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Subject: The Reclaimer Trilogy is stupid.

Ahh it's you. Been a while hasn't it? We WILL finish this.


Just you wait.


Posted by: Connor Kenway 99

Posted by: bobcast

Posted by: SPLEEEEENS
Any credibility you may have had for being a mod was lost with this sentence, sorry, but that was just really crudely put and showed a complete disregard for a lot of things that were really cool, particularly the Didact's monologue in that very scene being bar-none the best writing in the entire Halo series.[/quote]

lol

Posted by: Connor Kenway 99
Grow a pair. -blam!- you bobcast. Ive always thought of you as pathetic and you got destroyed in an argument by haloroach. [/quote]

Also, lol you mad?


Nope. You're just a -blam!- -blam!- -blam!-. Come at me.


Ok.


-blam!- just got real.


Well what just happened here? Kenway has some balls to mouth off to a ninja like that. Or he's drunk.

  • 12.13.2012 9:02 PM PDT


Posted by: bobcast

Posted by: SPLEEEEENS
Any credibility you may have had for being a mod was lost with this sentence, sorry, but that was just really crudely put and showed a complete disregard for a lot of things that were really cool, particularly the Didact's monologue in that very scene being bar-none the best writing in the entire Halo series.


lol

Posted by: Connor Kenway 99
Grow a pair. -blam!- you bobcast. Ive always thought of you as pathetic and you got destroyed in an argument by haloroach.


Also, lol you mad?


I'm willing to bet I'll get banned for saying this, but can I ask you how someone so immature and, for lack of a better word, mean got put in the moderator position? You act like a complete child and have no respect for the members on here, it's actually really pathetic.

  • 12.13.2012 9:03 PM PDT

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Posted by: Black Eagle X99
It's more the promise of a grand epic that can never be delivered. Short of some 41 hour campaign epic you could never get the story of the books in the Forerunner Saga across in the Reclaimer trilogy. It just isn't possible. I wish they hadn't tried to tie to two together, anything less than a perfect delivery just kills the story.

Yup. Here's the problem: They're making this up as they go along. Halo 4 doesn't work as a sequel because the story wasn't written with Halo 4 ever intended. Now you've got this incredibly lazy trope where "the ancient race is back... and they're evil. Now we have to watch out for the ancient ancient race!"

Halo is going into the next generation as an irrelevant brand. The franchises that last across several generations have all at one point radically reinvented themselves. We're talking changing into what's almost a new IP. 343 had to do that and didn't. They played it pretty safe by making more Halo.

What's more exciting? New sci-fi Bungie IP we've never experienced, new sci-fi Respawn game we've never experienced, maybe reinvented sci-fi Call of Duty from a brand new developer or more Halo where there are nine levels in the campaign in which we shoot the same Covenant enemies with the same weapons, play the same multiplayer with maybe some new stuff, and the same Forge?

If Microsoft is going into the next generation betting big on Halo 5 to sell Xbox's like Halo 3 did this generation they're going to be in trouble against Sony. Unless Sony -blam!-s themselves over as well which wouldn't be surprising.

[Edited on 12.13.2012 9:06 PM PST]

  • 12.13.2012 9:05 PM PDT

I don't see you doing anything to help our country.
Except sitting at home, naked, eating twinkies, rubbing your hands together going "Heh. Target Destroyed. Mission Accomplished." Oh wait. that's not helping.


Posted by: SPLEEEEENS

Posted by: bobcast

Posted by: SPLEEEEENS
Any credibility you may have had for being a mod was lost with this sentence, sorry, but that was just really crudely put and showed a complete disregard for a lot of things that were really cool, particularly the Didact's monologue in that very scene being bar-none the best writing in the entire Halo series.


lol

Posted by: Connor Kenway 99
Grow a pair. -blam!- you bobcast. Ive always thought of you as pathetic and you got destroyed in an argument by haloroach.


Also, lol you mad?


