#1972 - Rare Box Art editionHalo Info:>"Halo: Campaign Evolved" launches in 2026https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/halo-campaign-evolved/9N683TDT5M7R/0010>Latest Infinite Update (10/7)https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/survive-the-undead>Halo Studios announces "Halo Fest"https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-fest-announcedHalo News:>Halo Infinite's final update launches November 18thhttps://www.halowaypoint.com/news/operation-infinite-preview>Halo: Campaign Evolved Roundtable Revealhttps://youtu.be/e-tXi1NC_aU?si=bOtWcXCi_uCKVfH0>Halo: Campaign Evolved "The Silent Cartographer" 13-minute gameplay demohttps://youtu.be/hSjbIM0iegY?si=xRc0YMVmiAXcB7JoPrevious >>546018472
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>>546277219AAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>filters (YOU)
>>546277484at least it movesCE's waves are less creative
>>546277636>no lunge
>>546277782h-HE'S HUGE
>SCRAPESCRAPE>SCRAPESCRAPE>SCRAPESCRAPE>SCRAPESCRAPE>SCRAPESCRAPE>SCRAPESCRAPE>SCRAPESCRAPE>SCRAPESCRAPE>SCRAPESCRAPE>SCRAPESCRAPE>SCRAPESCRAPE>SCRAPESCRAPE
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>>546277764every fuckin time man
>>546277636I mean... eh.....
OH SHI-
>>546278493chief btfo
>>546278493that swamp is so dark and colorlessit needs more visual pop
post about chief btfo pls they are funny
I gotchu senpai
>>546277636I need to get back to Ruby's last time I stopped at Cartographer mission.
>>546278756>>546278802Watch CEM fuck this up even more somehow
>>546278756>>546278802It is actually pretty.
>>546278756>>546278802
>>546278756>>546278802Halo is so Beautiful!I am blinded by its majesty!!
>>546278756>>546278802>>546278935Delete these postsDelete your computerDelete yourself
>>546278729>post about chief btfo pls they are funnybumping this
>>546278729>>546279168>post about chief btfo pls they are funny
>>546279332sometimes he deserves it for killing so many grunts along the way
>>546279332>>546279168>>546278729
>>546279527AAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>546279527no...NO....GET UP PABLO!GET!UP!YOU CAN'T GO OUT LIKE THIS!NOOOOOOOOO!!!
>>546279527I will never get over how the Arbiter deliberately avoids doing things that would end the fight easily in his favor
>valve pre-cucking the next xbox before it's even revealedthe humiliation ritual won't end....
>>546279906source?
>>546279997this one made me laugh yesterday because I didn’t expect it
>>546279997lol
>>546279527>vs Didact 1Knocked unconscious0 - 1>vs Didact 2Force bitchslapped and choked out, rescued by Cortana0 - 2>vs Fireteam OsirisTakes more hits and receives more damage in a 1 on 1 with Locke, at which point he struggles to take the armor lockdown disc away and freezes Locke before retreating away without engaging the rest of the fireteam0 - 3>vs Empress CortanaFrozen in time and space against his will, rescued by Locke0 - 4>vs AtrioxBroken, Hunted, Defeated, thought dead and cast out into the abyss, rescued by Fernando Esparza0 - 5>vs Silver Atriox 1Blown back and stripped of the forerunner artifact he was responsible for holding onto0 - 6>vs Silver Atriox 2btfo and knocked down into the sand, to the point where he can only reach out for his racetraitor gf and scream nooooooo0 - 7>vs Silver ArbiterPic related.Funny enough, he actually wins this one, but only because the plot demands he stick around for season 3.Conclusion: 343's Master Chief is a LOSER who owes his life to minorities and women
Chief humiliation thread
>>546280552
>>546281003kek
>>546280661HALO IS TERRIFYING
me and the cute retard :3
>>546280056https://insider-gaming.com/valve-reveals-steam-machine/
>>546279135No, I find CEA actually pretty. Although, some choices were poor.
>>546281212>steam machinelol it's doa
>>546281297will sell better than the next xbox, 100%
>>546278432woman beater
>>546281467uh huh... you said the same thing about the switch 2PC and Console Players are not interested in a Valve Console.
>>546281676The Switch 2 is selling fine, however.
