Halo 4

**mashman** · 6th November 2012, 12:10

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeelll I umm'd and rrrrr'd and made a few strange noises and thought fuck it and after having queued last time for Halo 3 thought I'd give this one a miss for a month or two. What with circumstances the way they are too many of my evenings are freeing up... anyways, I went and dun boughted it.

There must be someone in here who didn't sleep last night? How iz eeeet?

**Reido** · 7th November 2012, 07:59

I wasn't hyped up about it so it didn't let me down. I didn't think it was amazing or anything. But still worth playing.
Haven't played multiplayer yet.

**Scuba_Steve** · 7th November 2012, 08:18

Halo 3 was a disappointment to say the least, went to play it & thought "fuck am I playing Halo 2 again?"
I'm in no rush for Halo 4, tho I'm told they did try to keep true to Bungie's legacy so this will probably be the last proper Halo before it turns like Sonic, a sold out franchise who's struggling to find the glory days of old... Just my opinion tho

**bogan** · 7th November 2012, 08:37

Originally Posted by Scuba_Steve

Halo 3 was a disappointment to say the least, went to play it & thought "fuck am I playing Halo 2 again?"
I'm in no rush for Halo 4, tho I'm told they did try to keep true to Bungie's legacy so this will probably be the last proper Halo before it turns like Sonic, a sold out franchise who's struggling to find the glory days of old... Just my opinion tho

Isn't the point of a sequel to be like the original?

I thoroughly enjoyed the whole series except for ODST (halo should not need maps). Will get Halo 4 eventually, but I'm still working on Forza 4 so not in any huge hurry...

**007XX** · 7th November 2012, 08:38

Hubby went and queud with 15 y old son on Monday night ( had preordered game at Armagedon), came back with tshirts and a cap.

Spent three hours last night playing, came out as happy as a drunk in a free piss up.

Maybe you need to be 15 to enjoy it?

**Scuba_Steve** · 7th November 2012, 08:49

Originally Posted by bogan

Isn't the point of a sequel to be like the original?

I thoroughly enjoyed the whole series except for ODST (halo should not need maps). Will get Halo 4 eventually, but I'm still working on Forza 4 so not in any huge hurry...

no I mean the gfx were that piss poor I thought I was playing 2 again for a hyped up this gen game it was a massive disappointment especially given what GOW had shown a year before... because of Halo 3 I jumped decidedly on the Gears bandwagon when it came to 360 so I've only dabbled with reach & ODST haven't played them properly. As for Halo wars, I have no intention of ever touching that one

**bogan** · 7th November 2012, 08:54

Originally Posted by Scuba_Steve

no I mean the gfx were that piss poor I thought I was playing 2 again for a hyped up this gen game it was a massive disappointment especially given what GOW had shown a year before... because of Halo 3 I jumped decidedly on the Gears bandwagon when it came to 360 so I've only dabbled with reach & ODST haven't played them properly. As for Halo wars, I have no intention of ever touching that one

Yeh I see what you mean about 3, I think reach stepped up a bit on that front, was definitely the most modern Halo, but the gameplay/story was perhaps not quite as good as 3. As for Halo wars, we do not talk about halo wars.

**mashman** · 7th November 2012, 12:17

I played Reach and ODST and wasn't overly enthused, probably because they focussed more of their energy on the online version instead of the Campaign. I think they lost their way when they moved away from the sprawling landscapes, even the "close" quarter battles had an element of space about them. Whilst I'm quite happy smackin 'em over the head, I'd like it weighted more to having slightly more space, but not too much

. It'd be nice to be able to control my AI too (the reason I loved the Ghost Recon series, Full Spectrum Warrior etc...). Gears did nothing for me, prolly coz I didn't give it too much of a chance. And yes, Halo wars got a full 2 hours of my attention before heading to tardme. Halo 2 was by far the best gameplay, although 1 ain't far behind that at all (online too).

As for Halo 4... More tight spaces and when not, too much distance (only a couple or 3 hours in), better enemy AI, a pretty game but nothing really new so far. Praps it'll get better... although it looks like they've probably not spent too much time on the campaign again. Too much running to get nowhere in particular for my liking. Cortana looks damned fine. Probably won't play this one online unless they've done it like the original Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, which I very very much doubt.

**Hoon** · 7th November 2012, 15:18

I'll probably grab it to keep up with the Joneses. Offline so just co-op campaign play for me and the mates. Need a break from MW3 co-op Survival on Resistance - stuck at wave 42.

**mossy1200** · 7th November 2012, 18:16

I just got assassins creed 3.
Its above average but not super awesome.

**Nova.** · 7th November 2012, 18:20

ps3.
need i say more.

**mashman** · 7th November 2012, 22:29

The Mantis is fun

... and the gameplay is getting closer to 2 too YAY

**G4L4XY** · 9th November 2012, 10:03

I'm currently playing dishonored which is pretty fun, last halo I played was Halo 2 and I got stuck in a stupid spaceship and got lost, kept going round in circle ffs

Can't wait for GTA V woooo!!

**\m/** · 9th November 2012, 10:16

Borderlands 2 will keep me busy for a while so I haven't got Halo 4 yet. Looking forward to Skyrims Dragonborn DLC (should be on PC in January), Crysis 3 in February and the next Half-Life game in fuck-knows-when.