>343 so shit they have to steal designs from blizzard
What happened to Halo?
Are you ok?
wut is that, grunt gundam
>>342248105
What am I looking at here?
What Blizzard character is that?
that's a big needler
>>342248289
A new enemy they're adding to Halo 5.
>>342248105
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>>342248386
d.va
>>342248408
Looks like shit, glad I borrowed Halo 5 instead of buying it.
>>342248408
wait, it's real, I haven't played this since fall, I guess firefight might be good
Blizzard shouldn't copy TF2 and LoL with their games then :^)
>>342248105
Is that a grunt mecha?
Halo 3 was the last good halo.
>343 so shit they have to steal scenes from capeshit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44oJi5w2Wjc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsWyLwj6r2k
>>342248408
sauce?
>>342248105
>>342248408
dude what
where is this even from, a campaign dlc?
>>342249201
Wrong.
>>342249447
>>342249463
http://archive.is/fiNDU
It's for Warzone and Firefight.
>>342248105
>Giant mechanical grunt
That's fucking amazing what are you complaining about
>>342248105
>/v/ is such a shithole that people bitch and complain when a company continues to add content to a game a year after release for free
wew
>>342249426
>all generic shitty action scenes are stolen from capeshit
you're probably right
>caring about post bungie
STOP ITS DEAD JUST STOP
>>342248105
It looks pretty cool, though.
>>342250074
>stop liking what I don't like
>being a halo 3 babby
Halo 5 MP is good pleb.
>>342248105
>We Gruntfall now
>>342248105
>Grunt
>Retarded, barely competent cannon fodder meant to be deployed en-masse, for cheap
>Let's give them mechs, defeating the entire purpose of them, but still leaving the retard in control
Why?
>>342249761
>b-but it should've been on release!
I'm sorry but this isn't the right place to talk about Halo most of the time.
>>342250582
they're good enough to drive ghosts and turrets
why not?
>>342250582
Actually, grunts can be pretty smart when they're given the proper training and education.
>>342249601
>>342249201
Is everyone thinking Halo 3 was the best a meme I missed or something?
I marathoned all the Bungie Halo's the other week and I seriously feel like the most stale of the five. It didn't have the sense of mystery and adventure that 1 did and it didn't have the involving story that 2 did.
I always see people praising 3 for it's custom games but Reach's shit on them in every way and yet it's considered the worst by the vocal minority.
Why
>>342250656
They can also be trusted to handle heavy weapons.
>>342248396
for you
>>342250689
This guy gets it.
>>342250721
The 9-year-olds playing Halo 3 at launch are old enough to post on this site now.
>>342250721
>Why
Two things: The Ark and The Covenant
>>342250721
I'm still annoyed with the way Halo 3 handled Truth and Miranda.
>>342250927
>two missions that are only good for their one boss battle each
>surrounded by shit levels on both ends
>>342250582
Grunts actually aren't that dumb. They're just basically a slave caste in the Covenant. They tried to rebel and actually did a fine job, but a previous Arbiter shut them down and the Covenant threatened to basically burn their homeworld to ash unless they rejoined the ranks.
>>342248464
>losslolI read the whole thing in his voice
>>342250987
>opinions
>>342250956
Yeah there was absolutely no reason to kill her. Truth felt like a completely different character in H3, change of voice actor had a lot to do with that.
>>342251287
>he ACTUALLY LIKED cortana
>>342248471
I'm not seeing it,it's I'll comparing a cricket to a golem
>>342251364
I did, and i liked The Library as well.
>>342251520
Didn't you know, D.Va and Blizzard invented mechs. Just like they invented FPS with Overwatch too.
>>342251520
>girly color scheme
>arm-mounted guns
>exposed cockpit protected by a thin material
>both have pink
>both mechs have two toes on each foot
>pelvis points downward
>pilots are little gremlins with weak pistols
>>342248105
I'd be fine with that design if they didn't use a needler and gave it a different weapon. It's uncreative makes no sense lore wise. You know that weapon that takes 7 hits to proc an explosion, well lets make a bigger version but have it still take 7 hits and fire at the same rate.
>>342251984
Well, needlers are pretty powerful in Halo 5.
>>342251984
>Goblins are kitted out with a double-barreled heavy needler, which can do massive damage to vehicles. Goblins are also capable of a needle barrage, a multiple-launch system that can target up to eight players at the same time. It’s a nasty talent, but one that’s easily disabled by knocking out the Goblin’s backpack. With the barrage out of commission, the Goblin will be forced to rely on its grenade launcher, which will be more powerful on the Mythic variant.
THIS JUST IN (Not really)
NEW UNSC FIREFIGHT VEHICLE (Does not actually look unsc at all)
THE WASP
>343 adds goofy shit like silly armors, pizza weapon skins, as well as grunt mechs
>yet they continue to insist that the MP is canon and this seems to trigger lorefags, bungiefags, etc
I don't mind the grunt mechs and silly weapon skins, but why does 343 and the fanbase care about the "lore" of a MP game? You're just there to shoot people.
