general-chat

[hasty zinc]

https://tenor.com/MOlQ.gif

[tired bloom]

I wish

[raw crag]

Aegis is an industry plant. How did he become a mod?

[naive turret]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-squarepants-spongebob-sandy-cheeks-photosynthesis-gif-4526738

[scenic hinge]

Unsatisfyingly Satisfying

[hasty zinc]

I'll tell you the secret

be a good egg

for a long time

then when they offer it to you, you decline it

(this will make them want you more)

[glad plume]

Global watermark 🇨🇦

[raw crag]

I was expecting it to be something cool like “I’m Steve downes brother” or something

[tall current]

saw steve downs in cali, i wanted to say hi dad but id freakm out

[raw crag]

I love Steve downes I hope he lives forever

[tired bloom]

Bro scared of chief

[tall current]

same

[raw crag]

He needs to go into cyro sleep rn and come out to record lines for halo 7

[glad plume]

honestly, he'd probably be mostly chill with it

[tall current]

6"4 lifter walks up to you and says hi dad. nah he looked like he was chilln. i do regret not saying hi tho

i was like babe omg thats chief "cooool" like wdf

[short token]

How old is he anyway

[raw crag]

70s I think

[hasty zinc]

74

[short token]

Jesus I thought like 50 or 60

[tall current]

damn

[raw crag]

60 or 70 😂😂😂😂

[tall current]

same

there gunna AI him

[glad plume]

cryo sleep

[short token]

He does not look like hes 70

[naive turret]

He's looking great for 74. Good on him.

[hasty zinc]

anyone have the killswitch case for the switch 2?

[tall current]

damn shoulda said something bro.. damn

[raw crag]

I ate all of them

[hasty zinc]

dang

[glad plume]

friggen lard

[pliant hatch]

are the servers still down?

[short token]

Hope he stays here forever

[glad plume]

yeah... ):<

[tall current]

i got the halo3 legendary helm

[jaunty parcel]

I have the halo 3 360

[glad plume]

he's such a wholesome person

[naive turret]

I thought Killswitch was a game there for a minute instead of a brand

[sudden hound]

Same

[compact herald]

peeps, yall recommend I finish Halo Infinite's campaign? should I REALLY REALLY go for it. Im having doubts again

[vagrant sable]

Do it.

[glad plume]

I liked it

[compact herald]

alrighty imma start now

[tired bloom]

They should of added the menu screens from halo to mcc

[glad plume]

It actually felt like a halo game

other that the acrade style bossfights

[pliant hatch]

wdym

[tired bloom]

Like halo 3s menu screen should of been in mcc when you click on halo 3.

[glad plume]

that would've been cool

[tired bloom]

Or if you wanna play halo 2

[glad plume]

or reach

i get you

[tired bloom]

the halo ring on loading screen on the 360 version of halo 3, is so nostalgic for some reason

[compact herald]

i feel like hate towards infinite campaign may have been forced

[verbal pond]

is the mcc down?

[tired bloom]

Servers are down

[verbal pond]

shii

[vagrant sable]

Server issues are prevalent right now.

[glad plume]

343 has had enough of our criticism lol

[tired bloom]

Criticism is a good thing

[verbal pond]

im sorry 343 i take back everything i said

[glad plume]

dont let them win

[verbal pond]

🙏 🙏

[compact herald]

Exactly but not unnecessary hate. That extreme stuff is something that we do not want

[compact herald]

343 is dead 👍

[glad plume]

Halo ind

[quartz ruin]

Halo 2 had a similar gimmick?

[glad plume]

idk, kinda

im not complaining anyways

just saying it did give me halo vibes like the other parts

[misty marsh]

😂😂🔥🔥

[tired bloom]

6070

[tall current]

67?????

[tired bloom]

Get an instant replay on that

[raw crag]

seth sethennnn

[tall current]

all right dont hurt me

[glad plume]

Im calling a server raid

[tall current]

cant cuss

[glad plume]

burning it all down

frick

[tall current]

oooooooooooooooooooo

[misty marsh]

Steve downes is legally obligated to live forever

[glad plume]

😎

[calm fiber]

Please don't tag Halo Studios employees. See #rules-and-guidelines for more information.

[tall current]

srry

[glad plume]

they couldn't make it a "only you can see" message?

[raw crag]

better to tell the whole server than just one person

[tall current]

3rd time grimmzy and ur gone

[glad plume]

had to take the public humiliation rout

[cerulean sun]

lol

[tall current]

lol

[glad plume]

thats what you get for trying to tatle

tatel?

[tall current]

hmmm

[raw crag]

tattle

[misty marsh]

Iratus is a celebrity

[tall current]

use snitch way cooler

[marble flax]

Xbox still down or na?

[steady jolt]

https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status

[glad plume]

looks like a greasy clanker to me

[raw crag]

woah

[grim pagoda]

Halo died after halo 2 it’s a shame

[raw crag]

"let me join a server for 343s halos and talk about how the series died after the 2nd game"

[glad plume]

what? didnt reach used to be the most played game on xbox?

[misty marsh]

Mods ban him

[grim pagoda]

Most played doesn’t mean it’s good

[hasty zinc]

replace Thel with Picard

[grim pagoda]

Reach, 4, 3 are horrible games imo, absolutely horrible

[glad plume]

for what, having an opinion? cancel me, idk

[tall current]

its okay its 2025 bro

[misty marsh]

Wheres the tom hardy gif when u need it

[raw crag]

just ragebait. dont feed them

[glad plume]

3 and reach?

[grim pagoda]

It’s not ragebait, I find them absolute garbage

[glad plume]

what about 5?

[lost ridge]

No but halo 5 was very underrated

[misty marsh]

Halo fans try to be constructive: impossible

[grim pagoda]

I haven’t played 5

[lost ridge]

If I could still find lobbies I'd be playing it rn

[grim pagoda]

So I cannot have an opinion about it

[raw crag]

5 is the greatest video game of all time. peak story telling, better than every bungie game. better than interstellar as a matter of fact

[lost ridge]

You can we just disagree

[tall current]

ur all wrong and stuped. halo mega blocks was it

[grim pagoda]

You never heard of Ocarina of Time or Metal Gear 3?

[glad plume]

no, it's the internet

[raw crag]

halo 5 easily clears

[wet shell]

Reach*

[tired bloom]

Halo spartan assault exists

[grim pagoda]

Ahahahha

[glad flower]

The rage bait is awful today

[glad aspen]

we can finally give proper feedback for Campaign Evolved
https://x.com/Unyshek/status/1983628915601199268

John Junyszek (@Unyshek)

Halo: Campaign Evolved is out there!

Now that you've got your first look at a pre-release build, hit me with:
- 1 thing you really liked
- 1 thing you'd like to see get updated

Looking forward to parsing through all the feedback 👏

X · Oct 29, 2025, 8:16 PM

[wet shell]

Hes baiting you💔

[tired bloom]

Reeling them in

[tall current]

already wiped my dump truck with it

[raw crag]

halo 2 is probably worst video game of all time. master chief sucks, thats why 5 clears with locke

[grim pagoda]

Noooooo noooo he is not 😨😥😭

[tall current]

master chiefs needs to be gurl 🏳️‍🌈

[grim pagoda]

Mistress Chief?

[glad plume]

GET RID OF SPRINT! 🤓

[misty marsh]

If this is legit, comparing halo to loz is a bit counterproductive cause they're completely diff genres. I haven't played mg so I can't speak for that one

[misty marsh]

He is a girl. He's my girl. Gina-117

[tall current]

😆

[wet shell]

Jane 117

[raw crag]

brooklyn 99 mentioned

[tall current]

[misty marsh]

I'm kidding I don't cheat on arby

[misty marsh]

I love Gina icl

[grim pagoda]

Look Halo 1 & 2 are truelly among the top 5 best FPS games I have ever played but overal I believe that the stories in those 2 other games were just more up my alley. In the end all ‘top’ games are subjective.

[worldly sedge]

I would give feedback to Unyshek’s tweet but I don’t have a Twitter

[raw crag]

shes my favorite brooklyn 99 character

[worldly sedge]

I refuse to go back to that social media

[tall current]

sarah palm-oil was the best halo person ever

[glad plume]

lol

[safe dawn]

Anyone else having problems with dedicated servers on infinite?

[misty marsh]

Fair enough, if you don't like them then no one can make you and you're entitled to your own opinions but joining the halo discord to explicitly call them garbage and then claiming it's not rage bait is a bit silly

[worldly sedge]

Azure servers are still down

[glad plume]

its all of halo

[raw crag]

1 and 2 are the worst games of all time

[grim pagoda]

Like only a year ago I started playing Mass Effect, man I regret not playing those games earlier, 1,2& 3 are amazing eventhough 2 is my fav.

[safe dawn]

Oof

[steady jolt]

There is an Azure issue at the moment, it's being worked on
https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status

[tall current]

tali was it

[grim pagoda]

Rage bait is only for those who do not have their emotions under control.

