SafeOrAlone
Banned
They should add Scarabs to the open world. Inside of them is the only place to obtain Spartan Cores on Legendary mode.
A man can dream.
A man can dream.
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link1201
Member
Yeah the ending has the feel of "ok we have to ship this game this year ...so let's do this to wrap it up".
I really enjoyed the game but feel a little let down by the end run. Wish they could have had a large scale Scarab-esque fight or another warthog gautlet...something besides the death boxes they ended up having...
Still a lot of fun eager to see what's next.
TrebleShot
Member
So I’m on the final mission which I can’t believe, it really decides about a third of the way through to just thrust you through to the end and whilst it started out fun and nice to play a modern Halo game it just misses the mark on almost every point other than the grapple and so,e initial combat situations.
This is probably worth a 6/7 out of 10 it’s just not up to modern standards of a 2021 AAA game.
Just a few observations:
Marines completely underused.
Story is so light touch and unconsidered it reminds me of Destiny 1, just pointless and hollow.
Textures go south about halfway through which is really odd one example is the slot in the back of MC helmet, very low res and blurry at times in the cut scenes which is really odd and distracting.
Got a strange audio glitch where the sound of bullets hitting a wall behind me is constant, have to restart the game to get rid of it and then sometimes it happens and it’s really jarring.
You can see why people aren’t really talking about this game so much only a couple of weeks after launch considering those issues I stated there is just a clear lack of polish and overall direction, I hear something leaked about an expansion or something maybe that will be better but this has been a bit of a sad reminder of what we lost when 343 took over the franchise.
And some people had this up there as one of the best halo games. Not a chance.
This is probably worth a 6/7 out of 10 it’s just not up to modern standards of a 2021 AAA game.
Just a few observations:
Marines completely underused.
Story is so light touch and unconsidered it reminds me of Destiny 1, just pointless and hollow.
Textures go south about halfway through which is really odd one example is the slot in the back of MC helmet, very low res and blurry at times in the cut scenes which is really odd and distracting.
Got a strange audio glitch where the sound of bullets hitting a wall behind me is constant, have to restart the game to get rid of it and then sometimes it happens and it’s really jarring.
You can see why people aren’t really talking about this game so much only a couple of weeks after launch considering those issues I stated there is just a clear lack of polish and overall direction, I hear something leaked about an expansion or something maybe that will be better but this has been a bit of a sad reminder of what we lost when 343 took over the franchise.
And some people had this up there as one of the best halo games. Not a chance.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Try rebooting the console ? check the network section in your settings to make sure you're connected with all services.
dorkimoe
Member
I did all of the above. Usually force quitting works. But it’s not even suspended now. Just opens then gives me the error. So weird.
CuNi
Member
Most of my gametime came from being eager and trying to actually find all the logs etc. myself.
After accumulating 20h in the Campaign I gave up and opened up a map to find the last few stranglers and I feel like that hunt ruined the game somewhat for me.
When first playing and somewhat wondering off to explore, it was fun.. the first time you did it.. after flying around with the Wasp for what felt ages and being SO ANNOYED by Banshees that spawned out of nowhere to kill that wasp in seconds really made me hate that somewhat.
It became repetitive and I feel like the game makes more fun on Heroic than Legendary, simply by the fact that everything atomizes you in seconds before you can even realize what it was on Legendary.
You didn't see all the snipers before engaging in combat? Have fun retrying and going for them first because if you don't chill next to cover for more than a second, you're a goner.
Just finished that enemy camp and even had fun? Let me introduce you to sprinting rage monkey that doesn't care about bullets or headshots.. because he has a face mask.
Also, I dread to think what happens to the poor souls that play this on Legendary and don't max out their shields instantly...
Edit: I have gamepass but still bought it for 60€. Gotta be honest, I expected more, and not even "world size" wise but Story wise. Now it all comes down to MS on how they will handle Story DLC going forward.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Deleting and redownloading is the ultimate nuclear option, but I hope it works out for you before you have to do that.
Topher
Identifies as young
Troubleshooting is better than pointing fingers at PlayStation fans for "concern trolling". You think?
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
yees ?
Topher
Identifies as young
Good. You learned something.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Topher
Identifies as young
I guess you didn't.
