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shuri said:
what is this. My copy is stratchless, but during the bungie logo, the sound actually skipped. I hope the game is not affected. This is a regular copy, the disc has no sratch.

It just widly skipped during the bungie logo
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If it's not the disc it's your drive.
 
We had a work from home day for our group where we all played through Heroic on co-op. Just got done and I'm totally impressed. Well done, Bungie.

Also:
Frankie's message in the credits made me lol

Now to get waist-deep into that LE content and run through it solo on legendary.

10/10.
 
I have only spent around a half hour messing with the game..here are a couple quick thoughts.

Jaggies aren't as bad as I expected so far(played three MP maps and am still on the first lvl of campaign) so that makes me really happy.

I wish I would have passed on the legendary edition and just went CE. The helmet looks cool but to me feels pretty cheap.

Sound seems really out of whack.

Aside from that stuff I am loving the game. Good job bungie.

edit: oh and heroic is kicking my ass so far..god I suck.
 
CitizenCope said:
Put me in the group that thinks the gun audio is low or muffled. Strange the beta was never this quiet. WTF!!
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Good to see this wasn't the fault of my 5.1 system. I noticed the same thing.
 
shuri said:
what is this. My copy is stratchless, but during the bungie logo, the sound actually skipped. I hope the game is not affected. This is a regular copy, the disc has no sratch.

It just widly skipped during the bungie logo
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i'd recommend taking it back to get a replacement cd, you usually have 30 days or something right?
 
Honestly i dont find having to start a section over 20 times to be fun, but then again i dont really think FPS games are the most entertaining genre out there.
 
My New Biggest complaint: why is the weapon switching so slow now? I can't stand it. I wish there was a delay on sword or grav hammer and thats it. It's hurting my game. I unzoom from sniper by switching to 2nd weapon ( I never 2 click it ) it feels off now.
 
Just made it up to the 3rd mission, loving it so far.

I got the Legendary Edition after all, disc is somewhat scratched, but no problems as of yet.
 
I just want to say (ending spoilers etc)
that the Marathon references (hi2u Traxus!) combined with Cortana's rampancy and references to meloncholy, anger and jealousy with the Cortana Letters
were FUCKING AWESOME and something I've been waiting YEARS for :D :D
 
Dirtbag 504 said:
My New Biggest complaint: why is the weapon switching so slow now? I can't stand it. I wish there was a delay on sword or grav hammer and thats it. It's hurting my game. I unzoom from sniper by switching to 2nd weapon ( I never 2 click it ) it feels off now.
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I've noticed this too. It's bitten me in the ass several times.
 
So I just beat the level which I believe is the second to last, and wow, that level was the worst level i ever played in a video game to date. Worse than the library even.

All in all, I'm just not that impressed with the game. It started off awesome, and then hearkened back to its roots of repeating corridors, backtracking, not having any idea where to go, cause everything looks the same...

And towards the end, the real time cut scenes get replaced by these lame painted backdrops, like they ran out of time to do it in game and just decided to use old art.

So far, SP gets a 7/10.
 
Mojovonio said:
So I just beat the level which I believe is the second to last, and wow, that level was the worst level i ever played in a video game to date. Worse than the library even.
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That seems to a growing criticism. Worse than the Library, really?
 
Can anyone in the Toronto area tell me if they are having difficulty getting just the standard version? This morning I tried to order it online from BB for pickup and two of the stores I normally go to were sold out. I did manage to order 2 copies from an out of the way BB, but when I came home today to get my order confirmations one of the orders was canceled and now the store is out of stock. Is it just BB or are other places selling out? I've been hearing for months how there would be some many copies that you wouldn't need to preorder the regular version.
 
Opus Angelorum said:
That seems to a growing criticism. Worse than the Library, really?
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Yep, I just fucking hated it. Between the enemies that just wouldn't die, to the boring environment, to just constantly being lost, I just wanted the level to end, cause I was so sick of being in it.
 
Dirtbag 504 said:
My New Biggest complaint: why is the weapon switching so slow now? I can't stand it. I wish there was a delay on sword or grav hammer and thats it. It's hurting my game. I unzoom from sniper by switching to 2nd weapon ( I never 2 click it ) it feels off now.
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I'm sure Bungie will be monitoring stuff like this to see how the community reacts.
 
