Hi I am FearAndLoa7hing, i have been a fan of halo since halo 1. I am 24 years old. So anyways lets start with what i find to be great about this game.
Graphics- best visuals i have ever seen in a video game
Story- for the most part i like this story better than a couple other halo games
-Multiplayer- The customization in halo 4 is unbelievably complex and well done
Spartan Ops- Very cool and i love the idea of getting more content without paying more money
Voice acting- really top notch chief and Cortanna have never sounded better and the new characters are interesting and fit well into the halo story
Sprint- some people dont like that you can sprint, those people must have more time to play games than i do.
So with most of the good stuff out of the way let me get to the things that i am not a huge fan of.
Multiplayer problems- So i have a few issues with the multiplayer so far.
You die super fast, i think 343 thought that this was a good way to speed up gameplay, but i find it to be a negative thing for a halo game. Halo Reach didnt move quite this fast and it became a game based much more on skill because of it. If i really want a game where i run out and people die in a hit or 2 i would play cod
Lack of maps- If i am right Reach launched with somewhere near 19 maps, halo 4 has 9. Also i feel like the maps you get in each playlist are played over and over again making me bored quite quickly. Another note on maps- not playtested nearly enough i have seen players in flood get inside of walls and the like wich makes it impossible for the game to play normally.
Matchmaking problems- i have on severall ocasions found myself unable to load all of the different game types and get stuck in the like 4 playlist option where you get massivly reduced xp and can not play with freinds. On launch day i had this happen at 6am and could not play with my freinds again untill somewhere around 6pm that night. I found this very frustrating and it led me to not play multiplayer for the rest of the day.
Pre-Order Bounus- I have twice now seen all of my preorder bonus items dissapear for a day then come back the next day
Lack of gametypes- So i am already getting kind of bored. No Griffball- which they made a big deal about all of the changes and then its not a playlist. No actual Free for all. No Invasion. No swat. no mixed bag. no team snipers. no multiteam. no arena. no mlg. Just plain out not enough options.
Spartan ops-
I have not been able to play through a whole match of spartan ops with freinds without lag. This could be a limitation of their internet but i did not have these problems with reach
Macthmaking- Matchmaking works great save for 1 fatal flaw, You cant vote on the difficulty?!?!?!?!? Why? I really dont get why i have to play this on heroic when matchmaking it should have a system for a vote similar to coop campaign in reach
The Campaign-
The covenant- I feel like i have to fight way to much covies in this game, i came in expecting to be fighting new enemys and you end up fighting the 3 new enemys somewhere around 25% of the entire game. I also found it to be a cheap way to give you more enemys when they decide that the covies and promethians are fighting together
The end- I am not going to spoil the end for anyone but i do have a problem with it. Overall the campaign was fun and i was on the edge of my seat wondering what amazing this would happen next and super excited that there would be 2 more games after this. Then i saw the ending. I cant help but feel less excited for h5 and h6 after the end of this game. The choices made i feel where a big risk and i dont see how it can pay off in any way.
The difficulty- Just like MM i feel like you die way to easily
In conclusion, I hope i dont recieve a bunch of hatefull comments for expressing my opinions here and i would like everyone to know that i LOVE this game. Overall i am very pleased with the game, i think 343 did a great job of filling some BIG shoes. Halo 4 is my second game of this year and i will play halo 5
Well actually you just die that fast because everyone geets drops with ridicilous weapons, like sniper rifles or rocket launchers, otherwise the killtimes are actually the same.
In halo 3 if i am correct- cortanna is 7 years old and starting to go rampant. In halo 4 wich is almost 5 years later she is 8 and just beggining to go rampant?!?!?!?!? also when did chiefs armor change? They had said this would be explained but it is not.
A someone who’s spent over 2000 hour playing the halo franchise over various accounts I can safely say halo 4 is a good game but it has soooo many problems it cripples it.
-very little amount of maps
-very little playlist
-needs permanent grifball
-forge and custom games need a fix
-let us use our colors in flood and bring back infection as a playlist(not like it would be difficult)
-fix xp cap
-why is there no custom games playlist like action sack were the community chooses the funnest custom games and they get put into the playlist?
-etc
Yes i have also played a lot of halo i believe just in reach i have 32 days played which equals 768 hours. I actually probably played more of 123 than reach
> A someone who’s spent over 2000 hour slaying the halo franchise over various accounts I can safely say halo 4 is a good game but it has soooo many problems it cripples it.
> -very little amount of maps
> -very little playlist
> -needs permanent grifball
> -forge and custom games need a fix
> -let us use our colors in flood and bring back infection as a playlist(not like it would be difficult)
> -fix xp cap
> -etc
In reply to this. I agree with you, I have myself spent around 3500 hours playing over all the previous Halo games. The problems you are encountering with the little amount of maps and playlists will be fixed over time. New maps will surely come out soon and new playlists are getting introduced as of next week, including griffball in a few weeks.
> A someone who’s spent over 2000 hour playing the halo franchise over various accounts I can safely say halo 4 is a good game but it has soooo many problems it cripples it.
> -very little amount of maps
> -very little playlist
> -needs permanent grifball
> -forge and custom games need a fix
> -let us use our colors in flood and bring back infection as a playlist(not like it would be difficult)
> -fix xp cap
> -why is there no custom games playlist like action sack were the community chooses the funnest custom games and they get put into the playlist?
> -etc
You do realize they are still tweaking stuff and on top of it, this game hasn’t even been out for a month. We won’t get most of this stuff until next month.
> Oh i missed one big thing sorry
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> In halo 3 if i am correct- cortanna is 7 years old and starting to go rampant. In halo 4 wich is almost 5 years later she is 8 and just beggining to go rampant?!?!?!?!? also when did chiefs armor change? They had said this would be explained but it is not.
No, Cortana is around 2 or 3 when she gets paired with Chief. which makes the time table correct that she is between 7 and 8 when Halo 4 starts. but the reason she was starting to show signs of rampancy in Halo 3 is because of the knowledge she got from the cartographer in Halo 1, and then the time spent in the clutches of Gravemind between Halo 2 and 3. these were vast amounts of information and mental torture in a short time which then she had almost 5 years to think on while Chief was in cryo
I agree with the maps. None of the maps besides the one’s used for BTB feel very Halo-esque. Anyways, I’m stuck playing on Complex and Ragnarock each game so why does it even matter.
> A someone who’s spent over 2000 hour playing the halo franchise over various accounts I can safely say halo 4 is a good game but it has soooo many problems it cripples it.
> -very little amount of maps
> -very little playlist
> -needs permanent grifball
> -forge and custom games need a fix
> -let us use our colors in flood and bring back infection as a playlist(not like it would be difficult)
> -fix xp cap
> -why is there no custom games playlist like action sack were the community chooses the funnest custom games and they get put into the playlist?
> -etc
As someone who has been playing Halo and it’s online feats since CE PC and alot of info before halo 4 was out,most of your complaints is not need. Infection will be in the game, more playlist are comming, When has Halo ever launched with a ton of maps? there is 10 already in the game and 9 will come dlc.
I love the game, I wish the campaign had at least 1 more mission ad the last one was not satisfying but I still enjoyed it overall. I like how now more strategy is involved in matchmaking than before makeing me even better. I like all the maps when I thought I would only like a few. As a fan I can say HALO IS BACK BABY AND BETTER THAN EVER. I’m gonna go play right now
