"So let me save you the trouble of trolling my statement: We have a lot to learn. We made a lot of mistakes. We can do better. And we know this, and we will. But I don’t want to spend the first moments of the year thinking about the negatives, because frankly, I am incredibly proud of both the team and the game that team created."
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I haven't played in over a month though so may be better now, no clue. We've just never had that kind of problem even playing custom games among ourselves. The game itself though seemed great.
The Halo community is a force to be reckoned with and you simply cannot make everyone happy.
Now that 343 have proven themselves capable of handling Halo, here's hoping they have the courage to take some more risks and push the envelope as far as the franchise is concerned.
Still, a cursory glance at their statement shows how enthusiastic and devoted they are to the IP and that is reassuring. Halo is in good hands. I can't wait for what 343 have in store for us next-gen.
They still have no browser for forge maps or custom games, Forge it self was a let down. Also there was too much randomness in competitive multiplayer, namely ordinance. Oh and the fact that now vehicles are incredibly weak, Spawn with plasmas? ridiculous and the DMR and the Battle rifle are far too effective vs all vehicles.
Ha!
Very funny!
I'm referring to the campaign. I don't have Live Gold anymore so no multiplayer for me. Never used the trial that came with the game.
343 Industries "made a lot of mistakes" with Halo 5, "we can do better"
If devs think or know there's something wrong with their game before they release it, they should just make it better. Eff the greedy, impatient masses.
If they know there's something wrong with it and they release it anyway, that's dishonest and dickheaded.
If they're forced to release it (by publishers etc.) and there's stuff wrong with it, they should be vocal about that. That somewhat absolves them and I might be more inclined to buy the game and support them, despite it's flaws. Three strikes policy though. If they keep releasing crap games, claiming they'll improve so long as you keep buying them and supporting them, then they're clearly taking the piss- clearly lying.
Let me know straight away that your game isn't as good as you wanted it to be. Don't pretend it's the best thing ever but then admit further down the line (when everyone's bought it) that it's not as good as you wanted it to be. Like I said, that kind of honesty would encourage me to buy the game (within financial reason) if it meant supporting the devs on possibly much improved future titles. At the same time, others might decide they want to avoid the game because of this, but that's fine. You shouldn't be tricking customers into buying incomplete products - making them possibly waste loads of money on games they couldn't help but get excited about because of the false hype. Some will still buy the games for the sake of supporting devs, others will choose not to in order to save money they desperately needed to not spend- to not be drawn into buying luxuries with.
Just be honest and noble for chrissakes.
Who's to say that 343 didn't know the game was flawed long before they released it? Who's to say they didn't just hype the game (and they did) to make people buy it, when they knew it had problems? If it was the case that the game was flawed early on, they should have said something.
How am I being short-sighted? I've covered pretty much all the bases. You just need to read my comment closely. If 343 just plain lied about the game's quality and are only coming out about it now (when everyone's bought it) that's deceitful. If it was a matter of time constraints and publisher / producer pressures, refer to my second last paragraph.
Anyway, the campaign could've been better, but by no means was it "bad." The rest of the game is all right by me. Best Halo yet.
edit: watch out, disagree ninja is lurking in the shadows!