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Halo is here to stay.
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Claus Grimhildyr
Vincit qui se vincit
As I have stated and as history has shown, it is a tool that it utterly worthless and can't show anything given how easy it is to abuse. It would be like using a tape measure that can randomly shift its margins whenever someone wills it. Completely worthless and something only brought up by warriors and children who need validation for their purchase decisions.
bentanchorbolt
Member
We don’t have to agree. I appreciated this conversation tho.
Azurro
Member
I hate that I am making a thread linking just a tweet, but atleast it's an official tweet.
I appreciate they have nipped the rumours in the bud.
Looking forward to the future of halo myself, I hope they can get a traditional progression system in infinite soon & get a steady stream of new content, as I genuinely really enjoy the game.
And hopefully I get my endless story one day, whether it's an expansion or standalone game.
Edit:
I probably should've guessed I'd be the only person happy about it here
It doesn't say they'll continue to support Halo Infinite though, they only mentioned Halo.
Feel Like I'm On 42
Member
Halo Infinite more ambitious than Halo 2 and 3? It's not a great game. It's an empty, unfinished open world game thats overly repetitive and has the same type of missions and encounters throughout. It has a paper thin narrative and story too.
What is ambitious about it? Can you call an empty, unfinished open world ambitious?
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
At least Halo is now in proven to be capable hands e.g. Hoberman for Tatanka and Hintze for all other Infinite. Good to see the dudes responsible for classic Halo, XBL and bringing it online as well as redeveloping MCC back from the dead ass broken piece of shit it was to current day glory are now steering the 343 ship and game releases. Yes to the fuck.
My friends and I looking at Halo right now -
Hope, not hype. Steady. Easy. Fingers crossed.
My friends and I looking at Halo right now -
Hope, not hype. Steady. Easy. Fingers crossed.
Aight bro agree to disagree then lol. I said why it was great regarding the actual gameplay (that just so happens to be the highlights of majority of it's reviews, ik right who would've thought
) but just ignore that part sure. If you wanna go into super semantics then you can just YouTube halos launch the majority opinion was that it's great just barebones. Whatever metric helps you sleep at night, like i said earlier idrc I was just stating facts so we could avoid the name calling but I guess not.Wow you’re so cool never needing a review, I’m sorry to offend you with my metacritic reading self. Bro where on a fucking gaming forum no shit people use meta and reviews. That's like being in a book club and being mad whenever someone brings up reviews for said books. Y'all just weird lol, cuz I'm not going to go into your history an see if you ever looked or commented on a review, but odds are since this is again, a gaming forum, you probably did.
I'll never claim reviews are the be all end all, that's why I mentioned neogafs game of the year (and to YouTube the general consensus of it's launch) that you casually ignored but regardless I'm not wrong so, yeah, agree to disagree and cope and all that. Guys acting like there's no such thing as a general consensus...
Giallo Corsa
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Listen, I'm not one to reply with memes/snarky remarks/drive-by shitposting but, with all due respect, everytime you post, it really, really feels like you're trying to do some uber-weird damage control , it's gotten to the point where it feels like you're definitely an astroturfer and it has become so very tiring, comical and...pathetic by now.
Either try being more discreet or, I don't know, stop posting all together 'cause there's definitely an agenda behind your account's existence.
Sorry for being blunt but...yeah
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Topher
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Aight bro agree to disagree then lol. I said why it was great regarding the actual gameplay (that just so happens to be the highlights of majority of it's reviews, ik right who would've thought
lol......"agree to disagree" but first let me disagree some more. lol....ok. You are missing the point. I have no problem with you thinking the game is great or your reasons for it. You are the one who keep throwing up the opinions of others like metacritic and now Youtube as if they somehow objective truths. Why in the world should any of that matter to people who have played the game? Especially when we are talking about a game that was supposed to become much more than it was at launch.
And I have not called you any names at all so no idea where that is coming from.
That's exactly what it is like. Imagine how annoying that would be. Everyone is talking about the book except one person keeps telling them they are wrong because of what some reviewers said.
DaGwaphics
Member
If you look at the opinions of real Halo players (on the Halo specific forums and reddit, etc.), the game play loop for Halo Infinite is fine and the campaign was well received. But like all campaigns, you play that and then you are done with it. To have legs you need the multi-player to shine and that is where Infinite has struggled. Which is certainly strange since that was supposed to be the focus of the title this time around (the GaaS elements).
The restructuring at the studio is likely a good move, it's time for them to make changes there. It simply wasn't working as it was. And, maybe that does also mean they need to change things up a bit further up the management chain as well. They often tout that they give the studios freedom to make the games they want, but it may be time to take a bit of that freedom away from 343. At least to the point where they are more focused and get more done (if there is any truth to the rumors about a lack of management focus at the studio).
The restructuring at the studio is likely a good move, it's time for them to make changes there. It simply wasn't working as it was. And, maybe that does also mean they need to change things up a bit further up the management chain as well. They often tout that they give the studios freedom to make the games they want, but it may be time to take a bit of that freedom away from 343. At least to the point where they are more focused and get more done (if there is any truth to the rumors about a lack of management focus at the studio).
TintoConCasera
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anthony2690
Banned
It doesn't say they'll continue to support Halo Infinite though, they only mentioned Halo.
ManaByte
Member
Funny how people who actually play the game like it, huh?
Chukhopops
Member
Because of rumors saying otherwise being posted on sites like Kotaku?
Saying nothing would be basically admission of those rumors in the eyes of the majority.
