Exactly! And if he doesn’t understand the game, he shouldn’t have reviewed! And iron sights are not added in Halo 4 due to BALANCING. You, sir, are a genuis. You go prove that ****head who’s boss.

I hate shooters.

disagree full-heartedly…I’ve seen way better games get anywhere from 2 to 7 from people who shouldn’t be reviewing anything.

^fanboy clearly. Go play you’re yearly shooter Johnny.

I would agree if it wasn’t on twitter, a place where forming a full argument is rather useless.

The reviewer is getting call out on many forums for his comments with are indeed “retarded”. His comments on “iron sight” show a lack of understanding for the Halo Universe (which explains the lack of traditional sights, look up CNI/HUD, read the books and other material), the effects on gameplay mechanics, the subcategories of the FPS genre, and worst of all for me a lack of understand about the term “iron sight”.

That last one is what really bothers me but is not surprising as it seems many gamers have adopted this term without understanding what they are talking about. He consistently has mentioned (review and in his rebuttals) iron sight in the context of “zooming”. An iron sight does NOT provide zooming. An iron sight is a system of alignment markets used to assist aiming WITHOUT the use of any optics. It does not zoom. Attached is a picture of a real iron sight.

It is also important to understand the mechanics of using an iron sight (or aim down sight, ADS) destroys your field of vision and will slow your movement down. This is not simple a “game” thing, it is an effect of using the mechanism itself. This would have a direct impact on the core game mechanics and gameplay that make Halo what it is.

Halo does not need a “traditional” sight. A WWII game, sure. But as a futurist shooter with some elements of an arena shooter, no. The circular retical provided for all weapons is basically equivalent to an “iron sight” without the need to hold the gun up to your eye. Considering the game is based over 500 years in the future and the protagonist has a HUD based display and a CNI (command neural interface) that interacts with him and his weaponry, I think it is safe to say they are beyond the necessity for an “iron sight”. Those weapons that are more ranged provide an optical sight (ie. zoomed in) like the sniper, battle rifle, etc.. They also do so through the CNI/HUD which is why they are “similar” (crosshair provided) but not exactly the same as a traditional optical sight in today’s day and age.

When I read what Brandon Justice (the reviewer) has said in the EGM review and then on NeoGAF in defense of his review I get this sense that when he has a weapon in his hand that doesn’t provide a “optical sight” (ie. doesn’t ZOOM IN) that he hits the zoom in feature which makes you use your binoculars. Then when he tries to shoot it leaves the zoomed mode and he is annoyed. Providing “iron sight” doesn’t solve that as it doesn’t provide “zooming”. Making every weapon have “optical zoom” would solve that but it would make all weapons ranged and is indeed “retarded”. The other option is to just remove binoculars all together. However, I like binoculars because it allows someone to “scout” or even just “admire the landscape”. It seems to me Brandon Justice is an extremely confused individual.

Perhaps it was how poorly the review was written with no reflection to actual content reflection (other then copied shots from other sources-note the images used). Then cross reference other reviews by the same individual, and it becomes clear, He needs to seek different employment options.