Sakura
Member
I noticed grunts carrying sniper rifles on their backs and shit too.
I guess for brutes to swap weapons? Pretty cool.
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I guess for brutes to swap weapons? Pretty cool.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Definitely having fun with the game so far. Very nice graphics and the combat feels good and quite impactful. The boss ecounters are fairly challenging and pretty intense so far. I was skeptical about the open world, but so far it seems like it works for this game. Liking the new replacement(?) for “you-know-who” so far as well. Why isn’t anyone on my friends list playing this game? Get off YouTube, your movie streaming apps and COD: Warzone already people.
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Kev Kev
Member
Load up 5 marines into a Razorback and give them all shotguns
you’re like a roving fortress lol they just melt any thing that gets close
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VenomousCoffee
Member
The jackals really, really sound like the vorcha from Mass Effect.
(I've played to where you start unlocking bases and I'm really liking it.)
(I've played to where you start unlocking bases and I'm really liking it.)
RPS37
Member
This sounds so fun literally.
DonJorginho
Banned
I know it's derivative to say this but this genuinely feels like Halo meets BOTW and I adore the game for that.
I feel, this is Halo meets Far Cry...
Y0ssarian
Banned
Someone on Reddit beat it in under 8 hours only doing the main quest. I don't recommend racing through it like that though. The side content is the meat of the game
DonJorginho
Banned
I'm finding it way more organic than Far Cry and there's none of those bullshit restrictions you sometimes get with Far Cry.
BigLee74
Member
Played more yesterday just arsing about in the open world area. I like it a lot.
It’s exactly what they did with gears, but with more there to do and see. It’s a great choice to give the players - some non mandatory sandbox shenanigans to oppose the carefully crafted standard Halo levels, allowing the story to be progressed at a more leisurely pace.
Big fan!
I would guess a lot of the dev time has been to get the engine and framework in place, allowing for some quick turnarounds on future DLC.
It’s exactly what they did with gears, but with more there to do and see. It’s a great choice to give the players - some non mandatory sandbox shenanigans to oppose the carefully crafted standard Halo levels, allowing the story to be progressed at a more leisurely pace.
Big fan!
I would guess a lot of the dev time has been to get the engine and framework in place, allowing for some quick turnarounds on future DLC.
Kev Kev
Member
MikeM
Member
Easily the most enjoyable Halo game. Loving this open world with the grapple. Feel like spiderman out here a bit.
Anyone else notice stutters on Series X? When I pan the camera while playing it occurs randomly. If I just go in circles at a fixed speed I can easily see it occurring .
Anyone else notice stutters on Series X? When I pan the camera while playing it occurs randomly. If I just go in circles at a fixed speed I can easily see it occurring .
GeorgioCostanzaX
Member
Man either they hired a bunch of kids who grew up on Halo or got a bunch of Ex Bungie people to work on this: it’s feels like old Halo meets BOTW not the last two underwhelming non Bungie sequels. I alway like playing on Heroic or Legendary because the AI is better…is normal still dynamic?
SenjutsuSage
Banned
I put him on ignore immediately.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Encountered a moment in game where a grunt attempted to toss one, and couldn't lift it apparently. Don't know if it was a bug, but it definitely happened.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
I've literally unlocked over 5 or 7 new armors DIRECTLY from playing the campaign for MP, some are even the armor belonging to at least 2 named Spartans in the game's story.
I had kept stressing to people that the story on MP customization wasn't totally written because Campaign and MP, despite MP being free to play, were a package deal, and looks like I was right. Tons of MP customization unlocks are spread out all over the campaign's openworld, and it 'just makes sense' in the context of the story and what transpired.
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BusierDonkey
Member
I think this might be one of my favorite Halo games so far. I'm being a complete asshole to the Banished and taking massive risks fighting them. Every time I get rekt I'm sitting here laughing because I usually deserved it. The game is downright hilarious to play hardcore. I'll forget to reload and run in on a sword carrying Elite, pull the trigger, bang bang click click FUCK NOPE NOPE NOPE run away like a bitch and Spiderman the fuck out of Dodge. What an absolute blast!
I gave everyone needlers. Nothing survives and the needles never miss, it's hilarious. I'm going to try doing the same with some of the big power weapons. I think the razorback might have been a wonderful mistake to put in campaign
I gave everyone needlers. Nothing survives and the needles never miss, it's hilarious. I'm going to try doing the same with some of the big power weapons. I think the razorback might have been a wonderful mistake to put in campaign
CuteFaceJay
Member
Glad I'm not the only thinking this. I was expecting a lot more stuff to find in this game with Armor and stuff to find and unlock. This is just a point A to B type of game it seems with no real reason for exploration. At least they could have added in some kind of portal system to bounce between different biomes within the ring itself.
This game has side content worth playing? It's just a bunch of squads that you check in with and a few towers that you blow up.
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Agent_Nobody
Banned
I've literally unlocked over 5 or 7 new armors DIRECTLY from playing the campaign for MP, some are even the armor belonging to at least 2 named Spartans in the game's story.