I'm willing to bet I'll get banned for saying this, but can I ask you how someone so immature and, for lack of a better word, mean got put in the moderator position? You act like a complete child and have no respect for the members on here, it's actually really pathetic.
I will say this again, he stated his opinion and was greeted with insults and rage. He then simply responded in a way that was equivalent to how you responded to him. You all resorted to idiotic retorts and yelling at him like 5 year olds. Kenway, I at least semi respected you back in my other thread, you just threw all of that out. Thank you for proving my point.

Also Bobcast I entirely agree as far as the game goes.

You people are ridiculous. People used to complain about this kind of crap on the Halo 3 forums, even the worst people there were more civil than this.

  • 12.13.2012 9:07 PM PDT

I wouldve liked if the Forerunners werent revealed dead or alive.

...
The trilogy is okay... But they should stop.

  • 12.13.2012 9:10 PM PDT

Ahh it's you. Been a while hasn't it? We WILL finish this.


Just you wait.


Posted by: Black Eagle X99

Posted by: SPLEEEEENS

Posted by: bobcast

Posted by: SPLEEEEENS
Any credibility you may have had for being a mod was lost with this sentence, sorry, but that was just really crudely put and showed a complete disregard for a lot of things that were really cool, particularly the Didact's monologue in that very scene being bar-none the best writing in the entire Halo series.


lol

Posted by: Connor Kenway 99
Grow a pair. -blam!- you bobcast. Ive always thought of you as pathetic and you got destroyed in an argument by haloroach.


Also, lol you mad?


I'm willing to bet I'll get banned for saying this, but can I ask you how someone so immature and, for lack of a better word, mean got put in the moderator position? You act like a complete child and have no respect for the members on here, it's actually really pathetic.
I will say this again, he stated his opinion and was greeted with insults and rage. He then simply responded in a way that was equivalent to how you responded to him. You all resorted to idiotic retorts and yelling at him like 5 year olds. Kenway, I at least semi respected you back in my other thread, you just threw all of that out. Thank you for proving my point.

Also Bobcast I entirely agree as far as the game goes.

You people are ridiculous. People used to complain about this kind of crap on the Halo 3 forums, even the worst people there were more civil than this.


Okay Ive read up on what happened and lol. Eagle you only defend bobcast because he has the same opinion as you. Bobcast was just as immature as the people insulting him.

  • 12.13.2012 9:11 PM PDT

@accordingto343

Your one stop shop for all of 343's fabulous errors and ridiculous notions in the Halo lore.

Honestly, I tried my best at rewriting Halo 4. If anyone is interesting, give it a read. I tried to make the connections with the EU fit better and introduce a better villain. Kinda falls apart in the end though, I've never been good at making good conclusions.

  • 12.13.2012 9:14 PM PDT

I don't see you doing anything to help our country.
Except sitting at home, naked, eating twinkies, rubbing your hands together going "Heh. Target Destroyed. Mission Accomplished." Oh wait. that's not helping.


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Posted by: Black Eagle X99

Posted by: SPLEEEEENS

Posted by: bobcast

Posted by: SPLEEEEENS
Any credibility you may have had for being a mod was lost with this sentence, sorry, but that was just really crudely put and showed a complete disregard for a lot of things that were really cool, particularly the Didact's monologue in that very scene being bar-none the best writing in the entire Halo series.


lol

Posted by: Connor Kenway 99
Grow a pair. -blam!- you bobcast. Ive always thought of you as pathetic and you got destroyed in an argument by haloroach.


Also, lol you mad?


I'm willing to bet I'll get banned for saying this, but can I ask you how someone so immature and, for lack of a better word, mean got put in the moderator position? You act like a complete child and have no respect for the members on here, it's actually really pathetic.
I will say this again, he stated his opinion and was greeted with insults and rage. He then simply responded in a way that was equivalent to how you responded to him. You all resorted to idiotic retorts and yelling at him like 5 year olds. Kenway, I at least semi respected you back in my other thread, you just threw all of that out. Thank you for proving my point.

