I recently got an Xbox One and Halo 5 with it in December. There’s some things about the game that I don’t like such as removal of splitscreen play. But requiring a Gold membership to play Forge, even alone? Completely absurd. This is probably wishful thinking but I’d love for that to be changed somehow, by an update or something. The game is very unfriendly to offline/without gold players, especially in comparison to previous Halo games.
Halo 5’s Forge mode is by far the biggest and most capable iteration in the entire series, but it’s also one of the more complicated versions too. With so many usable parts and pieces available for use on these massive landscapes, it’d be very difficult to get all of its assets to be readily usable (while offline and without Gold membership) on your Xbox console.
THE CONTROLS ARE SO CONFUSING IN FORGE!!!
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> Halo 5’s Forge mode is by far the biggest and most capable iteration in the entire series, but it’s also one of the more complicated versions too. With so many usable parts and pieces available for use on these massive landscapes, it’d be very difficult to get all of its assets to be readily usable (while offline and without Gold membership) on your Xbox console.
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> Alternatively, Halo 5: Forge is available for free for your Windows 10 PC. Just ensure you meet the minimum system requirements before you get it.
If its an incredibly large mode, I can understand requiring to download or install it, like with Halo 4. But requiring Gold? That’s just dumb
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> THE CONTROLS ARE SO CONFUSING IN FORGE!!!
I used to feel the same way back when Forge launched, but I’ve become so accustomed to them at this point to the point I have more difficulty using the older Forge modes now. Just keep practicing doing simple movements, like placing blocks, rotating objects, set a rotation snap to make precise turns, and maybe turn the magnets on and make a simple building/box. That’s where I started with it, and it just feels so right.
Unless 343i patched something and I never heard about it, Halo 5 hosts Forge sessions on dedicated servers (with all the problems that that implies). Using dedis for this allows them to handle cloud storage really cleanly, but it also means that you get booted out of Forge if your session runs too long… and that you can’t play Forge without Gold.
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> THE CONTROLS ARE SO CONFUSING IN FORGE!!!
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Sorry @DavidJCobb it really hits me in my heart bone and i feel very strongly about the forge controls and i wanted to get my thoughts out into the Halo universe. I’m deeply sorry that I have offended you with my urge to type in ALL CAPS. please accept my apology or I will have to keep typing in ALL CAPS. I’m trying to stress the fact that ALL CAPS isn’t that bad. I don’t see the reason you have to get butt hurt over me typing in ALL CAPS. Get over yourself you ducking millennial. THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY AND I WILL SPEAK IN ALL CAPS IF I WANT TO SO STOP BEING A MILLENNIAL AND GET OVER YOURSELF AND GROW UP.
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Whoops sorry for my all caps my keyboard broke
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> THE CONTROLS ARE SO CONFUSING IN FORGE!!!
They are confusing but keep Forging and watching tutorial videos. You’ll master it soon enough. It took me a while but I’m pretty good at it myself now.