I'm the opposite... simply because in my opinion, more fiction, is better than less fiction.
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I'm the opposite... simply because in my opinion, more fiction, is better than less fiction.
Mister Negative
Member
I've always thought that just building Halo 3 within the Reach engine would be the best thing they could do.
Get the great netcode, FOV, and control input responsiveness of Reach, plus the great gameplay and movement and such of H3.
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ViewtifulJC
Banned
That may be the saddest cat in the damn world. It's like he came to the realization his child died.
HigherLevel
Member
Yeah I'm trying to remain optimistic for Halo 4, and I'm sure it will turn out to be a fun game but it's not classic Halo. I just don't like the idea of instant spawns, weapon drops, perks, and custom loadouts.
Maybe they'll have Chief be whoever hosts the game and everyone else is their spartan.
That's exactly what I'm hoping for. I'd still be happy if they went the Halo 3 route and made them supporting characters from the story.
Mister Negative
Member
H3's aiming always felt sluggish to me. Reach doesn't. It feels far more responsive.
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Monday, late afternoon into the night. HaloGAF Radio will be recording for hours and inviting anyone who has the time to join up on Skype (add Tashi0106 on Skype) to offer their impressions of the first day of E3 and all the Halo sexiness we have. No need to get on a list or anything, just be aware that I will be posting here and on twitter (@tashi0106) asking for people to come on for a 5-15 minutes or whatever and talk about how awesome Halo 4 will be. No real format, you can scream for joy or scream for horror, whichever.
I would too, but considering this story is meant to be Chief is alone on an alien terrain, I'd rather than just went the CE method of multiple Spartans and the tacit "yeah we don't talk about that". Like ODST done co-op, it's fiction-breaking and will prolly detract from the ambiance they're creating, and there's no good way to avoid it.
They both feel equally bad to me.
Lesser of 2 evils. Even though both don't follow the story, having 3 faceless "support" Spartans makes sense over 3 MC dupes.
Well, if they had followed canon *cough cough* you wouldn't be able to tell if its Master Chief or an identical Spartan anyhow... *clears throat*
aw shit! can't wait!
GrimBrother One
Member
Mister Negative
Member
I definitely notice it, and other people I know feel the difference as well. I dunno, might all be in my head.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I'm with you on that, be it the acceleration they used or what, the aiming never felt good. Felt like I was controlling an Etch A Sketch, seemed like the cardinal directions took priority. It's an oddity that's exclusive to Halo 3 and ODST.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Holy Shit, E3 tomorrow! (A minor benefit of this timezone!)
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The Forward Unto Dawn E3 2012 Hub is now live.
The Hub will be the only site you need with links to every piece of Halo 4 media released, every hands-on impression and a full and complete summary of all officially released Halo 4 information during E3.
In addition to our forums, we've once again opened up the HaloGAF IRC chatroom.
(Speaking of which, we need some HaloGAFers to be mods!)
So sit back and wait. Not long left to go now.
To give you an idea of what the full Hub will look like when news starts coming in, check out our previous HaloFest Hub.
===
The Forward Unto Dawn E3 2012 Hub is now live.
The Hub will be the only site you need with links to every piece of Halo 4 media released, every hands-on impression and a full and complete summary of all officially released Halo 4 information during E3.
In addition to our forums, we've once again opened up the HaloGAF IRC chatroom.
(Speaking of which, we need some HaloGAFers to be mods!)
So sit back and wait. Not long left to go now.
To give you an idea of what the full Hub will look like when news starts coming in, check out our previous HaloFest Hub.
Mister Negative
Member
It was also FAR worse in ODST, if I remember correctly.
I dunno, I'm sensitive to these sorts of things.
GrimBrother One
Member
The thing is though, if you don't need it, then it doesn't matter whether it's in there or not. If you think it's unnecessary and you ignore any fictional basis for things happening in MP, then your experience is unaffected either way, which is totally cool. For someone like me though, adding in those fictional threads is a huge deal and very enriching, so it's really a win-win. The only way anyone is "missing out" is if they don't include those connections. For you it might not matter, but for others it's a very appreciated effort and addition.
The Xtortionist
Member
I'll second that. No wonder why there was such a huge influx of players asking how to get a better BR, lol. I think the aim acceleratiion was just jank.
Reach is a bit better but not much. They really need an option to nix acceleration completely. The "assistance" is appreciated, but unnecessary for me.
I did kind of chuckle when I found out that it was pretty much the same as Perfect Dark's justification of multiplayer exisiting in it's canon.
Mister Negative
Member
Acceleration can go, but magnetism is totally necessarily. I don't care HOW good you are, playing without magnetism is very difficult. Ever tried to have DMR battle with a teammate?
I thought Reach's was miles better than 3's, and I always thought I was just crazy, because I could go to Halo 2 and have a great BR, then go on 3 and be TERRIBLE, then I went to Reach and I was excellent. I was always dumbfounded and thought it was just in my head.
GrimBrother One
Member
Lol. Yeah. Easiest route to take, probably.
I have always loved walking around empty MP maps exploring them and wondering about where they fit into the universe, both unigraphically and situationally.
Sometimes they weren't always empty... which has probably never helped my already-embarrassing stats...
I wonder if we'll ever see a PD reference in Halo, now that Halo is being done in-house by MS since they do own both properties. We did have the Rare reference with Grunt Birthday Party. But it wouldn't really have made sense to have a PD reference in the Bungie era, since it fit more to have references to other Bungie games.
Not that I'm begging for one, mind, but it'd be neat if we saw more MS property cross-references/eggs much like Nintendo or Sony games.
HigherLevel
Member
Yeah I agree with this. Reach has much smoother aiming than 3. Although 2 felt the best to me, with CE right behind it.
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GrimBrother One
Member
I actually like those too. I spent the entirety of Fable II running around in "Hal's Armor" with a crystal Energy Sword and brass/wood AR strapped to my back with the townspeople all calling out "G'mornin' Masta Chief!"
Pure gold.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
So we're back from the bars, sufficiently drunk, time to watch Alien 3 and 4!
Mister Negative
Member
If Halo's aiming was as good as CoD's I'd go insane.
Although, honestly, it wouldn't feel right in a Halo game. I'd be perfectly fine if it remained exactly as it is in Reach.
DON'T DO IT BRO.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
We're drunk, and we have Hamms.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
The Xtortionist
Member
Shadowrun aiming would be fine, especially since neither games have ADS.
Good god Shadowrun's aiming was smooth.
Steelyuhas
Member
A podcast without a ceiling. So good.
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Mister Negative
Member
Don't remember Shadowrun much, barely played it at all.
Edit: I remember that it was actually kinda big in the Halo community for a while.
ncsuDuncan
Member
Just finished recording HaloGAF Radio episode 3. Give me an hour or so to edit this thing and I'll post it. Our guest this time was Dax (and Steelyuhas sat in for an absent Tashi).
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