>>342252124
Looks nice.
>>342250721
The last 3 levels were goat, the game was 2007, no other game had ranked mm like it, customs were cray with forge world, built-in replay system. No other game had all that at that time. The game was severely lacking on cosmetics though, but back then microtransactions didnt exist
That looks dope
>>342252124
Are you surprised? Humanity ever since the ar is literally jumping tech now.
>>342252124
Very simplistic design.
>>342248289
>>342252124
It looks like a curvy version of the Sparrowhawk. It fits with 343's nuHalo human design.
>>342250404
Why literally nobody plays it right? Nobody fucking likes shit 343 halo and its dying
>>342252830
>Why literally nobody plays it right?
[citation needed]
>>342248105
I don't even give a fuck. Shit looks fun, the firefight beta was fun, free dlc is supposed to drop at the end of the month. Looking to be the best dlc yet.
>>342252147
Halo is one if the most lore and story filled series in all of gaming.
>>342252979
Now we just needplayable Elites.
>>342252913
They didn't even release the numbers which only means it's bad. After halo 4 which had atrocious population, and since halo 5 actually sold worse than 4.
>>342253127
Is that why I can still find games?
>>342253186
I can still find games on age of empires 2
Doesn't mean loads of people play it
>>342252124
I don't know how I feel about this. It almost looks like a covie vehicle with a green paint job.
>>342252830
>nobody plays it right?
it's not a colossal success but it isn't doing as well as they'd hoped i'm sure. it's still very fun and has a good population. never had a problem finding games.
stop projecting, halo 3 babby.
>>342253119
I thought they didn't added Elites because of gameplay, Elites ground pounding and sliding doesn't make sense.
>>342251364
who the fuck didnt like cortana in bungies games?
what the fuck?
>>342253282
Halo is no longer relevant because of 343
Nobody cares about it anymore
>>342253257
What's your point? Do you have more fun when there's 800k people playing the same game?
>>342250404
Just because you say a game is dead does not make it so. I never wait longer than 60 seconds to find a game in halo 5.
>>342253023
*Bungie's Halo
>>342253127
>>342253257
the population is fine. XBL doesn't release the numbers for shit anymore. it's up to the devs.
>>342253341
elites would only work if they reintroduced an invasion style game again where elites had unique mechanics to offset the spartan moveset.
>>342252124
>1995
>>342253414
Means more people agree with me than you
>>342253127
It sold 5m in 3 months, worse than Halo at its peak but not bad at all.
I assume the number is higher by now.
>>342253393
keep saying that, halo 3 babby
i'll just keep enjoying the game while you shitpost.
>>342253341
>Elites ground pounding and sliding doesn't make sense.
Why wouldn't it make sense? Elites are every bit as athletic as Spartans. Maybe even moreso.
But anyway, 343 said before release that they would've added Elites to MP, but they would've taken too much time to add at the time.
>>342253514
I'd rather Elites had the same abilities, since that would give a grater chance of them getting to be played in more playlists.
>>342253595
>Means more people agree with me than you
go outside faggot
>>342253595
Stop being a baby.
>>342253595
With that logic CoD is the best game right now right?
>>342253636
>no argument
>baseless insults that don't actually insult me
>implying you are even playing it right now
It's not a horrible game, but you're delusional if you think 343 hold a candle to bungie or are as popular
>>342253698
I'd rather Elites not be playable at all if you're going to have dinofags running around in every mode. Halo was always about equal starts, and they finally started getting back to that.
>>342252124
it looks like fucking plastic
>>342253770
>>342253734
Cry all you want you know I'm right
>>342253698
>I'd rather Elites had the same abilities, since that would give a grater chance of them getting to be played in more playlists.
it just doesn't work imo. elites have different physiological structure so translating that to even gameplay is difficult. you'll have people abusing it like the dino plagues of reach.
>>342253770
>>342253734
>literally no counter
epic
>>342253698
Anon 343 Elites, high ranking ones, get knocked out by regular humans on a regular basis.
It's just not gonna happen, 343 is all about "Fuck yeah, humanity!"
>>342253806
Not really, the new CoD is one of the most hated games of all time and it's not even out.
>>342253119
And playable soldiers my nigga. If they're going to keep pushing the prometheans, they need to let me play as one.
>>342252124
Looks like an updated version of the AV-14
A shit version, but updated.
>>342254198
>"In fiction, the AV-49 Wasp supplements existing stocks of AV-14 Hornet and AV-22 Sparrowhawk aircraft in UNSC Marine service," said systems designer Tim Temmerman. "It is a close air support VTOL armed with heavy machine guns and twin rocket launchers.
