. I never could go along with her supposed evolution.

Regardless, when you center all of the stories around two characters you have to magnify their importance to stupid levels, and that's where you get prophesies about how that's possible, and you paint yourself into a corner with a universe.

 

[Blueblur1]

So if the story is fake why don't we have 15+ DLC maps yet, Frankie?