[misty marsh]

Guys send me your bank account details and I'll bring azure back online trust

[grim pagoda]

All these ‘words’ that got made up through the internet is only because people fail to control their own emotions.

[glad plume]

its worse that the great roblox disaster of 2021

[safe dawn]

💀

[wet shell]

Tbf if someone is indifferent on a couple things doesnt mean they shouldnt be here

[raw crag]

send me YOUR bank account

[wet shell]

Like i have 0 care for the 343 era of Halo and the first five games are where its at for me

If he doesnt like halo 3 tho its my favourite game of all time who cares its his opinion

[misty marsh]

Well no, if you criticise something people are going to either disagree or expect a constructive reason for you to dislike the game. Otherwise you're obviously gonna make people unhappy just spewing opinions you're aware people will disagree with without giving justification as to why

[calm fiber]

For server moderation concerns, please send a direct message to @bleak yoke.

[misty marsh]

Swap?

[glad flower]

Halo 5 isn’t a good halo game but it’s a good shooter

[misty marsh]

Bank for bank?

[raw crag]

no its cause i dont have one so i need yours

[safe dawn]

The way this is worded makes it sound like you mean H4 and H5 too lol

[glad plume]

HELP

[misty marsh]

I'll wait I'm patient

[wet shell]

It has good mechanics and i enjoy multiplayer but everything else about that game is quite piss mate

[naive turret]

https://tenor.com/view/mass-effect-tali-gif-20136478

One of my favourites of all time

[grim pagoda]

You see, your second sentence, that is just your opinion. I do not need to explain it, eventhough I can but I don’t want to write up an essay. If people cannot deal with it(look at the Lebron fans calling him the GOAT - LOL AT ALL OF YOU!!!!) and have a hard time to keep their emotions in check, they are the problem not me.

[glad flower]

If it wasn’t a Halo game It would have been a lot better is what I’m saying. And yeah the campaign especially is not good.

[misty marsh]

This looks sick, I'm gonna start playing mass effect

[obsidian wyvern]

why didn't you start me on the good ones

[naive turret]

Highly recommend, great series

[obsidian wyvern]

I started with the one everyone hates or smthn

[wet shell]

I do include 4 and 5 i like 5 a bit more purely cuz it was the first halo game i played and i like its gameplay and multiplayer halo 4s campaign is too sappy and the multiplayer aspect is a drag in my opinion

[naive turret]

You can start with 2, it has some checkboxes for the big parts of ME1

I still think 1 is worth experiencing, especially if it's the retooled Legendary Edition

[glad plume]

what is mkb?

[grim pagoda]

Halo for me doesn’t have sentimental value as for most of the people here. I played only multiplayer at a friends house back in the days and only started playing the single player games back in 2021. I played through the entire MCC and was blown away by CE & 2 and very dissapointed by Reach, 3,4

[grim pagoda]

Mouse and keyboard

[glad plume]

thanks

[misty marsh]

Are you not supposed to start on ME1 🤨

[wet shell]

I disagree because the only game i can say wouldve been less hated if it wasnt in its respected franchise wouldve been COD Infinite Warfare great gameplay campaign multiplayer and zombies the game was great but the oversaturation with Advanced Warfare and Black Ops 3 had people tired

[obsidian wyvern]

I started with like Andromeda, idk which one that is

it was for a gamepass quest and I was like this is boring af

[hasty zinc]

andromeda was great

[naive turret]

That's pretty disconnected from the others. And imo lacking the series strengths.

[obsidian wyvern]

idk if it was actually Andromeda, I just threw a name in there that sounded familiar lol

[naive turret]

Fun movement at least, but imo ME3 has the best combat.

[misty marsh]

I'm gonna start on Me3. Third installments have never done me wrong

[obsidian wyvern]

so true

[thin vigil]

I haven’t played non of the Halo games ever 😅 and thinking of buying the Master chief collection with Reach & ODST as well

[naive turret]

Absolutely should, well worth the playthrough. Especially if you can get it on sale.

[obsidian wyvern]

I started assassin's creed 2 today actually, why are the controls on screen random icons

[misty marsh]

Someone send darth sid saying do it pls ty

[naive turret]

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-star-wars-emperor-palpatine-palpatine-gif-799657800635657398

[obsidian wyvern]

Darth sid lmfao

I was thinking of toy story for a good minute

[misty marsh]

Didn't have time for all the vowels

[naive turret]

I thought you meant the kid from Toy Story for a s- aye lmao

[glad plume]

darth sidney

you're welcome

[thin vigil]

Should I skip 5 & play infinite or skip that one as well

[misty marsh]

I need to pick origins back up tbh. I started in hoping it'd fulfil my need to play the ezio collection again but unfortunately it did not

[naive turret]

Play both and form your own opinions

Obviously budget and time allowing ofc

[glad plume]

I recommend playing infinite but if you do play it, you should play 5 first

[misty marsh]

Don't skip any, they get alot of unnecessary hate so don't trust the words of the community 😔

[glad plume]

and probably halo wars 2

[obsidian wyvern]

5 is fine icl

[glad plume]

and halo wars 1 before 2

[naive turret]

Don't forget Spartan Assualt and Strike 😄

[wet shell]

If i would rank the halo games itd be like this

1. Halo 3 10/10
2. Halo 2 10/10
3. Halo 3: ODST 9.5/10
4. Halo: Combat Evolved 9.0/10
5. Halo: Reach 9.0/10
6. Halo: Infinite 6.0/10
7. Halo 4 5.0/10
8. Halo 5: Guardians 4.0/10

[normal patio]

Play all of them, none of the games are terrible, some of them have their weaknesses but yk.

(I only played a little bit of Halo Wars, then watched all the cutscenes online lmao)

[glad plume]

and read newblood before 5

[naive turret]

Kill 20 Wraiths with SMGs

[lost ridge]

Is waypoint updating or smthn?

[hasty zinc]

azure issues

[glad plume]

they should add the smg to infinite

[cerulean sun]

Yeah they should

[hasty zinc]

should we tell them?

[naive turret]

There is the Avenger, it's smg adjacent

[grim pagoda]

We need Hello Kitty collab in Halo pls

[blazing cave]

Infinite is AT LEAST a 7.5

AT LEAST

[grim pagoda]

All the grunts replaced by hello kitty’s

[naive turret]

Remember when Hello Kitty collabed with Gundam, good times

https://tenor.com/view/gundam-wing-hello-kitty-battle-fight-me-showdown-gif-14899212

[grim pagoda]

You know there is a hello kitty dreamcast right? Looks stunning

[misty marsh]

PLEASE

[glad plume]

and the m90, slower rate of fire than the bulldog but more damage

[grim pagoda]

I regret not buying it until this day!!!

[obsidian wyvern]

there are cat ears at the very least, I still regret buying them

[naive turret]

They went all out for this huh

[glad plume]

are the ears not enough?

[grim pagoda]

This one looks so amazing

[heavy steppe]

good evening, fellas

[raw crown]

ce laso mission 2 time boiz

[naive turret]

Enjoy the suffering

[glad plume]

hi

[forest pawn]

How do i post pics, i think my squad might have the world record for survive the undead

[wet shell]

I give it 6 for its gameplay visuals and some of the multiplayer aspects. It still has that 343 cheese in its campaign that i dont like. Its the best story theyve written but thats like a 4-5/10 just talking story cuz also the fact its a huge open world but only two unique locations is quite disappointing especially for a modern open world game. And I haven't visited the multiplayer in like two years.

[grim pagoda]

You have to donate 3000 USD

[misty marsh]

I don't own them and it really breaks my heart

[forest pawn]

dang, i only have 4000 rupees

[glad plume]

you need to be active in the server for a bit

[heavy steppe]

AND do 1000 push ups

[blazing cave]

gameplay visuals? you no likey the graphics?

[wet shell]

I just said i did like it

[blazing cave]

oh i read wrong

[wet shell]

I like the visuals and the artstyle and the gameplay

[heavy steppe]

main gripe is that the armor in the menu looks way better than in game

[blazing cave]

343 cheese is funny tho

[forest pawn]

Well what is the farthest yall have it in survive the undead?

[grim pagoda]

I know this is a halo chat but by any chance anyone playing Sonic Racing Crossworlds?

[paper sun]

https://fxtwitter.com/LocalBateman/status/1983277914344059113

[glad plume]

I only got 100

[misty marsh]

I played the demo

I never bought the game in the end tho cause I had to be financially conscious

[grim pagoda]

Playing the full game now, this really competes imo with MK8

[raw crown]

crossworlds looks great. how's the music?

[misty marsh]

And i couldn't decide between getting it on steam or xbox

[blazing cave]

my friend wants me to get it but i told him that i will when they have Chief in it

[grim pagoda]

The soundtrack is fantastic

[paper sun]

Damn the video won’t play here 🥀

[misty marsh]

Pluto walk the damn plank pls ty

[naive turret]

Sega games rarely miss with their osts

[heavy steppe]

pfp checks out

[misty marsh]

Sonic music has never missed

[wet shell]

Tried too hard to be an emotional story and failed. The reason the first five games were emotional wrre because it was a humanitarian effort to unite against one common enemy. 4-onward tries to tell a personal story but instead of letting it evolve over time with what chiefs purpose in the world is post human covenant war it changes his character and cortanas extremely quick.

