Spoiler Halo Mega Thread

Having finished the campaign, here are my thoughts. From a perspective of a guy who knows the lore well. Major spoilers below.

Spoiler

Overall, pretty satisfying. I can see a lot of stuff that will confuse your average fan, but that wasn't a problem for me. Nonetheless, they ought to cover topics like the Mantle more in-depth in the game - a Mass Effect style codex for the major topixs would be welcome.

As for the story itself, certainly a mixed bag. Overall, the plot is a cohesive nareative that makes sense, and there are certainly no characters I dislike bar one (I'll explain in a minute). In particular,Exuberant (The new monitor) and the Warden are very much characters I enjoyed interacting with, their dialogue and voice acting is top notch.

The only major complaint I really have is the reincarnation of cortana. Whilst I certainly enjoyed having her as the antagonist rather than the protagonist (Which was certainly refreshing and unexpected), I dislike the conxept of her return. I was wholeheartedly wanting and expecting her to be the domain using her image to get to John, but nope. Either way, I'm impressed with the route they took regarding her and while it's not how I would have done it, I'm certainly not majorly opposed to it. With a lot of recent media focusing on AI (Such as Saint's Testimony), it's a logical direction to take. And it ties well into the central themes of the Reclaimer Saga.

However, there are some things I'm not too thrilled about, though only the first is anything major.

-Jul being killed off as he was is honestly a waste of a pretty good character. Having seen his character through Glasslands,Thursday War, Spartan Ops and Escalation, it annoys me how he's just sort of killed at the start of the game and that's it.
-Cortana's appearance. Ew.
-Thel deserved more screen time
-The abrupt ending cliffhanger. This is worse than Halo 2's ending, quite frankly. While I'm not doubting it's effect on the plot, it's just a dick move to make us wait until 2018, presuming a three year dev cycle
-the ending is really anticlimactic. It's not like,say Halo 4 where you have a clear 'final battle' kind of feel. You just sort of kill some stuff as normal in the last mission before the final cutscene begins. Very underwhelming.

There are a lot of things I enjoyed about the campaign, but I'm too lazy to write them here. So despite only talking about the negatives, tbis easily goes into my top 3 stories of the series. Right next to Halos 4 and ODST

What the fuck


Was I autistic in 2015?

It's okay. we all know THAT MONSTER FORCED YOU

Having finished the campaign, here are my thoughts. From a perspective of a guy who knows the lore well. Major spoilers below.

Spoiler

Overall, pretty satisfying. I can see a lot of stuff that will confuse your average fan, but that wasn't a problem for me. Nonetheless, they ought to cover topics like the Mantle more in-depth in the game - a Mass Effect style codex for the major topixs would be welcome.

As for the story itself, certainly a mixed bag. Overall, the plot is a cohesive nareative that makes sense, and there are certainly no characters I dislike bar one (I'll explain in a minute). In particular,Exuberant (The new monitor) and the Warden are very much characters I enjoyed interacting with, their dialogue and voice acting is top notch.

The only major complaint I really have is the reincarnation of cortana. Whilst I certainly enjoyed having her as the antagonist rather than the protagonist (Which was certainly refreshing and unexpected), I dislike the conxept of her return. I was wholeheartedly wanting and expecting her to be the domain using her image to get to John, but nope. Either way, I'm impressed with the route they took regarding her and while it's not how I would have done it, I'm certainly not majorly opposed to it. With a lot of recent media focusing on AI (Such as Saint's Testimony), it's a logical direction to take. And it ties well into the central themes of the Reclaimer Saga.

However, there are some things I'm not too thrilled about, though only the first is anything major.

-Jul being killed off as he was is honestly a waste of a pretty good character. Having seen his character through Glasslands,Thursday War, Spartan Ops and Escalation, it annoys me how he's just sort of killed at the start of the game and that's it.
-Cortana's appearance. Ew.
-Thel deserved more screen time
-The abrupt ending cliffhanger. This is worse than Halo 2's ending, quite frankly. While I'm not doubting it's effect on the plot, it's just a dick move to make us wait until 2018, presuming a three year dev cycle
-the ending is really anticlimactic. It's not like,say Halo 4 where you have a clear 'final battle' kind of feel. You just sort of kill some stuff as normal in the last mission before the final cutscene begins. Very underwhelming.

There are a lot of things I enjoyed about the campaign, but I'm too lazy to write them here. So despite only talking about the negatives, tbis easily goes into my top 3 stories of the series. Right next to Halos 4 and ODST

What the fuck


Was I autistic in 2015?

Maybe this was before your opinion was swayed by other people? This was probably your most genuine opinion but then someone else pointed a few things and suddenly you start viewing the game differently.

I thought the campaign was terrible throughout its entirety. Not only did the story nearly put me to sleep at some instances, but the gunplay was tiring. The promethean aimbots made us quit several times over, and the last mission itself brought out the most rage. Being confined in a tiny room full of crawlers and soldiers enraged the entire party.

I thought the campaign was terrible throughout its entirety. Not only did the story nearly put me to sleep at some instances, but the gunplay was tiring. The promethean aimbots made us quit several times over, and the last mission itself brought out the most rage. Being confined in a tiny room full of crawlers and soldiers enraged the entire party.

The fact that they re-used him so many times - like how did no one from the more important devs not point that shit out?

