Halo 5: Guardians Discussion

[Vorked]

My embargo for Forza 6 ended on September 8th, 2015. Week before the game came out.

 

Seems like Halo has cut it close but this is the closest.

 

 

It's most likely due to Halo being far more story-based than Forza was, so it makes sense that they don't want spoilers hitting the web so early and easy. I'm glad they're setting the embargo so close to launch. 

[TheIcePrincess]

Am I dumb because I thought I had to put in a code or something?

You just need to wait for a message from Xbox Live. :P

[Scarecrow]

The guy who's playing for IGN just said "multiplayer opens up later this week"

Im sure he meant next week.

[Faith]

The guy who's playing for IGN just said "multiplayer opens up later this week"

 

Im sure he meant next week.

Someone said here that it is the 22nd I believe. Not sure if that is confirmed or what the source was though. 

[Banamy]

Campaign footage looks great. Big open landscapes, tons of enemies, dialogue is good. One of the cutscenes is phenomenal.

[Mr Grim]

Ai does not look that great.

[Banamy]

Ai is iffy. I saw jackals run straight by people multiple times.

[BigShow36]

It's most likely due to Halo being far more story-based than Forza was, so it makes sense that they don't want spoilers hitting the web so early and easy. I'm glad they're setting the embargo so close to launch. 

 

They're live streaming the campaign, what more could they spoil?

 

[Scarecrow]

They're live streaming the campaign, what more could they spoil?

 

They are only able to stream the first 3 levels.

[Vorked]

They're live streaming the campaign, what more could they spoil?

 

my soul

[Red7101]

Can Watchers still spawn and revive other Prometheans?

[Moa]

No shit "some people do." I don't remember saying no one did? Ya know, 343 could show us maps/multiplayer gameplay. It doesn't have to be 3rd party people/organizations showing it to us. I feel like we saw alot more of Halo 4 by this time than we have seen with Halo 5. 

It's coming next week.

 

Can Watchers still spawn and revive other Prometheans?

And now we're entering spoiler territory. I've posted multiple times about this guys. If you want to discuss the campaign and its mechanics, move it over to this topic:

 

http://teambeyond.net/forum/topic/10405-spoilers-halo-5-campaign-leaks-discussion/

[Faith]

It's coming next week.

 

 

I'm aware. 

[The Sexorcist]

Eh, even if the pistol is super accurate and perfect in every way, h5 still has sprint and is built around sprint. That means maps are still broken (jumps, angles, scale, etc.) no matter what.

[Vorked]

Can Watchers still spawn and revive other Prometheans?

I wonder if we'll be seeing both Knights and Soldiers in the same places, and how they'll react towards each other. Do Soldiers have control over Knights? Do Knights just do what they do while the Soldiers more skillfully move through the battlefield due to their intelligence, similar to Smart AIs? How many factions will we see in battle at once? So many things I want to know, but I also DON'T want to know due to being spoiled. 

But man, so many questions.

[Sitri]

Eh, even if the pistol is super accurate and perfect in every way, h5 still has sprint and is built around sprint. That means maps are still broken (jumps, angles, scale, etc.) no matter what.

Sprint can be disabled, and new maps can be made.

 

inb4 "but matchmaking"

 

[Vorked]

This is the exact reason why we get shit games like Destiny or MCC. We used to get full games where they improved things later and maybe added a few NEW maps or gametypes. Now they cut away basic stuff to add or sell them later. On purpose. You basically just said we are not entitled to get a full game.

 

Yeah how about no.

 

Now I should be thankful  for what was standard.

 

Those playlists dont need to prove themself. They have done that over years now. And if so, they should do this at release. You know when people play this game and the population wont be hurt. Where have Warzone or Breakout proved themself?

 

For me personally the game will be worth my money with this. But that doesnt mean they can just cut away stuff and add it later. I mean... they can, but of course people are getting mad over it.

Many people dont care about the campaign at all. Warzone and Breakout are not everyones cake. All that is left is Slayer, CTF and Strongholds. Thats whack.

 

lol

 

 

good thing i get BTB, a section of the game which usually has the 2nd most amount of players and is readily available at launch in every other halo game for free, gosh and free BTB maps too! how lucky am i?

 

it's nice that they put in a lot of content, but it doesn't mean much if the content they are pushing and spending time on i have no interest in. other than competitive play i like BTB, snipers, doubles, forging and custom games, so while it's great they're providing so much content they really missed the mark for a person with any of the things i listed as the key interest. not much to sustain when there's barely anything to do at launch.