[misty marsh]

I loved hearing jets theme in it again and just in general seeing his character again was so great

[misty marsh]

This might be a lie cause idk what the lost world ost sounds like

[blazing cave]

hmm idk i kinda cried in Infinite's story

[naive turret]

Sonic 4's the only one I remember disliking, mostly cause of the soundfont

[blazing cave]

the first Halo game that made me tear up. This was a great story for Chief

[viral dune]

I cried with reach's story but because of how bad it was

[heavy steppe]

sonic loves to get around those curves...😏

[grim pagoda]

I liked playing Infinite but LASO was just a big joke imo

[vagrant kettle]

I like listening to other music while I play halo
Tranceport and Perfecto Presents Another World are my top two CDs to put on

[paper sun]

For the ones looking for matches in H5. The people are in ranked

[viral dune]

[misty marsh]

I wanna know who approved that line

[heavy steppe]

me, I did

[naive turret]

Miku

[glad plume]

YOOO

IM IN

[obtuse mortar]

Anyone want to play halo mcc on pc tomorrow? dm me on discord.

[naive turret]

I like that there's crossover characters, makes it feel more like Sonic and Sega Allstars

That's the one I grew up with

[misty marsh]

My girl ulala is not in there

Unless she is and I missed her

[misty marsh]

Same but transformed specifically

[crude heath]

It's a shame because the actual compositions themselves are quite good, they insist on using the same synth and drum sounds despite the 16-Bit games actually trying to achieve different genres within limitations

[grim pagoda]

Ok, look for the Colock Defribilator. It should be on the left next to the Ostatic Polaritor

[paper sun]

I grew up watching the sonic show on Saturday mornings

[crude heath]

Sonic Superstars genuinely has phenomenal level design but people sleep on it because of the Sonic 4 ahh music and some of the bosses being annoying

[fallen latch]

The Xbox servers back up?

[heavy steppe]

"I HAVE COME TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT"

[misty marsh]

I don't remember sonic 4s soundtrack but I do remembering rage quitting that game

[paper sun]

Never got into the games other than the racing game 😭

[crude heath]

https://tenor.com/view/eggman-announcement-speech-sonic-the-hedgehog-report-gif-16600754

[naive turret]

It's that last boss, just, grim

[elder gulch]

My br goes 4 shot

[misty marsh]

I genuinely have never felt more rage

[crude heath]

The Fang boss fight in Golden Capital is painful as well

[wet shell]

Theres more emotion in the final cutscenes to halo 3 than all of infinite ngl.

[wet shell]

I never cried to reach but you cant lie that game had some heavy emotion and weight from its desolate and hopeless atmosphere

[misty marsh]

It was his stage 3 or 4 bit I swear that was impossible to dodge

[heavy steppe]

I shed, and I kid you not, one single tear at the end of that game

[crude heath]

Halo 3 is the culmination of a 6 year long story, of course it would be more emotional lol

[misty marsh]

Halo 3 has the chief arby back to back scene and that gives it like at least 60000 extra points

[blazing cave]

yeah i didnt cry but felt depressed

Halo 3 is just 🔥 tho

[naive turret]

https://tenor.com/view/halo3-arbiter-trade-one-villain-gif-5500957637815345417

[misty marsh]

It also has that little nod of affirmation between them at the end so an extra 70 000 points

[grim pagoda]

I cried during the last part of Metal Gear Solid 3

[naive turret]

I swear we were gonna get a Gravemind boss at that point

[wet shell]

Which one cuz i never cried to halo either

[heavy steppe]

Idk, I feel like the final message by Halsey is kind of beautiful, gave me hope

[grim pagoda]

That story was so incredibly strong, man…..what a game! I remember I called in sick for a week at work because I got it xD

[misty marsh]

The joy of getting this as a name plate in mcc

[vagrant kettle]

I never cry

[heavy steppe]

Reach, after the Halsey speech. I shed ONE tear

[blazing cave]

it definitely felt hopeful knowing all the information we know from the sequel to that game lol

[vagrant kettle]

Not even when I stub my toe

[misty marsh]

I remember seeing this floating around the Internet but I never looked into whether it was legit or just a hopeful dream that bungie never granted

[tired bloom]

Is the remake worth it?

[grim pagoda]

I didn’t play it. I recently(2 years ago) finished it on the 3DS - my first few playthroughs were on the original PS2

[naive turret]

idk about in any of the cut levels, it's just that cutscene always gave me that impression

Then he just dips lol

[wet shell]

What an ending speech definitely bungies way of telling the players that it was our story

[crude heath]

They at least cut a level set in a Forerunner city, so who knows

[thin vigil]

I played gears 4 & 5 and I was disappointed in those games big time will Halo 5 & infinite make me feel the same way?

[grim pagoda]

Gears 5 is such a joke xDDDD

[desert spade]

Since the release of “The Light Is Green | Halo 5: Guardians 10th Anniversary” video, I’ve been looking around on YouTube and the X (Twitter) post, and there’s a noticeable amount of people who would genuinely like to see Halo 5: Guardians on PC/Steam — either as a standalone or added to MCC.

Personally, I think Halo Studios may have missed a great opportunity here. While Halo 5: Forge exists on PC (Microsoft Store), it only covers the Forge tools and custom games — not the campaign, Warzone / Warzone Firefight, ranked playlists, or full custom server support.

It would be awesome to see Halo 5 fully brought over so players new and old can experience it properly on PC, maybe even mod support as Halo 5 has the same art style as Halo 4. What are your guys thoughts and opinions?

[naive turret]

Am I off base for saying this smells of generation

Either way H5 on PC would be sick, I agree.

[grim pagoda]

What I dislike by all of those games(and movies too) is the way they force women to be the main character(like star wars nowadays). I don’t have a problem with female characters because man Tomb Raider was the bomb, but they way they force it to me is just annoying.

[misty marsh]

Yeah it was weird, I don't think I even clocked that we indirectly kill him at all

[wet shell]

Yeah

[heavy steppe]

Bro, Halo 5 alone would add another 100 GB to MCC. I'm not against it being on PC, but MCC is a lil' too much

[tired bloom]

I get what you mean

[wet shell]

Halo 4-onward is not in my personal canon i gnore those games. My cutoff will always be reach but i will be playing new games.

[desert spade]

I would agree to that.

[tired bloom]

Gears of war 4 had a good mp

[misty marsh]

Depends on you specifically, you won't get a straight answer everyone will agree with here lol

[grim pagoda]

Good I’m glad tbh because many don’t xD

[tired bloom]

Campaign was mediocre tho

[obsidian wyvern]

my nameplate too 🤝

[grim pagoda]

Like the RAAM in Gears of War is still one of the craziest endbosses I’ve fought in single player games

[desert spade]

I do hope some of the other staff members, even Unyshek, take note to this.

[naive turret]

It is what it is

[grim pagoda]

On insane the bloke is absolutely INSANE!!!!! And I had to break a controller before killing him back in the days.

[tired bloom]

When does gears eday come out?

[misty marsh]

It's the best nameplate no debate

[obsidian wyvern]

next year September?

[naive turret]

Do you remember?

[misty marsh]

Sounds right

[obsidian wyvern]

had to go back and make sure I wasn't lying

[wet shell]

I wanna see 5 in steam only cuz i aint touchin my xbox one

[tired bloom]

I thought it was coming out this year when they announced it in 2024

[misty marsh]

Wait no it's April

[heavy steppe]

Lol, rimembur arbitur? rimembur

[obsidian wyvern]

is it

[grim pagoda]

I use the CE LASO nameplate, I’m so proud of finishing that one

[misty marsh]

It's April 2026 my memory just hit me unless that's something else

[naive turret]

I was so confused I thought I was on for a sec

[obsidian wyvern]

https://vxtwitter.com/Plasmaposting/status/1837340984042213738

Halo Plasmaposting (@Plasmaposting)

Happy Earth, Wind, and Fire day to all who celebrate

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Sep 21, 2024, 4:00 AM

[misty marsh]

Something comes out in April, if its not eday then idk

[obsidian wyvern]

I didn't even know laso gave nameplates

[naive turret]

Rookie is def an Earth Wind and Fire fan, Toto too.

[grim pagoda]

Just curious btw, I finished CE & 2 on LASO but I found CE to be more difficult than 2. Eventhough they both took about the same amount of time to finish. What are your takes on that?

[heavy steppe]

Half-Life 3 comes out 1/04/2026. Gabe told me

[obsidian wyvern]

they're both hard in their own way

[misty marsh]

I don't play half life I wouldn't know

[obsidian wyvern]

half life was booring

[tired bloom]

I have orange box on 360

[misty marsh]

It's in my steam library untouched

[obsidian wyvern]

only thing good that came out of it was the vortal combat soundtrack and the linkin park video lol

[naive turret]

Triage At Dawn is great too, short but great.

