Enough is enough. Stop complaining.
It blows my mind that so many people can complain about so many aspects of the game in which they have absolutely no first hand experience with.
Every new addition to the Halo series has incorporated major changes so all these people that are saying “RIP halo” “Halo will be unbalanced, not fun, etc” have no clue what they are talking or have not played many halo games.
When Halo 2 was released, Bungie introduced dual wielding for the first time. At first the plasma rifle and UNSC pistol were a tad overpowered. Bungie then tweaks their effectiveness when used simultaneously. When people discovered the power of the “noob combo” (plasma pistol + BR) on the map Colossus Bungie lowered the number of BRs and plasma pistols that could be found on the map.
When Halo 3 (I’m including ODST with this since it was a campaign plus halo 3 multiplayer and Firefight) was released, Bungie added equipment to the game (trip mine, bubble shield, power drain, portable grav lift. They also added the mongoose, the hornet, and the elephant. Armor Permutations were also a first for Halo 3, as was forge, theater, and massive additions to custom game types.
Halo Reach: New additions include assassinations, armor abilities (I’ll admit that wish armor lock wasn’t in the game), a 3 dimensional motion sensor. Bungie increased the power and usefulness of weapons that were once dual-wieldable but no longer are (ex: pistol/magnum). The ability to play as an elite was also a first. Halo: Reach also introduces new gametypes to multiplayer such as Invasion, Stockpile, and Headhunter.
Bungie has learned from their shortcomings in their previous games and made sincere efforts to fix them.
When halo 2 saw boosters and people using stand-by to illegitimately increase their global rank they introduced a playlist specific ranking system in halo 3 (and reset halo 2 global rankings multiple times), unfortunately, in halo 3 people still boosted accounts to 50 in exchange for xbox time cards.
Halo Reach had good intentions when trying to right that problem by making it a progressive system but that wasn’t as well received as they had hoped. Reach also had too many playlist options which fractured the online player base (those of you who bought the map packs probably know all too well).
Halo 4 removed some of the lesser played game types and narrowed the the amount of playlist down. This should allow them to match up players more evenly and allow matches to be found faster. The “perk-like” system being introduced will be just like the introduction of equipment in halo 3 and armor abilities in halo reach. It wont break the game. If one specific ability or specialization (or the Mantis) is overpowered I think you can look back in halo’s online history and be confident that changes can and likely will be made. The diversity added to Halo 4 is going to open up so many new strategies and counter strategies that 343i will want to see what the online community comes up with before they bother fixing what isn’t broken. For people complaining about the sticky flag, you know what you’re getting yourself into when you pick up the flag. You also get a strong pistol and a slight speed increase. From what I understand you basically have to walk right over top of the flag to pick it up so I don’t want to hear about accidental pick ups. If you’re play CTF you should want the flag in your control.
Q: Maps are bigger than before? A: sprint as default and instant spawn
Q: Anything revolutionary? A: Spartan Ops
Q: Any new enemies or weapons? A: Promethean
I could go on for hours about why everything being introduced in Halo 4 wont break the game
The campaign will be awesome and the multiplayer will be awesome. If 343i didn’t continue to add new and revolutionary things the series would become stale and the hype would be nowhere near where it is now. 343i cares about this series, it is partly responsible for getting xbox to where is is today.
For those of you have that have read this far, THANK YOU: Have faith, this game will not be a failure, broken game like these so called “fans” say it will be. If you spend all day on the forums complaining about Halo 4 then please don’t buy it, the less whiny little kids on xbox live, the better.
I may have mixed up some facts along this journey, if so I apologize in advance.
Sources: Owned and played countless hours of Halo CE, Halo 2, Halo 3, ODST, and Halo Reach. Also, I read damn near everyone of Frankie’s weekly What’s Updates.
TL;DR: Stop complaining, you’re wasting my oxygen.
