343 has Usurped EA in my book as Worst game dev

Games Halo 5: Guardians
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First things first, I bet they lock me. You can silence me and countless others, but you can’t silence the aggregate community and legitimate complaints. While your microtransaction business may be booming 343, live it up, it’s short lived, as are all microtransaction centered games.
First off, I want to directly state that this is by far the most regrettable game I have ever laid eyes upon. Sure, it looks nice, runs nice, but…am I looking at a painting or playing a game? Did I really just spend 60 dollars (and an xbox one) to look at a nice pretty 60 fps game? SOMETHING IS LACKING HERE 343!!
What’s lacking might you ask? Well surely, the Halo 5 (and 4…really…who even defends that hunk of junk) will say this is the best game ever!!! Well, it had a chance to be. The 60 fps is a step, a huge step in the right direction. The feel of the game is great, you can’t really ague that…however, you can argue, and many have, that his game is just that, a feel great shell of a Halo game, reduced to a cowering state propped up not by 343, but by Bungie and Microsoft’s graces.
The attention to detail this game has…or well should I say never had is astounding. 2 and half years to show for what, microtransactions and 60 fps? You lacked content at the start, still do, lacked customization at the start, still do, lacked a coherent ui at the start, still do, lacked social playlists at the start, still do for the most part, lacked forge at the start, still do as it’s a -Yoink- travesty to call that piece of crap “forge”.
Starting to see a trend hmmm? If you look at 80% of the complaints here on the forum (majority are complaints as well, that should be very telling) these complaints focus on the aspect of detail. Split screen, variety for SWAT, maps, vehicles, stuff in forge etc etc, these are the topics on the forum day in, day out…
I’m going to make a list, feel free to add, but there are these lack of attention to details. I find new ones all the time, which SHOULDNT happen to a AAA game title, but alas, a release like MCC shouldnt happen either. Blunders…blunders…
-No assist for the driver of the vehicle given, in warzone or arena in my experience, not even a medal
-Vehicle physics are awful, as with the mechanics (tank driving anyone? It’s like it was designed by a mentally handicapped person) I can launch myself and hijack a banshee or ghost quite a distance away, or the rng comes in and I get splattered. It’s quite a roll
-I’m on the back of a wraith, toss a grenade in it, and I get an assist kill when it blows up. HAHAHAHA at this one
-I die when confronting a boss, enemy team swarms over, 40 seconds later I get the kill and points for the boss. HAHAHAHAHAHA
-Lack of certain medals or commendations
-SWAT with shoulder charge. Hate on reach all you want, but atleast they took out armor abilities (besides limited sprint) for SWAT. Why add such a stupid factor into SWAT? On that note drm’s in general? Or are dmr’s only for you microtransaction kings

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I’m not reading all that, I mean does anyone even take this guy seriously anymore?

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Lol what a drama queen.
Cool story, bro

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Dont forget about how you can board the mantis from the front. And from like a mile away LOL

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343i and EA are tied in my book. Whereas I see 343i as just inexperienced (though this can’t forgive the travesty that is Halo 5) I feel EA are just straight up money grabbing.

That story was the worst story in any Halo game.

The spawns are just…laughable.

The lack of maps is amazingly bad, what’s more is that people defend it because we’ll be getting free maps because of the Microtransactions. Oh good, maybe with these new free maps we can eventually have the same amount of maps other Halo games had AT LAUNCH.

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While you have some legitimate complaints, like the vehicle physics and the boarding assists, that doesn’t even bring it close to the worst game ever. Now the microtransactions are also completely optional, and give us all free DLC. I personally have never bought any packs, and never have the issue with people paying money are better than me for that reason. And forge is better than ever, even if it takes a while to adjust to the controls. I’ll assume you don’t make competitive maps in forge but for those who do it is an amazing improvement. Finally you have some stupid points like shoulder charge being in SWAT, which is a one hit kill just like melee. So literally the only difference is a slight aim assist. Drivers do get an award for driving gunners and it’s called the Wheelman medal. Also I have no idea what the hell you are talking about in the last two sentences.

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1 Word for you.

Activison.

Conclusion. OP is Salty. Has complaints, doesn’t put forward any fixes, and spouts -Yoink- all day.

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There are things I don’t like about Halo 5, but overall I love it… but the way 343 left the MCC is disgusting.

