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Post by fiannawolf on Mar 5, 2017 22:01:21 GMT
Since I didn't see an overall thread about Halo in and of itself, I decided to start one. My favorite Halo was Halo: Reach and Halo ODST in close 2nd place. Beat Halo Wars back on the 360, anyone know if the Definitive Edition will be out separately?? Because I didnt want to get the LE due to not knowing what was included in the Season pass. As far as SP vs MP stuff. I'd rather spend money on SP stuff for HW2. Currently reading Ghosts of Onyx. Then ill go into the Kilo 5 stuff. Still need to get gold for a bit because I do like co-op.
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Post by smilesja on Mar 5, 2017 22:06:49 GMT
Love Halo, I need to get back to playing Halo 5 multiplayer sometime.
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Post by fiannawolf on Mar 5, 2017 22:16:29 GMT
Whats sad is I have the MC collection, Halo 5 and HW2 but I havent even played an hour of HW2. Plus I think I only have 2 levels done in H5. Just cause adult life requires time to pay bills. So usually I have to choose between books or games in my free time. So little time.
Edit: Plus on the 360 I got all the releases...so technically I double dipped getting the MC collection.......I haz no control for sci fi funtimes.
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Post by fiannawolf on Mar 5, 2017 22:45:40 GMT
For even more viewing fun. Super spoilers if peeps havent played the games yet. In fact, heres the 28 vid playlist of the whole shebang. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_hzGF3iEdWfsqJdiPa8CRuVAa7fJnPkeIn case anyone needs a refresher. Forgot just how massive this whole thing got. After Halo 6 hits, I imagine it will only get more massive. Heck, I havent even caught up with the comics. Waiting for omnibus releases. Halo: Escalation looks interesting.
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Post by Heimdall on Mar 6, 2017 15:31:40 GMT
I used to be a big fan of Halo. I've been kinda losing interest ever since 4 though and Halo 5 really annoyed me with the way they built up this conflict between Locke and the Chief, then gave us such lackluster payoff.
Reach was my favorite.
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Post by ALTBOULI on Mar 6, 2017 20:45:10 GMT
1 is still my favourite but 2 had the best multiplayer. I kind of lost interest after Reach. Halo 4 had a terrible campaign and 5 had a terrible multiplayer.
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Post by fiannawolf on Mar 7, 2017 4:17:02 GMT
I have a feeling that Halo 6 might bring people back. If they pull off the story and MP well.
I did like the Spartan Ops stuff for Halo 4. Esp when I was with friends. I gotta get xbox gold again...maybe next payday. Just so I co-op lots of fun modes in the MC collection.
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Post by smilesja on Mar 7, 2017 4:58:18 GMT
They can start by getting rid of Sarah Palmer.
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Post by fiannawolf on Mar 7, 2017 5:53:14 GMT
Ill be honest, I havent played much of H4 campaign yet. So I looked to the wiki to see whats up about Palmer.... halo.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:323947It would appear she's another very dividing character in a fandom. Kinda like what Sera is for me via DA:I. I'm finding reading lots of the books before hand might let me understand 4/5 better. From what people are saying some bigger story stuff isnt quite in the game storyline.
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Post by fiannawolf on Mar 7, 2017 6:02:57 GMT
From that link:
Everyone hates Palmer because
1. Her character has hardly any personality at all. And what little personality there is, is abominable.
2. She's supposed to fill the role Johnson used to fill, and fails miserably at it. Comments like "I thought you'd be taller" three seconds after meeting John aren't acceptable from her. Johnson earned the right to say such things. She hasn't.
3. She's an S-IV. S-IVs are cancer.
4. 343i tries to make her a major character while she should really just be a minor character that appears a single time for five seconds.
Oh myyy. I can def. see the point of both sides in this. When I do finally get a good chunk of H4 and 5 done, Ill probably understand all this much more.
Edit: ok, this might help me too...
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Mar 7, 2017 6:20:08 GMT
I like Sarah Palmer.
Halo Wars 2 is really fun. It is great to see the Ark again. It also has arguably the best cutscene in the history of the Halo franchise.
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Post by fiannawolf on Mar 7, 2017 6:55:32 GMT
I've only gotten one level done in HW2 but damn, that opening was very good.
Suicide Grunt Army.
oh my goodness.
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Post by Heimdall on Mar 7, 2017 21:44:00 GMT
Palmer bothered me mostly because 343 was not subtly pushing her as a big character players should like, but she really didn't earn it. There was nothing particularly charming or interesting about her the way Johnson was, it just felt like 343 was pushing her on the fan base and expecting them to adore her.
