Off Topic: The Flood
This topic has moved here: Subject: Halo 4 on Legendary is unnecessarily difficult.
  • Subject: Halo 4 on Legendary is unnecessarily difficult.
Subject: Halo 4 on Legendary is unnecessarily difficult.

I just finished playing Halo 4 on solo legendary. I thought it felt just right. 343 hit the campaign right on the nail. I liked it a lot.

  • 11.27.2012 11:59 AM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:


Posted by: uncle w0p
I just finished playing Halo 4 on solo legendary. I thought it felt just right. 343 hit the campaign right on the nail. I liked it a lot.

I like it and all, it's just tough.

  • 11.27.2012 12:03 PM PDT

XBL GT: xxMayDay31xx
PSN ID: xxMayDay31xx
32/M/Alabama
That's right. I just dropped some AOL IM protocol.


Posted by: Heart of Stone
It prepared me for multiplayer, that's for true, however it's unnecessarily difficult. It takes too many rounds to drop the shields of a Promethean Knight, and checkpoints are not very convenient. I've completed 6 missions on Legendary, but died 160 times. What do you think about it?


You just have to learn to fight differently. The knights take a lot of shots if you just spam them, but once you're forced to fight differently you'll learn to take head shots, circle strafe for assassinations, rush and scattershot, etc.
I wasted a lot of bullets at first.

  • 11.27.2012 12:07 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

Destinypedia - The Wiki for Bungie's Destiny
Posted by: DEATHPIMP72
Anyone but Foman. He smells like cheese.


Posted by: EvilTaffyapple

Posted by: Heart of Stone

Posted by: EvilTaffyapple
It's called Artificial Difficulty OP - there aren't that many games without it nowadays.

Explain.


The term Arificial Difficulty is used when a game becomes less about about player skill and more about raising the bar of enemy AI, such as health or shielding.

In practice, you are playing the game exactly as you were on the lower difficulties, but the enemy has now got X more health and X more shields.

Not difficult, just 'more of the same'. Whereas, say, a platformer might have a difficult series of jumps to navigate (see Super Meat Boy), nowadays games just throw more enemies, or tougher enemies at the player, which objectively isn't that difficult to overcome, but the odds have been raised.

(Sorry for any mistakes - bus i'm on is shaking like crazy...)
You're 100% right, and it's a disturbing trend in gaming. Fortunately, I think the Halo games, including Halo 4, have avoided this well. Enemies actually behave differently at higher levels.

  • 11.27.2012 12:10 PM PDT

-Avatar-

I work for the Department of Defense.


Posted by: Squiggy

Posted by: Darkm0d

Posted by: burritosenior
If you haven't noticed, I'm rambling. But that's OK. I'm bored and I found it amusing to try and explain.


Haha, classy. Another one that go's without saying is triple B.

It's not like I can ever see a big black bear ever again in my life and not think of him. If I ever get mauled to death by one, I expect him at my funeral.
And you'll never remember me, because I'm not a real thing.


Yeah, while I do remember certain usernames on here, some don't apply to reality. I don't feel anyone has anything to remember darkm0d for.

  • 11.27.2012 12:14 PM PDT


Posted by: BSS Lazer
Died 160 times... I don't think it's that the game is hard being the source of your problem.

  • 11.27.2012 12:14 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:


Posted by: jgman676

Posted by: BSS Lazer
Died 160 times... I don't think it's that the game is hard being the source of your problem.

How many times did you die?

  • 11.27.2012 1:25 PM PDT

On a related note, ******'s mom has really nice boobs, and it doesn't take much booze or encouragement to get her to let the puppies out of the pen...if you know what I mean...

First game I've ever completed on the hardest difficulty, so I can't say much about comparisons.

I can, however, say that it was a blast and I love showing off my armor from it.

  • 11.27.2012 1:27 PM PDT

+1 for you good sir.

I think it's funny when people say Halo 4 is too difficult. It's not hard at all.

  • 11.27.2012 1:28 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:


Posted by: Adamal123
I think it's funny when people say Halo 4 is too difficult. It's not hard at all.

Completely subjective.

  • 11.27.2012 1:29 PM PDT

Proud member of the Herd

I think you just really suck at halo.

  • 11.27.2012 1:31 PM PDT
  •  | 
  • Exalted Legendary Member

Without The Flood, I wouldn't know what an opinion is.

Posted by: Heart of Stone
Posted by: Adamal123
I think it's funny when people say Halo 4 is too difficult. It's not hard at all.

Completely subjective.
I laughed.

  • 11.27.2012 1:39 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:


Posted by: Swine of War464
I think you just really suck at halo.

Sorry that I don't play video games all my life like you.

  • 11.27.2012 1:39 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:


Posted by: BLZL
Posted by: Heart of Stone
Posted by: Adamal123
I think it's funny when people say Halo 4 is too difficult. It's not hard at all.

Completely subjective.
I laughed.

It's a fact.

  • 11.27.2012 1:47 PM PDT

I'm not convinced.
It was difficult enough to be a challenge but not so difficult that I got really pissed off.

  • 11.27.2012 1:49 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

It was easy as hell. Maybe playing WaW on veteran made everything else seem easy in comparison though.

  • 11.27.2012 1:52 PM PDT
  •  | 
  • Fabled Legendary Member

Some things in this World you just can't explain; but that doesn't mean they are any less true, just that you have to chose to believe in them.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
One, two, Pinkie's... Coming for you...
Three, four... You will breath no more...
Five, six... Gotta add it to the mix...
Seven, eight... Gonna bake cupcakes...
Nine, ten... You're my very best friend...


Posted by: Heart of Stone

Posted by: jgman676

Posted by: BSS Lazer
Died 160 times... I don't think it's that the game is hard being the source of your problem.

How many times did you die?


91 times in total.

That's with about 4-6 playthroughs with Online coup and Offline Coup, the first two was me actually trying to play through.

I guess trying to glitch out of maps/committing suicide out of boredom from waitng didn't help though.

  • 11.27.2012 1:55 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:


Posted by: MattallicA09lol
I'm not convinced.
It was difficult enough to be a challenge but not so difficult that I got really pissed off.

I'm not pissed. It's a little trivial to be pissed.

  • 11.27.2012 1:56 PM PDT

Please don't hype for games...
They'll just fall short of your expectations and you'll complain for months.

It was a bit easy, imo. I felt even Reach's campaign was more difficult..

  • 11.27.2012 1:59 PM PDT

)Gifted Monkey(


Posted by: xXI GameGod IXx
It was easy as hell. Maybe playing WaW on veteran made everything else seem easy in comparison though.

Don't ever bring up WaW on veteran... that sucked. Grenades. They were EVERYWHERE!! :'(

  • 11.27.2012 2:12 PM PDT

-bow chicka brown cow-

You kidding me? I beat legendary in 6 hours.

  • 11.27.2012 2:14 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

You haven't played Halo 2 have you?

  • 11.27.2012 2:16 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

I don't like to admit, but I died 220 times in my legendary playthrough. The elites and grunts are easy, but I never figured how to quickly drop a knight's shields.

  • 11.27.2012 2:16 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

Hey, uh, if you like vs threads, then check out this little group right here, if you have the time. It's pretty fun, just hop right in.

What were you expecting? It's the highest difficulty for a reason.

  • 11.27.2012 2:17 PM PDT

"We knew the world would not be the same.
A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent.
I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita.
Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says,
'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds...'
I suppose we all thought that one way or another."
- J. Robert Oppenheimer

Honestly it wasn't that bad. I died a lot, sure, but it's called Legendary for a reason.

  • 11.27.2012 2:17 PM PDT