@Gekko135:
^hahahaha that was funny. Man you sure are a fish out of water in a pond of Japanese gamers Halen
But I agree… Red Dead Redemption WILL be game of the year.... or else everyone but the people who love it are OBVIOUSLY smoking crack.
as for GTA4. It's good. The night my buddy bought it at a midnight release, I stayed up till 4 in the morning at his house playing it and missed work the next day.
Sure it's just like the other GTA games, but more matured in some cases.
Yes, after hours upon hours of playing, it get's pretty old. But one or two playthroughs of the story is worth it. Despite only having two main gameplay mechanics (driving/shooting), and a few other odds and ends, Rockstar does manage to keep things quite fresh and the mission variety pretty diverse, making the most of the game's surroundings .... even if you're only driving and shooting people
I do plan to pick up the recently released add-ons for the PS3, sometime
Red Dead Redemption will fucking OWN
I know right?
Especially with my love for Halo, I don't really belong here at all..
! Nobody here really likes Halo.. WARNING - HALO FANBOY ALERT: Halo: Reach might be a "rehash" to a lot of people but the game looks very promising and Bungie themselves expect this to be their best Halo ever, possibly better than the 1st one, and I don't doubt it. The jump from Halo 3 to this game is just overwhelming. The difference of topics in the Videogames section here and the GameSpot forums is immense. Here's a hint at what's coming up in the next MAIN Halo installment and I don't count ODST since it was a spin-off and Wars was by a different developer AND an RTS.
! >! It's bringing in the most changes any Halo has ever done before.
! Armor abilities, a replacement for equipment. Basically it's equipment BUILT into your armor so you can activate it at any time but with a recharge bar for balance. Not perks since you don't upgrade them like in MW2, and now you don't have to look for equipment on the map.
! Some armor abilities: SPRINT, INVISIBILITY (jams you and everyone else's radar and you become more visible the faster you move, to make it fair), ARMOR LOCKDOWN (portable bubbleshield which makes you completely invincible but you stay still and basically cannot do a thing, and you're prone to people attacking you once it stops)
! JET PACKS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, FREAKING JETPACKS.
! Elites have an Evade ability instead of Sprint, since they're stronger and taller (but fret not, I'll explain more of why Elites are stronger) where they roll like in GeOW. The rolling is in 1st person, of course
! Bloom reticule is done for the first time in a Halo game, other first timers include voices in your customizable campaign/matchmaking character (explained later on) and motion capture for campaign scenes.
! Bringing loadouts which WON'T UPGRADE like in MW2, so they'll be balanced. Include armor ability weapon and grenade count (plasma if you're elite in the Invasion game-mode). EX: MARKSMAN - AA: Sprint, Weapon: DMR (one-shot rifle like the BR but hitscan and it's basically better since it won't have lag), grenades: 3
! You can still customize them in Custom Games and choose which weapon, armor ability, and grenade-type.
! Elites vs Spartans game-modes which was never done (Elites are stronger so you won't choose to be an Elite in all gametypes or playlists, probably just Invasion, but you might in Custom Games who knows), along with 2 variants of said mode: The main one, Invasion, which is a lot like Rush from BFBC2 and Invasion Slayer, which is mostly just killing but you get a few of the elements from the main one as well
! Stockpile mode, not sure about this one, I hear 4 neutral flags are set up around the map and your team has to collect the most or something like that, probably different.
! Headhunter mode, you collect skulls basically by killing other players and you can have up to 10 at a time, if you do manage to get 10 without dying you win the game, you also win the game by setting 25 skulls in your sort of mini-base, I guess. You can choose to keep killing and collecting skulls or dropping off w.e amount of skulls you currently have. Sounds fun
! Removing dual wielding (not a downgrade, it's pretty much useless), and removing god-weapons like the BR that render all other weapons obsolete and removing useless weapons like SMG
! Going back to its roots (Halo CE) like jumping lower and bringing back health packs and fall damage,
! brand new playlists and game types,
! brand new weapons and we've yet to see the new vehicles they promised,
! spawning on players like BC2 (although this might be specific to different game-types like Invasion),
! it's been hinted that our player in Campaign (your customizable Spartan in MM will be the same one you play in Campaign, called Noble One/Six, basically it's your avatar so however you changed your appearance in multiplayer that's how it'll appear in campaign) might have both male/female voices depending on which gender you choose,
! A brand new rank up system which will get rid of cheaters and boosters and isn't totally broken and a credit system where you buy armor pieces for credits, which are only for aesthetic purposes.
! Sandbox campaign which will be a lot like Halo CE
! Daily challenges which if completed award with you bonus credits and are present in both multiplayer and campaign (credits work like exp, but if you waste them, you won't go down in rank, the exp is the accumulated credit total)
! A new competitive playlist which works like ranked, called the Arena Brand
! New assassinations called exetuions which work by holding down the melee button (you can do the old ones by just tapping it)
! Hitscan weapons are back (only Human weapons for balance, plasma/alien weapons being hitscan would be unfair)
! We're now able to have more than 1000 custom items (maps, videos etc) And there's a lot more I'm missing.
! HOW DID YOU WRITE ALL THIS GET A LIFE! I typed this a few days ago I just copy pasta'd
Ignore that, that's just me being a huge Halo geek. RDR will own, you're right, and I can't wait to get my hands on it. It just looks so much fucking fun. Shall I wait for someone to make a thread or should I just do it myself..?