Jessie.Bristol
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Nah, I have a digital copy and have to wait as well
. It sucks, but it is what it is.
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New Halo 5 Coverage! (expect spoilers)
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Nah, I have a digital copy and have to wait as well
. It sucks, but it is what it is.I'm with you brotha
PetulantChild
Banned
Went back and played through Halo 4 on Legendary finally to get Helioskrill. I really hope the knights aren't completely annoying bullet sponges this time around because christ are the last 3 or so levels of Halo 4 the most tedious I've played in any game in quite a while.
justgames7604
Member
In Aus there's no mom and pop stores that sell video games, much less break street date, horrible internet, etc, means I'm waiting till shops open since my nearest one does have a midnight launch scheduled but literally every other one in Aus does. Yea....
You are not alone. I've got a digital copy too.
infinit777
Member
Twilight Gap
Member
Halo 5 Guardians
everything was
:|
everything was
Warden
:|
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Traded a HEAP of unused gaming gear yesterday at EB Games. Expected about $150ish from it - I was just trading old stuff towards Fallout 4 - and somehow I ended up with $530 in credit.
So naturally I bought an XB1 MCC edition with FO4 included and bought 3 months of Live. and I'll pick up Halo 5 on Tuesday. Hyped!
So naturally I bought an XB1 MCC edition with FO4 included and bought 3 months of Live. and I'll pick up Halo 5 on Tuesday. Hyped!
arhra
Member
Nah, I have a digital copy and have to wait as well
im waiting with you
Nah, I have a digital copy and have to wait as well
im waiting with you
digital too, but never again.
Twilight Gap
Member
once was enough.
Man I haven't brought a disc in over a year no regrets
Our review is live, focusing on the single player -
http://nextgengamingblog.com/blog/halo-5-guardians-review/
http://nextgengamingblog.com/blog/halo-5-guardians-review/
WordsintheWater
Member
Can pick this up on Monday morning for 60 dollars or wait an extra day to get it with GCU for 48 dollars. I wish the guy that works at the mom and pop store never called me to let me in it would be in Monday, so tempted to pay an extra 12 dollars and change my GCU pre-order to something else.
orichalcos
Member
Uhm...embargo?
He bought the copy himself and is reviewing it as a fan, he states he wasn't given a review code, so why would he be under embargo?
I'm usualy buying everything digitally too, that's why I didn't double check before preordering H5.
Monday's a public holiday and I could've played through the whole campaign during the extended weekend, now I have to wait until next weekend because my work schedule sucks (to put it mildly) next week. And I already got spoilered, despite staying out of the spoiler thread, reddit and twitter.
So next time I'll preorder a game that I'm really hyped for, I'll do everything I can to get an early copy too.
cartoon_soldier
Member
Read it, it's not based on review copy. He basically got the game early.
Not a good way to get review copy in future though
MS didn't provide review code to us for it, our ed found a copy early so bought it, not bound by any embargo
Ein Bear
Member
Question for those that have finished the campaign: Did Spartan Ops from Halo 4 turn out to be relevant at all to the plot?
Because I'm slogging though them right now to try and catch up in time and it's all just fucking terrible. I never want to hear the word 'Crimson' again.
Because I'm slogging though them right now to try and catch up in time and it's all just fucking terrible. I never want to hear the word 'Crimson' again.
Its about ethics in journalism!!
orichalcos
Member
Oh, i understand.
While I'm not ready for my own review, i don't read another reviews. (I read yours tomorrow )QuantumSquid
Member
Am I the only one who liked fighting the Warden?
Thanks for the spoiler...?
Heh, we're normally pretty good with them (Forza most recently arrived really early) but yeah... This time we didn't get anything.
Marvel
could never
(expect spoilers)
ItsAllGoodInMyHood
Neo Member
I'm currently at this place in game on Legendary and been cursing like never. I find a bit more of a game of luck than a game of skill against him.
level1
Member
It's pretty simple, if the publisher wants you to stick to the embargo date set by them, they send you a review copy. If you buy your own copy, you can write anything you please at any time you please because there were no documents signed or agreements entered into. Nothing unethical about that.
He was in the E3 trailer and most Warzone matches. Not really a spoiler.
cant wait!
DeadOnions
Member
Yeah Halo 2 was closed off quite a bit. The most open level was the last one which was basically an empty canyon. MCC removed my nostalgia goggles for that game.
draughn101
Member
The SMG is my favorite!!
sweet!!
BigTastyBurger666
Banned
Saw it today, on the shelf of a CEX store for £65.
CE and Reach are the only games with asynchronous objective design justifying open areas. Everything else is varying degrees of arbitarily large canyons. There are plenty of encounters in Halo 2 where multiple routes are viable. People forget 90% of CE and 3 are linear encounters.
Quick Mustard
Member
So, in preperation for Halo 5, I've been doing some watching and listening.
So far, I've covered:
Spartan Ops Cutscenes
Halo: Nightfall
Hunt The Truth
Is there anything else I need to watch or do before going into the campaign?
I know theres books, but I wont get them done before Tuesday, but I just want to make sure I'm covered for everything else.
So far, I've covered:
Spartan Ops Cutscenes
Halo: Nightfall
Hunt The Truth
Is there anything else I need to watch or do before going into the campaign?
I know theres books, but I wont get them done before Tuesday, but I just want to make sure I'm covered for everything else.
I suggest the Halo 4 terminals, and read Saints Testimony. Both are relatively short.
Halo: Escalation comics or read the summaries somewhere. I think those are very important, because they continue from where Spartan Ops ended with Halsey and also have a Blue Team arc.
Marvel
could never
Oooh yeah that too sounds like a snarling beast.
Retail is generally cheaper, and you usually get to play early. Plus you get a nice box and can trade in or sell on later if you wish. Win!
OldSkoolFool
Member
Yup. Retail ftw. Except fifa where digital doesn't bother me. I have to have that physical box with the crinkly wrapping in my hands.
It'll probably be unlocked as soon as the game is released in New Zealand.
Maybe on Monday, when the first timezones hit midnight and thus release day? The servers should be up by then. Otherwise people from these timezones will have to play offline, since they can't connect to the servers.
