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Lostplanet22 on 13 April 2012

Not that bad, never really enjoyed the flood (worst annoying enemies ever :s)



 

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Nsanity on 13 April 2012
Barozi said:
Keep this thread about Halo ONLY !
That's a warning.





Mistershine on 13 April 2012

I thought the flood were wiped out in 3? I never expected them to be in 4 anyway.



yo_john117 on 13 April 2012
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:


"Maps in the campaign are designed to provide a more cinematic experience, while those in multiplayer will be geared for competitive play."

Wow, they even had to confirm that?


"The Halo multiplayer experience will remain 'intact' and will be immediately available to players."

If they by "intact" meant that it will still feature all Halo Reach elements, then fuck. I have said it before; a playlist without any armor abilities would be great.


"Halo 4 will see the return of old characters and the introduction of "very interesting" new ones."

Hmm... Keeping the ending of Halo 3 in mind, there can't be too many old characters. Master Chief and Cortana are given, then there's Lord Hood, The Arbiter and the Ops Leader... I can think of anyone else.


"Health has been changed in Halo 4. There are no more health pickups."

I'll miss them, but that's probably just my nostalgia talking. =)


"Covenant will return in multiplayer, but in a completely different form."

Interesting. It would be sweet with massive maps where there's humans vs Covenant and where the Covenant team features different species.


"The BR is a three-shot burst weapon, with hitscan. It also has bloom (recoil) that causes it to rise slightly when fired."

Godammit.

"Assassinations will return in Halo 4, but they will be tweaked."

Hopefully they'll be faster. The ones in Reach where very slow and made both you and your victim an easy target...



As you can see, I have mixed feelings so far. Having an epic campaign story could easily make up for all downsides though.

Are you trying to say you don't want the BR to be back? o_0



Millenium on 13 April 2012

Can't say I'm suprised about this (Even though we've gone two games without the flood now)

They were never as good a enemy species as the Covenant, sure they had canon, but in gameplay they just didn't compare.

Plus, it's a mofo Forerunner Dyson Sphere, how the hell would they get on there anyway? :)



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toadslayer72 on 13 April 2012
Millenium said:
Can't say I'm suprised about this (Even though we've gone two games without the flood now)

They were never as good a enemy species as the Covenant, sure they had canon, but in gameplay they just didn't compare.

Plus, it's a mofo Forerunner Dyson Sphere, how the hell would they get on there anyway? :)


I do agree that the covenant are a better enemy but I think the flood filled the annoying enemy niche nicely (kinda like the drones). Remember the Cortana level on Halo 3? PLaying that solo on Legendary sucked.  



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Millenium on 13 April 2012
toadslayer72 said:
Millenium said:
Can't say I'm suprised about this (Even though we've gone two games without the flood now)

They were never as good a enemy species as the Covenant, sure they had canon, but in gameplay they just didn't compare.

Plus, it's a mofo Forerunner Dyson Sphere, how the hell would they get on there anyway? :)


I do agree that the covenant are a better enemy but I think the flood filled the annoying enemy niche nicely (kinda like the drones). Remember the Cortana level on Halo 3? PLaying that solo on Legendary sucked.



Oh hell, that level... I cringed so hard during that on Legendary! They're quite the bastards in Halo: Wars as well.

But yeah, they do fill the role nicely I suppose.



SecondWar on 13 April 2012

Return of the Halo hype, after Reach and Bungie's goodbye didn't think I would feel it again.



IIIIITHE1IIIII on 13 April 2012
yo_john117 said:
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:


"The BR is a three-shot burst weapon, with hitscan. It also has bloom (recoil) that causes it to rise slightly when fired."

Godammit.

Are you trying to say you don't want the BR to be back? o_0

No, no... I just hate the bloom addition ;)



Millenium on 13 April 2012
trasharmdsister12 said:
I owe the greatness of ODST's campaign (IMO) partly thanks to the lack of Flood. I really only liked the flood in Halo 1, though I did like how they transformed into various forms in Halo 3.

Any word on whether the Covenant will be English speaking or not? I hope not but considering this is happening after Halo 3 (not before Halo 1 like Reach), I'm expecting English.



Finally someone else who thought ODST's campaign was great!

As for the Covenant language, depends on the inclusion of characters I'd assume, if Arbiter etc are in there I'd expect English, I'd prefer not to (Like Reach) though.