The Halo Thread V12: The Last Thread Turned Into A Bridge - Games

So i bought the warzone req pack 3 weeks ago, getting 2 every Monday. Except last night at 2 am when i had 20 of them to open. Guy on reddit is telling me it's cause i bought it twice and they're reembersed but i only bought it once.

[QUOTE=AbbaDee;49995964]I just wish 343 had hired him when they had the chance. Halo 5's soundtrack is awesome, but losing Marty's talents was one of the greatest blows to the feeling of the new Halo games.[/QUOTE] I'm more frustrated they didn't pickup Staten. Losing Marty was a blow, but Kazuma's not doing too bad a job taking over. The story on the other hand has nothing good going for it. Brian Reed needs to go, and Staten would have been a perfect replacement for lead writer.

[QUOTE=overwatch pvt;49997732]I'm more frustrated they didn't pickup Staten. Losing Marty was a blow, but Kazuma's not doing too bad a job taking over. The story on the other hand has nothing good going for it. Brian Reed needs to go, and Staten would have been a perfect replacement for lead writer.[/QUOTE] afaik he's working at MGS right now, he very well could come back considering he just did a book on the SpecOps commander from 2 and 3 (Rtas 'Vadum)

[QUOTE=chipsnapper2;49998162]afaik he's working at MGS right now, he very well could come back considering he just did a book on the SpecOps commander from 2 and 3 (Rtas 'Vadum)[/QUOTE] Ya, he's the lead writer on that ReCore game. The one with the robot dog who has that glowing core thing.

[QUOTE=overwatch pvt;49997732]I'm more frustrated they didn't pickup Staten. Losing Marty was a blow, but Kazuma's not doing too bad a job taking over. The story on the other hand has nothing good going for it. Brian Reed needs to go, and Staten would have been a perfect replacement for lead writer.[/QUOTE] I wouldn't rule out Staten yet, unlike Marty he's at Microsoft and he has been doing some work with Halo, so once ReCore is finished there's a chance he'll come back. I'm more worried about whether or not the story can be salvaged after Halo 5. If Brian Reed gets replaced, I'm half-expecting them to nuke it and pretend that at least 5 never happened.

I don't think so, they rarely declare things non-canon if they even do at all, something tells me they're not going to declare something they poured likely millions of dollars of advertising into as non-canon.

2hr interview with Martin O' Donnell [hd]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwugLKltVqo[/hd]

[QUOTE=AbbaDee;50002162]I wouldn't rule out Staten yet, unlike Marty he's at Microsoft and he has been doing some work with Halo, so once ReCore is finished there's a chance he'll come back. I'm more worried about whether or not the story can be salvaged after Halo 5. If Brian Reed gets replaced, I'm half-expecting them to nuke it and pretend that at least 5 never happened.[/QUOTE] The only way to salvage Halo's story now is to declare everything that 343i has done non-canon

[QUOTE=SpartanXC9;50003329]The only way to salvage Halo's story now is to declare everything that 343i has done non-canon[/QUOTE] Basically this, they have written themselves into a hole. It's not going to happen, but nothing is perfect.

[QUOTE=SpartanXC9;50003329]The only way to salvage Halo's story now is to declare everything that 343i has done non-canon[/QUOTE] I know you've got a massive hate-boner for 343i's continuation, but that's really not true at all. IMO Halo 4's story could have been handled better but didn't leave the franchise's singleplayer future in jeopardy as Halo 5 did, and Hunt the Truth was very well done. The biggest problems were Spartan Ops, Escalation and Halo 5, all of which had Brian Reed heavily involved in one way or another. I think that there's still a chance at getting a good story out of Halo 6 if they do a bit of retconning here and there, but it'll take a miracle to pull it off.

I'm more worried about how they'll handle gameplay. [sp]The covenant is pretty much done for good this time, and the big bad is gonna be a bunch of AI. So really the only enemies we'll have to fight is the Prometheans and maybe the Flood. Unless they give both those groups a serious upgrade gameplay wise, that's not gonna be a very fun campaign.[/sp]

I for one look forward to Halo 6's story

No you don't.

Halo 6: Re-finish the Fight

[QUOTE=Tuskin;50005819]No you don't.[/QUOTE] He looks forward to it so he can complain about it.

[IMG]https://content.halocdn.com/media/Default/BlogPost/community-update/mar-cu-req-poster-blur-more-ff27cc999ef948aba2c55af587cb906e.jpg[/IMG] [editline]26th March 2016[/editline] REQ Card breakdown: - [b]5[/b] new weapon skins - [b]5[/b] new one-time weapon cards. - [b]2[/b] new vehicles - [b]5 [/b]new armor pieces - [b]5 [/b]new helmets - [b]1 [/b]new stance - [b]2 [/b]new assassinations - [b]1 [/b]new armor mod - [b]1 [/b]new visor - [b]6 [/b]new emblems Total: [b]33[/b] new cards.

Mark V helmet looks disgusting as always, but I don't mind the Dynast helmet.

