Halo

[Ventus Fall]

I know why I like and dislike Locke, talking about liking him more than Master Chief

See, the point I disliked him (and still do), is that... MC (Master Chief) was from a group of kidnapped kids, tortured, integrated, their childhood taken away, etc. They haven't learned to deal with emotions properly or social interraction. (Etc. etc.)
Locke volunteerd for the army, Locke could choose and do these things when he was 'ready' for it.

I'm not saying it's bad he had that choice. But there is more emotional attachment and backstory as to how MC grew up (as in he didn't get the chance to). It's also a character we've been with for yeeeaaars.
I like how Halo was also self-aware of this.
Halo 4 has the intro-scene (and was also I believe used as a trailer) that Halsey asked the ONI interrogator: "You want to replace him."

And in Halo 5 she also says she wants Locke to bring MC back alive (with -if I saw that correctly- a sad expression on her face).

[kylethefox]

totally agree! how could someone like locke better??

[Ventus Fall]

On the topic of Halo 5...
Does anyone have that special REQ pack that you have to gift to someone else? (In other words, it's a REQ pack you would have gotten during the holidays which you cannot open yourself.)

[kylethefox]

hey! mabye i could give you my sisters pack! she doesn't play halo anymore.

[anoni]

I was going to buy an Xbox One just to play Halo 5, but I discovered that it does not have split screen coop. I mean what the heck, that was the whole point of Halo (for me anyway). All throughout all the halo games I'd constantly play with my friends getting into crazy shenanigans on coop mode. And the reason they didn't do split screen? Cause they wanted 60 fps on the entire game so they could brand the game as "60 fps all the time". Remove one of the key features of a halo game just for marketing, that put me off getting that xbox or that game.


Also you guys beat Halo 1 on legendary? Single player or coop? Coop is fine, but single player on legendary in halo is bloody hard xD

[kylethefox]

single and coop! i think its easyer on pc, first time i beat it on singlelegendary i think i was 8, but i might have been 10 i played the coop with my brother when master cheif collection came out for xbox one

[Ventus Fall]

Thanks, Kyle, for offering the pack x3 I'll try to get on again soon. Life's been a bit hectic and I have been missing my Xbox and Halo

As for the split-screen, I only found that out a couple of months after I got the game (with the console) when a friend wwas staying over. It's not that I often play with friends here. I used to do it more often. And I was a bit upset they removed that indeed. For whatever reason that might have been, but the whole FPS nonsense... Sur ethe game looks nice, but I think this is something they could have reached out to the community and the fanbase to ask.
"We need to make an important decision that might change gaming experience, based on your decision. Would you rather have 60FPS and a smooth-run of the game, or keep the split screen?"
And hey, maybe the outcome would be 60FPS (although I doubt it), but at least it would have been 'our' choice. Plus I would have probably found out sooner about that if that happened.
Sudden changes without hearing it beforehand make me very anxious

Beating Halo 1 on Legendary... I... NOPE

[Vortex Cynbel]

Believe it or not guys.. I've never played HALO :p


I am aware of the franchise and all but never really got a chance to play it :p . I've played Destiny which is from the same company that made HALO (Bungie). Is the gameplay any similar to Destiny?

[kylethefox]

i just got destiny a couple days ago and its a lot of fun! destiny and halo have a lot of similarlys, and when i played destiny it felt a lot like halo 1, the games are totally worth playing and you should give it a shot!

[Vortex Cynbel]

I've always been a very anti-microsoft fan you see :p . So I don't own microsoft devices (PC, xbox).. and that's why mainly I haven't gave it a shot yet :p. It's a shame tho because there are some exclusives on xbox that I still wanna play such as HALO and Killer Instinct :p

[kylethefox]

i think im the opposite! im kinda anti-playstation, its just my opinion, but playstation consoles have always felt cheaper to me, (not as good quality) although we own all the playstation systems!

[Vortex Cynbel]

Ever since I bought an xbox 360 (just for the Kinect without doing any research) I kinda regretted it :p . I felt i was kinda ripped off so I was always skeptical ever since for Microsoft :p

[kylethefox]

i never had the kinect, im not really into the move your body kinda stuff, so i wouldn't know how that is, but i like the xbox 360! there were so many good games for it and the controler felt comfortable in your hand, its just my opinion, but the playstation feels more like its for light gamers, and by light i mean like the kinda gamers who dont want to invest to much into video games, but thats just my opinion

[Vortex Cynbel]

Now now.. I am kinda a PlayStation fanboy so my opinion may be biased but truth be told. Personally I feel the PS4 and PS3 are full fledged consoles and can compete with the Xbox 1 and 360 accordingly fairly well.. I am not saying that they are the perfect systems no.. but you have to respect that both systems have a huge library of games that also addressed towards hardcore gamers too.. For me a console that is addressed for casual gamers (light gamers) are the Wii, Wii U, 3DS etc. basically Nintendo consoles. Nintendo mainly focuses on first party exclusives that are mainly addressed for casual gamers.

[MrRazot]

*You guys are more than welcome to start a Destiny thread or something more appropriate. Otherwise, keep that stuff away from the Halo thread*

on the other hand, I have Ventus to thank for showing me to this awesome series. Really need to get an xbox to play halo 4-5!