Not so unique. You need introspection.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
This has already gone wildly off topic, but one users specific internet connectivity issue and another users specific issue about getting an error message when launching one game are not the same thing nor do these 2 issues define any relatable sample size.
There's clutching at straws then there's bringing in completely unrelated topics to try and prove a point.
Let's not take this any more off topic please, you're always welcome to DM me if something I said bothered you.
There's clutching at straws then there's bringing in completely unrelated topics to try and prove a point.
Let's not take this any more off topic please, you're always welcome to DM me if something I said bothered you.
Topher
Identifies as young
The other thread specifically mentioned errors exactly like the ones here.
What is different is you made that thread about PlayStation "concern trolling". Was that on topic? Nope. You can't throw "not on topic" out just when it is convenient.
I'll let it go. My point stands though.
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JordoftheDead
Member
I had this once but just hard reset the game from the menu so it wasn’t launching from quick resume and was good to go.
Haven’t seen it again since.
Iced Arcade
Member
The game is only a tiny fraction of the halo and they are going to constantly add to the game so I wouldn't be surprised if they show up. Absolutely agree wanted them
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
If I'm not mistaken, there was some kind of road map thing some time ago that they plan to add more single player story chunks to the game.
So it would make sense that MC is exploring different parts of this ring and will run into different biomes in those packs.
Would it have been nicer to have it in the base game ? Of course. But that this game came out this good after its troubled development is good enough for me for now.
Windle Poons
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
At what point can you start equipping marines with weapons and start sticking them in vehicles that I keep reading so much about? Is this just natural progression in the game? I’ve rescued 3 squads so far, so they always stay where you rescued them or is there an eventual home base that opens up more as you play?
Topher
Identifies as young
I typically load up marines in vehicles at the FOBs, but they should automatically jump into the vehicle if you stop near by them outside of the FOB as well.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
If you haven't, you can unlock FOBs (Forward Operating Bases) in the games world, the story will guide you to the first one at least.
Once rescued, marines will start populating your FOBs. You start with a shitty little mongoose vehicle but completing more and more of the game world objectives gets you Valor points, which unlocks more vehicles and upgrades your squad. Once you get something which can sit more than 1 person, at the FOBs the marines will start joining you if your car is close to them.
Ryohazuki282
Banned
Couple thoughts after getting a 100% Legendary save file:
1. Core gameplay is the most fun I've had shooting stuff since the old Halo days. Blows Destiny out of the water.
2. The open world is just a ton of fun to fly or drive around blowing up stuff, and really shows where the game could shine in the future.
3. The open world is empty and totally lacking in story content/lore - much like Destiny, especially Destiny 1.
4. If they can flesh out the open world with some more light RPG elements like quests, dialog, npcs, etc, it could really shine.
5. Graphics are alternatively impressive yet bland. Need to beef up that clarity on modern consoles, game is too blurry.
1. Core gameplay is the most fun I've had shooting stuff since the old Halo days. Blows Destiny out of the water.
2. The open world is just a ton of fun to fly or drive around blowing up stuff, and really shows where the game could shine in the future.
3. The open world is empty and totally lacking in story content/lore - much like Destiny, especially Destiny 1.
4. If they can flesh out the open world with some more light RPG elements like quests, dialog, npcs, etc, it could really shine.
5. Graphics are alternatively impressive yet bland. Need to beef up that clarity on modern consoles, game is too blurry.
Topher
Identifies as young
Definitely could have used some more open world content. Visually the game is good, not great, imo. It certainly doesn't look bad. What is a bit stark is the amount of pop-in especially when flying in a wasp. The landscape starts popping up trees left and right much more than a typical open world game.
I was thinking for a while this would be my GOTY but the more I play the more I realize it isn't there. I'm ok with that though as I think this is one of those games that will challenge in the "on-going" categories moving forward. Would definitely love to see more added to the campaign in 2022 or 2023.
Bernkastel
Ask me about my fanboy energy!
FlyyGOD
Member
It's not broken on legendary.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
maybe. I don't play games on hard
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
On legendary it's essential for your survivor. Normal in Halo is Spartan power fantasy, so no surprise that grapple feels OP there. That's by design.
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
And this here is why Halo is amazing. I 100% the game on legendary and the only time I used Scorpion was during the mission.