"Hey, we sure seem to be using Warden a lot."
"Yeah, I know. What are you suggesting?"
"idk, lets do something different."
*proceeds to make three copies of Warden for a boss battle*
"Not exactly what I meant, but hey - the game is Rated T so those kids will be too busy playing the MP anyway..."

still a shit game

where the hell was this thread?

where the hell was this thread?

Probably went to find Lemon.

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Why did he leave? Did Camnator meme on him or something?

Why did he leave? Did Camnator meme on him or something?

Middle Eastern immigrants invaded his house and had surprise buttsecks with Lemon and his family

Why did he leave? Did Camnator meme on him or something?

Middle Eastern immigrants invaded his house and had surprise buttsecks with Lemon and his family

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Why did he leave? Did Camnator meme on him or something?

Middle Eastern immigrants invaded his house and had surprise buttsecks with Lemon and his family

Press F To Pay Respects

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Why did he leave? Did Camnator meme on him or something?

Middle Eastern immigrants invaded his house and had surprise buttsecks with Lemon and his family

Press F To Pay Respects

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Butt srsly, does anyone know what happened? Did he tell anyone?

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He ran out of excuses to make for 343 industries and the shortcomings each of their products had.

I just realized, why did that add a SAW to Breakout? With shields?

No Shields, the SMG and Magnum starts along with one occasional Shotgun or BR was good the way it was. Also the OG maps + New maps are, imo, unnecessarily complex now.

I just realized, why did that add a SAW to Breakout? With shields?

No Shields, the SMG and Magnum starts along with one occasional Shotgun or BR was good the way it was. Also the OG maps + New maps are, imo, unnecessarily complex now.

They uh - broke breakout. One of their updates added shields for some reason. I legitimately thought my game glitched because the last thing I expected were shields in Breakout.

I just realized, why did that add a SAW to Breakout? With shields?

No Shields, the SMG and Magnum starts along with one occasional Shotgun or BR was good the way it was. Also the OG maps + New maps are, imo, unnecessarily complex now.

They uh - broke breakout. One of their updates added shields for some reason. I legitimately thought my game glitched because the last thing I expected were shields in Breakout.

Bad part is I think one of the Community Members love the update and intends to keep it that way, so it ain't changing anytime soon....

I just realized, why did that add a SAW to Breakout? With shields?

No Shields, the SMG and Magnum starts along with one occasional Shotgun or BR was good the way it was. Also the OG maps + New maps are, imo, unnecessarily complex now.

They uh - broke breakout. One of their updates added shields for some reason. I legitimately thought my game glitched because the last thing I expected were shields in Breakout.

Bad part is I think one of the Community Members love the update and intends to keep it that way, so it ain't changing anytime soon....

Oh well, I guess people can recreate true Breakout in customs.

Wouldn't it made more sense to have another breakout playlist which has shields and radar rather than ruining it for the original players?

Wouldn't it made more sense to have another breakout playlist which has shields and radar rather than ruining it for the original players?

Don't be silly, that makes sense. Which is apparently not what 343i is following when they are making MP playlists. At least not at first.

http://www.haloarchive.com/forum/topic/9-canon-fodder-and-random-lore-chat/?do=findComment&comment=216893

I've never been so salty.

http://www.haloarchive.com/forum/topic/9-canon-fodder-and-random-lore-chat/?do=findComment&comment=216893

I've never been so salty.

i don't think you're ever going to get a real answer out of a 343 employee on that issue

http://www.haloarchive.com/forum/topic/9-canon-fodder-and-random-lore-chat/?do=findComment&comment=216893

I've never been so salty.

The Fuck is this, Titanfall fanart?

http://www.haloarchive.com/forum/topic/9-canon-fodder-and-random-lore-chat/?do=findComment&comment=216893

I've never been so salty.

The Fuck is this, Titanfall fanart?

tbh the only thing really wrong with it is the helmet

http://www.haloarchive.com/forum/topic/9-canon-fodder-and-random-lore-chat/?do=findComment&comment=216893

I've never been so salty.

Worst thing is that the Archivers will suck his dick to everything he says, brownnosing the fuck out of him. He once told me off for saying that 343i designs were shit and everybody instantly got behind him.

I wish I had grim's job tbh

Getting paid to write a blog every week giving fluff text for your latest stupid armour design sounds like the dream

By Lord of Admirals
The image is so misunderstood it hurts.

So what was the intended message of that image? I say they're doing a create job at "helping new players find success" when you can win a warzone match by firing a single round at a boss.

http://www.haloarchive.com/forum/topic/9-canon-fodder-and-random-lore-chat/?do=findComment&comment=216893

I've never been so salty.

The Fuck is this, Titanfall fanart?

tbh the only thing really wrong with it is the helmet

The legs look dainty and frail, and the bullets on the shoulder and those...whatever they are sticking up on the back look retarded.

Nothing is okay with this design.

By Lord of Admirals
The image is so misunderstood it hurts.

So what was the intended message of that image? I say they're doing a create job at "helping new players find success" when you can win a warzone match by firing a single round at a boss.

LoA will literally go to any length to defend 343i's bullshit.

By Lord of Admirals
The image is so misunderstood it hurts.

So what was the intended message of that image? I say they're doing a create job at "helping new players find success" when you can win a warzone match by firing a single round at a boss.

LoA will literally go to any length to defend 343i's bullshit.

And then sperg out because a giant robot has a sword