>just introduced to this TERRIFYING new enemy>realize you have to escape back up the way you came>tear through a good amount of Flood until you finally reach the elevator that will take you back up>relieved, you flip the switch>elevator lurches up for a second>begins going down instead>Marty's strings kick in>you can't flip the switch again>you keep on going down>the elevator shaft is covered in blood as far as the eye can seeIt's this kind of shit that was so kino in Halo CE. Why do game developers not understand that even the most basic of moments like this work so much better than some overproduced, pre-rendered cutscene from some creative director who wants to emulate film as much as possible?
>>546282029as someone said last thread, I literally never got back to the original lift until recently, like 2025 recently
>>546281676>you said the same thing about the switch 2No I didn't.Time for your meds saar
>>546281950>The Switch 2 is selling fine, however.Exactly. Console players have investment and cultural buy-in to the console brands.This is attempt #182717 Valve has tried to make ground and it will still fail.
>>546282534Valve could succeed. A console with most of Steam's library would be insane, but I don't think they're willing to push the marketing as hard as they would need to.
>>546282780>Valve could succeed. A console with most of Steam's library would be insane, but I don't think they're willing to push the marketing as hard as they would need to.This is the fair takeIt's like that new spring football leaguePoll and Poll shows people are interested in more professional football outside of the season, but nobody knows about it still because the Advertising is virtually nonexistent
Shit like this is one of the small reasons CE is my favorite game in the seriesSomething about the way you can interact with the world just seems so replayable to me
>>546283559rated M for mature
>want to replay Halo 3>don't want to play as a marine>there are no good Halo 3 mods
>trying to decide if I'm bored enough for a spartan ops playthroughhaven't touched it in like 10 years
>>546285135It's not worth it.If you're actually going through with it, make sure you have a noob combo load out.
buying halo bf
BATTLEFIELD 6
halo battlefield isn't a thingstop mentioning it in the threads
Halo Mogadishu is real.
shut up
>no more purple ships in haloremember what they took from you
>le spic wants this "lowering a weapon" archaic mechanic
>>546290786a lot of /hg/ is Hispanicno need to be racist
>xbox and halo dies>steam releases steam machine and half life 3
>>546291630>steam machinedoa
it's afraid
>>546291759not only that, the time for half life 3 to make a big splash came and wentIt's not much different than Halo now
>>546291851>>546291759It's just newfag trollHe's still upsetti spaghetti that MCC won't change the damage tables and weapon balancinghe should just stick to CS
>>546291261we prefer the term latinx
>>546292070*latine
>>546291261>yo love sprint>yo love slop>yo conformist
>>546292341>Looks good.>Nice visuals.>More Halo.>I'm happy.So that's all it takes to satisfy modern Halo fans?
The Endless has arrived
>>546293365:(
>>546292103latrine?
>>546291630Don't about console shit, one way or another. I play on PC only, Halo included.
>>546277019There’s no way MS actually released a version of the game with this box art.
>>546292529343 fans, yes.
Huh?!
>>546291192I love how punchy the h3 magnums feel
>>546292341admit it, you're all grunts
>>546293806there are rare official box arts of a lot of halo gamesPic related looks very low effort but it is in fact official
Post the Halo Wars variants. I always loved the Wars covers.
>>546303604holy shit is this real?
I'm still mad we never got the MCC steelbook
I CLAPPED WHEN I SAW THE PISTOLREMEMBER THE SILENT CATOGRAPHERI CLAPPED BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT THAT IS
>>546304906>CATOGRAPHERESL. Go back to your designated shitting street, Akshay.
I went to a heart doctor the other day.His nurse said I was locked out of a transplant and had to go talk to my incurrence provider to let it go through.I did that, but when I went back to him had to fight through a bunch of hospital bureaucracy. It just kept going deeper and deeper.Eventually I met him, and he did the surgery without a word.He wasa silent cardiographer.
womp womp
What is the H1B1 of Halo?
>>5463092083babs
>>546307953>Doki>Mint>Coni>Now ShylilySomeone please convince Dooby, Nimi, and Saba to play co-op Halo. But they should skip to Halo 3 so they don't get burned out trying to get through 1 and 2.
Modern Halo has been played.
>>546309364who?who?who?who?
Classic Halo has been played.
is this the halo thread?
>>546309873has been for a while now
>>546309731Doki (Dokibird) is the official /hg/ vtuber who has played Classic Halo.GOOD MORNING MINTO is Mint Phantome's (also a vtuber) greeting. She hasn't played Halo yet (from my knowledge) so she's forced. But she's friends with Doki so she's honorary consensual.Coni has retired but has played more Halo than any of these two. She will remain in /hg/'s hall of honor.Anon posted >>546307953 'womp womp' which is Shylily's catch phrase. She is also a vtuber. I don't know if she's played Halo yet but it looks like another anon is trying to share his appreciation for her with us. It could be forced or consensual, requires more investigation.
