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Post by sjsharp2010 on Aug 6, 2020 12:59:07 GMT
So, I continued my Halo run a little. finished Reach and I don't really have that much to add about it to my previous post form the last pasge. Played through Halo 1 and I didn't remember from my old playthrough (which was some time in the 2000s, so more than 10 years ago) how much story is actually in it. I think the terminal with the additional story tidbits are new but still, even without, the story is more elabrate than I remembered. As for the terminals, it's definitely a cool addition but I find it a bit weird that they hid them that much. The lore videos are great and well worth seeing but it's very easy to miss these little blinky terminals. Fortunately I found the one in the second level by accident and then I just used a guide to find them all from there on. Anyway, even with the remastered anniversary edition, Halo 1 just doesn't look that great anymore. And the level design is really shitty. There is hardly a level in this game where you don't have to backtrack a lot or where level design isn't just 3 rooms repeated ad nauseam. But hey, despite that, I did make it through. Then I started Halo 2 and my jaw dropped. I cannot believe how much they stepped up the presentation. Those CGI video before and after every mission are absolutely gorgeous. I mean, that's Blizzard quality right there. And the covenant are actually getting some sort of culture now, so that's pretty cool. I just got to the point where I play Keith David's covenant character (didn't expect not to play as MC).The gameplay itself is still pretty much the same as it was but the level design so far also seems a little improved from Halo 1. So yea, finally, I am somewhat impressed. Yeah th efirsttime I asw Halo 2's graphicsthat waswhat sold the XB1 and the MCC to me. I remembered playing the originals but the graphics for Halo2 literally blew m eaway with how good the ylooked. It looked almost like I waswatching a Halo film rather than playing a game. Even the general gameplay graphics were pretty impressive. I'm lookin gforward to seeing it all again on my PC later once they're all out. Especially with all this ray tracing stuff that my new PC has. Jus twaiting for ODST and 4 first then I'll get stuck in.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Aug 6, 2020 13:05:13 GMT
So I was watching the new trailer for the game and upon seeing the super grunt my mind went: "they fly now?!"Trying t osound like a vorcha now are we.
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Post by Hrungr on Aug 11, 2020 19:06:24 GMT
Halo haloHalo Infinite Development Update - Delayed to 2021. Not a big surprise given the tepid reception to the trailer.
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Post by AnDromedary on Aug 11, 2020 20:01:08 GMT
I am sure Microsoft is ecstatic about this development.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Aug 11, 2020 20:10:27 GMT
Atleast we still have the rest of the MCC to look forward to. Maybe it'l lgive them som eextratime t othin kabout whethre they'll bring Halo 5 to PC as well.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Aug 11, 2020 21:58:33 GMT
And with that, there isn’t a single next gen game I’m looking forward to coming out this year. 😭
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Post by Vortex13 on Aug 12, 2020 12:44:21 GMT
I wonder if Microsoft is going to delay the release of their next console now. As it stands they don't really have any flagship titles to launch with.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Aug 12, 2020 14:08:28 GMT
I wonder if Microsoft is going to delay the release of their next console now. As it stands they don't really have any flagship titles to launch with. No their not they plan t og oaheqad with the consol elaunch as planned besides Infinite wasn't an Series X exclusive as it was coming to PC as well. They're kind of doing away with exclusivity I think. Though I believe they plan on working around that by making their console cheaper than the PS5.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Aug 12, 2020 15:48:27 GMT
I wonder if Microsoft is going to delay the release of their next console now. As it stands they don't really have any flagship titles to launch with. I doubt it. After all the Xbox One didn't have a Halo release with it either, with Halo 4 coming out a year before and the MCC a year after.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Aug 13, 2020 12:06:13 GMT
I wonder if Microsoft is going to delay the release of their next console now. As it stands they don't really have any flagship titles to launch with. I doubt it. After all the Xbox One didn't have a Halo release with it either, with Halo 4 coming out a year before and the MCC a year after. Exactl yI never go teithe rconsole till the MCC go tannounced. I don' tthink it'll matte rtoo much. If anything I consider delaying th egame a smart move i fthey'er not quite happy with it.
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Post by Vortex13 on Aug 13, 2020 14:32:07 GMT
Mini rant:
Personally I think Halo is flagging behind the times, and no, not with shallow comparisons to graphics people like to make. ([Side Rant]: Graphics are nothing, if the game plays good and/or has an engaging story then it can just be pixilated squares on the screen.)
Look at Infinite's trailer and with how 'clunky' everything felt, like Master Chief was showing his age and had asked everyone to take it easy for him. Even the 'new' features, like Chief's grapple hook, smack of copied mechanics from games like Doom: Eternal or Titanfall 2, only those titles did it better. Granted this is only a limited, and very likely early access, look at the gameplay but if this is what 343 choose for the worldwide reveal then I wonder what the rest of the game will play like? Add on top of all that the announcement that Infinite's multiplayer will be "free-to-play" and this is starting to sound like some slapped together monetization grindfest; something I was already feeling the tendency towards with Halo 5's "firefight store"; rather than quality games the series used to be known for.
Halo used to innovate and pioneer new gameplay mechanics on top of having a quality story. Now though, the rest of the shooter genre (for the most part) has caught up and surpassed the benchmark set by Bungie's Halo. With 343 it seems they are more keen to emulate others now rather than make their own mark. Everything they have built on Bungie's framework has been either 'meh' or downright bad. From the whole Forerunner & Ancient humanity arc to removing split screen from a series renowned for is split-screen & local co-op features. It feels like 343 is just riding on the praise that the franchise earned under Bungie but has yet to do anything that matches their success or quality level.
