Instead of clogging up the Halo 2 thread, I thought I?d start a new topic for this.
Anyone else got this? The Live enabled demo is on this month's OXM.
I played a couple of games last night and wasn?t impressed to be honest. I know it is only a demo, but it looked a step back from Black Arrow (which I loved and played loads of). The frame rate was ropey and the controls just didn?t feel right. You have a visor, which forms part of your HUD, but I just found it distracting. There is only one map and one mode (Retrieval, which is CTF with canisters). The map wasn't anything special and the experience was hurt by an annoying female voice constantly giving you updates on the canister.
All these problems may be cleared up in the final release, but the main one probably won?t be: the lobby system. Nothing has changed from BA. In other words, you can?t join a game mid way through (you can sit in the lobby though), if the host quits mid game the game ends, and the only way of joining a game is the old system of seeing servers (people?s xboxs) and joining. This means that it can take 5 to 10 minutes to find a game that you want to play in that is about to begin. And once in, you have no idea whether the people with you will be experts and beginners etc. Basically, after Halo 2?s matchmaking system, which guarantees that you will be matched very quickly with players of roughly equal standard, this seems a huge step back.
I?ll reserve judgement until the final release and may end up getting it anyway. But from what I?ve seen, I?d be surprised if it is worth getting. It may be almost a year old, but Halo 2 still looks miles better.
Anyone else got this? The Live enabled demo is on this month's OXM.
I played a couple of games last night and wasn?t impressed to be honest. I know it is only a demo, but it looked a step back from Black Arrow (which I loved and played loads of). The frame rate was ropey and the controls just didn?t feel right. You have a visor, which forms part of your HUD, but I just found it distracting. There is only one map and one mode (Retrieval, which is CTF with canisters). The map wasn't anything special and the experience was hurt by an annoying female voice constantly giving you updates on the canister.
All these problems may be cleared up in the final release, but the main one probably won?t be: the lobby system. Nothing has changed from BA. In other words, you can?t join a game mid way through (you can sit in the lobby though), if the host quits mid game the game ends, and the only way of joining a game is the old system of seeing servers (people?s xboxs) and joining. This means that it can take 5 to 10 minutes to find a game that you want to play in that is about to begin. And once in, you have no idea whether the people with you will be experts and beginners etc. Basically, after Halo 2?s matchmaking system, which guarantees that you will be matched very quickly with players of roughly equal standard, this seems a huge step back.
I?ll reserve judgement until the final release and may end up getting it anyway. But from what I?ve seen, I?d be surprised if it is worth getting. It may be almost a year old, but Halo 2 still looks miles better.
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