Vamphaery

This isn't exactly a new phenomenon. If you've ever been a longtime member of any gaming community (I know I'm new HERE, but I've been around... and I've lurked here a very long time) you should know that this kind of divisive trolling happens virtually everywhere. People on the internet seem to go into this strange mental space. Some attribute it to the anonymity. Others attribute it to people's ages, but I have my doubts about the latter. In any case, yes, both "sides" of the debate should really refrain from being so hostile and belligerent in the expression of their opinions. If, like me, you enjoy the game... just say so and move on. Don't tell people who don't like it that they're wrong. Understand that they love Halo as much as you do, and that for them this game is a massive disappointment. Think back to times when you've had a beloved franchise butchered from your perspective, and how crappy that felt. Have some empathy. And likewise, if you despise the game, don't go around telling people who love it that they're in denial or stupid or don't know anything about the series. Just accept that not everyone experiences the game the way you did. Continue to voice your criticisms in constructive ways and hopefully someone somewhere will hear them and do something that comes closer to satisfying everyone, yourselves included.

As I keep saying, some people will loathe the game, some will love it, and some will find it "just okay." Trying to establish an objective quality for something predicated on how much someone enjoys it, which is totally subjective, is very difficult and arguably impossible. People have every right to complain about the game if they were disappointed by it. I wasn't personally, but that's me. If you love something, and someone else takes custodianship of it, and they disappoint you, you have a right to complain imo.

People talk about how unbalanced the game is and how OP everything is, how weak and useless vehicles are, that the Mantis can't be used effectively, etc. and then someone else comes online and posts a video like this: How is it that for some people the game is awesome, well balanced, and versatile, whereas for others it's virtually unplayable? Could it be that everyone is a little different and the reality of the game is somewhat more subjective than people would like to believe? Either way... what I do when I consistently lose at a game like Halo 4 is this. I either play until I get better, or I just satisfy myself with leveling up as far as I can and then go back to campaign co-op or a mode like Spartan Ops. It's not life or death that I become proficient at a multiplayer shooter. But that's me. I'm not a particularly competitive individual, so... Is it really worth everyone constantly arguing about it?Can we not simply accept that some people are severely disappointed by the game, and that they have a right to say so, but that others also thoroughly enjoy it?

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Oh, no. The ending was amazing. I think most people (except for those who have said they wish there was a final battle rather than what essentially amounted to a QTE) liked the ending. It's just...

Vamphaery uses Hope Attack on Cortana Lover It's super effective! P.S. The ending genuinely affected me on some deep, profound level too. Something a game has never quite done to this degree. Probably because, while I wasn't as young as you when Halo CE came out (I was about 19 or 20,) I was young enough that my life was totally different then, and the Halo series is one of the few constants that has evolved with me through the course of my adult life. And for it to change so radically really kicked off some sort of realization of how much my own life has changed, and it made me deeply depressed for a day or two there.

I agree. The only complaints I have about the game as a whole currently are what you mention, and maybe the lack of larger maps for BTB. And the return of some game types that are gone, as well as just MORE playlists would also be nice. But their absence isn't game-ruining for me. It would just be really nice and make the game feel more complete.

Even Halo 3 terminals make reference to the Librarian and the Didact. Halo 4 itself explains who the Promethians are and their origin during a cutscene... one of the most important cutscenes in the game. The idea of Chief being a "reclaimer" and what that means has been hinted at in virtually every previous game in some form. Much more detail can be found in Halo 4's terminals. Just because the game (and the other games) doesn't spell it out point blank at all times, doesn't mean the answers you seek aren't there. And as others have said, while not strictly necessary, the novels do fill in A LOT of the blanks as well.

If she ends up as "part of MC's being" I will cry. In a good way. Man I'm such an overemotional dork lol.

I don't believe it's trying to be CoD. I do wish it had more game types, larger BTB maps, separate social and ranked playlists, and more playlists in general. But I don't believe it's trying to be CoD.

I think the rebellion has left them weakened, and with the Prophets' deluding influence removed, they are probably undergoing a lot of restructuring and internal change. I wouldn't be surprised if they become resurgent or a rival to humanity to "assume the mantle" that the Forerunners have held to date. It might even bring them back into conflict. We have yet to see a true, full on invasion of Earth and a desperate resistance against them happen in any Halo game. It was teased in 2, and in 3 there is a much more prominent presence, but their incursions on Earth proper were mostly localized. I would love to see, after this trilogy ends perhaps, a resurgent and less friendly Covenant actually occupy Earth, and have a human resistance fighting against them led by MC.

After every game's release, the same thing happens. There are two possibilities. 1) The disappointment and anger are reflective of a broader consensus of customers throughout the world. 2) The disappointment and anger are reflective of a vocal minority. Which one is the case will not be borne out until a month or two pass and either the online community dwindles, or it remains strong and full of dedicated players. Online petitions, form postings, etc. aren't valid ways of establishing what the consensus is, because only a fraction of all customers ever post online about the games they buy. It's easy to assume that the way things look online reflect the overall reality, but in fact this is "fog of war" thinking. I say if you hate the game, say so and why. And if you love it, enjoy it. I'm not perturbed by people having opinions.

http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/16665-did-you-like-halo-4-official-thread/

Fairest and most well supported review I've read.

If you guys have been gaming since at least the second Halo - which I would speculate is the case since the criticism of the game is predicated upon comparisons to past games' multiplayer - and probably longer, then you should be old enough, experienced enough, and knowledgeable enough to be fully aware by now that a small sampling on a passionate forum compared to hundreds of thousands of customers from all across the gaming spectrum is in no way statistically significant or reflective of any sort of true consensus. In fact, even if you took every member of every populated hardcore Halo fan community on the entire web, you wouldn't necessarily be able to get a statistically significant sampling reflective of the majority of Halo 4 players throughout the world. This is what is known as "fog of war". It is what happens when people only see what they have access to, and draw conclusions about the larger reality based on limited information or a limited perspective. There are more people playing Halo 4 than can be reflected by a passionate minority populating internet message boards. As I have always maintained and always will maintain, everyone has the right to their opinion on the game (and everything else.) No one should be censored or shouted down or stopped from criticizing a game they found woefully disappointing. Especially not one that's a part of a franchise as beloved by so many as Halo. And no, I'm not saying that if a proper study or survey of players was conducted it wouldn't necessarily show the same results. But seeking to cast the opinions of a small minority as being reflective or a broader consensus is simply not consistent with the reality unless it can be proved by a statistically valid sampling of a far larger and more diverse range of respondents. In short, you don't (and can't) know what the broadest consensus is right now. Just saying.