>>342253832
how old were you when halo 3 was released? 9? 343 obviously aren't as popular, for multiple reasons. mechanically the game is fantastic, but the rape of the lore and the art design are terrible. but lore rape started with bungie. most people just bitch about 343 because it's the trendy thing to do.
if you can't recognize that halo 5 is mechanically a great game you really need to take a step back and pull your head out of your ass.
>>342253889
pretty childish argument anon
>>342253851
Fuck you, dino-blasters was the funnest shit.
>>342254005
I thought we were talking about playerbase
>>342253974
In Hunters in the Dark, N'tho and the other Elites could run faster, hear better, and jump farther than Spartans could. I'd say that's good enough to let them have equal footing as player characters in a video game.
>>342253930
They could be made to work. Have them stand up straighter, make playable one s a little shorter, things like that, and it should be pretty even. And it's not like I realistically expect them to be able to be used in ranked playlists.
>>342254076
That'd be pretty neat as well.
>>342254005
and it'll still most likely sell more than halo 5 did
>>342254460
>Have them stand up straighter, make playable one s a little shorter, things like that, and it should be pretty even.
i'd personally rather just them have different abilities/movesets that balance out. but that's just me.
>>342254334
It's not a good halo game though.
And the maps are dogshit. My first halo was 2 and I was 16 when it came out
>>342254076
Why was these guys so awful? Worse than the flood. No fun.
Playing the campaign in 5 and going between maps with covenant and maps with promethans feels and looks like almost two different games.
>>342254334
343 is shit. Why do you defend them
>CEO literally said she didn't like halo when taking the franchise on
>lied to customers about MCC being fixed
>micro transactions
>>342254606
>"halo" is what i say it is
no. if anything Halo 5 mechanics are the natural evolution of what playing as a spartan should be. but that's my opinion.
>>342254594
>i'd personally rather just them have different abilities/movesets that balance out. but that's just me.
Different abilities might be too different from the established paradigm for map and gameplay purposes, though. It'd be easier to me for 343 to simply give 'em the same abilities as Spartans.
>>342248105
after Halo CE and 2 I stopped giving a shit
>>342254727
i'm not necessarily defending them outright, but listening to these internet warriors with shit opinions take up a crusade is tiring.
>>342254727
It's not defending anyone to recognize something good they may have done.
>>342254748
No though. They've changed fundamentally how the game plays. It's all well and good liking the progression, but it's strayed too far from what made halo gameplay
>>342254793
i think that's what they're getting at when they said they didn't put them in because of time constraints. working them in would have taken a while in an already tight deadline.
i don't just want a reskinned spartan. i'd want something different that felt different. a reskin would just be called lazy by the leagues of internet critics.
>>342255014
Halo has been getting fundamentally changed ever since its inception.
>>342255014
a game has to evolve over it's installments. even madden adds features. the core of halo is still there. just because it's been tweaked doesn't automatically make it shit.
>>342255043
I'm pretty fine with reskinned Spartan and if it meant actually gettin' them, I'm all for it. And I'm pretty used to it from Halo 2 and 3.
>>342255014
>It doesn't feel like Halo
This meme needs to die, every Halo has been different since CE.
>>342253391
The mission, not the character
NO ONE liked the mission
>>342255508
They're not using it as a meme, they actually believe it because they only played Halo 2 and 3.
>>342255474
yeah i mean sure it'd be cool but you know how the internet would react and call them lazy.
just look at this thread for instance.
>>342252254
this
>>342255825
I'd hope internet people wouldn't care. And I'd hope 343 wouldn't care about things I wouldn't care about.
When does Warzone firefight releases?
>>342255753
Even Halo 3 felt different from 2 with bullet spread, lack of hitscan and equipment.
>>342256112
It was a little different, but not to the extent of any other Halo game.
>>342256031
End of this month.
>>342256031
Probably at the end of the month.
>>342253023
>Halo is one if the most lore and story filled series in all of gaming
And from what I've seen and read from threads on /v/ and other sites, Halo has shit ton of plotholes, as well as stories that either end up being dropped or rewritten altogether.
>Bungie shafted the books for a whole decade
>Manual for CE states that Chief is the last Spartan left but this ends up being rewritten
>In CE, Keyes says the Covenant believe Halo is a weapon but In H2 and onwards the Covenant believe Halo will ascend them to higher plane of existence to join the Forerunners
>Truth plays the part of the cool and collected chess master in H2 but then ends up acting like a psychopath in H3
>In H3, Johnson, Miranda and Arby somehow reach Earth before Chief does
> Miranda acting like a retard and getting herself killed, why didn't she just fire the Pelican's guns through the glass window instead of crashing it like a dope?
