The Halo Thread V12: The Last Thread Turned Into A Bridge
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[QUOTE=sb27;50971054]Probably mentioned by others before, but is it just me or did the Halo series go downhill hard from Halo 4 and onwards?
I really enjoyed the Halo games up to ODST (never played Reach or full-game of Halo Wars), but I got an XB1 a while back with the MCC, and I just felt disappointed from Halo 4. Gameplay seemed... poor and stressful compared to Halo 3 (fuck the watchers), the story was ridiculous, Promethean weapons are useless, multiplayer gets boring fast and the gun sounds are really lame. I've been thinking of getting Halo 5 but after seeing that Forge gameplay video, it seems that I wouldn't like it at all.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=sb27;50971054]Probably mentioned by others before, but is it just me or did the Halo series go downhill hard from Halo 4 and onwards?
I really enjoyed the Halo games up to ODST (never played Reach or full-game of Halo Wars), but I got an XB1 a while back with the MCC, and I just felt disappointed from Halo 4. Gameplay seemed... poor and stressful compared to Halo 3 (fuck the watchers), the story was ridiculous, Promethean weapons are useless, multiplayer gets boring fast and the gun sounds are really lame. I've been thinking of getting Halo 5 but after seeing that Forge gameplay video, it seems that I wouldn't like it at all.[/QUOTE]
Imo, Halo 5 rectifies everything sandbox wise that Halo 4 shitted up, while still striking a functional compromise for the obligatory (and more than likely mandated) pandering to "modern" fps players.
Feel how you feel.
When it comes to the sandbox, level design, and multiplayer Halo 5 is way better than Halo 4 (and better than Halo 3 and Reach, imo). But 343i has yet to prove themselves when it comes to the story.
Even if they somehow get a writing team that can have ideas that aren't a bunch of bad Dr Who episodes, they'd have a hell of a job digging themselves out of the hole they're in.
seems like halo 5 will have team and global chat
[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CrEKOzTUMAAgeW6.jpg[/img]
[editline]30th August 2016[/editline]
oh shit it looks like it even highlights the key its mapped to on the keyboard, that's a neat touch
[editline]30th August 2016[/editline]
even if uwp was open as ever we would have a pretty hard time modding H5 Forge considering EVERYTHING is on dedicated servers it seems
[QUOTE=343N;50972274]even if uwp was open as ever we would have a pretty hard time modding H5 Forge considering EVERYTHING is on dedicated servers it seems[/QUOTE]
What shouldn't be too hard is for modders to script an external program that serves as matchmatching, hopefully. Not sure how Locked down UWP shit is.
Also, All REQ will be on Forge when Update/PC drops.
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[QUOTE=sb27;50971054]Probably mentioned by others before, but is it just me or did the Halo series go downhill hard from Halo 4 and onwards?
I really enjoyed the Halo games up to ODST (never played Reach or full-game of Halo Wars), but I got an XB1 a while back with the MCC, and I just felt disappointed from Halo 4. Gameplay seemed... poor and stressful compared to Halo 3 (fuck the watchers), the story was ridiculous, Promethean weapons are useless, multiplayer gets boring fast and the gun sounds are really lame. I've been thinking of getting Halo 5 but after seeing that Forge gameplay video, it seems that I wouldn't like it at all.[/QUOTE]
If you like Forge and that's all you want then yeah. The story in Halo 5 is somehow worse then Halo 4 which is truely a feat within itself and MP is alright
[video]https://youtu.be/Xc6VGE15_Ds[/video]
[editline]30th August 2016[/editline]
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[quote]The M12S Warthog CST will be available at launch for Forza Horizon 3, and will be sent as a free download to everyone who has played either Halo 5: Guardians or Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Xbox One. Eligible players will receive codes to download the Warthog via an Xbox Live Message, and codes will begin to be sent out during the week of September 5. [/quote]
I wonder if it works in the PC version.
Did they ever add the twin barrel rocket to halo 5? I still hate halo 5's rocket launcher design.