Also Bobcast I entirely agree as far as the game goes.

You people are ridiculous. People used to complain about this kind of crap on the Halo 3 forums, even the worst people there were more civil than this.


Okay Ive read up on what happened and lol. Eagle you only defend bobcast because he has the same opinion as you. Bobcast was just as immature as the people insulting him.
Really now?

He calmly states it is a perversion designed to milk the series and backs it up with the Didact plot being ridiculous.

Then he got this:
Any credibility you may have had for being a mod was lost with this sentence, sorry, but that was just really crudely put and showed a complete disregard for a lot of things that were really cool, particularly the Didact's monologue in that very scene being bar-none the best writing in the entire Halo series.

Grow a pair. -blam!- you bobcast. Ive always thought of you as pathetic and you got destroyed in an argument by haloroach.

So who was being immature again?

  • 12.13.2012 9:15 PM PDT

Posted by: aBlueBookshelf
Goat was famous. Irie was infamous. Gh0st was FaMaS.

My stats in Halol 4

Typical Waypoint post.
no it's "its got to go" you wouldn't say the "it is got to go" would you?

The only ninja I liked was Tom T and I think Bob is being perfectly reasonable for banning an alt account for immature and dickish behavior.

  • 12.13.2012 9:18 PM PDT

I make a living of selling my body, and I don't mean sex.


Posted by: Vgnut117
If Microsoft is going into the next generation betting big on Halo 5 to sell Xbox's like Halo 3 did this generation they're going to be in trouble against Sony.
I bet they could just rely on CoD. Though unless Halo 4 gets more popular, I don't see Halo 5 as much of a selling point for a new console compared to Halo 3.

  • 12.13.2012 9:26 PM PDT

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Posted by: Ice Penjamin
I bet they could just rely on CoD. Though unless Halo 4 gets more popular, I don't see Halo 5 as much of a selling point for a new console compared to Halo 3.

No they can't. Call of Duty is massive on Playstation as well and when the next generation starts the scoreboard reads 0-0. Sony is going to be in a position to say "You and your buddies are in the market to buy one of the next gen consoles. We have COD and we're not going to charge you to unlock multiplayer."

If that's successful or even a proposition Sony pushes I do not know. But you can't bank on one multiplatform series that sells huge numbers across all platforms to make your console a success.

Think of Grand Theft Auto. Just as big as Call of Duty and way way way bigger on PS2. Xbox sales of GTA were nothing next to the PS2 numbers. GTA now sells more on Xbox.

[Edited on 12.13.2012 9:37 PM PST]

  • 12.13.2012 9:30 PM PDT

The campaign was the only thing I enjoyed from halo 4. I haven't played it since the first week and I probably won't again unless I feel the urge to forge some dumb maps on their terrible game.

  • 12.13.2012 9:43 PM PDT

Ahh it's you. Been a while hasn't it? We WILL finish this.


Just you wait.



Posted by: Black Eagle X99

Posted by: SPLEEEEENS

Posted by: bobcast

Posted by: SPLEEEEENS
Any credibility you may have had for being a mod was lost with this sentence, sorry, but that was just really crudely put and showed a complete disregard for a lot of things that were really cool, particularly the Didact's monologue in that very scene being bar-none the best writing in the entire Halo series.[/quote]

lol

Posted by: Connor Kenway 99
Grow a pair. -blam!- you bobcast. Ive always thought of you as pathetic and you got destroyed in an argument by haloroach. [/quote]

Also, lol you mad?


I'm willing to bet I'll get banned for saying this, but can I ask you how someone so immature and, for lack of a better word, mean got put in the moderator position? You act like a complete child and have no respect for the members on here, it's actually really pathetic.
I will say this again, he stated his opinion and was greeted with insults and rage. He then simply responded in a way that was equivalent to how you responded to him. You all resorted to idiotic retorts and yelling at him like 5 year olds. Kenway, I at least semi respected you back in my other thread, you just threw all of that out. Thank you for proving my point.