>>546310530Can't find anything on Shylily playing Halo, so she's forced. Same with Mint. Neither of them have any street cred when it comes to Halo, so shouldn't be posted here. So anytime you see 'Womp Womp' or 'GOOD MORNING MINTO' just know that it's off-topic (Not Halo, Not Consensual). Doki and Coni are still cool though, they're official Halo vtubers and officially welcome in /hg/. The other two are posers/fakers, don't be fooled by their cute, charming exteriors.
If they're adding new missions, guns, and spartan abilities, I wouldn't mind if they also added new enemies. It's a remake anyway and they're already adding sprint so it might as well be SPV4. It's no longer true to the original, so might as well throw in some new types of gameplay while we're at it. Brutes would be fine, too. Just don't go to crazy, Make these new enemies rare, so it's actually novel when you run into them.
It's up.>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y62yHBWbkHg
>>546313435Buy an ad.
>>546313435>5 years ago
>>546312219>spartan abilitiesNigger
Me and the cute retard after cooking magic crystals.
>>546314507And this... is now.
>>546277019Forced thread.>>546273272Organic thread.
>>546315108This.
steam machine will rape xboxhalf life 3 will rape halo
>>546314602We already have sprint. If you can clamber and slide that's two more spartan abilities.
>>546315293>steam machineTHIS...is an Xbox.>half life 3THIS...is an Xbox.>r-wordTHIS...is NOT Consensual.
Halo.
>>546315108Both are forced in different waysBut at least this one is not dead
>SVP3 has a proper Needler reloading animation>none of the actual Halo games do
>>546316594SPV3 was ahead of its time. The Brute version of the Needler even has a slightly different animation but uses the same principle.
>ahead of its timeTeh lags needler reload animation predates any SPV project by almost 2 years
>>546318220who?
Meanwhile, in Fortnite:>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqQDlH9ztL4Why do they get to have all the fun despite being a smaller company without the financial backing of Microsoft? They have a crossover every week and a massive content update every two or three months with new weapons, vehicles, mechanics, and maps. We're lucky to have gotten bug fixes every two or three years.
>>546319245Epic knows what they're doing and has decades of experience
>>546318871The now-tranny who animated a lot of shit. He came up with that needler reload idea in early 2005. He worked on every spv project as animator before a very amusing falling out with Masterz, and was lead on TSC:E. Now retired from Halo modding.
>>546319245
>>546319245The rampant monetization helps
'Member when Epic was Gears' developer?
I also member when they embraced modders with Unreal Tournament. What changed?
>>546320117
>>546320117If epic is gears, and /hg/ is /gowg/, then does that mean Fortnite is /hg/?
>>546320601
>>546320117>Some Halo 3, followed by a couple of Gears matches, then finish off the afternoon with some GTA 4.
buying halo twink bf
Fuck off Baza
This is not the thread to find Battlefield twinks.
Halo is significantly better when it's more heterosexual.Notice how things got significantly worse when it became significantly less heterosexual. In fact, this change happened right exactly the second 343 took charge of the franchise...Hmm...weird coincidence...
>>546322306But Halo 4's Cortana is the most heterosexual.
>>546322376...Good point. To think that 343 was capable of such a great feat of heterosexuality is a mystery. They went completely negative heterosexuality with Halo 5 Cortana though, wonder what happened.
>>546322809obergefell happened
>>546301103Huh, I didn’t know that. I just thought some guy replaced the sleeve before he sold it.>>546303128This looks kino
>>546309870>modslopNot classic Halo
>Bungie wanted to leave Microsoft after Halo 2>Halo 3, ODST and Reach were simply contractual obligations to escape MicrosoftRedpill me on this. Why did Bungie hate Microsoft? Why did they join Activision and Sony?
>>546324832>Why did Bungie hate Microsoft?Halo 2's development hell.>Why did they join Activision and Sony?Retardation.