>Reach completely pissed off all lorefags because it apparently shat all over Fall of Reach
>Forward onto Dawn somehow changes size between H3 and H4
>Chief's armor changes between H3 and H4 and Cortana brushes it off with “lol nanomachines”
>Didact's ship goes from being blown up at the end of H4 to jumping into slipspace and ending up on Genesis in H5 or something like that
>H5 had nothing to do with the marketing and this whole plot about “The Created” somehow even pissed off lorefags because it was never mentioned nor hinted in the books and simply came from nowhere
I have no idea how it is with the books because I don't read them but I don't see the point of becoming invested in Halo's plot too deeply when there is no internal consistency and things just seem to get rewritten and shafted just to keep the money train going. How do lorefags cope with it?
>>342256229
>>342256248
awww jizz, I'm not a multiplayer person so this is great news
>>342256567
>How do lorefags cope with it?
At the moment, many of 'em are still pissed off and hoping 343 does anything to give them some goodwill. Though since 343 still hasn't actually talked about Halo 5's campaign after release, it seems doubtful.
>>342256567
the original books written at the time of CE were god tier. then bungie decided to basically ignore them and the related universe where it suited them but they get a pass for some reason.
if they just would have stuck with nylund's writing and did their best to keep his lore true in the game series it would be unparalleled.
>>342252124
I can't wait for this to be boring and counter intuitive to fly because 343 still refuses to adopt the falcon's controls.
>>342248105
Is this the new Kirby game?
>>342248105
Halo 6 is coming to pc, but who cares
Do you think the old games, the good ones, will ever get ported? A MCC port would be enough I guess, but I'd miss ODST and Reach
Maybe they'll release the MCC on pc with the release of Halo 3 anniversary, would probably sell a lot
Right now I'm somehow happy with this pseudo-Halo 3 on PC, but actual ports would be better
>>342257970
>the good ones
>Reach
>posts a screenshot of halo online
>>342258094
Reach was great Armor abilities aside.
>>342258162
No it wasn't.
>>342248408
This is the dumbest design I've seen. This doesn't look like Halo at all.
I like the idea of Grunts getting some armor as they're tired of getting their shit pushed in, but this just looks dumb.
>>342258190
Why?
>>342258094
>can't even read the whole post
>didn't have fun with Reach multiplayer
You look like a very sad guy.
>>342258190
Brilliant counter argument.
>>342258278
>>342258308
>shit movement that can't even be fixed by cranking up the numbers
>bloom that couldn't be disabled until a patch over a year later
>shit balance, with only about half a dozen usable weapons
>grenades with the power of halo 1, but without the mobility to avoid them and the fuse time of halo 3's water balloons
>assassination animations that can't be disabled and trigger randomly
>no bleedthrough until a patch was added over a year later
>health is bugged even with bleedthrough
>motion blur out the ass
>no powerups in normal matchmaking, as they were replaced by loadouts
>>342258286
i didn't have fun with reach either i felt as if it was a weak compared to 2 and 3.
didn't enjoy story either the spartans dying one by one thing was kind of cliche to me and lame i felt as if 4 was better in the story department than most halos except 1 because they both gave a complete story with the game.
the multiplayer customs were good at reach for the time but right now 5 is the best when it comes to multiplayer customs.
>>342258278
>>342258308
>Slow movement
>Low jump height
>Random weapon spread
>Awful weapon balance
>No bleed through
>>342254813
apparently not
>>342258748
this anon knows
>>342258817
>i felt as if 4 was better in the story department
I respect your opinion, but I can't really take it seriously
>>342258748
>assassination animations that can't be disabled and trigger randomly
>motion blur out the ass
what
>>342259354
>i never noticed them so they didn't happen
>>342250721
Reach was better in every way but nobody gave a shit about Reach, did YOU ever find somebody's fileshare having interesting shit in Reach?
Because I sure didn't.
>>342259354
>Assassinations are triggered by holding the melee button while behind or in the air next to someone
>There's literally no motion blur
Ladies and gentleman, a retard.
>>342259579
i did.
i actually made dozens of maps that can probably still be found on ForgeHub. i was NEET at the time. 2008 sucked ass.
>>342259787
>>There's literally no motion blur
There was, though. An unnecessary amount.
>>342249201
You don't know how right you are. EVERY Halo game after Halo 3 has been a massive disappointment.
>>342259579
You must not have looked very hard mate. Reach customs blew 3's out of the water.
>>342259354
>shit movement that can't even be fixed by cranking up the numbers
Why not?
>bloom that couldn't be disabled until a patch over a year later
I didn't notice it t b h
>shit balance, with only about half a dozen usable weapons
Like literally every halo before
>grenades with the power of halo 1, but without the mobility to avoid them and the fuse time of halo 3's water balloons
Good, useful grenades a re a good thing, and I personally never felt they were OP.
>assassination animations that can't be disabled and trigger randomly
False, you can choose not to assassinate
>no bleedthrough until a patch was added over a year later
What do you mean by bleedthrough?
