And I am just now opening it up to play.

It still had it's plastic wrap on and everything.

Anyways, are you guys still playing H5?

I was hoping I'd be into it for a while but last time I played it was with the guys here and that was in November?? I'm not sure
This is excusing the 5 minutes of forge I played 2 days ago

Arena is great but lacking in maps, rest of the game is ass.

It's alright, but I don't enjoy as much as other games I've gotten recently like Elite: Dangerous and Star Wars Battlefront

Quote from: Pip on February 03, 2016, 01:00:01 PM

And I am just now opening it up to play.

It still had it's plastic wrap on and everything.

Anyways, are you guys still playing H5?

Yarb. Best MP in the franchise.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Quote from: PSU on February 03, 2016, 02:20:44 PM

Quote from: Mr. Admirals on February 03, 2016, 02:11:16 PM

Quote from: Pip on February 03, 2016, 01:00:01 PM

And I am just now opening it up to play.

It still had it's plastic wrap on and everything.

Anyways, are you guys still playing H5?

Yarb. Best MP in the franchise.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Caveat: "Of course, I know many people on this site don't share that opinion."

Listen, I dont even dislike H5. I play it often.
But I cant even conceive how someone could say its the best MP.

Quote from: Pip on February 03, 2016, 01:00:01 PM

And I am just now opening it up to play.

It still had it's plastic wrap on and everything.

Anyways, are you guys still playing H5?

Yarb. Best MP in the franchise. Of course, I know many people on this site don't share that opinion.

Campaign is excellent, very fun to play through. Story is meh. Nothing really wrong with it, but it's not really great either.

Forge is incredibly powerful.

Main complaints with the game would be story and the heavy amounts of RNG in the REQ system.

Eh, wanna try to finish that H5 campaign playthrough again WITHOUT ragequits? XP

Quote from: Mr. Admirals on February 03, 2016, 02:11:16 PM

Quote from: Pip on February 03, 2016, 01:00:01 PM

And I am just now opening it up to play.

It still had it's plastic wrap on and everything.

Anyways, are you guys still playing H5?

Yarb. Best MP in the franchise. Of course, I know many people on this site don't share that opinion.

Campaign is excellent, very fun to play through. Story is meh. Nothing really wrong with it, but it's not really great either.

Forge is incredibly powerful.

Main complaints with the game would be story and the heavy amounts of RNG in the REQ system.

Eh, wanna try to finish that H5 campaign playthrough again WITHOUT ragequits? XP

I don't think you and I have played through Halo 5's campaign together. Or attempted to.

Regardless, I'd be down for a playthrough.

Quote from: Pip on February 03, 2016, 03:07:51 PM

Quote from: Mr. Admirals on February 03, 2016, 02:11:16 PM

Quote from: Pip on February 03, 2016, 01:00:01 PM

And I am just now opening it up to play.

It still had it's plastic wrap on and everything.

Anyways, are you guys still playing H5?

Yarb. Best MP in the franchise. Of course, I know many people on this site don't share that opinion.

Campaign is excellent, very fun to play through. Story is meh. Nothing really wrong with it, but it's not really great either.

Forge is incredibly powerful.

Main complaints with the game would be story and the heavy amounts of RNG in the REQ system.

Eh, wanna try to finish that H5 campaign playthrough again WITHOUT ragequits? XP

I don't think you and I have played through Halo 5's campaign together. Or attempted to.

Regardless, I'd be down for a playthrough.

Onyx81 correct?

Quote from: PSU on February 03, 2016, 02:40:20 PM

Quote from: Mr. Admirals on February 03, 2016, 02:28:10 PM

Quote from: PSU on February 03, 2016, 02:20:44 PM

Quote from: Mr. Admirals on February 03, 2016, 02:11:16 PM

Quote from: Pip on February 03, 2016, 01:00:01 PM

And I am just now opening it up to play.

It still had it's plastic wrap on and everything.

Anyways, are you guys still playing H5?

Yarb. Best MP in the franchise.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Caveat: "Of course, I know many people on this site don't share that opinion."

Listen, I dont even dislike H5. I play it often.
But I cant even conceive how someone could say its the best MP.

Are you really that narrow minded?

Well he's not wrong

Quote from: Mr. Admirals on February 03, 2016, 02:46:35 PM

Quote from: PSU on February 03, 2016, 02:40:20 PM

Quote from: Mr. Admirals on February 03, 2016, 02:28:10 PM

Quote from: PSU on February 03, 2016, 02:20:44 PM

Quote from: Mr. Admirals on February 03, 2016, 02:11:16 PM

Quote from: Pip on February 03, 2016, 01:00:01 PM

And I am just now opening it up to play.

