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> “You have to acknowledge the possibility that the pro testers had some influence on these decisions. Halo 5 is going to be extremely competitive and not very casual-friendly. And that’s a shame because I’m a casual gamer who has a K/D of 0.76.”
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> I’m sorry, my phone doesn’t play nice when I’m trying to edit, especially for quotes.
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> If what you say is true, though personally I have my doubts, it would be a mistake. A low entry level doesn’t mean there isn’t a high complexity to master a game. Sales wise it would be a mistake not to make a game easy to learn for the wider (read “monies”) audience.
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> I personally believe in making slower, simpler games that can hook casual players and be enjoyable. As well as have the depth like skill jumps, weapon combos and placement for players looking for that.
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> Hell it’s worked for Halo up to this point, as well as Fable, and every Nintendo franchise going.
I am trying to figure out how this ties into split screen? I don’t want to sound rude, I feel that 343 is just ignoring everyone but the competitive community, like, this is there way of making it up to the competitive crowd, by removing the casual crowd altogether. While I would not fully blame 343 has they are in a tight spot, constantly getting bashed, receiving death threats. But that does not mean they have to just close the door to semi-competitive players and casuals. First customization is downgraded, split screen is basically nonexistent, and it all comes back to one thing, Graphics. That seems to be the big thing with games these days, graphics. I admit, Halo 5 is pretty, but that does not mean you have to remove things because something may not look as good from far or because you don’t want the armor piece models nicking each other.
I live in a house where I share an Xbox with my brother, most times, we play Custom Games with our friends, some are alone, but are best friends are also in the same boat, they are brothers, they share and Xbox. They are expecting us to go out and by another $350 console and another $60 game, just so we can do, what we have done on the last-gen console. Those of us who don’t want to go out and buy another console, we are just extras, people who don’t have the determination to go out and buy another so that we can play with our siblings who are in the same room as us.
To many this may seem like a good thing, removing split screen, to others, it is sad, they will miss the memories and move on, but, what about those who can’t move on? Those who have family that share it with them? Do we just leave them in the dust, forget them? Forget me? I was looking forward to Halo 5 a lot, it would be the second Halo game that I would get around the time it came out, the first being the MCC. While I was eager to learn more about the game, Similar to EAs Battlefornt, not all of that info was positive. The more info I read, the more worried I became. I bet everyone has been in that situation before. Split screen isn’t a want for me, it is a need, because if my brother want to play to, what then? do we have to takes turns, like it is some arcade machine? A console that begs you to buy 4 controllers. Super Smash Bros. on Wii U can have up to 8 players at once locally. Xbox Ones Halo 5 can have 2, how come Wii U is doing so bad then? Sure it goes by taste, but listen again, Wii U, a next-gen console can have up to 8 players locally, Xbox can have 2. yes this only pointing at Halo 5 as the MCC does have 4 player.
But as I said earlier, how come we can’t do something that was done on last-gen?