Halo Video Games Discussion

[xboxtravis7992]

Odd to see this topic was so hard to find... I had to search for it to dig it up.

Anyways I have been re-reading Greg Bear's Forerunner Trilogy and just finished Cryptum. I also bought myself a copy of Halo: New Blood and speed read it in its entirety today (I strained my neck earlier today, I had nothing else to do!). I think the Forerunner Trilogy is among my favorite sci-fi books I have read; Greg Bear has some real writing chops.

My parents got me an Xbox One for Christmas with Halo 5 and the Master Chief Collection. Since my college is a two hour journey from my parent's house, I only play Halo when I am down there for a weekend. I am enjoying the gameplay of Halo 5, particularly Warzone. Sadly I am a bit of put by how hard it is to turn off the sound feed from other players microphones; two things that ruin a Halo match for me is the sound of a seven year old yelling into his Kinect, and the sound of an angsty 15 year old insulting other players and dropping the f-bomb. I honestly don't know why Halo allows such online interaction. I know professional game players love the feature for the ability to communicate with team members, but lets be honest, when was the last time you played a multiplayer game were they used it as a tactical communications system? Nope, always a 15 year old trolling other players

As for the story of Halo 5, it felt a lot like a set up for a bigger story. Which is a problem since I felt Halo 4 was the set up for a bigger story... Halo 5's campaign just breezed by to fast, and when it seemed like it was about to get really interesting is when it finished. I mean we basically got the most fan geek out moment I could imagine seeing Chief, Blue Team, Fireteam Osiris (with fan favorite Edward Buck in its ranks), in the same place as Commander Palmer, Catherine Halsey, and The Arbiter with a squad of Elites; and rather than seeing the group going into some epic battle against the villain... We saw the credits roll instead. I just hope Halo 6 can justify that cut-off in the story.

[Ultron]

I've been playing Halo for quite a few years now. I love it. It's such a shame that they cut couch co-op though...that's how I was introduced to the series. Anyway, Halo 2 will always be the best of the series in my eyes. I loved following Arbiter's story! And the music I also rather like Reach, I don't get why people don't like that one. Halo 5 was alright..ultimately lame though because I had to take turns playing with my brother, which was lame

[xboxtravis7992]

I've been playing Halo for quite a few years now. I love it. It's such a shame that they cut couch co-op though...that's how I was introduced to the series. Anyway, Halo 2 will always be the best of the series in my eyes. I loved following Arbiter's story! And the music I also rather like Reach, I don't get why people don't like that one. Halo 5 was alright..ultimately lame though because I had to take turns playing with my brother, which was lame

Reach was actually my first proper introduction to the series, so I have a soft spot for it to. Sure I had played Halo Wars before hand, and like five minutes of the original Halo Combat Evolved; but Reach was the Halo first person shooter that I played all the way through. Fortunately my friend who had Reach also had a copy of Halo Anniversary (he also has Halo 3 and he used to have ODST) so I was then able to play the original game in its entirety shortly after I finished Reach. Despite that, Reach and Halo Wars are the only games I now don't own, seeing that they aren't in the Master Chief Collection. I should buy them someday.

Agreed thought on Halo 5 lacking split screen... I only have one control for my Xbox One right now, and I am in no rush to buy a second one especially since nobody could join me in Halo 5.

[xboxtravis7992]

Sorry to post again (MODs it has been a few days since I posted in the thread; if this doesn't work feel free to merge the posts):

Anyway last weekend I got down to my parent's house again where my Xbox One is at; and was completely surprised to find the Beta for a new version of Firefight withing Warzone! A very, very, pleasant surprise! I will admit, the fact the Beta is using only one map right now is a little boring; and a few of the fights range from either super easy to super hard (try defending the Garage in the map from 100 Promethean soldiers, with only eight Spartans. It sucks!) But overall, I find it to be a great addition to the game, and one I hope to see finalized as a permanent part of Warzone! My only huge complaint is that have a structured five-level fight layout removes the "how long can I last?" factor from the original Firefight; but it is totally understandable given that the play list is created by joining eight random strangers on Xbox Live. If splitscreen ever returns to Halo, I'd like to see though a Firefight closer to its original ODST and Reach forms.