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  1. Why I Feel Halo Will Ultimately Move From Console to PC (Permanently)

    in Halo 5: Guardians

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    So as many of you probably know, with Xbox play anywhere it's now going to be possible to play full versions of future Halo titles on PC. Now why is this so important you may ask? Simply because PCs can effectively stomp console gaming in every shape and form.

     

    Now! If Micro$oft holds true to their word then supposedly EVERY Xbox one game will be available on PC as well, thus more profits for Micro$oft from PC gamers!

     

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    ​I firmly believe Micro$oft will effectively kill Xbox in the long run with this program because what was once an 'Exclusive' game will now be available to all PC gamers everywhere! SO! Why would anyone want a inferior experience on a console when they can get the best possible experience on a reliable PC for a fraction of the cost of a console and upgradeable options in the future.

     

    Consoles are a dying breed and Micro$oft should turn their attention to their PC fan base, just look at Halo 5: Forge... sure it doesn't have campaign or a REAL matchmaking system but darn it! It's beautiful on the PC and it's common knowledge that games WILL run better on a gaming PC anyway.

     

    Anyway enough about my rant but I'm just about to jump ships once the next Halo game releases on PC.

     

     

    #MakeHaloGreatAgain

    #Halo6PC


    Felt like writing more but I'm sleepy so meh.

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  3. 343i Community Yearbook

    in General Discussion

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    Comparing myself to the last one I posted here, which was about 3 years? (EDIT: Nevermind, it was in 2012 unless I missed another one)

    Woah... you're uhhh.. kinda cute? :blush:

    This is a picture I took so I could compare myself in the mirror to myself on a camera. As you can see, I was trying to seduce myself.

    So bored.

     

    Edit: Haha, it's sideways.

    And Delpen has a baby face! XD Awwwweee

  11. Do you think the Master Chief is Halo or not?

    in General Discussion

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    I'm just gonna chime in real quick (like quick is ever a word associated with my posts) and give my view on the question.

     

    Halo has never been about one particular character.  Halo has always and "should" always be about the characters.  Throughout the entire franchise there has never been a shortage of characters to develop and in fuller detail, learn to love/hate.  The driving force of Halo is one of how the characters interact with one another and how they as a whole drive the story.  Now don't get the wrong idea here, story is the most important feature of any game, but without the characters to populate that story, you don't have much. That being said, Chief is Halo, or rather, Spartans are Halo.

     

    Lately as of Halo 4, I feel as if they have destroyed the past of John and his commrades.  Follow me if you will....

     

    Halo CE: Master Chief is introduced as a "Last of his kind" super soldier with a pretty much blank slate in terms of dialog, feelings and expereince.  His character allowed players to inject themselves into his role, and as we did the story unfolded.  Because of this blank character we got to experience the story from a unique perspective.  Far more unique than what players of this new generation are expereincing.

     

    Halo 2: Chief is once again standing against the Covenant as a "last defense" soldier.  He has built some character, and has been defined through his past title to be somewhat of a "bad-***".  Leaping back into the role of Chief feels natural to us now.  We know what is to come, and the story is driven by Chief's growing personality.  At this point, Chief even has established a solid reputation in the galaxy as a "Demon".

     

    Halo 3:  A final culmination of growing through the series.  Dialog, personality and even faults are shown on all ends, tying all the characters together and creating some serious drama within a game for the first time (for me anyway) since FF7 where Sephiroth kills Aeris. At the end we feel the lonliness Chief feels as being a last Spartan soldier with no purpose, as he drifts into cryo sleep.

     

    This is where everything falls apart.  Starting with Halo 4, Chief may have been the main character, but he slowly becomes overshadowed by "new Spartans".  That's right......everything you loved about the original trilogy...GONE.  Chief isn't special anymore.  What is even more puke inducing, is the way they present the Spartans.  It marginalizes and diminishes anything Chief is, was and or could be.  They look silly, act childish, and are all around just not very "Spartan-ish"  Jumping into Halo 4 makes you feel lost.  It takes away that feeling of self-injection into the narrative.  And to make matters worse, we are told that everything we did in the past, was all by someone else's design and pre-destined to occur.  Talk about a slap in the face to the players who actually grew with Chief and invested into the series.

