For those of us watching the Halo 5 gameplay on the Gamescom stream, we saw a match on the new map “Coliseum”. I’m not sure if there are any videos/pictures uploaded yet so I apologize for not linking anything.
What are your thoughts on the new map? Personally, I’m not a huge fan of the Forerunner theme, but maybe I’ll like it more after I play on it. I’m curious what others thought about it.
Looks ok.
Its yet another huge, strecthed out, sprint mangled halo map.
Man do the commentators try their hardest to hype up the abilities…like wow the guy clambered a ledge he could’ve just jumped over in the past on his way to capture the flag. Bruh, chill…
ANYWAYS…the map itself looks alright. It’s still pretty large but doesn’t seem quite as large as maps like Pegasus, and there’s a lot of elevation present for once. I kind of like the aesthetics. At first glance it seems like one of the stronger maps shown so far.
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Footage showing off some more of Colosseum among other new maps.
> Its yet another huge, strecthed out, sprint mangled halo map.
Ultimately though I’d still have to side with this.
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> For those of us watching the Halo 5 gameplay on the Gamescom stream, we saw a match on the new map “Colosseum”. I’m not sure if there are any videos/pictures uploaded yet so I apologize for not linking anything.
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> What are your thoughts on the new map? Personally, I’m not a huge fan of the Forerunner theme, but maybe I’ll like it more after I play on it. I’m curious what others thought about it.
Looks great with a lot of opportunities to attack/defend in unique situations. I like the Forerunner theme. Can’t wait to play it!
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> Its yet another huge, strecthed out, sprint mangled halo map.
It was smaller than some of the classic Halo maps. At this point it’s just blind hatred for sprint.
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Yup. And the reason the commentators were so energized was because the gameplay was happening so fast. You can see they’re sweating and out of breath by the end of it.
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Not the ones MLG used.
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> Yup. And the reason the commentators were so energized was because the gameplay was happening so fast. You can see they’re sweating and out of breath by the end of it.
That combat was just as compact as classic Halo. Say what you want about sprint and SA’s, 343 found a way to provide tight action-packed gameplay, and I’m stoked to try it out.
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So I guess every Halo game should be designed specifically for MLG. You want to kill Halo as a blockbuster franchise? That’s how it gets done: by making it so niche that nobody outside of eSports guys want to play it.
Why is it so damn hard to compromise?
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> That combat was just as compact as classic Halo. Say what you want about sprint and SA’s, 343 found a way to provide tight action-packed gameplay, and I’m stoked to try it out.
You and I must be watching a different game.
H5 looks fun, but it’s no esports halo experience. Can we just take the lipstick off the pig already.
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The whole showing was about esports…
Reminds me a bit of Citadel and one of the versions of Foundry.
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Lemme tell you what the difference between old MLG and new MLG. Old MLG had smaller maps to make up for the fact that you walked slower than a snail, thus making it feel fast paced. New MLG is faster gameplay mechanics on maps built around said mechanics, thus making a balanced map with plenty of room to fight. Old style of gaming vs new style of gaming.
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But the whole game is not. They were showing how eSports works within Halo 5, not how Halo 5 is completely designed for eSports.
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Well that’s because Halo 5 has sprint in it. So I would assume that there may be a map or two designed to support that feature.
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BTW that wasn’t sarcasm, I was agreeing with you. Just referring to what Ramir3z77 said about the commentors being so pumped.
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And virtually no competitive halo players like the new style.
2 mins after launch people will be working on sprintless competitive settings.
No sprint won out in MLG in reach and that game didn’t even have the option for no sprint!
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You’re right, we are. I’m watching Halo 5, and you’re watching Halo 5 with a Halo 2 filter over your eyes saying “no, no, that crap won’t work”.
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> You’re right, we are. I’m watching Halo 5, and you’re watching Halo 5 with a Halo 2 filter over your eyes saying “no, no, that crap won’t work”.
It doesn’t work.
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> > > So I guess every Halo game should be designed specifically for MLG. You want to kill Halo as a blockbuster franchise? That’s how it gets done: by making it so niche that nobody outside of eSports guys want to play it.
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> But the whole game is not. They were showing how eSports works within Halo 5, not how Halo 5 is completely designed for eSports.
Ok?
All im saying is the esports section isn’t going to play well.