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Halo |OT14| They call it Halo
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StalkerUKCG
Banned
Good. Double Team, No Custom Loadout's (Set loadouts), Weapons on map, No ordnance drops. No Radar.
And at least in the case of Haven A editited map with better spawns and some grav lifts at the back alcoves
Its pretty much the only thing I enjoy playing.
Team Throwdown should be good.
Can we get some GAF parties going Monday to test it out?
HollovVpo1nt
Banned
I get that you guys don't like Halo 4 because it not what you expected it to be or it's not what you want it to be, but that doesn't mean that you can't enjoy Halo 4 for what it is. That said, I think you guys are tremendeously exagerating when saying that this game sucks. I think anyone can have fun with this game online. Think of it as not beeing Halo or something.
Hydranockz
Member
It does have set weapon spawns.
Feel free to invite me, if you see me online.
Then why even play the damn game if I don't want to think it is Halo? Halo is the only reason I bought the game, the only reason I play. I might as well go play killzone, or any other dozens of FPS games out there.
Who are you to tell us we are tremendously exaggerating when saying the game sucks? I bought the game at launch, I've played the hell out of it, I'm now SR 108 without double xp, and I can honestly say, this is the shittiest Halo game I have played yet. More than Reach. I could deal with the poor maps and bloom of Reach. I didn't quit after 3-4 matches in Reach, I do so because I cannot stomach infinity slayer or big team that much. Doubles pro is the only thing I like or enjoy about the game, maybe the second half of Spartan Ops. I'm only sticking around to give team throwdown a try, and it's decent, I'll keep playing, if not, Gears and Bioshock will bide my time and I guess I'll leave Halo behind too.
If we are tremendously exaggerating, why is it the least played Halo game ever? Why is ratio for Team Salt vs Team Slurp so high? Forget Juices or Kyle, you even have people like Ghaleon and Dax hate this game. That tells you about how it's perceived amongst it's most hardcore/loyal fans.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
I think people are entitled to their opinions and I also think that the game has shown to be poor by virtually every community Halo once had turning their backs on it.
The pro community has dwindled, The day to day population is strikingly low.
Legacy features have been axed, Forge is a shadow of its former self (A big one if you put too many objects on a map). Multiplayer has moved away from a competitive focus and the elements which made Halo 2 and 3 such stand apart classic games have virtually all been either removed or overshadowed with poor features.
People do not dislike this game because its cool its has genuine faults and the more dedicated a player previously was to the franchise the more they are going to feel like they have been shit on.
Lets look at players like Juices, Kyle, Over and Devo. I used to stay up till 4 in the morning shitting on kids with these guys in Reach. Playing for hours on end and this was on Reach which was at its very best a poor game but they stayed because they still found some morsel of enjoyment in playing that game. A few months in and they have all but abandoned Halo.
Surely however anecdotal that is it tells you something about the quality of the game?
I have nothing but respect for Frankie and Ellis and the entire 343i staff but the game they shipped has faults, It looks now that they are starting to address them but I fear its too late (id rather them try than let the game die)
You said that you think "anyone can have fun in this game" and to some extent that might be true however theirs a difference between 1 fun game and an experience that has you itching to get on and shit on some kids. I have little drive to play Halo 4 at all. Doubles is a great gametype and really the only thing stopping me playing is the fact that I don't have a partner.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Thanks for reminding me
I knew I was expecting something on Monday, but I couldn't for the life of me remember what it was.
This game lacks a certain structure. Some of us may not have realized how important that structure was until it wasn't there anymore.
Ranks or no ranks, you could play Halo 3 and know what the fuck is going on at all times: you know what everyone's starting weapons/equipment were, where and when the power weapons/equipment spawn, where opponents are likely to respawn, and you could anticipate your opponents moves based on that information. That structure is gone in Halo 4. As it turns out, many of us simply don't enjoy large swaths of random nonsense in Halo; too many gametypes in the greater matchmaking experience feel like Fiesta custom games. Apparently, that old structure is a big part of what made Halo fun to play. Collecting virtual trinkets, not so much.
The neglect and abandonment of certain ancillary game features we had come to expect as standard didn't help either.
Yeah no, I want to think of it as halo, because I wanted a Hali when I bought Halo 4.
Halo.
Opinions man. Especially on the fun part.
NobleGundam
Banned
Exactly. All of this.
A month ago a friend was discussing how Halo should be random like War. That there is no true balance in a War game (he was stating CoD practically). Halo shouldn't ever follow these traits of random respawning, random weapons spawning, in a competitive game. It brakes the core balance of Halo which in my perspective is like a chess game. The better player wins because of his or hers skill & team strategy and not by random rock, paper, scissors bs and broken structures.
Hydranockz
Member
Why oh why can't my disc drive just work?
HiredN00bs
Member
60 dollars please
Oh, I mentioned this to Risen when we played the other day, I think it's confusing in Doubles Pro that weapons spawn via global ordnance and also just appear on the map. I feel like it should be all one or all the other, because the way it is now leaves map weapons neglected in favor of the attention-getting global ordnance.
Mine wasn't working either, disc tray wasn't opening for the most part. I decided to just open it up and clean it, the mechanisms that open the tray were pretty dirty. It worked, disc tray opening fine now. As long as you are willing to void the warranty you should try.
gAg CruSh3r
Member
That area is the only place with flat terrain and its easier to build a city like map inside it.
Would anyone like to try this map out.
