Halo 4

Reptile said:
Interesting. But you know Halo Reach was considered shit by most and then died right? You can't compare it to Halo 3, which was the core of competitive Halo. And it was a just an improved Halo 2.
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Sure, but "I" personally don't want to play the same game over and over again. This is why so many people don't like Call of Duty, because of it's absolute refusal to evolve. Each Halo has at least been marginally different from the previous one, and even though most people considered Halo Reach to be bad I had a hell of a good time with it. I still play it, in fact, just like how I played 3 until Reach came out. There were a lot of factors that kept me from getting into Halo 3 as heavily, one of them being time, but I'm glad Reach isn't exactly like 3 and I'm glad this one isn't either.

I am all for competitive games, and I understand exactly why people were mad at Reach (especially the MLG crowd) but Halo always has enough custom features so you can make it whatever game you want. Reach lacked some of those features at launch (Bloom control for one) but this one already has them. I'm confident.
 
I actually like your positive attitude towards it. I had some fun with Reach too. But the removal of the intelligent ranking system was it's online downfall. I would have played it much longer if ranked actually took some skills.
 
My issue with the ranking system was that you never got matched up against people of similar skill in both Reach and Halo 3 because TrueSkill is a joke. The 1-50 system was great because it at least categorized the skill level of some players, or at least some teams. I prefer Halo 2's 1-50 system, where you could lose levels easily and it lowered your overall level, that way you had to consistently play well. If I was more competitive, I'd consider the Halo 2 level system to be the best. So that is a major detractor, yes.
 
Reptile said:
What they don't understand is that new stuff is cool, but complete different game is not. For example, Modern warfare is the most played game on xboxlive since Halo 3 died and even before that. Why? because each sequel is a frickin clone of the previous one, which was a success. The Duty scrubs and strong players never ever get tired of "Same shit, different day", and the addictive level up system ( which still sucks compared to H3's).
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I know this is not Bungie, but what Bungie said is they don't want to bring out the same game each time, which I respect. They could easily make more money by churning out the same crappy game every year, like CoD.

Thanks for the links/videos guys. I think I'll get this regardless, I've been starved for a good FPS that wasn't Halo, but I guess that will never come.

[Hate the single shot BR btw]
 
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