Author Topic: Halo 4/Halo Anniversary thread (Read 26475 times)

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #180 on:** November 06, 2012, 06:47:29 AM »

Amazon delayed my order

Huff · « **Reply #181 on:** November 06, 2012, 07:12:25 AM »

Little bro is picking it up today. Going to play all day tomorrow while he's at school

Beezy · « **Reply #182 on:** November 06, 2012, 09:55:05 AM »

Quote from: demi on November 06, 2012, 05:18:40 AM

Since I'm broke until Friday, I am trying to 1000 Halo Anniversary beforehand. It's not going so well. Blechhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I most likely won't be getting it until the weekend either.

demi · « **Reply #183 on:** November 06, 2012, 09:55:54 AM »

Pick it up at TRU if you do... they are giving $20 GC for any $60 game the 9th and 10th

drew · « **Reply #184 on:** November 06, 2012, 11:49:18 AM »

right now at TRU you get a $10 gc just for halo or a $20 gc if you sign up for xbox live 12 months, which i wished i knew about because i just did that 2 days ago...oh and a $40 gc if you buy two games full price...

anyways, installing! :geoff

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #185 on:** November 06, 2012, 11:57:55 AM »

Picked it up this morning. There was a long line.

drew · « **Reply #186 on:** November 06, 2012, 11:58:35 AM »

where'd you go

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #187 on:** November 06, 2012, 12:12:07 PM »

Just the local gamestop

drew · « **Reply #188 on:** November 06, 2012, 12:17:10 PM »

well that yer problem right thurr

i always just go to TRU right after they open on the morning after midnight launch, not only is there not a line i actually have to FIND an employee to ring me up

bork · « **Reply #189 on:** November 06, 2012, 12:24:53 PM »

Getting my copy from Amazon. No shipping delays- looks like it shipped from within the city...listed as out for delivery at 3AM!

cool breeze · « **Reply #190 on:** November 06, 2012, 12:29:29 PM »

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #191 on:** November 06, 2012, 12:36:20 PM »

Quote

"Halo 4 Servers are not available. Please try again later."

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #192 on:** November 06, 2012, 01:39:33 PM »

Played a bit of the campaign instead since the mp is down. Graphics are really nice. Probably the first really good looking Halo game for me this gen. 343 did a much better job on that front. The controls also feel a big tighter which I like. It's still halo but they feel snappier. The sound is also very good.

drew · « **Reply #193 on:** November 06, 2012, 01:44:54 PM »

wow this looks great, it's how i expected halo 3 to look and feel, truly a next gen Halo. feels really good to be back

i'm having a bit of trouble with melee responsiveness though. has anyone found the first skull yet? is it on the forward unto dawn?

FatalT · « **Reply #194 on:** November 06, 2012, 02:25:58 PM »

I fully expect everyone to forget about this game next Tuesday.

drew · « **Reply #195 on:** November 06, 2012, 02:42:20 PM »

just noticed that there's no instruction booklet at all, shame since halo used to have such good ones

bork · « **Reply #196 on:** November 06, 2012, 02:55:36 PM »

Hmm...maybe I won't have this today. UPS already came by the office and...nothing. How do you not deliver a package that came from down the street?

Quote from: drew on November 06, 2012, 02:42:20 PM

just noticed that there's no instruction booklet at all, shame since halo used to have such good ones

Typical these days. I'm waiting for the day that we start getting all retail releases as discs in little paper sleeves.

cool breeze · « **Reply #197 on:** November 06, 2012, 03:20:16 PM »

I'm fond of digital manuals if done right. Going forward it seems like it'll be a standard thing (Vita and Wii U do it). I'm sure Microsoft will extend it to smartglass to read manuals on your smartphone/tablet. Lack of manuals only annoys me when there are advertisement slips instead.

Beezy · « **Reply #198 on:** November 06, 2012, 03:20:39 PM »

Quote from: demi on November 06, 2012, 09:55:54 AM

Pick it up at TRU if you do... they are giving $20 GC for any $60 game the 9th and 10th

Nice. Thanks for the heads up.

Quote from: FatalT on November 06, 2012, 02:25:58 PM

I fully expect everyone to forget about this game next Tuesday.