I want to like the series again, as Halo Wars 2 drew me back into the universe where Halo 4&5 failed to do so, but in looking at the latest offering and I can't help but feel like the franchise is running on fumes. Even grindfest games like Destiny or Apex Legends, games that I don't particularly care for, look more fluid and appealing to play than Infinite did with it's trailer. Hopfully 343 can hit this out of the part and reinvigorate the series again, but I have my doubts.
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Post by smilesja on Aug 19, 2020 4:32:22 GMT
To be honest they did try to give with the mechanics of Halo 4 and Halo 5 being more fast and fluid compared to other shooters but it didn't go well with fans. I mean there are STILL some fans debating whether sprint was a good mechanic to Halo.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Aug 20, 2020 3:04:41 GMT
Thought I'd mention that they've been testing ODS trecentl ys ohopefully it won' tbe long befoer that's out and the ycan work on the fina lpiece being Halo 4
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Post by ShadowAngel on Sept 8, 2020 11:58:00 GMT
I wasn't to interested in HR-H5 and I lost so much interest in halo after H5 that I had no plans of buying infinite. I know it's well past and I'm saying it so late, but that demo was trash. For something that's meant to show off your game and only has to be like 15 minutes if showtime, they could've had that looking so much better.
Visuals aside (and really I'm sure it'll look ok come launch outside it's ugly cartoony art style) I had more issue with the addition of a grappling hook and taking yet another step on making halos guns look even more generic and practical, they've been slowly killing halos iconic looks game after game and infinite looks to be the worst yet. Even the banished weapons are looking so bland and boring :/
Also cause someone did mention it, I am one of those people who don't like sprint in halo (mainly cause it hurts combat effectiveness and base movement speed doesn't). That said sprint isn't what's been hurting my interest in the franchise but it's definitely something I don't like. I miss halo when it used to actually look so cool, he'll HW2 looked great and I was expecting infinite to kind if use that but it didn't 🤷. I was pretty surprised they didn't either but I know 343 like to change crap just because they can, I just wish it made sense and I'd like it if they were actually good ideas to Change.
Still no interest in buying infinite, but I will say I like some of the recent moves towards the product. I don't think I can recall a halo game ever being delayed (Correct me if I'm wrong) so at least they're trying to put more time into it, they also have Staten back (although he floats between Microsoft projects, he's not technically part of 343 permanently).
I will say if I was going to be buying I'd be very cautious about that multiplayer since it's F2P, I see microT hell about to really smack the multiplayer player base and people already had issues with H5s microTs and warzone potentially being a future outline for that, I guess we'll see when it's out but halo multiplayer has also fallen out with the times unfortunately and it just seems like it'll get worse. Least they have grappling hooks though and a magnum and shotgun that no longer look like what they used to👍
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Sept 14, 2020 18:54:19 GMT
Halo: Reach turns 10 today!
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Sept 15, 2020 3:30:52 GMT
Guess tha tmean they'er aboutto release it then so jus t4 left now.I did check ove rhte last fe wdays as to when this was comin gbut didn' tfind anything. Though being bus ywith Avengers atm I'm not suer when I'l get roun dto playing them. Though I don' tthink it's going to b etoo muc hlonger before work on my bathroom begins so I' m likely going to stick with familia rgames onc eI've finished with the remaining tasks I'm doing on Avengers atm.
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Post by michaeln7 on Oct 6, 2020 13:46:41 GMT
Just finished Halo:ODST for the first time...
That was REALLY fun! Exploring a city at night under rainfall, stealthing around Covenant squads...
The stealth Magnum is AMAZING. The silenced SMG was a favorite too.
At the risk of sounding fanboy, I hope they make another one.
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Post by ShadowAngel on Oct 6, 2020 14:48:31 GMT
Just finished Halo:ODST for the first time... That was REALLY fun! Exploring a city at night under rainfall, stealthing around Covenant squads... The stealth Magnum is AMAZING. The silenced SMG was a favorite too. At the risk of sounding fanboy, I hope they make another one. It was a good game, was pretty cool getting a perspective not of a Spartan. That said bungie ripped us all off back in the day for such a short game and the price it was back then. Hopefully if 343 does any odst type of spin off, it's bigger and all that.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Oct 6, 2020 23:28:33 GMT
Just finished Halo:ODST for the first time... That was REALLY fun! Exploring a city at night under rainfall, stealthing around Covenant squads... The stealth Magnum is AMAZING. The silenced SMG was a favorite too. At the risk of sounding fanboy, I hope they make another one. Y&eah look forward t oplayin gthem all myself again on PC once 4 is out.
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Post by Vortex13 on Oct 8, 2020 2:45:26 GMT
I do have to admit, I really didn't care for all the 'new' spartans either. Spartan IIs were trained and built to save humanity (even from ourselves if need be). Wereas the IIIs & IVs are basically roided out jocks with anime One-Punch Man levels of power against entire Covenant battalions.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Oct 8, 2020 3:29:06 GMT
I do have to admit, I really didn't care for all the 'new' spartans either. Spartan IIs were trained and built to save humanity (even from ourselves if need be). Wereas the IIIs & IVs are basically roided out jocks with anime One-Punch Man levels of power against entire Covenant battalions. You do realize that’s how the Spartan IIs were against the Covenant too right? In terms of a single one or a squad devastating their forces? They were seen as Demons for a reason.
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