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Subject: Halo 4 Legendary Ending (SPOILERS!)
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

We are all going to get banned aren't we?


Posted by: Mister Rollback
because I would rather the chief be a stoic, hyper-lethal, war machine than whatever the books make him out to be.


Which is extremely childish. I find it funny how people say "This isn't halo" yet 343I is making it more in tune with the haloverse. It annoys the crap out of me how john isn't asking questions about his area like he does in the books. There wasn't much of it in halo 4 but it was a start.

  • 01.05.2013 10:31 PM PDT

BE HUMAN

Fight for Earth. Fight for Humanity.


Posted by: grey101

Posted by: Mister Rollback
because I would rather the chief be a stoic, hyper-lethal, war machine than whatever the books make him out to be.


Which is extremely childish. I find it funny how people say "This isn't halo" yet 343I is making it more in tune with the haloverse. It annoys the crap out of me how john isn't asking questions about his area like he does in the books. There wasn't much of it in halo 4 but it was a start.


I wouldn't go as far as to call it childish, but it certainly is narrow-minded.

Why do people not want John to have a personality? That annoys the crap out of me :/ Is it not boring to have a protagonist who, let's face it, is the gaming worlds' most boring and bland character? I'm glad 343 fleshed him out somewhat.

Plus, his cry "Cortana!", when (SPOILER) Cortana died had more emotion then any of his and NOBLE team lines from the previous games combined.

Bland characters make bland games. Just be glad Chief wasn't alone in Halo CE/2/3 or that would be boring as hell :/

[Edited on 01.06.2013 8:21 AM PST]

  • 01.06.2013 8:20 AM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

We are all going to get banned aren't we?

John hates and is scared of the flood, he was freaking out without cortana during his stay in the library. I can only assume how much he shat himself walking around the flood infested high charity.

  • 01.06.2013 8:32 AM PDT

Many gave their lives so that we could live on. I intend to honor them by remembering them. Remember Cyborg. Remember John. Remember Noble.

Actually allowed me to get over Halo 4.
Showing Chief's face was their last mistake and I can call off my crusade against the game. I just don't care about this... thing anymore.

So, in a way, it was good.

[Edited on 01.06.2013 9:15 AM PST]

  • 01.06.2013 9:07 AM PDT

BE HUMAN

Fight for Earth. Fight for Humanity.


Posted by: George 257
Actually allowed me to get over Halo 4.
Showing Chief's face was their last mistake and I can call off my crusade against the game. I just don't care about this... thing anymore.

So, in a way, it was good.


Good, piss off then.

Last thing we need is more people hating on stupid things, eh?

  • 01.06.2013 9:23 AM PDT

Many gave their lives so that we could live on. I intend to honor them by remembering them. Remember Cyborg. Remember John. Remember Noble.


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Posted by: George 257
Actually allowed me to get over Halo 4.
Showing Chief's face was their last mistake and I can call off my crusade against the game. I just don't care about this... thing anymore.

So, in a way, it was good.


Good, piss off then.

Last thing we need is more people hating on stupid things, eh?


Why aren't you on 343 forums?

  • 01.06.2013 9:48 AM PDT

BE HUMAN

Fight for Earth. Fight for Humanity.


Posted by: George 257

Posted by: crazyfoomandude

Posted by: George 257
Actually allowed me to get over Halo 4.
Showing Chief's face was their last mistake and I can call off my crusade against the game. I just don't care about this... thing anymore.

So, in a way, it was good.


Good, piss off then.

Last thing we need is more people hating on stupid things, eh?


Why aren't you on 343 forums?


Can't take even a hint towards rudeness.

Seriously, it's a childs forums with over-protective a-hole mods who don't allow discussion because it 'starts arguments.'

  • 01.06.2013 10:12 AM PDT

I am the Thorian, known as Species 37 to you people. I am an ancient sentient plant that is fifty thousand years old. My ability to hibernate for thousands of years makes my real age impossible to guess though you are welcome to try.

Showing Johns face was a good thing, I think. It shows to those who have never read the books that he is not just a war machine, but human and that the war has taken its toll on him.

