i dont know man it sounds like 343 has a lot of fun playing the game in the office (judging by his posts earlier in the halo ot)
might be further along in development than we think
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Halo for Xbox One is Halo 5? *gasp*
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i dont know man it sounds like 343 has a lot of fun playing the game in the office (judging by his posts earlier in the halo ot)
might be further along in development than we think
XT Vengeance
Member
HOLY SHIT I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!1!!1!11
Marvel
could never
I'm not expecting one... but it would be fun. I loved Reach's beta.
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
I hope they put out a beta, don't get me wrong, but the industry is moving away from public betas, because most people don't play the beta to give feedback, they play the beta to play the game early.
The best.
NobleGundam
Banned
Lol wut?
No. It had a better MP overall. MLG, Squad Slayer, Arena Slayer, Invasion, Team Classics, Anniversary, BTB, list goes on.
Way more fun than Halo 4 had to offer. The closest Fun to Halo 4 ive had on MP is Team Throwdown and the awesome mods that the modding community has been crafting.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Launches these days are the new betas.
Muffdraul
Member
Nice, I just finished replaying Halo 4 SP last night. I have some gripes about it, I see a lot of dirty fingerprints that scream out "THIS WAS NOT DEVELOPED BY BUNGIE!!!" But overall I think it's a strong campaign and have high hopes for what 343 will do next. I want them to take it further. Bringing the Covenant back was a wussy, callow move. Leave them behind, design some cool new enemies, bring it.
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
I'm pretty sure that the Halo 4 beta length is only rivaled by the DOTA 2 beta and Minecraft.
TheOctodad
Member
Halo 4 was a huge disappointment for me. The single player was EH. The enemies were really bland IMO. Too many bullet sponges and frustrating tactics. Not very good visual feedback for damage on the character models either. It made it very uneventful. Disliked the coridors and lack of large sections of the game.
The multiplayer had a really good feel to it. I liked the feel of the weapons and movement, but everything else was so awful. Hated the loadouts, very unHalo. Halo was always about map control and timing the spawns of weapons, that was completely removed. The dropship style weapons were annoying, unpredictable, and just not what I wanted in a multiplayer game.
Not being able to drop the flag and only being able to shoot the flagnum was stupid. I loved juggling the flag, passing it to teammates, switching to the rocket launcher to defend myself, etc.
The playlist was way too dumbed down. The removal of assault was a disappointment. The lack of any BTB objective for the first year really hurt it. I missed 1 flag CTF maps with rounds to defend and attack.
Overall the game was incredibly CODified. I'm sure plenty of people liked that. I don't. I enjoyed Halo because it was different than that game. I played Halo because I liked having a level playing field that focused more on map control and teamwork. That hardly matters anymore.
The multiplayer had a really good feel to it. I liked the feel of the weapons and movement, but everything else was so awful. Hated the loadouts, very unHalo. Halo was always about map control and timing the spawns of weapons, that was completely removed. The dropship style weapons were annoying, unpredictable, and just not what I wanted in a multiplayer game.
Not being able to drop the flag and only being able to shoot the flagnum was stupid. I loved juggling the flag, passing it to teammates, switching to the rocket launcher to defend myself, etc.
The playlist was way too dumbed down. The removal of assault was a disappointment. The lack of any BTB objective for the first year really hurt it. I missed 1 flag CTF maps with rounds to defend and attack.
Overall the game was incredibly CODified. I'm sure plenty of people liked that. I don't. I enjoyed Halo because it was different than that game. I played Halo because I liked having a level playing field that focused more on map control and teamwork. That hardly matters anymore.
The One and Done
Member
Can't wait for this. Will be a graphical beast on The One.
soulassssns
Banned
/opinions
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
You'd be surprised of how many people didn't. The population drop off rate was somewhere like 95% or something like that.
SicSemperTyrannis
Member
I think we are all dying for some information. We know you have a PR schedule, but would totally appreciate an idea of when to expect a glimpse of the work that has been done so far.
Or maybe a concrete definition of what your doing to alleviate the Halo communities fears of a Halo 4 repeat. Something, anything, would go a long way to keep us from being anxious about what 343i has planned for next gen Halo.
Or just make us wait and don't throw your die hard community a bone. You know, the same community that has kept your game from being a complete wasteland online. Just saying.
Or maybe a concrete definition of what your doing to alleviate the Halo communities fears of a Halo 4 repeat. Something, anything, would go a long way to keep us from being anxious about what 343i has planned for next gen Halo.
Or just make us wait and don't throw your die hard community a bone. You know, the same community that has kept your game from being a complete wasteland online. Just saying.