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> 1 Word for you.
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> Activison.
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> Conclusion. OP is Salty. Has complaints, doesn’t put forward any fixes, and spouts -Yoink- all day.

This.

Salty posters should just leave. Your complaints do nothing to help make a better game. This is more akin to a toddler in Wal-Mart having a tantrum in the toy aisle because mommy didnt offer to buy the right toy.

Cool Story Bro, just tell it elsewhere.

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> I’m not reading all that, I mean does anyone even take this guy seriously anymore?

Not me. Especially when some of the complaints are just wrong lol. Like the Wheelman medal.

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EA isn’t a developer, fam. They’re a publisher.

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> Not me. Especially when some of the complaints are just wrong lol. Like the Wheelman medal.

You mean wheelman not counting as an assist? Because unless that’s been patched within the past week, that’s actually true.

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Looking back at EA’s disturbingly greedy history, 343 are definitely not as bad as them. Heck, they’re even better than Bungie now when taking Destiny’s $30 level boosters into account.

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Well, it kind of depends on how you define “worst”. EA and Activision beat 343 in money grubbing and shady business practices by a mile. However, 343 seems to have set a new bar in bad decision making and disappointing a fan base. I could forgive them for not quite meeting expectation with Halo 4, they had some massive shoes to fill after all. But then they release the broken mess that is the MCC and a year later it still isn’t fixed. Yet somehow with my expectations already lowered (twice), they still failed to meet them with Halo 5. It honestly amazes me how 343 was handed the keys to one of the most popular and established franchises in game history, yet still managed to frig it up.

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> EA isn’t a developer, fam. They’re a publisher.
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> You mean wheelman not counting as an assist? Because unless that’s been patched within the past week, that’s actually true.

Which is what I’m talking about. Medal =/ commendation. Fanboys out in droves tonight

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> > Conclusion. OP is Salty. Has complaints, doesn’t put forward any fixes, and spouts -Yoink- all day.
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> Salty posters should just leave. Your complaints do nothing to help make a better game. This is more akin to a toddler in Wal-Mart having a tantrum in the toy aisle because mommy didnt offer to buy the right toy.
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> Cool Story Bro, just tell it elsewhere.

Coming from you, the saltiest of old salts, that speaks volumes.

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This is ridiculous! You want to see a horrible developer, look at your old God from the 1-reach days, Bungie. They may have been good then but now they made one of the biggest gaming atrocities ever, Destiny. So if you want a boring unbalanced experience where you have to pay $30 a class, Destiny is for you. Other than that, 343 is far from the worst

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Lets take it like this:

Cons of Halo 5:
REQ/microtransactions.
Weak story(artistically speaking).
Little content upon release (comparable to Halo CE and 2)

Pros:
Buying REQs don’t have an obvious effect on gameplay due to Progression systems.
All future DLC is FREE!!! (Not $20 for a few extra hours like SOME companies).
Tons of bonus intel and easter eggs to satiate the lore hunters and completionists.
All the bugs ARE being steadily worked out.
Gameplay is fresh, but still keeps to the Halo core. You actually FEEL like a feared titanium Demi-god.

Sorry to burst your little bubble, but Halo 5 is still an overall good game. It has problems, but its only a matter of time until its worked out!

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> Lets take it like this:
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> Cons of Halo 5:
> REQ/microtransactions.
> Weak story(artistically speaking).
> Little content upon release (comparable to Halo CE and 2)
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> Pros:
> Buying REQs don’t have an obvious effect on gameplay due to Progression systems.
> All future DLC is FREE!!! (Not $20 for a few extra hours like SOME companies).
> Tons of bonus intel and easter eggs to satiate the lore hunters and completionists.
> All the bugs ARE being steadily worked out.
> Gameplay is fresh, but still keeps to the Halo core. You actually FEEL like a feared titanium Demi-god.
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> Sorry to burst your little bubble, but Halo 5 is still an overall good game. It has problems, but its only a matter of time until its worked out!

DLC? What dlc? You mean content that should have been there at the start? or forge maps? Haaaaaaaa. I’d pay the 5 dollars for a great dlc experience with pro maps rather than free shoveled -Yoink-. Dont try to justify the campaign in any way, even with “easter eggs”

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I like how these people feel like they are game development experts after playing games. Slaps me on the knee!

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All I see here is that he’s bad at the game lol