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Post by Nightman on Mar 7, 2017 22:27:45 GMT
I avoided Halo for a little over a decade...I had no real reason why..I just did. It was most likely cuz I'm not a big first person shooter fan....but I decided to try ODST cuz I got it for 25 cents. i really liked it. It was fun enough that I tried Reach next and that game really hooked me. Then I started playing Part 3 and it was ok.....but Reach was so good that my expectations were pretty high for Part 3. The controls were clunky and it some cases almost backwards from Reach which threw me for a loop. When I played Part 4 I liked that much better cuz I am assuming Reach was made between 3 & 4 cuz the controls for Part 4 were exactly the same. also, doing the 50 mission Spartan campaign is excellent.
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Post by smilesja on Mar 7, 2017 22:34:59 GMT
The Spartan 4s are very dull and lack interesting characters and lore. I understand the idea to expand the Spartan program after the war, but compared to the previous Spartan iterations. There's nothing interesting about them, and doesn't help that they act like fools a lot of the time further cementing them as wannabe Spartans.
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Post by Heimdall on Mar 7, 2017 23:14:27 GMT
The Spartan 4s are very dull and lack interesting characters and lore. I understand the idea to expand the Spartan program after the war, but compared to the previous Spartan iterations. There's nothing interesting about them, and doesn't help that they act like fools a lot of the time further cementing them as wannabe Spartans. Yeah that was another problem, apparently someone decided they should swipe away all the ethical problems that made the Spartans interesting and fill the Spartan IV ranks with volunteer jerks and wannabe snarky action heroes.
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Post by smilesja on Mar 7, 2017 23:22:23 GMT
Don't forget interesting characters. Sarah Palmer's character pretty much summarizes what's wrong with the Spartan 4's and why they aren't engaging. Putting Buck in Spartan armor wasn't going to solve that problem. (It only cheapened his character at least to me.)
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Post by fiannawolf on Mar 8, 2017 4:30:54 GMT
Interesting.
I have no idea who grey team is for now but that book looks neat. Might need to get that Fractures thing soon.
Edit: Would it be a good idea to get Cole Protocol and Oynx?
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Post by mattig89ch on Mar 8, 2017 9:55:39 GMT
My favorite halo game was the first one. 2 was decent as well, I didn't like 3 or 4. I heard alot of hate for odst and/or read, but I didn't mind them so much. I didn't find them amazing or anything, but they were kind of...meh. I don't really like the flood as an enemy. I thought the covenant were good enemies to have, and the flood just seem more of a generic evil enemy then anything. I even saw the flood double cross from the next county over.
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Post by Vortex13 on Mar 8, 2017 15:11:37 GMT
Halo 2 was the best in the series for me, simply because we got to see a varied universe and learn about the Covenant's side of things, it was nice to see the aliens as individuals with nuanced personalities as opposed to mindless monsters to shoot in the face. Of course Bungie/343 have done their damnedest to remove that personification from the aliens; neutering the Arbiter's character down to bit cameo's and once again casting the alien as evil.
ODST was a nice change of pace, casting the player in the role of a small, frail human instead of the walking tank of the Master Chief was fun, and actually made fights against groups of Covenant scary again. Reach had a God-aweful story; especially when compared to the novel; but I did like how they made the Elites and Spartans play differently in the multiplayer.
With Halo 4, and the reveal of ancient advanced humans, and at how we were just innately superior to all of the other "lesser" species in the galaxy; save for the Forerunners and Flood; at how only we were worthy of inheriting "The Mantel" I immediately lost interest in the franchise. More self-wanking about how "Humans are super special" is an instant turn off for me; though I will give Halo credit for approaching their self-gratification via masochism as opposed to the standard practice used in settings like Star Trek.
EDIT:
I didn't play Halo 5, as I was already disenfranchised with the universe anyway, but 343's removal of split-screen from a series that had had it since the original Xbox made me swear off these games entirely. Though it is funny seeing 343 have to backtrack on that particular decision now after all of that backlash.
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Post by fiannawolf on Mar 10, 2017 1:48:43 GMT
Somebody put nearly 17hrs worth together in a chronological order. Oh my goodness. This will probably help me because then Ill understand 4/5 better. I think.
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Post by fiannawolf on Mar 11, 2017 0:59:36 GMT
I am finding it just as interesting looking for vids to explain the gulf between bungie vs 343 as I am with actually playing my MC collection. Forgot how much fun it was to drive. And finding those terminals.
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Post by fiannawolf on Mar 17, 2017 3:47:46 GMT
I gotta admit...this stuff is pretty engaging. Too bad 5 didnt live up to all of this.
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Post by smilesja on Mar 17, 2017 3:57:10 GMT
Hunt the Truth is an awesome series! I hope they continue it!
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Post by fiannawolf on Mar 17, 2017 22:51:47 GMT
Just dayyyum.
Has HW2 story spoilers. Just FYI.
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