Where to start. It seems that everyone has already brought up the fact that this game no longer feels like Halo, with the sprint, new actions and ADS. It’s also been simplified too much - did you miss the jump? Never mind, no skill required as Master Chief will climb up for you.
The graphics are embarrassingly bad for a flagship Xbox One game, it looks like it’s running in 720p with jagged edges swimming everywhere. Although that’s probably Microsoft’s fault for putting in an underpowered GPU.
The controls are wrong for me, I want my grenade trigger to throw grenades, not look down a sight. I want to hold when I crouch, as the crouch isn’t an easy position to maintain in real life. And why switch the thumbsticks? That’s just annoying.
The new moves feel gimmicky and next to useless. A little boost to the side… nope I still got shot in the head.
And above all, it’s just boring. I only played a few games and ended up putting the pad down, I have no interest at all in playing any more. A huge disappointment after such a long build up.
Halo MCC is the last Halo game I shall be playing, this new version is an insult to the franchise.
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> The controls are wrong for me, I want my grenade trigger to throw grenades, not look down a sight. I want to hold when I crouch, as the crouch isn’t an easy position to maintain in real life. And why switch the thumbsticks? That’s just annoying.
You can change you controller set to one that’s more suiting to you, there are a few more other than just the default
They need to change something, afetr all they are taking another step on the franchise. I don´t really have a problem with runnig, they should just make possible to regenerate the shields with it. But yeah, it´s boring already, i hope they release more modes in the future.
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> The new moves feel gimmicky and next to useless. A little boost to the side… nope I still got shot in the head.
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> And above all, it’s just boring. I only played a few games and ended up putting the pad down, I have no interest at all in playing any more. A huge disappointment after such a long build up.
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> Halo MCC is the last Halo game I shall be playing, this new version is an insult to the franchise.
Exactly how I feel. MCC will be my last Halo purchase… and it hurts to say that. It will be the last actual Halo game, and then I guess I’ll have to find something else when I get bored of it in 3 years.
I love this Beta so far, and it’s the most enjoyable Halo i’ve played since Halo 3. It is so competitive and challenging but when you do well it’s really rewarding. I love it - and i’ve played Halo since Halo CE.
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> It IS 720p lol. It’s also a BETA
Did anyone read the disclaimer when they started the game. It’s a BETA there is a lot of stuff that is not finished.
Also didn’t Halo 4 have sprint in it as well and I don’t remember everyone -Yoinking!- about it.
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> Where to start. It seems that everyone has already brought up the fact that this game no longer feels like Halo, with the sprint, new actions and ADS. It’s also been simplified too much - did you miss the jump? Never mind, no skill required as Master Chief will climb up for you.
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> The graphics are embarrassingly bad for a flagship Xbox One game, it looks like it’s running in 720p with jagged edges swimming everywhere. Although that’s probably Microsoft’s fault for putting in an underpowered GPU.
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> The controls are wrong for me, I want my grenade trigger to throw grenades, not look down a sight. I want to hold when I crouch, as the crouch isn’t an easy position to maintain in real life. And why switch the thumbsticks? That’s just annoying.
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> The new moves feel gimmicky and next to useless. A little boost to the side… nope I still got shot in the head.
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> And above all, it’s just boring. I only played a few games and ended up putting the pad down, I have no interest at all in playing any more. A huge disappointment after such a long build up.
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> Halo MCC is the last Halo game I shall be playing, this new version is an insult to the franchise.
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> > The new moves feel gimmicky and next to useless. A little boost to the side… nope I still got shot in the head.
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> Well you must be bad then, because the boost has been invaluable to me.
same with me, its helped me win CQC battles when i abviously wouldve been dead
Sprint is fine with me, ADS where my grenades should be is not fine. They have made it more COD like, I don’t care what anyone says, and the worst thing is that it’s less fun than COD.
Halo does not need to mimic every title out there, it was great on it’s own.
Thanks to those who’ve pointed out the menus for changing controls, I must have missed that. I didn’t see an options menu, and just tried the multiplayer for a few games until I was utterly bored.
Sure, it’s a beta - that doesn’t mean the graphics have to suck. A beta is near release, if it was an early alpha version then I’d understand it running in 6x10 pixels.
And for those that should out the need for change - Bungie changed Halo in each version from 1 to 3. 2 added dual wield, 3 added the ability to throw power drains, shields etc. Then 343i took over and basically turned it into every other FPS franchise out there. And even though we have sprint and boosts, the game feels slower and more clunky now.
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> > The new moves feel gimmicky and next to useless. A little boost to the side… nope I still got shot in the head.
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> Well you must be bad then, because the boost has been invaluable to me.
Well I suppose if you’re playing against noobs who don’t know how to aim…
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> They need to change something, afetr all they are taking another step on the franchise. I don´t really have a problem with runnig, they should just make possible to regenerate the shields with it. But yeah, it´s boring already, i hope they release more modes in the future.
