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kinisking on 03 January 2015
generic-user-1 said:
Versus_Evil said:
Stopped reading at "It's a missed opportunity to go all out - to press the reset button not just on the rendering tech, but on the core gameplay". I'm done with DF.


well they dont lie for the fanboys, halos gamelay is meh at best. to slow, to simple mapdesign, a meh story with meh characters. nothing special... change we need...

Wow you have never seen halo 5. Too slow? Halo 5s game play is in the best I've ever played. 



Ltd predictions by the time 9th Gen comes out

Ps4:110million

Xbox one :75 million( was 65) 

Wii u: 20 milliion

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Mythmaker1 on 03 January 2015
kinisking said:
Mythmaker1 said:
Bass_salts said:
Why they do performance tests on betas is beyond me. That make no sense. They do not represent the final product and really only serve to provide more ammunition for fanboys. But hey, as long as they get clicks.

Because while a beta is usually a fair bit less polished than the final product, it lets them see what, if any, major graphical features are being introduced (Which, in this case, doesn't seem to be very much), among other things.

Other beta's haven't been a year from release 

On the other hand, if you were going to do something truly special with your graphics, that's probably something you'll have nailed down by this point.



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kinisking on 03 January 2015
Zekkyou said:
kinisking said:
A year from release. Wow. Does digital foundry usually do beta's?

If it's a major AAA title, they usually do an analysis as soon as its either playable, or proper footage is available. They did one for Uncharted 4 too, though skipped out on the frame-rate test (would have bee somewhat pointless on that occasion). They also did one for TW3 July of last year. It's nothing new :p

Did not know that. Makes sense 



Ltd predictions by the time 9th Gen comes out

Ps4:110million

Xbox one :75 million( was 65) 

Wii u: 20 milliion

Zekkyou on 03 January 2015
generic-user-1 said:
Versus_Evil said:
Stopped reading at "It's a missed opportunity to go all out - to press the reset button not just on the rendering tech, but on the core gameplay". I'm done with DF.


well they dont lie for the fanboys, halos gamelay is meh at best. to slow, to simple mapdesign, a meh story with meh characters. nothing special... change we need...

Halo's gameplay isn't "meh" at all. I agree with DF that the series really needs to introduce some major changes (though i think we're more likely to see those from the story than the MP; less risk of pissing old fans off :p), but the core experience is still incredibly enjoyable.



kinisking on 03 January 2015
Mythmaker1 said:
kinisking said:
Mythmaker1 said:
Bass_salts said:
Why they do performance tests on betas is beyond me. That make no sense. They do not represent the final product and really only serve to provide more ammunition for fanboys. But hey, as long as they get clicks.

Because while a beta is usually a fair bit less polished than the final product, it lets them see what, if any, major graphical features are being introduced (Which, in this case, doesn't seem to be very much), among other things.

Other beta's haven't been a year from release 

On the other hand, if you were going to do something truly special with your graphics, that's probably something you'll have nailed down by this point.

Not really. In many games isn't graphics the thing you can enhance later on? Pretty sure it's one of the last things that are necessary 



Ltd predictions by the time 9th Gen comes out

Ps4:110million

Xbox one :75 million( was 65) 

Wii u: 20 milliion

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Zekkyou on 03 January 2015
kinisking said:
Zekkyou said:

If it's a major AAA title, they usually do an analysis as soon as its either playable, or proper footage is available. They did one for Uncharted 4 too, though skipped out on the frame-rate test (would have bee somewhat pointless on that occasion). They also did one for TW3 July of last year. It's nothing new :p

Did not know that. Makes sense 

Yeah ^^ I can understand why some people find it annoying, DF can be a tad over zealous sometimes, but i like how they do things on the whole. It's especially nice to be able to properly compare different builds upon the games final release.



generic-user-1 on 03 January 2015
kinisking said:
generic-user-1 said:
Versus_Evil said:
Stopped reading at "It's a missed opportunity to go all out - to press the reset button not just on the rendering tech, but on the core gameplay". I'm done with DF.


well they dont lie for the fanboys, halos gamelay is meh at best. to slow, to simple mapdesign, a meh story with meh characters. nothing special... change we need...

Wow you have never seen halo 5. Too slow? Halo 5s game play is in the best I've ever played. 



its a arena shooter on Xanax. not fast, gameplay lacks action, weapons dont look futuristic enough for a space game...

Hynad on 03 January 2015
generic-user-1 said:
Versus_Evil said:
Stopped reading at "It's a missed opportunity to go all out - to press the reset button not just on the rendering tech, but on the core gameplay". I'm done with DF.


well they dont lie for the fanboys, halos gamelay is meh at best. to slow, to simple mapdesign, a meh story with meh characters. nothing special... change we need...

You never played Halo MP... The gameplay is quite fast paced. Especially in the Halo 5 beta... -__-



Mythmaker1 on 03 January 2015
Hynad said:
Mythmaker1 said:
Hynad said:
Gotta love the reactions here. :D

...all two of them...?


Indeed!  And the ones that are sure to come after! :D

A little predictable, but still a delight. Betas may not give the full picture, sure, the game could and will be improved until it's released. But to act as if this beta doesn't give an idea of what we should expect from the final product is ludiicrous and naive. The game won't be optimized to the point that it runs at twice the resolution it runs right now and locked at 60fps, for example. But, what do I know. I'm not XBox biased, so maybe there's something I don't know. xD

Just struck me as a bit silly to call out "the reactions here" when there were only two there at the time.



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generic-user-1 on 03 January 2015
Hynad said:
generic-user-1 said:
Versus_Evil said:
Stopped reading at "It's a missed opportunity to go all out - to press the reset button not just on the rendering tech, but on the core gameplay". I'm done with DF.


well they dont lie for the fanboys, halos gamelay is meh at best. to slow, to simple mapdesign, a meh story with meh characters. nothing special... change we need...

You never played Halo MP... The gameplay is quite fast paced. Especially in the Halo 5 beta... -__-



i played halo mp, all of them, but i played good fs for years, and aginst tribes, quake and ut, halo is just a meh game, to slow, to boring gamemodes, to lame weapons..