>>546324832>Bungie wanted to leave Microsoft after Halo 2correctThat's not to say that there were not some staff that wanted to see Halo's story through, but that was far and away outweighed by the exhaustion and just desire to be done with it>Halo 3, ODST and Reach were simply contractual obligations to escape MicrosoftEssentially yes>Redpill me on this. Why did Bungie hate Microsoft?Bungie was an extremely ambitious dev that really struggled with tying down their ideas into something finite and concrete. Microsoft was on the other end of twh spectrum and refused to allow for launch delays because they saw Halo as the lifeblood of their entryway into the market (they weren't necessarily wrong, but I doubt Halo 2 would have seriously suffered from being a spring release)>Why did they join Activision and Sony?The decision to go with Activision for Destiny was due to Activision's experience with both massively online infrastructure projects and the console market. Basically, they were a company that knew how to manage the Battle.net WoW servers while also being familiar with supporting console FPS titles like CoD.The warming up to Sony was more on Sony's part getting super close and cuddly with Bungie. Sony's attempt to aquire them was a decade in the making.
>>546324832>>546324991>Why did they join Activision and Sony?For real, like they actually thought they were gonna live happily ever after with those partnerships. The hell were they thinking.
>Play Slayer in Quickplay>eSports Niggas in my lobby even though they have ranked
Thoughts? Would using this improve my K/D?
>>546325859it won'tGyro is great, but shooters like Halo are built for twin stick
>>546325859>>546326042Halo always played best on M&K Xbox controllers were always just a cope
>>546326291it plays fine on both and people need to stop using control schemes as an excuse for losing
>>546325329>refused to allow for launch delaysHalo 2 was delayed by Ed Fries
>>546315293Every modern console is basically an AMD PC>PS58-core AMD Zen 2>Xbox8-core AMD Zen 2>Steam8-core AMD Zen 4>Xbox Next8 core Zen 5 at 5+ghzLisa won
Choose one:a) Nintendo Switch 2b) Playstation 5 Proc) NeXtBoxd) NEW! Steam MachineWhich console will Halo best be played on?
>>5463269319950X3D and 5090 should be the bare minimum for Halo 7
"I thought Halo Infinite was pretty good!"
What are your genuine Halo criticisms and unpopular opinions?
>>546327329>The Plasma Pistols overcharge was a mistake from day one and broke most of the usefulness of the sandbox >The Needler is a dumb, useless gun kept only for traditions sake and should've been dropped after CE>Every vehicle added since H2 except the Falcon were bad and it's good they rarely made a return>Halo should have boats and swimming, fuck the canon book shit about how much Spartans weigh>The pre-xbox era really isn't that interesting
>>546327329Bring back dual-wielding.Make the needler dual-wieldable.Remove sprint.Remove the DMR forever. Don't ever bring it back.
>>546327329CE plays best on LegendaryH2 plays best on HeroicH3 plays best on LegendaryODST plays best on Legendary + MythicReach plays best on Heroic + Mythic4 Plays best on Heroic5 plays best on Normal + TiltInfinite plays best on Legendary + Black Eye with an Infinite Ammo Sword
>>546327165Ms threatened companies for years to develop for series s at parity for online modes or refusal to platform their titlesThis destroyed Infinite's vision
>>546329590>H2 plays best on HeroicCoward
The future of Ultimate Firefight is bright.
>>546334023>ultimate jeetslopGo back
>>546334310This is an Halo X in Halo Y general.
>>546327329Halo is dead until the re-remake releasing in 2051.
>>546333627Hardly. I actually like H2 Legendary and even make use of more than just the combo, but I still enjoy it more on Heroic overall.
Halofest has been officially renamed to Halo Chex Quest
Does anyone have that picture of the fat elite using a PC? I think hes wearing a white t-shirt in it
>>546334023Doesn't this shit still crash when you've got more than 5 terrain pieces on a map because this retard can't make fucking collision meshes to save his life?
eeeeeeh-eeeeeehhhhyaaaaaaaaaaaOHHHH-OHHHHHH-OHHHHHH-EEEEEYAAAAAEEEHYAAAAAAA
>>546336741I can still hear it
>>546336741>>546337457Halo 4 was soulHalo 5 Guardians was soulfulHalo 6 Infinite was slop
>>546338410Kys zoomerfaggot
Weakass gay bait.
shut the fuck up, whoever you are
It so cute when you get mad and after lashing out you go right back to sucking my dick. That Cortana cosplay looks good on you btw.
You only need a GeForce2 GTS graphics card for Halo
>>546339437I surrender
>>546327329Combat Evolved’s campaign weapon sandbox is completely destroyed when you introduce the shotgun. It’s too fun and too good. you never want it out of your inventory after picking it up for the first time in 343 Guilty Spark. Halo is at its best when you are constantly throwing away weapons for whatever is on the ground.Sandbox be damned though it’s fun.
