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Halo Master Chief edition looks pretty cool and the controls are smooth but does it ever rise above tedious repetition?

Playing the first game.
You ever play Halo CE (original Xbox version)? That's pretty much the game. Move to point, kill everything at point, move to next point, kill everything at next point, rinse repeat till game ends. Fun game but very repetitive. If it came out today without the frabchise name behind it, it would probably be pretty boring.
Never did. Are the other Halo games more interesting?

 
Halo Master Chief edition looks pretty cool and the controls are smooth but does it ever rise above tedious repetition?

Playing the first game.
You ever play Halo CE (original Xbox version)? That's pretty much the game. Move to point, kill everything at point, move to next point, kill everything at next point, rinse repeat till game ends. Fun game but very repetitive. If it came out today without the frabchise name behind it, it would probably be pretty boring.
Never did. Are the other Halo games more interesting?
Yea, they all added something (eventually getting dual wield, added powerups, regen health along w/ the shield, etc).

The first game had a few levels where everything looked the same. But it was also a game-changer for shooters, introducing (or refining) a ton of features that we now take for granted (regen health/shields, using enemy weapons, only carrying two weapons, every weapon being useful all game, fun, easy driving, etc).

The repetitive levels didn't really bother me, and the first Halo is still my favorite one.

 
Halo Master Chief edition looks pretty cool and the controls are smooth but does it ever rise above tedious repetition?

Playing the first game.
You ever play Halo CE (original Xbox version)? That's pretty much the game. Move to point, kill everything at point, move to next point, kill everything at next point, rinse repeat till game ends. Fun game but very repetitive. If it came out today without the frabchise name behind it, it would probably be pretty boring.
Never did. Are the other Halo games more interesting?
Yea, they all added something (eventually getting dual wield, added powerups, regen health along w/ the shield, etc).

The first game had a few levels where everything looked the same. But it was also a game-changer for shooters, introducing (or refining) a ton of features that we now take for granted (regen health/shields, using enemy weapons, only carrying two weapons, every weapon being useful all game, fun, easy driving, etc).

The repetitive levels didn't really bother me, and the first Halo is still my favorite one.
First Halo is all about the mood/setting. The gameplay itself isn't that great, but I was really into the first game and it's story/lore. I was probably 20 at the time and in college so we played a lot of co-op and death match too.

The library level sucks, but the final level was great.

 
I have all kinds of fun games lined up to play yet, but I can't seem to put down this stupid Lego Marvel game. Every time I get an hour to play at night, that's the first game I go to. Completely addicting.

 
Halo Master Chief edition looks pretty cool and the controls are smooth but does it ever rise above tedious repetition?

Playing the first game.
You ever play Halo CE (original Xbox version)? That's pretty much the game. Move to point, kill everything at point, move to next point, kill everything at next point, rinse repeat till game ends. Fun game but very repetitive. If it came out today without the frabchise name behind it, it would probably be pretty boring.
Never did. Are the other Halo games more interesting?
Yea, they all added something (eventually getting dual wield, added powerups, regen health along w/ the shield, etc).

The first game had a few levels where everything looked the same. But it was also a game-changer for shooters, introducing (or refining) a ton of features that we now take for granted (regen health/shields, using enemy weapons, only carrying two weapons, every weapon being useful all game, fun, easy driving, etc).

The repetitive levels didn't really bother me, and the first Halo is still my favorite one.
First Halo is all about the mood/setting. The gameplay itself isn't that great, but I was really into the first game and it's story/lore. I was probably 20 at the time and in college so we played a lot of co-op and death match too.

The library level sucks, but the final level was great.
I don't know how long ago you played it, but if it was when it first came out, you didn't find the gameplay far different than almost any other shooter? Just the fact that you couldn't carry ten weapons and had a regenerating shield were huge, huge differences. Then I realized I was still using the pistol near the end, and recalling that was unusual - until then, most shooters would gradually up the gun power, making your first weapons useless by midgame.

I thought the gameplay was awesome, but that's a time period thing too, so if your college experience was years after the initial launch, I could see you not being impressed w/ the gameplay (although I just played a few hours of split screen Halo 1 this past weekend, and it's still a blast).

