Skiball = HaloBall in the playlist. The Halo ball is the only thing that kinda made me upset. Its fun to play and all, but you can easily climb up into the score zone and smack the balls out. I haven't played anything else but I am planning on doing it soon.
No ****. I agree with you wise one [br][/br]Edited by merge: Action Sack is the only thing i havent played except for MLG, I hate MLG
I finally played some Action Sack and Classic Slayer today. Hockey is definitely fun, moreso when people aren't exclusively trying to kill each other. Speedpile/flag is fun too, especially because I think it suits my elusive play style. Didn't get a chance to try any Haloball yet, or Power Slayer for that matter. They just weren't getting the votes in my games. With Classic, I'm mixed. It's fun to see some old maps re-imagined, and I like the damage and speed, but it was pretty unfair at times. The few games I played were all decided by more than 10 kills, and on one match of Rifles on Hydra, we won 50-8. It was probably a spawning issue, but still.
That team must have been awful. I mean, that's a good sized map with lots of places to hang out, how could they have done that badly unless they were completely terrible?
Hockey is pretty amusing, just because most of the time everyone else is trying to have a massive assassination ****, allowing you to score easy goals while they're distracted, and ending the game quickly.
Like I said, the spawns were pretty restrictive. I sat right above theirs and picked them off as they went up the ramp or jumped the beams outside. However, we probably shouldn't be judging balance just yet. It's a new playlist, meaning everyone's hidden Trueskill is basically at 1. It'll even out as people play it more.
Hydra is Damnation right? I haven't played it yet, but I've heard some less than impressive things. Why they didn't use Mojo's version is beyond me, that map is stunning and I've played it on split without framerate issues. Even then, if that's an issue they could remove the lights for one.
Yes it is, but frankly, I've heard less than impressive things about most of the maps. It's not that they're bad, they just play differently because Reach itself is different.
Classic is really fun, but there are issues. I'm hoping that they get fixed soon, but I dunno if/when it'll happen. Speedflag and speedpile are sooooooo epic. It really is SPEEDflag, games go by so fast. The new hockey gametype is just epic. You can change the scores of different goals, and using different objects for scoring opens up soooo many possibilites.
Hydra is my favorite map in the playlist. I have very little time on the real Damnation, but I've been on several remakes, and I found that to be my favorite.
Damnation and Hang em' High both played great in my opinion. Beaver Creek played good as well, but I noticed that the bases were way off scale. Maybe I only noticed because I spent 4 months remaking it back in H3, i dunno. I think if they made the changes that TSB addressed (reducing the player speed just a tad..ect) then the playlist would be even better. Also, they need more maps! I think they should add a new map every time the come across a matchmaking friendly remake; eventually having them all!
Damnation and Hang em' High both played great in my opinion. Beaver Creek played good as well, but I noticed that the bases were way off scale. Maybe I only noticed because I spent 4 months remaking it back in H3, i dunno. I think if they made the changes that TSB addressed (reducing the player speed just a tad..ect) then the playlist would be even better. Also, they need more maps! I think they should add a new map every time the come across a matchmaking friendly remake; eventually having them all! Edit: Don't know why it double posted. I thought colored members could delete their own posts, but I can't seem to figure out how..
This! you can climb into 1 point zone and stop any 1 points and most other points(by jumping and bumping ball of course). But speedpile on hemorrhage was sooooo fun! Probably because I like vehicles but still you could pick up flag and drop them off without leaving your vehicle. Also I just remembered I killed myself once by evading into a wall with the flag speed boost LOL!
Yeah it's Damnation. They got the basic architecture right - I don't really have any complaints. Some of the scale feels a bit different but I can't tell if that's my memory playing tricks on me, or just the little differences from CE to Reach adding up. It plays just fine though. Out of the Damnation remakes I've seen (4-5 of them) it's one of the better ones, though not the very best either.
speedflag is the best thing ever! being able to shoot, run, throw grenades while carrying the flag is awesome. also, players look hilarious carrying a huge flaming flag while fighting.
Action sack is the most fun I've had in Halo since... uh... a really long time, and those new gametypes really played into my enjoyment, just knowing that bungie is still making Reach even more fun!
They did this to hide the fact that you can't pick up weapon in Firefight Arcade anymore. Very clever.
They need like a playlist for hockey and ski ball i'm tired of getting stuck with power slayer and speedflag, they need to be separated.