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Posted by: DarkRathamantis
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1. real victories were won on the ground, Covenant only won the planet b.c they backed out and glassed it.
2. Chief fought a Brute hand to hand. Saying as hitting it with the butt of a gun would amplify the damage of the ODST, which has an exoskeleton in his suit anyways.
3. Legendary difficulty is the real thing, how it is all suppose to happen. When we get the game, try punching a brute on Legendary and walk away...


I am going to re write what I have written for like ten times.

I just want to know from what source did you get the knowledge that "Covenant only won the planet b.c they backed out and glassed it." That is completely untrue. Fifteen covenant vessels and two capital ships managed to destroy three orbital stations (the strongest military equipment the Navy has), and several UNSC ships (please on the level Cairo Station stand in one of the windows after the encounter with the Covenant to look at all the ships dying). On Harvest it was established that three UNSC ships could match only one Covenant ship. Dr Halsey and many other characters (including John and Mendez) repeatedly let the reader know how mighty the Covenant where. Also the process of glacing a Planet can only be begun after the battle had been won. It is now something that takes seconds. Its a long and time consuming action that would be impossible to perform in the heat of battle.


Well if you have read Contact Harvest, SSgt Byrne and Johnoson were giving the brutes a run for their money. But then the brutes started herding the civilians up b.c they were glassing their homes...what is Halo: Uprising?

  • 06.05.2009 1:25 PM PDT

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About the ODST's taking out the covenant platoon... We would of won the ground war. But we loose the space battles above the planet, They in return glass our planet, killing EVERYTHING on it.

  • 06.05.2009 1:28 PM PDT

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Posted by: DarkRathamantis
DeathBringer669:
Yea, what's with the unrealistic qualities in this game? I think my games that take place in a fictional time period with aliens and robots that control entire cities should be 100% realistic.


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The gameplay should fit the lore. The lore says only SPARTANS can have the strenght to do such thing.

Dont get me wrong, I put balance over lore anytime, but they should at least try.
Tell me, have you heard of the quote button?

  • 06.05.2009 1:39 PM PDT

How to spell "space"?

S-P-ACE! SPACE!

Why did they lose so many colonies? Have you heard of "Marines"? They suck that bad.

Player-controlled ODSTs are way better.

  • 06.05.2009 1:41 PM PDT

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Thank god I haven't read the books.
Thank god something is not explained through the books.

This is exactly what I was worried about. Nothing can be done in Star Wars without someone being against it because of some story anymore either. In the end everything is a fact and there's no new stuff to be made.

  • 06.05.2009 1:44 PM PDT

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I agree about the Brutes.

I disagree about the four man platoon. It's Firefight. It isn't realistic. I has no relevance to the Halo storyline. Would you prefer to face against two of three enemies before the game said:

Congratulations, you've won Firefight!

Just for the sake of integrity?

  • 06.05.2009 2:07 PM PDT
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Posted by: King Beserk
everyone whos ever played H1 would agree that its melee system was a screwed peice of crap.. making ODST like that would be like telling a random person to fight of a gorilla with a stick

I disagree, it was fine.
Don't care about the melee, long as i can punch people in the face.
Its a game people, dont get to upset :]

  • 06.05.2009 2:16 PM PDT

I don't think ODSTs should have as strong of a melee as spartans do. Their suit does not grant them the same damage bonus that Master Chiefs does. Besides that, MC is just stronger of a person.

  • 06.05.2009 2:18 PM PDT

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Posted by: BBrulz82
He didn't kill the Brute with a melee. He punched it and then shot it in the face

He didn't do that either. He shot, grenaded, reloaded, and shot again.

  • 06.05.2009 2:20 PM PDT

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1. If I watched the same video as you, the brute was not even phassed by the melee.
2. He shot the brute in the face. (And for those of you making connections between brutes and gorillas here's a thought. If a gorilla was punched in the face by a specialist marine and then shot. I think it's going to die.
3. You are the best of the best. Any better and you would have Mark IV armor.
4. If you don't find campaign hard enough, there is a reason Bungie created skulls.
5. Firefight is just a game mode. Not actually storyline.

[Edited on 06.05.2009 2:42 PM PDT]

  • 06.05.2009 2:40 PM PDT
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Really, i swear it's exactly the same as Halo 3, you just have stamina. These facts about being weaker are fake.

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  • 06.05.2009 2:43 PM PDT
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Bare in Mind Halo 3: ODST is created by Bungie, and Halo: Fall of Reach was written by Eric Nylund so there both bound to be different, but yeah it depends what difficulty and if that happens on Legendary then yes that is ridiculous.

