I am that casual player you hate.
I find bloom irritating, but workable. I used armor lock to cry for help. I would likely AR and then melee you back in 2007. I didn’t even bother keeping my stats from Halo 2. I think camping the rockets is awesome. I will also desperately pelt you with the DMR if you’re in the warthog.
I’ve been seeing a lot of people claim that some how Halo 4 was built up specifically to please me. I don’t see anything particularly wrong with that. A game that is made just for me and my ilk? A game to test the tempers of those that would dedicate large quantities of their waking hours to the game? It sounds stellar to me.
Just one problem.
I don’t buy it.
If the claim that Halo 4 was built specifically for me and my terrible game playing habits, then I should see a drastic improvement in my scores over earlier games, right? I mean, there are those that think Reach should have helped me out the most.
So why then this particular spread of statistics? Behold the gaming reputation of a casual player:
Halo 3 stats overview:
http://www.bungie.net/stats/halo3/careerstats.aspx?player=TheWindClaw
Halo Reach stats overview:
http://www.bungie.net/stats/reach/default.aspx
Halo 4 stats overview:
https://app.halowaypoint.com/en-us/Halo4/thewindclaw/wargames/
One of the first things I think people should take note of is how insignificant the differences are between each of the game’s recorded statistics. Aside from a gameplay change between Halo 3 and Halo Reach (I stopped punching people as often as I did), my recorded statistics are roughly the same. If Reach or Halo 4 was built for me, wouldn’t there be an improving trend in my statistics? Wouldn’t I be dominating more often and enjoying the sweet succulent taste of auto-pilot victory? The trend seems to suggest a staggering no. In fact, I would go so far as to say that there is no trend in my recorded statistics.
I will acknowledge that Halo 4 has issues, and stands a fair amount of criticism. I do think that the DMR is too effective versus the other primary weapons. I do think the BoltShot needs to be reconsidered as a single shot kill weapon. I also find that I enjoy using the funky grenade perk that both increases my blast radius while reducing the amount of damage I take.
But don’t say the game was built for me. It feeds me ego too much.