 
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Halo Master Chief edition looks pretty cool and the controls are smooth but does it ever rise above tedious repetition?

Playing the first game.
You ever play Halo CE (original Xbox version)? That's pretty much the game. Move to point, kill everything at point, move to next point, kill everything at next point, rinse repeat till game ends. Fun game but very repetitive. If it came out today without the frabchise name behind it, it would probably be pretty boring.
Never did. Are the other Halo games more interesting?
Yea, they all added something (eventually getting dual wield, added powerups, regen health along w/ the shield, etc).

The first game had a few levels where everything looked the same. But it was also a game-changer for shooters, introducing (or refining) a ton of features that we now take for granted (regen health/shields, using enemy weapons, only carrying two weapons, every weapon being useful all game, fun, easy driving, etc).

The repetitive levels didn't really bother me, and the first Halo is still my favorite one.
First Halo is all about the mood/setting. The gameplay itself isn't that great, but I was really into the first game and it's story/lore. I was probably 20 at the time and in college so we played a lot of co-op and death match too.

The library level sucks, but the final level was great.
I don't know how long ago you played it, but if it was when it first came out, you didn't find the gameplay far different than almost any other shooter? Just the fact that you couldn't carry ten weapons and had a regenerating shield were huge, huge differences. Then I realized I was still using the pistol near the end, and recalling that never happened before - shooters would gradually up the gun power, making your first weapons useless by midgame.

I thought the gameplay was awesome, but that's a time period thing too, so if your college experience was years after the initial launch, I could see you not being impressed w/ the gameplay (although I just played a few hours of split screen Halo 1 this past weekend, and it's still a blast).
I played it originally when it came out. Yes, it was groundbreaking at the time, I just meant compared to stuff now it's a pretty generic shooter. Theres no problem solving aspects or anything like that.

 
Halo Master Chief edition looks pretty cool and the controls are smooth but does it ever rise above tedious repetition?

Playing the first game.
You ever play Halo CE (original Xbox version)? That's pretty much the game. Move to point, kill everything at point, move to next point, kill everything at next point, rinse repeat till game ends. Fun game but very repetitive. If it came out today without the frabchise name behind it, it would probably be pretty boring.
Never did. Are the other Halo games more interesting?
Yea, they all added something (eventually getting dual wield, added powerups, regen health along w/ the shield, etc).

The first game had a few levels where everything looked the same. But it was also a game-changer for shooters, introducing (or refining) a ton of features that we now take for granted (regen health/shields, using enemy weapons, only carrying two weapons, every weapon being useful all game, fun, easy driving, etc).

The repetitive levels didn't really bother me, and the first Halo is still my favorite one.
First Halo is all about the mood/setting. The gameplay itself isn't that great, but I was really into the first game and it's story/lore. I was probably 20 at the time and in college so we played a lot of co-op and death match too.

The library level sucks, but the final level was great.
I don't know how long ago you played it, but if it was when it first came out, you didn't find the gameplay far different than almost any other shooter? Just the fact that you couldn't carry ten weapons and had a regenerating shield were huge, huge differences. Then I realized I was still using the pistol near the end, and recalling that never happened before - shooters would gradually up the gun power, making your first weapons useless by midgame.

I thought the gameplay was awesome, but that's a time period thing too, so if your college experience was years after the initial launch, I could see you not being impressed w/ the gameplay (although I just played a few hours of split screen Halo 1 this past weekend, and it's still a blast).
I played it originally when it came out. Yes, it was groundbreaking at the time, I just meant compared to stuff now it's a pretty generic shooter. Theres no problem solving aspects or anything like that.
oh yea, I agree with that - it's fairly generic today. Straightforward slaughter, not much in the way of "how do I do that / let's take this alternate route / etc."

 
Halo Master Chief edition looks pretty cool and the controls are smooth but does it ever rise above tedious repetition?

