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Post by Vortex on Nov 15, 2021 21:17:52 GMT
/not stealth 'soon i will have all the internet speeds' post
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Post by Vortex on Nov 15, 2021 21:18:24 GMT
Ruined by the curse of a new page yet again.
Sigh.
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Post by askew on Nov 15, 2021 21:29:58 GMT
Looks good - time to practice against bots 😅
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Post by dndhm on Nov 15, 2021 21:47:12 GMT
I downloaded it twice because I didn't realise it was available on Steam.
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Post by askew on Nov 15, 2021 21:54:09 GMT
My Destiny 2 muscle memory is strong with this one. I kept being put off by the announcer telling me a Spanker was available.
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Post by Derblington on Nov 15, 2021 22:02:34 GMT
Had to launch it from my library and not the tile on the dash, but it;s working. Played a couple of games of BTB and I like it a lot. It’s very slick and polished, and the spartan models are really nice.
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Post by probablymuttler on Nov 15, 2021 22:17:54 GMT
Yeah this is good.
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Post by hedben on Nov 15, 2021 22:21:26 GMT
Haven't played much Halo multiplayer before now but this is fun and looks very nice. I also like how my teammates can't see my abysmal K/D ratio afterwards (at least not in Capture The Flag).
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Post by barchetta on Nov 15, 2021 22:36:39 GMT
Loved my time in the 'alpha' tests so I'm firing this up once download completes and I have time.... which, sigh, will be tomorrow night now I guess.
Have they added more maps yet? If so, how are they looking?
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Post by Vortex on Nov 15, 2021 22:37:07 GMT
Managed to get a quick game before the sportscene highlights of the scotland match, so far so halo.
Look forward to seeing how badly my reactions have atropied against the new generation of halo players.
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Post by Dave_McCoy on Nov 15, 2021 23:21:54 GMT
I have been playing the MCC so I have been being killed all night by constantly pressing B instead of the right stick for melee. I can not get it through my thick skull!
Other than that. It's pretty good. Liking the objective stuff and seem to be better at that. Any team game better with a party though so hoping there will be plenty of takers. Which I guess there will be with it being Halo.
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Post by kilters on Nov 16, 2021 0:12:26 GMT
Slick, satisfying, looks great, doesn't take itself too seriously and the controls are amazing.
Can see myself getting the battle pass.
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Post by patrick on Nov 16, 2021 6:25:56 GMT
I've only watched a bit of a Nextlander stream but the menu music is great. The shoegaze-y/post-rock works really well
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Post by Duffman5 on Nov 16, 2021 7:07:22 GMT
Played a couple of CTF v bots earlier, very nice. I'm shite obviously getting 5 kills and 4 deaths, no captures...so who wants to team up 👍😃
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Post by Frog on Nov 16, 2021 7:19:20 GMT
That's over a 1kd Duff if you consistently do it, considering the average tends to be around .85 you don't fall into the shit category. Edit: against players, not bots though so maybe you are  |
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Post by kingbambino on Nov 16, 2021 8:28:01 GMT
Oh great, here's me thinking I had a few weeks to get through Forza and now they bring this out early! Bastards!
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Post by mcmonkeyplc on Nov 16, 2021 9:17:49 GMT
Oh great, here's me thinking I had a few weeks to get through Forza and now they bring this out early! Bastards! Yeah I was thinking the same thing! This will probably take all my gaming time for awhile. All 20 minutes a week  |
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Post by Derblington on Nov 16, 2021 9:20:37 GMT
I have a weekend for myself this one coming and I had planned to play GotG as I've barely touched it since launch, and I know I'm going to end up playing this instead.
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Post by damagedinc on Nov 16, 2021 9:25:37 GMT
This might actually make switch from PlayStation. Can't afford both always had an xbox before but went PlayStation 4 due to bloodborne and other 1st party games. Do miss halo
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Post by Wizzard_Ook on Nov 16, 2021 9:28:09 GMT
First time halo player. This plays so well. So smooth. Really liking that you have firefights in this and it’s not a case of see first kill first.
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Post by Derblington on Nov 16, 2021 9:32:06 GMT
This and Apex Legends essentially cover my FPS wants, all for no money. Strange times.
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Post by damagedinc on Nov 16, 2021 9:35:51 GMT
It is getting harder and harder just to play "death match" style shooters. Battle royales annoy me as you spend 80% of your time running around collecting gear.
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Post by malek86 on Nov 16, 2021 11:11:20 GMT
Well, this isn't great. I tried loading a bot match and it stayed in the lobby "waiting for other players" (?) for minutes. And there seemed to be no way to just interrupt the process. I quit to desktop and now my GPU usage is stuck to 100% even though I can see no programs open in the task manager.
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Post by bichii on Nov 16, 2021 13:03:42 GMT
Oh this is quite brilliant. Maybe played ten rounds today and it's just so much fun and plays so well. Might do some bot games though just to learn the maps more and where the pick ups are. Had a brilliant round on the night time street map.
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Post by deez on Nov 16, 2021 13:25:56 GMT
I find the release a bit messed up personally - I'm not a huge online player anyway, but I'd usually want to play through the campaign to get warmed up, then have a blast at multiplayer.
But feels like if I wait to the full release, everyone will be unbeatable.
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Post by Derblington on Nov 16, 2021 13:54:48 GMT
There are training and bot matches to learn the ropes.
I wouldn't worry too much about people being better - there always will be. Even in the week or so it takes you to play the campaign you'd have people in the MP 16 hours a day from day 1. If you're interested, just jump in a shoot some stuff.
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Post by lordofthedunce on Nov 16, 2021 14:26:29 GMT
I find the release a bit messed up personally - I'm not a huge online player anyway, but I'd usually want to play through the campaign to get warmed up, then have a blast at multiplayer. But feels like if I wait to the full release, everyone will be unbeatable. This is unlikely to be the case, I jumped into Halo 5 only recently and can easily hold my own. The matchmaking has always been pretty good, I reckon. You'll get the odd one sided have but I think overall it's fairly even. |
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Post by anthonyuk on Nov 16, 2021 14:58:11 GMT
Only had a few games but this is very nice.
I've moaned about Halo needing to have a full reboot in the past and I take it back. The basics haven't really changed, in fact it feels dialed back from Halo 5. With that in mind, it's suprised me how just polishing those basics makes this so enjoyable to play. (BF2042 and EA take note)
I'm not even all that good and had a blast. Also like how the quick play makes you play other gamemodes outside TDM, almost forcing people to work together.
I was dying to play 2042. But when EA are asking for £60 in its unfinished state, its an absolute no brainer to wait and dive back into Halo like a comfy pair of shoes.
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Post by Phattso on Nov 16, 2021 15:05:34 GMT
Had a fun lunchtime session with this. Oddball is really really moreish. I think I could play that mode alone all day.  |
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Post by Dave_McCoy on Nov 16, 2021 15:46:50 GMT
I've had some great close games with Oddball. Really is fun but milage varies with random...sometimes great, other times they are running about going for weapons whilst the ball runs off.
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