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It's Finally here folks! Halo 4 Discussion thread (Spoilers)
I'm on the fourth or fifth mission of the campaign, and i'm really liking it a lot. What are your thoughts on SP and MP?- PokerFace
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Played through first 3 levels of campaign after work tuesday. I like most of the gun changes and additions except for the boltshot. I'm waiting to be impressed this early into itWhen I joined this site, I was a software tester for mobile business applications and the song PokerFace was not yet written by Lady Gaga
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Finished the campaign yesterday. Loved it! Love the soundtrack (still have certain songs playing in my head while sitting at work today).
I do have nitpicks and cynical comments about certain parts, but overall, its pretty much everything I hoped it would be.
For arguments sake, my nitpick has to do with the pacing/streamlining of the campaign. Some points that should have been major revelations to the main characters were just glossed over entirely, and even some minor points it would have been nice to have some comments about. Many things were presented as if it were already common knowledge, and even if it is to the players due to other cannon sources, it shouldn't have been treated as such by the characters.
Cynically, the game felt a little more like an action game than a pure shooter at time. What I'm trying to say (without actually saying it) (but I'm saying it anyways), is that at times I almost felt like I was playing Mass Effect 3. I'm not even talking about the minor (major?) plot point which is obviously similar, I'm just talking about the feel, the QTE's, the new weapons and enemies. I'm not saying its a bad thing, just not strictly the halo we're used to. Its still Halo though. And yes, a couple points in the game did remind me plot wise, namely the (campaign spoilers)librarian talking about synthesizing organic and synthetic life, and the chief walking down the light bridge towards the beam of light hello ME3 ending...I don't know if they're ripping each other off behind the scenes or not, I don't care. The stories are different enough, and all scifi stories overlap and borrow from each other to an extent anyways.
I'm also not 100% sold on the portrayal of the new covenant forces and where the covenant story arc seems to be going, but I'll probably have to wait until the next Kilo 5 book and the next games to see what they're planning on doing about the old elites (arby's group), and the new storm covenant.
Anyways, Gonna hopefully play the first episode of Spartan Ops tonight and then maybe start getting into War Games. But i'm pretty satisfied with the campain.
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beat it. Was fun but in general this game feels more like a cross between COD, unreal tournament 2004, and metroid than a halo game
I beat Halo 1-3 and reach on legendary and I still think 2 was the hardest
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In post 2, Rhinox wrote:Finished the campaign yesterday. Loved it! Love the soundtrack (still have certain songs playing in my head while sitting at work today).
I do have nitpicks and cynical comments about certain parts, but overall, its pretty much everything I hoped it would be.
For arguments sake, my nitpick has to do with the pacing/streamlining of the campaign. Some points that should have been major revelations to the main characters were just glossed over entirely, and even some minor points it would have been nice to have some comments about. Many things were presented as if it were already common knowledge, and even if it is to the players due to other cannon sources, it shouldn't have been treated as such by the characters.
Cynically, the game felt a little more like an action game than a pure shooter at time. What I'm trying to say (without actually saying it) (but I'm saying it anyways), is that at times I almost felt like I was playing Mass Effect 3. I'm not even talking about the minor (major?) plot point which is obviously similar, I'm just talking about the feel, the QTE's, the new weapons and enemies. I'm not saying its a bad thing, just not strictly the halo we're used to. Its still Halo though. And yes, a couple points in the game did remind me plot wise, namely the (campaign spoilers)librarian talking about synthesizing organic and synthetic life, and the chief walking down the light bridge towards the beam of light hello ME3 ending...I don't know if they're ripping each other off behind the scenes or not, I don't care. The stories are different enough, and all scifi stories overlap and borrow from each other to an extent anyways.
I'm also not 100% sold on the portrayal of the new covenant forces and where the covenant story arc seems to be going, but I'll probably have to wait until the next Kilo 5 book and the next games to see what they're planning on doing about the old elites (arby's group), and the new storm covenant.
Anyways, Gonna hopefully play the first episode of Spartan Ops tonight and then maybe start getting into War Games. But i'm pretty satisfied with the campain.
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My biggest gripe with the storyline wasthe fact that there were suddenly other spartans. The biggest thing for John was that everyone else was already dead, and he was the last one alive.
I actually really enjoyed the campaign, i just played it on normal since it's been a while since i've played a console game. I'll probably do a run on legendary with my friend some time this week. As for the MP i've really been digging it. I don't mind the kill streaks or perks. They're pretty damn balanced.
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Anyways, if anyone wants to play some MP with me, feel free to add me. (Blood Covenent)- Rhinox
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In post 6, BloodCovenent wrote:My biggest gripe with the storyline wasthe fact that there were suddenly other spartans. The biggest thing for John was that everyone else was already dead, and he was the last one alive.
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Playing through the campaign solo legendary now. Also doing spartan ops solo legendary. Been playing a little war games too.
I actually felt that way when I first played the halo 3 campaign, but after some time and a few more playthroughs, it grew on me. I feel great about halo 4 right from the start though.- Umbrage
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This is actually the first thing that's piqued my interest in this game. UT2k4 was the best shooting years of my life. But then, that was also impacted by the mass of player generated content. Go deeper into this comparison for me?
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In UT 99 there were no vehicles and very different graphics and gametypes. In the UT2003,2004 there were many new guns, vehicles, graphics and game types
Comparing the old Halos to the new one feels the same as we once again have new vehicles, guns, graphics, and game types
I personally still prefer UT99 over the newer UT's. Same with the older halo's over the newer one
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