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Subject: What if Halo 4 had a beta?

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Posted by: Effective Strafe
You guys say Halo 2 was the best evar, even though when it was a pre patch game, it was terrible...

But a beta would have been nice


Pre-patch H2 wasn't terrible, it just wasn't balanced. The BR spread was crazy massive and the Magnum was an utter menace.

On the other hand, for me anyway, pre-patch H4 is terrible.

  • 12.12.2012 8:24 PM PDT
Subject: What if Halo 4 had a public beta?

A beta wouldn't have done much. The fundamental problem with Halo 4 is it's ranking system. No skill involved, no rewards for hard work, and lasting feeling of 'that was fun'. It's just another run-n-gun game. They need to bring Halo back to the style of Halo 2 and 3. People loved them for a reason, and people hate this game for a reason.

But that won't happen. I doubt they'll ever understand the issue with Halo 4, and Halo will probably die a miserable death, once demand for it ceases completely.

I am however, interested in Destiny. I really hope Bungie took te complaints of Reach to heart and make a fantastic re-playable game that lasts years, like the first three Halos.

  • 12.12.2012 8:25 PM PDT

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The whole first month of issues wouldn't have happened.

  • 12.12.2012 8:29 PM PDT

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A beta would have made a massive difference. 343 would have found out about their horrid UI design and weird pre-game lobby rules (in parties particularly), how weapon despawn times are too short and how maps need fixed weapon spawns. 343 would have found out how JIP needed tweaking immediately and how instant respawn really makes games lifeless and meaningless. Perhaps even custom game options would have been revised and tweaked and improved. Forge maybe? Who knows maybe we would have got Assault, Infection and classic CTF as a result.

There are so many benefits a beta would have added to the finished product but it mostly comes down to polish. A beta would have given 343 enough info to add a proper layer of polish to the final product and iron out all these annoying inexcusable bugs.

Skipping the beta meant 343 could make their christmas deadline, at the cost of the consistency and overall quality of their game. H4 is a Halo game, but its markedly less impressive than the rest.

87. Says it all really.

  • 12.12.2012 8:31 PM PDT

If I ever get AIDS, I'm going to sleep with another AIDS person so my AIDS cancel each other out, or I'm going to make the AIDS I already have worse.

There's a Halo 4 public beta going on right now.

  • 12.12.2012 8:39 PM PDT

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