>health is bugged even with bleedthrough
>motion blur out the ass
yeah that sucks
>no powerups in normal matchmaking, as they were replaced by loadouts
meh, powerups were not all that great, but I liked them more than AAs.
>>342248554
Yeah i was gunna pick it back up again
>>342260126
>Why not?
Because of the movement acceleration that made anything higher than like 110% movement speed feel like ice skating when you tried to change direction.
>I didn't notice it t b h
You never noticed how inaccurate guns would get just by shooting them?
>Like literally every halo before
Not Halo 1, and it was improved in the 343 games.
>Good, useful grenades a re a good thing, and I personally never felt they were OP.
>works on my machnine ;^)
>False, you can choose not to assassinate
It was too difficult to choose not to.
>What do you mean by bleedthrough?
Any leftover damage from breaking shields would be transferred to the health.
reminds me of the Steamflex from Wakfu
>>342248105
So if Bungie would have done this, would you bitch?
>>342260775
No, it's okay when Bungie does it.
>>342252124
Interesting, looks like the successor to the Hornet.
>>342260459
>Because of the movement acceleration that made anything higher than like 110% movement speed feel like ice skating when you tried to change direction.
Oh yeah, I remember that. Still that's a subjective design decision.
>You never noticed how inaccurate guns would get just by shooting them?
I thought you meant visual bloom.
IIRC it was only a visual effect, and bloom didn't actually influence the accuracy of weapons.
>Not Halo 1, and it was improved in the 343 games.
You're saying the Halo CE pistol wasn't broken?
>It was too difficult to choose not to.
Really now.
>Any leftover damage from breaking shields would be transferred to the health.
Is that really gamebreaking? And how would you rationalize that in-universe? Like the bullet loses some power upon breaking the shield but still gets through the armor?
I've only played Halo 1-3 and have the multiplayer disc for ODST for some reason.
It's weird to see Halo being praised on here, albeit it has been for quite a while, and people getting nostalgic for it,not gonna lie, I do too at times, but damn it feels weird.
How time flies.
>in a couple years people will reminisce on the 360 and PS3 and how it was their first gaming experience.
I'm not ready
>>342260882
It is, that's what Hornets get upgraded to in Halo Wars.
>>342260775
>>342260816
Except bungie never did this shit
>>342260775
Yes. More so even.
>I thought you meant visual bloom.
IIRC it was only a visual effect, and bloom didn't actually influence the accuracy of weapons.
That's the whole reason it was implemented.
It was also ridiculously easy to understand and work within to remain accurate.
>>342260932
>RC it was only a visual effect, and bloom didn't actually influence the accuracy of weapons.
It did.
>You're saying the Halo CE pistol wasn't broken?
With how few weapons there were in H1, and how powerful everything was, no. It wasn't broken.
>Is that really gamebreaking?
I expect my weapons to do the same amount of damage no matter what, it's stupid that my gun will arbitrarily only do 1 point of damage just because the guy's shields started recharging the exact moment I shot him.
>>342261270
Literally nobody complained about their inability to control the spread, people complained about others being able to just spam the trigger and get lucky kills. There's absolutely no reason for it to exist on semi-automatic weapons.
>>342261328
We just had this "CE weapon sandbox was balanced" discussion on /hg/. I'm copy/pasting what i said:
- Magnum vs P. Pistol = Magnum wins
- Magnum vs Shotgun = Magnum wins
- Magnum vs P. Rifle = Magnum wins
- Magnum vs P. Needler = Magnum wins
- Magnum vs Assault Rifle = Magnum wins
- Magnum vs Flamethrower = Magnum wins
- Magnum vs P. Pistol = Magnum wins
- Magnum vs RL, FRC, Sniper rifle = Depends of the situation
>and the case with every other Halo game ever made.
-Halo 2: BR and Carbine are both viable.
-Halo 3: Lack of hitscan shots nerfs the BR giving you a better chance with other weapons.
-Halo Reach: fuck Reach.
-Halo 4: BR, DMR, Carbine and even the Magnum are all viable.
-Halo 5: Pretty much all the weapons are viable except for the Boltshot and Supressor.
>>342261593
But you were wrong on /hg/, so I don't know why you're bringing it here.
>>342261593
>except for the Boltshot
Boltshot seems pretty nice to use.
>>342252124
>No space for passengers.
>no side-turrets.
Why
>>342261671
>But you were wrong on /hg/
Really? I only saw them failing to prove me wrong.
>>342261731
It's not bad, you can definitely get kills with it but not as easily as with other weapons.
>>342261985
I already did. Go read the thread. You never responded.
>>342262031
Oh right, didn't see your post.
Microsoft, just fucking release MCC on PC so we can play H2A and H3 custom games. All your new games are fucking garbage- stop trying to shove them down my fucking throat.
Speaking of Halo on PC, how come no one plays Custom Edition anymore? THAT game was THE SHIT. If only we could get 3 with that level of modding, right?