[QUOTE=Intoxicated Spy;50974556]Did they ever add the twin barrel rocket to halo 5? I still hate halo 5's rocket launcher design.[/QUOTE]
The SPNKR and some variants have been added as rare and legendary single-use REQs, and I think there are even some maps in the official playlists that have SPNKRs instead of the new thing
yay
So for MP stuff, it's invites only? Didnt we know that at its conception?
Even still, Thats kinda lame. But give the community a couple of days, they'll figure something out.
...you dont need gold, right?
I don't believe so.
so how does this work exactly?
does it keep all the information from your XBL account from xbox one to pc? so if you've played halo 5 before on the xbox, and load it up on pc, you'll be at level 18 or whatever and have the armor you unlocked? or is it just a blank slate no matter what since this technically isn't the full game?
yes. and armor customization is done on waypoint/xbox, not in forge, apparently
Can you unlock req pack stuff with it? Or is that restricted to Xbox one?
pretty sure its xbone but that's just a guess
It would be great to know, especially since I don't have an Xbox one
oh you can do it all on waypoint aswell as far as i know
[QUOTE=Itauske Roken;50977123]It would be great to know, especially since I don't have an Xbox one[/QUOTE]
Don't worry its on the PC so if you're stuck with the default armour within a week there will probably be a mod or something to fix it. You're also not really missing out when it comes to 343i's armour design.
Can we load maps we made on the Xbox to the PC? I want to try playing my EVA gametype and map to see if it's fun
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Can we load maps we made on the Xbox to the PC?[/QUOTE]
Everything except the actual MP games is cross platform.
When you upload a map made in PC Forge it is automatically available for X-Box as well.
[editline]31st August 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=Itauske Roken;50977123]It would be great to know, especially since I don't have an Xbox one[/QUOTE]
Halo 5 PC is meant to be a companion to the XB1 version, so no.
PC is just forge and custom games, everything else you need the XB1 version.
Which why you need the XB1 version or use the Halo Waypoint website to customize your Spartan.
[QUOTE=Tuskin;50978378]Everything except the actual MP games is cross platform.
When you upload a map made in PC Forge it is automatically available for X-Box as well.
[editline]31st August 2016[/editline]
Halo 5 PC is meant to be a companion to the XB1 version, so no.
PC is just forge and custom games, everything else you need the XB1 version.
Which why you need the XB1 version or use the Halo Waypoint website to customize your Spartan.[/QUOTE]
Got a few ideas to get around having to use halo waypoint to change armour :v: Gunna try them out the moment H5F comes out
Hope playing 5 Forge gets you access to that Forza Warthog.
[editline]31st August 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=Tuskin;50974068][video]https://youtu.be/Xc6VGE15_Ds[/video][/QUOTE]
Music's pretty good.
[QUOTE=chipsnapper2;50978940]Hope playing 5 Forge gets you access to that Forza Warthog.
[editline]31st August 2016[/editline]
Music's pretty good.[/QUOTE]
Probably won't.
It's gonna hurt playing Halo 5 in 4K with a M/KB, then having to go down to 1080 or less with a controller to play ranked.
[QUOTE=Tuskin;50978378]Everything except the actual MP games is cross platform.[/QUOTE]
?
It's all mp maps but war zone maps
[QUOTE=Delta616;50980294]It's gonna hurt playing Halo 5 in 4K with a M/KB, then having to go down to 1080 or less with a controller to play ranked.[/QUOTE]
I'm still 1080 on the PC side but damn going from having anisotropic filtering to no anisotropic filtering is jarring enough
[QUOTE=xalener;50981117]I'm still 1080 on the PC side but damn going from having anisotropic filtering to no anisotropic filtering is jarring enough[/QUOTE]
Same goes for that I said about 1080. The game looks like the XB1 version on steroids, PC @720p will looks cleaner.
[editline]31st August 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=343N;50981104]?
It's all mp maps but war zone maps[/QUOTE]
He didn't indicate otherwise, he's talking Arena.
