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> > Most of the “story Mode” reviews I’ve seen aren’t so much that it’s too short, but it doesn’t make much sense in some places (unless you read the comic) and “forgettable” Seems to be the most used phrase, Not really any defining moments this time around and the whole Cortana arc’s been done some many times a lot of people didn’t see it as any special and just played through. My complaint about it was the lack of Blue team, you only get 3 missions with the team that should have had their own game (Reach) it’s not a big issue, I didn’t think the Story was that bad, just wished i could have had more time with Blue team. (and also 3 of the levels aren’t even levels at all, literally talk to 2 people and done)
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> > It WAS nice to see that they’ve gotten away from the whole “the places it blowing up get to the finish before time runs out” granted The Maw is one of my favorite levels they don’t need one in every game x.x
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> > as For “no playlist for casuals” Most people are more or less upset over the loss of Spartan Ops and Firefight rather than pseudo-competitive types like Giffball, and i can sympathize with that, I had a lot of fun with Spartan Ops and although people took Firefight too competitively most of the times i had fun with it too, and the loss of both is a bit of a bummer.
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> > Your right about the Req Packs, being a double edge sword, but there is a bit of money grabbing in there too, for instance if they took out the customization parts, I’d be willing to bet the buying of packs would drop significantly as most people buy them for the armors and not so much for the weaponry, and gamers are pretty notorious for being completionists there’s a lot of halo players out there that will play and PAY for days on end just to get 100% and at a few hundred thousand players at $4 a piece is a pretty damn decent amount of cash, sure you don’t HAVE to buy them…you don’t HAVE to buy DLC either, but the industry knows you will, after all that’s the entire point of Micro Transactions, Today’s games are no longer $59.99 after extras, DLC, Special editions and micro Transactions most people around $100+ for most games…Also, it CAN give the other team a pretty big -Yoink- advantage, yeah it’s random, but a single skilled player with an OP vehicle can decimate a team.
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> > When it comes to split Screen, I’m sorry I have to disagree, I’d much rather take a hit to graphics in exchange for playing with people who are NOT online, I’ve always had groups of friends system link Halo and have an absolute blast, something that doesn’t happen online, and to drop it to have a SLIGHTLY “prettier” game…No thanks, I’d rather keep the 720p. Even sense Halo CE, for me, Halo’s always been more fun with friends than online randoms. So, having them remove it after 15 years was a bit of a hit to me.
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> While its true that $4 per gold pack can defiantly add up, its not fair to say the vechicals/weapons give you an advantage in warzone. From what iv heard you still need to get your energy up (or whatever its called) to use said reqs. As far as split-screen goes, iv just found out the frame rate is actually tied in with the engine which many games do. Creating split-screen would dip the frame rate making many parts of the game simply stop functioning correctly. Essentially adding a second screen experience can break the game. What you have to remember is the Xbox One is already considered oldish hardware as its been out for nearly 3 years now. I wouldn’t be blaming 343, i would blame the hardware limitations that the xbox one has. I know iv heard it many times the whole “its been in this ____ halo game, so why not halo 5” while even halo 1 had it, the graphics, resolution and frame rate are significantly different from what we have today.
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> Regardless its a double edged sword for the company. They create split-screen and all the sudden the game stops working correctly or the frame rate dips massively. But if they don’t add it (the current situation) people complain its gone. There is no win win situation here for the company and i think its unfair for people to be so harsh against the company. Its fairly obvious Halo 4 didn’t win them many points with the halo veterans, so i’m pretty certain the lack of split-screen wasn’t a “yoink you fanboys, we’re gonna make you buy another xbox one, muhahahaha”
Yeah you need to save up energy, But i hit level 6-8 every game, if i had super powered vehicles i could spawn one each game, and if you used one correctly could be the end of the enemy team, ergo you win. split screens been around sense the SNES, the push in graphics is what taxes the engine which would cause the frame rate to drop, so again, yes, I’d rather take a hit to graphics.
The issue it that it should have been worked around to begin with, but more people complain about how things look now days, so in the end they chose graphics. and halo 4 didn’t lose people by including split screen, it’s been a function from the first release, people didn’t think of it as a positive or a negative, so you can’t list it as a cause for a decline in players. Halo 4 lost players because they did things slightly different in multiplayer, the same reason Reach lost players because they did things differently in multiplayer, a majority of the “veterans” Only care about one aspect of the game, and not as a whole, which is why Halo 5 will gain and lose players because again, they did things differently in multiplayer…Halo and Call of Duty have the same problem, Too many people care about one side of things and not enough for the rest, so multiplayer becomes the main focus, The story lacks, The casual side suffers, split screen is dying off not because it’s “too hard to include” but because people survive off the internet, and certain games like halo and call of duty aren’t really even seen as “games” anymore, they’ve become Electronic Sports…Seriously competitive people don’t play with friends, they play with teams, and a second screen just gets in the way, so, there no need for it…So, Now, That’s pretty much what halo is, It’s got a small story, and “Esports”…And that’s even listed on the site.
