On a recent return to one of my favorite multiplayer games (Obviously Halo: Reach) I have noticed that a certain custom gamemode has become very popular, this gamemode is “Assassinations”.
I honestly do not understand why it is so popular, I do not understand why people take it so seriously (To the point of making “military” clans based solely on the gamemode) and I really do not understand why people “hook up” and “fall in love” with each other on it (There is few things worse than seeing two people role play the adult equivalent of mummies and daddies in a multiplayer FPS rather than, you know, actually playing the game).
The mode itself is absolutely worthless in my eyes judging from the things I have seen from it so far. The core gameplay requires you to get behind your opponent and assassinate them, this would be simple enough (and possibly enjoyable) if the game could actually handle it, the game was not built for this little ballet dancing session so issues start to flare up. The fact that winning is down to several factors makes the game super frustrating and a total festival of failure:
1: Connection. If you are the guy who is running off of a Tesco brand Dongle then you will absolutely decimate the opposition. This just ends in impossible kills and frustration.
2: Glitches. You can both see each others backs due to the game not being designed for this kind of gameplay, this results in deaths that run like terrible QTE events that require nothing but the pressing of a button.
3: Ganging. All it takes is 2 people to make life hell for anyone, if they are lag filled split screen players then rest in peace my friend.
4: Host rage. The host can be (And most of the time, will be) a very easily triggered person will probably kick you for killing them (You know, the point of the game).
Many other things also add up to the frustration and boredom. The gamemode is intensely flawed and borderline unplayable due to issues with the game engine that I struggle to stay in one game for 5 minutes. I also don’t get why it is like a huge social event when people play it, people sit there blindly looking at each other for hours on end and nothing of any interest happens.
I find it interesting, I like it when people get upset and try to triple team me, I am decent at it and the game has its own technique to be able to kill the opposition. Sure there are people that take the game way too seriously…
I like playing assassination on the daily, but it’s mostly to mess with people, and since they’re easily triggered it makes the game all more fun!
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> It’s only fun for the first 20 minutes, then I’ll want to play another gametype.
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> (to OP) wow I never had heard the creation of clans from this gametype, and the fact people falling in love. Seems a little extreme
Actually I’ve seen a clan that is active and that plays assassination alot, I do not know the name but I know that they all wear the master chief helmet with either default of sniper shoulders (almost everyone that plays this gametype) and are all white. I came across them yesterday and messed with them for a short time before the game surprisingly ended.
It’s pretty fun if you have ground rules. Can’t assasinate if someone else is trying to assasinate that player. Can’t assasinate if player is spectating another player. And that’s it
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> It’s pretty fun if you have ground rules. Can’t assasinate if someone else is trying to assasinate that player. Can’t assasinate if player is spectating another player. And that’s it
Yeh be you get cheap shutters.
But all the assassination games I’ve played, there are NO ground rules.
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> > It’s only fun for the first 20 minutes, then I’ll want to play another gametype.
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> > (to OP) wow I never had heard the creation of clans from this gametype, and the fact people falling in love. Seems a little extreme
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> Actually I’ve seen a clan that is active and that plays assassination alot, I do not know the name but I know that they all wear the master chief helmet with either default of sniper shoulders (almost everyone that plays this gametype) and are all white. I came across them yesterday and messed with them for a short time before the game surprisingly ended.
I know one name (I think) HATE. They have the flaming ninja emblem.
I know there are some others, my friend had one and some people on there had one.
Assassinnations as a gametype would/might be fun if it wouldnt be so much of a connection based gametype.
Some people lag very badly in the games, and kill you from miles away, by teleporting behind you, or when you hit their back, nothing happens.
Yes, I have played assassinnations, way too much if you ask me. It was fun in the beginning, but now it’s just boring.
And there are “mercenary” groups for assassinnation too. You tell them a target, they’ll kill the target for you.
to the op there are some gametypes and maps which use modded items like the campaign falcon which some assassination towers utilize which needs the gametype to use the modded items on a gametype thats not a mythic gametype they won’t be there just look up mythic gametypes i wish i can give you one of the creators gamertag because their gametypes can be used for an awesome slayer/infection/machinima/clan maps and its kinda tricky to get people to view their file browser on the forums i would just say this their gt rhymes with crustybooze
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> to the op there are some gametypes and maps which use modded items like the campaign falcon which some assassination towers utilize which needs the gametype to use the modded items on a gametype thats not a mythic gametype they won’t be there just look up mythic gametypes i wish i can give you one of the creators gamertag because their gametypes can be used for an awesome slayer/infection/machinima/clan maps and its kinda tricky to get people to view their file browser on the forums i would just say this their gt rhymes with crustybooze
and to a monitor please tell me if this is breaking the don’t disclose gamertags rule because if it is i will remove the crustybooze part. i just want more people to use the mythic gametype for awesome maps/gametypes.