 

'if you don't like warzone or breakout then tough' seems to be the vibe i'm getting. before halo 4 i didn't have a section of the game forced on me, i got to play whatever the game offered me and had a variety of options, even at launch.

 

 

Wow, I'm so grateful for 343s generosity.

 

Most disturbing thing I've read out of a Halo fans mouth in years. You're basically telling me to stop bitching and be thankful that 343 is holding back content because atleast it's FREE?

 

Then you go on and name things that you think I should be happy about, but you totally disregard what I actually care about dismissing it as wanting too much?

 

Wanting things that have been avaliable at launch in past titles to be available at launch for Halo 5 is not even close to consumer entitlement lol.

 

Then you say I should be happy that there isn't big team battle, forge, doubles, snipers, and only TWO objective game types because I get breakout and Warzone, two gametypes I hate?

 

So now I should be ok with waiting for things that used to be a STANDARD?

 

Then you act like Halo 5 has these 3 huge gamemodes and that they're sooooo big that it warrants cut content elsewhere...

 

Arena in Halo 5 is the SMALLEST it's ever been. It's launching with the least amount of playlists ever, and with the smallest number of gametypes ever. But I should be thankful that they are including arena, even though it's been included in every god damn Halo.

 

Breakout is a new game mode, but once again, it's not as much as being able to play KoTH, Assault, and Oddball on all the arena maps. So breakout does not make up for the lack of 30-40 possible combinations of different gametypes on different maps that aren't being included on launch.

 

And finally, warzone. Once again, it's a smaller possibility of gametypes on a smaller possibility of maps than big team battle

 

I don't care what you say, holding back doubles, snipers, big team battle, forge, and major objective gametypes is a complete joke.

 

But alas, since you're happy then everyone should be happy and anything else is brushed off as "consumer entitlement".

 

I'm gonna ressurect this conversation really quickly to apologize. I'm not going to give a life story or anything or why I have fairly unpopular opinions, but I do want to apologize for how I acted and what I said.

 

I wasn't really thinking when I claimed and said what I said. I understand, NOW, that people are upset that big gamemodes aren't present or represented when they fully well should have been. My only thoughts were going with how they WILL be available. 

 

So, sorry, everyone. I jumped the gun with a bad thought process. I see how I was wrong.

[My Namez BEAST]

I'm gonna ressurect this conversation really quickly to apologize. I'm not going to give a life story or anything or why I have fairly unpopular opinions, but I do want to apologize for how I acted and what I said.

 

I wasn't really thinking when I claimed and said what I said. I understand, NOW, that people are upset that big gamemodes aren't present or represented when they fully well should have been. My only thoughts were going with how they WILL be available.

 

So, sorry, everyone. I jumped the gun with a bad thought process. I see how I was wrong.

+ for being a man and apologizing. You don't see that very often these days.

[QuietMan]

Eh, even if the pistol is super accurate and perfect in every way, h5 still has sprint and is built around sprint. That means maps are still broken (jumps, angles, scale, etc.) no matter what.

Maybe forge and snappy strafe with small hit boxes could save the day?   If someone made some solid settings and people actually played them, I'm pretty sure you could make halo 5 have some pretty good competitive play. Turn off sprint, get a good movement speed, use maps that work without sprint.   I'm optimistic.... maybe...

[The Sexorcist]

Sprint can be disabled, and new maps can be made.

 

inb4 "but matchmaking"

 

Did they ever fix forge maps dropped frames?

 

And what do peeps do in the meantime? Forge comes when? And when will these competitive maps even be available?

 

Doesn't viable in the least. We're talking months here.

[TheIcePrincess]

+ for being a man and apologizing. You don't see that very often these days.

Indeeeeeeed.

 

Doesn't viable in the least. 

Hue.

[Sitri]

Did they ever fix forge maps dropped frames?

 

And what do peeps do in the meantime? Forge comes when? And when will these competitive maps even be available?

 

Doesn't viable in the least. We're talking months here.

In the meantime, you could just not play.

[The Sexorcist]

In the meantime, you could just not play.

In the meantime you recommend everyone in here just... Not play.

 

Pop goes to poop, then we just return months later for decent settings?

 

Eh, might come a bit too late. Especially with the funnest game types not launching.

 

Especially with other awesome games coming out around that time too. Such as fallout 4.

[QuietMan]

Did they ever fix forge maps dropped frames?

 

And what do peeps do in the meantime? Forge comes when? And when will these competitive maps even be available?

 

Doesn't viable in the least. We're talking months here.

Month is the smallest unit 343 works in.  Didn't you know?   It contains onth

 

 

onth

 

1th

[CIutchy]

Wasn't there suppose to be a ranking system blog this week?