Eh... I haven't really cared for COD since MW2.

bork · « **Reply #199 on:** November 06, 2012, 03:25:11 PM »

Quote from: FatalT on November 06, 2012, 02:25:58 PM

I fully expect everyone to forget about this game next Tuesday.

I hestitated on ordering this for that reason, but I'll take two new FPS games. Been a while.

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #200 on:** November 06, 2012, 03:29:17 PM »

Whats the matchmaking like in Halo 4? Is it the same thing from 3 and Reach?

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #201 on:** November 06, 2012, 03:40:05 PM »

Quote from: Rahxephon91 on November 06, 2012, 03:29:17 PM

Whats the matchmaking like in Halo 4? Is it the same thing from 3 and Reach?

It's playlist based and now you can join progresses in match.

http://www.examiner.com/article/halo-4-launch-playlist-gets-detailed-by-343-industries

Although the full playlist doesn't seem to be working right now because of the issues.

bork · « **Reply #202 on:** November 06, 2012, 03:40:08 PM »

Yup, no Halo 4 for me today. I was told "our delivery guy is kind of a douche." Makes me feel better.

EDIT: It came after all. But the guy is still a douche, so I'm told.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #203 on:** November 06, 2012, 05:21:01 PM »

Played some mp. Seems fun. A lot faster paced than reach. I tried the fish stick layout but my brain still wants to play it like reach so I'm gonna have to switch the controls back I think.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #204 on:** November 06, 2012, 07:48:23 PM »

I just picked this up because my art director is gushing over it and I happened to be at the Microsoft Store today. This better be good

chronovore · « **Reply #205 on:** November 06, 2012, 08:33:58 PM »

Quote from: maxy on November 06, 2012, 01:57:00 AM

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Halobesity.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #206 on:** November 06, 2012, 09:15:47 PM »

Played the SP for about 2 hours. Got to the mission where I have to go to two different places to destroy two things (keeping it vague, spoilers, whatevs).

This is an odd game. You can see where 343 is trying to branch out, trying to do something different, trying to move this series forward.
Then literally in the next breath you're back to where you've been before. Doing the same things you're always doing.

I like the way the game looks (for the most part). I like what they're doing with the Cortana/Chief storyline. I think the new enemies offer a new welcome challenge.

Where this overall story is going, we'll see. It's playing too safe for me to really get fully invested so far.

bork · « **Reply #207 on:** November 06, 2012, 09:17:43 PM »

Played some MP but I'm too tired from work today to really keep at it. The game definitely looks beautiful and seems better than Reach was. But it's more of the same. You know exactly what to expect.

When I heard Jennifer Hale's voice during the little multiplayer intro sequence, all I could think of was "I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite game on the Citadel!"

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #208 on:** November 07, 2012, 02:06:25 AM »

Played a little bit of the campaign and so far.....eh. Kinda reminds me of the delta halo stuff from Halo 2, and that ain't good. Hopefully this shit gets better.

Love the way it looks and sounds though.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #209 on:** November 07, 2012, 10:48:53 AM »

I'm starting to think the mp is pretty great. I'm not good but it's really fun. It takes the smart stuff from cod and adds it in but it still feels like halo. A much faster version compared to Reach.

Overall I kinda think 343 just showed up bungie in most departments.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #210 on:** November 07, 2012, 04:18:52 PM »

As far as the SP, I've never been that big on it for Halo past the first game like seemingly a lot of people are. I find their universe boring and confusing. And the action despite all the talk about a wonderful sandbox does kind of get repetitive. I don't hate it or anything. But its also nothing amazing.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #211 on:** November 07, 2012, 04:35:43 PM »

Quote from: Borys on November 07, 2012, 04:24:02 PM

Offtopic but what is the last SP campaign you liked or was amazed with in an FPS Stonet?

I haven't been amazed with an FPS campaign since like Deus Ex.

Like is a much lower barrier though and there are a decent number I thought were fun and liked in recent years. Modern Warfare 2, Bullet Storm, Gears 1 & 2, Borderlands although that's more because it was funny rather than being a classically good fps campaign, Crysis 1 & 2 were both good. Uncharted 2 which you might as well lump in there even though its 3rd person.

