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One month ago, I was royally pissed at this game. Everything seemed to irritate me and bother me. Every match felt like a complete clusterfu-k. I felt like I didn’t have time to breathe when I played this game and the stress started to kick in.
I removed my Halo 4 disc and left it in cryo for about a month - until now -
During the past 30 days i’ve decided to step out of my comfort zone and play various game of different genres. RPGs, Racing, Real Time Strategy games, etc. After a much needed break from Halo after so many months of excitement leading up to its release and a month of frustration with the actual game, I decided to give it another go.
After today’s session, I felt no different from how I did a month ago.
I played three matches today:
BTB on Ragnarok, Infinity Slayer on Haven, and Infinity Slayer on Solace.
Even on a large map such as Ragnarok, I couldn’t help but feel like I was constantly engaged in firefights. There wasn’t a moment that I could breathe and think about what I was going to try next. I didn’t care if I was going to die anymore. It’s inevitable… With so many additions(Unnecessary in my opinion) to the sandbox such as even more AA’s, easy to acquire Ordnance Drops, and criminally OP vehicles such as… Wait for it… The Sloth, it’s hard to not feel like 343 is throwing random piles of sh*t at the screen that we simply do not need.
Even matches on symmetrical close-quarters maps like Haven turn into a DMR spam fest on the center of the map. However, Solace being a mid-sized map and being naturally more appropriate for the Halo 4 sandbox, regular Team Slayer matches don’t feel as cramped as they do on Haven, but you still can’t help but feel like some of the abilities players have access to are unnecessary. I mean really, Speed Boost? We already have the Sprint function available to us at all times. We already scale maps quite quickly with Sprint alone/And giving players access to a insta-kill weapon like the Binary Rifle after just five or so kills? Why not keep the power weapons exclusive to each respective map’s set of Ordnance drops? Where’s the fun in turning the corner only to be disintegrated by a single bolt of Forerunner goo by someone who sucks?
This game’s too damn friendly!
“Omg dis guy is jast anoder whiney beeyatch and sux at dis awesum g8m!”
Hold your horses.
I’m a great HALO player. I can say that with confidence. However I am no longer a great HALO 4 player.
“But dat duzznt make teh sense stoopid!”
I don’t consider Halo 4 multiplayer to be a true Halo mutliplayer experience. True Halo multiplayer games require you to scavenge the maps for weapons and take control of key points on the map to dominate the opposing team. Halo 4 however gives all of the players the tools needed to cause carnage right off the bat. Instead of having to take a risk and trek across the map for that precious Sniper Rifle, Halo 4 spoon feeds the player and gives them these once rare and powerful weapons after a minimal amount of effort.
“wat is ur point stoopid?”
Give us a Classic Slayer playlist. Stripped down Halo. None of that DMR’s for everyone upon spawn crap. Make us beat the living sh*t out of each other with the stocks of our Assault Rifles if we want that precious DMR or Sniper Rifle. And please, if something like this ever see’s the light of day, remove those damn Koalas… Or Sloths… Or whatever they’re called with machine guns and missiles from Valhalla.
Maybe then will this game earn more of my time. And if you like the game in its current state, keep at it. Have fun, I mean no disrespect. I only speak on behalf of myself and the few others that share a somewhat similar opinion on the subject.