>>546334023Can't wait! I hope we can play as the Flood or Forerunners and fight one of the other factions besides the Banished. Would be cool to fight the UNSC or the Covenant this time as the main enemy faction for this map. Some new enemy types (Covenant Engineer), and vehicles (Floodified Mantis) would be nice, too. Imagine playing as a Flood Spartan and being able to use a special grenade that explodes into a lingering flood infection forms and leaves a lingering cloud that does minor damage to enemies, or a Promethean Knight that can summon a Promethean Watcher that can heal you and return fire to the enemy.
>>546340868Hello gay sand nigger responsible for spv3, forget your name
>>546336741I see what they were going forAnd I'm probably in the minority here but I don't even hate it, especially the second half when the backup music kicks inThe problem is that the OG Halo theme is extremely easy to remember and replicate, which makes it catchy. You can sing it badly and people will still recognize it.The same can't be said for this.
>>546340868This is why I like SPV3 so much. Visually it kind of looks like vomit, but they throw so much at you in terms of sandbox/gameplay options, that it's easy to let it slide because it's so fun. I keep dumping my latest weapon or vehicle to try the new shiny thing.
>>546341671rent free
>>546340868still to this day I wonder why they made the assault rifle so shit against the flood>>546341853the graphics give me a fucking headache. it's so fucking bad
Spiker enjoyers are not going to like this one.
>>546341853SPV3's goal wasn't to replace CE or (((fix))) CE. It was to add ideas from later game to the base CE engine and push it to its limits.
>>546342287>>546342287>the graphics give me a fucking headache. it's so fucking badIt's definitely soul overload. Everything is either too dark, too bright, too muddy, too neon...it's just a visual clash of clutter. The entire sniping section before you board the Truth and Reconciliation is almost unplayable, it's so hard to see even with the nightvision or flashlight. But the fact that they did go and recreate all the textures and models and stuff is admirable. And I'll let it slide because the gameplay just keeps surprising me with how much content it offers.
>>546342795>It's definitely soul overload. Everything is either too dark, too bright, too muddy, too neon...it's just a visual clash of clutter.Masterz wanted to use H3/Reach/H4/H5 assets but was afraid of Microsoft suing his ass so he had jeets make custom assets
what happened to the Serina thread?
>>546327329Nuhalo is mostly trash but the H5 SMG is the most fun UNSC auto in the series
>>546341671>spv3I would NEVER. Halo on original Xbox is the best Halo ever was. The only mod I ever played was digsute just to see the assets
>>546342989AH, makes sense now. I do like the novelty of it looking different from the original though. That's why I'[m playing it right now over Ruby's Rebalance. It's just so strikingly different, that it feels fresh. Worse...a lot worse-looking lol, but different. And I appreciate the effort that went in, even if I don't agree with how it turned out looking.
>>546343125The best UNSC auto weapon perhaps. Doesn’t excuse the rest of the game but the smg was really fun.
>>546342403>SPV3's goal wasn't to replace CE or (((fix))) CELmao yes it is, Masterz has been open and proud to say that for like 15 years
>>546343548Nope>Even things like extended missions, had we not done those would you really be interested in playing the exact same mission as it was over again just with new guns and features? The feeling was that new things have to be injected to make it interesting. Without that, the missions start to get boring. You do see us pivot and shift less from extended missions into more unique missions, and the plan for the future is to never do missions again and instead build up open worlds, which will hopefully happen as more mod tools are released.>Yeah, it's disheartening to see people think it is supposed to improve CE when it's just something for people who love CE with a million more ways to play and a million more curveballs thrown at the player.>CE is still my favorite Halo and I play it to this day.>The visuals are definitely a sore spot and a compromise that had to be made. The age of the engine, the sheer amount of content, and in some cases like the levels and being unable to edit the geometry or texturing were huge problems.>Maw tends to be divisive in general, but I'm still glad we did a non traditional level outside of the norm. People either tend to hate it or love it. The extended sections are definitely a mixed bag in that they're fun because they're new, but they do change the pacing. If that's a good or bad thing I think is really up for debate and could be a whole other discussion. They still do remain a highlight for many people though, and I stand by them as I think especially early on in the game, if it was just the same old level geometry it would get old fast.>Enemy counts are another interesting point. Everyone wants larger battles and they are fun, but there comes a point where when your marines die and then it just becomes totally overwhelming. This was also a thing in the original game, but I think the loss of allies is felt a lot harsher in SPV3.
