"Halo 4: I Get a Woman!" - Sgt. Mjr. A.J. Johnson, RIP

[Limited]

Heres the deal. The games graphics look nice, and the soundtrack samples posted are very good music. But they don't feel like Halo.

To me Halo stands out from the rest, its not just generic shooter. If someone told me to listen to the soundtrack and told me it was Mass Effect, I could easily believe that (haven't played any ME games).

It doesn't have the Halo touch.

[TeeKup]

I'm half-half, I like leaving it up to the imagination, but I hate the childish "DURR HURR DURR PRETEND IT'S U" shit... It was cool for the first, I dunno, 20 years of gaming but now... Even in Ace Combat I got bored of it.

Shame our only talking protagonist in Assault Horizon was bland and boring himself. I don't know, I want John to be more expressive. Not too much, but I definitely want him to come out as his own character.

[ODX]

I remember a few CMT members bragging about SPV3 going head to head with HA10 but as soon as a map came out, unit cohesion fell apart.

Except that the "SPv3>Ha10" thing was a joke and not meant to be taken seriously...yet people did because they don't pay attention.

It doesn't have the Halo touch.

Because the "Halo touch" you're thinking of is the "Marty touch."

This is the "343i touch" that you'll get used to soon enough. You have to remember this isn't 343i continuing Bungie's work, this is (either fortunately or unfortunately whichever way you look at it) 343i continuing the Halo franchise.

[Warsaw]

Heres the deal. The games graphics look nice, and the soundtrack samples posted are very good music. But they don't feel like Halo.

To me Halo stands out from the rest, its not just generic shooter. If someone told me to listen to the soundtrack and told me it was Mass Effect, I could easily believe that (haven't played any ME games).

It doesn't have the Halo touch.

It's not supposed to be Halo 3 part Two, it's Halo 4. They are allowed to change up the identity if they want, seeing as it's their game. Actually, I encourage it, but only if the final execution is good. We should always encourage developers to do something new, otherwise we get Modern Warfare 3.

[=sw=warlord]

Except that the "SPv3>Ha10" thing was a joke and not meant to be taken seriously...yet people did because they don't pay attention.

Except my comments were more of a cheeky poke rather than directly insulting CMT and taking things seriously.

[Ifafudafi]

Honestly I'd prefer a good game that takes a few liberties with "canon" Halo gameplay/style than a bad one that adheres to all the usual intangibles - if anything, I'm worried they'll stick a little too closely to what's established and make the thing too similar to the previous titles to warrant my $60. I will admit that music does rub me the wrong way - one thing I've liked about Halo's soundtrack is how Marty loves to emphasize clear and distinct melodies, whereas this seems more like the sort of amorphous "background" music you see in virtually every other non-Star Wars sci-fi franchise in existence; I get that it's a new guy doing new things, but (independent of whether or not it's "Halo") I really liked the old way better. For most everything else, though, consider me intrigued and curious to see what it turns out to be

Except my comments were more of a cheeky poke rather than directly insulting CMT and taking things seriously.

wrong forum for that, man, we're all srs biz here (for what it's worth I didn't interpret any offense, but hey I guess it's another demonstration of how you can't bring up CMT without somebody starting some sort of drama)

[Pooky]

Bungie is awesome at quite a few things but writing just isn't one of them

Try again.

okay okay, Bungie used to be good at writing.

[Tnnaas]

I for one compliment Joe Staten and his storytelling. The only fault is that after a good long while one might run out of material. A few people can only do so much for so long and a fresh set of minds may be all it takes to rejuvenate an old story.

[Siliconmaster]

I for one compliment Joe Staten and his storytelling. The only fault is that after a good long while one might run out of material. A few people can only do so much for so long and a fresh set of minds may be all it takes to rejuvenate an old story.

I agree. I'm looking forward to seeing what a new group of people can come up with. At the same time though, I grimace when I see that they're accepting the new shit forerunner history as fact, so I may have to selectively ignore stuff in the new games.

[Ki11a_FTW]

Keep in mind that you're waking up after being in a cryo pod for about 5 years or so, there definitely won't be any marines to help you out.

Judging off some of the pictures, that ship that the covenant are boarding looks fairly new and untouched\ no damage. I imagine chief's ship he starts out on is dark and very destroyed with debris everywhere. If you look at the picture with the grunt, you can clearly see your on somekind of newly arrived humanship.