I was dying of laughter as they burst through that window. The cinematic was boring compared to the Osiris one, but it showed that Blue Team doesn't need a ton of power to clear an area.

I really can't wait! I think everything in it looks amazing, I like the slight changes that are being made. The game has got to progress somehow...

So I was thinking the other day, (I know but this is not about rape)

Why do we really need the ADS function if Spartans already have a virtual reticle functioning within the Visor tech?

Aiming down the sight would further steady the weapon, methinks, because it's being shouldered properly and pulled up into your cheek.

Because otherwise people who havent played a halo game before would think it's weird you cant.

Because gameplay should trump lore.

I hope Halo 5 features chicken AI.

for the most part in halo, you'll notice that you'll never be in a hip-fire type of stance. The only difference made is where your head is positioned, cuz that's pretty much how Spartans are disciplined to shoot.

I believe the sight-aiming function is either: a.) an optional setting or b.) for guns that felt awkward when using a smart link scope at medium distance. We'll see soon enough what uses which kind of function, but obviously weapons like the BR/DMR/Sniper aren't going to be ADS.

In some videos I saw grenade launchers, guns with explosive rounds and shotguns as the primary users of ADS, which makes a lot of sense.

So you know, all weapons so far ads, including the br, dmr, sniper, light rifle, binary rifle, magnum and shotgun

Lots of gameplay footage so far has shown this.
Edited by R93_Sniper on Sep 24, 2015 at 05:03 PM

ftfy

Every weapon has ADS.. even the sword. On things like the plasma pistol and needler you apparently get better homing range or whatever when you ADS. Really silly.

ADS on a sword?

k.

I'm not opposed to the mere concept of ADS in Halo, but that's just goofy.

I don't see the problem with it replacing zoom masks... H4 had fantastic ones and there ia little you can do to improve them.. That said, I rather have them and have my view unobstructed. But it doesn't bother me to much on precision weapons.... But yeah it's super goofy on weapons that clearly don't need it and just gets shoe horned in..

Really, I have seen so much goodness in halo 5, I really can't believe that people will dislike it, or actually dislike it at the moment

even if it doesn't play like the old halo games, I really like the style, and it's in the halo universe and that is what I care most about

"Goodness" (at least as far as gaming is concerned) is subjective. The reasons you listed for liking the game are the same reasons that I dislike the game. That doesn't mean that either opinion is "good" or "bad," just that our priorities are different.

Exactly how I feel. It's Halo, and I love it for that at least, if nothing else.

I completely agree, the only thing is, that there are so many 343i haters, and this is pretty well made, so I can't understand the sheer number of haters, not the fact that there are haters



Finally somebody with the same thoughts!





P.S. new halo 5 gameplay from campaign and mp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eazZi0OrH-I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bod_NkI2pd0

looks awesome ;)

Wow, I haven't been paying enough attention then. Still, I doubt they'd make ADS the only option given the Smart Link zoom is a staple aesthetic from Halo...but w/e.


How does this make sense? Why does this make sense?

On the subject of the Plasma Pistol and Needler, you could argue the "focus" from the ADS makes the homing better. As long as you slow down to a walk when you use ADS, I could see their reason for giving small buffs like that. You're right though, it is still kind of silly.

Inb4 people say "you have to aim for the vitals".

ADS on the sword is dumb.

I can get it for other reasons on other weapons of course, although that's traditionally not what Halo has done. It'll be interesting to see I suppose, but then again I feel like Halo is simply trying to incorporate and compete with CoD/BF by adding it to make it feel more like those shooters.

They're failing to attract the CoD community and ib the process alienating a big chunk of their existing community.

I mean would a CoD without ads and sprint and slower killtimes suddenly become a replacement of Halo for you? You might buy it and test it out, sure. But I doubt many would "switch" communities .

Ar particles? Teh eff?

Also I wished they would have fixed that damn pelican, it's like it was imported from Russia or something.

I'm not sure if they want to do that, maybe they just wanted change, and there are so many more new things in it then cod-ripoffs, so plz stop saying the same stuff over and over again that they try to become cod, I've heard it a hundred times nao and I'm still not convinced if that's so

The thing about Halo 5 is that becoming the best is impossible, becoming good is...hard too.

Where did you get that from? :P

yes. just yes.

I think the best is truly defined by which series games we played, when we played them and which ones made the greatest impression sooner. For me, Halo 2's campaign is probably the greatest for me (because it was my first Halo game) until Halo 3: ODST. Halo 3 and Halo 4 tie for third place because Halo 1's grandeur was outdated for me due to my starting with Halo 2. In a lot of ways, it's similar to how Half-Life 2 feels really uncomfortable and outdated when playing it today versus when it was released.

In terms of Multiplayer, Halo 3 and Halo Reach's Invasion are my the ones that stand out the most to me. Halo 1, Halo 2 and Halo Reach didn't really affect me. Halo 4's was good and I've played a lot of it, but I didn't have the same experience nor as much time as I did with the other games.

My point is that we're sitting here and saying Halo 5 will optimally end up "good", but there are going to be other individuals who start with Halo 5 that are going to end up believing it's the best one. Every Halo has more or less had this on different people.

For us veterans who've played through 7+ Halo games and Halo Custom Edition, anything at this point isn't going to feel as amazing as our ideal games in the series.

I really want some clarity on using ADS so much in these demos. Is that simply the way they're going for Halo 5 (because in reality, it and the alternative are simply aesthetics) or is it simply an optional feature?

Edited by DarkHalo003 on Sep 26, 2015 at 05:19 PM

I don't think Halo is necessarily trying to become a CoD clone, but I feel like everything is gradually becoming a clone of everything else. The big franchises are moving towards post-modern sci-fi tech, powered armor, guns with ammo counters and holographic displays, high-mobility thruster packs, etc. Are there plenty of differences between the franchises? Sure. But there are also a lot of similarities popping up where there were none before. Halo is becoming Titanfall is becoming Call of Duty is becoming Destiny is becoming Halo.

Like other people have said, ADs are just replacements for zoom masks.

I've said this on other forums and im going to say it here too, Halo 1 was originally going to have ADS, there's even a video somewhere on YouTube. The pistol would get closer to the screen, the FOV got smaller, etc. only difference is Halo 5 has a bunch of fancy HUD stuff going on with it. The only thing I'm unsure of is if the zoom button is remapped to the grenade button, (like COD). If it is that's a little disappointing, but I'm sure they'll have a classic controller layout.

I remember them saying that the settings in halo 5 are extensive, going as far as being able to disable sprint and ledge grabbing. The core roots of halo are still here.

in default its left trigger, in recon (halo 3 esque controls) its how it used to be.

Well in doing so you'd be putting yourself at a disadvantage, mostly in multiplayer.
Having the core still there doesn't mean too much when they have been overgrown by weeds.

A bit true, but there are still many differences in all those games