>>546343125>>546343474Halo 5 also gave us the Halo 5 Binary Rifle. Possibly the best alternative to the sniper rifle. Unlike the Focus Rifle, it actually does feel like a sniper weapon, and its different in functionality to not just be a knockoff sniper rifle like the beam rifle.
>>546343125>>546343664Halo 5 is basically Halo 4: Fixed Edition, much like how Halo 3 is Halo 2: Fixed Edition
>>546343664forgot picAlso, the Genesong Cut mod for Halo 4 replaces the old binary rifle for a Halo 5 version which functions in a similar way where it uses a beam burst rather than a single shot. I need this gun to come back in a future title.
>>546343824They should port it to MCC.
>>546344042Soul....
which is more Halo, Cyber Hook or Minecraft
>>546344042Halo 5 should have a standalone port but it won't because 343 want it to be forgotten with Xbox One
Halo
>>546343638>The 343 stuff isn't as huge a departure as people make it out to be. It's all really good stuff, but I think the more realistic coloring and saturation is what dours people more than anything, which is funny since people outside the community thought halo 3 looked like garbage, and think the same of infinites more bright and toyish artstyle. I always preferred Halo to look more realistic, and this "it's stylized" excuse for Bungie's older games is really just bullshit excuses, as their graphics tech and art pipeline was sub standard for Halo 3. H1 was obviously a visual powerhouse, and H2 was good for an Xbox game but not great compared to it's contemporaries like HL2 or Doom 3.>By the time you get to H3 and it's artstyle, its just downright lazyness and incompetence, as they never took a next gen approach to their art, which is why it looks so terrible next to something like gears of war, or COD4. It's not just the artists fault, their engineering team made lots of really poor decisions too which dictated that design.Was he right? Was Halo 3's art style lazy?
>>546343638>not even two minutes>Dumped a bunch of perfect marketing commentsNice job outing yourself, Neil. Hear it's stormy in Sandford right now. Shame we all remember what you've said in DMS and on the old forums lmao
I love how masterz actually posts hereNot even meming.I like SPV3.
>Shade and Bias either need to be left behind or Halofest can't have mods
>Halo 5 Warzone: Ultimate Firefight SeriesNeed this so bad. The sheer size of its own sandbox but combined with all the previous games (and Infinite, not to mention, since there are already Infinite weapons in MCC) would be monumental. It would be the ultimate Halo mod. It would have everything.
>>546344726QRD on Halo 5? Never played itt. Only played Halo PC, H2V, MCC and Infinite
>>546342331Everyone knows the Spiker is shit.I wish it would get buffed, hard.
>>546344181It already has a standalone port and they could fix it. They won't.
>>546344772I only tried Halo 5 Forge on the Windows Store, but what little I did play was fun. It still has Halo 4's ugly art style and graphics, but the amount of weapons available make it so fun, especially for Fiesta. The guns feel very satisfying to shoot. I remember the Binary Rifle in particular being perhaps the most satisfying weapon to use in the entire franchise. It feels so great. Makes me feel like reinstalling it to see what its like again. Wonder how the player base is doing, there's no bot mode or anything like Infinite and no matchmaking so you can only play customs. It's a massive download too from what I remember.
>>546345437>Wonder how the player base is doingThat's a good day, btw.
>>546345604that's just xbox
>>546344772Also, every weapon has several variants, unlike Halo Infinite, which only has like one other variant (aside from like the sword and hammer I think) per weapon. Then you have a bunch of returning weapons like Halo 2 BR or the Halo CE magnum which operate differently with different stats from the normal Halo 5 versions. And you have big Forge canvases too, so there's a ton of variation in the customs in terms of the sandbox, the maps, and you include the spartan abilities and different Forge options. The customs are really fun. And I want to try the Warzone mode, which is like Big Team Battle, but with different enemy AI and bosses around the map, so it's like a big 3-way battle and you can call in weapons and vehicles and stuff.
>>546345935That's PC.