Honestly though the FPS campaign seems to be mostly on the decline anyway. I almost never buy them anymore for the campaign. (Bioshock Infinite is one of the rare ones where that will happen) And the best action games on the campaign front are hybrid style games. Deus Ex series, Dead Space series, and the Mass Effect series are really the sort of campaigns I'm looking for when it comes to shooters or action games and those are pretty rare.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #212 on:** November 07, 2012, 08:15:25 PM »

So far... being brutally honest here.... Halo 4 completely squanders all the potential they had going in. It's such a safe game.

I get weird Halo 2 chills here.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #213 on:** November 07, 2012, 08:29:22 PM »

So... the villain.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

I actually read Halo: Cryptum and completely didn't remember who the Didact was. lol

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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #214 on:** November 07, 2012, 09:29:19 PM »

I really dig the Mp. Might be my favorite ever Halo on that front although the reasons for that probably aren't the same as for Halo diehards.

demi · « **Reply #215 on:** November 07, 2012, 10:42:29 PM »

Anniversary is so bad. Someone play with me cause I am tired of dying lol... fuck

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #216 on:** November 07, 2012, 11:20:50 PM »

Quote from: demi on November 07, 2012, 10:42:29 PM

Anniversary is so bad. Someone play with me cause I am tired of dying lol... fuck

I don't mind playing, but that would require me to open it up. Hit me up if you need to get through that shit, I'll help you out brother.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #217 on:** November 08, 2012, 12:33:53 AM »

Like the game a lot- like how stuff is finally tying into the novels

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #218 on:** November 08, 2012, 12:53:21 AM »

LOL you read the novels

spoiler (click to show/hide)

So did I, at least the first two Eric Nylund ones :geoff

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MrAngryFace · « **Reply #219 on:** November 08, 2012, 12:59:14 AM »

The Flood was CRAP- but First Strike/Fall of Reach were good- so was Ghosts of Onyx. I'm not big on the Forerunner Saga- too far removed from SPARTANZ.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #220 on:** November 08, 2012, 03:07:10 AM »

This game looks amazing

But why does Cortana have derpy buck teeth?

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #221 on:** November 08, 2012, 03:35:07 PM »

This game is amazing.

Quote from: demi on November 07, 2012, 10:42:29 PM

Anniversary is so bad. Someone play with me cause I am tired of dying lol... fuck

I beat it on Legendary already, I can play it with you if you want. I have all the skulls too, I think one of them might give infinite ammo or grenades or something if you are having that hard a time.

I don't think it's so hard, especially on co op

Let me know

demi · « **Reply #222 on:** November 08, 2012, 04:38:07 PM »

I'm using Bandanna and Grunt Funeral, it's making it much easier solo.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #223 on:** November 09, 2012, 06:26:51 AM »

Best Halo since CE. Also, it's like Ratchet's bigger and dead serious little brother.

Huff · « **Reply #224 on:** November 09, 2012, 01:31:08 PM »

Pretty good in everything but the story. As someone that hasn't read the more recent books, things that were relieved in this game that were wtf moments were barely touched on. And no idea where they are going to go with this for the sequel

demi · « **Reply #225 on:** November 10, 2012, 04:59:18 AM »

Campaign was absolute crap.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #226 on:** November 10, 2012, 09:28:19 AM »

yeah i'm not enjoying the SP much at all anymore. it started out ok with the prometheans and whatnot but now it's just the same ole' Halo except not as good. humans telling me what to do. covenant. etc etc. way to completely throw away all the interesting things going into this game.

I got past this part where I have to escort this giant Mammoth thing around a boring desert location and now I'm solo in this sniper section. It was pretty annoying due to those jackal snipers all over the place. I finally go a decent way through it when i got caught by a suicide grunt and died..... the game pushed me all the way back to the beginning of the section :\

the set pieces and momentum are just not where they need to be. I don't feel like I'm working towards anything and nothing I'm doing is distinct. They're scrapping the bottom of the barrel of Halo stuff to do.

really disappointed. i don't understand how anyone can think this is better than Reach. Or even Halo 3 for that matter. What exactly does Halo 4 do that that's much better? I'm not seeing it.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #227 on:** November 10, 2012, 09:45:09 AM »

Fuck the campaign. Who cares about that really. The hotness is in the mp.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #228 on:** November 10, 2012, 09:55:08 AM »

well i care about the SP. it's what brought me to all the Halo games.

