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Edited by d 6d7565727465:
9/26/2014 5:56:00 AM
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Halo >>>>>>> Destiny
Destiny - Story
Awful story. For a Bungie game I was expecting a story at least a hundredfold better, extremely short and repetitive using Dinklebot to hack something and then go to a horde mode for a minute or two. Absolutely no memorable characters. If the Exo Stranger got sniped halfway through the cutscene, I couldn't care less. The different alien races are faceless. What are their motives? What's an Awoken? Were the Exos made by humans? And when the Speaker tells you about when everybody was gathering below the Traveler, it was pretty fascinating. Imagine an army if Fallen and an army if Guardians fighting for survival. It just feels like you got there late, like how Gamespot describes the story.
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[b]AND WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THE -blam!-ING GRIMOIRE CARDS??![/b] There is so much hidden lore in the cards!!! [u]One actually says the Cabal put rockets on one of Mars's moons to use it as a projectile to destroy Earth!!![/u] [b][i]What the flying -blam!- Bungie?! [/i][/b] that would've been badass! External resources are meant to extend the lore, [b][i]NOT BE THE LORE!!![/i][/b]
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Halo - Story
Halo's story has to be one of the best I've ever played. Memorable characters, Master Chief doesn't even need explanation, he may be a soulless brick, but he's a soulless brick with personality! Along with that, the lore is incredible. One could go on for hours simply talking about the basics.
Destiny - Loot
An hour in Diablo 3: A load of loot.
An hour in Borderlands: A load of loot
An hour in Destiny: A Legendary Engram. Jk it's just an uncommon, lol.
--<>--Intense Rage Rant Incoming--<>--[b]When you're playing a strike for 2 hours straight, you expect some sort of Exotic right?! NOPE.[/b] You get a Vegas style slot machine and all you can do is cross your fingers you get anything [u][b]at all.[/b][/u] [u]In PvP all you have to do is be afk and get a soda or something![/u] 40.0 KD? Doesn't mean anything, it's all random. Bungie totally striked out on loot. Big time.
Halo - Loot
N/A
Destiny - PvP
*Sigh* What went wrong here? Balance? Unfair starts? Both? Whats with level 20+ kicking level 10- asses all around the maps? I'm aware the weapons are lowered for PvP, but they still have the stats on them. The map designs are decent, my favorite being either Twilight Gap or Rusted Lands. Also did i mention the loot thing?
Halo - PvP/Multiplayer
Halo 2 takes the crown being possibly the best multiplayer FPS of all time. Excellent map designs, weapons, and balance. Halo 2 actually gave Microsift ideas with their Xbox 360 with voice messages, parties (If I remember correctly.) etc.
And to you people are just about to say, "LEL, XBAX FANBOY LMAO" save it. I honestly think the PS4 is better than the Xbox One. Especially with Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot with the worst console reveal [b]OF ALL TIME.[/b] But I'm still an Xbox guy, i own an Xbox 360, an Xbox One, and a fat stack of Xbox games. Also, I really like a good number of PS exclusives. (Killzone, inFamous, GoW, TLoU, etc. Are really awesome. Not lying.)
Well, I'm all done here. Have a good one.
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100% agree, still love destiny though.
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2 RepliesI could tell you why they decided to cheap out on destiny story and pocket the $500 million, I could tell you about the greed in this country that will start chopping up main games to sell as "parts" in a series where you initial $60 isnt good enough for them. I could tell you about how this industry has gone way down hill over the last 10 years, with corporate america determining how deep/shallow a game will be instead of good writers taking their time. I could tell you, but hey you get the idea.
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Another post complaining about something we have already read a thousand times now. Thanks.
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External resources are meant to extend the lore, NOT BE THE LORE!!! this x1000
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Nostalgia colored glasses. You should see me talk about Marathon.
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Play halo 1 and compare the two games. Don't compare destiny to a story that has had games behind it.
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This post is perfect
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Lol, I didn't know that about the Cabal. I wonder how that strategy came about. Was one of the space turtle captains like: "hey, let's destroy lathe past city." And another lt was like: "rockets on an asteroid, destroy everything!"
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I hated the multi-wielding mechanics in halo 2 multiplayer. That whole era of FPS games could be deleted for all I care. There's a reason it's been dumped from most games, it's dumb.
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Halo wasnt that good thats nostalgia speaking its always the new game that gets the hate we all know this
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3 RepliesAnd hour of loot in borderlands is a lot of loot. A lot of greens and one or two blues. If you want a legendary in borderlands, be prepared to farm a boss during DAYS.
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1 ReplyIn other news the sky is still blue.
