• Omega@lemmy.world
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    23 天前

    Halo 5 had a lot of problems. Bit it’s a damned masterpiece compared to Infinite.

    Halo 5 had great gunplay, Warzone Firefight was a blast, the Guardians were a great stand-in for the Halo rings, Cortana was an intimidating enemy by the end of the game, the lootboxes were actually better than the armor cores and marketplace from Infinite.

    There are A LOT of negatives in there too. But a lot of positives. Infinite is just a shitshow from the beginning.

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        23 天前

        It’s in a more or less acceptable state now and I play it, but it sure doesn’t live up to the original 10 year live service promise.

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        23 天前

        I have a lot of problems with it. Between the “story” and the copy-paste map. I would rather the game didn’t exist, because at least then they could make a follow up to 5’s end.

        I really don’t want to spoil your fun if you’re enjoying it though. A lot of the gameplay elements are fun to play around with.

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          23 天前

          As far as I recall, Infinite has had online co-op, just not local/split screen co-op.

          But don’t quote me on that!

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            23 天前

            It did not release with co-op. I think they had to figure out how to make it work with the open world map and zip lining. When I had finished it, it still didn’t have it. When they added it, they also announced that they had stopped trying to make local co-op work.

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                23 天前

                As far as I know, they gave up on assassinations too. To be honest, by the time I finished the game, the missing features were at the bottom of the list of problems I had with it.

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              23 天前

              The Master Chief Collection doesn’t have split screen campaigns on PC

              So fucking upsetting getting it all set up only to be told it’s online only. It’s fucking Halo!!!

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                23 天前

                Then even more pissed off that it’s in the console version. Why cut features between the two??

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      23 天前

      Them just retconning Cortana was such a letdown. Honestly while 5 wasn’t great, it did set up infinite to be really really good. Then they went with a really boring alternative.

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        23 天前

        This is my biggest complaint. Halo 6 was set up to be an amazing game. Then Infinite ended up with zero story. The most interesting stuff in Infinite were the little flashback sequences that bridge 5 to Infinite.

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          23 天前

          You can really tell that campaign took a back seat in the game. A shame because the open world was honestly a lot of fun, it was just empty and hollow because of such of a lame story. You could have been jumping between worlds fighting Cortana for the survival of the human race. Instead… we’re lost on a ring again, and we’re fighting a brute guy we don’t care about, while desperate for any actual story about what the hell happened

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        23 天前

        I STRONGLY disagree. 5 was a letdown with some bright spots. Infinite is offensively bad with no redeeming value.

        Even if you remove Infinite, 5’s combat is better than 4’s in every single way. I would split second worst between those two depending on what aspects you’re comparing.

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          23 天前

          5’s combat is better than 4’s in every single way

          Halo 5 has ADS and Halo 4 does not. This alone makes Halo 5 combat worse.

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          22 天前

          Infinite is good now with the netcode having been re worked. It has a few poor maps and bad choices regarding forge and split screen. Ut actually playing the game is fun in most cases.

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          22 天前

          I played Halo 5 Forge on PC no scratch the Halo itch when MCC wasnt even announced yet (I felt so cool for knowing that exists).
          If I could choose, I’d play Halo 5 Forge over Infinite. But I like the gadgets more than the booster feature.