  • 01.06.2013 10:14 AM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

We are all going to get banned aren't we?


Posted by: George 257

Posted by: crazyfoomandude

Posted by: George 257
Actually allowed me to get over Halo 4.
Showing Chief's face was their last mistake and I can call off my crusade against the game. I just don't care about this... thing anymore.

So, in a way, it was good.


Good, piss off then.

Last thing we need is more people hating on stupid things, eh?


Why aren't you on 343 forums?


Why are you in the universe forum? Halo discussion is still allowed here and will always be.So if 343I's direction isn't to your liking why are you posting that in everything instead of just ignoring everything to do with 343I?

  • 01.06.2013 10:21 AM PDT
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o hai thr


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Posted by: Wolverfrog
Why not stop being such a beta -blam!- and go through the first time on Legendary like a real man? SLASO it and you'll get all the -blam!-es.

I mean, srsly.
Well -blam!-, I should stop complaining about the game.

I should just give up on it completely because no one tolerates ideas for improvements anymore.


Oh dear, Wolvers. You seem to have upset him.

Wasn't that just a little hypocritical? He did quote you to support his initial position.

  • 01.06.2013 1:12 PM PDT

Quod Erat Demonstrandum.

If you're interested in Halo's music, check this out.

Posted by: x Foman123 x
Speaking of chuckles, let's all lol at IonicPaul, who makes friends with bugs to make up for his lack of human contact.

Posted by: ajw34307
There is no "meaning of the mask", John had always been a fully realised character with a backstory shared by the other Spartans. We have seen his face and had it described in numerous canonical sources for 11 years, there was never any indication that the Chief was anything like Nolan's Batman...

Yes, there is a meaning of the mask. Despite John being fully realized as a character, you know what his motivation was? Winning. A motivation shared by anyone playing the game. He was made to line up with the player, and it worked.

Now? I feel like I'm playing a game where I don't have control. The QTE's are HUGE in this regard. "Press LT to do exactly what you are programmed to do." No creative process in that fight. So disappointing.

343 wants to make a glorified movie, not a game where I am the protagonist. That's not Halo to me.

  • 01.06.2013 2:11 PM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

We are all going to get banned aren't we?


Posted by: IonicPaul
No creative process in that fight.


1. The point of the QTE was so it wasn't a direct fight

2. Your "creative processes" aren't canon an a cutscene would follow right after so i don't get this statement.

  • 01.06.2013 2:19 PM PDT

Quod Erat Demonstrandum.

If you're interested in Halo's music, check this out.

Posted by: x Foman123 x
Speaking of chuckles, let's all lol at IonicPaul, who makes friends with bugs to make up for his lack of human contact.


Posted by: grey101

Posted by: IonicPaul
No creative process in that fight.


1. The point of the QTE was so it wasn't a direct fight

2. Your "creative processes" aren't canon an a cutscene would follow right after so i don't get this statement.

1. Then why even make it that way? Why not just make it a cutscene? That was always the point of a cutscene, anyways: Things that the player couldn't do in normal gameplay, or that were involved extensively with other characters.

Why make me press a button when there's only one possibility for what's going to happen? QTE's have always been stupid for this reason. It's just a lame thing. Look, I'd have been fine if it were just a cutscene. At least they'd be honest that it wasn't a boss fight, rather than essentially patronizing me by going "LOOK, YOU DID IT. YOU BEAT THE BAD GUY (by pressing a button so actually a trained gorilla could have done this)."

It was just so weak. If they want me to fight, let me fight. If they want me to not have control, take control away. Don't give me a semblance of control when I don't have any.

  • 01.06.2013 2:27 PM PDT

The fact that I barely noticed the difference, well let's just say worst legendary ending ever.

[Edited on 01.06.2013 2:37 PM PST]

  • 01.06.2013 2:36 PM PDT

Agreed, to an extent. Imagine if you'd had to spam X to have the Arbiter stab Truth in the back.

QTEs can rob a scene of its emotional impact, because it creates an instant barrier between what's happening on-screen and real life. A barrier you have to break down by mashing buttons and in doing so, breaking down the immersion.

  • 01.06.2013 3:02 PM PDT

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