>>342251984
Heavy Needlers have been a thing since Halo Wars
>people whining about a fun non canon enemy type exclsuive to a shits and ggigles mp only mode
halo threads on /v/ are the worst
>>342253479
Plenty of 343's novels are good too.
Escalations is trash but there was nothing wrong with them killing black team and you should feel bad for meming about it.
I'm glad that some people are able to find enjoyment with Halo 5. I really am. But at this point 343i has gotten far enough from Halo that it just isn't the series for me anymore. The movement and the story and all the creature and armor designs and the music- none of it is "Halo" to me at this point. It all just seems more homogenized. The armor looks more like generic space power armor, the creatures more like "this is what aliens are, right?", the music more basic action movie, the movement falling in line with what every other shooter is currently doing. It just isn't for me.
Which is why I'm so fucking salty that they quarter-ass'd the MCC. Still can't even connect to people. What the hell, man?
>>342250721
Objectively, I think 3 was better. But Reach has a special place in my heart because that was the hypest I've ever been for a game. Like ever. That VGA trailer sent out a cumwave in the whole fucking room when we were watching it.
That and me and my bros won that Forgetacular contest and got to play our map in MM.
>>342261593
>-Halo Reach: fuck Reach.
Reach has one of the least imbalanced weapon sandboxes in the series, though. It's still shit balance, but it's not as shit as the rest
>DMR is the best gun, of course, but it's not as OP as the BR was in 2 or 3
>AR can actually hit shit at a range
>covenant and UNSC guns actually feel unique and aren't just clones
>only truly terrible guns in the game is the plasma repeater
>>342250721
A lot of halo fans on /v/ nowadays started the series with 3.
Not that it's bad, but it's not the best
>>342262031
Responded, check /hg/.
>>342250721
Reach from the outside looking in SHOULD be the greatest Halo game, but it just isn't for a number of reasons.
While the forge is more user-friendly than 3's, the samey, silver objects you built everything with made every map blend together after a while. While 3's forge was dogshit to actually build in, you had plenty of locales to choose from that each gave a different flavor of pieces.
The campaign for Reach is not great. 3's has some backtracking problems near the start but overall it's better, especially near the end.
Armor abilities blow big fat dicks.
And as AMAZINGLY SO FUCKIN RAD as those armors were, they took a retarded amount of grinding to get, especially if you preferred campaign, forge, or customs over matchmaking.
Also the weapon sandbox is pretty fucking dull in Reach.
>>342263164
Well, it probably is canon since Cortana is now "helping" them revolutionize their homeworld. Not that it's a bad thing that it's canon.
> there was nothing wrong with them killing black team and you should feel bad for meming about it.
To be fair, the way Reed went about it was pretty shit. Reed wanted people to die to show the seriousness of the situation, asked for suggestions on who to kill for shock value, some guy suggested to kill off Black Team, and he went with it.
In my honest opinion, Halo 2 had the best campaign and 3 had the best multiplayer overall, with Reach coming closely with the even further improved Customs and Forge.
Halo 5 has a very solid multiplayer and I enjoy it a good bit but the campaign is easily the absolute worst in the series and I played Halo for the full package, so if the trade-off for good multiplayer now is a shit campaign I'm very likely NOT going to pick up H6.
>>342253479
They deserved bettrr
>>342248408
What the fuck even is that? Looks fucking awful
>>342264402
THIS.
bitches whine about movement speed in 3 because they heard it online but it is so fucking negligible when you actually compare it to 2 it doesn't make even a half-second of difference unless you're running in a straight line for over a full minute, which most players aren't to do in a fucking multiplayer match.
5's campaign was such a fucking bummer. I cringe thinking about that repeat boss battle and the dumbass fight between Locke and chief.
>>342265114
It's pretty cute, though.
>>342265118
3 had a worse strafe.
>>342265404
and 2 had a bullshit hitscan gun and accompanying glitch that dominated the entire game, so whatever. All games have problems.
>>342265586
They have problems, but that doesn't make Halo 3's shit movement any less of one.
>>342265118
My only issue with 3 gameplay wise was the damn FOV, even for a console shooter it was WAY too narrow. Its most noticeable when doing a marathon of them all in MCC, going from 1 and 2 to 3 can be nauseating.
>>342265659
I'm saying people over-emphasize a strafing issue as some sort of global problem that ruins the whole game.
It still has better balance than 2.
It still has one of the most interesting weapon sandboxes.
It still has the most vibrant colors and varied map designs, both in layout, theming, and execution.
It still has the second best customization behind Reach, without the retarded grinding.
It still has tons of incredible custom games.
It still has an amazing campaign, even if it isn't AS good as 2.
The fact that everyone on /v/ and /vg/ shits on 3 all the time is fucking ridiculous. It is still super good. I get that people want to feel like oldfag contrarians by hating the popular one, but it's strengths far outweigh it's weaknesses.