Hydranockz
Member
My warranty was gone years ago. The tray works somewhat ok but it can't read discs. Could spend the 75~ to send it to xbox support to get it fixed and a 3 month warranty added to it but I might crack it open first.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Youtube is full of good tutorials, I cracked mine open and managed to get about 6 more months life out of it, that enough to last until a price drop.
Anyone know the name of the track that plays when (episode 8 cgi spoilers)
The same track seems to play in Spartan Ops episode 9 when the
(ep9 chapter 1 spoilers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isSlM4cxp_k&t=4m55s (look here to hear it)
Halsey drops the shields surrounding the 'librarian' ?
turrets help you against the Prometheans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isSlM4cxp_k&t=4m55s (look here to hear it)
EagleBurnn
Banned
Would recommend to go on ForgeHub, you'll get a better response. They do require in-game pics though.
Oh man, I love that music. It also plays in mission 3 in campaign. I don't think its on the OST.
gAg CruSh3r
Member
Thanks, it a lot better in game of cores. Maybe if Waypoints file share (screen shots) worked I would have uploaded it easily that way. In a world that Halo 4 is not perfect that did not happen...
gAg CruSh3r
Member
What's the easiest way to do in game pictures?
ElzarTheBam
Member
More time for Carcassone, freak.
I demoralised your brother, you're next.
Perhaps, I only just got back into it, I'm not sure how long this phase will last though.
It's my most played XBLA game, just in front of BF1943, I thnk I put 40-50 hours into Carcassone over the last 5 years or so.
On XBLA? I was super good for a long time but never found many people to play. If I start up, would you ever want to play a few matches against me? Shouldn't be too hard to get back into it.
gAg CruSh3r
Member
Thanks!
I made a pretty funny Xbox / Halo-ish 8bit short film. Thought you guys might like it! It's only 1:31 long.
Inside of an Xbox
Inside of an Xbox
ElzarTheBam
Member
I made a pretty funny Xbox / Halo-ish 8bit short film. Thought you guys might like it! It's only 1:31 long.
Inside of an Xbox
That was really cool, enjoyed it. Gonna show it to some friends.
I made a pretty funny Xbox / Halo-ish 8bit short film. Thought you guys might like it! It's only 1:31 long.
Inside of an Xbox
Good shit. Sharing.
I made a pretty funny Xbox / Halo-ish 8bit short film. Thought you guys might like it! It's only 1:31 long.
Inside of an Xbox
You're clearly very talented, that was excellent.
I made a pretty funny Xbox / Halo-ish 8bit short film. Thought you guys might like it! It's only 1:31 long.
Inside of an Xbox
Very good! It was enjoyable to watch.
NobleGundam
Banned
Wow very awesome!I made a pretty funny Xbox / Halo-ish 8bit short film. Thought you guys might like it! It's only 1:31 long.
Inside of an Xbox
Don't. Put the game down while you're ahead
Doogington
Member
Reach multiplayer > Halo 4 multiplayer
Halo 4 multiplayer could consist of nothing other than infinity slayer on complex and still be more compelling than the entirety of Reach's multiplayer.
EagleBurnn
Banned
Yeah, no. I don't like Halo 4, but H4's AA are tuned so much better than Reach. Haven could be the only map in Reach and it would be an improvement. The jump height and movement in Reach was a fucking joke. If there's one thing 343 got right, it's the jumping. Reach was a DMR and bloom fest for the majority of it's life. At least we have a BR and if the DMR is fixed in the TU, Reach will be the worst in the Halo franchise bar none.
I made a pretty funny Xbox / Halo-ish 8bit short film. Thought you guys might like it! It's only 1:31 long.
Inside of an Xbox
Oh dude, it was damn cool seriously ! I'll share it, hope you'll make another video like this one !
I think that track is this one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImU2h_1d5Ng
You can find other tracks used in Spartan Ops on this channel : http://www.youtube.com/user/tridyriumost/videos
You could not be more wrong. And the numbers back it up. Sure people are probably more frustrated with Halo 4 because of Reach, but no. While I appreciate the improved gun play and movement, there is far more wrong with Halo 4 than there was with Reach.
The fact that split screen multiplayer is almost unplayable at times shows this.
I don't understand. The only problems with Reach were movement speeds, AA's, bloom and DMR. You can argue poor playlist management inclusion of forge maps too many times.
Halo 4 is a clusterfuck. Instant respawn? No red X, personal ordnance, global ordnance, ridiculous loadouts, poor asset management on map, even worse Armor abilities. How is a moving Armor lock worse than a static one? Flinch? So many problems with frame rates. Sometimes the game turns into a PowerPoint.
Doogington
Member
Maps, gametypes, and weapons are all leagues above 4.
Thanks for all the kind comments guys! I really, really appreciate it!
So is Spartan Ops actually actually worth playing? I've only finished the first mission when they game just released. I found it very boring because the map was ripped straight from the campaign and I was kind of burned out after finishing the game. Should I go back and finish it?
So is Spartan Ops actually actually worth playing? I've only finished the first mission when they game just released. I found it very boring because the map was ripped straight from the campaign and I was kind of burned out after finishing the game. Should I go back and finish it?
Thanks so much! Been looking all over for this!
Doogington
Member
Things get better after episode 5. There's a lot to trudge through and you won't miss much by just skipping to episode 6.
And for no reason, here's a picture I took:
Edit: Just for fun:
The first five episodes are boring and tedious. They really pick up from episode 6 onwards. There are a few chapters in the early episodes you might like, best to at least play through them once. But be prepared for asset reuse, poor writing and dialog, poor enemy encounters etc. The CG is perhaps the best part. You'll like episode 6 onwards.