[obsidian wyvern]

oh yeah I've got that saved as well

[heavy steppe]

It starts with... one thing, I don't know why

[obsidian wyvern]

actually you're not supposed to be here bangs as well

[naive turret]

I like HL but it is janky. Source games always felt a bit off.

[heavy steppe]

but they have undeniable charm

[tired bloom]

Any of you played fear 1 or 2

[grim pagoda]

Yeah like T&R took me about 27 hours to finish and Gravemind was easier than I expected. Like the skip in the elevator was done after 1-2 tries luckily. but I did reset that mission once or twice, that one took me about 12 hours.

[obsidian wyvern]

27 jfc

[naive turret]

I'm glad that other people suffered as much on T&R as I did.

[obsidian wyvern]

the elevator took me 6 hours to do

[heavy steppe]

which of the games do you play more?

[pulsar heron]

actually caught myself grooving to this a little. might have to look into some sax music now

[desert spade]

One of my favourite games of all time, especially Team Fortress 2.

[grim pagoda]

One of the problems to me was that I did LASO like 1 month after I finished both games and that’s also when I started playing Halo so I wasn’t aware of certain bugs like the infinite ammo thing in CE which makes T&R a lot harder than it has to be.

[raw crown]

did you do it solo?

[grim pagoda]

Yes I did

[grim pagoda]

CE, CE by far

[raw crown]

I'm on mission 2 of CE and just the lack of plasma weapons and grunts spreading out is kicking my butt

[heavy steppe]

then I assume you didn't do the grenade skip in T&R with the overshield

[grim pagoda]

HA!!!! HA HA HA HA!! YOU WANNA KILL ME??? I would’ve lost my #@%$#@% mind!!!!

[naive turret]

You're beginning to understand

[grim pagoda]

Just looking at the clips of people doing it made me mad xDDD

[obsidian wyvern]

are you killing all your marines though

[raw crown]

there's no marines to kill off in the first encounter 😔. waiting for the warthog

[heavy steppe]

lmao

[obsidian wyvern]

everyone says you can only kill 2 groups of marines but the game always lets me kill the third group too

[naive turret]

Hangar Jump is pretty doable tbf, the Anni graphics gives you clear markers

It's not like the stick-stack on SC

[obsidian wyvern]

I saw someone pull off that SC one, nuts

[heavy steppe]

or them also managing to save time by managing to enter one of the Warthog's seats

[grim pagoda]

SC …what’s SC?

[heavy steppe]

Silent Cartographer

[grim pagoda]

Ahhhh

SC was also crazy to do that skip lol

[thin vigil]

In what play order should I play MCC? Including reach and odst

[heavy steppe]

a doable skip by pretty much everyone is landing on either the OS or hitting the geometry in a wierd way. Only took me a few tries for the second one

[grim pagoda]

Story wise, the way the game arranged all the games.

[heavy steppe]

CE - 2 - 3 - ODST - Reach - 4

[grim pagoda]

I used Silver his guide so he didn’t do that skip xD

[naive turret]

That's another thing I'll say for Silver, he tries to keep it to manageable skips.

[grim pagoda]

Yeah his guides were very helpful!

[obsidian wyvern]

my one and only complaint was that he didn't show the scarab skip for halo 3

[grim pagoda]

😂 thing with Silver to me has always been that he is like ‘so you just take those 3 out, takes just 3 shots’ and I am there resetting the game to the previous checkpoint and failing by using 10 shots or something lol

[obsidian wyvern]

his luck is pretty insane too lol

[fickle drift]

Release or chronological

[grim pagoda]

His luck tilted me so many times ahahahha xD also the fact that al lot of his runs are 1 take and I am like bruh….the video is 20 min and my time is like 3 hours xD

[plucky rapids]

Just me or does everyone keep getting kicked out of halo MCC matches for can't load in

[tired bloom]

Xbox servers are broke rn

[plucky rapids]

Weeeellll I got 30$ I think I can do something else with that

Actually which halo campaign do I play

[grim pagoda]

CE or 2

[cedar turret]

5

[plucky rapids]

CE is meh would rather play it in VR but my PC is broken

[plucky rapids]

Playing 5 rn

[grim pagoda]

CE campaign is not meh lmao

[calm fiber]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/572921337782337566/1211114454142681118/noping.png?ex=65ed053b&is=65da903b&hm=127c1f5a619a9cb041d895fc8b72e2582f18b58934fcc2c232dda28837a796a2&

[cedar turret]

Good

Do it four player co-op

[plucky rapids]

First half is

[plucky rapids]

No one plays 🥀

[cedar turret]

Again, please turn off the ping.

[plucky rapids]

Oh mb didn't know you were a mod

[cedar turret]

You see a lot of things in five when you play it in co-op that you don't get in solo play. And you don't have to deal with the less than stellar Teammate AI Commands

[plucky rapids]

Again, no one plays...

[grim pagoda]

You can go to #lfg-campaign

[plucky rapids]

Would rather play it with my friends I first played it with

[grim pagoda]

I would rather drive a ferrari

[plucky rapids]

Would rather drive into a pole

[novel lion]

Have they released a clean 4k desktop wallpaper for campaign evolved yet?

[civic stone]

I think so

About the boxart or of some landscapes?

[novel lion]

Box art like my profile photo

[civic stone]

I have one downloaded

I remember downloading it in 4K res. but I don't know if it was downloaded in that res.

[novel lion]

Thank you!!

[hasty zinc]

you're welcome! 🙂

[cedar tartan]

Is it just me or was a Halo server taken down recently?

A major Halo Discord server.

[coral yoke]

part of an azure outage. heard minecraft's down too

[raw crown]

is the legendary speedrun easier in coop?

[civic stone]

Yup

[raw crown]

maybe ill just wait to do laso / speedrun coop lol

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah

[civic stone]

Nice, I wish you luck!!!

[raw crown]

appreciate all the info you guys have given me over the past couple days. you guys are great

[hollow zealot]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-fight-gif-10290761239041307136

My gif perms 😢

[civic stone]

Have to admit I just helped you now, but hopefully it will help

[raw crown]

is there a good strat for score on ce? like recommended difficulty / skulls?

i did heroic + iron in reach and worked well

[hollow zealot]

I run away from the flood usually

[civic stone]

Heroic is a good one, yes

[hollow zealot]

Or just be good with magnum

Oh score 🤔

[civic stone]

Yeah, that would be better

[hollow zealot]

Halo 5 is my favorite

[coral yoke]

i would try disarming the rocket flood and using their launchers

[civic stone]

Guys, one thing, why did Halo Campaign Evolved go from being loved to being hated?

[civic stone]

That's cool!!!

[hollow zealot]

Cus the community has nostalgic people

It’s a game it has to adapt to today’s people

[civic stone]

I see, are you for or against sprint?

[civic stone]

Exactly

[hollow zealot]

Neither

Just be happy halo is still alive today

[vagrant kettle]

I have yet to see a good and coherent reason against sprint

[hollow zealot]

They should continue with wars

[civic stone]

Same tbh

[grim pagoda]

Nah man, do LASO solo. It will give you a great feeling of accomplishment and it will increase your skill level by a lot!

[hollow zealot]

Can’t wait to see the three new missions

[civic stone]

It aint that bad, I don't know why people hate on it

[hollow zealot]

I do 1-4 legendary only for helioskrill armor in halo 5

[civic stone]

Johnson's back 😁

[hollow zealot]

Coooooooool 🎃

[civic stone]

Good luck!!!

[civic stone]

Yeah 😁

[hollow zealot]

I meant I did 1-4

Haven’t played any halo wars or spartan ops

They should make halo and helldivers cross over

[tired bloom]

I loved halo wars on the 360, that was the first game i got all achievements for

[heavy steppe]

spartan ops is dreadful on higher difficulties. They did not at all balance it for single player

[heavy steppe]

https://tenor.com/view/riddler-paul-dano-new-rockstars-does-he-know-gif-26833694

[tired bloom]

Haven’t played halo wars 2 tho

[raw crown]

they did 🙂

[hollow zealot]

They should revive infinite by updating a lot like the campaign tbh add smth banished scarab and more vehicles

[hollow zealot]

I mean cannon in universe

[tired bloom]

Halo infinite jerome DLC

[compact herald]

the ODST in helldivers is canon to the storyline

[hollow zealot]

I mean both universes come together 🤦‍♀️

[heavy steppe]

why? that sounds terrible

[compact herald]

Ah okay, not sure if thats possible lo

I understand his vision but I dont think it'll work out

[hollow zealot]

Ok 😔

[coral yoke]

i'd imagine some people see it as something that screws with the pacing, while others i guess are just too consumed by the nostalgia of the original.

personally i'm not in either category, but i still might not play it for other, more personal reasons

[compact herald]

vision denied ❌

[hollow zealot]

Officer balls

[naive turret]

ONI learning about Illuminate tech like 😈

[heavy steppe]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

[tired bloom]

