Well, sounds like you're being far from a halo fan. All I've heard is bitching. And not just about halo 4. The "true halo fans" have been bitching about halo since Halo 2. Nothing is ever good enough. Though it is easy to forget past feelings and through hind sight bias feel like those opinions didn't exist. Every problem I have with "fans" has been expressed by both you and SS. No leeway has been expressed by either of you. You both seem to know information no one else knows to be so sure the game will be so radically different. It doesn't make for good advertising if the magazine goes into great detail about what is exactly the same but no, I must take every word of it and assume all is lost. There is a difference in expressing discontent or worry over a potential situation (like neo and many other people here) and continually being a stuck up ass about it. You asked me why can't people express their negative opinions? Well you and SS have expressed them. We get it, now you're just forcing it on others. How many times does it take to "express" the same ****ing thought over and over. You think halo 4 (multiplayer) will be awful. Fine, move on to something new all ready or it isn't a discussion, its a hate rant that you feel needs to be told to everyone who will listen every new post that is made.
Apparently so, but they said they have months of content planned from the get go, so it sounds like they have it planned out pretty well. I like what they're doing in terms of integrating Spartan Ops with multiplayer, and then linking it to the campaign. It weaves the Competitive, Co-Op and single player experience together extremely well.
Yeah I agree about it weaving together well. It is honestly the thing that has gotten me most excited about this game, I just wish they would change the name to something cooler.
M$ is probably hoping that we'll be so blown away by Spartan Ops that we completely overlook the aborted fetus that is MM. Pac, take the Master Chef dildo out of your ass. Just because the name of the game is Halo doesn't mean deserves the support of past iterations. M$ could probably package a literal piece of ****, slap "Halo" on the box, and you'd buy it knowing full in well what it is and thank them for it.
Interesting, hopefully that would allow 343 to get pretty creative with content if they could make it as they go.
Guys, this guys my dad, and he works at Bungie, so he knows. Yeah, that's what has me excited. That and the overall narrative between the three gameplay options we've seen so far.
Well... spartan ops sounds interesting. The weird story tie-in between multiplayer and campaign sounds kind of dumb, but inconsequential (more than likely, anyway - unless there's a lot more to it than has been hinted at so far). Nearly everything they're saying about the multiplayer mechanics is a serious concern. I don't play CoD multiplayer and the more Halo shifts to resemble it, the less interested I become. For anyone proposing the continued and further segregation of the multiplayer base by having a "Halo classic" playlist or two - that is the game's death sentence in the long run. The problem is that 343 and MS are doing what they think will give the game a future with the out-of-the-box experience. And maybe they're right; maybe Halo CE-style gameplay just wouldn't move numbers worthy of a big title in 2012. But 343 is also transparently afraid to let go of the older, competitive, purist fanbase, and they're shooting themselves in the foot by it. Those people are just getting more disgruntled and dwindling in numbers anyway, and they start wars on forums all over the internet. Like ^ this one. The main thing that keeps me hanging on with some optimism is the prospect of another forge mode that takes the same quantum leap forward that Reach's forge did from H3. If they deliver, I'll buy the game and just get used to whatever they do to multiplayer.
I'm mostly interested in the forge right now that basically THE REASON I bought reach and I've been really excited for forge info but they haven't released any other then sayin there will be forge. I want to know what kind of in depth edits can we do to the environment can we have a terrain editor PLEASE!!!! Haha we posted pretty much the same thing at the same time.
Tried to say this initially... But I've been shouted down with bullshit like how progress is needed and that I should adapt....
No. You never said that. I agree COMPLETELY with Nutduster, except for what he said about the narrative. I really like the links between the mode and how it's all tied together. What you said was: "HALO IS DED. 343 SUKS. Hurr durr casual faggits hurr durr Pac sucks.". You were shouted down because you're repeating yourself and insulting people, so you sound like a child. Nah, it's purposeful. The GI article said that the UNSC Infinity would cross paths Chief over the course of Spartan Ops.
You sound like a child. Does any one else find it rather poorly thought out by the UNSC (or whatever the military is) to put all their eggs (Spartans) in one basket and fire it off across the galaxy?
youre part of a probably less than 10% minority of halo players, why would they cater to all of your demands? this is a business, whether you like it or not, and the majority of players are casual players who are just interested in having a good time playing a video game for maybe an hour, not playing competitively for hours on end. they have to do something to make the game fresh. i also prefer the old style of halo, but this new stuff doesn't seem terrible. i think it would still be fun, even if it is different, as long as they make it balanced and if they have a couple playlists dedicated to the "classic" style of halo, that would plenty for me.
A few months, at least. And if you think 5 new missions a week means they're making 5 campaign length, completely new missions a week, then you're dreaming hard. And there'll be a new CG movie each week too, to give extra narrative to the missions. Makes me excite. If the rest of the thread was like Nut's post, AKA giving his opinion, not being completely pessimistic and sounding like a mind-raping troll, then I'd be completely happy.