Next Halofest looks like it's going to be 3v3
>>546344708Shade IS halo general
>>546342989Why does Masterz hate Halo 2?>It's actually the opposite in regards to balancing. The MP suffered due to last minute changes they made for SP. Basically, they had to very much near the end of development tone down the amount of enemies on screen in H2, and then had to very quickly rebalance the weapons and ai to compensate, which is part of the reason the game is a total mess.>The BSPs are roughly the same size as CE in many instances (Like Coagulation) but your sense of scale is altered by the more narrow FOV and the lower reticule. There certainly are areas where the scale is smaller due to poor decision making on their part early on. Things like the shotgun range are designed that way to be equal with that of the sword, so that the shotgun can only counter the sword when it's lunging (yeah, its not good)
>>546344772worst campaign in the seriesInteresting multiplayer that's distinctly not halo but still can be enjoyable in its own wayHalo 5 had a much more robust community than Infinite. It was still a fraction of what the older games had, but it was enough to foster a sizable enough custom community which is always good to have for a Halo game.I support porting it to MCC
QRD me on launch halo 2 balancing
>>546345962>>546347037Why was Infinite so barebones compared to Halo 5?
>>546347507No one knew what the fuck game Infinite was going to be until less than 2 years before launch.
>>546347507free to play slop as well as gamepass slop5 launched relatively lacking as well, but got its content much faster in comparison
>>546303879'fraid so
>>546347732How will Halo 2 UE5 remake fix Halo 2?
What if we made an Halo game but the campaign is the Halo level (CE) repeated all over again for 10 hours?
>>546348023>What if we made an Halo game but the campaign is the Halo level (CE) repeated all over again for 10 hours?SPV3?
Say something nice about Halo 4
>>546348269Dominion is still the best 3-plot gametype in the series
>>546348269Only Halo engine that doesn't give me super cancer to work on. GPU accelerated light mapping and BSP rules that aren't aids my beloved. Shaderbanks are pretty cool too.
>>546348269>>546348549How did Halo 4 look so good on 360?
>>546348269It's better than Reach. The DLC maps were solid. It added bombing run to Halo. Loadouts were decently balanced post-patch. Automatics got buffed. Forge additions like magnets and snap rotate are great. Still willing to experiment with modes and stuff. It's not a 'member this game.
>>546348076Nah, that's Halo Infinite.
>>546348269Regicide is better than VIP.
>>546348608Sacrificed stuff that maybe they shouldn't have. Textures are mega crunchy from all the compression and garbage collection (stuff like dropped weapons, wreckage from destroyed vehicles, ect) is super aggressive, stripped down the particle effects to make them cheaper, ect.However it doesn't look like smeary shit like Reach so there's that at least?
>>546349080>Textures are mega crunchy from all the compression and garbage collection (stuff like dropped weapons, wreckage from destroyed vehicles, ect) is super aggressive, stripped down the particle effects to make them cheaper, ect.>However it doesn't look like smeary shit like Reach so there's that at least?Didn't MCC fix this? It was basically a remaster 2 years later.
>Halo 4 doesn't have loadout weapons on the maps because of performance issuesIt all makes sense now.
>>546349305Weapons still despawn crazy fast in MP and Spartan Ops. We're talking 15 seconds if they aren't near a player or in someone's line of sight.
>>546348269>>546348549For a Radeon HD 2900 GT GPU and 512MB of RAM, Halo 4 looks pretty good
>>546349305MCC Reach got rid of the crap ass TAA Bungie used which made the image quality dramatically better. But nah, MCC H4 still has the compression fucked textures.Something which I am kind of annoyed about that digsite burnt themselves out like retards before they got to H4. Would have got the uncompressed source textures.
>>546327329Bungie developed Halo for two consoles: Xbox (CE/2) and XBox 360 (3/Reach), and they used the full capacity of the hardware. Bungie did not want to be on the hook for supporting a billion different toaster configurations, which would happen if they released it as a general Windows PC game. Halo Infinite supported Xbox One, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X and the project was a completely fucked disaster
>>546327329My unpopular opinion is that Halo's designs just do not work in photo realism. Master Chief just ends up looking like a halloween costume, the covenant races look like jarring cartoon characters up against photoscanned environments.It's why the remake looks so fucking weird to me.
>>546348269117 and To Galaxy are genuinely good music
>>546327329I don’t like Reach’s art style. Halo 3’s was better.
>>546277019Fuck me I need a basedjak edit of this
What went wrong with Series X?
>>546348269I like that I can have it uninstalled on MCC. Also Cortana in it was cute.