Also Bobcast I entirely agree as far as the game goes.

You people are ridiculous. People used to complain about this kind of crap on the Halo 3 forums, even the worst people there were more civil than this.


Okay Ive read up on what happened and lol. Eagle you only defend bobcast because he has the same opinion as you. Bobcast was just as immature as the people insulting him.
Really now?

He calmly states it is a perversion designed to milk the series and backs it up with the Didact plot being ridiculous.

Then he got this:
Any credibility you may have had for being a mod was lost with this sentence, sorry, but that was just really crudely put and showed a complete disregard for a lot of things that were really cool, particularly the Didact's monologue in that very scene being bar-none the best writing in the entire Halo series.

Grow a pair. -blam!- you bobcast. Ive always thought of you as pathetic and you got destroyed in an argument by haloroach.

So who was being immature again?


Just stop eagle. He never gave a good argument for his opinion compared to roach's and responded to immature responses with immature responses.

Like I said you only defend him because he has the same opinion as you.

  • 12.13.2012 9:43 PM PDT

I make a living of selling my body, and I don't mean sex.


Posted by: Vgnut117

We have COD and we're not going to charge you to unlock multiplayer."

Explain why more people buy xboxs and a subscription to play it compared to the PS3 with free online? The brand name alone of the Xbox with CoD will be more than enough of a reason for the CoD kids to transition over to the next gen xbox.

I understand your opinion and almost agree with you. I just think that Microsoft could possibly launch with a new xbox and have CoD as the main reason to get one as a selling point.


[Edited on 12.13.2012 9:45 PM PST]

  • 12.13.2012 9:44 PM PDT

Dating Age

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Posted by: Ice Penjamin
Explain why more people buy xboxs and a subscription to play it compared to the PS3 with free online? The brand name alone of the Xbox with CoD will be more than enough of a reason for the CoD kids to transition over to the next gen xbox.

I understand your opinion and almost agree with you. I just think that Microsoft could possibly launch with a new xbox and have CoD as the main reason to get one as a selling point.

You have a cascade effect. I buy an Xbox 360 for COD and you wanna play with me so you have to as well. That goes on and on. That's a factor for why COD is more successful. The other is COD sells where the 360 is successful.

There are numerous factors that make a console successful. As huge as COD is exclusives also factor in, price, release timing, quality of the product.

The point is you can't look at what's happening this generation and expect it to happen the next generation. It's a brand new game. Last place can go to first and first goes to last. COD is a selling point for both players. Sony may actually sell it better in addition to having other better selling points. Or vice versa. Both are going to be able to use it to entice players. What we can count on, software wise, are exclusives. Sony's not going to have Halo 5. Microsoft's not going to have Uncharted 4.

  • 12.13.2012 9:52 PM PDT

Wow this thread is incredibly fun to read. Lol So much hate from everyone!

I suppose I'll give my two cents here:
I'll start with the campaign. I would be lying if I said I wasn't dissapointed. Its not bad, but it certainly feel a long way from home. There wasn't much of a build up to the Didact (though his entrance was quite impressive) and I hated how John and Cortana automaticlly knew who he was. I can understand a scientific explination of Didact using the force, but magical platforms appearing out of nowhere was pushing it.
I can understand the Didact's motivations of composing humanity. He is aware the flood/ precursors are soon to return to test humanity and believes the humans are not good enough to pass the test. If this is not brought forth instantly in Halo 5, then I don't know where they are going with this trilogy. I just know I don't want to be 30 years old still buying Halo games to get the whole story.
The whole Librarian thing was just really dumb. I'm sorry, but evolving John and growing 4 feet? Really? I was shocked she was shown so early in the trilogy. I'll just throw this out here too. I was not exprecting an old gray woman with metal hair. Plus, why didn't she just kill the didact? Come'on now.
Composer was transported from instillation 03 to a rock right next to it? Okay enough said there.
Cortana was pretty okay when first waking John. Even after being a year past her rampancy. Though she becomes quite unstable out of nowhere while progressing? Okay.
Can I PLEASE get a mention of the single most important thing in the Halo universe?! Medicant Bias!!! Jeez...