You can really play your own way and it's never wrong. If you can think of something, it most likely will work. Halo is back!
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Roufianos
Member
I have no idea how people are beating this on Legendary, I'm encountering crazy difficulty spikes just on Normal.
Enjoying it otherwise although they really should have gone with hold RB for a wheel for ability swapping, using the dpad takes your fingers off the sticks during combat.
Enjoying it otherwise although they really should have gone with hold RB for a wheel for ability swapping, using the dpad takes your fingers off the sticks during combat.
dorkimoe
Member
Without the grappling hook the open world wouldn’t have worked. It’s the best addition
CuNi
Member
It basically boils down to "let's fight this!" and going in with a fun attitude, then learning the amount of enemies by wiping X-times because somewhere another steroid monkey spawned and slapped you to death or another Warhammer 40k Sniper-Assassin materialized. Once you did that you learn that the bosses are no fun so you learn the weapon locations and where the biggest cheese weapons + spots are on any given encounter and then you just cheese it from there.
The only good thing from playing on Legendary was that it really did force me to use other gadgets than just Grappling Hook. Like No way I'd have survived the second half of the game without maxed out upgrades like Thruster Invisibility, Ping Health-Bar and Shield electrifying the bullets. That's the only thing I took from Legendary.
I plan on playing through the game again on Normal or Heroic to hopefully enjoy this game more, even though I really really dislike the story.
Also, fuck them for hiding Skulls and Logs in Missions and not giving you a chance to replay Missions. Like dude, I am missing one Skull, it's in the last Mission and YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SHOOT SENTINELS TO GET THAT ONE!?!?!
BigLee74
Member
Finally completed the campaign, and have such mixed feelings.
Ultimately, it’s a great game - fantastic even - and I’ve had lots of fun with it. The open world aspect is great. The map is plenty big enough, and with enough variety to remain visually interesting. Traversal with a maxed out grappling hook is great. The combat is the best of any Halo by far - great weapons, great explosions.
Too many niggly things annoy me though, and probably prevent it from being far and away the best Halo game ever.
Apart from one level (near the end, on the outdoor map), vehicular combat is lacking. Your fellow marines have no problem hopping in your ride, but won’t get in a vehicle themselves. What’s that all about? Scorpion aside, the firepower is also lacking big time. It takes ages to kill anything with a ghost, and in the end I gave up - you are quicker hopping out, hijacking enemy vehicles with the grappling hook, then running them over. The wasp is also very disappointing against banshees, making flying anywhere a pain in the arse.
Pacing is also WAY off. I liked being able to do a bit of open play, then dabbling with a mission now and again. The contrast of outdoor areas mixed with indoor forerunner architecture was great. But way sooner than expected, and with no warning, you are locked into a more traditional Halo level by level approach with endless waves of enemies. It was good, visually interesting, but I was itching to get back outside again before long.
Having said all that, this is the best game I’ve played this year and it’s not even close. Better even than Forza Horizon 5 and Psychonauts 2. The framework is in place for future expansions. Get the weather system and ray tracing in there, get coop ready, and I’ll happily play this through again!
9/10.
Ultimately, it’s a great game - fantastic even - and I’ve had lots of fun with it. The open world aspect is great. The map is plenty big enough, and with enough variety to remain visually interesting. Traversal with a maxed out grappling hook is great. The combat is the best of any Halo by far - great weapons, great explosions.
Too many niggly things annoy me though, and probably prevent it from being far and away the best Halo game ever.
Apart from one level (near the end, on the outdoor map), vehicular combat is lacking. Your fellow marines have no problem hopping in your ride, but won’t get in a vehicle themselves. What’s that all about? Scorpion aside, the firepower is also lacking big time. It takes ages to kill anything with a ghost, and in the end I gave up - you are quicker hopping out, hijacking enemy vehicles with the grappling hook, then running them over. The wasp is also very disappointing against banshees, making flying anywhere a pain in the arse.
Pacing is also WAY off. I liked being able to do a bit of open play, then dabbling with a mission now and again. The contrast of outdoor areas mixed with indoor forerunner architecture was great. But way sooner than expected, and with no warning, you are locked into a more traditional Halo level by level approach with endless waves of enemies. It was good, visually interesting, but I was itching to get back outside again before long.
