An Opinion piece on Halo 4's underwhelming multiplayer and the heavy burden this shortcoming places on Halo 5 to become this trilogy's Halo 2 by being its multiplayer behemoth
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A former 343 developer has revealed that mountains of Halo pitches failed to be approved, including a return to ODSTs and a push for more intimate, dark themes.
Not really. 4, 5, MCC, and Infinite are only remembered for their shortcomings and failures when the franchise was purely known for being a system seller and an all-time great. There's a reason 1, 2, 3, and Reach are looked back on fondly, and it's not because of nostalgia.
I don't know of anyone that speaks fondly of the later Halo games, I would like to play 5, but I know it's not good, and I'm just waiting on Infinite to hit my strike price. I played MCC a lot later after it came out, so must of those bugs/issues were gone by the time I played it.
To say it dropped the massively is just not true. Many in the community hold H5 as the best mp mechanics in the entire series and say its what 4 should've been. Its campaign was trash but the MP is Fantastic and many faces of the community still play today and it only made 500mill in the matter of months but sure it dropped the ball massively. 4 was hated due to all the changes at once. And CoD like feature and rightful get hate but it's campaign story was liked by a majority of ppl. 343 hasn't nailed ot 100% but they get 1 thing perfect but F up in other places. Infinite had a good campaign and design but the story was a mess. The MP improves upon what Halo 3 was and is what many ppl wanted to go back to but it lacked content severely. So massively aint the word. Dropping the ball massively is when it's pure trash and unplay/unenjoyable. Most ppl blind by nostalgia so soon as 1 thing aint the same its hated cause Halo set the bar so high
FYI reach was not that good.
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halo 4 mp is great its not perfect but i think currently its the best mp out there :) theres a few things i would like changed though like instant respawns are cool but they should not be in 4v4 slayer they work well in other game modes though. and there needs to be a free for all game mode
I think 343 did a great job, but I'm hoping for more familiar-looking Halo-styled maps with the DLC packs coming out down the line...I enjoy the current maps, and like that they included Valhalla (Ragnarok) but still feel like something is missing in that regard.
The Forge mode also has me at a loss considering that Reach really had a much better option. Forge World was huge and fans cried out for more diverse landscapes, but instead were given not only the same tools, but much smaller landscapes to build on in Halo 4...which is a shame considering how great Halo 4 plays and especially on custom-built maps.
Other than that, the game is absolutely stunning and damn near perfect. It has an unmatched fun factor to it.
Edit: Also want to see Multi-team and Team Doubles come back. Wondering why they weren't there in the first place. And Spartan Ops is pretty great, but I still would like to see Firefight return in some capacity.
I personally cannot get into the new mp for halo. I miss the old matchmaking style based on ranks and similar skill pairing. I've never been huge on cod games, but after looking into league play, I've converted to cod for serious competitive gaming. I will hold onto halo, when I feel like screwing around.
I'm enjoying Halo 4 right now, but 343i needs to seriously release a major patch to settle all the issues people are having, especially with the custom games options and some matchmaking and file share problems.
The maps are great, imo, even the new ones. My favorite is haven right now, with ragnarok a close second.
Also, de-scoping when fired upon needs to return or the flinching when shot needs to be buffed to the point where the person who fires the first shot has some sort of advantage over the opposing player.