It still had it's plastic wrap on and everything.

Anyways, are you guys still playing H5?

Yarb. Best MP in the franchise.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Caveat: "Of course, I know many people on this site don't share that opinion."

Listen, I dont even dislike H5. I play it often.
But I cant even conceive how someone could say its the best MP.

Are you really that narrow minded?

Well he's not wrong

Me, or him?

Quote from: Pip on February 03, 2016, 03:20:15 PM

Quote from: Mr. Admirals on February 03, 2016, 03:14:54 PM

Quote from: Pip on February 03, 2016, 03:12:43 PM

Quote from: Mr. Admirals on February 03, 2016, 03:09:08 PM

Quote from: Pip on February 03, 2016, 03:07:51 PM

Quote from: Mr. Admirals on February 03, 2016, 02:11:16 PM

Quote from: Pip on February 03, 2016, 01:00:01 PM

And I am just now opening it up to play.

It still had it's plastic wrap on and everything.

Anyways, are you guys still playing H5?

Yarb. Best MP in the franchise. Of course, I know many people on this site don't share that opinion.

Campaign is excellent, very fun to play through. Story is meh. Nothing really wrong with it, but it's not really great either.

Forge is incredibly powerful.

Main complaints with the game would be story and the heavy amounts of RNG in the REQ system.

Eh, wanna try to finish that H5 campaign playthrough again WITHOUT ragequits? XP

I don't think you and I have played through Halo 5's campaign together. Or attempted to.

Regardless, I'd be down for a playthrough.

Onyx81 correct?

Yeah.

Invite


Sent

Dunno if I have that kind of time today.

Well then

Quote from: Mr. Admirals on February 03, 2016, 02:11:16 PM

TBH the main flaw with the story is that a massive chunk of it was filler that didn't lend itself to the final outcome, and the characters with the exception of the Warden (and I would ague John too) were massively underdeveloped. The gameplay was alot of fun although in my opinion the set peices never did reach the iconic levels of scale and awe that BUNGiE's did.

Basically this, except I found the Warden to be a completely useless and terrible character. Cortana and Warden's roles should have been merged into the Didact IMO. Most of the missions don't really feel like you, as the player, are driving the story forward, particularly Osiris's missions. In fact, the way Halo 5 was written, there wasn't really any need for Osiris until the final mission IMO.
As for the campaign gameplay, there are some decent missions, like Blue Team, Evacuation, Battle of Sunaion and The Breaking but I never really found any of it memorable. I found the Kraken incredibly underwhelming and nothing else really stood out for me. It's the first Halo campaign I've had no desire to replay. Halo 4 had a similar issue except there were parts I did want to replay. The gameplay was lackluster but the amazing story was there to hold it up.

Quote from: ChaosMetalDragon on February 03, 2016, 03:47:35 PM

Quote from: Mr. Admirals on February 03, 2016, 02:11:16 PM

TBH the main flaw with the story is that a massive chunk of it was filler that didn't lend itself to the final outcome, and the characters with the exception of the Warden (and I would ague John too) were massively underdeveloped. The gameplay was alot of fun although in my opinion the set peices never did reach the iconic levels of scale and awe that BUNGiE's did.

Basically this, except I found the Warden to be a completely useless and terrible character. Cortana and Warden's roles should have been merged into the Didact IMO. Most of the missions don't really feel like you, as the player, are driving the story forward, particularly Osiris's missions. In fact, the way Halo 5 was written, there wasn't really any need for Osiris until the final mission IMO.
As for the campaign gameplay, there are some decent missions, like Blue Team, Evacuation, Battle of Sunaion and The Breaking but I never really found any of it memorable. I found the Kraken incredibly underwhelming and nothing else really stood out for me. It's the first Halo campaign I've had no desire to replay. Halo 4 had a similar issue except there were parts I did want to replay. The gameplay was lackluster but the amazing story was there to hold it up.

Yeah the Kraken was definitely a ludicrus waste of potential. I mean you can sort of tell 343 wanted to make it a chase as a callback to Halo 2 but it really just does not cut it. Getting above the Scarab and jumping on it as it walked past was so much more engaging than just having a bigger inactive scarab with no main gun.

The scarab was it's own entity, while the Kraken just severed as a big platform with an objective to shoot inside.