MY OPINION of Halo 4 - Before Playing.

[Veer Zamamai]

When i first saw the halo 4 campaign trailer, i was on my bed, and i didn't blink once, it looked amazing, the graphics looked amazing, new weapons? can't beat that. Master Chief is back everyone!

 

 

However, after seeing many MP videos, im still not as impressed as i thought i would be, for a number of reasons.

 

 

1. Perks. The Perks just don't make sense to me, you can have unlimited sprint, 2 Primary weapons as well as some other things? I know im going to get flamed for this, but it seems they have got a lot of it out of CoD, now, people will say im Hypocritical cause i said before "If you want to keep up in the gaming industry, you have to copy everyone." that is true, but you are also meant to in some way, have your own twists, and im failing to see that with "perks." call them what you want, that's what they are at the end of the day.

 

2. BR/DMR, Now, some of you may not know this, but its a 5SK (5 Shot Kill), however, the BR ROF is much slower to that of the DMR ROF, which doesn't make sense, because surely people will use the DMR if they want to win, then the BR cause its slower, also, the BR apparently feels like pre patch halo 2 with the spread and stuff, and the pre patch halo 2 BR wasn't very good at all. For anyone who played halo 2, they will know what i mean. I think a solution for this is to make the BR 4SK so it kind of evens out, or make the ROF faster for BR.

 

3. Movement, from what ive seen, it looks slow, VERY slow, fair enough we saw some noob playing it, but still, it seems like a slow paced game, and with long kill times, this won't work at all. It should either be "fast paced, slow kill times" or "slow pace, fast kill times" not slow paced with slow kill times, it doesn't fit well together.

 

4. Promethean Vision, from what ive heard from Walshy, Promethean vision is much more powerful then a "small radius," from what he said, he could see around the Majority of the Map and see where everyone was, it needs to be toned down, seriously, im not going to play a game where someone can see me before i see them just because they have an ability, PV should be a quick 5 second burst and should only have a small radius.

 

In a Side Note, the Sniper Looks a lot heavier as well, and apparently it messes up sensitvity (makes it slower), so, not always good.

 

 

However, there are some positives.

 

1. Cool Assassinations.

2. BR is back.

3. The Bloom for the DMR is no where near as bad on reach, so the effects are not much different, from what Naded said, he said it doesn't make any difference at all basically, "like a visual."

4. The Thruster pack seems very good, almost a weaker evade, which is good because the evade was too OP in reach, the thruster pack seems perfect

5. According to Naded, Spawns have improved a lot more.

6. When your dead, you can't look around at your cam anymore.

7. The clan system seems to be returning, "Team Fury" seems to resemble some sort of clan, so, clan battles as a playlist?

8. Been confirmed that there will be no ordinance or Instant Respawn in normal playlists. Just Infinity Slayer and Regicide.

9. Lot of ammo in each weapon.

10. In a way, can't pick up nades off dead bodies, so no nade spammin'

 

 

However, all of the positives seem very minor, while the negatives seem to be like huge issues which will affect the gameplay loads. I don't believe from a competitive side, 343 has learnt enough and put enough into halo 4, however, we are only in beta, so, will be interesting to see what other information is revealed and what they have learnt from the beta, and how it will be changed for the eventual release, however, the beta they put on here is basically what they are going to put out for the final game, i want competitive from the GET GO, not something like this, however, this doesn't mean im not going to buy halo the day it comes out, I will, and i will play through it thoroughly and then give another view when i have actually played the game. These are all views from opinions ive seen on many forums.

 

this is all based off People's opinions as well, ive not played the game myself, but, heard different opinions.

 

Anyway, opinions? I did this from a competitive Perspective.

 

 

 

FEW LINKS FOR PEOPLE TO BE INTERESTED IN:

 

http://halocouncil.c...ization-Screens

http://halocouncil.c...Screens-Helmets

 

I agree. However, you missed out one thing. A huge thing. A gigantic part of Halo. The way there are NO Sangheili in Halo 4! :ignored:

This is also a big hole in the new franchise.

[Quantum]

And in CoD you get such a huge aim assist, even if they can't aim it still doesn't matter - that's one thing I definitely like about Halo 4, it looks like there's going to be a lot less mechanical help in keeping on target.

 

Which I also like. I always turn of the auto-aim when I can. It's just annoying.

[Zuko 'Zarhamee]

Which I also like. I always turn of the auto-aim when I can. It's just annoying.

Can you turn auto-aim off in Halo?

[Veer Zamamai]

Can you turn auto-aim off in Halo?

 

I'm not sure, I don't think you could in Halo: Reach or previous instalments. I wasn't aware there was an auto-aim in place?

[Quantum]

Can you turn auto-aim off in Halo?

 

Not sure.

[XBLuke]

Can you turn auto-aim off in Halo?

Don't think so, but they need it. Halo Reach is the worst for it.

[DeadlySniper19]

Unfortunately they're adding perks to appeal to a larger fanbase (aka cod community) which will help guarantee the success of Halo 4 from a sales standpoint. I'm just gonna hope Frank will stick to his word and have a Classic Halo playlist, stripped of some of the bloat that a lot of competitive core halo gamers don't want. Also I'm still waiting on more information about the ranking system, there needs to be a skilled rating for me to have the desire to want to win games.

[Mr Biggles]

Unfortunately they're adding perks to appeal to a larger fanbase (aka cod community) which will help guarantee the success of Halo 4 from a sales standpoint. I'm just gonna hope Frank will stick to his word and have a Classic Halo playlist, stripped of some of the bloat that a lot of competitive core halo gamers don't want. Also I'm still waiting on more information about the ranking system, there needs to be a skilled rating for me to have the desire to want to win games.

 

he said most of the stuff we see now is in infinity slayer, however in slayer it seems a lot of it is in there too. Hopefully 343 sort it out.

[ctrl x you]

i tought you was one of the few who actualy will lock down on the halo 4 multiplayer

but i hate people comparing halo to COD before they even have played it just from some ****y half bad gameplays

 

sorry if i sound negative but i hate it starts to getting more and more that is complaining about halo 4 and how much it is turning in to COD

all i have seen so far i love

 

you contradict your self first you say people should not compare it to cod when they haven't played it, then you say all you have seen so far you love?

 

I don't see why people should not compare halo to cod, both are popular fps'

 

If you can't see that halo 4 looks to be more like cod then any other halo in the past you are blind

 

 

 

I also think the base movement speed looks slow, i hope this is sped up. The br should be 4 sk