Also, few kills funnier or more satisfying than a from-the-grave with a disruptor

Man, “global director of integrated communications for shooters and Star Wars" is a WILD position title lol

If it were in ranked matches, it would seriously call into question their matchmaking algorithm.

Way back when Halo 2 first came out, I was in the Navy, and there was a guy on the ship who spent every bit of his free time playing it. Myself and various other people would occasionally challenge him, always 3 against 1. We beat him ONE time. I am in awe of what some of these Halo players can do.

Japanese is a language that requires speakers to apologize for basically everything.

That game continues it's legacy of taking us for a ride. 

If it is, I believe every MArvel fighter from Marvel vs. Capcom 2 has officially been in a movie

It also makes it clear the developers consider this ranking to be representative of skill at all parts of the game, not just one specific mode. Whether players agree with that or not, it’s certainly the devs prerogative to say these are the terms if you want a rank. 

In terms of customer service it makes sense but game design is often about giving players what they need over what they want. I probably wouldn't touch objective mode if they had split it from slayer despite having all my best gaming experiences in objective modes.

How many of those were posted today, after I said this? Not everyone is trying to lie to you, dick. There are TONS of these, as well as tons of reviews referencing the fact that people are complaining about last gen access.

Review bombing is lame and anyone who does it is lame. 

At the very least they can keep federal student loan rates at zero. I continued to pay on mine (though I had to call them to resume payments, which was a pain in the ass) during the pandemic forgiveness period and it’s the first time I’ve ever been able to make significant progress paying them off. With no interest, I…

Counterpoint: This just demonstrates the proportion of Halo’s playerbase that has absolutely no interest in customization at all. It’s true that the vast majority of the customization is locked behind the paywall, but there’s a decent amount of default options to give your character a little personality that simply…

Free to play is designed to suck the most amount of money out of gamers over the course of the game. I love how people act like they gave it to us free out of altruism. It is basically like a drug dealer giving a junkie their first hit and then charging after. That is exactly what free to play is.

This is the correct take, it’s a perfectly fine system. If you need a samurai themed armor as fast as possible, that everyone else has anyways, to enjoy the game, maybe ask yourself why you are playing in the first place. Refinements are needed, but the bones work just fine.

Right? If they’d just said “It’s deus ex with driving and the hacking from Watch_Dogs” and only released it for PC and current gen consoles, nobody would have been disappointed. Definitely a launch hamstrung by committee.

Yeah exactly. I hate sounding like the “back in my day!” guy, but like..we played halo back when there weren’t any real unlockable skins. Like, I get it feels backward given how the games have progressed leading up this. But it’s still a fun game.  And right now it’s free.  People are angry about “having” to pay for…

A bad Halo fan am I, for I don’t really care for Blood Gulch and its children unless I’m playing with friends. If you’re not in a vehicle they’re far too big to really experience without getting picked off by snipers or spending most of the match jogging cross-country.

Hot damn. It is so refreshing to hear “We’re on break. We care. We will be working on it. But we are on break.”

I hope that break is real, honored, and felt for all levels of the production team. I’m enjoying the game and will gladly wait on improvements delivered by a healthy team. 

I’ve played since BF3 launch and DICE just does that all of the time. Each game will have a bunch of great features that they reinvent for the next game for some fucking reason or just scrap something that was working. It’s super frustrating.