Playing the first game.
You ever play Halo CE (original Xbox version)? That's pretty much the game. Move to point, kill everything at point, move to next point, kill everything at next point, rinse repeat till game ends. Fun game but very repetitive. If it came out today without the frabchise name behind it, it would probably be pretty boring.
Never did. Are the other Halo games more interesting?
Halo got to where it is today for the same reason Goldeneye is revered. The split-screen multiplayer. For the time, consoles didn't have good multiplayer first-person shooters. Goldeneye did it first, but Halo was the first console FPS that had great controls. Beyond that, it really is overrated in my eyes. Same with Goldeneye.

 
Yeah, like I said, the game play really is good. Really good. And the remastered graphics are amazing.

I'm just late to the party so I'm left with a bit of "that's it?" feeling for the story.

 
Halo Master Chief edition looks pretty cool and the controls are smooth but does it ever rise above tedious repetition?

Playing the first game.
You ever play Halo CE (original Xbox version)? That's pretty much the game. Move to point, kill everything at point, move to next point, kill everything at next point, rinse repeat till game ends. Fun game but very repetitive. If it came out today without the frabchise name behind it, it would probably be pretty boring.
Never did. Are the other Halo games more interesting?
Halo got to where it is today for the same reason Goldeneye is revered. The split-screen multiplayer. For the time, consoles didn't have good multiplayer first-person shooters. Goldeneye did it first, but Halo was the first console FPS that had great controls. Beyond that, it really is overrated in my eyes. Same with Goldeneye.
Played a ton of split screen co-op with my BIL from Halo 1 through 3. Good times.

ETA the music really is well done. Does a great job setting the tone beginning to end. Right up there with Diablo soundtracks in terms of great.

 
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Halo Master Chief edition looks pretty cool and the controls are smooth but does it ever rise above tedious repetition?

Playing the first game.
You ever play Halo CE (original Xbox version)? That's pretty much the game. Move to point, kill everything at point, move to next point, kill everything at next point, rinse repeat till game ends. Fun game but very repetitive. If it came out today without the frabchise name behind it, it would probably be pretty boring.
Never did. Are the other Halo games more interesting?
Halo got to where it is today for the same reason Goldeneye is revered. The split-screen multiplayer. For the time, consoles didn't have good multiplayer first-person shooters. Goldeneye did it first, but Halo was the first console FPS that had great controls. Beyond that, it really is overrated in my eyes. Same with Goldeneye.
Played a ton of split screen co-op with my BIL from Halo 1 through 3. Good times.
My roommate in college set up something called XConnect or something and we could play others just like Xbox live. 2v2 capture the flag on blood gulch took up a lot of time my junior year.

 
Yeah, like I said, the game play really is good. Really good. And the remastered graphics are amazing.

I'm just late to the party so I'm left with a bit of "that's it?" feeling for the story.
Yep I can see that. My last play through of Halo: CE was about 5 years ago. Without the nostalgia, I probably wouldn't like it now.

 
Halo Master Chief edition looks pretty cool and the controls are smooth but does it ever rise above tedious repetition?

Playing the first game.
You ever play Halo CE (original Xbox version)? That's pretty much the game. Move to point, kill everything at point, move to next point, kill everything at next point, rinse repeat till game ends. Fun game but very repetitive. If it came out today without the frabchise name behind it, it would probably be pretty boring.
Never did. Are the other Halo games more interesting?
Halo got to where it is today for the same reason Goldeneye is revered. The split-screen multiplayer. For the time, consoles didn't have good multiplayer first-person shooters. Goldeneye did it first, but Halo was the first console FPS that had great controls. Beyond that, it really is overrated in my eyes. Same with Goldeneye.
Played a ton of split screen co-op with my BIL from Halo 1 through 3. Good times.
My roommate in college set up something called XConnect or something and we could play others just like Xbox live. 2v2 capture the flag on blood gulch took up a lot of time my junior year.
8v8 capture the flag on Sidewinder was so epic when I was in college.

 
If any of you have Portal 2 on Steam, I recommend getting Portal Stories: Mel. It's a fan made campaign that's free to download if you own Portal 2. You don't have to have Portal 2 installed to play it.

