• Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    5 months ago

    My childlike innocence of the world was lost the day I watched what happened to Kat. That one was a gut punch. Jorge’s made me sad, and angry, but Kat’s just took the wind out of me, I remember feeling literally numb for a few seconds while my brain processed what just happened.

    Bungie did a phenomenal job with the game. It was different, it had it’s flaws, but the campaign they stuck the landing 10/10 - pure Halo. Amazing writing, purely for the fans. A good game is fun to play and has a fun story, a great game will stick with you long after you play, and Reach did that for me.

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      Everyone familiar with the lore knew going in that it was going to be a tragedy. Reach had to fall after all. The tricky and surprising thing was getting people to root for the team and have hope for them, knowing the planet was going to be glassed.

      They turned the story of the planet into a small personal story about a very desperate situation. It isn’t the best game, by any means, but it’s impressive in it’s own way and one of the better prequels.

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    5 months ago

    I bought a brand new at the time 60" Plasma TV just so we could co-op Reach. It was amazing. A couple of years ago we did it again but using the magic of the MCC and internet. Good times.

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      5 months ago

      Idk what error you’re getting but try changing dns. When using some dns providers or private dns it borks the connection to Microsoft servers.

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      5 months ago

      Halo revolutionized the FPS genre on consoles. While some aspects are definitely mid there’s a reason why it’s held so highly for many.

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        5 months ago

        IMO only Reach to 3.

        Didnt have 4 much in memory (meaning it wasnt impactful to me) and 5 is also non-existant.
        Infinite was meh though I like Cortanas replacement. She has good humor.

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      5 months ago

      I feel like “mid” is pretty generous in my opinion. One of the most over rated series to exist just behind Elder Scrolls trash games.

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            Really it did a few major things for fps

            • regenerating health, allowing for a smoother difficulty curve and easier time balancing for devs
            • online multiplayer
            • A-B tested a bunch of controls for console shooter control schemes going forward

            Until halo right-stick to turn, ads to aim on screen was a common control mechanism.

            As soon as it released regenerating health, the control scheme and online multiplayer became a must-have for AAA fps. For PC it’s basically just regenerating health, which was has proved to be a mixed blessing.