Now that I think about it... every other Halo game has disappointed me.

Halo CE - great
Halo 2 - awful
Halo 3 - great
ODST - didn't like it
Reach - great
Halo 4 - disappointing me.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #229 on:** November 10, 2012, 10:01:24 AM »

I though the first was overrated because of poor level design but at least it was novel at the time. After that I never really cared. Halo always took itself way too seriously and it always felt like they were trying to have a star wars level mythos but to really feel that way I needed to read books outside the game.

To me this halo feels like every other halo in that regard. The moment to moment combat is fun enough because of the ai but I have no idea what's going on and I don't really care about what's going on.

bork · « **Reply #230 on:** November 10, 2012, 10:52:31 AM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on November 10, 2012, 09:45:09 AM

Fuck the campaign. Who cares about that really. The hotness is in the mp.

Yup.

demi · « **Reply #231 on:** November 10, 2012, 11:39:12 AM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on November 10, 2012, 09:45:09 AM

Fuck the campaign. Who cares about that really. The hotness is in the mp.

You mean the COD gameplay? I'll just uh, get COD in a few days.

demi · « **Reply #232 on:** November 10, 2012, 12:59:34 PM »

The armor abilities in this game were shit, the guns felt neutered and shit... everything was a bullet sponge. Same ol corridors. Just a huge disappointment.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #233 on:** November 10, 2012, 01:12:32 PM »

I may one day go back to ODST. I wasn't a fan of the open world nature and thought it was more annoying and didn't add anything. Having to trek across the map to get to a mission pretty much broke the experience for me.

cool breeze · « **Reply #234 on:** November 10, 2012, 02:16:23 PM »

The open world part of ODST is one of my favorite parts of the Halo series. The Halo series perpetually going for action and power fantasy made playing as a lone soldier in an enemy infested city feel fresh for Halo. That's party the direction I wanted Halo 4 to go. Master Chief takes out two scarabs in five minutes in Halo 3. Would've been cool for Halo 4 to have brand new enemies to make Chief vulnerable again.

It's one of those cases where you talk about how you want Halo to change so much that you realize maybe you should just play another game. It's like Halo has fallen into the same place as Zelda. But I still like Zelda and Halo games in spite of the stagnation.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #235 on:** November 10, 2012, 02:30:11 PM »

Quote from: demi on November 10, 2012, 12:59:34 PM

The armor abilities in this game were shit, the guns felt neutered and shit... everything was a bullet sponge. Same ol corridors. Just a huge disappointment.

That's exactly how I feel, its a disappointment in a lot of way. It's like they wanted to try, but felt they would risk losing their fanbase by pushing the series in a new direction.

Saying that they have done a great job with a few things. Bringing a bit more character driven drama to the series for once! Albeit it doesn't amount to anything sadly, but that's what future games are for. This was their first time in the rodeo and they did a pretty good job ad besting Bungie in a lot of ways. If not for story alone, but with their technical prowess.

The game looks beautiful at times, and other times it looks like muddy shit with generic flat textures. The forerunner architecture is so "clean" its kind of annoying to look at. Reminds me of Halo 2 way too much cause everything is so flat and symmetrical in nature. The set pieces look fantastic though, with stunning vistas and well pronounced backgrounds/foregrounds. It really gives me hope for what they will be able to accomplish with new hardware and more rendering power.

demi · « **Reply #236 on:** November 10, 2012, 03:41:14 PM »

Halo is unfortunately a series where if you aren't "in" with the jokes or the story, you really are wasting your time.

Beezy · « **Reply #237 on:** November 10, 2012, 03:54:01 PM »

Can we get some comments on the game outside of the campaign? Or I'll just play it myself since I just picked it up...

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #238 on:** November 10, 2012, 06:48:24 PM »

So you don't like this game for being the same Halo pace but you didn't bother finishing ODST? ok

Campaign was really good, multiplayer is even better

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #239 on:** November 10, 2012, 07:10:58 PM »

The open world thing was what made me not finish ODST. The actual missions were pretty OK when you got to them, but having to go through the game world became more annoying than fun. I just didn't think it was worth dealing with.

It was an interesting concept and I bet if done right it could be pretty great but I didn't feel it was done that well in ODST.

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Author Topic: Halo 4/Halo Anniversary thread (Read 26475 times)