5 chapters. The first chapter is fairly short and you don't do much, but the puzzles start in Chapter 2. There's a bit of a story, plus different voice actors and new music.

IMO, the puzzles are a lot more difficult then Portal 2.
OMG, you weren't kidding about the puzzles being more difficult. I have to admit that I got so frustrated that I've had to look up hints to continue in a couple of areas. It's not so cut and dry. They did a very nice job on the game, but I miss having GlaDoS berating me. I'm only on Chapter 4, so I'm not quite finished yet.

 
Started Wolfenstein The New Order (PS4) today. Absolutely love it. The story is great so far. Once I finish this (and I will in a matter of a couple of weeks as it is that good) I will play The Old Blood which is a prequel to this one. It's on PSN for 19.99 (Digital only).

After this it is on to The Evil Within and I am still taking my time enjoying Dying Light.

 
Started Wolfenstein The New Order (PS4) today. Absolutely love it. The story is great so far. Once I finish this (and I will in a matter of a couple of weeks as it is that good) I will play The Old Blood which is a prequel to this one. It's on PSN for 19.99 (Digital only).

After this it is on to The Evil Within and I am still taking my time enjoying Dying Light.
Might have a look at this one, I'm kind of at a loss for what to do next now that I've finished Witcher 3 and then AC Unity and Far Cry 4 before those two. Seems to be a bit of a lull for games ATM.

ETA: Gave up on DA Origins due to the repetitive rift thing, and pointless fetch quests, ie those stupid shards. Realised at some point it was like work and I didn't even enjoy it.

 
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Started Wolfenstein The New Order (PS4) today. Absolutely love it. The story is great so far. Once I finish this (and I will in a matter of a couple of weeks as it is that good) I will play The Old Blood which is a prequel to this one. It's on PSN for 19.99 (Digital only).

After this it is on to The Evil Within and I am still taking my time enjoying Dying Light.
Might have a look at this one, I'm kind of at a loss for what to do next now that I've finished Witcher 3 and then AC Unity and Far Cry 4 before those two. Seems to be a bit of a lull for games ATM.
I have such a massive back log......But I am determined to finish it by the end of the year.

The Evil Within

Dragon Age 3

Dying Light

Far Cry 4

That's just my PS4 backlog. I also have to play on my PS3:

Dishonored

Deus Ex Human Revolution

Dragons Dogma Arisen

And finish up the main quest on Skyrim (LOL) as I have logged 250 plus freaking hours in that glorious game. But for me it is a never ending game. I just get lost exploring eveyrtime I play that game.

I will pick up Witcher 3 next year when it is cheap.

But you will really enjoy Wolfenstein. It is very smooth, cool story and characters. Well made FPS. If you like WWII lore and killing Nazi's....go grab it for 20 bucks.

 
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I have such a massive back log......But I am determined to finish it by the end of the year.

The Evil Within

Dragon Age 3

Dying Light

Far Cry 4

That's just my PS4 backlog. I also have to play on my PS3:

Dishonored

But you will really enjoy Wolfenstein. It is very smooth, cool story and characters. Well made FPS. If you like WWII lore and killing Nazi's....go grab it for 20 bucks.
Far Cry 4 was great, will take a look at the Dishonored release for XB1 as well, that looked interesting.

Don't know whether it's just not my style or I've become a big ##### in my old age and don't like to be scared but bring myself to spring for Evil Within, Dying Light type games in case I play it for a couple of hours and never want to go back.

I just bought the Wolfenstein bundle for $43.99, downloading now.

 
Halo Master Chief edition looks pretty cool and the controls are smooth but does it ever rise above tedious repetition?