I had kept stressing to people that the story on MP customization wasn't totally written because Campaign and MP, despite MP being free to play, were a package deal, and looks like I was right. Tons of MP customization unlocks are spread out all over the campaign's openworld, and it 'just makes sense' in the context of the story and what transpired.
I think he’s referring to armor pieces and attachments, not the coatings. It is a bit weird they reward every other cosmetic item type except those.
BLAUcopter
Gold Member
This might be my favourite Halo game by far.
The sequence that leads up to the first spire is absolutely incredible. The one that ends at that cutscene with chief jumping into the pelican. It just kept ramping and ramping up. Perfect set pieces, music, vehicles, boss fights!... just incredible.
Best thing is that it's not the only one, there have been so many amazing setpiece battles in this game. Bravo.
The sequence that leads up to the first spire is absolutely incredible. The one that ends at that cutscene with chief jumping into the pelican. It just kept ramping and ramping up. Perfect set pieces, music, vehicles, boss fights!... just incredible.
Best thing is that it's not the only one, there have been so many amazing setpiece battles in this game. Bravo.
Deputy Moonman
Member
I'm playing on an Acer nitro 5 laptop from 2018 and it is managing it. 30 fps setting though. I must not be as sensitive to the graphics because it never occurred to me to think something was off. Some occasional lag/freezes but overall no issues.
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
This game is like Jazz, it has familiar notes and the underlying beat is familiar, but you can improvise and do what you want. The grapple is a stringed instrument that gets the highlighted in the improvisation.
so far I like what the band has brought to the stage and I plan on staying a while.
so far I like what the band has brought to the stage and I plan on staying a while.
Kev Kev
Member
theres a lot of hidden stuff on the map that they dont tell you about, plus easter eggs, caves, tunnels/shortcuts to help you traverse the map quicker, crashed ships, mountains to climb to to the top where hidden shit may be, the sides of the ring pieces sometimes has hidden weapon caches on them, and side note: it is super easy to traverse the map fast af with the grapple shot, so exploring doesnt even have to take that long. plus the landscapes are stunning!
theres plenty of reasons to explore. it sounds like you just dont like actually exploring and youd rather have a checklist of things to do. not every game needs to have a "do all the things" element to it. sometimes its fun just to explore the map and check out the scenery. thats something that has been lost in games, and i absolutely love this huge, open, sci-fi world they created. its beautiful and alien and mysterious. i love just looking at it and checking out the sights and sounds. with a pair of headphones its like transporting you to a whole other world.
there are two types of gamers: people who love the experience, and people who just want to "do all the things". sounds to me like you are the latter. go play fortnite or sea of thieves if you want a "do all the things" game experience. halo has never been that and it doesnt need to be that. they added plenty of stuff to do without making it feel like a checklist of chores, and it would have been worse if they tried to smash more "stuff to do" in there. they struck a perfect balance between those things, imo.
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SenjutsuSage
Banned
I got some emblem. Also, they're referred to as "armor lockers" so the story context is these are Spartan armors or suits dropped from the Infinity during the war.
V1LÆM
Gold Member
uninstall high resolution textures. that should improve performance a bit
those are variants that I think you can get from the FOBs (if they were high value targets).
SenjutsuSage
Banned
They're stronger than normal weapons. The unbound plasma pistol has a shot gun like spread when you charge it up. Those a dangerous weapon for disabling vehicles and dropped shields of multiple enemies, setting them up for kills. The elite energy sword from that first high value target I believe either lasts way longer in combat, or is capable of doing more damage to vehicles or something like that. I forget.
MachRc
Member
thanks, I have exactly those two, one from the to*** and one from that gr****
Im guessing there isnt some sort of weapon locker for them, Ill try to keep them around as long as I can.
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Sakura
Member
Yeah I dunno what the issue is. The game is really fun but the performance is just killing me. Got everything on medium right now at 1080p, AA set to low. VRAM usage says it's at 4.9/7.8.
Yet the last cutscene I was watching was low 20s, with open world frequently 30-50.
Hopefully some new drivers or something comes out that fixes it for me.
Komatsu
Member
What is CPU/GPU combo? I ask as I've tested it on a 1070ti and a 2060SC and it never fell below 30.
dem
Member
The cut scenes are jarring. The jank is ridiculous. Its crazy because once it goes to real gameplay everything looks smooth. Real wtf moments there.
Oh.. and the "death screen" is terrible. Like.. whos job was that and did they put ANY effort in there? Its like a bad school project. It just makes the game look rinky dink.
Actually playing the game is pretty fun and smooth though. I have a feeling the environment is going to get old, fast.
Oh.. and the "death screen" is terrible. Like.. whos job was that and did they put ANY effort in there? Its like a bad school project. It just makes the game look rinky dink.
Actually playing the game is pretty fun and smooth though. I have a feeling the environment is going to get old, fast.
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SenjutsuSage
Banned
They're available at every forward operating base going forward once you've killed them and equipped their weapon.
Sakura
Member
i7-10750H and 2070
It's a notebook so obviously not as powerful as desktop version, but I'm also only running at 1080p. I feel like it should be more than enough.
Agent_Nobody
Banned
I get it, and while it really doesn’t bug me personally, I think some people were expecting actual pieces of armor from the ‘armor lockers’.
