after playing halo 4 for about 4 days, I’d like to point out the things that I like and don’t like about the game. I’ll start with the things I don’t like.
-first of the spawns you can spawn way too fast which ruins the pace of the game.
-There is no X when you die only on your mini map, which obviously isn’t enough.
-The userinterface isn’t as clean as the past halo games, why did 343 feel the need too change this while it was perfect in the past halo games is beyond me.
When I vote for a map, the profiles of the matched players get in front of the map choices, which makes it look like a big mess.
-You get a medal for everything, They went a bit over the top with giving medals for every action in the game.
-the battle rifle sounds horrible what happend to that distinctive sound It had in all the other halo games? On the other hand the Dmr sounds great!
-No ranking system at the start of the game, they had +/- four years too work on this game, couldn’t they fit this in? It makes the game feel unfinished really.
-Lack of weapons on the maps. When I run out of my Br/Dmr ammo I have no choice but throw myself in the middle so I can die and get new ammo. It is really hard to scavenge ammo, becasue everything dissapears so quickly.
-The standard halo playlists aren’t available, this also makes the game feel unfinished. Although I know we are going to get weekly updates, I don’t understand as too why it takes a couple of weeks for the playlists to be added.
There is no classis playist, I think alot of people want fixed spawns for weapons. For me the rush at the start to get the power weapons/power-ups was alot of fun and I feel that they should return.
-The carnage report has changed too and although It’s a minor change I don’t think it really ‘‘works’’. Kills, deaths and K/D spread should be on the same page. Mvp hasn’t returned and top medals are gone.
-There is too many menu browsing when you press start, this is actually similar to a point I mentioned before, but I felt I had to adress this particular part of the user interface. I feel that It should’ve be more accesable.
Well I hear you thinking so you hate the game why are you playing it? Well the thing Is I like this halo game alot, most of the changes they have made are good changes in my opinion. So I will also list a couple of things I do like.
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First of ordnance drops are a great addition to the gameplay, before I played the actual game I thought this wouldn’t fit into halo, but It does surprisingly well.
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The weapons sound amazing except the Br like I explained before
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The user interface Is actually good when you first start of the game, It’s clean you see everything you need. But once you get into matchmaking It turns into wel let’s say not so good. It almost feels like two different teams have worked on this through development.
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Loadouts also work really good with the new gameplay although the classic and mlg playlists should just have standard Ar/Br/Dmr starts so no custom loadouts.
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The exp you get in game actually makes you wanna play better and ranking up for now feels rewarding. But a ranking system is definitly needed in the long term.
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there is so much armor in this game It’s amazing. They really did a good job, especially compared to reach.
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the way your progression with your commendations is shown in game works great!
-overall the gameplay feels really good and rewarding and It definitly Isn’t reach 2
Thanks for reading and remember this IS my opinion. Which means this Is what I think and you don’t have to think the same. YOu can disagree, but please do so in a polite way.