first of all sorry for bad english but im swiss and im mad
halo 1-3 were imo all masterpieces every single one of them set the bar for all the other MM FPS on console. i put 100 if not 1000 of hours into this franchise.
i was so pumped for halo 4 i mean its not halo whatever… its halo 4!!! the continuation of halo 3 i thought.
we all said how it would have to be to compare to the old halos and forget the mistakes that reach had. the halo council uploaded like 20 hours of discussion about gameplay mechanics, gun and shield mechanics, map design etc etc…
we all thought 343 had finally understand what was so wrong with Halo Reach
and would listen to the core community. which are not only the most skilled players but are also the ones that keep the franchise alive and know how halo has to be.
And what is 343 doing? they go after the YOINKING money!!
AA removed?? no lets put in promethean vision so people can see trough walls!!
active camo removed? NO lets give the player additionaly a shotgun to their starting loadout
however what makes halo 4 really bad is this:
No weapon/map controll…i can sit in 1 area of a map and get kills call killstreaks in and wreck even more. halo is about getting half or most of the map,
infiltrate the enemy spawn, do some real Yoink to dominate a enemy team.
all that is gone with halo 4!
Gun shield mechanics… 123 ur dead 123 ur dead! not only is it way to easy to hit shots…but yeah i dont even wanna talk even more about the DMR it makes me mad NO SKILL is required! every noob scopes in half map and has perfect 5 on me, i dont even wanna poke out because people just melt u long range. why not just sit on ur spawn on ragnarok whats the diffrence? also this game doesnt need stopping power. in reach it was needed but not in this game. it punishes active players that get their -Yoink!- out of cover. also the shields are down way to quikly u have no time to think or outsmart ur opponent. dumbed down to a trigger spam fest
Maps: wonderfull to look at but terrible to play on. if u want good maps look how bungie did their maps. small to medium sized, ways to outsmart/outskill ur opponents. the maps are way too big in halo 4 and too full of Yoink!. the goal imo was to create a playing field were noobs have alot of space to hide and do their stupid Yoink!. but thats not halo halo is like chess… bring ur pieces in active position on a small board or get slapped on by the grandmasters easy as that.
thats rewarding if u beat ur opponents!!
thats actually allready it imo. of course i disagree with alot of the design choices such as menu, ingame sounds and killcams also and it lacks 1-50 ranking system but with these maps and mechanics i wonder if a ranking system even makes sence.
Bravo mlg joined 343 which gives me hope that 343 has realized it was a mistake to go after the casual players and ruin halo for the money.
theres 50K people playing halo 4 right now…thats just poor
which doesnt even makes sence to make a game for casuals…if u make a game for competitive players THAT WILL AUTOMATICLY ATTRACT ALL THE NOOBS AND WANNA MAKE EM PLAY AND LEARN AND COMMUNICATE AND PLAY AGAIN…AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!!
i have hope for the future but for now im back to run halo 3…