I got a grenade overkill last night because all 4 of them were jumping in a circle trying to figure out how to grab the Overshield that had just spawned. I was dying.
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The carbine... it sucks, right? Like the bots seem to beast with it, not sure what I'm doing wrong. I suppose its to shred shields then you switch to something else for clean up?
What halo does this feel most like to people? I am enjoying my time with bots and maybe it's the game mode but it feels like halo 3 to me. Quite a long ttk and a fun small sandbox with random stuff going on and a fight over power weapon.
I tried halo 5 big team modes but all the stuff with req cards put me off.
I tried halo 5 big team modes but all the stuff with req cards put me off.
I guess I just ultimately do not understand what this game is offering besides its business model. Aspects of this feel like a worse version of Halo 5, and aspects of it feel like the Russian Halo Online game. I think there are some threads of good ideas in underlying mechanics, but this game does not feel anywhere close to going gold.
Respectfully, to the folks who keep saying the Halo community is actually critical. I just fundamentally disagree. People made so many excuses at the launch of the Master Chief Collection and for the Halo 5 campaign on the old pre-ResetEra board, and those voices were shouted down until they became the dominant view months and years later. I don't think this is unique to Halo, but there is something about fan culture in general refuses to acknowledge elephants in the room. Again, for a piece of software that was originally intended to release over a year ago, I just do not understand why this is so bad. And it really makes me scared for the state of the single player campaign.
I'm a few dozen games in and I'm pretty chuffed now, having a lot of fun. My initial impression this morning was that aiming felt a bit off (and I was missing a ton of shots), but I needed to keep in mind I'm coming in with all the muscle memory that comes with playing Halo 5 almost every night for nearly six years. Once I got acclimated, I am just having a blast.
At most, I've just had matchmaking fail a handful of times, but every game I've been in has felt really good. No other issues here.
At most, I've just had matchmaking fail a handful of times, but every game I've been in has felt really good. No other issues here.
4 shots bursts with a bit of tracking, but they are slow. 2 full bursts to the face and they're dead. I think it's good. More of a Plasma Rifle BR than a BR Carbine. Try the training with it.
It is capable of killing in two bursts based on the firing range test I did. It seems extremely hard to use effectively in game compared to the other weapons though.
It's like a perfect marriage of Halo 3 and Halo 5. I think Live Fire was a bit of a poor choice to showcase the game as it's a really small and simple map but I think once the other maps get added to the test, people are really going to come around and realize that this is essentially the Halo 3 sequel people have been clamoring for for over a decade.
it feels like halo 5 without abilities. Or maybe a halo2+halo5 offspring.
Literally feels like a perfect marriage of h3 and h5. Still not 100% on the sandbox, but BR starts would convince me :)
Played onw round and now im trapped on usnc logo. Have never been a _huge_ fan of halo mp but it seems solid. Default deadzone ans sensitivity controls are awful, wish i could turn it all up without having to tweak 50 settinfs
A few matches in, and I'm starting to feel it. Can't wait to see how it is in PvE
Yeah I'm waiting for the bots to get their difficult upped - got back to back perfections and had games where I think the bots got 3 kills lol
I find it amusing there are posts saying how impressed they are by the bots haha
Yep. Haven't played 5 in a long while though so maybe more like a mariage of 3 and how I remember 5 lol. I think it plays really well right now. The guns are fun to use, the AR is not a stupid pea shooter and the Sidekick feels great. I wish the performances were better on PC though.
Nah, but it doesn't have to be to be excellent, and it's the best feeling halo from 343 IMO by a huge margin
I think the multiplayer has screwed up magnetism or something, because the carbine shreds in the firing range but blows chunks when fighting the bots.
There's something just altogether off about the aiming, sensitivity, sensitivity curve and aim assist. It's one thing against bots that scarcely fight back and that stop when they see something to attack, but I can't help but feel it's going to be a major issue for pad users against humans.
Weapons rotate randomly, so you'll either have 2 BR's or 2 Commando's spawned in the wall sections on the map.
If you're playing on controller, press down on the d-pad and this will send a pulse out which briefly highlights all weapon pads and wall sections on the map.
I've tried all framerate options I could but I can only do 40fps on my 5900x/2080 combo on any setting. I must have set up something wrong or have some program interfering with the game. CPU and GPU temps are super low too, so they are definitely not flexing their muscle.
I've gotten two messages from people asking if I was a 343 dev just because I changed my tag and emblem, lol.
Yeah, tried a few times, no dice.
Watching some streams instead!
I'm routinely 60-70%+ in accuracy after each game. Using default controls and sensitivities. Only changes I made I think was Bumper Jumper, Vertical Inversion, and Toggle Crouch off. Everything else default. Feels almost perfect to me. *shrug*
off for you. All because some don't have that experience does not mean they are blinded. Initially sure, but it's been some time, and the pain issues people are running into are performance, some balancing issues, and the sniper feeling a bit heavy. Then of course there are opinions on general gameplay (lack of descope of ar and pistol for example).
The overall consensus outside of reset era also appears to be that the gameplay feels good and crisp. Again, that ignores performance issues
Genuine question- do you have any experience getting exposure to pre-release games outside of public betas and the like? There's nothing about this tech preview that's any worse than I would personally expect out of a game that's this far out, unless it was a public highly polished demo.
I say this with no hylerbole: games routinely make gargantuan improvements in polish in the last month leading to release. If anything, this game feels like it's more stable and my more performant than I would expect at this stage. I'm sure those 2 aspects were polished up before releasing this, given it's still "public".
I switched my FOV from 100 to 120 on Series X. And wow, it looks good. Your sense of speed feels even greater, and best of all, it doesn't have that fish eye effect.
Long time halo bet, here. H3 is my favorite game of all time, 4 is my least favorite and 5 had some moments.
I can wholeheartedly say that the gameplay is a return to form while feeling modern. I love it so much! The new additions like AI and bringing equipment back really give this its own flavor that feels classic and modern.
can't that be fixed by moving the aim sensitivity up?
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Love seeing all these positive reactions from longtime players. It's been a WHILE since I've seen this kind of energy from the Halo fanbase (MCC aside).
Some people do that (like pros and ams) to try and compensate for it. But it doesn't entirely fix it and you'll find yourself constantly adjusting your sensitivity per match. Some matches on Series X seemed fine and quite a few of them had obvious heavy aim.
completely fair critique. Id be sure to go to their flight forums and provide that
Completed the weekly challenges and the platinum warrior capstone challenge only to find the coating it awards you doesn't apply to the helmet so you have this stone green armour and bright white helmet 😂
Still wearing it mind you, I earned that!
Still wearing it mind you, I earned that!
it can 2 shot but you need to hit all shots in each burst to do so. Its a plasma-based rifle so in general its gonna melt shields. I would view it as a slightly more well-rounded plasma pistol given it actually has a higher kill time against no shields. Its def not a long-range weapon though