- GoofiestChief
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Sorry if you've heard this all before but this is just my opinion and I wanted to express it.
I remember a time when military shooters weren't EVERYWHERE.
No battlefield, medal of honor, or COD(I did like some of those games though). I liked that Halo was so diverse.
Bf and cod are great but they have no soul or emotion to them IMO. No matter what you did in them, you always knew you were playing a military shooter. In halo, you'd forget there was even a Loire behind it. I liked odst and reach and even halo wars but it seems like halo hasn't had its true glory days since halo 3. Odst comes out and gets swept by mw2. Reach comes out and gets beat by Cod BO. It's not really a rivalry anymore.
In my honest opinion, Halo Reach was sort of a disappointment. When I say that; I don't mean it was trash(I actually liked it more than cod and bf and I still play it) but it wasn't as social as halo 3 or 2. What I liked about forge in halo 3 was it worked on every map. You had forge maps like foundry, standoff, sandtrap, avalanche, rats nest, and of course sandbox.I even made maps on snowbound. It was flexible.Remember how all halo fans came back to halo 2 to see it off? I just can't see anybody doing something like that for Reach.
As incredible as Forge world is, it's only so long before you get tired of the same old forerunner canvas. Not only is Forge world the only forge map, it's the only map that you can use forge AT ALL. Wouldn't it be awesome if you could make your own spire towers? Or your own zero gravity areas? I would've preferred a large amount of diverse lesser forge maps like halo 3 rather than one HUGE forge map.
Speaking of maps, the reach maps weren't that memorable to me. Even the remakes. Reflection doesn't feel like Ivory tower to me. Not to mention that every single map except for dlc,countdown and forge world is just a scene taken picture perfect from the campaign. That's not bad but do we really need EVERY SINGLE map to be from SP? Why not just make the map have the same theme from the SP. Like how ghost town was similar to the level sierra 117? Or how rats nest is like crows nest? Even the firefight maps are exactly the same. Come on Bungie. After seeing what you've made before, why do you have problems with new ideas now?
Everybody likes remade maps but why did we like those maps in the first place? Cause they were new and cool. I loved new maps in halo 3 like narrows and construct and Valhalla and high ground and I'm glad that one of the maps in halo 4 kind of reminds me of narrows.
I'm also not a big fan of prequels and spinoffs that are released AFTER the main series is done. When I beat Reach and Odst, I was depressed cause I believed there was nothing left to do. I feel like I should be excited about what happens next but then I remember that I already know what happens next.
I also liked the med pack system in halo 1 but I never felt it worked well in MP. I didn't like that they made the spartans so much weaker and more realistic in Reach. Stop trying to turn halo realistic bungie. That's not halo. Halo is unrealistic crazy, stupid, fun. Needing med packs, fall damage, vehicles having health bars( dmr > tank?). So you can see why I'm excited about halo 4.
I don't believe halo is being milked. Some say it's being milked cause we have a halo game every year but let's take a look back at those games.
ODST= expansion pack for halo with about a 2 yr development time
Halo wars= Started development in late 2006 and came out early 09(2.5 yr)
Reach= 3 yr
Halo anniversary= $40 remake of a already existing game(probably 1 yr)
There's a difference between a game coming out every year and being made every year. Looking at you COD. It's coincidence with halo.
There's 7 halo games(plus expansions and it's had no handhelds) out now and 3 more expected(with each one probably having a close to 3 yr development time span since that's how it's usually done with major halo games)
There's 14 gta games plus expansions out now and growing
There's 16 bf games plus expansions out now
There's 16 resident evil games if you count spinoffs out now(plus movies)
There's a whopping over 200 final fantasy games if you count Japanese only ones
18 zelda games plus expansions and remakes
Around 14 cod(plus handhelds games and counting
9 assassins creed games which includes handhelds and this series isn't even that old(started in 07)
I realize many of these are really old series(zelda) but most of them aren't that old(assassins, resident evil,bf,cod,gta).
You can look up these lists on wikipedia not to mention that I've played a lot of these games.
Many would say some of these series aren't being milked(I'm one of them) but then explain how halo is being milked then. It doesn't have a lot of games in its series and most of them had long development times anyway.
At first, like most big halo fans should be, I was worried about halo not being made by bungie anymore. Then I saw what they did. Instead of arguing between br vs dmr, halo 4 will have both including the ar. There also bringing back the cov carbine(although I hope it also has a needle rife too).
It seems like 343 really did listen.
Jump in jump out matchmaking(sick of quitters)
Everyone can sprint now
I preferred the br over dmr but that's me.
New enemy faction.
A spartan ops(think mw3 spec ops but better). I was getting bored of horde modes anyway. Plus it will have new levels and new story cut scenes to it every week FOR FREE.
IMO I hated med kits(anyone else mad at noobs getting back health just cause it spawned at that EXACT moment?) so I'm happy they're all gone.
It feels like 343 is bringing halo back. Since the modern warfare series is over and since Treyarchs games are thought of as cods lesser ones by many(don't know why though cause I liked BO story), I think halo can return to it's glory days of halo 3(glory days meaning it can be the most play online game and the best selling game ever without being milked with a new game every year). Also adding a 4 to halo means more than an "odst" or "reach".
This is my opinion. Like it or hate it. I'm just happy the masterchief is back(not the rookie or noble 6 but the one and only MC) Now if you excuse I'm gonna get ready to watch the NFL draft(hey a halo fan can be a football fan too).