     

    Dissapointing story aside, we have a cast of characters who do really nothing to drive the story.  The presence of Infinity, Del Reo or even Lasky, don't drive the story forward.  Sure you could argue that infinity being there helped move the story forward in allowing Didact to escape.  But did he really need Infinity to do that?  Logic says no since Didact pulled Chief into the Shield World without even knowing that Infinity was going to come.

     

    My point is, the development of the characters were not there.  There interactions and story building only stalled the campaign and made it feel unessessarily longer than it needed to be.  The only part they got right, was the ending.  The final scene between Cortana and Chief felt natural.  The acting was truly perfection.  teh way they talked to eachother felt as if it really was 2 characters just talking to eachother and expressing an "intangile love" for one another.

     

    Halo 5 comes along adn basically puts even more complete craptacular Spartan stuff in our laps.  now suddenly Chief and his team look even lamer due to the fact that any old soldier can strap on this aluminum thin wrap suit, and march through a battlefield like a complete bad-***.  At this point, they have completely lost any meaning in what a Spartan used to be.  Now anyone cna be a Spartan?  Where is the character development?  Where is the true story telling?  Forcing premature characters on us, forcing a story to progress with tons of plot holes and unbelieveable scenarios unfolding?  Nathon Fillards acting is the only thing good about Halo 5.

     

    Let's be honest about one more thing.  No one seems to fear the new Spartans.  I haven't heard one dialog bit detailing how frightened or edgy enemies get when encountering the player.  In Halo 4, even the Covenant don't call him demon in battle.  They are unafraid, as if to say that Spartans have become a bad joke.

     

    So in the end, I guess what one could say is that Halo is not Chief, Chief is not Halo.  Halo is us.

    I dunno Twin, you do make a valid point but I love Master Chief and if 343 killed him off I probably (likely) wouldn't play anymore. You could say Halo is the community, sure. But what about us that love and enjoy campaigns?

     

    I just agree and disagree is all. Don't feel like writing a book so I'll leave it at that.

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  16. Do you think the Master Chief is Halo or not?

    in General Discussion

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    Let me just point out that Halo isn't truly Halo without Master Chief linked in somewhere. Now with that being said granted, I loved ODST. Despite no involvement with the Master Chief the game was so different in itself that it gave a new perspective on the Halo universe. ODST's faced great hardship with the fall of New Mombasa, which is a memorable moment that I won't forget. Also as Red pointed out, I feel as though ODST had one of the most well written stories in the Halo franchise.

     

    Now, of course the Master Chief is absolutely the core existence of Halo so with that being said he's basically the life-blood of the entire series. However, one day the Chief will either die or retire and when that comes I hope they don't replace him with a lame spartan like Locke or Buck.

     

    With all that being said, Halo will continue to expand and grow, with or without the Master Chief.

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  17. Would you rather...

    in General Discussion

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    Would you rather be on fire for 5 seconds or smash a glass bottle over your head? - Well, a glass bottle won't give me 3rd degree burns all over my body, but I might get head trauma depending on the thickness of the glass. Either way it would be incredibly painfuls.

     

    stringed instrument - Little do people know but I actually play the violin, one string won't make a song but I might be able to make several different pitches of a note with it.

     

    Would you rather every time you eat a spicy burrito you have bathroom trouble all day? or... Would you rather every time you eat a popsicle or ice cream you have at least 1 brain-freeze per serving?

  18. Ask The Director 2.0

    in General Discussion

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    I have a friend who has trouble being around others, she's shy.. surprisingly more shy than I am when it comes to meeting new people.

     

    My question is, how can I help her step out of her comfort zone to meet new people? Obviously I can't force her to do it, but how can I give her that push she needs to do it on her own?

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