Moa
Member
yeah some info would be nice
its been 6 months since that trailer and nothing after that right ?
Muffdraul
Member
Smooth. If I was him I'd totally start laying out a preview for next week. Yeah, sure I would. That's the ticket.
Beta's take a ton of resources and time to produce. It's not going to happen especially for the highest profile title on a new released platform in its first year of existense. I would imagaine 343 is in crazy ass crunch right now.
That's just cynicism talking, but...unfortunately...I don't think you're wrong. :\
Shame since Halo 4 could've really benefited from a proper beta.
It was confirmed 60 fps at the Xbone reveal.
Bungie
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Woah. Nice find.
Swordsman VII
Member
We probably won't be seeing too much of Halone until E3 or closer to fall. 343 barely got Halo 4 out the door with 3+ years of dev time, now they have to somehow repeat the process all over again with less than 2 years of dev time, 1 year of which is already past.
Final Boss
Banned
Halo 4 story was incoherent nonsense, but hey, it was pretty!
no it was pretty straightforward.....if you read the books and watch the terminal videos on your pc
they could have made that better for people who only play the games i guess
Short and sweet. Though, I did enjoy ODST's campaign structure a great deal. It highlighted how well open/exploration elements meshed with the combat sandbox. I'd welcome more missions like the second from the first game, or some hub/spoke type missions.
Er. Or I would if Halo 4 didn't help send me to the PS4 this gen.
My eyes are dry baby! But I am in the corner.
Hopefully by Halo 5 there is a kinect-less XBO for $400. Not going to switch over and im going to wait at least 2 months after for community impressions but Halo 5 might get me to get a One as an exclusives machine that is touched every once in a while.
Lord of Castamere
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Something horrible should happen to Master Chief and the Earth in 5 so that Halo 6 can be called Halo: Revengeance. Every serious franchise needs at least one installment subtitled Revengeance. I mean come one its Revenge and Vengeance. It works with any game.
soulassssns
Banned
#HireDemoncarnotaur
But really, this man know is Halo
Nobody puts Tashi in the corner.
Metal Gear?!
Member
Don't most series abandon numbering by the fifth game?
COD sure did... DMC... we'll see for AC
COD sure did... DMC... we'll see for AC
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
To be fair, AC4 had a subtitle
ProfessorMoran
Member
Same here.
Bought an Xbox for Halo, bought a xbox360 for Halo 3, after Halo 4 I realized that 343i will never be able to craft a Halo game like Bungie can, not really motivated to buy an xbone now that Bungie is multiplatform.
Twin Tails
Member
i want halo XIII
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
you can disagree, but your opinion is factually wrong. Reach had a multiplayer that was closer to Halo than CoDlo4
I agree.
Though I seem to be one of the few people who liked Halo 4's multiplayer more than any other Halo this gen.
I don't think we'll get a beta simply because it would be wasted resources in a sense. Not to mention that if a lot of their 'additions' to the gameplay from Halo 4 are kept, it will instantly prevent a large contingent of gamers from keeping their pre-orders.
It seems Halo 5 will be coming in 'hot'. We had a bit of discussion on what kind of information will be released, why the title hasn't been announced and why it's not part of the lists for 2014, maybe they'd need more time. I certainly would rather have a delayed Halo 5 than another launch plagued with problems like lack of features/playlists.
They need to have launch day, week, month be perfect. Everything working, nothing cut or missing, no more 'soon'. I wonder if Destiny launch in September as opposed to earlier in summer will be a factor. Especially if another Call of Duty will be out in November.
Afraid of the ceiling aren't we?
Oh hooooo! *slaps thigh*
Deputy Moonman
Member
How can an opinion be factually wrong? As far as campaigns go, Halo4 is my 2nd favorite behind Combat Evolved. I don't really like Reach's or 4's multiplayer and would prefer the next game to be more akin to CE or Halo 2. Halo3's BR spread was not to my liking.
Huh? DMC never got a 5th game.
In your opinion. Most of Reach was the same shitty Forge maps over and over, BTB was a fucking joke in comparison to Halo 3, Arena Slayer was good, but you had shitty maps like "countdown" ( maybe the worst map in any Halo game perhaps people kept picking it to avoid playing on shitty Forge maps because i can't imagine how anyone could like to play on Countdown) which people would keep picking over and over for some odd reason.( Only things i miss from Reach multi is the Grenade Launcher and Sword Base.( one of the two maps yanked from the campaign that i liked)
It didn't get much playtime from me in comparison to Halo 3 and 4 as far as multi is concerned. Again the single player campaign was great though.
The very fact that it's an opinion pretty much means that it can't be factually wrong as it was stated as an opinion not a fact.