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Post by wittyscorpion on Aug 28, 2014 17:42:17 GMT -5
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Post by UrbaneVirtuoso on Aug 28, 2014 18:29:32 GMT -5
Pretty much a given.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Aug 30, 2014 15:48:10 GMT -5
Halo Prime Pax show down is live on twitch right now: impressive rosters of Halo national champions, along with Gamescom winner TCM, are going to fight each other in a 2 day double elimination tournament. 13K+ viewers are watching the stream live, great to see that there are still lots of Halo fans out there.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Sept 1, 2014 12:38:48 GMT -5
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Post by UrbaneVirtuoso on Sept 2, 2014 16:43:49 GMT -5
Man, I didn't think too much of it back then, but 60FPS is straight up beautiful.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 15, 2014 1:58:02 GMT -5
Day one playlists: www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/09/halo-the-master-chief-collections-launch-day-multiplayer-playlists-revealed-ign-firstTeam Halo 2: Anniversary Play a mix of Team Slayer and objective game types on re-mastered maps. 4v4. Halo 2: Anniversary Rumble Challenge seven other opponents on re-mastered maps. This is your fight and yours alone. 8-player Free-For-All. Team Halo 2: Anniversary Social Play with a team in unranked Team Slayer and objective game types on re-mastered maps. 5v5. Team Slayer Eliminate the enemy team across four Halo games: Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo 2: Anniversary. Nothing but Team Slayer, 24/7. 4v4. Big Team Battle Battle it out in 16-player warfare with vehicles across Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 4, and Halo 2: Anniversary. 8v8. Halo: Combat Evolved The game that started it all. Play a mix of Slayer and objective game types in Halo: Combat Evolved for the first time on Xbox Live. 4v4. Halo 2 Classic It’s back. A mix of the most popular Team Slayer and objective game types from the original Halo 2. 4v4. Halo 3 A selection of fan-favorite Team Slayer and objective game types from Halo 3. 4v4. Halo 4 A mix of Team Slayer and objective game types from Halo 4, on a selection of small to medium-sized maps. 5v5. Team Hard core A collection of tournament-approved game types from Halo 2 and Halo 3. The Battle Rifle is your primary weapon. 4v4. Halo eSports The official Halo eSports playlist. 4v4. SWAT (Rotational) Aim for the head! A collection of SWAT game types on our favorite maps from Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 4, and Halo 2: Anniversary. Players have no shields and are equipped with rifles. 4v4.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 17, 2014 14:33:50 GMT -5
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Post by n1gh7 on Oct 17, 2014 16:41:04 GMT -5
Purchased.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 29, 2014 11:51:28 GMT -5
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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 29, 2014 15:58:59 GMT -5
More on ranks:
So if a player has intentionally tanked his rank to play with lower level players, you will know.
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Post by mannon on Oct 29, 2014 16:44:31 GMT -5
Just finished doing Halo 4 coop and about to finish Reach coop again. Makes me look forward to eventually getting the compilation when I finally do get an XBone. I find it really odd comparing Halo 4 and Reach. 4 definitely had better visuals, I gotta give it props there. And Reach's performance hasn't been great this time around, although I don't remember having problems when I used to pay it. I'm gonna try installing it to HD to see if that helps.
As for the games... Other than just a few key things I really prefer Reach. heh For me the story in Reach is marginally better, the characters are a lot better, though. Normally I really like Cortana, but she felt really off in 4 to me and I just wasn't digging it. MC himself has no character so I don't count him. I hoped to see more of the female spartan officer, but didn't. eh Reach at least gives you a likable team of soldiers. The controls feel tighter in Reach to me, but this may be largely due to familiarity and a preference for the weapons although in Halo 4 it was interesting to see the BR and DMR in the same game. All the new alien weapons were just so much more pewpew garbage, though, and they didn't bring the needle rifle from Reach which is one of the few Covenent weapons I actually like. Oh well... Having sprint without it being an armor ability is something I really DID like in Halo 4, though. So much so that going back through reach I'm extremely reluctant to trade sprint for anything else.
The QTE's can also go strait to hell. Halo 4's anticlimatic end boss was a fucking joke. We FINALLY see a Forerunner, he's a bad guy, and we never actually fight him. Shenanigans!!!!1 srsly... Whatever... Also don't dig the hud. They made it claustrophobic. Yeah it's kinda like you're actually in the helmet, but I don't like it. Woulda turned it off if I could have.
Not a bad game, but not my fav... in fact I guess it's probably my least favorite Halo game that I've played. My faves in descending order would prolly go Reach, 2, 1, 3, 4. (I haven't played ODST.) That's part of why Reach not being included kinda sucks IMO, but whatever. I'm sure I'll really enjoy replaying Halo 1 & 2 again, eventually. (Doubt I'll replay 3, it was epic, but awkward in so many ways. Just not my cuppa. I beat it once in coop and I think that was enough for me.)