They re adding a new game type and weapon and map next week
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> Where to start. It seems that everyone has already brought up the fact that this game no longer feels like Halo, with the sprint, new actions and ADS. It’s also been simplified too much - did you miss the jump? Never mind, no skill required as Master Chief will climb up for you.
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> The graphics are embarrassingly bad for a flagship Xbox One game, it looks like it’s running in 720p with jagged edges swimming everywhere. Although that’s probably Microsoft’s fault for putting in an underpowered GPU.
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> The controls are wrong for me, I want my grenade trigger to throw grenades, not look down a sight. I want to hold when I crouch, as the crouch isn’t an easy position to maintain in real life. And why switch the thumbsticks? That’s just annoying.
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> The new moves feel gimmicky and next to useless. A little boost to the side… nope I still got shot in the head.
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> And above all, it’s just boring. I only played a few games and ended up putting the pad down, I have no interest at all in playing any more. A huge disappointment after such a long build up.
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> Halo MCC is the last Halo game I shall be playing, this new version is an insult to the franchise.
i like sprint and new abilities, everyone starts with them.i am not a fan of ADS but ill live with it,whats wrong with simple, do you want it to use 5 buttons to move left then shoot?? the beta runs at 720p 60fps and the final 1080p 60fps. H5 has control schemes, use Halo 4, so far the best ive used, thruster has been a life saver to me, glad to see ya go, bye. you can play MCC for the next year and Float and SPUTTER. - faveorite h1 line and good insult lol- and Halo needs change, it will be cod if it doesnt, see how cod it is now, barely, ADS sprint and clamber, but these were in previous games. and if your toe hits the edge, or want to grab in front to get higher up, its common sense to grab and pull your self up. i still havent gotten bored, i just post while searching for a new game. and there is 3 weeks to the beta, next week we get a new maps and gametypes, then the next week we get more maps and gametypes, an MORE weapons, im not looking forward to the new design of SPNKr tho, lets hope they change it, but this really feels closer to halo than ANYTHING since H3.
Different strokes for different folks I guess… game isnt going to be all things to all people. So… I guess… find a different game? I for one love the weapons, the ADS, graphics look amazing even in 720P. Its fresh enough without completely changing the formula… the maps that we have access to flow extremely well. I love the sprint… that was my biggest complaint about the other Halo’s… way too stagnant on some maps.
Overall, if they keep it up … it may be the best Halo of the series
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> Sprint is fine with me, ADS where my grenades should be is not fine. They have made it more COD like, I don’t care what anyone says, and the worst thing is that it’s less fun than COD.
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> Halo does not need to mimic every title out there, it was great on it’s own.
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> Thanks to those who’ve pointed out the menus for changing controls, I must have missed that. I didn’t see an options menu, and just tried the multiplayer for a few games until I was utterly bored.
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> Sure, it’s a beta - that doesn’t mean the graphics have to suck. A beta is near release, if it was an early alpha version then I’d understand it running in 6x10 pixels.
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> And for those that should out the need for change - Bungie changed Halo in each version from 1 to 3. 2 added dual wield, 3 added the ability to throw power drains, shields etc. Then 343i took over and basically turned it into every other FPS franchise out there. And even though we have sprint and boosts, the game feels slower and more clunky now.
First of all it feels nothing like cod. Cod is a twitch shooter that takes absolutely no skill to play the beta however takes skill. And halo is not mimicking every other title out there it is simply changing things up so it doesn’t feel like the same game everytime a new one is released. And your saying a beta is near release? It releases fall next year theres still plenty of time to change the graphics up to 1080p. And the game does not feel slower it feels much more fast paced than any halo game ive played( ive played every1 except 2).
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> Different strokes for different folks I guess… game isnt going to be all things to all people. So… I guess… find a different game? I for one love the weapons, the ADS, graphics look amazing even in 720P. Its fresh enough without completely changing the formula… the maps that we have access to flow extremely well. I love the sprint… that was my biggest complaint about the other Halo’s… way too stagnant on some maps.
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> Overall, if they keep it up … it may be the best Halo of the series
Let´s wait for the campaing. Destiny wa all focused on it´s multiplayer and had a Horrible storyline…just horrible. If they manage to create a better campaing than H4, and bring back firefight, i´m sold.
Just so everyone knows, there is a Halo 4 button layout where every thing is the same as Reach’s controls but Crouch is B. It is exactly the same as Halo 4’s, though. It feels much better then the crap button layouts 343 are trying to push on us.
This beta is just a mixed bag for a lot of people. First Halo 4 where they gained a new crowd and lost some of their own, then they release TMCC where they gained some they lost, and now it’s like they are trying to appeal to the new crowd gained in Halo 4. I don’t know what to say about the beta because part of me want to go play Halo like it was originally intended while the other part wants to see it be something new. I’m split between the 2 sides.