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Halo 4: Review Thread
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GarthVaderUK
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Would you please stop talking about your experience with a stolen copy? Thanks.
BruceLeeRoy
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Berva can you give me a breakdown of your favorite Halo games?
Did you think Reach was confined?
Garrett 2U
Member
I just googled speed runs for halo 1, 2, 3 and reach
All of the ones I saw combined? About 6.5 hours
Reach took me about 7 on normal and 1, 2 and 3 around 8-9 hours. Was hoping for something a tad longer, but it really sounds very near par for the course. Plus a Legendary run, which will no doubt probably take me 15 or more hours at the least. I'll be fine.
Yes I'm sure your review is objective when you have a Halo 4 avatar. Why not put a mountain dew logo there also
PAULINK
I microwave steaks.
Ah, I'm dumb. I'm purposely avoiding reviews though in my defense
, just came here for the reactions.Ghost_Protocol
Member
That's what I like to hear.
got damn
Garrett 2U
Member
Ah, I'm dumb. I'm purposely avoiding reviews though in my defense
Lmao, no problem, just too funny
Well his review in the halo thread had more content than the two reviews posted
A review of halo from a halo fan is key
Remember, a good chunk of us HATED reach
What does this even mean? You're saying that they're running past or bypassing encounters?
So to be legit they need to give it an 8 even if they think it deserves a higher score?
I swear to God this thing appeared and spoke to me in a dream one night after I ate some bad shrimp.
That's what it appears. Remember, this game has sprint ALL the time. So if there's objectives with waypoints, you can sprint to them and avoid encounters way better than before.
Also if the dude played part of the game at the 2 level preview event
Then the review event
Then on their own copy
Was their timing based on first play? Have my doubts
I wonder if they all did it solo, I'm assuming so? I just looked at the data on bnet, Halo 3 on Heroic with me and one other person took right about 5 hours flat day one. Or maybe I just don't give a fuck about Halo, who knows!
There have always been some encounters you could bypass in previous games, but suggesting that the addition of sprint allowed reviewers to completely ignore significantly more encounters than before seems to be a bit of a leap.
There have always been some encounters you could bypass in previous games, but suggesting that the addition of sprint allowed reviewers to completely ignore significantly more encounters than before seems to be a bit of a leap.
Hey, it looks like a high profile release is about to be reviewed! You can bet two things are going to happen! Let's take a look:
1. A bunch of people are going to throw a fit that the 8.5-9.5 score is too low!
2. A bunch of other people are going to throw a fit that the 8.5-9.5 score is too high!
All while journalistic integrity goes under too much/not enough scrutiny. Tis the season, folks! We'll see you again at the Black Ops 2 launch!
1. A bunch of people are going to throw a fit that the 8.5-9.5 score is too low!
2. A bunch of other people are going to throw a fit that the 8.5-9.5 score is too high!
All while journalistic integrity goes under too much/not enough scrutiny. Tis the season, folks! We'll see you again at the Black Ops 2 launch!
LMAO. Dorito Keighley.
Halo Reach featured expansive levels with a number of options to tackle during a battle. Halo 3 had some epic fight scenes (Scarab).
Monumental
Banned
Exactly. Halo has a sandbox that includes vehicles, and gives you lots of opprtunities to just drive on ahead and bypass encounters or run past enemies (now that there's sprint). But if you're just running on ahead to get to the next checkpoint then what's the point?
clutch.as.it.gets.
Member
You can`t compare those two games. Dishonored has lots of optional rooms and levels sections you can explore. Halo never had such additional content beside the main path.
Vire
Member
The Games Radar review really should be thrown out the window. Not because of the great score, but because of how fucking idiotic it is.
Omission of Iron Sights makes the gameplay feel dated? DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
Cheesy one liners with little to no substance throughout, just awful review. The "journalist" couldn't even follow simple embargo protocols.
Omission of Iron Sights makes the gameplay feel dated? DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
Cheesy one liners with little to no substance throughout, just awful review. The "journalist" couldn't even follow simple embargo protocols.
You can now run
Outside of crawlers, nothing else really does.
You play on normal, you can skip past entire sequences if objective isn't "kill all enemies".
In halo 1-3 (and reach most of the time), your limited walking speed makes you vulnerable. You cant just walk buy enemies all that easily. That and you cover less ground due to your walking speed.
Got lots of ground to cover in halo 4? Fuck it! Super speed!
It's not a difficult concept to grasp, really.
Even in between encounters, the times are compressed. I'm just going to avoid pressing that button, honestly.
Monumental
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What "review"? I don't give score nor am I in a business to get clicks. I gave impressions about certain elements and laid out a few facts, all in comparison to OTHER Halos. It literally took me 9 hours on heroic for example. This is coming from someone who has played every Halo extensively. Calling this game short, or at least shorter than any other mainline Halo game is being disingenuous. So is your idiotic insinuation that a fan of a Halo game can't give valuable impressions to other Halo fans.
K
kittens
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No way. They actually said that? Fucking wow.
I find it funny that someone would bring up the iron sights argument shortly after a game (MOH) following the COD model got critically panned.
Just wanted to say thanks for your impressions. What you described sounds right in line with what it should be.
It's literally one of the worst video reviews I've ever heard. Not even content wise -- just how it's delivered. I've heard YouTube reviews from 12 year olds that sound better.
I know it's early but where do you think it stands campaign wise against the other Halos?
What difficulty did you play Halo 4 on? Is it easier, harder or about the same? I've got no experience with Halo 3.
Is sprint unlimited in Campaign? Also are the sandbox encounters significantly more open than in previous games? Even if you had given me unlimited sprint, day one first playthrough on 3/Reach I just couldn't see shaving off the amount of time you're stating in those games, at least not on a first playthrough. I would also assume that for most people who play Halo or shooters fairly casually, they would either prefer to just kill everything, or not necessarily think to avoid everything like that off the bat.
Also I'm looking at my campaign history for Halo 3 and Reach, and my day one Heroic times are clocking in way under the hour count you're providing for 4, and if you're saying 4 is the same length as previous games I think you may just honestly need to consider that different people can progress through the games at a different pace.
Garrett 2U
Member
Short campaign
May not pick this up day one. I'm one of like 3 people on the planet who play the series for the campaign. Just too short to justify $60.
So you're probably not one that plays on Normal anyways, so why would that one guy's duration matter?
And doesn't Spartan Ops appeal to you? It is a second full length campaign.
Legendary is the only way to play Halo.
XtremeXpider
Member
Short campaign
May not pick this up day one. I'm one of like 3 people on the planet who play the series for the campaign. Just too short to justify $60.
All halos on normal are 5~6 hours long.
You might have actually had me there for a moment, but your whole post went to shit with this. I'll engage this argument no further.
Depends on the Halo. Reach legendary was too much imo. I loved Halo 1 legendary though.
Played Halo 4 on Heroic, took around 7 hours to complete.
Halo 3 on Heroic is a harder game purely based on the greatness of the level design.
Monumental
Banned
No problem
In a few hours you'll have a lot more impressions and viewpoints than just mine!
I will say this though, the only reason that anyone could think that this game is shorter is because there are no levels that bring the game to a crippling halt (Library, Quarantine Zone, Cortana). Flood levels always seem to go on forever due to their monotony and repetition, that typically gives the impression that the game is longer than it actually is.
XtremeXpider
Member
But 7 hours is not a "short" lenght, and you can enjoy Spartan Ops later.
Short campaign
May not pick this up day one. I'm one of like 3 people on the planet who play the series for the campaign. Just too short to justify $60.
It's probably very close in length to the other games. I wouldn't worry.