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At least in this game when you get an upgrade, it's a more meaningful one. I appreciate all the good stuff I get in game because good gear is rare. Sometime's its the driving force keeping me playing. "When am I going to get that next cool piece?" I find myself wondering.
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4 RepliesDestiny features the opening story arch in what is intended to be a decade long narrative. Halo: Combat Evolved had to be a contained story, because when it was made there was no guarantee that there would be another game. However, there were more games, and novels, and comic books, and videos. Halo story vs Destiny story isn't a good comparison. Halo was created to tell its story in a different way and it has a ten year head start. Try making the comparison in 2024.
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The only thing I counter to your post is the "lvl 20 owning lvl 10s" I just got done making my 2nd alt, which had no problem killing 29s at lvl 5.
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1 ReplyYou sir are one of the last logical people on these forums. Destiny's loot system sucks, i lol'd at Bungie trying to defend it. I miss the good old days, guess the MC collection will have to do, it'll probably get better review scores too.
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1 ReplyWho let this unoriginal Angry Joe wanna be out of his cage
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then go play halo and stop posting useless shit here
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The Halo 4 campaign was the most boring thing i have ever played. Literally rushed through the levels in hope it's over soon. God awful!
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What ever you say...
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2 RepliesI won't argue on the story because it's pretty much summed up there but the loot is pretty far from accurate. Diablo 3 can be considered accurate if you want to call anything but the legendaries loot. The legendaries become easier to get the longer you don't get one which is nice. But it still takes some time. I've gone six+ hours in Diablo 3 without getting a single legendary. Or anything useful for that matter. I was playing with a guy in destiny who found three legendary engrams in 20 minutes. Borderlands 2 has an extremely higher drop rate of weapons but that game has lootables everywhere. Destiny does not and if you consider how often actual weapons drop from enemies in borderlands it's not that common. Most loot is found in chests of sorts or bought. Destiny lacks a large amount of chests and lootables even more so. You can't compare how often an engram drops in destiny to loot found via chests in borderlands. If you're only considering enemy drops then they're about the same. From what I've experienced anyway. Furthermore have you seen the drop rate on legendary weapons in borderlands 2. It's extremely poor. I've gone through borderlands 2 three times, from first playthrough to ultimate vault Hunter mode, and I never got a single legendary drop. Not including flame of the firehawk shield since it's a mission reward. I hit level cap before I got my first legendary as a drop and by then I had repeated the game so much that I just hacked in stuff to add some flare to the game. That game requires more time farming than destiny does its ridiculous. Despite all that, I'm not saying destiny's drops are good. They're still pretty skewed. It would be nice if they gave you a legendary engram that was guaranteed to be legendary and for the character you're playing upon hitting level 20. A closer comparison of the drop rates of destiny to another game would have to be other mmo or mmo-esque games like maplestory (though it's shit now) and ragnarok. You can't compare destiny, an mmo-esque game, to Diablo 3 and borderlands 2 because the latter two aren't mmo. They're more co-op campaign games and because they focus so much on campaign and individual players they can't have weapons drop once every 20 minutes. There's just too much of a difference between destiny and the other two to be able to compare them accurately. TL;DR: destiny's loot game is shitty but it's not the same kind of shit loot game that Diablo 3 and borderlands 2 have.
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Edited by Creasey: 10/5/2014 7:25:40 AMMultiplayer is rather subjective, same goes for RNG. I thought the Story was good until Halo 4, then I just pretty much left the Halo series (Even though I pretty much gave upon it after Halo 2, I'm just not going to bother with Halo anymore). There is some game-modes from Halo I'd like them to bring in to Destiny though, like Invasion, Infected, and SWAT. I wouldn't say Halo 2 was the best FPS of all time, since in my opinion, TF2 is (so many hours put into it, Scouts represent!) so like I said its rather subjective.
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Blah blah blah I don't like destiny blah blah blah halo better blah blah blah borderlands and diablo 3 blah blah I <3 assassination and any girl spartan blah blah just get off the forums and go to 343i forums were you can talk about halo stuff, leave destiny forums to the men and women that enjoy the game. Good day sir
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6 RepliesHALO IS STILL ALIVE AFTER 10 YEARS GETTING HYPE STILL........ DESTINY DIED AFTER A WEEK OF LAUNCH AND LOST ITS FANS #HALOFTW
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17 RepliesWhy do people keep bring up diablo and borderlands? I dont think any of you people that bring it up have actually ever played it. Yah you get a ton of loot in borderlands amd diablo but 99.9% of it is garbage. Id rather NOT get trolled every 2 min with garbage loot and "think" im progressing.
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4 RepliesI've heard activision didn't allow bungee to release the full story, and that they actually had a good story set up for the game. Do you have any info on that? I've also heard the dlc is going to be part of the main storyline.
