Okay I kinda have mixed feelings for this game and other future Halo titles. I don’t want Halo to go down the drain and be a “sister” shooter to COD. And based on what 343’s spilling, it looks as if it’s exactly going to turn out like that. I want Halo to be back on track (where no one cared about ranking up, there weren’t so many try-hards in a match, etc.), the topic of every video game discussion, to the point where if you didn’t have a Halo title on Xbox, you weren’t cool. Basically, if I were to waste my life on a video game (don’t plan on that, just saying), I want it to be Halo.
I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt. Chances are I’m one of those “too demanding” fans I hate so much. Hyprocritism. But the Spartan IV’s look pretty decent I’ll give them that. And I’m not complaining, but 343i didn’t have to come up with a reason for the Reds to fight Blues. I was always cool with “a timeless struggle between Red and Blue”. I mean, just look where it got Rooster Teeth.
I have played and loved each and every Halo release to date. While I have had some issues with each one, none of those issues stopped me from playing and enjoying. Each trilogy game (CE, H2, H3) built solidly on the last. The spinoff games (Wars, ODST, Reach) were/are all placeholders for the main title releases.
Halo is more than just a shooter. It’s a universe (metaphorically speaking, of course). The game is a story and the story must evolve. Halo 4 begins a NEW trilogy that takes place YEARS after Halo 3. Therefore things MUST be different. Weapons, armor, vehicles, etc., should all be better, faster and more powerful. The result of these improvements is that TACTICS WILL CHANGE.
Halo 4 (and for that matter the whole next trilogy) is a NEW game set in a DIFFERENT time with NEW and DIFFERENT enemies. The only similarities to the old trilogy should be that you are a SPARTAN in the UNSC and you have to save the universe. I, for one, am not looking forward to a carbon copy of any previous release.
For those that are unhappy with the new stuff, I can sympathize. but not everyone started playing this game ten years ago. It’s like Laurel and Hardy movies. They were hilarious in their day, but times have changed. Their schtick might still work, but people expect more now.
> > If Louis said it feels like Halo, I’m convinced.
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> If Louis Wu, Frankie, and most of 343i say it feels like Halo, I’m taking their word on it until I’ve had a chance to sit down and play it.
We’ve heard feedback from respected members of the community in reference to private gameplay, no reasons to be worried, I trust the developers and their private beta selection more than myself. Also take into account they have thousands of beta testers for the game from withing microsofts offices around the world. I think they’re gonna hit this one outta the park