Will you play Halo 4? Thread

Probably.... but... I doubt I'll like it... for some reason I just get a shitty game vibe from Halo: CE Anniversary...

HaydenB wrote: Probably.... but... I doubt I'll like it... for some reason I just get a shitty game vibe from Halo: CE Anniversary...

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Never played a Halo game; so, no.

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Yeah I will

No. Because Microsoft won't be releasing in on PC, will they? Just like Halo 3. And OSDT, and Reach.

Unfaithful bastards.

Ambient_Malice wrote: No. Because Microsoft won't be releasing in on PC, will they? Just like Halo 3. And OSDT, and Reach.

Unfaithful bastards.

Halo 2 for PC hardly made any money, so they decided it wasn't worth it. So you can thank the fact it was Vista only, many people pirated it, and that it appears that no one liked the game, seeing how all I see are complaints about the PC version.

Seriously, if you made two versions of a game, and one was hated while the other was loved, and the loved one made you money and the hated one didn't....

Would you keep making the version no one likes?

Personally, I am fine with Microsoft "milking" Halo. It's been my favorite series on the console ever since Call of Duty has become king. Also, the Xbox 360 has been lacking exclusives ever since the PlayStation 3 built up steam. The Gears of War franchise is over, Mass Effect is no longer exclusive, a Kinect-only Fable..., etc. Although, the Xbox 360 is still more popular compared to the PS3. Third party developers are managing to keep it in shape. I'm wondering if all the "1-month exclusive DLCs" are making a difference.

GarynDakari wrote:

Ambient_Malice wrote: No. Because Microsoft won't be releasing in on PC, will they? Just like Halo 3. And OSDT, and Reach.

Unfaithful bastards.

Halo 2 for PC hardly made any money, so they decided it wasn't worth it. So you can thank the fact it was Vista only, many people pirated it, and that it appears that no one liked the game, seeing how all I see are complaints about the PC version.

Seriously, if you made two versions of a game, and one was hated while the other was loved, and the loved one made you money and the hated one didn't....

Would you keep making the version no one likes?

Is money everything? Oh, wait, this is Microsoft we're talking about. Of course it is.

I bought Halo 1 on PC, then Halo 2 on xbox, followed by Halo 2 on PC. The vista exclusive copy protection is so shite that even on windows 7, I use the cracked WinXP installer.

If Microsoft had ported the games in a reasonable timeframe, and not shitted people around with imaginary Direct X 10 'improvements', I am convinced the PC versions would have sold bucketloads.

Ambient_Malice wrote: If Microsoft had ported the games in a reasonable timeframe, and not shitted people around with imaginary Direct X 10 'improvements', I am convinced the PC versions would have sold bucketloads.

What was that? Gears of War? You wanted to chip in? You too, Fable 3?

PC versions of games that ship at the same time as their console counterpart sell. When the console version is available for months before the PC version, it doesn't (and the longer the gap between, the worse it gets). I don't see why a lot of publishers cannot get their head around this. The reason is pretty simple - if there is a game that a player wants, they will buy it as soon as it is available to them. Most PC gamers also own a console, ergo, if the console version is already available, then it is not unlikely said PC gamers will buy it.

Exactly. Microsoft took TWO YEARS to port Halo 2. Then it ran awfully on machines that made the Xbox look like an abacus. Any wonder no-one bought it?

Atomic magazine put Gears of War not getting PC ports down to PC gamers not liking boorish shootathons. I agree with them.

And Fable... Well I can't stand the franchise.

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Not to get off topic here but all this bringing up of Halo 2 reminds me of one thing I've always wondered:

What the kriff was everyone's problem with the Arbiter being a playable protagonist? He honestly, imo, is better at combat than Master Chief any day of the week. Arbiter can stealth, is more agile, has allies who'll stand for more than ten seconds, and his levels even seem more balanced and well built. Yes he's not "the same species as you", but that actually lets you convey a better self-canvas onto him. It's the same logic as an animal film, you're giving something human-like but not necessarily human.