Kev Kev
Member
i feel the same. kind of hard to hear myself say it out loud, but this might be the best halo campaign thus far. cant say for sure yet tho...
related-unrelated: the nostalgia im feeling playing this game is nearly overwhelming. 20 years of memories, runnin into the shit, guns a blazin with the chief, and cortana in your ear, all the while a contrast of massive foreunner architecture and beautiful scenery in your view... its all just smacking me in the face every time i play this game. the new cortana sounds and feels so much like the old cortana, its a really nostalgic and good feeling to be back at it in a place that looks uncannily similar to the first halo in halo: ce with her in your ear. all the good times i had with friends doing 4 player couch co-op, breaking out of the map in campaign in halo 3, custom games shenanigans, thousands upon thousands of MP matches, etc. there are times where its almost enough to get me emotional
and as an added layer of "the feels" on top of that, knowing that new cortana isnt the real cortana, and seeing chief almost being emotional is some scenes, like he's sad or angry or something and like he's finally about to break after decades of being a super soldier... whoo man its almost too much.
ive never had an emotional connection to halo. its always been kill the aliens and save the galaxy. but this time is different for some reason. im only a handful of hours into the campaign, but chief is showing sign of distress or... something, i dunno. i think new cortana can see it too. in one scene after chief finds another dead spartan, she turns around and looks at him with a face full of remorse and sadness. she knows he still a human under there, and as strong as chief is, he's still susceptible to human emotions... and chief is just hanging his head not saying anything. and it just seems so unlike him you know?
good shit 343! im so stoked to finish the campaign and see where the story goes
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SafeOrAlone
Banned
I'm enjoying it at around four hours in, but I admit to hoping that the gameplay escalates in some way as the game goes on. The open-world design does add something, but I feel like it's not using it's full potential.
BLAUcopter
Gold Member
It does.
The Real Napsta
Member
This is so spot on it's insane:
J3nga
Member
I had to do the same in FC6 to avoid texture issues, this game has to much in common with FC6 than I'd like to.
ComputerBlue
Member
I just finished, the last two or three missions were incredible.
FYI there is a temporary point of no return that locks you out of the open world for a decent amount of time in case anyone wants to know. The mission that sets this off without warning is in the spoilers below.
Edit: For some reason my spoiler is not showing up, or spoilers are completely disabled from this thread, I dunno, in any case, just know that there is a mission that sets off a few in a row which locks you out for a while.
FYI there is a temporary point of no return that locks you out of the open world for a decent amount of time in case anyone wants to know. The mission that sets this off without warning is in the spoilers below.
Edit: For some reason my spoiler is not showing up, or spoilers are completely disabled from this thread, I dunno, in any case, just know that there is a mission that sets off a few in a row which locks you out for a while.
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SenjutsuSage
Banned
You actually are getting actual pieces of armor, though. Don't let the term 'armor coating' confuse you. To MP it might just be viewed as colors, but they're much more than that, they're technically different sets of armor in their specific generation of mjolnir; they're entire unique armor designs, texture/art with markings and other things of specific spartans, some (or all) of which are in the game's main campaign. Some coatings are literally just color swaps, but some are more elaborate designs for more important characters.
If I want in MP right now I can literally look exactly like a Spartan from the story campaign.
I have about 5-7 new sets of armor just from the first four missions.
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SenjutsuSage
Banned
i feel the same. kind of hard to hear myself say it out loud, but this might be the best halo campaign thus far. cant say for sure yet tho...
related-unrelated: the nostalgia im feeling playing this game is nearly overwhelming. 20 years of memories, runnin into the shit, guns a blazin with the chief, and cortana in your ear, all the while a contrast of massive foreunner architecture and beautiful scenery in your view... its all just smacking me in the face every time i play this game. the new cortana sounds and feels so much like the old cortana, its a really nostalgic and good feeling to be back at it in a place that looks uncannily similar to the first halo in halo: ce with her in your ear. all the good times i had with friends doing 4 player couch co-op, breaking out of the map in campaign in halo 3, custom games shenanigans, thousands upon thousands of MP matches, etc. there are times where its almost enough to get me emotional
and as an added layer of "the feels" on top of that, knowing that new cortana isnt the real cortana, and seeing chief almost being emotional is some scenes, like he's sad or angry or something and like he's finally about to break after decades of being a super soldier... whoo man its almost too much.
ive never had an emotional connection to halo. its always been kill the aliens and save the galaxy. but this time is different for some reason. im only a handful of hours into the campaign, but chief is showing sign of distress or... something, i dunno. i think new cortana can see it too. in one scene after chief finds another dead spartan, she turns around and looks at him with a face full of remorse and sadness. she knows he still a human under there, and as strong as chief is, he's still susceptible to human emotions... and chief is just hanging his head not saying anything. and it just seems so unlike him you know?
good shit 343! im so stoked to finish the campaign and see where the story goes
I know EXACTLY the scene you're referring to. That shit connected with me big time! Then you hear pilot chiming in, and literally saying exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time, not knowing what's actually going on where Chief is.