Halo Megathread: 2 new trailers for Halo 5 have been released. 10/27/2015

[ZombiLoin]

i dont understand why they would let a couple hundred people in russia get it and NOT release it in a country like the U.S where you have a bigger fanbase
or better yet give us a simultaneous release date, that way no one has to wait

or EVEN BETTER, just give us a halo 3 port

because halo is literally the only console-selling game franchise on the xbox one right now. they do NOT want to step on their pretty console's toes by putting out a competitor to the only decent (or should i say well-recognizable) system-selling exclusive available to that console.

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[Gsterman]

because halo is literally the only console-selling game franchise on the xbox one right now. they do NOT want to step on their pretty console's toes by putting out a competitor to the only decent (or should i say well-recognizable) system-selling exclusive available to that console.

i understand that but why release it in a country where very little people even play halo
im reading the halo forums and theres like 5 people from russia saying this is dumb because no one will give half a crap about the game

also if they have enough money and resources to make an entirely new game from scratch on halo 3's engine WHY DONT YOU JUST PORT HALO 3

[ShadowsfeaR]

Porting Halo 3 really isn't that simple. All Xbox 360 games were made on some weird code foundation that doesn't coincide with PC's. You would, essentially, have to recode everything for the port for it to work. So why put all that effort into basically remaking the game that's like 7 years old, when you can make its own f2p, modern version?


Also where does it say its on the H3 engine?

[AtlasBlue]

Hey, something actually decent to come out of the Halo series since 343 took over.

[·::Kishgal::·]

Porting Halo 3 really isn't that simple. All Xbox 360 games were made on some weird code foundation that doesn't coincide with PC's. You would, essentially, have to recode everything for the port for it to work. So why put all that effort into basically remaking the game that's like 7 years old, when you can make its own f2p, modern version?
Also where does it say its on the H3 engine?

Presumably in some external announcement. Give it a Google if you care so much, but it sure looks like Halo 3 graphics and gameplay.

Hey, something actually decent to come out of the Halo series since 343 took over.

I'm really curious what 343 has done to make all of the fanboys so butthurt about their work, because the games have been fine. For that matter, what's (relatively) "better" about this, the fact that you won't have to pay for it?

[Gsterman]

Porting Halo 3 really isn't that simple. All Xbox 360 games were made on some weird code foundation that doesn't coincide with PC's. You would, essentially, have to recode everything for the port for it to work. So why put all that effort into basically remaking the game that's like 7 years old, when you can make its own f2p, modern version?


Also where does it say its on the H3 engine?

Yeah but they have the xbone version which is similar to pc architecture (apparently)

also https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/halo-online-closed-beta-launching-in-russia

"Halo Online is powered by a highly modified version of the Halo 3 engine and optimized for smooth performance on lower-end PCs."

[blueblur121]

Doesn't Halo 3 use the Havok engine?

EDIT: I'm stupid, Havok isn't a game engine, it just includes a physics engine. (and some other probably less important stuff)

[Kobewarrior]

those darn russians don't deserve this!! !

[fireking]

i'm gonna assume that the full game will be eventually released worldwide (unsure if this has been said before because i'm lazy to look through 3 pages)
but this looks fukken awesome

also microtransactions galore



..yeah

[ShadowsfeaR]

Presumably in some external announcement. Give it a Google if you care so much, but it sure looks like Halo 3 graphics and gameplay.
I'm really curious what 343 has done to make all of the fanboys so butthurt about their work, because the games have been fine. For that matter, what's (relatively) "better" about this, the fact that you won't have to pay for it?

Granted I was wrong and it is the H3 engine, it looks like a bunch of Halo maps and weapons in general, not just Halo 3. Which is what's really great. Also PC only, the first Halo game to get its own PC standalone.

i'm gonna assume that the full game will be eventually released worldwide (unsure if this has been said before because i'm lazy to look through 3 pages)
but this looks fukken awesome

also microtransactions galore
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..yeah

Paying money for cosmetics is perfectly fine. It provides no advantage other than looking snazzier, there is nothing to complain about. And you can still pay with in game credits, so.

Also it's free to play, where do you think the money is going to come from? They can't just give everything away.

[·::Kishgal::·]

also microtransactions galore
..yeah

Do you not know what a free to play game is or something? At least it looks like they're taking the PS2 route where there's just an alternative "easy mode" currency.

[fireking]

Paying money for cosmetics is perfectly fine.

i know; it's just this that i'm worried about

looks like this game is gonna be a bit grindy. but it /is/ a f2p, so whatever

[Private McDoggy]

Oh boy, I love that stupid ass renting stuff

[·::Kishgal::·]

I've reached out to all my Russian friends to report back to me whenever the beta starts up, you folks should do the same. I doubt it'll be IP locked so getting in shouldn't be terribly difficult.

Oh boy, I love that stupid ass renting stuff

Frankly, I feel like it won't really matter because I don't know how you could really make Halo terribly pay to win anyway. It's a shooter, so if you shoot good you won't need to worry about it.

[ZombiLoin]

i understand that but why release it in a country where very little people even play halo
im reading the forums and theres like 5 people from russia saying this is dumb because no one will give half a crap about the game

also if they have enough money and resources to make an entirely new game from scratch on halo 3's engine WHY DONT YOU JUST PORT HALO 3

1) because nobody is going to pay good money ($60) or buy an entire console ($400) for a 8 year old game, let alone in russia.
2) a massive amount of people who want to play halo but not buy a xbox one would play this (or at the very least try it out before getting tired of micro transactions)

itt: they want to squeeze whatever profit they can from a small market by outsourcing one of their 8 year old games to a stuffty russian developer who only need to do the minimum amount of work possible to make a passable (or seemingly passible) game.

if it's ever going to be f2p in the us it's going to be exclusive to windows 10 and xbox 1.

i mean, the only way they can ruin halo 3 is by introducing blatant pay 2 win microtransactions, such as selling straight up stat boosts for guns. it's hard to forget up something as simple and as functional as halo 3