Seriously is this a real question?
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Halo 5 out in the wild. Beware of leaks/spoilers.
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Seriously is this a real question?
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Side note: while determining if I want physical disk or digital, I decided to attempt to change my preorder to digital at GS (traded some games in so had credit). The bitch of it is that they won't give me a DL code till day of release, totally negating the pre-load process. So lame. Going to try and use the credit on something else and buy off of the marketplace.
Why is that surprising to you?
Halo's singleplayer and multiplayer are equally beloved. There's a reason why there is tons of story related media outside of the games.
A.D. Skinner
Member
It's clearly a delivery from a store. I wouldn't say it is leaked.
Gone Gold means the game is ready for mass production. Day 1 patches are not included in this, because they can still be worked on.
Thursday War
Banned
some troll spoiled the ending of halo 4 by spamming gaming section with threads so you're not totally safe
Guardians has easily the most interesting story in the series so far since we really don't know where 343 is taking it. They spoiled the whole Didact thing many times before release with Halo 4 so aside from the ending there wasn't really much surprise.
We're almost two weeks into the month of release. This doesn't seem too early, and those photos look realistic to my eyes.
At the very least, I do.
orichalcos
Member
Streams? Forget it. Twitch banned everybody. (exept reviewers after embargo)
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I hope he doesn't upload it anywhere that keeps the EXIF then
You're right, I hadn't even thought about that.
All we know of the Guardians is that they're wrecking havoc in the outer colonies but that's pretty much it.
Off screen livestreams then?
Buttonbasher
Member
I only play them for the story.
GavinUK86
Member
Wait..... there's more to Halo than the story?!?!
Collateral22
Member
Wish I had friends who could get me games early. Earliest I ever had was getting MW2 on the friday off some guy in school who's dad owned a wholesalers.
Yeah. It's at least as important to me as the MP.
Yeah, too early for me when I posted that. I was in the shower thinking about it and then was like "hey, it's out in 16 days!"
GavinUK86
Member
The day Halo stops being about story is the day I stop buying 'em.
Your post was a load of barnacles
I mean...have you played the other Halo campaigns? Serious question. Yes people care about the story. The first game predated Xbox Live and aside from just college dorms people LOVED it for the campaign. Halo was one of the games that brought cinematic FPS to the forefront.
MORTALIS
Member
This.
As for the Halo stories being bollocks thing, totally fair, as you stated, to each their own, that said, what's your litmus by comparison? Color me curious.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Btw that game probably went gold way earlier and not on the day they made the announcement.
The game size was added to the Xbox live Marcetplace last week.
The game size was added to the Xbox live Marcetplace last week.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Halo story is some of the best in the video game business.
I hope you read all the replies and do a bit of introspection and say to yourself, yeah that was a dumb comment.
Then this can be a learning moment rather than a dogpile.
RoslindaleOne
Member
Thanks to the mods and the community, spoilers haven't been a problem for me here. I'll have to try not to be any other message boards.
Aye played all the previous mainline games. Not really interested in 5 since 4 was the worst Halo game, but I might eventually play it.
It's entirely possible to enjoy a game for reasons other than the (in my opinion) mediocre story. Most people I know that enjoy the Halo games would not place "story" among the reasons why they like it. It is a decent dumb first person shooter about pointing your gun at aliens and then pressing the trigger, not much else substantial to it in my opinion.
The notion that many people play it primarily for the story is a bit of a surprise to me, but I can obviously accept that lots of people enjoy lots of different games for a variety of reasons.
Compsiox
Banned
So about this game case. It's all legitimate?
Sunset Samurai
Member
Is this a serious question?
No idea. I'm going dark till the 27th!
As long as you guys never criticise any games or their stories. Surprises are some of the best things about many games.
You could sum up any game in one sentence with generalizations like that...
QuantumSquid
Member
I wonder what Frank O'Connor, the franchise development director of the Halo series, would think about that statement.
It's still a dumb shitty throwaway comment. And you're not even remotely surprised. In fact you're going on my ignore list of one person because of your identical comment in the splatter house thread.
Half-Life 2 st is a decent dumb first person shooter about pointing your gun at aliens and then pressing the trigger, not much else substantial to it in my opinion.
The Last of Us is a decent dumb third person shooter about pointing your gun at infected and then pressing the trigger, not much else substantial to it in my opinion.
Bioshock is a decent dumb first person shooter about pointing your gun at crackheads and then pressing the trigger, not much else substantial to it in my opinion.
king grimlock
Member
Have them take the store credit and turn it into Xbox credit they can do any amount now, they put a code on the receipt that when redeemed adds the funds to your Xbox account.
dragonelite
Member
Can't wait for some french leaks all day long...
Is it though? This is the fifth game in the main series which has spanned across 3 console generations. Obviously there was something that kept people coming back. There's a massive Halo lore thread for crying out loud.
You must have had a hell of a time staying pure and virgin white.
Corntana sounds like a porn parody ripoff.
I'd argue that more people buy Halo for the campaign then the multiplayer. Also if you think the story is that simple you clearly aren't paying attention to any parts of it whatsoever.
Ricky Ricardo
Member
Cool. You don't find the story appealing.
We do though, so not getting spoiled is a matter of importance.
Nope, all those Halo novels exist because people don't care about the stories in the Halo universe.
draughn101
Member
This got loose sooner than I anticipated. Guess I need to limit my internet use. You know some stupid website will post a headline to blow it all.
