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Subject: Halo 4 population under 100k: The death of Halo?
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Posted by: Isai16
Other than the title, the game isn't Halo.


Every time I see these words, a baby seal dies somewhere in the world.

  • 12.13.2012 4:28 AM PDT
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Posted by: spartain ken 15
If 343i would *have made Halo like Halo 2/3 and not like cod in space more people would enjoy it.


Fixed.

  • 12.13.2012 4:29 AM PDT
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Wow it declined fast on the last day.....

  • 12.13.2012 4:33 AM PDT


Posted by: spartain ken 15
If 343i would of made Halo like Halo 2/3 and not like cod in space more people would enjoy it.

If people want to play cod, they will play cod. People want a unique experience that is fun.

Halo 4 isn't really that fun and it is super buggy.

I hope 343i listens to their fans this time and makes Halo 5 a great game or they will just kill their brand.


The game plays nothing like CoD. It's core functionality is Halo's traditional strafe gameplay, that now has branching elements like CoD. But no engagement has yet been defined by the weapons or equipment a guy has brought in; even the DMR is no longer being seen as necessarily the god weapon people initially thought it was.

The only exception to that would be the Boltshot, which does meed to be nerfed. Otherwise, a game is still defined by who can outplay the other, not who can see the target first like CoD.

A strafe shooter vs. a military shooter. They're somewhow the same?

[Edited on 12.13.2012 4:37 AM PST]

  • 12.13.2012 4:34 AM 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.


Posted by: ROBERTO jh

Posted by: spartain ken 15
If 343i would of made Halo like Halo 2/3 and not like cod in space more people would enjoy it.

If people want to play cod, they will play cod. People want a unique experience that is fun.

Halo 4 isn't really that fun and it is super buggy.

I hope 343i listens to their fans this time and makes Halo 5 a great game or they will just kill their brand.


The game plays nothing like CoD.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • 12.13.2012 4:35 AM PDT

how about we just wait for official numbers, oh wait that makes to much.

  • 12.13.2012 4:39 AM PDT


Posted by: omg a bannana

Posted by: ROBERTO jh

Posted by: spartain ken 15
If 343i would of made Halo like Halo 2/3 and not like cod in space more people would enjoy it.

If people want to play cod, they will play cod. People want a unique experience that is fun.

Halo 4 isn't really that fun and it is super buggy.

I hope 343i listens to their fans this time and makes Halo 5 a great game or they will just kill their brand.


The game plays nothing like CoD.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


Then you have no god damn idea what you're talking about. Of course I doubt you'd have the capacity of will to actually read my post, and if you do read it you probably won't listen and stop to consider, so I don't know why I try.

I should reclarify though I'm not saying you have to like the game. But at least understand why you don't like it before making the conclusion that you don't like it. The game plays nothing like CoD at its core. It has CoD elements which you don't like, and I understand, but at its core, the strafe shooter Halo's always been, defined by the abilities of the player, nothing else, is still there. And even with all of CoD's elements in the game, that still doesn't hold a candle to the actual abilities of the player.

  • 12.13.2012 4:41 AM PDT

Wow, it's falling pretty fast.

  • 12.13.2012 4:42 AM PDT
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Called it.

  • 12.13.2012 4:43 AM PDT

I hate MLP. It is cancerous and pretty stupid to see men watching a show for girls. They can deny the truth but the truth shall prevail!

"I will not fail even if I must sacrifice my life." - Siegfried

>Says Halo 4 is under 100k
>It's not even at its peak for the day.

OP, you stupid.

  • 12.13.2012 4:49 AM PDT

I had plenty of fun playing yesterday.

If you don't like that, come to my house and try to take my copy.

  • 12.13.2012 4:49 AM PDT

I'm 23, I have a house, dog, girlfriend, job and I have no interest in any fanboyism so if you're thinking about sending me a childish PM, don't be surprised when I don't call back.

The majority of children are off playing COD and sports games.

I'm fine with that.

  • 12.13.2012 4:51 AM PDT

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Posted by: Altered Vista
http://halocharts.com/2012/chart/dailypeakpopulation/all

Well, I just want to go on a short rant. This game needs a TU. For one, killcams are wrong far too often to have any reason to keep them in game. Even worse, hit detection & lag is so bad you may get two hitmarkers and die to a sniper, only to see that in the killcam my shot didn't even go off. It's the kind of thing you expect in an Infinity Ward game, but not in Halo. According to speedtest.net I have 40 down and 30 up which is within average for middle class Americans so it's not my internet here. The game has more false hits/lag than Reach and even more than Halo 3 back in its prime (halo 3 has far more lag now due to low population and increased foreigners for all). I've had less issues with false hit detection in Black Ops 2 than Halo 4. That needs to be fixed.

I'm too tired to full on rant, but that's the major issue for me gameplay wise. Otherwise I love the gunplay and game physics. Some of the maps seem good and some seem bad, but I can't tell if it's only because of bad initial spawns and dynamic/ordinance spawning or if it actually a bad map in itself.

Other major halo 4 issues that need to be fixed*:
-The inability to search for a file with the tag system
-Spartan Ops is too repetitive, needs unique locations, and the missions seem to have little to no relation to the storyline cutscenes. Personally, I'd rather have ODST Firefight or REAL DLC Campaign than Spartan Ops in its current state
-Lack of customization options in Custom Games Settings
-The lack of precision when using LB/RB in Forge and barely increased budget, also lighting issues on 2 out of 3 of the forge environments
-Lack of a classic playlist/slayer pro is bad because of join in progress and dynamic spawning
-The terrible DLC achievements...seriously several of them are ridiculous and you almost have to boost them in a full party lobby in order to get them.

