You really only need to have played the other games, but knowing about the stuff in the expanded universe helps alot.NameIsRobertPaulson said:
Zero Punctuation: Halo 4
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I'll just say it as a halo fan, the story was wrapped up in the third game despite not being the ending everyone wanted. Tacking on new story seems pointless to me when some big name characters died in the 3rd game as well. I know that halo 3 hasn't aged that well multi player wise as well, however that's not really a reason to release a brand new game and mess up story that was finished/Rant over.
I'm always bewildered how Cortana gets more unnecessarily sexy and voluptuous each installment.
Does she have like special firmware updates?
Does she have like special firmware updates?
Master Chief was downloading porn all those years, and with the porn came viruses.
And that's how Cortana snapped! Porn viruses.
And that's how Cortana snapped! Porn viruses.
Never been much into the Halo franchise. I played through the first game once, and I think I played a bit of the second one, but not all the way through. When my friend first got his 360, Halo 3 was all he played for almost a year, so consequently, I saw a lot of it. I can't count how many times we played through the campaign, but I still had no idea what was going on. so I'm not surprised that the story here doesn't get any better.
I enjoyed the characterization of the story as 'going from USB port to USB port,' though. That's always what it's felt like, to me.
I enjoyed the characterization of the story as 'going from USB port to USB port,' though. That's always what it's felt like, to me.
Well, it'll certainly tide them over until the next installment.DVS BSTrD said:
...I suddenly feel ashamed of myself.
Yea, the story gets a little dense for non-Halo fans. They could have used a little more exposition, I was rolling with it fine (being one of the forever-alone types who reads the books) but anyone new to the series must have been really confused.
Not sure how you feel bored though, the game moves at a pretty brisk pace.
Not sure how you feel bored though, the game moves at a pretty brisk pace.
They definitely help, but the games themselves provide generally enough plot so you're not completely lost. I would also recommend the Machinima prequel webseries "Forward Unto Dawn," as it provides interesting color into one of the main characters in Halo 4.NameIsRobertPaulson said:
Got pretty much exactly what I expected from this review - he didn't like it that much, but thought it was better than the general sort of shit the shooter industry throws up now. It had plenty of funny moments though.
Exactly. It sounds good on paper, but then why is it so boring? The first level is suppoused to present you to the game and keep you hooked. It did the opposite for me at least (and the subsequent 2 levels were a boring field and a boring art deco nightmare).Proverbial Jon said:
Captcha: Good buddy. I'm not your buddy fwiend!
I know why Cortana and Master Chief make such a great couple. She's a hologram and he's a robot.
I'm kidding I'm kidding. Please don't kill me!
EDIT: Actually on second thought, please kill me just don't jump down my throat.
I'm kidding I'm kidding. Please don't kill me!
EDIT: Actually on second thought, please kill me just don't jump down my throat.
You spent $60 or whatever on a game and quit after 10 minutes? Are you Paris Hilton or something?Yellowbeard said:
The WORST thing to happen to the Halo series (And probably Shooter franchise in general) was porting Halo over to the PC. Halo is a Console shooter, with mechanics based around using a dual-joystick controller instead of Keyboard & Mouse.
Torrents of puns are good, except when you repeat a pun on the same word someone else punned.SanAndreasSmoke said:
Video won't load. It just dims the screen as if it's about to load a secondary box (Like it does, usually successfully), but not this time.
EDIT: After twenty minutes of fucking with all kinds of things, it decides to work seconds after I post this. Go figure.
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A friend came back to visit for the holidays last weekend, and he brought Halo 4.
Yeah...it's the definition of "stagnant".
I haven't liked the series as a whole; but I am did enjoy ODST and thought Reach was fairly brilliant (well, firefight and the class-system were legitimately good).
Then Halo 4 comes along...the only thing I can say is that I like how some of the environments look a bit better in places (and can only scratch my head at the developer's obsession with the color orange)
Yeah...it's the definition of "stagnant".
I haven't liked the series as a whole; but I am did enjoy ODST and thought Reach was fairly brilliant (well, firefight and the class-system were legitimately good).
Then Halo 4 comes along...the only thing I can say is that I like how some of the environments look a bit better in places (and can only scratch my head at the developer's obsession with the color orange)
343 is nothing but Bungie employees who said, screw this, we rather stay with plush Microsoft benefits than to sail into the unknown untested charted waters that Bungie went off too. Hell, they even have the same physical studio left by Bungie. 343 = Old Bungie.