I'll keep the rest short here:
Multiplay is pretty fun, but I definatly miss the old Halo and would be more than happy for them to just go back to halo 2/3 style. I honestly think 343I might keep more people in the long run if they do. Atleast rerelease halo 2 on the next xbox.

Forge is.... eh. Bad. I thought I really disliked Halo Reach forge, but dang this is not good. Boring enviroments. Unaccurate coordinates. Terrible objects. Prebuilt structures.

Overall its a good game. I trusted 343I with the story more than anything, but they really let me down. They built the story up for the game amazingly, but took a big poop witht the game.

  • 12.13.2012 10:38 PM PDT

The whole Librarian thing was just really dumb. I'm sorry, but evolving John and growing 4 feet?

Was basically just an excuse to have MC be able to survive the composer's pulse and have a dramatic scene where people turn to ash around him, another instance of how everything around him dies and the only constant he can depend on is Cortana. I've seen worse writing before... Sgt. Johnson mysteriously escaping from the first Halo just because people wanted their gun totting cigat smoking cliche marine sergeant back, etc..

Plus, why didn't she just kill the didact? Come'on now.

Too weak-willed to kill someone she loved I guess? Sticking him in stasis until humanity took up the Mantle place and he was no longer a threat to them was her goal I suppose.

  • 12.14.2012 3:26 AM PDT
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Posted by: Assaultor
It definitely feels overly complicated.


...almost like Halo 2 and 3.

  • 12.14.2012 3:34 AM PDT

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343i is stupid.

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Posted by: cameo_cream
343i is stupid.


Give me ten good reasons why

  • 12.14.2012 3:39 AM PDT

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Posted by: Connor Kenway 99
Grow a pair. -blam!- you bobcast. Ive always thought of you as pathetic and you got destroyed in an argument by haloroach.


Also, lol you mad?


Relevant.

  • 12.14.2012 3:40 AM PDT

I loved the part where the Chief flew around in the death star with a space zombie jedi and then tripped on forerunner shrooms and saw Cortana's mom.

  • 12.14.2012 3:43 AM PDT

In memory of those fallen in the defense of Earth and her colonies.

March 3, 2553


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Posted by: Assaultor
It definitely feels overly complicated.


...almost like Halo 2 and 3.


If you couldn't follow the Halo 2 and 3 campaign.... you have a serious brain deficiency. No offense, but it's true.

  • 12.14.2012 3:44 AM PDT
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Posted by: cameo_cream

Posted by: Rabid Grunt 3

Posted by: Assaultor
It definitely feels overly complicated.


...almost like Halo 2 and 3.


If you couldn't follow the Halo 2 and 3 campaign.... you have a serious brain deficiency. No offense, but it's true.


Well, I could follow the Halo 4 one, so I guess not. Maybe you do...

Also, saying "its true" dosnt actually mean it's true. Pro tip.

[Edited on 12.14.2012 3:46 AM PST]

  • 12.14.2012 3:46 AM PDT

A competitive players main goal is to win.
A casuals main goal is to have fun regardless of whether that results in a win or loss.
It has nothing to do with individual skill or knowledge, it has to do with the reason you play.


Posted by: SweetTRIX
You must be new around here. People have hated on every Halo sequal, every one, for a variety of reasons. The hate didn't pop-up after Halo 3, it's been around for some time.


I personally loved Halo CE, Halo 2 and Halo 3. ODST was a bit of disappointment, but I didn't have high expectations for it as it was bit of a spin off.

I won't deny that I hated Reach and got bored with Halo 4 very quickly. I wouldn't say it's as bad as Reach, but it certainly wasn't something that would've fulfilled the requirements for a good Halo game.

  • 12.14.2012 3:46 AM PDT