I couldn’t care for sprint, we have had sprint in halo longer than we’ve had halo without sprint

[hollow zealot]

🤣

[compact herald]

yall reminded me. I gotta drop into Oshuane 💔

[naive turret]

https://tenor.com/view/helldivers-oshaune-gif-11159522606836575766

[hollow zealot]

Wish titanfall 3 was made

[tired bloom]

Plus sprint makes it more lore accurate

[heavy steppe]

as long as they don't do any power ranger stuff like in Halo 5

[hollow zealot]

True

[tired bloom]

Never happening

[civic stone]

Guys which Halo games do you recommend me to play? (I've played Halo 3, Reach (on OG hardware) and Infinite's multiplayer up until now)

[naive turret]

You were okay there please don't use lore to justify mechanics

[compact herald]

that planet gave me genuine PTSD when it first came. 4 dragons right on top of you laying heat

[tired bloom]

Actually now that EA is pretty much dead we might see it

[hollow zealot]

They could turn titanfall 3 into a open world

[naive turret]

I'm glad they nerfed the spawn rates because it was getting a bit ridiculous

[hollow zealot]

Fight against the characters in apex legends

[compact herald]

you legit couldnt do that one mission with the big lori

[winter sable]

2’s campaign was an utter disappointment compared to 1, how lower can you actually go

[tired bloom]

I loved titanfall 1 when i was younger

[tired bloom]

1 didn’t even have a campaign if iirc

[heavy steppe]

bro, I thought you were talking about Halo and got my gears grinding the wrong way for a sec

[winter sable]

Halo 2 is the epitome of storytelling, a Tom Clancy novel ❤️

[tired bloom]

All i remember from titanfall 1 was from when i hit a 360 noscope when jumping out my titan

[winter sable]

1 had one, a ton of players rather played MP lol

[hollow zealot]

HOW DARE YOU

[tired bloom]

I remember there being like objectives but it wasn’t a full campaign. Titanfall 2 had like a full on story

[hollow zealot]

It was perfect

[compact herald]

yo pooks where can I read the new halo books from start to finish

[trim saddle]

Are we still having issues with matchmaking?

[winter sable]

How do you go from “A struggle of resources, oppression, and war of attrition based on the principles of sovereignty” to….

“what if Titans had feelings and became a central mcguffin”

[compact herald]

it was running solid for me just a couple mins ago

[tired bloom]

Yh microsoft has a server issue, they were talking about it on the news

[trim saddle]

Hmm

[hollow zealot]

Ohhhhhh

[heavy steppe]

idk, I bought mine (they're not the new ones)

[compact herald]

So far I havent come across any issues. Give it a try

[trim saddle]

Oh nvm I got a match lol it gave an issue the first try but it's good now

[compact herald]

ill just google it

[winter sable]

Don’t get me started on the ugly artstyle retcon

[hollow zealot]

😔

[civic stone]

So, is there a Halo "Battle Royale" game being in development or it was all just fake? 👀

[heavy steppe]

idk

[civic stone]

If it is in development, will you play it?

[heavy steppe]

maybe, depends if I'll manage to upgrade from the Xbox One

[civic stone]

Well, you will hopefully, I'm sure about that

[civic stone]

As I've heard it's being produced by Certain Affinity

[compact herald]

Nothing is confirmed

[civic stone]

That is true, up until now it's just a theory

[forest lagoon]

Nothing more than dust and echos

[heavy steppe]

A GAME THEORY

[civic stone]

You got the reference 😉

[civic stone]

But if it's true will you play it?

[grim pagoda]

Master Chief = actually the creator of the flood?

[civic stone]

🤔

[grim pagoda]

Or is it his alter ego, Mistress Chief! From an alternative universe!!!

[heavy steppe]

no, Sans is Chief

[grim pagoda]

Halo Multiverse is here

[heavy steppe]

Anyone here play SCP: SL?

[forest lagoon]

I burn out on BRs pretty quickly but I did enjoy the Last Spartan Standing mode they had in season 2 of infinite so maybe, probably, at least for a little bit. Then I'll go back to being a liability bullet sponge for my team in the arena

[grim pagoda]

Who would win a fight, Batman or Master Chief 🤔

[drowsy coyote]

It’s not even close

[grim pagoda]

Yeah I know, Batman can defeat Superman so MC is not even a fight.

[drowsy coyote]

Batman cannot defeat Superman

[heavy steppe]

Damn. I'll say Batman if it's comic feats, but logically speaking it should be MC

[grim pagoda]

You must not be up to date on the comics lol

[civic stone]

Understand, it looks like you have fun, I will, probably

[drowsy coyote]

Did Batman get a buff or something

[grim pagoda]

Batman has defeated Superman

[heavy steppe]

Absolute Batman, however

[tired bloom]

In a fist fight? master chief

[grim pagoda]

Batman got money and brains

[civic stone]

Master Chief wins, he super soldier, Batman only human with muscles 😃

[drowsy coyote]

Of course he HAS defeated him but he cannot win against him

[grim pagoda]

Yes he can

[tired bloom]

But guys…. Batman has PrEp tImE

[heavy steppe]

What about Absolute Batman? I guess he's not as technically experienced though

[muted rose]

You know Batman has a disruptor gadget right

[drowsy coyote]

This is always their excuse lol

[civic stone]

Master Chief needs no prep time, he kills with only a punch 😎

[heavy steppe]

Let him ultra stun chief and lock him in a x40 combo

[tired bloom]

Not even sure if batman would be able to hurt mc tbh

[muted rose]

He literally has a tank

[grim pagoda]

Batman defeated Chuck Norris

[vagrant kettle]

That’s impossible

[heavy steppe]

we Chuck Norris posting

[civic stone]

Isn't MC capable of destroying tanks by only punching?

[grim pagoda]

That’s Chuck Norris, not MC

[muted rose]

Well no but he can

[civic stone]

Oh, true, my bad 😅

[tired bloom]

Wouldn’t be surprised if lifting tanks is apart of mc workout routine

[heavy steppe]

And he's also capable of dying from tanks

[civic stone]

That's nice

[civic stone]

True 😔

[grim pagoda]

That’s how you get a chat going, just introduce Batman and Chuck Norris

[muted rose]

You could punch a lot of things to death that doesn’t make them the most efficient

[drowsy coyote]

Sprint discussion

[heavy steppe]

Breaks Riddler informant's spine "NOW TALK"🗣️

[grim pagoda]

Stating that halo 3 is trash also helps.

I SAW THAT XDDDD

[tired bloom]

Batman vs homelander who wins

[grim pagoda]

Ahahhahahaahha ❤️ @heavy steppe

[grim pagoda]

Batman defeats Chuck Norris so homelander = no competition.

[tired bloom]

Master chief vs homelander who wins

[grim pagoda]

MC

[heavy steppe]

John vs the cooler John

[grim pagoda]

John Cena?

[heavy steppe]

Homelander's name is John

[grim pagoda]

I dunno homelander at all so I pick Goku

[heavy steppe]

He gets killed in Cursed Halo by chief. Powerscalers in shambles

[naive turret]

https://tenor.com/view/john-cena-wwe-memes-meme-metal-chair-gif-16632462656416693392

[tired bloom]

Homelander is actually really weak in the comics tho

[obsidian wyvern]

you just need to carry a bottle of milk

[grim pagoda]

I heard Goku gives every enemy a second chance because Batman let him live. Batman is the real BRO and we need a Batman/Halo collab

[unkempt sage]

yes

[tired bloom]

Doom slayer vs cas superman

[grim pagoda]

Superman

[acoustic yoke]

@analog knot @ocean herald @glad plume IT IS FIXED I CAN PLAY THE GAME 🫡 thanks for helping earlier

[minor basalt]

Bro what happend to halo man

[grim pagoda]

The bodysnatchers got to it

[compact herald]

It has stage 2 diabetes unfortunately

[verbal pond]

you're on your own noble, carter out

[compact herald]

why am i on my own now??

[opaque owl]

Rome wasn't built in a day

[compact herald]

(it was)

[tacit atlas]

Very ruined, I mean look at Zeta halo, one part of the ring is just broken.. It's better than Alpha halo though.. I blame the demon for these unholy actions,, /s

[opaque owl]

I have a hot take, halo infinite pretty cool

[hoary locust]

Infinite working for me against huzzah

[hoary locust]

I agree id even say it's very cool

[compact herald]

W take

[south hawk]

I agree I just struggle getting into open worlds tbh I liked how linear the other games were you were always going on one direction

[exotic trellis]

It is my favorite game it's crazy how epic games made a game so similiar to halo infinite but still worse 🤣

[hoary locust]

I agree with this take while I really enjoy infinite I hope the next mainline game is linear

[compact herald]

Open world games pretty much give you the chance to make your own way in the game, you choose how things should go

[opaque owl]

I think Champaign evolved looks great as well, most of the criticism is kinda weird, the only change I would like to see (and I'd be ok if this didn't happen it's just a slight preference) is if the forerunner structures were made of concrete, I think that's what Bungie was going for when making them but it's probably up to interpretation

[grim pagoda]

My problem with open world games is that the worlds are mostly empty. Eventhough I like Infinite, the world is very empty and very repetitive. Not only Infinite but many games are like that.

