We're back! After battling an avalanche of technical problems we return, the conquering heroes. Take that technology! This week we talk about the future of Halo and The Woaf tells us where he would take the franchise over the next 3 games. We also discuss the February Playlist Update in all it's glory. Apologies for this one going out a bit later than we planned, but we think it's worth the wait!
Tom
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Hey, Hemlax from Slovakia here !
ReplyDeleteGreat second episode. I like very much you dont try to talk about crap and focus on Halo. Many halo podcast are full of "funny" crap wich dont really interests me. So keep up the great work !
On topics:
I totaly agree with idea of hawing aa´s only as pickups. At first i liked reach AA´s system very much, but after some time i found my self using only sprint. And after Anniversary came out 90% of the time i play only anniversary clasic. The old system is just better. It actually involves fighting for the powerups, wich is a great element. And walking is a little faster so i dont even feel like using sprint (wich is broken a little like all the abilities).
I hope you will bring an episode full of spoilers talking about Cryptum and Primordium. Just finished reading them. So much information in them !
And i am getting trough Glasslands, wich is a really suprise for me, as many ppl say its crap and i think is better then the Nylund books in many ways.
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ReplyDeleteI really like Amour Abilities (I actually miss Sprint in anniversary gametypes). It's load outs I'm not sure about. I feel if they went back to pick ups I'd experiment a bit more. These are tough decisions though and I'm not jealous of the people that have to make them!
A spoiler soaked episode of Cryptum/Primordium will happen eventually but we feel we should wait a little while for the slower readers (or at least until Tom has finished it!).
I loved Glasslands! Very different from Nylunds style but it still feels like part of the same universe to me. We'll definately be covering that in more detail at some point to!
Thanks again for listening, I really mean that from the bottom of my heart. And thanks for letting us know what you think!
Let us know if there's anything you'd like us to cover in the future. You obviously know your stuff!
There is tons of stuff to cover in Halo Universe that is for sure !
DeleteOne of the things i am thinking about right now is Anniversary maps.
Generally, ppl were complaining a lot about Halo Reach maps. I think, with anniversary 343i just hitted the spot. For me, at the core of Halo MP is 4vs4. And that was problem, becouse there actually isnt a lot of good 4vs4 maps and i am getting sick with forge maps even if they can be good (still the same theme). Annivesary has some great maps for 4vs4, and even Breakneck, wich is actually quite a large map is great for 4vs4 (snipers). The only pure BTB map is Timberland. I am having such a great time in Solitare, High Noon, Penance, Breakneck and Battle Canyon ! I Am really hoping for another anniversary map pack.
Another thong (problem) you could cover is DLC playlist. There actually only one wich is Squad DLC and it is dying (as you mentioned in podcast). Basicaly a paid for map packs and i cant play them. There is some great maps in there (Highlands) and i didnt even have chance to play them enough yet. God how i would love to play Swat on Anchor 9 or Highlands ! Cant. The only real and good way to play new maps is Anniversary playlist.
Make the map packs cheaper already so ppl will buy them ? Make the first one free ? Then maybe we would see the dlc maps more often.
I know its a not simple issue to solve (and they propably wont), but it is quite sad.
So yeah that is two topicks you could discuss in near future and i will definitely come up with another !