>>546347916-Jackal Snipers kill in two shots on legendary and take a second or two more to hone in on your position instead of insta-shooting you if you so much as peak around a corner.-You won't get lasered by everyone just from leaving cover for a split second on legendary.-You have more health and shields on legendary.-Lighting system will have dynamic shadows and look closer to Bungie's original vision of a stencil shadow future.-More weapons/mechanics from other Halo games means playing the Halo 2 campaign won't be so boring or tedious anymore.-The Flood elevator (You know the one) moves 4 times faster, getting you to your destination quicker.-The Arbiter's camouflage system is as new as the spec ops squad he's attached to. No running out or having to hide behind a pillar while you wait for it to recharge like a wussy while the rest of your squad laughs at him behind his back. He's a 24/7 Ninja.-More battles happening around New Mombasa. The entire Halo 2 E3 demo section is restored and part of the campaign without bugs and fully complete.-Cortana's ass is slightly bigger and you can admire her from the back if you want and not just the front like in the original when you plug her into a console on High Charity.-Warthog Run from Halo 2 Uncut is restored and fully fleshed out.-Tartarus battle is simplified because it sucked even in the original game. Boss Battles are not Halo.
>>546348269Best Sniper Rifle in the franchise.
>>546354651>stupid name>series s existing>"everything must also run on the xbone" policyThere is absolutely no generation divide. In my mind 2013 - now is still the same console generation.
>>546304013How do these editions differ from the base game?
So with the final update to shitfinite are they just gonna put all the operation passes in the exchange or will they just keep them permanently vaulted for no reason
>>546359129they pulled a bungie
>>546348269The new weapons they added are all genuinely fun and exciting weapons to the sandbox. Sticky det, railgun, and SAW are phenomenal for the UNSC, and the binary rifle and incineration cannon are awesome for the few forerunners that use them. Also, it has the best sound design in the series
>>546285135Do it with bandana on. Bandana turns it from a miserable slog to an actually pretty engaging firefight since heavy weapons aren't precious resources to be hoarded anymore
>>546343125>>546343474I don't like how overdesigned it looks though. I don't mind the changes like top-feeding or being more gray but it looks too greebly
>>546357737>How do these editions differ from the base game?Included Behind the Scenes Making of Halo 2 DVDhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q69Msy8ttM>Steve Vai Halo 2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p61VBqnc8n8>First Look Halo 2https://youtu.be/C0yjEi4YnDM?si=Nb0J6wwSkoN-kp8C>Cutting Room Floor Weapons Vehicles and Characters (Marcus Lehto, Shi Kai Wang, Robert McLees deleting weapons, vehicles and characters from Halo 2)https://youtu.be/DWI7AhQFpTE?si=Zk_P0KU14XwXoEREHalo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack came with bonus videos (Max Hoberman, Rob Stokes, Chris Carney, Mike Zak)https://youtu.be/WBUJ0-3nYs8?si=Jvw7sKiAN8b2LIzD
>>546344042MCC would spontaneously combust if it got Halo 5 added to the mix, I just want a regular PC port like a sane person>>546345398Halo 5 Forge is fucked because it's an abandoned fork and stuck within Windows Store, same with Halo Wars 2
>>546356214>Jackal Snipers kill in two shots on legendaryI think getting one shot by them is fine provided your other point that they take longer to get on targetAlso since you didnt mention it in your post>overhaul brutes so that they are no longer bullet sponge enemies who instantly charge and kill you if you dont have an energy sword or shotgun.
>>546359801>stuck within Windows StoreWhy did they make them UWP and not normal x86?
>>546348269I enjoyed Master Chief being a proper talking character for once. everything about Cortana in the game was solid, and learning that the writer based it on his experience with his dying mother was a neat touch that made it feel more genuine. also I liked the helmet edges being visible and I will die on this hill
>>546359849They wanted a closed ecosystem on PC again.It failed and flopped again because this shit never works on PC.
Do you like Nylund's books?
When did the decline of Halo's stat tracking begin?
>>546360692When they started to hide K/D.>>546360525Yeah.
>>546360525Yes as "babies first sci-fi" books. I dread to go back to them these days as a 34 year old man.
>>546360898>I dread to go back to them these days as a 34 year old man.What's wrong with them?
You now remember Halo Waypoint and Halo Channel
Classic Halo (relatively speaking).
>>546360953I don't know. I'm just a hell of a lot more well read now and am afraid it'll be a "oh this was only good because I was a kid that was autisticly obsessed with Halo"
>>546359849>>546360523You now remember Windows 10 in 2015>UWP>Microsoft Edge>Cortana>Ads in start menu>Windows Phone>Microsoft Accounts >Xbox Game Bar>Bloatware — The new roaster of Windows 10 accessories had atrocious quality, couldn't be uninstalled, and hijacked file associations.>Felt like beta testing
