OP hit the nail on the head. Insultingly aggressive monetization is dictating the multiplayer roll out and the only way to hit back is to completely embargo the store/armory. Shareholders want to try dictate game development? Ok fine, here’s zero income for your junk decision.
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LMFAO, you’re too easy.
you gus seen r6 siege lately? it’s got heads looking like traffic lights, muppets, devil face, top hats, cringey esports outfits, dancing characters with musc in the end of round screen, it all looks totally stupid and out of place. none of the recent operators are even semi realistic anymore. That my friends is how far that game has fallen. Went from tactical-ish fps action (dumbed down) to totally not tactical at all. all sci-fi anime trash.
I totally see the hate for things like cat ears in halo infinite. it’s just copying all the trash cosmetic ideas from all the other shooters out there right now.
Sadly because it sells in games like r6 siege, fortnite, valorant, overwatch…etc
The tools up high running the halo franchise think it must work here too. They might think it’s business and you go with what works, doesn’t mean every consumer will like it though.
and there is the problem, they will call (like all the other big companies do) the complainers “a small vocal minority” like always and continue adding dumb stuff to the mp side of the game because they know some gamers just can’t help themselves and will decide that because “some” like the awful skins, they need to keep adding more and they will get worse.
mark my words. cat ears is probably not the worst we’ve seen…
i’ll be sticking with mp + bots and the campaign but if they somehow make mp suck less, i might have another bash at it.
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That’s the thing for me. I don’t necessarily mind a small handful of boundary pushing cosmetics, but because of the rise of in-game stores and microtransaction money, they quickly lead to a slippery slope where games lose a lot of their visual cohesion especially as time progresses. Battlefield 2042 is kind of struggling with its presentation/tone and I’ve completely given up on CoD (laser tracers in WW2 lol). Some people are not bothered by this, and I’m happy for them. I like my games to stay a little cohesive though.
So basically name one thing that conforms to your parameters of “silly” in the franchise, and failing to do so proves “silly” didn’t exist at all?
Sounds more like your issue is a semantic one about what is or isn’t silly in the first place. That you refer to armor effects as something that doesn’t even “touch the aesthetics” proves as much. Hate the ears all you want man, you’re only winding yourself up, but silly and lighthearted stuff isn’t new to the franchise regardless of your opinion on the matter.
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in reach the rouge helmet had a hole where the mouth would be…
silly
- Having or exhibiting a lack of good judgment or common sense; foolish. synonym: foolish.
- Lacking seriousness or responsibleness; frivolous.
I’m going by the second definition of silly. Lacking seriousness, which the skull doesn’t. Nothing about it looks funny haha silly
Then by thay second definition anything that doesn’t keep with straight forward, functional, practical, hard scifi would be “silly”. Any armor coloring that isn’t a functional camo color scheme. Any armor or helmet that is overwrought or ostentatious. Armor effects that have nothing to do with anything but looking flashy. A katana on your back. And yes, a holographic skull visor. All are “lacking seriousness or responsibleness; frivolous.”
So again, your issue isn’t silly existing in Halo. Its a semantic issue about what YOU find to be too silly for Halo. As Majin_Eclair said, examples have been given and you keep dismissing them, and its painfully clear you have no real argument.
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I disagree, the Katana could actually have Function, or cermonial value… I also dissagree that the cat ears are entirely silly, they could function in lore as sound enhancers.
Okay, seriousness doesn’t imply functionality or practicality. The fact I have to define simple words is ridiculous.
Serious is not joking or trifling. So silly means to joke or trifle, and those cat ears definitelly is meant to be a joke. a funny haha joke, like “haha, look at that biologically engineered super soldier with super duper kawaii ears on his helmet!”
Those already exist though, in reach there are certain attachments that fulfill that role, and don’t look like cat ears. Making them look like cat ears is purely done for the joke of it, you can pretend it has a function, sure., but you can tell by the way they present it, It’s meant to be a joke.
Please step back and understand how amazingly tilted you are over pointy surfaces on helmets shaped like ears.
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Oh man, that brings me back to the old bungie forums, in the Halo 3 boards. There was a laughably huge debate over the practicality of a traditional katana in the Halo universe and its battles. Good times.
Realistically speaking (so take that for what it’s worth in a discussion about a scifi property) there is nothing you’d want a sword for that wouldn’t be better achieved by a knife and a firearm, which is why swords haven’t been carried into combat (outside of ceremony) for decades.
That being said, you could honestly explain away most things if you’re willing to allow for a certain level of flexibility. I don’t care about visual flair (Hayabusa armor w/katana was a badge of honor -Yoink!-!), my only gripe is acting like cat ears have crossed some sort of line l.
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It’s hilarious! They’re literally more practical than the sword lol.
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I think the sheer purpose is to annoy people, so in that manner they are purposefly by the amount of complaining topics…
Also we don’t know what the sword is made out of… and yet we still have the energy sword…
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As is a holographic skull for Halloween, a lightning cloud, a pestilence cloud, a flaming head, hearts with wings, a traditional katana, or any iof several nonsensical armor designs that would make even early 90’s Manga artists blush.
Don’t complain about a need to define things when you’re not even complying with the very definition that YOU provided, then amended. To say nothing of you consistently dismissing comparisons others make using that shifting take on what is or isn’t “silly” as grounds for dismissal. You do you homie.
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in what manner? {b][/b]
If it’s attached to your helmet, likely aural amplifiers/sensors.
A sword is just… a sword.
I literally can’t wait for Halo to turn into Fortnite because of people like you. I await that day.
multiplayer was never cannon.