| Michael-5 said: Halo Wars was an awesome title, but they should have co-released a PC version. For anyone half interested in the underlying story in Reach, Halo Wars was an essential game ODST was whoring the franchise a little, but technically it cut Halo 3 sales as it has Halo 3 multiplayer with all map packs. So that could help Reach in the end. You are right about hardcore fans not hyping the game, it's probably because the core gameplay mechanics are not very different from prior Halo's. Okay a few new weapons, abilities and multiplayer firefight matchmaking. Big deal, it's been 3 years, I think people expected more. Having 1/3rd the maps old map remakes doesn't help much either, and if the Noble Map pack were part of the original package, it would have helped sales and reviews. as for your * comments, I only agree with Armor Lock. It's really annoying, and "Classic Halo" is cool too. Betryal Botting has always been a part of Halo, so I dunno what your talking about. I hate when losers just decide to stop playing, and do stupid things. Arena is really fun when you play seriously, I think most clan gamers appreciate it. Ranking I think is really well done in Halo 3, and daily challenges really encourage me to play longer and more frequently. CoD BO is a beast and a half though, Bungie really let Halo down when they left. |
Yeah but it just doesn't work in Reach, they need to offer a Harcore playlist for those that want it. There is a reason why so few games have friendly fire, too many douche bags. It was never this bad in Halo 3.
As soon as I grab the sniper or any weapon/vehicle that someone else wanted, you can bet that some stupid ass is going to start taking pop shots at me so that I get killed and they can grab it. If you grab the Scorpion Tank, there's like a 50/50 chance that some asshole will stand in front of your cannon so that you kill them and they can boot you.
I can't count how many times I have destroyed the other team with 30 k/d because they blew up their own tank from the in-fighting and were completely defenseless against my Tank.
I'm sure Halo Wars was a good game, but it really damaged the brand recognition. People seem to think that if it isn't Halo 4, is must be some spinoff.
I disagree about Halo Reach not changing in core gameplay, I think they changed it too much. Adding health, slowing down the gameplay, removing dual-wielding, removing the much loved Battle Rifle, adding a visual indicator for the weapon spread (Bloom), many people didn't like what the game turned into so they stopped playing.
Meanwhile COD is the same shit year after year, and people flock to it every time.
