Was arguing with a guy at work about how great Halo was, and realized something. If there was one singular thing that separated C.E. from its contemporaries (and a lot of games since), it was enemy psychology. No other game did so much to make you believe the enemies were real. Varying states of alarm/quiet...many games still don't seem to have that. Or even non-combat animations half the time.
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I couldn't agree more. It is always a stuggle to take down an elite. You get to know their behaviour and then they suprise you and stuff. It's awesome and great for replay-ability.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] gorocurt I couldn't agree more. It is always a stuggle to take down an elite. You get to know their behaviour and then they suprise you and stuff. It's awesome and great for replay-ability.[/quote]I relish in competition. That doesn't happen to me in Halo 4. I always know what they're up to (except when I'm scoped in).
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sliding Ghost [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] gorocurt I couldn't agree more. It is always a stuggle to take down an elite. You get to know their behaviour and then they suprise you and stuff. It's awesome and great for replay-ability.[/quote]I relish in competition. That doesn't happen to me in Halo 4. I always know what they're up to (except when I'm scoped in).[/quote] There's an app for that now. (Rare hat tip to H-4...see your loadouts...) Eh. I dislike competition...any two blam-holes can fight over something. Cooperation is far more rare and ultimately worthwhile. Is what raised us from cowering from cave hyenas to where we are now.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] nesteggfailure [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sliding Ghost [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] gorocurt I couldn't agree more. It is always a stuggle to take down an elite. You get to know their behaviour and then they suprise you and stuff. It's awesome and great for replay-ability.[/quote]I relish in competition. That doesn't happen to me in Halo 4. I always know what they're up to (except when I'm scoped in).[/quote] There's an app for that now. (Rare hat tip to H-4...see your loadouts...) Eh. I dislike competition...any two blam-holes can fight over something. Cooperation is far more rare and ultimately worthwhile. Is what raised us from cowering from cave hyenas to where we are now. [/quote]The last time I "cooperated" with a bunch of Elites, I was an ostrich.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sliding Ghost [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] nesteggfailure [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sliding Ghost [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] gorocurt I couldn't agree more. It is always a stuggle to take down an elite. You get to know their behaviour and then they suprise you and stuff. It's awesome and great for replay-ability.[/quote]I relish in competition. That doesn't happen to me in Halo 4. I always know what they're up to (except when I'm scoped in).[/quote] There's an app for that now. (Rare hat tip to H-4...see your loadouts...) Eh. I dislike competition...any two blam-holes can fight over something. Cooperation is far more rare and ultimately worthwhile. Is what raised us from cowering from cave hyenas to where we are now. [/quote]The last time I "cooperated" with a bunch of Elites, I was an ostrich.[/quote] Uh...ok. Not quite getting it, but...alright. -blam!-. [Edited on 01.01.2013 8:50 PM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] nesteggfailure [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sliding Ghost [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] nesteggfailure [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sliding Ghost [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] gorocurt I couldn't agree more. It is always a stuggle to take down an elite. You get to know their behaviour and then they suprise you and stuff. It's awesome and great for replay-ability.[/quote]I relish in competition. That doesn't happen to me in Halo 4. I always know what they're up to (except when I'm scoped in).[/quote] There's an app for that now. (Rare hat tip to H-4...see your loadouts...) Eh. I dislike competition...any two blam-holes can fight over something. Cooperation is far more rare and ultimately worthwhile. Is what raised us from cowering from cave hyenas to where we are now. [/quote]The last time I "cooperated" with a bunch of Elites, I was an ostrich.[/quote] Uh...ok. Not quite getting it, but...alright. -blam!-. [/quote]My head was miles away from my body. My plan to unleash a Goldie on the Flood in Two Betrayals backfired.
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"My head was miles away from my body. My plan to unleash a Goldie on the Flood in Two Betrayals backfired." Ah, you were drinking... As I am now. I only get on here when I'm good and slappy. Is alright. We're all friends here...unless you do a jerky Flood maneuver...
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] nesteggfailure "My head was miles away from my body. My plan to unleash a Goldie on the Flood in Two Betrayals backfired." Ah, you were drinking... As I am now. I only get on here when I'm good and slappy. Is alright. We're all friends here...unless you do a jerky Flood maneuver...[/quote]Sure, let's go with that.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sliding Ghost [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] nesteggfailure "My head was miles away from my body. My plan to unleash a Goldie on the Flood in Two Betrayals backfired." Ah, you were drinking... As I am now. I only get on here when I'm good and slappy. Is alright. We're all friends here...unless you do a jerky Flood maneuver...[/quote]Sure, let's go with that.[/quote] Sounds good, old buddy.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] nesteggfailure [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sliding Ghost [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] nesteggfailure "My head was miles away from my body. My plan to unleash a Goldie on the Flood in Two Betrayals backfired." Ah, you were drinking... As I am now. I only get on here when I'm good and slappy. Is alright. We're all friends here...unless you do a jerky Flood maneuver...[/quote]Sure, let's go with that.[/quote] Sounds good, old buddy. [/quote]Well comrade, now what do we discuss? Ever since I've left Flood and Universe, I am feeling empowered once moer!
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Glad to hear you're feeling right, as my favorite L4D2 character would say. Well, as much as I hate to be a whiny blam, I've got more issues with H-4 than National Geographic at this point. That's always a satisfying area, if not exactly fun. I think we wanted too much for 4. (As always) CE was truly so far ahead of its time...even with the benefit of its example...games that followed just...couldn't emulate it...
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] nesteggfailure Glad to hear you're feeling right, as my favorite L4D2 character would say. Well, as much as I hate to be a whiny blam, I've got more issues with H-4 than National Geographic at this point. That's always a satisfying area, if not exactly fun. I think we wanted too much for 4. (As always) CE was truly so far ahead of its time...even with the benefit of its example...games that followed just...couldn't emulate it... [/quote]Yeah I should have lowered my expectations... to the point of having none. On the bright side, I got to try out Spartan Ops on Co-op today. Much more enjoyable than playing it Solo. Yep. All the work that went into each Elite AI was worth it.
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