Potential Halo 5 news from Frankie on NeoGaf

Potential Halo 5 news from Frankie. take with a grain of salt.

So, some of you May have seen this already, (scroll down to see Stinkles post) it’s a post on Neogaf by Stinkles aka Frank O’Connor

It reads:

60 fps
Dedis
Focus on classic Halo fundamentals
Bigger setpieces (h3 Scarabs not Reach Scarabs!)
Cull all weapons except CE pistol
Grenades drop CE pistols instead of exploding
Take advantage of growing dubstep scene for weapon sounds

The first two we already knew, but the following two have me very excited. Then however, When Frank says silly things along side serious things, can we trust him?

I guess time will tell. But “Focus on classic Halo fundamentals” has me very excited. As do the “bigger setpieces” as Halo 4 was severely lacking large scale campaign battles.

What do you think this means? A return to classic Halo? I guess that all depends on what you think of as “Classic Halo Fundamentals.” When I read that, I thought of Bungie’s “Golden triangle” of “Guns, Grenades, Melee.”

And wile “bigger setpieces” were expected from the start, I’m glad to see some acknowledgement of this. The Scarab comparison intrigues me. As we well know, the Scarab battles in Halo 3 were huge, often having to deal with 2 scarabs, a handful of Ground troops, and Ghosts at the same time. Now, replace “Scarab” with “War Sphinx” maybe I’m getting ahead of myself.

Edit: another thought just occurred to me. He could just be joking, after all, the NeoGaf thread is “what do you want in Halo 5?” Frank could just be trolling and restating what we’ve said 100-plus times. That we want even starts and larger battles in campaign. Never-the-less, his post intrigues me.

> Edit: another thought just occurred to me. He could just be joking

How can you not be sure he was joking? It was pretty obvious.

> > Edit: another thought just occurred to me. He could just be joking
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> How can you not be sure he was joking? It was pretty obvious.

Why would he joke about having focus on classic Halo Fundamentals?

I agree, don’t know why he would joke about this via public web and tease many fans.

> Focus on classic Halo fundamentals.

> Focus on classic Halo fundamentals.

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Now you wouldn’t be teasing me, wouldja frankie?

Answer the question wisely… :stuck_out_tongue:

> I agree, don’t know why he would joke about this via public web and tease many fans.

You… you think someone would do that? Just go onto the internet and tell lies?

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> You… you think someone would do that? Just go onto the internet and tell lies?

Well I would hope not the dude who runs Halo, and so openly like that :-/

You know… I’m pretty excited about those CE Pistol 'nades.

> You know… I’m pretty excited about those CE Pistol 'nades.

That’s the good word! I am as well.

That is the most confusing thing ever. First he writes two facts- which makes it seem like a list of features to appear in he game, then he throws in new details (joke or no joke) which are very promising and uplifting and he finishes it off with a bunch of silly jokes- which makes the whole list look like a silly joke! So ambiguous…

> > How can you not be sure he was joking? It was pretty obvious.
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> Why would he joke about having focus on classic Halo Fundamentals?

> Cull all weapons except CE pistol
> Grenades drop CE pistols instead of exploding
> Take advantage of growing dubstep scene for weapon sounds

> Cull all weapons except CE pistol

Sounds like a joke to me…

I suspect there is more truth here than prevarication. The jokes are obvious, but the other, more meaningful ones cannot be detracted from a second time (like that classic halo fundamentals bit).

The bigger setpieces can’t be that much of a stretch give new hardware.

The dedis and FPS are pretty much fact by now; I doubt he’d drop things like that only to reneg on them later.

Most of that sound like a joke lol

I highly disagree about grenades dropping CE pistols instead of exploding. WTH is he thinking? That’s freaking crazy.

They need to drop CE shotguns instead.

Ok you can tell that the last 3 were just for a laugh. The first 4 sound a bit promising though…If people do take this seriously, only to find out that he was trolling, i think he’s going to piss a lot of people off. Maybe everyone should just wait for confirmation at a convention. Its the only way you’ll get solid information, really.

Neo gaf is really annoying. All anyone on there asks for is a halo 2 copy.

> Neo gaf is really annoying. All anyone on there asks for is a halo 2 copy.

I know, right?

Everyone knows Halo CE was the best game instead.

> Neo gaf is really annoying. All anyone on there asks for is a halo 2 copy.

Heh, just like in here.

It doesn’t matter what he says, except for things like technical facts(60 FPS).

He told us all not to worry and that Halo 4 still “feels” like Halo, but that was a load of PR BULL -Yoink-.

What matters is gameplay, whenever we see it, or definitive statements like “armor abilities will not be returning for Halo 5.”

> > Neo gaf is really annoying. All anyone on there asks for is a halo 2 copy.
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> Everyone knows Halo CE was the best game instead.

I’m more of a halo 3 kinda guy. Ce is second best to me.

In all seriousness, I would rather have a skinny halo 4. By that I mean:

More limited loadouts

More skillful AAs built like thruster or hologram

No sprint

Unique weapons

Space battles.

No perks

Descope

If this can be achieved, throw in some new gameplay features that make the game unique in the franchise but still play like halo.