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343's crazy Halo 4 custom gametype: Binary Slayer

Messed up gravity, unlimited thruster packs, and Binary riffles make this the craziest Halo 4 you've ever seen

aviator1894151d ago

they should put this in matchmaking. I miss action sack. Something like that should come back.

And where's grifball?

SixZeroFour4150d ago

much like halo reach's playlist, halo 4s playlist is still in its infancy, there is still a lot of time to add map packs, community maps/ gametypes, grifball etc

aviator1894150d ago

That's true. Hopefully, something like action sack makes a comeback just for kick-back relaxing games.

pompombrum4150d ago

The whole "it's in it's infancy" might have sounded good back in Halo Reach, but remind me, how did that game turn out again?

SixZeroFour4149d ago

@aiBreeze

are we talking about gameplay or the maps/gametypes? two completely seperate issues

DasTier4150d ago

Its almost like when young children first saw custom games in Halo 3 and made a game type with 300% speed, Low Gravity, Primary weapons Grav Hammer and Secondary weapon Spartan Laser.

If 343 made this and think of it as a valid, creative game-type, then I will have lost what little faith in them I had left following the way they destroyed custom games and the social aspect of Forge.

Swiggins4150d ago

Geeze, I bet you're a riot at parties...

It's a stupid fun playlist, why rain on other peoples parades.

spicelicka4150d ago

Are you for freakin real?? they haven't enabled file-sharing yet, which is unfortunate, but they haven't destroyed custom games.

It's a very well balanced and interesting playlist, just because the speed it higher doesn't make it "childish". And this is just a playlist the employees made in the office for each other, the only reason they're showing it is because it turned out to be really fun.

Nowhere did they call it a "valid, creative gameytpe" although i would say it is. Who is to decide what's valid when it's all custom made.

DasTier4150d ago

"but they haven't destroyed custom games."

They replaced Infection with a very limited version called flood, removed assault, didn't add in any sort of options for 1 flag or even the classic capture the flag settings. Still no VIP and Race game-types are all but impossible now. So yes I stand by my statement that they ruined custom games.

spicelicka4149d ago

perhaps, i agree they haven't given us what we wanted, but i assume you can still create those gametypes yourself??

Either way, doesn't change the fact that this mode looks pretty awesome.

FarCryLover1824150d ago

They need custom games browser.

spicelicka4150d ago

yeaa i don't understand this because custom games are one of the most important features of halo, and they're never exploited properly, or advertised, or promoted, or considered by reviewers.

iNMyFiN4LH0uR4150d ago

Sounds ridiculously fun. Also waiting on the MLG playlist.

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Halo Infinite Dev 343 Explains Shop Price Hike, ‘This Isn't Necessarily What Everyone Wants to Hear’

Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries has moved to explain a recent microtransactions price hike following a community backlash.

Jin_Sakai164d ago

You can always count on 343i to make bad decisions.

jznrpg164d ago

Replace 343 with MS and I agree

1Victor163d ago

This smell like passing down the cost of acquisitions down to the consumer at all cost in any way shape or form 🤷🏿

Godmars290163d ago

@1Victor:
Given that under best conditions - i.e. no more such spending, it'll take decades, what do you expect?

Hell, they just tried to revoke GP for their employees.

Sonic1881163d ago (Edited 163d ago )

And you can always count on the Xbox fans defending them and the price hike. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Halo Infinite multiplayer

Snookies12161d ago

Yeah, no excuse for this garbage 343i... I haven't played Infinite's multi-player in a long while. Downloaded it again on PC only to find that the PC port is absolutely broken right now with like 3-5 minute load-in times just for the main menu. Now hearing this, I went ahead and uninstalled it lol. Wish they'd stop shooting themselves in the foot with this title.

gold_drake164d ago

so they made several changes how the helmets etc work, however, ive never seen anyone raising prices in a shop due to changes THEY made.

crazyCoconuts164d ago

This is like raising the price on VCR players

XiNatsuDragnel164d ago

343i congratulations yall killing halo mp slowly fr

Gaming4Life1981164d ago

The store price hike is stupid but halo infinite mp is currently at its best. Nobody has to buy the cosmetics as they offer alot of free content.

Crows90164d ago

Fuck that stupid argument. If you pay full price for a game you should get everything the game has to offer.

Last I checked the game released at full price. I know MP is free but then that makes the release highly overpriced.

CobraKai164d ago

@Crows
It totally was. I got suckered by Halo Infinite. All i got was a data disc and a half assed campaign.

Petebloodyonion163d ago

@Crows90
Does the single-player portion of the game (what ppl bought) offer Microtransaction?
As far I recall the answer is no.
So ppl got what they paid for meaning a complete campaign that is comparable to a lot of AAA games like Resident Evil, Wolfenstein, Doom, Mortal Kombat, etc.

Now regarding the FREE multiplayer part, I agree it's a stupid move that will probably do more harm than good since the game is (despite what several N4G members would like you to believe) in good health, and like Gaming4Life pointed out no one is forcing ppl to buy theses items.

rippermcrip163d ago

Any person who thinks that any game content created and released after launch should be free... go ahead a justify that... I'll be waiting.

I can see the argument for them selling shit immediately at launch, but even still that is weak.

You buy a game knowing exactly what is included when you pay it. You should expect nothing else for free.

CobraKai163d ago

@ripper
Insomniac released some free costumes for free for Spiderman
Capcom released free next gen upgrades for their Resident Evil games
No Man’s Sky became a new game from all the free DLC
Minecraft has a good amount of free dlc content.
Witcher 3 had some free cosmetics and a mission.
Overwatch has new characters that were free
Arkham Knight had some free costumes and a Batmobile skin

Some people expect free DLC because some companies actually gave free DLC.

jznrpg163d ago (Edited 163d ago )

@Petebloodyonion they were already charging for items and then they raised the prices on top of that. It wasn’t free to begin with and now they want more $$

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Petebloodyonion163d ago

@JZRNPG
"@Petebloodyonion they were already charging for items and then they raised the prices on top of that. It wasn’t free to begin with and now they want more $$"

And I said that raising the price was a stupid move and even made an earlier post about how it's the best way to antagonize your customers but it still doesn't change the fact that the multiplayer portion of the game is a FREE to Play game.
In this regard, Gaming4life comments stand correct and Crows comments stand wrong since Nobody paid a dime to play the game (the MP part) and no one is forcing you to buy cosmetics.

And again I totally agree with the sentiment and don't defend MS or 343I on this crappy move.

KyRo164d ago

There is absolutely no reason for ever raising the price of cosmetics. They are some of the quickest assets to create but charge silly prices for them. Its greed. There's no other way to spin it no matter what the game is.

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