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SPOILER ALERT: Halo 5 (Spoiler) Spoiler Thread of Spoilers Spoiler
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NexusGamer
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co-op
as someone said in this thread earlier, the campaign feels geared a lot towards cooperative play.... and yet there's no damn matchmaking.
Distresssss
Member
I just finished my Legendary playthrough tonight. Kinda disappointed with the story...
I'll tell you straight away that was the biggest bitch of the whole playthrough.
I was legit wondering if it was even possible at one point.
I'll tell you straight away that was the biggest bitch of the whole playthrough.
I was legit wondering if it was even possible at one point.
funkystudent
Member
So is the shot of a Halo the legendary ending?
Distresssss
Member
Yes with Cortana like humming or laughing in the backround. I forget which. Was spooky.
The Halo ring starts lighting up like it's being activated.
DecepticonCora
Neo Member
God, I am SO conflicted right now.
DecepticonCora
Neo Member
The Chief/Cortana reunion was both cringey and made me feel.
DATABASE DATABASE
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Yeah, this Cortana seems to really hate Halsey
Cortana: "I wouldn't ally myself too closely with Dr. Halsey, Mister Locke. She will eventually pay for her crimes."
User 73706
Banned
should we tell him
orichalcos
Member
I am done with solo Legendary.
3 Warden Eternal... I hate you... 1 hour just for this fight....
Aaand the extra scene. I want Halo 6.
3 Warden Eternal... I hate you... 1 hour just for this fight....
Aaand the extra scene. I want Halo 6.
Tartarus would be perfectly fine if they had mid-fight checkpoints beck then. The Warden would be much more rage-inducing if you had to do those fights in one go (and without revives).
To be fair, right now every character in that universe hates Dr. Mengele M. McMengele (the M. stands for Mengele). I think it's more likely that it's one more example of a writer projecting their own opinion onto another character.
draughn101
Member
Anyone else having a bitch of a time finding skulls?
BossDarkseid
Member
Are there terminal equivalents in this?
Hypertrooper
Member
Only audio logs.
Yeah the writers don't like Halsey which becomes the universe hates Halsey.
Haven't heard it but the Promethean's (Wardens?) sound bad IMO.
greenleafcm
Neo Member
If they didn't though I think they would have a hard time reinforcing that this Cortana just isn't the same one we knew before. Obviously it's not subtle, but I think more people would just be confused if she //wasn't// acting strange enough.
Sure but she was basically twirling her digital mustache.
draughn101
Member
Did you guys find the huge soccer ball on Meridian Station?
I really wish I was playing with the elite controller. I've got the moves down with the face buttons, but I can see how those paddles are going to kick ass in this game.
I really wish I was playing with the elite controller. I've got the moves down with the face buttons, but I can see how those paddles are going to kick ass in this game.
Halsey is a morally reprehensible humans being, but tons of people were also directly involved in the program that don't get any shit so eh. The Halsey dislike is a sorta newish thing in the expanded universe stuff. I mean no one liked Halsey, but the other stuff is kinda sorta recent.
So yay, Buck doesn't die? Thank god. <3<3<3's Buck.
Some people would be perfectly justified to hold that opinion of her, she did do horrific things, but it just does not work when she's being called a Monster Mengele by people complicit in Halsey's schemes, people who owe their entire life's purpose to her research and ones who should understand how valuable and actually accomplished she is.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Oh. Oh my. That dialogue is something else. The post-credits thing was very well done. But the rest? Oh boy.
I'm not sure what it is about Cortana, but something there seems off too. I really like her design overall, but something about her face's movement/animation just irks me.
JetBlackPanda
Member
Wow that dislogue was....bad
What the hell happened here?
What the hell happened here?
BossDarkseid
Member
I know Chris Scherf went to BioWare for ME Andromeda (I think he's left though?) but did Mac Walters go the other way? I don't mind the idea of H5 as a setup for a climatic return of the Precursors/Flood to settle who gets the Mantle etc but...it almost feels like an entirely different series. If you only played the games.
It's written by the dude in charge of Spartan Ops and the Sarah Palmer Official Fan Club, so that might have something to do with it.
The writing is clunky, but at least it's better than Halo 4's (not exactly a high bar, I know), and some of the clunkiness results in good ol' unintentional Halo comedy.
"Is this a losing battle?"
"Only if we intend on losing it."
Kor of Memory
Member
Yes.
draughn101
Member
Mission 5 legendary...... Any tips
No one has really ever liked Halsey, even before 343i got involved... Except maybe captain Keyes. Mainly it's her arrogance, but she also often used her intelligence to get away with breaking laws and undermining her political adversaries. She also was a horrible mother. The Spartan IIs only cared for her because they were brainwashed by her since age 6.
The hatred kicked into high gear during the kilo-5 trilogy when ONI Vice Admiral revealed that Halsey, without authority, replaced the kidnapped kids with doomed-to-die clones. This action 1) caused the parents to live through the horror of losing their children twice, 2) left a trail of evidence behind that fuels insurrectionist conspiracy theories and 3) is especially fucked up for the poor clone kid
Everyone likes to blame Karen Traviss, but IMO Halsey is a pretty fucked up person, who also happens to be one of humanities greatest assets... I think Traviss did a great job highlighting this duality.
Distresssss
Member
Which part is that again?
draughn101
Member
Warden Eternal #1. I've got the Promethean rocket launcher to start. And I've grabbed the second, but I can't get his back. On heroic you could square him up and boost to the right as he swung his sword, but he one shots you with his laser eyes now.
I've tried hiding and popping shots at him after using both rocket launchers and that's not doing it either.
Distresssss
Member
Use your squad commands so they are targeting him. When you are trying to sneak behind him (his weak point is on his back, that orb thing) and your teammates are shooting him, he will attack them. That gives you the chance to deal the critical blows to him. I believe it takes five of those shots to kill him.
DecepticonCora
Neo Member
Quite a bit of the in-game hate can be traced back to Brian Reed's efforts.
draughn101
Member
Finally got it, thanks. It seems like luck whether your team survives long enough to pull it off. Can't wait for the next meeting lol
Distresssss
Member
There will be a segment on Solo Legendary where you don't think a certain part is possible to do.
You'll definitely know what that part is when you get there.
draughn101
Member
Does it involve triplets?
draughn101
Member
Ok. Not all the way through it yet.
but. It's a good game.
everything seems solid
Glad there's a bunch of us enjoying it. This forum will be filled with hatred soon.
Imperial Hot
Banned
Tell me more about these exploration levels.
orichalcos
Member
You need a Scattershot. 10 shots to orb and Warden is dead. (on Legendary. Thats was my experience)
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