Once again you’re just repeating all of the complaints that have already been heard while ignoring that this was literally the beta so they could get feedback and make the game better. 6 years produced halo 3 and reach… two games that are much smaller and take less processing power. Two games that did not have their game engine build from scratch and didn’t have a literal pandemic during production. Two games that had a very different online atmosphere. Get new material, child.
Again. Reading comprehension. This is part of the testing of the game. It has been said. Yes, the progression customization must change, and it will. It’s like y’all just look at the words and then type your anger without actually trying to read what’s being said.
Maybe that’s projection on your part, because I was making a statement of fact there and not responding to a specific part of Ske7ch’s statement.
If you need extra reading material in order to practice, you can actually read his statement, where he does indeed say that the technical implementation of the matchmaking system is integrally tied into the battle pass and challenge system and will need to be “decoupled”.
I don’t know what your experience is, but decisions like that aren’t made on accident. They show intent. And the intent of the current matchmaking system wasn’t only that it should be limited to a single grab bag playlist with a handful of game types selected randomly, for integration with the likewise random challenge system, but apparently there was no intent for them to be able to change it easily even if they wanted to. The intent was NOT to respect the player’s time by allowing them to select what game types they would like to play or which ones would allow them to complete their challenges more efficiently. The intent was NOT to give the player access to a wide variety of content at will.
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Right they have been very careful and not responding Ng to anything regarding the monetization.
At the core of it, the decision for content was hey how can we monetize the hell out of this
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Again Halo 3 Reach Halo3 ODST. game launch full game… game modes… forge
I feel like as people who have invest time and money into this franchise we’re owed a bit of an explanation on how and why things have changed. As for the “you’re mad a game you love isn’t perfect” we should be. This isn’t a CoD game where it’s on a 3 year dev cycle this game was in the work for six if not more years. It’s disgusting that people are defending a game that isn’t finished at release. Yeah balance tweaks happen like the USAS in bf or the M4 in MW19 but we should have a finished product at launch. And yes ske7ch isn’t a fault for the game being the way it is because he’s just the community guy but, him taking this “woe is me” attitude is kind of insulting to us. He knew that fans were not gonna be happy with this game and there was gonna be backlash and he should’ve had thicker skin. Do I think the death threats and doxxing was warranted? Of course not, but name calling is what happens when people are mad especially on the internet.
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Also your excuse for this “just being a beta” is laughable. We all know now that betas are just used as a playable trailer to generate hype and not much actually gets changed. The only thing I can think of getting changed from beta to full game was the medic being a black guy in BF3. Also the pandemic happened in 2020 when the game was supposed to be released. I doubt it had much of an effect on the finished product.
And while halo 3+Reach were smaller games they launched with way more content
-maps
-forge
-co op
-replayable missions
-free customization
-file browser
Stop making excuses and letting them get away with this kind of stuff. This game is supposed to last 10 years and it’s been out not even a month and I’m almost sick of it.
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So they just accidentally made it bad then, they accidentally created tedious challenges, accidentally made them the only way to progress, accidentally implemented challenge swaps, accidentally monetised them, accidentally restricted colour and armour customization, and accidentally mixed objective and slayer game types together? You believe these where all honest mistakes and thinking otherwise is a conspiracy? I want you to think very carefully about why you feel the need to defend 343, I’m not trying to argue with you here, more like I’m providing you a layout of the hill you’ve chosen to die on.
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You might want to comprehend what somone said before replying.
If you don’t have a certain viewpoint on this topic, you are idiots who can’t read. Agree with me because I am correct and having a different opinion makes you stupid
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It’s an “outrageous” question because it opens the door to see their failures, and opens the company to internal critique. If said individual asking that question was a MS shareholder that is entirely a viable question.
They went over budget and bit off more than they could chew ,creating a brand new engine. From an investor standpoint it is entirely a valid question regardless of pandemic.
The intent was to get better info in less popular game types before allowing everyone to just choose the most popular two or three game types.
The intent was to make their game free to play so more people could experience it and in turn have to make money a different way. A similar way many games do now. The difference is they overestimated the amount of content that would keep players happy. People think that changing things or adding things is as simple as pushing a button. The entitlement is astounding.
This is all you people can say to justify your entitlement. I’ve been with this franchise since 2002 and I know they don’t owe anyone MORE of an explanation than they’ve given. It has been made very clear why the game wasn’t finished at launch. We’ve known for a year that was going to happen.
How do y’all not realize that they completely reworked the game? That’s why it took so long. Jfc
Naw. It’s not that people are stupid to have opinions or critiques. It’s that people complain about the same thing over and over again without accepting a response. Just wanting something to cry about. Especially people saying 343 is using the holidays as an excuse to not change anything. They have families too.
Lmao who cares about the shareholders tbh
You should considering they can make or break 343 if they decide to get their 500 mil back on their investment.
They even had a slayer playlist in the flight of this exact game…… guys just full of pr cover up bs
I can sympathize with him only a little bit.
The game didn’t deliver at launch. It’s missing too many features from previous games, customs and theater are broken, there are very few maps and game modes, etc.
I don’t care as much about customization and monetization, but this feels like a huge step backwards compared to the older games that worked day one.
I get it, they’re people too, their product is seriously lacking though.
Then you’re just a cons00mer m8 don’t know what to tell ya.