I agree that HI multiplayer is still below previous iterations. I played H5 for years simply because of the amazing PVE and PVPVE modes, not having those in Infinite is a shame.
anthony2690
Banned
I mean some of the stuff he says is true.
I do not think 343 have not put out a bad video game, some may feel they are not the best halo games, but non of the games are actually bad.
& A lot of posters do just seem to hate on 343 no matter what they do, don't get me wrong some of the criticism and complaints are definitely valid, as much as I love infinite I have my complaints and issues.
But Halo Infinite literally won the fan vote for game of the year at the TGA & neogafs game of the year in 2021, when it came out people obviously loved the game.
But post launch support has been abysmal & has left a lot to be desired.
Whilst I've personally enjoyed 343's Halo games more than Bungies, despite growing up with Bungies halo and having a lot of nostalgia.
I feel his comment on 343 being the best dev for halo, comes down to preference.
I'm just going over the bits you bolded of the commenter you attacked.
I haven't really seen many of their other comments, so maybe the attack is valid, but still a little harsh.
But it just seems like a dude that loves Halo sharing his opinion, like many others do with titles/ips they like or dislike.
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AJUMP23
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Silence is not admission.
Giallo Corsa
Member
Anthony, I don't "hate" 343 nor Halo, in fact the 343 games were at the very least decent, then again, I'm not the biggest Halo fan, I mean, I played them all and enjoyed them (to various degrees) and I also understand that it's the game (franchise) that revolutionized online MP in the console space but, dunno man, even then, I always felt that they were way, way overhyped for what they were.
Regarding Infinite, it was one of the blandest and emptiest open world check-list games of the past few years - yes, the controls and shooting feeling were nice and smooth but other than that I found it to be incredibly mediocre due to the - again - lifeless, empty and boring grey-and-green open-world, the small number of enemy types that you could count them on the hand of a teenage mutant ninja turtle, the fact that the "Banished" were incredibly dull/boring, the boring, empty copy-paste "dungeons"/structures, and the lack of forge, small map number and...battle pass when it comes to the MP, I don't know nor understand how it got all those "awards" but this game was one of the most unfinished "AAA" products of the past few years, the whole experience was just so underwhelming and forgettable that I don't know what else to say.
As for Senjutsu, he can say whatever he wants to say but the whole thing comes off as incredibly obnoxious since everything reads like PR/damage control at best and astroturfing at worst and that's most definitely not "cool".
Cheers
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anthony2690
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Hey man, that is your opinion on the game and I'm not going to tell you to think otherwise, your opinion on the game is completely valid.
I also agree with the dungeons being samey, I wish there was more variety and biomes in general.
The gameplay itself I really really enjoyed though, I imagine the enjoyable multiplayer after the disappointing bf2042 and vanguard helped them win the awards, obviously the momentum has since been lost since poor post launch support. (I think many, myself included had a lot of faith, as it was released with the early access/beta title at the time)
& Ah okay, guess I'll keep an eye out for his posts, his above one didn't seem to bad to me though.
Bruno_Arrais85
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more power to you
BootsLoader
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SlimySnake
The Contrarian
Cut the cord and move on. You just rebooted it and it didnt really take.
Just go and make a new IP. Create the next destiny. Innovate. This way you wont have to worry about millions of angry fans complaining about how you ruined their childhoods. Just move the fuck on. Imagine if ND was still making Jak and Daxter.
Just go and make a new IP. Create the next destiny. Innovate. This way you wont have to worry about millions of angry fans complaining about how you ruined their childhoods. Just move the fuck on. Imagine if ND was still making Jak and Daxter.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Who said it was going anywhere?
Kusarigama
Member
They do have an awful habbit of back tracking on their words.
MasterCornholio
Member
I'm actually wondering if he's some sort of weird parody account. Maybe I'm just putting a tin foil hat on for that theory. But he's certainly very strange.
Maybe he's genuine with his feelings. But it also seems like he's making fun of Xbox fans by going to the extremes.
Claus Grimhildyr
Vincit qui se vincit
anthony2690
Banned
That actually looks like a fun map to play.
I wish the gameplay didn't have him and his buddies giggling and talking over it though.
Orbital2060
Member
Sometimes you gotta hit rock bottom to get back up.
the_master
Member
I am telling you that most developers (as in developer studios) use metacritic and/or open critic (favour open critic actually) as one of the inputs to evaluate the quality of gmes they make. That is a fact.
Another thing is a developer, as n individual, complaining about themselves being evaluated by the metacritic of the hames he worked on, which is indeed unfair.
You my disgree with metcritic. I often do myself, but it is one of the most acurate toos there are to take such measurements.
Vindicator
Member
It is Halo's destiny.
Kvally
Member
I am looking forward to the new content as well. Not Battle Royale, but new story content and new releases.
Claus Grimhildyr
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Me: Makes list of reasons why the results obtained from using Metacritic as a "tool" is inherently inaccurate
You: "Nah, it is totes accurate bro!"
Logic.
the_master
Member
I am stating the fact that it is a used tool by dev companies. I don't say it is totally accurate, but it does provide useful data.
The only useful data brought forth by critic scores is the initial perception/honeymoon phase of a game imho. Little wiggle room for post-release developer support or any other cracks that start to fall through. Something that should definitely be taken into account for most multiplayer and live service games.
Looking back at the Halo Infinite release date and NeoGaf GOTY, I can see why it won. Just enough content to sustain itself for the 2~3 weeks of time people had to play it and to vote on it.
Claus Grimhildyr
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the_master
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It’s ok. I’m sure you’ll get it
Claus Grimhildyr
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