[opaque owl]

I kinda like the open world thing

[grim pagoda]

I spend 120ish hours on BOTW and I hate the game with a passion. If I look at a game like WoW where every area has history, a story etc. Then those games don’t even come close to the open world in WoW. Eventhough it’s a completely different game, it feels like every part of the world has a meaning and in Infinite, BOTW and many other open world games it just feels like a waste of time to explore.

[exotic trellis]

Yeah same... I only play BOTW when I have nothing else to play, even then it is not that fun when you have everything in the game.

[coral stump]

botw?

[compact herald]

Zelda: Breath of the wild

[coral stump]

what’s wrong with the game?

[compact herald]

Idk I liked it lol

[grim pagoda]

What ISN’T wrong lmao

The game has nothing to do with the other zelda games at all. The open world is boring, too big with nothing to do. Items that break, the dungeons are blant and a blind person can get through them.

[south hawk]

I think it looks amazing I wouldn't even mind if they added modern mechanics cause I think old and new both have their charm. The reason I'm just a little irked is because I really wanna see a new Halo game and what they'll do it to form an opinion on whether I should let this franchise remain nostalgia or root for what's to come

[grim pagoda]

The only thing I liked was the DLC wher eyou get the absolute version of the master sword. That was nice.

[exotic trellis]

It's pretty op

[grim pagoda]

Yeah it is

One of my fav zelda games is the original one on the NES, Link’s Awakening and OOT. ALTTP was great too ofc

[night fern]

Why do people hate the Halo CE remake

[grim pagoda]

My all time fav is Zelda II for the NES XDDD also a hot take because many dislike it

[night fern]

Like... seriously

Also hello everyone

[grim pagoda]

Because people love to hate stuff

[drowsy coyote]

Elden Ring is pretty packed but replay value is repetitive in long runs

[grim pagoda]

If I could choose to love 10 things or hate 1 thing, I choose hate 🤣🤣

[dim oriole]

I was so excited when I heard Halo was dropping on Ps5 (I remember the good ole days of playing with a group of friends in our schools computer lab from which we had to install from a flash drive and delete after every session lmao) but then I saw it’s only the campaign? No pvp MP? They better not be trying to sell this as a full priced “new” game smh😕

[exotic trellis]

They probably will...

[grim pagoda]

Halo CE to me was a 1000 euro experience

One of the greatest FPS games ever created

[opaque owl]

I like the modern mechanics, I never really liked the halo ce and reach health system, and I like when you can simple with more guns. I love the chaotic gameplay of halo and 343 was on the right path with infinite, but now with the whole rebrand I'm probably gonna treat halo studios as a new company

[opaque owl]

For real it's actually peak

[grim pagoda]

Well ofc there are exceptions.

[exotic trellis]

Anybody else feel like the rocket launcher is way too overpowered? It kind of takes the fun out of multiplayer because it does not reward good aim that much you can have bad aim and still get away with it because the AOE damage is a lot.

[dim oriole]

This sucks because if it’s full price I doubt too many people will buy at least until it goes on sale.. they will call it a failure and not remake the rest of them :/ meaning no future chance of Halo Multiplayer on PlayStation 😭

[compact herald]

Uneducated

[coral stump]

the balancing of the rocket is the way you have to get it

[grim pagoda]

To be honest, people complain about a 70/80 dollar game, that it’s too expensive. 5 Minutes after complaining they spend 50 dollar on a ingame skin.

[obsidian wyvern]

that's why it's a power weapon

[coral stump]

of course it’s gonna be “OP” against players, that’s the whole point of power weapons and them being on certain maps

[acoustic yoke]

is tactical slayer/swat gone from infinite? or maybe on rotation

[obsidian wyvern]

you're supposed to play around power weapon spawns

[exotic trellis]

I thought it was a regular weapon? SO power weapons are weapons that are designed to be op?

[obsidian wyvern]

op is the wrong term tbh

[coral stump]

this is crazy though, i personally enjoyed the game, it was really calm and relaxing and the puzzles of course weren’t the hardest but genuinely the aspect of the exploration was great, and the mechanics made it just the best

[coral stump]

yeah, power weapons are stronger than all weapons on the map

[opaque owl]

My hopes for the next pvp game is that there won't be as many micro transactions, hopefully it will be a paid game with lighter micro transactions, this is just how I feel though

[exotic trellis]

Damn... If I'm on a map with power weapons I'm going to get it as fast as possible because powerfull weapons in the hands of a sweat (I'm kinda one plsss don't hate I touch grass) it is pretty crazy

[tacit burrow]

Anybody got a link to the builds forum

[obsidian wyvern]

in infinite at least, everyone's aware of when the power weapon spawns so they have time to make a play for it. it's like a reward for winning the fight to get it

[exotic trellis]

Yeah now it makes sense when all the bad players keep killing me...

[coral stump]

that’s the point my brother, gotta make a path to get the weapons you want without getting your head taken off

[exotic trellis]

Thanks for telling me brotha!

[granite sky]

halo 3 longshore rocket nade rain rush

[coral stump]

and there’s also like tier 2 weapons, and tier 3 weapons, weapons that aren’t the power weapons, example would be the vestige carbine, or even the mangler, but they are better than your spawn weapon (assuming you’re playing ranked like i am currently) so, make sure you keep all of those in mind too

my favorite tier 3 weapon is for sure the stalker rifle, 3 shots to kill anyone, it’s great. reminds me of the ce magnum

and DO NOT SLEEP ON THE PLASMA PISTOL. EVER. it’s available, strong, easy to use, and can slay a spartan easily with the combo of that and a precision weapon

[obsidian wyvern]

is the mangler still in ranked

or back in ranked I should ask

[blissful drift]

They should add a flail like weapon but with a gravity hammer

[shell belfry]

Guys do I get helioskrill for MVII? I kinda want it 😫 it’s just mad expensive

[blissful drift]

Like its momentum + force based rather then just weight alone

[coral stump]

that would be mad interesting ngl

[obsidian wyvern]

https://x.com/higround/status/1983625530399449463

Higround (@higround)

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[coral stump]

imagine pushing that one room on streets, sliding in there and slamming the guy behind the counter with it lol

[obsidian wyvern]

so a jacked up repulsor?

[blissful drift]

No just a flail that’s a gravity hammer

Instead of a stick you can fling it.

[hasty zinc]

I found out the keyboards are $306 each 😬

[blissful drift]

I know a discount

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah it's a pass lol, the black one looked good though

[hasty zinc]

is the discount $200?

[blissful drift]

Free

[hasty zinc]

yeah let's not

[blissful drift]

What?

That is completely satire, how is that offensive?

[coral stump]

in this economy lowkey, it’s understandable 😔

[light shell]

yo chat

[blissful drift]

I agree,

[light shell]

gm

its a great morning

[blissful drift]

I got my message removed a few days ago cause I thought adding a non-binary flag to a binary rifle was smart

I call it the Non-binary rifle.

How’s that offensive?

[light shell]

Nice pretty cool idea

[halcyon mica]

It can be hard to tell with new arrivals who haven't established a community rapport yet, so moderation errs on the side of caution here

[blissful drift]

Yeah I’m not gonna say slurs or anything offensive.

[glad flower]

that’s pretty funny ngl

[light shell]

well since in lgtbt barbeque nonbinary is part of it they may have marked it as an offensive item

[timid merlin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AO38VocnP4 2:59,11:39 ai problem

[blissful drift]

I’m starting to get into halo YouTube stuff fairly soon

[light shell]

im not Sure if my opinion is correct

[blissful drift]

I’m so excited 😁

I’m using vr chat to use my spartan to create halo skits

gotta get trackers and then I’m all set

[light shell]

awesome

[timid merlin]

I don't think the upcoming Halo game will excite the younger generation. The trailer gave me a negative impression.

[blissful drift]

We will have to see

The main issue is it is missing what made Halo popular in the first place

[light shell]

i havent seen the trailer yet

[blissful drift]

the multiplayer.

[compact herald]

Anything about gender education, politics, social agendas should not be spoken about in this server. Best keep the server mainly focused Halo stuff

[blissful drift]

The Pride flag is in halo

🤷‍♂️

[glad flower]

I’m not sure a CE mp remake would be that much of a success

[blissful drift]

Yeah…

[light shell]

he is right(im not good with rules) i dont want to get you i trouble

[delicate meteor]

It takes about 3k matches for hero rank right?

[glad flower]

It would just be Infinite with CE maps, because this game plays like Infinite from what I’ve seen

[blissful drift]

Like when reach had a ce anniversary map pack?

The problem I have with infinite is splitting the multiplayer up from the campaign was really scummy

[glad flower]

I rather them focus on something new and refreshing for MP

[timid merlin]

I just can't get into the spirit of Halo. I think it's essential to make good innovations to introduce the game to younger generations. Am I wrong?

