Comments on: Halo 5 Guardians Will Have A New Positional Audio System, Dev Comments On Active Reload System

By: DTR

DTR — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 09:33:00 +0000

I think you”l find that isn’t true, although the assist is reduced, it’s certainly there.
There is aim assist in Halo 4, I played it for many hours and concluded the reticle did indeed stick to targets. AW still has it, I actually tested it in case I was wrong last night.
A SH dev replied on twitter saying that they needed auto aim because of the character movement speed, although reduced from previous games.
On both Halo 4 and AW, there is a higher bullet magnetism as well.
I can’t comment on Ghosts or BO2 because I haven’t played them.
There’s a reason CoD attracts younger players, because it’s a more casual experience. That isn’t a bad thing though; I’ve sunk hundreds of happy hours into CoD. Nothing beats 4 friends on WaW zombies after a few drinks 🙂

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 02:47:00 +0000

In reply to DTR. Although I'm a COD slave.....agreed!

By: Sean Miller

Sean Miller — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 20:08:00 +0000

In reply to DTR. Aim assist does not exist in any multiplayer modes. It isn't in CoD: BOII, Halo 4, CoD: Ghosts, or AW. It is not an option AND they intentionally configure it without it.

By: DTR

DTR — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:16:00 +0000

In reply to Sean Miller.

I don’t believe you. Taking aim assist off makes no sense when everyone else has it on; you’ll be at a disadvantage. Controllers require moderate aim assist because they lack the precise nature of a mouse.

I’m debating game mechanics, not the actual physics of a sniper rifle. I’m talking about skill, which twitch shooters require little there of. You can sit in a corner and just spray bullets at passers by because they die too fast and there is little they can do; in Halo, a person can best an ambusher with superior aim or better use of the environment.

The awful mechanics of CoD mean that one person can best an entire team, whereas in Halo, teamwork and map control often decide the result of a game, but a truly skilled player can dominate alone because they can sustain accurate fire for long periods.

Halo demands accuracy, twitch shooters don’t.

By: Sean Miller

Sean Miller — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:55:00 +0000

In reply to DTR.

Then it’s not the reflexes. It’s aim assist. I always turn it off. In most games, it’s off by default anyways. If someone shoots you with a sniper rifle round in real life, whether it is in the foot or not, you’re not going to be going very far. Unless someone takes out that sniper, you’re dead. So I would say, most of the time when you’re shot 3 times, you die. Whether that means you died as a direct result of the shot or bleeding out…

By: DTR

DTR — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:40:00 +0000

In reply to Sean Miller. When every game has so much aim assist, not really.

By: Agent_Blade

Agent_Blade — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 09:32:00 +0000

In reply to JoinTheRest. Alright now lets not get ahead of ourselves. I like Halo but lets not get carried away.

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 07:59:00 +0000

In reply to Luke Perry Glover. :

By: Sean Miller

Sean Miller — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 04:01:00 +0000

In reply to DTR. Reflexes are a skill.

By: DTR

DTR — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:26:00 +0000

Playing all the FPSs from the last few years, I’ve noticed most of them, if not all of them are twitch shooters; games that require reflexes over skill.
The MCC, in its current state, proved to me that Halo is still the best FPS around for anyone who wants to play with skill on a console, and oddly enough, proved an underpowered console could display a beautiful remaster of Halo 2; it makes every other recent FPS look bland on both X1, PS4 , and even, dare I say it, anything I’ve touched on my PC. Stylized games flourish on consoles, not hyper realistic boring rubbish. The colour palette was gorgeous in H2A, we need more developers who understand the merrits of simple elegance mixed with good lighting engines and interesting art. Stop trying to get blood out of a stone, the x1 and PS4 aren’t powerful enough to display what all these teenagers want (high res textures+FXAA+1080p60+high LOD+AF etc.); develops need to focus on gameplay as they did in the 90s.
The Halo 5 beta impressed me much, much more than I expected. The weapon sound effects were meaty sounding, and unique. I believe I’ve read that they recorded existing guns with unique firing mechanisms, such as a Thompson, to work upon, in order to create soundbites that are truly unique; this is exciting!
There are only 2 things I detested about the beta, and the first is the shield.
I didn’t feel like a ginetically enhanced, 7 foot, power armour wearing super soldier when I died in under 3 seconds; I hope the shield is at least 50% stronger and they bring back the classic shield low soundbite.
The second thing that was awful was the Spartan voices.
The Spartans sounded like they were 16, not giant enhanced men and women. Some voice actors that would make fantastic Spartans include John DeMagio or Bennedict Cumberbatch, or even some foreign actors, Ken Watanabe or Mads Mikkelsen; not this dude bro teenage sounding rubbish.
I want Halo 5 to take the crown for the only game in 2015 which isn’t a damn twitch shooter.