*from highest to lowest priority
I got the ODST achievement somehow.... I wasnt even on a grav lift, I just stuck someone before I died.

  • 12.13.2012 4:51 AM PDT

I <3 Halo:Reach - amazingly fun and best campaign + amazing Soundtrack
I <3 Halo 3:ODST - best soundtrack + Firefight + Coastal Highway and Mombassa Streets, amazingly unique campaign.
I <3 Halo 3 - best multiplayer levels + Forge + best Custom Games + soundtrack
I <3 Halo 2 - amazing huge fun campaign + soundtrack + Fun multiplayer
I <3 Halo: CE - started it all


Posted by: EChondo
If it's not broke, don't fix it.

They obviously don't know the golden rule. EA/Dice broke this rule and now look at BF3, Bioware broke this rule and now look at Mass Effect 3(well what happened).

Now look at Activision, keeping the same formula as usual and raking in millions of millions of dollars every year from the Call of Duty franchise.

Look how Bungie went off from the beaten path on Reach, it came and went and now look at 343i doing the same thing, now Halo 4 is just crap, but still feels like Halo, and needs a TU to be playable.


SO what you are saying is, Studios should never change anything at all, and release the same crap every year?

yeah, you can go ahead and gtfo.

  • 12.13.2012 4:58 AM PDT

Life?
I have the internet and Doctor Who; i don't need a life.


Posted by: DING DONG BANNU
Being totally fair, it is the slump weeks after release and Christmas isn't here yet, not to mention finals.

If the population is just as bad in February after the "OMG NOO GAME SHINY" feeling has worn off of the Christmas newcomers, then we can put this as a potential candidate for blunder of the century.
this.

  • 12.13.2012 4:59 AM PDT

I <3 Halo:Reach - amazingly fun and best campaign + amazing Soundtrack
I <3 Halo 3:ODST - best soundtrack + Firefight + Coastal Highway and Mombassa Streets, amazingly unique campaign.
I <3 Halo 3 - best multiplayer levels + Forge + best Custom Games + soundtrack
I <3 Halo 2 - amazing huge fun campaign + soundtrack + Fun multiplayer
I <3 Halo: CE - started it all

Also its 7:00 AM on the 13th, the day hasnt even started for most people.

  • 12.13.2012 5:00 AM PDT
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Boohoo, you got killed. It's not hit detection, it's you being bad. Accept that people are better than you and stop blaming 343.

  • 12.13.2012 5:10 AM PDT

Lol it has a lot of players. Just because it has less than 100,000 doesn't mean the game is dead. There are too many games out there to simply have a large population. Black Ops 2 has an average of 540,000 because it's a better game.

  • 12.13.2012 5:12 AM PDT

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Posted by: ROBERTO jh

Posted by: omg a bannana

Posted by: ROBERTO jh

Posted by: spartain ken 15
If 343i would of made Halo like Halo 2/3 and not like cod in space more people would enjoy it.

If people want to play cod, they will play cod. People want a unique experience that is fun.

Halo 4 isn't really that fun and it is super buggy.

I hope 343i listens to their fans this time and makes Halo 5 a great game or they will just kill their brand.


The game plays nothing like CoD.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


Then you have no god damn idea what you're talking about. Of course I doubt you'd have the capacity of will to actually read my post, and if you do read it you probably won't listen and stop to consider, so I don't know why I try.

I should reclarify though I'm not saying you have to like the game. But at least understand why you don't like it before making the conclusion that you don't like it. The game plays nothing like CoD at its core. It has CoD elements which you don't like, and I understand, but at its core, the strafe shooter Halo's always been, defined by the abilities of the player, nothing else, is still there. And even with all of CoD's elements in the game, that still doesn't hold a candle to the actual abilities of the player.
This is a true statement.

  • 12.13.2012 5:20 AM PDT
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I've been playing Halo since 2002. My earliest memories include hiding at the shotgun window on Damnation and killing my dad with grenades while playing co-op on Pillar of Autumn.

>caring about babbies first fps
>2013

  • 12.13.2012 5:31 AM PDT

My Brahman is ready.

Well, everyday it's usually around 100,000 players, which is good. If it can keep that number until the TU, then I guess you can't really say it is dying then.

  • 12.13.2012 6:02 AM PDT

Has an alright pop, not the best but certainly not bad.

  • 12.13.2012 6:03 AM PDT

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My old Halo account: karsttheninja99

I'm actually surprised that it has declined that fast, most of my friends are still on it.

  • 12.13.2012 6:04 AM PDT

If you can read this, that means I'm not a Shaolin monk...

yet.

It just isn't fun. Stupid 343 going for a million different audiences and pleasing like two or three a little bit.

  • 12.13.2012 6:18 AM PDT
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"This bandicoot will be my general, he will lead my Cortex Commandos to world domination...

This time, I shall reign TRIUMPHANT!"

-Dr. Cortex

Not sure about the DLC achievements. I got like three or four in the same day because they were extremely bugged for me. I got two for doing things while going off a Man Cannon, but I couldn't even find the Man Cannon.

Not only that, but this game has horrid bullet registration, specifically when there's slight lag and right when you die. Bullets just cancel out. It seems to be that way with any game that has hit markers.

All in all, I really did expect this game's population to plummet right when Black Ops II released, and since both games kinda suck hard there's nothing to go back to.

There isn't much to look forward to regarding video games.

  • 12.13.2012 6:28 AM PDT