[glad flower]

How?

[compact herald]

No, you're not wrong. Bringing something entirely new to Halo for the fanbase would be great. But it has to be something that many of us agree on

[blissful drift]

Because charging 60-100$ for a campaign that’s seperate that missed a lot of core components at launch. And giving it an excuse to overcharge overpriced bundles in the shop

[glad flower]

The campaign wasn’t nearly that price

[blissful drift]

Infinite just cared too much about money then quality I guess 🤷‍♂️.

I mean they did fix a lot of issues

[timid merlin]

I agree. Just updating the graphics isn't enough. It's crucial to make the world feel full and immersive. Differences are essential.

[blissful drift]

But it’s just too late

[lilac garnet]

I'm still glad to this day i decided not to pay full price for the campaign and just played thru GP, that campaign ain't worth the price at all

[glad flower]

It was 60 but not 100

[blissful drift]

I can sort of see Microsoft going the sega route and just becoming a game publisher

100$ au.

Depending where you are from.

Cause why launch halo on PS5?

It’s great and all. But then at what point are you buying an Xbox for when their exclusives are being sent to a platform with more exclusives then Xbox. Including their own

Besides gamepass.

[glad flower]

Well tbf buying a console in the big 2025 is cringe anyways

[blissful drift]

Yeah.

[glad flower]

Pc gaming is just superior nowadays

[floral leaf]

I was hoping it would be like Spyro or Crash Remastered trilogies, i.e. 1-3 but with cohesive mechanics across the board like CE with playable elites and dual weild, as well as Mk V and 6 being armor choices for a co-op partner

[languid vessel]

as a fellow aussie i hope the CEV isnt $100

[obsidian token]

insofar as being unnecessarily inflammatory, maybe, but you cant really avoid that completely especially when events like women's history month or veterans day are officially promoted by the studio

[blissful drift]

Im not picking consoles or anything. Im just stating that what’s the point when a specific console has more games then the other and is getting former exclusives

[compact herald]

With the upcoming CE, we are expecting additions to the game, some of them were mentioned. You can check them out in the waypoint I think. Im confident we may also get altered missions that will make the game feel better and different but I could be wrong about that, we'll see how things go

[blissful drift]

Cause like Xbox doesn’t have GOW or Spiderman

What do they have that’s exclusive now?

[obsidian wyvern]

forza, wait nvm

[blissful drift]

BOYS!!! Hear me out:

[obsidian token]

It’s entirely possible that eventually certain titles will migrate to the Xbox ecosystem after a period of timed exclusivity, with Helldivers 2 being a prominent example of this

[timid merlin]

I sent you a DM about something can you look a dm

[lilac garnet]

getting an xboxSX NOW makes no sense, no good exclusives, you can play most of xbox's games on pc and even Playstation now, GP is not a good deal anymore, and a base ps5 is cheaper

[blissful drift]

AI sergeant Johnson

Bring johnson back

[obsidian token]

…no

[blissful drift]

As an AI.

[obsidian token]

You’re not the first to suggest this idea and frankly I just don’t see what it’s supposed to achieve

[compact herald]

It comes down to people's cases. For example my case would be, I can not spend around $1700 for a high end PC to be able to run today's games so my other option would be to buy the next generation console which will be set at a cheaper price compared to PCs and I get the same performance as a high end PC with the features of one

[lilac garnet]

the ONLY positive xbox still has is it's backwards compatibility library, but not everyone values that equally to the other selling points

[obsidian token]

Or how to justify it logistically

[blissful drift]

Yeah you have that though. Backwards compatibility is good.

I really wanna play InFAMOUS 1 and 2

[jaunty parcel]

I bet you sgt Johnson got around on those ships… might have like 5 kids or something like that

[blissful drift]

Second son is so dog water

If I ever was to get to a tapeworm, I’m gonna start speaking in Gravemind quotes.

[obsidian token]

Xbox has an impressive back catalog of older titles that arguably run the best using their proprietary emulator software, but unfortunately it’s now impossible to purchase a good chunk of those older titles

[blissful drift]

It’s the flood

[lilac garnet]

but with the next xbox, that's not a guarantee, since it ALLEGEDLY will be a more premium windows pc console hybrid

[obsidian token]

It’s my preferred way of playing the old tom Clancy games

[blissful drift]

Did infinite at the end introduce time travel?

[lilac garnet]

and there's a chance the next xbox will just be the xbox ally x again, just an xbox branded windows pc that doesn't play xbox games

[obsidian token]

Infinite did not introduce time travel, it vaguely gestures at the idea that the endless can manipulate time

[naive turret]

https://tenor.com/view/grandpa-abe-exit-confused-bye-bart-gif-7694184

[blissful drift]

Imagine a what if scenario where atriox uses the endless to recruit banished Spartans.

Like a banished noble team

I’m starting to get into fanfic territory

[obsidian token]

I don’t think that’s happening, no

[blissful drift]

Nah I just think it would be a new idea.

[obsidian token]

If he had the power to do that he’d probably be concerned with bigger things like preventing the destruction of Doisac

[serene pine]

It’s Haloin time

[blissful drift]

I reckon a cool idea would be to have chief resort back to his old armour as a last resort and to survive the banished as if they had won

Like the CE variant

[compact herald]

I suggest reading about the new generation console. There is some new information floating around, check it out. One thing Im excited for is, we most likely no longer have to worry about a multiplayer paywall so no need to buy gamepass for online

[hasty zinc]

I think he would want to keep the upgrades of his new suit

[naive turret]

I just had a horrible, terrible, no-good idea about subtext of this remake and I hate it.

It wont be true, and I'm not willing it into existence.

[obsidian wyvern]

say it

[hasty zinc]

say it

[blissful drift]

It would make it interesting to dumb him down. Make him look defeated,

[naive turret]

https://tenor.com/view/time-travel-time-traveling-time-traveler-hulk-mark-ruffalo-gif-22954295

[obsidian wyvern]

whyd you say it

[blissful drift]

And next minute bring in spirit of fire or something

[hasty zinc]

https://tenor.com/bCM1Lay5b1.gif

[lilac garnet]

i hope it's everything we all want with the next xbox... but if it's like $1500 I'll just get a Playstation or upgrade my pc

[blissful drift]

The multiverse

[compact herald]

do NOT make this person the lead management of the studio!!!

[naive turret]

Worst-case-scenario right there.

[obsidian token]

I’m gonna be real with you guys, I suggest you look into some Marathon lore because the writing has been on the wall since before Halo was even the name of the game

[naive turret]

Nomad you lack context so I'll forgive you

[serene pine]

This looks like a job for Master Beef 🍔

[compact herald]

According to sources, the price may range between $900-$1200. With it, you're getting access to steam, windows, epic games, and potential other launchers so we'll see

[lilac garnet]

yeah, not buying that, and can't even buy it to begin with

[obsidian token]

I don’t think infinity war style time jumping is gonna happen, but the idea of a repeating cycle of similar events across eons was quite literally Bungie’s intention when they made CE in the first place

Jjaro = forerunners

[compact herald]

Honestly I've started to save up for it from today, I've got until 2027 to gather $1300

[hasty zinc]

at the end of the franchise, Chief is victorious. He saved the galaxy and starts to walk away into a blinding light, a marine asks "where are you going now that it's over?" Chief takes off the helmet revealing Miranda's face. She utters two words to the marine. "To War"

[compact herald]

So no marriage for john-117?

[lilac garnet]

ehh... I'd wait until we actually know what the thing will do before making plans

[blissful drift]

Oh yeah, well in my universe. Chief dies and reveals his helmet and says “Hamburger”

Thats called fanfiction buddy

Mines comedy focused to today’s culture

[compact herald]

My plan is, get to that amount and wait a couple months to see the reviews pile up on the new hybrid console, if all sounds well, Ill go for it. If not, Ill just save up a bit more and build a PC

[hasty zinc]

the perfect ending

and you know it

[blissful drift]

Cheeseburger

[naive turret]

It's better than time travel

[blissful drift]

Cortana. I need a cheeseburger

[obsidian token]

Fractures are a reference to marathon lore btw

[fickle drift]

I'm confused for that price wouldnt you just build a pc and run windows which you can run anything on, instead of a console like os with built in steam/epic?

[hasty zinc]

what if you can run anything on the new console like a PC

[obsidian token]

They’re bringing back the Kinect

[obsidian token]

The Xbox app on PC already acts as a quasi launcher for every game you have installed on it anyways

I fully expect it to have steam/gog/epic integration

[hasty zinc]

you could sandbox the console part so they dont' interact

[haughty palm]

I aint ever gonna forgive 343 for spoiling the arbiter becoming a good guy in the halo 2 remaster as an ad for halo 5. 😡 So glad they took that out but they only did that years after I already played it..