Mojovonio said:
So I just beat the level which I believe is the second to last, and wow, that level was the worst level i ever played in a video game to date. Worse than the library even.

All in all, I'm just not that impressed with the game. It started off awesome, and then hearkened back to its roots of repeating corridors, backtracking, not having any idea where to go, cause everything looks the same...

And towards the end, the real time cut scenes get replaced by these lame painted backdrops, like they ran out of time to do it in game and just decided to use old art.

So far, SP gets a 7/10.
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ouch.

The control; in my short playtime felt incredible though. Like seriously sooooo tuned. But I don't like to hear that about everything looking the same and not knowing where to go. I hated that iin the previous versions.
 
Opus Angelorum said:
That seems to a growing criticism. Worse than the Library, really?
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It was def. the worst level in the game. Doesn't ruin the whole experience for me.
The campaign was pretty much perfect in my mind outside of that. Only thing I didn't notice that I would have liked to see in campaign was a
Brute vs. Flood vs. Sentinals vs. Humans/Elites battle...didn't see to many crossfires this time.

Level design though was amazing. So many levels reminded my of Halo1, I absolutely loved it.
 
Mojovonio said:
Yep, I just fucking hated it. Between the enemies that just wouldn't die, to the boring environment, to just constantly being lost, I just wanted the level to end, cause I was so sick of being in it.
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Oh god, it sounds horrible.

Why on earth was it the 2nd to last level as well, if you know a level is weak you have it just after the half way point.

BloodElfHunter said:
One of the worst levels in video game history, any console..
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Not good.
 
Dante said:
ouch.

The control; in my short playtime felt incredible though. Like seriously sooooo tuned. But I don't like to hear that about everything looking the same and not knowing where to go. I hated that iin the previous versions.
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It starts right away too, in Sierra 117, where you have to go in to this small little nook in the middle of a dark shadow.

And sometimes you have to wait a few minutes for an action, like an explosion to happen before a door opens.

Sorry Bungie, I know you guys worked hard, and I appreciate all the extras you guys put in, but the SP so far could have been so so so much better.
 
CitizenCope said:
French Version? Fight? I'm hearing in the French version M.C doesn't carry an assault rifle he carrys a Radioactivity Detector. He's not convinced there are any WMD's.

J/K sorry about your sucky news.
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This would be funny if French were not right on this one. As it is, the joke was on us Americans.
 
im 80% of the SP i think. the more i play the more its a letdown from a technical standpoint , but an insanely fun game. But seriously , i dont understand how such a $$$ game with such a big team can looks like that. ive had many covenant running toward a wall like nothing, aliasing, popup, low poly, and the biggest, framerate which is far from beeing 30fps rock solid, really dissapoint me
 
shuri said:
what is this. My copy is stratchless, but during the bungie logo, the sound actually skipped. I hope the game is not affected. This is a regular copy, the disc has no sratch.

It just widly skipped during the bungie logo
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Happened to mine too, Legendary edition. Just the one skip.
 
Mojovonio said:
It starts right away too, in Sierra 117, where you have to go in to this small little nook in the middle of a dark shadow.

And sometimes you have to wait a few minutes for an action, like an explosion to happen before a door opens.

Sorry Bungie, I know you guys worked hard, and I appreciate all the extras you guys put in, but the SP so far could have been so so so much better.
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You're making me sad :(
 
Opus Angelorum said:
You're making me sad :(
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You may have a different opinion, I don't know.

The first half of the game is amazing, we had a great time doing it. But once we beat that level (10 mins ago) we decided to take a LONG break. We were all really frustrated.
 
Mojovonio said:
We were all really frustrated.
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It sounds like one of those levels in a game when, instead of having a genuine challenge that you feel if you put the effort it you could succeed, they just throw stupid amounts of enemies at you to to extend the level. Yes?
 
Anyone having trouble with matchmaking?

Its telling us "information could not be retrieved from the Halo 3 server", now its showing 0 people in Social Slayer and a friend I was JUST playing in a party with can't join any games or parties.

