When I got Halo 4 on my hands, I was so exited, hoping it would fill the hole reach left, however after a lot multiplayer hours, halo 4 turned to be an unbalanced, frustrating game. Halo 4 has potential, but why 343i doesn’t listen to us? they say they do, but I don’t see things changing. It’s been almost 4 months, and I feel the game almost the same as it was back in November. So, I made a list with the things that make Halo 4 frustrating and in some I give some recommendations on how to fix them, so 343i can take notes.
SPLIT-SCREEN LAG
I’ve always played with my little brother split screen, and that always was fun, even in reach, it was, sometimes, fun, but now with Halo 4, split-screen is a broken thing, you can’t even play! most of the maps (specially complex and all the forge maps) lag to the point were you can’t aim properly leading to a massive rage. I really don’t know why this happens, but I think it has to do with the lightning stuff, so maybe I’m guessing that lowing the graphic settings while in split-screen would fix this?. Why 343i even released Halo 4 with this flaw is beyond me.
ORDINANCES
While I don’t see problem with ordinances at all, I do hate when you’re winning and an incinerator spawns in front of the enemies giving them a lot of advantage, to fix this I’d remove random ordinances and making them spawn like every X time, like every other Halo does. For personal ordinances it would be better if they only drop neutral weapons (ar, br, dmr, pistol, etc.), grenades or an armor ability. I know this can be done through customizing the respective game-type, however, I’d like to see it this way implemented in matchmaking games that allow personal ordinances.
BOLTSHOT
This mini shotgun everyone can spawn with should be nerfed, I’d recommend to reduce it’s range to the point were the one shot kill is only effective very (VERY) up close, it’s current “nerfed” range is still ridiculous!.
ARMOR ABILITIES
I don’t see problem whit most AAs, however there’s one in special that should have been removed, the active camo. It should be a power up and not a thing that everyone can spawn with.
DAMAGE ADVANTAGE
One thing that bugs me a lot is the advantage that Explosives and Damage boost give to a player. These things should have been removed or not added at all.
OTHER SMALL THINGS
There’s others things that are wrong with halo 4, they may be small, but still they do inflict on the gameplay. No drop flag is one of them, I can’t count how many times I could have saved the game if only I could drop the flag, having 343i said that “there’s no plans for allowing us drop the flag” makes me sad. Following with the classic X mark when a teammate dies, 343i already did something about it, that’s good, but please, make it stay longer, I can’t even see it when my teammates die, it’s like it’s not there at all!.
COMPETITIVE AND SOCIAL ASPECTS ALL MIXED UP
There’s no specific place for competitive gamers do their thing or for casual players to do theirs. It’s all mixed and it can turn very tedious because sometimes you want to relax and have some fun messing around, but when you get matched against a full team of try-hards you can’t have fun. On the other hand, sometimes you want some adrenaline, and play a good match with decent players, and when you get teamed up with players that don’t really want/know how to play competitively and the other team is full of try hards, the fun goes away too. CSR is supposed to prevent that, however, that’s another wrong thing about Halo 4, it just doesn’t work properly since I don’t get teamed with players with similar skill, therefore making ranking up tedious too. Why didn’t 343i made a competitive and a social playlist instead of mixing all up?.
MID-JOINING SESSION
This one bugs me a lot, 343i said that an update it’s coming, but why do they take so long, I’ve had experiences with other companies that when something needs update the next day they release said update. 343i just takes forever!. And why they did even implemented that in the game? it sometimes helps, but mostly of the time just harms the experience.
So yeah, that’s all I can say, have anything to say?