I didn't mind playing as the Arbiter, although I did find it somewhat confusing as to what was going on.

I had a friend who instinctively shot the aliens every time he rounded a corner. This made Arbiter segments a pain in co-op.

Reminds me of...

Someone wrote: Take my Arbiter, Banshee

...a joke between my bro and I, he and a friend of his were playing co-op in Halo 2 on the first arbiter mission, he screwed up the line, stuck ever since.

The Arbiter was an interesting protagonist in Halo 2, but I felt he was underutilized.

Paradigmthefallen wrote: Not to get off topic here but all this bringing up of Halo 2 reminds me of one thing I've always wondered:

What the kriff was everyone's problem with the Arbiter being a playable protagonist? He honestly, imo, is better at combat than Master Chief any day of the week. Arbiter can stealth, is more agile, has allies who'll stand for more than ten seconds, and his levels even seem more balanced and well built. Yes he's not "the same species as you", but that actually lets you convey a better self-canvas onto him. It's the same logic as an animal film, you're giving something human-like but not necessarily human.

The reason most people didn't like to play as the Arbiter was because he stole MC's screentime. Everyone was used to the Chief and wanted to know what happened next to him, not some Alien we didn't even know existed until the intro of the campaign. Then the only reason the Arbiters allies could stand longer was because of their shields, much like if the Chief would have had other Spartans as allies. Then again the human AI wasn't the best either. They would have stood much longer if they would have known some basics of combat at all like cover is good and being out in the middle of an open beach is bad. I don't remember the Arbiter being any different to the Chief other than the Flashlight being switched for Active Camo.

Let's be realistic. Switching teams was jarring. After spending hours twitch-shooting Elites, you're suddenly fighting alongside them. It was a lovely idea, narrative-wise; the execution was lacking.

Ambient_Malice wrote: Let's be realistic. Switching teams was jarring. After spending hours twitch-shooting Elites, you're suddenly fighting alongside them. It was a lovely idea, narrative-wise; the execution was lacking.

I actually entirely anticipated an Elite being somehow protagonistic in Halo 2. I was astounded when I looked up the sequel (which at that time, I hadn't played yet) and found almost every assumption I had made about the future of the series was correct. I even anticipated Miranda Keyes betraying Master Chief, which almost got in the plot because the writer had just broken up with his girlfriend and was pissed. I understand though that alot of people didn't see it coming. still, they -do- spend the entire intro sequence transitioning between MC and Arbiter.

Ambient_Malice wrote: Let's be realistic. Switching teams was jarring. After spending hours twitch-shooting Elites, you're suddenly fighting alongside them. It was a lovely idea, narrative-wise; the execution was lacking.

It's not that bad. It's hardly the first game to do it either.

masternerdguy wrote:

Ambient_Malice wrote: Let's be realistic. Switching teams was jarring. After spending hours twitch-shooting Elites, you're suddenly fighting alongside them. It was a lovely idea, narrative-wise; the execution was lacking.

It's not that bad. It's hardly the first game to do it either.

Yeah, the in the opening of Killzone 3 you start out seemingly stuck now on the Helghast side (Look up the first part of the game to know what I'm talking about), when up until then you were ISA. Also, Heavy Rain did a similar thing at more than one point.

I will definitely play Halo 4 if and only if it is released for pc.

It's always been an alright game to shoot my friends in, so probably, just not going to rush and get it the day its out.

hollowminds wrote: It's always been an alright game to shoot my friends in, so probably, just not going to rush and get it the day its out.

Maybe 3 years after they release it, they'll make a demo. Apparently developers now think that's the only way you should handle a demo (not, ya know, let us try your game before we buy it or anything!)

You know... if not for the Halo 1 PC demo, I never would've played any of the Halo games.

Ambient_Malice wrote: You know... if not for the Halo 1 PC demo, I never would've played any of the Halo games.

Microsoft will be at your door any minute threatening you to be silent now, I'll betchya.