Why Bungie, why would you do this?! - Halo Community
Posted by: Fortunate Son
Posted by: MrR46
Posted by: Fortunate Son
Reach, especially with bloom and sprint, moved Halo to more of a strategy game at a competitive level. This switch, while foreign to most long-time players, actually adds to the skill gap.
Thanks for the laugh.
At least you see Halo 3 for the terrible competitive game it was though.
Bloom and sprint take away from the individual skill gap but increase the mechanical skill gap for a team because of limitations on individual ability.
I'm not disagreeing that it takes away from the skill gap as an FPS, but it does add to it as a strategy game.
You make a fine argument, but all bloom did was make the game inconsistent as -blam!- and sprint is used frequently to either get away from the enemy and lead to slower gameplay, or so swords could destroy anyone with anything less than a shotgun.
Posted by: ODSTxreconUNIT
I won't give you an essay but I can give you 5 reasons
1. Campaign
- one of the most heart breaking battles of the human covenant war
- You can feel emotion in the characters
- In the end it wasn't the best Halo campaign, but still a great campaign
2. Multiplayer
- The most up-to-date Halo multiplayer, the best it has been
- Though custom games fell short, but may be cause of the better online gaming
3. Customization
- You imagine what your hero looks like, very unique in this type of FPS
4. Expansion
- I think what made Reach a superior Halo game was how Bungie tried new things, such as armor abilities and new gametypes
5. Extras (the little things)
- Challenges give you some motive to play for the credits
- Easter Eggs are hilarious and fun to find
- Forge is fun and easier to use
>>> This is all opinion, since you don't like Reach by the looks of it you probably would disagree in some of my reasoning.
1. No. The only thing heartbreaking was Carter killing the Scarab when I blatantly wanted to fight it.
-Hardly.
-Meh.
2.Multiplayer was the worst of all. Bloom made everything inconsistent, there were so many cheap strategies and cons with AA's, awful maps, and a matchmaking system that makes me want to cut my wrists.
3. Thats just a small, insignificant part of the game though.
4. Please, you mean new things that were poorly balanced and broke the game. Well aware of those...expansions.
5. -True.
- They run out quick.
-Forge was utter crap in anything other than Forge World or the anniversary maps. Forge world maps got old quick, like 5 months after release. A forgivable mistake at least, hopefully H4 will have skins for forge pieces.
[Edited on 07.30.2012 1:02 PM PDT]