Playing the first game.
You ever play Halo CE (original Xbox version)? That's pretty much the game. Move to point, kill everything at point, move to next point, kill everything at next point, rinse repeat till game ends. Fun game but very repetitive. If it came out today without the frabchise name behind it, it would probably be pretty boring.
Never did. Are the other Halo games more interesting?
The coop campaigns in 3 & 4 are four person coop and can be solid if you have some people to play with. It's not like Borderlands where the storyline can be enjoyable solo or has the rpg elements. It's straight point shoot repeat. If you grew up with the games it brings the nostalgia ala the Gears series for me but the campaigns can be meh for newcomers. I enjoy them as they are a coop game that I can play with my girlfriend and out of town friends as a vehicle to chat away while mindlessly gaming. The games shine in multiplayer(well used to) although imo Halo 2 had the best multiplayer of the series where the new ones are more gimmicks. This is all imo so take the mileage as you see. Although Halo 5 beta was said to have a much better multiplayer even before changes are made for the final version.
 
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I think something is wrong with me. I am finding it harder and harder to get into games. :/
That is where I have been lately. Turn 44 later this year. Just have so much going on with kids, family, etc., I think contributes a lot.

 
I think something is wrong with me. I am finding it harder and harder to get into games. :/
Nope its normal. Let's be honest you've probably played every type of game there is for what the last 20 years. I go up and down

Don't get me wrong I still play but very rarely jump on for long periods if at all. I have too much else going on.

Or I'll play a game for 3 straight weeks and that's it. I still get that rare game I'm all in on but it's not often.

Dying light is still collecting dust.

I was never a big RPG type gamer but I don't even have gold anymore. I had a blast playing with ORC on Evolve but that seemed to die quickly also.

I miss the days of logging in and playing with 6 to 8 people "I know" only and no randoms.

:shrug:

 
I think something is wrong with me. I am finding it harder and harder to get into games. :/
Not me. I have a very high need for "alone time," and gaming is a big part of my escapism portfolio.

Probably 95%+ of my gaming time is single-player though, so if something comes up around the house it's easy for me to pause the game and come back to it later. Even in MP games, I'm often playing with randoms and can just drop out. I can see where it's tougher to do that if you're playing with friends or in a clan.

 
I know for at least a decade, and ending a few years ago, there was a huge run on WWII (FPS's) themed games. Has there been any made in the last year or two that are good, with updated graphics etc...?

 
I know for at least a decade, and ending a few years ago, there was a huge run on WWII (FPS's) themed games. Has there been any made in the last year or two that are good, with updated graphics etc...?
I wish. It was all they made then nothing. I've been reduced to playing battlefield 1943 online which came out several years ago.

 
I know for at least a decade, and ending a few years ago, there was a huge run on WWII (FPS's) themed games. Has there been any made in the last year or two that are good, with updated graphics etc...?
Unfortunately no.

Wolfenstein is the closet to a WWII theme I have found in years. But it is not a war game per se. It's a post WWII story/FPS where the Nazi's won.

Pretty freaking cool story and vibe and a lot of fun. Awesome controls, easy to pick up and play. Lot's of stealth elements as well. Can't say enough great things about it.

 
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I know for at least a decade, and ending a few years ago, there was a huge run on WWII (FPS's) themed games. Has there been any made in the last year or two that are good, with updated graphics etc...?
I wish. It was all they made then nothing.I've been reduced to playing battlefield 1943 online which came out several years ago.
I still play the original Day of Defeat on PC.
I'm alone on this but REALLY liked MoH: Airborne.

I still play IL:Sturmovik on the 360. Me and exactly zero other people. I'd be shocked if more then 200 people own the game worldwide.

 
I know for at least a decade, and ending a few years ago, there was a huge run on WWII (FPS's) themed games. Has there been any made in the last year or two that are good, with updated graphics etc...?
I wish. It was all they made then nothing.I've been reduced to playing battlefield 1943 online which came out several years ago.
I still play the original Day of Defeat on PC.
I'm alone on this but REALLY liked MoH: Airborne.
I always wanted to play this, and finally just d/l the demo on the 360 a little while (month maybe?)ago. I just don't like playing fps's on a console. I need my mouse and keyboard to play. Anyways, it seemed really fun, the little bit I played anyways.

 
I loved the WWII themed games because of the atmosphere (I'm a big WWII buff), and with todays graphics and gameplay, I think new WWII games would be great sellers. I know I am not alone in this thinking. I think the developers are really losing out here.

