Quote from: BaconShelf on October 27, 2015, 04:23:34 PMHaving finished the campaign, here are my thoughts. From a perspective of a guy who knows the lore well. Major spoilers below.SpoilerOverall, 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 ODSTWhat the fuckWas I autistic in 2015?
Having finished the campaign, here are my thoughts. From a perspective of a guy who knows the lore well. Major spoilers below.SpoilerOverall, 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
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.
where the hell was this thread?
Why did he leave? Did Camnator meme on him or something?
Quote from: FatherlyNick on January 08, 2017, 05:20:44 AMWhy 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
Quote from: Jono on January 08, 2017, 02:47:25 PMQuote from: FatherlyNick on January 08, 2017, 05:20:44 AMWhy did he leave? Did Camnator meme on him or something?Middle Eastern immigrants invaded his house and had surprise buttsecks with Lemon and his familyPress F To Pay RespectsF
Quote from: Yang on January 08, 2017, 08:42:24 PMQuote from: Jono on January 08, 2017, 02:47:25 PMQuote from: FatherlyNick on January 08, 2017, 05:20:44 AMWhy did he leave? Did Camnator meme on him or something?Middle Eastern immigrants invaded his house and had surprise buttsecks with Lemon and his familyPress F To Pay RespectsF
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.
Quote from: RadicalClass32 on January 16, 2017, 12:37:04 PMI 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.
Quote from: FatherlyNick on January 16, 2017, 04:35:18 PMQuote from: RadicalClass32 on January 16, 2017, 12:37:04 PMI 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....
Wouldn't it made more sense to have another breakout playlist which has shields and radar rather than ruining it for the original players?
http://www.haloarchive.com/forum/topic/9-canon-fodder-and-random-lore-chat/?do=findComment&comment=216893I've never been so salty.
Quote from: Vien on January 19, 2017, 12:30:23 AMhttp://www.haloarchive.com/forum/topic/9-canon-fodder-and-random-lore-chat/?do=findComment&comment=216893I've never been so salty.The Fuck is this, Titanfall fanart?
By Lord of AdmiralsThe image is so misunderstood it hurts.
the one true God is Doctor Doom and we should all be worshiping him.
Quote from: Sfx: Clang on January 19, 2017, 02:14:30 AMQuote from: Vien on January 19, 2017, 12:30:23 AMhttp://www.haloarchive.com/forum/topic/9-canon-fodder-and-random-lore-chat/?do=findComment&comment=216893I've never been so salty.The Fuck is this, Titanfall fanart?tbh the only thing really wrong with it is the helmet
QuoteBy Lord of AdmiralsThe 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.
Quote from: Romanes eunt domus on January 19, 2017, 07:00:21 AMQuoteBy Lord of AdmiralsThe 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.