Anyone wanna play BTB?

[QUOTE=Tuskin;50005819]No you don't.[/QUOTE] It's like we've gone this far why stop now

Dynast looks kinda like someone took sandpaper and rounded the edges on CQB

Damn people make up your minds... Spartan says 343 story is crap, I agree with him. Spartan is flooded with dumbs, I get several agrees and no dumbs. Spartan says he looks forward to next game. "lol no, fuck you, you just want to complain more." Seriously? What the actual fuck? To be honest, Tuskin and Electricsquid start more shit than Spartan because they are deeply offended and start flaming when Spartan has an opinion on the game. I for one don't care who thinks what about the game, its a game and I have my own opinions, but if someone disagrees with me I'm not gonna start a flame-war about it. Edit: And last time I mentioned this, you just said, "No, trust us, he's really annoying and hates everything 343.". And? Everyone is entitled to state their opinion.

[QUOTE=Killjoy;50007678]Damn people make up your minds... Spartan says 343 story is crap, I agree with him. Spartan is flooded with dumbs, I get several agrees and no dumbs. Spartan says he looks forward to next game. "lol no, fuck you, you just want to complain more." Seriously? What the actual fuck? To be honest, Tuskin and Electricsquid start more shit than Spartan because they are deeply offended and start flaming when Spartan has an opinion on the game. I for one don't care who thinks what about the game, its a game and I have my own opinions, but if someone disagrees with me I'm not gonna start a flame-war about it. Edit: And last time I mentioned this, you just said, "No, trust us, he's really annoying and hates everything 343.". And? Everyone is entitled to state their opinion.[/QUOTE] I'm being oppressed

[QUOTE=SpartanXC9;50007740]I'm being oppressed[/QUOTE] I wouldn't go that far. You still actively annoy plenty of people because of constant negativity.

So are the new BTB maps actually in the playlist? I've played about 10 games now and they've never come up. [editline]26th March 2016[/editline] Never mind. Just got the Sandtrap remake. Guess I was just unlucky for a while.

im totally innocent because i just post updates and interviews [I]that means im better than all of you you should all look up to me[/I]

[QUOTE=Killjoy;50007678]Damn people make up your minds... Spartan says 343 story is crap, I agree with him. Spartan is flooded with dumbs, I get several agrees and no dumbs. Spartan says he looks forward to next game. "lol no, fuck you, you just want to complain more." Seriously? What the actual fuck? To be honest, Tuskin and Electricsquid start more shit than Spartan because they are deeply offended and start flaming when Spartan has an opinion on the game. I for one don't care who thinks what about the game, its a game and I have my own opinions, but if someone disagrees with me I'm not gonna start a flame-war about it. Edit: And last time I mentioned this, you just said, "No, trust us, he's really annoying and hates everything 343.". And? Everyone is entitled to state their opinion.[/QUOTE] Honestly both sides have something to work on. Giving Spartan less shit, and him dialing back the negativity. Everyone would be happier that way.

[QUOTE=overwatch pvt;50007612]Dynast looks kinda like someone took sandpaper and rounded the edges on CQB[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-close-quarters]Having in many ways effectively replaced older CQB and CQC designs, the DYNAST helmet shell is covered by layers of compressed carbon nanotubes and hyperdiamond sheets, making it fantastically durable . . . and expensive."[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Killjoy;50007678]Damn people make up your minds... Spartan says 343 story is crap, I agree with him. Spartan is flooded with dumbs, I get several agrees and no dumbs. Spartan says he looks forward to next game. "lol no, fuck you, you just want to complain more." Seriously? What the actual fuck? To be honest, Tuskin and Electricsquid start more shit than Spartan because they are deeply offended and start flaming when Spartan has an opinion on the game. I for one don't care who thinks what about the game, its a game and I have my own opinions, but if someone disagrees with me I'm not gonna start a flame-war about it. Edit: And last time I mentioned this, you just said, "No, trust us, he's really annoying and hates everything 343.". And? Everyone is entitled to state their opinion.[/QUOTE] Wait, what? I've never started shit in here. Or at least not within the past year, I think?

I was actually being way too harsh when I posted that. I was referring to this Squid:[QUOTE=ElectricSquid;50008717]He looks forward to it so he can complain about it. [/QUOTE] Honestly Spartan is the lesser of two evils here. Sure he is annoying with his constant downing. However, the other side is the one hurling personal insults and name calling... over someone's opinion on a [B][I]VIDEO GAME [/I][/B]Both sides here are being childish. This is essentially the equivalent of someone saying, "I don't like a certain politician." And then everyone else saying, "You are stupid and wrong and fuck you. You aren't allowed to think that here."

[QUOTE=d00msdaydan;50006211]Halo 6: Re-finish the Fight[/QUOTE] Reminds me of a picture a friend and I worked on for halo 5 [t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/44181362/conclude the conflict.jpg[/t] needless to say, after halo 4 our expectations weren't exactly very high, lol.