Having said all that, this is the best game I’ve played this year and it’s not even close. Better even than Forza Horizon 5 and Psychonauts 2. The framework is in place for future expansions. Get the weather system and ray tracing in there, get coop ready, and I’ll happily play this through again!
9/10.
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Kev Kev
Member
yeah thats why i dont really have desire to play on legendary in this game. ive beaten every halo on solo legendary and it almost always become a game of how to cheese the checkpoints or find a blind spot, etc. sometimes doin that was part of the fun, but these days i prefer to just be mildly challenged, but not so much that i have to find cheesy loopholes in order to win fights.
while beating infinite on normal difficulty, i recognized endless amounts of ways i could cheese fights, easily more than any other halo game, and its honestly just a big turn off for me. i dont want to play the game that way just to be able to say "i did the thing". maybe ill give heroic a shot, but some of those boss fights i had to cheese even on normal so, i dunno, we'll see how it goes...
i really just loved exploring the world and finding all the collectibles, and having those random hectic encounters on the way to and fro. or loading up a razorback full of marines and nose diving into a base. i cant wait for forge mode. if they give us AI and marines in forge this will be the game of forever.
SteadyEvo
Member
What happened to this thread?SteadyEvo reported similar issues earlier in the week. Could be due to the increased traffic stemming from the holidays as kids are increasingly home from school.
Yeah, at the time I tried 5 games not named Halo and none worked. I’m guessing some were having problems with Halo? Anyway it was fixed the following morning.
JayK47
Member
Gaming these days. Never had these issues with Nintendo cartridges. Games now phone home, need to be online at all times, and if any any moment the internet is down or a server has an issue, you have to wait it out. Not to mention the updates that can take a major cut out of gaming time. So much fun.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
The cut scenes and the voice acting..... Awesome stuff
You know, I'm honestly not a big fan of games doing 'single camera takes' for everything, didn't like it much in God of War or Phantom Pain either.
It just takes something away from traditional cut-scene editing IMO.
imsosleepy
Member
Just finished it, been a while since I finished a single player campaign game! Great ride it was. At some point the endless indoor section that were all the same felt really boring but overal I loved it. Wish there were more banshees in the open world map.. For me I only found them in 1 corner of the map. But dam the grapple hook made the game soo much fun! Barely needed vehicles as flying like spiderman true the trees is hell a fun. And so many options to fight opponents.
Did miss some epic big battles but had a blast
Did miss some epic big battles but had a blast
the_master
Member
No need.
I did my second playthrough on heroic again. Did get many cores, some fobs and other optionals. Still beat the game in 6h 30 mins
Havoc2049
Member
To late, already did it.
I did it in one evening and like you, took over some FOBs, got some cores and maxed out my grapple hook.
BlackProdigy
Member
Great game but that ending was rushed, man.
I have been playing the game on PC and the first 2 missions were great, Classic Halo. However once I got to the open world...
FPS went to hell. I should not be having such an abysmal performance in an xbox one game. Between 14 and 20 FPS... my PC is not modern by any means but it runs games on par with an Xbox One X. I think it should be running the game at 1440p or 1800p dynamic 30 FPS. Here its running it at 17 FPS at 1080p medium settings... even worse than a base xbox one.
I think, that just the first 2 missions were optimized on the PC version of the game. I'll uninstall and play it once/if fixed.
FPS went to hell. I should not be having such an abysmal performance in an xbox one game. Between 14 and 20 FPS... my PC is not modern by any means but it runs games on par with an Xbox One X. I think it should be running the game at 1440p or 1800p dynamic 30 FPS. Here its running it at 17 FPS at 1080p medium settings... even worse than a base xbox one.
I think, that just the first 2 missions were optimized on the PC version of the game. I'll uninstall and play it once/if fixed.
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Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
That's wild. I love stuff like this. Hoping 343 really delivers on content updates for SP.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Has anyone here used that Scorpion Gun thing in Legendary difficulty ?
Are you able to keep that weapon through out the campaign ? Yes I know it's kind of 'cheating' but that's about the only way I'm interested in playing this in Legendary lol
Are you able to keep that weapon through out the campaign ? Yes I know it's kind of 'cheating' but that's about the only way I'm interested in playing this in Legendary lol