>>342252147
The only lore (aside from the background lore on locales and past fights and whatever) in multiplayer is that it is a simulation. It isn't hard o fathom that there would be a couple programmers or even AI manipulating the program to have silly pizza skins just for their own amusement.
>>342266121
>It still has better balance than 2.
Does it, though? Everything that's not called the BR is still equally useless. Only difference is that the dual wield weapons are even worse in 3 because of the damage nerf they receive when holding a second weapon.
>It still has one of the most interesting weapon sandboxes.
5 reskinned automatic weapons and a Covenant counterpart for every weapon is interesting?
>It still has an amazing campaign, even if it isn't AS good as 2.
It had exactly 2 good missions(read: Scarab fights). Everything else was linear shit against hairy Elites.
>>342257970
ODST is part of the MCC as DLC. It was free for everyone who bought he came early when it was broken. I assume it would come standard as part of a PC port.
>>342265404
Reach had the worst straft faggot.
>>342268241
*strafe
>>342266121
>It still has the second best customization behind Reach, without the retarded grinding.
I would say it's H4 >Reach > 3 in terms of customization options.
Armor and art design was fucking awful in 4 but being able to fully customize Chest, legs, arms, helmet and visor was pretty damn cool.
Halo 4 customization + Reach art design = God tier armor customization
>>342250721
>Reach's shit on them in every way
Not with Reach's pure dogshit physics engine.
It had a worse story line, shit characters, crappy guns and the multiplayer started the series descent into what Halo 4 and 5 turned into.
It also looked like crap.
Would you date a Sangheili girl?
>>342248105
The new firefight is ass, there's no emphasis on survival at all and encourages players to spam REQ cards because enemies are dumb as fuck bullet sponges that 343 insists on designing.
>grunts are the lowest rank of the Covies
>they get mechas while the other still fight on foot
>>342261593
>/hg/
You guys are shitters that don't understand what the design philosophy of each Halo game was. Anyone that says pistol wins in every situation is actually retarded, it's good in every situation but it isn't the best for every situation. Pistol is utility based while all the other weapons are niche based.
>>342269810
>Would you date a Sangheili girl?
Only Sangheili guys for me.
>>342270202
There's a good chance Cortana was involved in its creation.
>>342248105
Is that a unit for Halo Wars? That looks cool.
>>342270734
Nah, new enemy for Halo 5's Warzone.
>>342270734
New boss for Halo 5.
>>342261731
Bolts hot was awesome in Halo 4, but I hate it in 5. They're completely different weapons. It went from being a Magnum/shotgun combo to being a Magnum with a stupid 3 shot autolockon mechanic.
>>342270674
I miss the original Halo 2 variation of hue naked Elite. They were ripped. At least Halo 5 brought back ripped naked Elites.
>>342270861
>>342270837
Well, that sucks, I really wanted to control a squad of these assholes, they look cool as an RTS unit.
>>342271020
*the
>>342248105
This update looks good, Stop complaining.
>>342270878
It was cancer in loadouts, but made for a really fun pickup.
>>342271020
That picture I just posted looks pretty ripped to me.
I want a Sangheili gf
>>342271169
I actually thought it was pretty balances in loadouts. It made sense for me to use as a sneaky mini camper scum player, but the plasma pistol was nice if vehicles were being abused and if you were playing chumps, since chumps can't into noob combo.
>>342271235
Not as ripped as this sexy mother fucker.
>>342251836
But, its just a mecha version of what the grunt ALREADY looks like with the cockpit where the methane tank is?
>>342257067
this
This entire thread screams casuals. None of you faggots can get past bronze.
>Hornet is kill
>>342248408
Wow, an enemies that fires the homing darts AND grenades, and it probably has ingenious AI-routines such as "stand still and fire/walk towards the player/walk towards player whilst firing.
>>342275337
>an enemy that tries to kill the player
How dare they make something like that?? 343 ruined halo forever!
>>342256567
The lore gets mixed up because of the games, not the books (mostly). I don't read any of the comics, but I'd say the books are high-quality, easy to get into scifi. I actually prefer sections where Master Chef isn't the main focus, as that's where you get most of the actual story info.
>>342258262
I thought it looked fun
>>342259087
>>342258817
Halo 4 story is best story. CHARACTER DEVELPOMENT
>>342276195
what character development?
>m-muh digital waifu
>>342248105
>A grunt, but bigger
>Rip-off of D.VA
Everyone in this thread is stupid, including me for spoonfeeding
>>342248408
>That huge ass needler
![51b0542916fd4fa729bcb90ce8286d2e4c6b27d8[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/VJAh1xC.png "51b0542916fd4fa729bcb90ce8286d2e4c6b27d8[1].png")
>stealing designs from BATTLEBORN
>>342248105
>Blizzard invented piloted mechs
>It doesn't even look like Dva, it's literally a grunt but bigger
Kill yourself my man.