 
I loved the WWII themed games because of the atmosphere (I'm a big WWII buff), and with todays graphics and gameplay, I think new WWII games would be great sellers. I know I am not alone in this thinking. I think the developers are really losing out here.
Give it a couple years. They really over saturated that genre in he 2000's. It got to the point that people would groan when a new one was announced. People will grow tired of the current futuristic run and pine for the simpler days soon. Then a new wave of nostalgia driven WW2 games will come out.

 
My kid downloaded the mod for Minecraft that is in space, whatever it is called.

I have to admit that it looks really cool. And the way he is using it just confirms for me that we are going to have to invest in No Man's Sky when it comes out and together we will never leave the house again.

 
My kid downloaded the mod for Minecraft that is in space, whatever it is called.

I have to admit that it looks really cool. And the way he is using it just confirms for me that we are going to have to invest in No Man's Sky when it comes out and together we will never leave the house again.
Galacticraft or at least a version of that.

 
belljr said:
I was never a big RPG type gamer but I don't even have gold anymore. I had a blast playing with ORC on Evolve but that seemed to die quickly also.
Would totally be down for an Evolve run. HMU if you're on this evening.

 
now that I picked up my Fallout: New Vegas game again, I decided to do the "Dead Money" DLC. holy hell, what an ugly mess this is! does anyone actually enjoy this DLC?! you're basically going back and forth in a city maze, devoid of any interesting colors, short on resources, littered with stupid traps and many diverse ways to die. and I guess the only thing you really get out of this is a lot of money...which I've already got!

so now instead of trying to scavenge for anything cool, I'm going to try and just speed through this turd-colored nightmare and get back to the wasteland. Ed-E is waiting for me.

 
now that I picked up my Fallout: New Vegas game again, I decided to do the "Dead Money" DLC. holy hell, what an ugly mess this is! does anyone actually enjoy this DLC?! you're basically going back and forth in a city maze, devoid of any interesting colors, short on resources, littered with stupid traps and many diverse ways to die. and I guess the only thing you really get out of this is a lot of money...which I've already got!

so now instead of trying to scavenge for anything cool, I'm going to try and just speed through this turd-colored nightmare and get back to the wasteland. Ed-E is waiting for me.
I stopped playing when I started that DLC. It really ruined NV for me.

 
now that I picked up my Fallout: New Vegas game again, I decided to do the "Dead Money" DLC. holy hell, what an ugly mess this is! does anyone actually enjoy this DLC?! you're basically going back and forth in a city maze, devoid of any interesting colors, short on resources, littered with stupid traps and many diverse ways to die. and I guess the only thing you really get out of this is a lot of money...which I've already got!

so now instead of trying to scavenge for anything cool, I'm going to try and just speed through this turd-colored nightmare and get back to the wasteland. Ed-E is waiting for me.
I stopped playing when I started that DLC. It really ruined NV for me.
I'm only halfway through it, but so far it may be the worst DLC I've ever played.

 
now that I picked up my Fallout: New Vegas game again, I decided to do the "Dead Money" DLC. holy hell, what an ugly mess this is! does anyone actually enjoy this DLC?! you're basically going back and forth in a city maze, devoid of any interesting colors, short on resources, littered with stupid traps and many diverse ways to die. and I guess the only thing you really get out of this is a lot of money...which I've already got!

so now instead of trying to scavenge for anything cool, I'm going to try and just speed through this turd-colored nightmare and get back to the wasteland. Ed-E is waiting for me.
I stopped playing when I started that DLC. It really ruined NV for me.
I'm only halfway through it, but so far it may be the worst DLC I've ever played.
It's horrid. I fought my way through it just to be done. Not playing it ever again. It almost ruined NV for me.

 
I know for at least a decade, and ending a few years ago, there was a huge run on WWII (FPS's) themed games. Has there been any made in the last year or two that are good, with updated graphics etc...?
I wish. It was all they made then nothing. I've been reduced to playing battlefield 1943 online which came out several years ago.
Not WWII but BBC2: Vietnam still to this day is my favorite shooter and feels great whenever I log back into it.
 

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