[hasty zinc]

have a hybrid pc/console

[fickle drift]

I assume its not just going to run windows and let you install any software you want

[lilac garnet]

yeah, there's also chance this new "xbox pc" will be a lot more restrictive and limited than a regular pc, like you can't mod steam games, or some games being unavailable on steam/epic on the new device or something

[compact herald]

You can if you live in a country where it doesnt over charge you on PC parts

[obsidian token]

I would hope it at least enables steam workshop given that that’s necessary to access the MCC Digsite content

Low on the list of priorities, I realize

[haughty palm]

Why did they even do that? It had nothing to do with halo 2 or halo 5

[obsidian token]

They had more ambitious plans to connect 5 with halo 2 like containing flashback scenes reliving events from that game

[bright patrol]

At the time halo 5 was about to release, it was basically to hype it up

[obsidian token]

More specifically you would’ve had a FPV of Chief surfing the bomb for instance

[bright patrol]

Would've been sooooooo peak

Just with that disgusting gen 2 armor

Sacrifice id be willing to take to see that scene again tho

[obsidian token]

5 had a really messy and overly ambitious plan that got scaled down to a lot

[lilac garnet]

also, while this is more an issue with aaa gaming as a whole, good chance this new xbox and the ps6 still can't play new aaa games at 4k 60fps with ray tracing

[obsidian token]

And the marketing reflects that

[naive turret]

Thorne was gonna be there at one point.

I wonder every now and then how the Majestic guys are doing, someone tells me, then I forget again.

[obsidian wyvern]

theyre dead

[obsidian token]

GTA6 is gonna be locked at 30 with frame drops in particularly hectic places

[naive turret]

oh

[obsidian wyvern]

no im kidding idk, i wouldnt be surprised if at least one of them died though

[bright patrol]

They're doing majestic

[haughty palm]

I can tell

All of the marketing overpromised so much

[lilac garnet]

and the resolution is 1080p upscaled to 4k

[twin swan]

nein

[obsidian token]

Majestic’s situation is unconfirmed but we don’t really have a good reason to assume they’re alive beyond being named Spartan-IVs (not as expendable)

[warm nimbus]

@bright patrol Who are they?

[obsidian token]

Spartan ops/escalation guys

[twin swan]

its good

[warm nimbus]

Are they a clan

[bright patrol]

Halo 4 spartan op team you get story about for some reason

[obsidian token]

No, just a fireteam

[haughty palm]

Spartan ops😡

[twin swan]

Spartans gops

[lilac garnet]

what? you don't remember the iconic fireteam majestic?

[haughty palm]

They some opps

[warm nimbus]

I just shoot stuff and skip the story. I didn't know the halo story is good

[obsidian token]

I think Majestic representing the inevitable flaws and potential of a successor to the prior generations of Spartans is a worthwhile pursuit but it was underbaked and the characters were too incompetent to be taken seriously

[lilac garnet]

who only appeared in the spartan ops mode in halo 4 and the halo escalation comics and were then never mentioned again

[haughty palm]

Good riddance

[warm nimbus]

So halo story is good right?

[obsidian token]

Thorne is the only one who gets any amount of respect from the narrative, since he’s loosely a player surrogate

[lilac garnet]

with all of that plot being immediately dropped in the beginning of halo 5

[obsidian token]

They get a few pages in the Tales from Slipspace anthology

[lilac garnet]

yeah halo has a good and consistent narrative

[obsidian token]

Oh, and also field Manual and encyclopedia

[obsidian token]

Halo has a lot of great parts that for some come together in a way that resonates with them

[shell moon]

BRO BF6 HAD FORGE ON STAND BY

[lilac garnet]

halo has the weird issue of putting important info in side material to lead up to the next game only for said next game to either not reference or straight up contradict that side media

[obsidian token]

I think this is somewhat exaggerated, or at least symptomatic of another problem

[haughty palm]

How come no one really cared when master chief just showed up after being declared dead for 4 years in halo 4

[obsidian token]

There is a lot of Infinite tie-in media but none of it answers any of the big questions directly

[vagrant kettle]

Ooohhh those guys

I like them

[obsidian token]

Huh? It was a big deal

[hasty zinc]

what do you mean? a bunch of people comment on it

[obsidian token]

They fired the captain just because he left Chief behind

[haughty palm]

Yeah but that should get a bigger reaction than it got

[warm nimbus]

How is battlefield story? Is it also good

[lilac garnet]

like in halo bad blood we see alpha 9 in that spartan space station and they confront the bases AI, leonidus, and seemingly kill the ai from what i remember

but then halo infinite said the AI ig lived and then blew up that station

[hasty zinc]

what would you have wanted them to do, jump up and down, run up to him and hug him?

[haughty palm]

Yes

[hasty zinc]

their ship just crashed on a forerunner shield world

[obsidian token]

Dude they had an entire hangar deck of Spartans at parade rest and ogling him when he goes to take off his armor at the end of the game

[shell moon]

It’s aight i liked it tho better then what cod as for sure the influencers weren’t lying like usual

[haughty palm]

Oh yeah they did that I forgot about that

[vagrant kettle]

There’s also the big metal planet with ancient robot ghosts that want to kill you to be surprised about too

[obsidian token]

I get that in the moment there isn’t a lot of fanfare but that’s because there’s a lot going on that’s more pertinent

Like the discovery of a living forerunner who wants to wipe out the human race

[lilac garnet]

and in halo shadows of reach they set up halsey's plan to make a new AI, and how atriox got back to the galaxy, but then infinite never references any of that

[haughty palm]

They got the marathon reference so they werent too bothered about that

[obsidian token]

None of that matters because none of that information is something Chief (the player) would be aware of anyways

[lilac garnet]

what?

but cheif literally got the stuff to make a new cortana at reach, and he saw atriox come back, or atleast was informed of that

[obsidian token]

He technically does not know what he retrieved from Reach

I don’t think that latter part is true either

[tranquil wren]

The #1 thing Halo 7 needs to do is stop putting important info needed to understand the plot in supplementary material, even audio logs are too far

External material should be for better understanding the plot, but not critical

[hasty zinc]

Halo is not new to plot points being in secondary media, it's been an issue since Halo 2 released

[obsidian token]

Do you have an example of something that you feel applies here?

[tranquil wren]

You didn't need to read First Strike to understand Halo 2

You need to read the Forerunner saga to understand Halo 4

[obsidian token]

Huh

[haughty palm]

That was just the explanation to how johnson survived, which is not something the player needs to understand the story to the game

[lilac garnet]

or just make the next mainline game nothing but tieing up all these loose ends with all the "book purgatory" characters

[obsidian token]

No you don’t lol

[tranquil wren]

Yes you do. Especially since you have no idea about the Forerunners, their war with humanity, why the Didact wants them dead, etc.

[hasty zinc]

Halo 4 gives you everything in game and terminals to have a basic understanding of the game

[lilac garnet]

like the rest of blue team, osiris, alpha 9, lasky, halsey, spirit of fire, ect...

[obsidian token]

That’s not…true?

[tranquil wren]

You shouldn't even be aware the Forerunners are different from humans but that's a different can of worms

[obsidian token]

I’m gonna guess you haven’t read the Greg Bear novels but very little of those books pertain to answering those questions

You get most of it from just watching the cutscenes and terminals

[hasty zinc]

Librarian had a whole lore dump in a cutscene about forerunners/humans

[tranquil wren]

The exposition dump is the cliff notes version and is quite dense

I wouldn't be surprised if people didn't get it

[naive turret]

I haven't read the Forerunner trilogy, I assumed the Didact wanted to exterminate humanity because he found them to be usurpers to the Mantle, which he believed was the Forerunner's responsibility alone.

[obsidian token]

Like 80% of the Greg Bear books concerns stuff that isn’t remotely pertinent to the game, at all, so I find it a bizarre supposition that they’re required reading

[lilac garnet]

halo 4 was fine, aside from "the covenant" coming back with zero ingame explanation besides the terminals most players didn't listen to

[obsidian token]

More or less, the why isn’t relevant and they obviously planned to go deeper into what the mantle even meant with 5

[lilac garnet]

but after halo 4's campaign is when this mess started

[candid solar]

wut

[weary steeple]

Quite the name… especially having that ODST and superintendent tags

[naive turret]

Rain's nice, very aesthetic.

[candid solar]

I find it funny how people like... Didn't read Ghosts of Onyx?

[lilac garnet]

and the kilo 5 trilogy most players didn't read, and the people that did were divided with what they thought of it

[candid solar]

Like, yeah, no dip some elites would still claim to be the Covenant, that literally already happened before Halo 3 came out

[naive turret]

Also by 'exterminate' I suppose 'repurpose as Prometheans' is more accurate

[lilac garnet]

i did

[obsidian token]

It’s a little more than that because CE itself implies they had no real way of getting home by virtue of them being stuck on a fighter that lacked any FTL capability

[pliant yoke]

Why did we win if the covenant were so much stronger?

[obsidian token]

They beat themselves

[candid solar]

The Covenant was beating in humanity's face so hard they basically had a heart attack.

The UEG didn't even win so much as still happen to have a pulse at the end of the war.