  • 06.05.2009 2:46 PM PDT

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yes but still in the gamer if it were EXACTLY like the book it would be about 3 plasma rifle shots and there dead

in the fall of reach,SPOILERS IF U HAVENT READ THIS PART:

linda got shot with 5 plasma shots and died

  • 06.05.2009 2:49 PM PDT
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Posted by: the_dark_leader
yes but still in the gamer if it were EXACTLY like the book it would be about 3 plasma rifle shots and there dead

in the fall of reach,SPOILERS IF U HAVENT READ THIS PART:

linda got shot with 5 plasma shots and died

And what is wrong with a game like that? That is how tactical shooters have been doing it for years and those games are great! This was Bungie's chance to make something drastically different than Halo 1-3 and they didn't. They look to have made Halo 1 again. Same health system (weak shield (aka stamina) + health bar), slower chief, less jump, etc.

I'm just asking why bungie didn't branch out and make something different. They had a great opportunity to make a game that mixed the best elements of more tactical shooters (Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, etc) with the Halo lore and feel. I love those games, and being able to get a little of that in halo would have been a huge step towards diversifying the game scene. This is disappointing.

I think ODST will be a fantastic game, but it looks like the same stuff I've been playing since Halo: CE. I wanted something different. I'm let down.

And really, stop saying gameplay first, you can make a game fun without having to use the same mechanics as Halo 3 melee. I mean really. You act like changing the melee will make the game unfun, you really think you can't ballance a combat system around a weaker melee? You have to be nuts. I mean just off the top of my head, make the melee incredible weak, give me a combat knife and make it stronger at the cost of not being able to have my gun out. That seems cool.

  • 06.05.2009 3:05 PM PDT

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Yea, this is pretty much what I said in that other thread about this:

Since Bungie set up the demo just for E3, (I'm assuming) they could have made themselves stronger in the game, and it could be different in the full game, like you couldn't take as many hits as in the demo. And plus, that was only on normal, if you want it to be more realistic, just play on legendary. :) Also, I'm sure there are ways of being stealthy in this game, and avoiding patrols, since, why else would they give us silenced guns, and nightvision? Plus, Bungie has said that there are a lot of stealthy elements in the game, so I'm sure there are parts in the game where you can go all Splinter Cell on their asses.

  • 06.05.2009 3:06 PM PDT

We'll know for the first time, if were evil or divine, were the last in line.

I find it funny that the name of this Topic is "One thing I dislike"

  • 06.05.2009 3:09 PM PDT
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He hit him twice though.........

  • 06.05.2009 3:17 PM PDT

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ODST is a video game. In video games, gameplay > realism. And your English is fine; plenty of native speakers are far worse at using the language.

  • 06.05.2009 3:19 PM PDT
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gameplay>realism remember that. If you'd be playing as ODST in "realistic" Halo game, a single ODST wouldn't survive long if alone. Actually, that time would be rather short.

  • 06.05.2009 3:34 PM PDT

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Bungie once said that there are 3 key elements to Halo:

*Weapons
*Grenades
*Melee

If you make the melee weaker, you take out a key element, thus making it unbalanced.

  • 06.05.2009 3:52 PM PDT
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Why does it matter?

It's just a game. Not everything needs to be super realistic. There's a 8ft genetically engineered super soldier in the game, for crying out loud!

  • 06.05.2009 4:03 PM PDT
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" Truth? You will Never know Truth!"

"My tears cannot cover the blood that has been spill."

"I lead my troops into battle. With strong morale and man power, we will overcome the invaders!"

REALISTIC

2 bolts of plasma to kill you Check
Brute rips your head open in close combat Check
You don't respawn Check
You die from 10 feet Check
Your bullets do No damage to shields Check
You die from the pod crash Check

Well thats what I can come up with. Not fun in my Opinion.

  • 06.05.2009 4:13 PM PDT

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I am finally reading English based literature (I am ecuadorian, so I mostly read Spanish based), and I am finding 1984 by Blair something out of this world. I have already read 30 out the 100 Time Best Novels, who'd though English would be so enjoyable?

I am sorry guys, but the comments posted in page 6 clearly never read all the discussion, they just read my first entry... I guess this is my fault I should edit that first entry.

  • 06.05.2009 5:20 PM PDT

Estefano Palacios, 20 years old.
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At the end you'll understand that the best drink to get drunk with is your own blood...

I am finally reading English based literature (I am ecuadorian, so I mostly read Spanish based), and I am finding 1984 by Blair something out of this world. I have already read 30 out the 100 Time Best Novels, who'd though English would be so enjoyable?

Posted by: Sinkina2
I find it funny that the name of this Topic is "One thing I dislike"


Well it is just one thing. I can but everything else, BUT an ODST been able to hit a Brute and make SOME damage.

  • 06.05.2009 5:34 PM PDT

Estefano Palacios, 20 years old.
Current Clan: FUERZA ECUATORIANA.

At the end you'll understand that the best drink to get drunk with is your own blood...

I am finally reading English based literature (I am ecuadorian, so I mostly read Spanish based), and I am finding 1984 by Blair something out of this world. I have already read 30 out the 100 Time Best Novels, who'd though English would be so enjoyable?

You got to love your eloquence.

Well those are my points exactly, and the_dark_leader SPOILERS Linda did not die in Halo: Fall of Reach. And one of those shots was actually a superheated plasma pistol.

  • 06.05.2009 5:37 PM PDT