Methinks Bungie servers are failing under the load.
 
f@luS said:
im 80% of the SP i think. the more i play the more its a letdown from a technical standpoint , but an insanely fun game. But seriously , i dont understand how such a $$$ game with such a big team can looks like that. ive had many covenant running toward a wall like nothing, aliasing, popup, low poly, and the biggest, framerate which is far from beeing 30fps rock solid, really dissapoint me
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How can we trust you man? All the game reviews said the game looks superb and has a solid framerate (though they didn't say the actual framerate).
Are you trying to derail this thread?
 
Opus Angelorum said:
It sounds like one of those levels in a game when, instead of having a genuine challenge that you feel if you put the effort it you could succeed, they just throw stupid amounts of enemies at you to to extend the level. Yes?
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Its a few things.

-The layout is just really weird.
-The level is boring overall.
-There are tons of cheap enemies.
-You get lost very easily.
 
DKo5 said:
Anyone having trouble with matchmaking?

Its telling us its lost connection to matchmaking, now its showing 0 people in Social Slayer and a friend I was JUST playing in a party with can't join any games or parties.

Methinks Bungie's stuff is failing under the load.
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It's XBL. I was just unable to play a voice message. Free XBL Gold, huh? Bright idea.
 
Mojovonio said:
You may have a different opinion, I don't know.

The first half of the game is amazing, we had a great time doing it. But once we beat that level (10 mins ago) we decided to take a LONG break. We were all really frustrated.
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That level is super frustrating. I don't understand how 100 someodd employees at Bungie played that level dozens of times and noone said, "hey guys, maybe this level isn't so much fun."
 
wowfactor said:
How can we trust you man? All the game reviews said the game looks superb and has a solid framerate (though they didn't say the actual framerate).
Are you trying to derail this thread?
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He's what we call a "hater".

Please have a look at his post history, all will be clear Junior.
 
Mojovonio said:
Its a few things.

-The layout is just really weird.
-The level is boring overall.
-There are tons of cheap enemies.
-You get lost very easily.
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I know the level you're talking about and I didn't have any of those problems at all. There was enough variety in the level that I could always find my way through pretty easily. I still died like a hundred times to tons of bad guys but it wasn't even in the same league as the Library IMO. It was tough, and I had to take it slow, but I would hesitate to describe it as frustrating.

And (spoiler regarding this level, don't read etc)
In one of the tough spots I was having a really hard time until I stumbled across a hidden passage with a flamethrower that made short work of everything in my way )
:D
 
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Mojovonio said:
So I just beat the level which I believe is the second to last, and wow, that level was the worst level i ever played in a video game to date. Worse than the library even.

All in all, I'm just not that impressed with the game. It started off awesome, and then hearkened back to its roots of repeating corridors, backtracking, not having any idea where to go, cause everything looks the same...

And towards the end, the real time cut scenes get replaced by these lame painted backdrops, like they ran out of time to do it in game and just decided to use old art.

So far, SP gets a 7/10.
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I completely agree. The game starts off really solid, but then turns to complete and utter shit once the flood are reintroduced. The entire second half of the game just became a chore, IMO. Campaign is still pretty solid, though. Nothing spectacular. I guess I just had my expectations too high.

Multiplayer fuking r0x, though. Best multiplayer on any platform, IMO. If you don't have a 360...you're definintely missing out on some serious fun.
 
Opus Angelorum said:
Sounds exactly like the Library, it was truly horrible.
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It's nowhere near as bad as the library. He has a few good points though. It has a strange layout. There are some cheap enemies. I didn't get lost.

I'm sure it's going to be trouble when I go through it on legendary.
 
How do you create and save custom GAME variants? I know how to use the forge to make MAP variants, but for the life of me I don't know how to save/share gae variants, even though there's a whole column for it on bungie.net and in the download menu...
 
UK launch in 35 minutes.

Even though I have the tin being delivered tomorrow, I'm going to take a quick drive down to Gamestation to see if there's anyone there, and maybe pop in and pick up the standard to tide me over. :lol
 
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