What does the next Halo game have to do to impress beyond Crysis 3 / KZ4 / ArmA3

This is a question. And I firstly and foremostly refer to the GRAPHICS. I am not a graphics junkie by the way. Halo series have never been known for its physics or realism, Reach and 4 were good looking games with some stunning vistas, epic skyboxes and large-scale battles but the core animations have never been its selling point. However, there is a second side to it, because by changing too much it might ruin the fantastic MP experience Halo is known for...

What do you think the next Halo game might or should bring to the table in order to impress? Enhanced graphical fidelity, advanced HDR effects? Or just focus on even bigger scale battles?

Do you think it even stands a chance in this respect? (not that it must in order to become a best-seller and a very good game series it has always been; graphics were never obstacle for CoD games either and yet they're top sellers)

Halo 4 already killed the classic Halo MP experience.

Being a good game is all it needs to do. Crysis3 doesn't do that, KZ seems pretty much like any boring military style shooter, and Arma3 is a simmy game that I have 0 interest in. (it could really use a PC release, as I'm not buying an xbox for 1 game, and controllers suck for fps)

[QUOTE="Obviously_Right"]

Halo 4 already killed the classic Halo MP experience.

sts106mat

Nobody asked you to start crying over facts.

Dry your tears.

The only changes I want are on the multiplayer side. Not that there's much needed to be done, but they can definitely add/remove some aspects from Halo 4 to improve the experience.

As far as single player goes they should just keep with their current trend. Once CoD became popular it seems just about every single console shooter followed it in terms of gameplay design, and multiplayer.

I just want Halo to remain Halo. It's not a game driven by set pieces, and cinematic events that strip control from the player, or limit their interaction during specific sequences of the game, and the multiplayer is not just a whack-a-mole shooting gallery like everything else is. 

Wasnt known for physics?  The physics for driving the warthogs have always been impressive and "realistic".  It one of the first games that realistically got the feeling of driving a vehicle on an unlevel terrain correctly.

On topic, I hope to see 32 vs 32 player matches, and a huge focus on big 64 player maps on the next system.  The only modes of Halo I can even play now are Big Team Battle.  The rest feel claustrophobic.    For this reason I cant even play Halo 3, as its designed around  4 x 4 matches.  That sh*t is too claustrophobic for me.  This isnt the Xbox era of sitting with your friends playing splitscreen.  

They need a focus on big huge maps and higher player counts, and the game designed around Big Team Battle next gen.   

Not a lot, lemmings will buy more halo regardless of quality.

[QUOTE="Obviously_Right"]

[QUOTE="sts106mat"]

sts106mat

Nobody asked you to start crying over facts.

Dry your tears.

No.

This is a question. Halo series have never been known for its physics or realism, Reach and 4 were good looking games with some stunning vistas, epic skyboxes and large-scale battles but the core animations have never been its selling point. However, there is a second side to it, because by changing too much it might ruin the fantastic MP experience Halo is known for...

What do you think the next Halo game might or should bring to the table in order to impress? Enhanced graphical fidelity, advanced HDR effects? Or just focus on even bigger scale battles?

Do you think it even stands a chance in this respect? (not that it must in order to become a best-seller and a very good game series it has always been; graphics were never obstacle for CoD games either and yet they're top sellers)

Salt_The_Fries

This is what I think of halo vvvvvvvvvv

[QUOTE="Salt_The_Fries"]

This is a question. Halo series have never been known for its physics or realism, Reach and 4 were good looking games with some stunning vistas, epic skyboxes and large-scale battles but the core animations have never been its selling point. However, there is a second side to it, because by changing too much it might ruin the fantastic MP experience Halo is known for...

What do you think the next Halo game might or should bring to the table in order to impress? Enhanced graphical fidelity, advanced HDR effects? Or just focus on even bigger scale battles?

Do you think it even stands a chance in this respect? (not that it must in order to become a best-seller and a very good game series it has always been; graphics were never obstacle for CoD games either and yet they're top sellers)

sts106mat

[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

Not a lot, lemmings will buy more halo regardless of quality.

sts106mat

Really? Didn't the lst one have an even shorter campaign then the previous ones and wasnt spartan ops a disaster? Doesn't sound great tbh.

[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

Not a lot, lemmings will buy more halo regardless of quality.

sts106mat

why would people cry over a game nobody plays anymore?

http://halocharts.com/2012/chart/dailypeakpopulation/all

the real Halo 4 will be on PS4 with exclusive content.

[QUOTE="NathanDrakeSwag"]

[QUOTE="sts106mat"] its always quality, hence the tears from F***s like you hahahasts106mat

why would people cry over a game nobody plays anymore?

http://halocharts.com/2012/chart/dailypeakpopulation/all

the real Halo 4 will be on PS4 with exclusive content.

Halo has been on a decline since Reach because of the drastic changes they made to the series. removing ranked matches, adding sprint, armor abilities and custom loadouts.

m$ casualized the series to chase after the COD fanbase and that is why Bungie left them.

the Halo 2/3 days are long gone and people moved on to better games.

it already has crysis 3 beatenthedork_knight

[QUOTE="thedork_knight"]it already has crysis 3 beatenfaizan_faizan

you are clueless, bungie didn't leave because MS chased the COD base, MS pretty much already has the COD base sewn up with the timed deals with activision etc. stop being a prat.sts106mat

Agree, bungie left because they were unhappy with the kinect focus and did want to make the Dancing Master Chief kinect only title that MS were insisting upon.

[QUOTE="sts106mat"] you are clueless, bungie didn't leave because MS chased the COD base, MS pretty much already has the COD base sewn up with the timed deals with activision etc. stop being a prat.tenaka2

Agree, bungie left because they were unhappy with the kinect focus and did want to make the Dancing Master Chief kinect only title that MS were insisting upon.

[QUOTE="sts106mat"] you are clueless, bungie didn't leave because MS chased the COD base, MS pretty much already has the COD base sewn up with the timed deals with activision etc. stop being a prat.tenaka2

Agree, bungie left because they were unhappy with the kinect focus and did want to make the Dancing Master Chief kinect only title that MS were insisting upon.

Halo 4 already killed the classic Halo MP experience.

Obviously_Right

Halo is dead. Hasn't been a decent one since Halo 3.

Arma3, BF4 & KZ4 will be more than enough for me :) 

Improve the graphics and scale, and keep the gameplay and art direction.

Bungie almost killed my love to the series with ODST and Reach, but somehow, 343i brought it back with Halo 4! The series are in good hands.

[QUOTE="sts106mat"][QUOTE="tenaka2"]

Not a lot, lemmings will buy more halo regardless of quality.

tenaka2

Really? Didn't the lst one have an even shorter campaign then the previous ones and wasnt spartan ops a disaster? Doesn't sound great tbh.

Spartan Ops isn't that great, but the campaign is just as long as any other Halo campaign. It's also the best one in terms of story, gameplay, visuals, set pieces, etc.

halo has long passed its expiration date..campzor

It just needs to be a good game, it wont need great graphics to do that. However Halo games and good arent really something that go hand in hand.

[QUOTE="campzor"]halo has long passed its expiration date..sts106mat

Hmm, I'd say, to equal or beat that list and with 343 at the helm; Halo 5 need only launch. :twisted:

But really, just do what Hao's have always done so well, nice big, well constructed levels / area's with plenty of surface, air & space :o vehicles but perhaps get back to a sorta Halo 2 kind of mutiplayer oh and the story has got to make sense with as little suspension of reality as possible in a sci fi space marine shootah. :P

[QUOTE="campzor"][QUOTE="sts106mat"] says the clown with a resistance sig.sts106mat