The quote apoken by Church in RvB. I was at work today thinking of this so I brainstormed a bit. The “we” in this is Infinity Slayer. Now before you go on and flame me because I may get banned for doing another unconstructive post and if I do, so be it so I’ll try and make this as “constructive” as possiblle.
When Team Throwdown launched it had about 11k the first day I think. That however quickly dropped and still Infinity Slayer and BTB are the two most populated playlists. I’ve come to the realiziation that this new trilogy may become a casual shooter. The competitive apsect may never come back in Halo even if Bravo is at 343. The same thing happened to Team Snipers, and Griffball. Even the Majestic DLC has fallen prey to the Infinity Slayer playlist. Infinity Slayer may be the future of Halo franchise. The old trilogy’s competitive edge may be forgotten and looked to as the best Halo was. This new trilogy may become class-based. Halo may evolve as a Class-based FPS and lean towards the COD aspect of things. I’ve already come to the realiziation that Halo can no longer be unique, and how can it? It has to keep up with the market, and not stay as “special” as it once was. Competitive FPS’s will be released but I don’t think Halo will ever be a competitive Halo again. We may not get the 1-50 in Halo 5, because the next-gen crowd of Halo fans may not want it.
Halo is no longer made up of traditional Halo fans who want that classic experience. Team Throwdown clearly displays this because of the population in the playlist which very well may be what is left of the competitive crowd. The community is now made up of, Halo fans who have been here since Halo CE, Halo fans who have played competitive Halo since Halo CE. The playerbase that is casual, and the next-gen playerbase and many of those next-gen Halo fans may very well be on these forums. This is what the new Halo community has evolved into and it may very well not go back.
For some Halo 4 has succeeded in ruining the start of the franchise. However some people that are brand new and started with Halo 4, may not mind or simply may like the direction of Halo as it is now and not want everything that the traiditonal or even the casual/competitive fans want. For some Halo 4 is the best game ever made! But to some as I said, it may be their first Halo game and it’s why they have that mindset. Nonetheless, The new trilogy will either go in a way that pleases this new community or go in a way that wont. It may go a way that revives competitive Halo in Halo 5 or just walks the current path and Competitive Halo will be lost to the ages. People may not buy the rest of the trilogy just because of Halo 4 regardless if it says “Halo” on the case and some people may.
TL;DR
Infinity settings and mechanics may become the future of Halo.
Halo 4 has attracted what may be the “new” Halo community.
The traditional Halo experience may be lost to the ages.
People may not buy the next Halo regardless of the title if Infinity settings keep in play.
I’d play more throw down if true skill matching actually work. I’d love to play this game with people my skill. Not above (which happens the most) not below just my level would be nice. And weapon balance.
You may want to do what a lot of scientific journal articles do and put the tl;dr as an abstract at the beginning. Interesting ideas though. Initially I thought you were going to be all existential. Not that I mind existential things.
> “Why are we here?”
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> To play Halo 4…duh
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> And I dont really give a crap on where Halo is heading. Its a great and fun game as it is and no doubt it will even get better.
I really don’t think you even got the reference or understood what my OP is about. Plus I see Halo 4 is your first Halo game so I’m not gonna hold that against you. But hey welcome to the franchise though
> > I would play more team throwdown, but every time i play some one on my team always rage quits early on so ya
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> You can thank crappy matchmaking for that.
I wish half my team would make into the actual game most of the time im heade into a 1v4 or 2v4 and that is so unfair…
> Infinity settings and mechanics may become the future of Halo.
> Halo 4 has attracted what may be the “new” Halo community.
> The traditional Halo experience may be lost to the ages.
> People may not buy the next Halo regardless of the title if Infinity settings keep in play.
It will not, or it will be a side option.
It has not, many didn’t come from CoD or they don’t care what happens to the game and they’ll just keep playing.
It won’t.
Probably true.
“Why are we here? Because we’re here. Roll the bones.” Ok, now that I’ve got the random Rush lyrics out of my head (for the moment at least) I’ll get on to the OP.
I tend to agree; Infinity Slayer and the like seems to be where the future of Halo is heading. This is saddening. Whole generations new to the Halo franchise won’t know where Halo came from, what it used to be. What they will know is ord drops, loadouts, perks, JIP and instant respawn. Maps that are cluttered, AA’s and weapons that are OP’ed, as well as all the ways to pair these items together leading to results that are game breaking and they’ll think this the “norm”.
If I could have one thing come true about Halo 4 it would be a classic playlist, with good solid classic maps. All so the old guard could point and say “This is what Halo is SUPPOSED to be. This is how Halo is SUPPOSED to play. See the difference between this and Halo 4? See what you’ve missed?”
Anyhow, I guess it comes down to the last line of the lyric quote I made… 343i “Rolled the bones” and H4 is the result.