>>342248408
What is that grunt doing in a tiny mecha? What is the point of that? Grunts are supposed to be the expendable little shits that suicide bomb.
>>342276936
>"Essentially, the backstory of this battle suit is it was built by Grunts for Grunts in what the Grunt designers agreed was the perfect embodiment of agility and lethality. Obviously when you have a Grunt driver or ‘jockey’ controlling this powerful battle suit, results may be unpredictable.
>>342276195
Too bad it all went down the drain in Halo 5.
>>342263281
Holy fuck, man. I left class early to pick up reach because I couldn't go to the midnight launch. Putting the disc in and loading up the title screen was the hypest I have ever been for a video game, or anything.
I think the only thing that could match that for me now would have to be something like Star Citizen in VR.
>>342248105
It looks like that Ghost vehicle with a needler stuck to it.
>>342276936
Grunts are smart as fuck, the real question is which race is the most intelligent, brutes or grunts?
All you HALO 3 IS BETTER HALO might actually like 5, mp is really nice in arena and WZ, in which this grunt appears.
>>342277298
Grunts are able to learn really advanced material very quickly, the only problem is retaining it after learning other stuff.
>>342277103
Yeah but mp made up for 4 imo
>>342277071
>>342277298
I just honestly can't believe the Covenant would even allow them to don such a thing. They were all about putting them down and converting them into little suicide bombers, suddenly they're allowing them into what may be effective mecha.
>>342277536
Except the custom games for 5 are dogshit.
>>342277776
These guys are rare though. Like 1-time bosses on 24 player maps. 343 has abandoned lore in mp finally, and that's good. Of course, they have to write a back story.
>>342278145
nah
>>342248408
>>342248408
Looks like a rock golem from Tak and the Power of JuJu, JuJu Challenge
>>342278145
Tru I hope a browser comes for you guys, I've never really been one for customs.
>>342277776
Why do you think it's the Covenant? The ones that facilitated it were probably The Created. After all, Cortana became involved in helping the Grunt's homeworld to manipulate them into helping her.
>>342277776
Cortana gave the grunts the tech, the storm, the last remnant of the covenant was wiped out in halo 5.
>>342277776
That's because it's not classic covenant (CE-3) or the new one (4-5) anymore, Cortana is apparently becoming their new leader:
>It’s so shiny! Me seem to member things looking preeeeeetty bleak there for a while, with me an’ all the other Unggoy spendin’ years just mostly running away from green demons, or mean boss flappy-mouths who just wanted to make sure we got shotted at first.
>But now… well now the blue lady helps us. I meen, it’s weird and confusing and all because she used to help the green guy be mean to us, then she was mean to the green guy, then nice to us… I don’t know, she’s definitely the most confusing blue lady I’ve seen – I mean, she’s really the ONLY one I’ve seen, but whatevers.
>Anyway, she must have feeled bad for us getting’ kicked around all the time cause now she sends us stuff to eat and things to be builded…
>- Hamyap
tl;dr: Cortana is probably giving grunts new technology so they work for her.
>>342277776
I don't understand everyone here. This mecha-grunt only appears in the online portion of H5 which is basically a simulation where Spartans fight other Spartans.
I don't think its too crazy to have grunts in mechas.
>>342278406
>The horizon is a roiling gyre of smoke and steam. Sizzling plasma arcs across the low clouds, illuminating a twisted nightmare of scorched wreckage strewn across the frozen ground. Seeking shelter, an Unggoy foreman flees from his post, amidst the cackling chatter of a hundred thousand Unggoy hard at work.
>Yes, the factories of Balaho are active again!
>Following their alliance with Cortana and the Created, the Unggoy were granted nearly limitless resources. Ships empty of life but loaded with advanced technology arrived. New agricultural support stations appeared in orbit, awaiting eager workers to feed the desperate masses below. Where chaos had once reigned, stability and a semblance of order have returned. And something more: a purpose.
>With their pressing requirements – food, shelter, medicine – met, Balaho’s finest designers and crafters have worked day and night, tirelessly building their future. From their factories come clever mechanisms and curious cudgels, manufactured with knowledge the Unggoy secretly learned over centuries of oppression and cruelty. The destiny of the Unggoy is unfolding, and this time, THEY will be the elite! Well, maybe.
>>342251836
>pilots are little gremlins.
Alright you got me on this one.
>>342278406
Cortana is Mother Brain now. :P
>>342278620
Are the Created that are in allegiance with Cortana just human AI, or are there Covenant AI on her side too?
>>342278474
Ikr
>>342278620
Gotta give it to the writer
>>342278779
The Covenant were weary of Smart AI after learning about Mendicant Bias and his treachery, so they banned Smart AI a long time ago. Now it looks like they were right to do so.