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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 29, 2014 17:10:08 GMT -5
Talking about campaigns, just an FYI: according to what I read, Halo 4 got very noticeable visual upgrade, while Halo 2 got the VIP treatment due to anniversary. Halo 1 and Halo 3 may look nicer, but not as significant.
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Post by n1gh7 on Oct 29, 2014 19:53:19 GMT -5
Wow I can't believe they're actually going to use Halo 2's ranking system. This is like, really good. I can't wait for this.
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Post by mannon on Oct 29, 2014 22:38:03 GMT -5
I did really like that. I don't understand why they stopped using it and never brought it back before now. Halo 1 & 2 were the only ones I played much multiplayer of.
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Post by n1gh7 on Oct 30, 2014 4:35:34 GMT -5
Well the system isn't gentle. Like, if you suck, you're going to go down in rank. Ranking systems are getting more and more noob friendly, they prevent people from going down in rank and such.
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Post by n1gh7 on Oct 30, 2014 7:10:44 GMT -5
And with the dilution of meaning behind ranking you get people who complain over getting matched with people of higher or lower rank, while it literally means nothing. Then Devs get the easy out by saying "oh we are matching by a hidden skill rank" which means that people lose any sort of checks over this sort of thing like if they are even getting matched up with people correctly. And as I understand, even LoL has some features in place that prevent people from going down in rank (division?) And like, that game is one of the most played competitive games.
All this appeasement shit is really annoying.
I just hope that MCC can keep a nice large playerbase with this system in place. Serious gamers are so fickle and casuals are so petty.
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Post by mannon on Oct 30, 2014 9:15:03 GMT -5
But of course you can go down in rank! You don't always play at the top of your game and if you aren't playing as well then it's to your own benefit to go down and be matched against lower ranks. Yeah I used to take some pride in raising my Halo 2 rank and had intended to raise it even more, but I just never did.
I will say though, that it can have a negative in that if I felt like I was out of practice I wouldn't just go play a match or two for fun, because that would drop my rank. So I'd get more out of practice waiting for a chance to put some serious time in so I could raise or at least keep it the same, and that didn't sit well with me. I'm a bit of two minds there. I feel like you should be able to play in a more casual practice mode format, but I'm not totally sure that really gels because if a segment of the population just use it to boost their rank by only going ranked when they are "hot" and playing well then it skews matchmaking somewhat. But I also don't want to feel like I'm discouraged from playing games I know won't turn out well because I'm out of practice, or just want to try a different strategy or play with someone I know isn't very good, ect... *shrug*
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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 30, 2014 13:39:57 GMT -5
I think that this kind of ranking system is great if they can indeed "put players into the fairest matches faster than any Halo game to date". I already accepted the fact that I am a below average (that may even be an understatement) halo player, so I just want to play with people at my level. If I did badly one day and dropped in Rank? Totally fine if I get to stomp some lower level players
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 5, 2014 18:45:09 GMT -5
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Post by n1gh7 on Nov 5, 2014 23:29:39 GMT -5
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 10, 2014 12:46:41 GMT -5
Halo MCC is finally arriving! Who are planning to play it? Looking for people to party up so I can suck less
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Post by n1gh7 on Nov 10, 2014 13:03:11 GMT -5
Halo MCC is finally arriving! Who are planning to play it? Looking for people to party up so I can suck less This is my Tuesday plan. I might play through all 4 campaigns on Bungie mode (Heroic) before jumping into MP through...
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 10, 2014 13:53:26 GMT -5
Cool, we should hook up when we see each other online.
I have a lot of Destiny weekly maintenance to do, so most likely won't be playing it until the latter part of the week.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 11, 2014 3:26:49 GMT -5
Halo MCC on XBL is having issues with matchmaking, at least for some players (me included). Not a great start for the game. MSFT and 343 industries admitted that and have been working on a fix.
Another problem I experienced is that a party of players are almost always assigned to different teams. That's unacceptable and hopefully is a temporary thing.
Managed to play one H2 anniversary game and it was fun, brought back memories from the past...
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 11, 2014 3:48:44 GMT -5
Halo 5 beta game play:
When playing Halo MCC today, my biggest issue is that the movement is too slow compared to Titanfall/Destiny/AW. The Halo 5 looks good in that aspect.
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Post by n1gh7 on Nov 11, 2014 10:05:23 GMT -5
Yeah, matchmaking is not working. Good thing there's a lot of campaign to keep me busy.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 11, 2014 13:36:34 GMT -5
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Post by UrbaneVirtuoso on Nov 11, 2014 15:56:37 GMT -5
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Post by n1gh7 on Nov 11, 2014 16:20:36 GMT -5
finally was able to connect to a game. so much fun.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 11, 2014 16:44:31 GMT -5
Next order of business: give us an option to turn down/off the darn music
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