Halo 4

PostRe: Halo 4 by **Tafdolphin** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 10:42 pm

Just got this second hand and am up to the Mammoth level. So far so good, it's classic Halo really. Suppose it's disappointing that 343 didn't do something different with the franchise but it's been nicely varied at least.

Story's pants so far. Zero exposition so I've no idea why I'm fighting the Covenant again and I only know who this Didact guy is from reading around the lore of the other games.

PostRe: Halo 4 by **alibaba** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:33 pm

Garth wrote:Forward Unto Dawn blu-ray arrived today, can't believe it took this long to release here but oh well - my little Halo collection grows!

Nice one.

PostRe: Halo 4 by **Tafdolphin** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:09 pm

So, finished it. Probably a 7/10 and down there with Halo 2 in terms of campaign. It was just...dull. No real highlights it was one long level. Sounds a bit strange to say, what else would it be, but Halo's 1, 3 and Reach all had a personality that 2 and 4 sorely lacked. Didn't help that the story was absolute gubbins. Watched all the terminals on Youtube after finishing...nope still didn't make sense. Then tried to read around the lore a bit but couldn't be arsed when it turned out this Didact wasn't the Didact that was in the other Halos' terminals, he was a clone, or a personality fragment or...whatever. 343 have turned the pleasingly simple universe of Halo into a massively failed attempt to do LOTR in space. Rubbish.

So, in terms of SP it's:

CE>Reach>3>ODST>4>2

EDIT: A game by committee, that's what it felt like. They brought all these people together from all over the industry and it seems none of them, apart from that former Metal Gear Solid producer who left under weird circumstances, was willing to stand up and say "Let's have a change."

PostRe: Halo 4 by **outoftime101** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 9:02 pm

I don't think that time has been too kind to the single player game in 4 either. To be fair it did feel like 343 made a game that the felt they should make rather than the one they wanted to make. Maybe next time out they will be a bit bolder in taking the series forward.

PostRe: Halo 4 by **HSH28** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:10 am

I have no idea why people rate 3 so highly, it was really not all that good.

CE > ODST > Reach = 4 > 3 > 2

PostRe: Halo 4 by **Crimson** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 1:46 am

HSH28 wrote:I have no idea why people rate 3 so highly, it was really not all that good.

CE > ODST > Reach = 4 > 3 > 2

4 above 3? :slol:

Can we get this in the quote generator please?

3 > the rest >>>>>>>>>> 4

PostRe: Halo 4 by **Dblock** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 3:53 am

Anung wrote:ODST > Reach > CE > 3 > 4 > 2

Halo 2 at last ?

Hahaha .

Halo was the best halo MP game in its day .

PostRe: Halo 4 by **Lagamorph** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:07 am

ODST better than any of the others? :dread:

PostRe: Halo 4 by **outoftime101** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:49 am

HSH28 wrote:I have no idea why people rate 3 so highly, it was really not all that good.

CE > ODST > Reach = 4 > 3 > 2

Only CE is as good as 3.

I would have it:

CE > 3 > Reach > ODST > 4 > 2

3 and CE are the two games that had those amazingly epic open Sandbox type moments that makes Halo stand out from all the other FPSs out there. The the other games are a bit lacking in that department for me.

PostRe: Halo 4 by **HSH28** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:56 am

I was tempted to put ODST above CE, as good as ODST was though, I think the first Halo deserves its place on the top of the tree.

As for 3, you guys are looking at it through some seriously rose-tinted glasses.

PostRe: Halo 4 by **Photek** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:27 am

Brerlappins little hat wrote:3>Reach>ODST>CE>2>4

4 is an absolute bag of gooseberry fool that should be scrubbed from existence.

I play Halo 4 online all the time, best FPS online on 360.

PostRe: Halo 4 by **Tafdolphin** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:25 pm

Photek wrote:
Brerlappins little hat wrote:3>Reach>ODST>CE>2>4

4 is an absolute bag of gooseberry fool that should be scrubbed from existence.

I play Halo 4 online all the time, best FPS online on 360.

I think we're talking SP campaigns here.

Brerlappins little hat wrote:3>Reach>ODST>CE>2>4

4 is an absolute bag of gooseberry fool that should be scrubbed from existence.

I wouldn't say it was terrible just completely nondescript. After Reach and 3, there were multiple levels I wanted to jump straight back into (the Hornet level in 3, the Turning the Tide mission in Reach). There isn't a single encounter I want to play again in 4, they're all pretty much the same in terms of enjoyment which is to say, not very. To be honest, that's probably worse than being outright terrible in some respects.

PostRe: Halo 4 by **Photek** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:58 pm

Tafdolphin wrote:
Photek wrote:
Brerlappins little hat wrote:3>Reach>ODST>CE>2>4

4 is an absolute bag of gooseberry fool that should be scrubbed from existence.

I play Halo 4 online all the time, best FPS online on 360.

I think we're talking SP campaigns here..

No way 2's campaign is better than 4! I'd say 4's is better than 3 too.... :shifty:

PostRe: Halo 4 by **Crimson** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:59 pm

4 has a poor campaign pretty much completely devoid of anything properly new or interesting. How they managed to make it so dull with what should have been a refreshing blank slate is beyond me.

It also has the worst multiplayer of the series because is strays too far from what made Halo stand out in the first place.

Such a disappointment, really killed my interest in any future iterations of the franchise. (unless 343 do a massive u-turn, although I don't see that happening)

PostRe: Halo 4 by **smurphy** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 8:57 pm

Ah, Halo rating!

3 > Reach > 2 > 1 > ODST

Hard to judge between Reach and 3. Reach is probably the better game, but it never really took off on Xbox Live for me like 3 did, so 3 wins it. 2 for the sublime multiplayer. 4 unrated because I've barely played it and it looks rubbish.

7256930752 · PostRe: Halo 4 by **7256930752** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:56 pm

I really don't understand some of the hatred towards 4, it was a bit of a let down but nothing outrageously bad.

PostRe: Halo 4 by **Tafdolphin** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 9:04 pm

At least 2 was trying to expand the series, 4 is almost a worse game simply because it's so dull. They had all the chances in the world to shake things up a bit...instead they not only reverted to type, they failed to do anything even slightly interesting. It's the exact opposite of what a Halo game should be.

PostRe: Halo 4 by **Parkreiner** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 9:41 pm

smurphy wrote:Ah, Halo rating!

3 > Reach > 2 > 1 > ODST

I never had you marked as an actual madman. Please don't flay Banjo and wear his skin as pyjamas when you shack up together.

He needs his skin. It's the largest organ he's got.

Multiplayer:
2 > Reach > ODST > 4 >>>>>> 3

Campaign:
ODST > Reach > 2 > 4 > 3

I played through the first one in two player co-op a year or so after it came out. Can't remember much of anything about it except that it seemed unspectacular and that I felt like I was going round in circles a lot.

PostRe: Halo 4 by **Johnny Ryall** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 9:41 pm

I miss Halo 2 so much.

PostRe: Halo 4 by **Parkreiner** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 9:49 pm

Weep with me.

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