To tell you the truth, i feel violated when my BB is being compared to crappy games with facepalming story such as Halo 5. Please stop and leave BB alone.
@charizard1605: No it's not, the level design is actually still quite good. That's the main thing everyone disagrees with you about when it comes to post-Rom.
It's absurd to say the level design is bad in any Souls game.
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In Dark Souls or Bloodborne the level design depends highly on encountering enemies and the way gameplay mechanics is used in the level/area. That's one of the reasons these games have high learning curves and frustrates players a lot. It's because the level design is intentionally made as it is. The thing that is really well done in the way they design levels is the way the areas connect with each other. Dark Souls takes the cake with "interconnected areas" out of any game I have played.. mainly because of the way alternative routes are incorporated in almost every area and it's done very subtly.
@jg4xchamp: right, how much have you played of the game? A few hours? Get out.
I'm sorry your first Souls game is the worst Souls game.
Right, so between all the "you haven't even played x game" crap you throw out you complain about a game you haven't even played for more than a few hours, and beyond that, you don't complain about the combat, the story, the graphics, or anything you could actually get out of the few hours, but the level design?
For me, it's pretty close. Both start off incredibly strong and are amazingly refined in their gameplay, and end on much weaker notes. I think I'd go with Halo 5 overall. Maybe. I dunno.
You think its going to beat out MGSV, Fallout 4, or The Witcher 3?
IMO, I see MGSV sweeping up most of these everywhere (or at least alot more than people are expecting), with Fallout/Witcher scooping up the rest.
For me, it's pretty close. Both start off incredibly strong and are amazingly refined in their gameplay, and end on much weaker notes. I think I'd go with Halo 5 overall. Maybe. I dunno.
You think its going to beat out MGSV, Fallout 4, or The Witcher 3?
IMO, I see MGSV sweeping up most of these everywhere (or at least alot more than people are expecting), with Fallout/Witcher scooping up the rest.
Between the two options in the thread? Yeah, Bloodborne I think has a higher chance at GameSpot.
I'd bet anything The Witcher 3 will win it all though.
Halo series change in art style in Halo 4 and Halo 5 in Particular looks terrible. Like shiny metal or plastic and the environments look like generic factory garbage shit little arenas with worse AI than Halo 3. Gone are the days when Halo is worth my time. Halo 3 And the original remain the most fun I've had with great environments and art too.
That being said this Halo 4/5 criticism of mine is based on my watching gameplay of both games and liking what I see at all. So take that with a grain of salt. Haven't been a halo follower or a fan since Reach. I'm tired of FPS games in general unless it's wolfenstein which offers cool level design and gameplay.
Speaking of level design. Bloodborne had some terrible ones like charizard mentioned. They felt like an add on or unfinished content just for the hey we have more areas. That and DS II. DS 1 and demon had the best bosses and level design in general. I'd say demon souls was perfection in that regard. Although the swamp lol
I love both games and they both may end up in my top 10 of 2015. I think Bloodborne should be placed higher than Halo 5 however. That being said, do not play the 2 games back to back. Doing so will make you realize just how jarring Bloodbornes frame timing issues are.
@SolidTy said:
We are still in the honeymoon period for one of the titles in question. Excitement is still too high to get an accurate read.
I can tell you the metascores right now:
86/100 out of 71 critics: Halo 5
92/100 out of 100 critics: Bloodborne
For all we know, GOTY will be neither game for this site.
The true test is longevity and if Halo 5 captures the communities long term interest, a community who largely abandoned ship with 343's Halo 4 after a few months.
I agree with what you are saying about the numbers (numbers don't lie) but I have an issue with the "honeymoon period" portion. Bloodborne had one hell of a honeymoon period itself. The game charted the month it released on the NPD and failed to do so again. Also hype got pretty tame just weeks after release and most people moved on to hyping Dark Souls 3. So does that mean it fails "the true test of longevity" as you put it? Are we talking playerbase? Or are we only talking about longevity when it comes to Halo 5 vs Halo games of the past?
What I'm hearing is that Halo 5 is possibly the worst Halo yet. Whereas most would agree that Bloodborne is one of the best Souls games, if not the best.
What I'm hearing is that Halo 5 is possibly the worst Halo yet. Whereas most would agree that Bloodborne is one of the best Souls games, if not the best.
And Bloodborne is far more acclaimed.
Halo 5's reception depends on what part of it you are looking at. Single player? Worst Halo yet. Multiplayer? Best Halo so far.
What I'm hearing is that Halo 5 is possibly the worst Halo yet. Whereas most would agree that Bloodborne is one of the best Souls games, if not the best.
And Bloodborne is far more acclaimed.
Halo 5's reception depends on what part of it you are looking at. Single player? Worst Halo yet. Multiplayer? Best Halo so far.
Not sure how multiplayer that's missing features and is loaded with microtransactions can be considered the best in the series
I haven't played beyond the first 10 minutes of Witcher 3.
One of us, one of us, one of us
The breadth is intimidating and certainly factors, but the true reason I can't manage to dig in is due to my 670 being underpowered for the task and barely managing 30fps with constant slowdown. I couldn't live with the performance and am too cheap to get the PS4 version or upgrade.
For me, it's pretty close. Both start off incredibly strong and are amazingly refined in their gameplay, and end on much weaker notes. I think I'd go with Halo 5 overall. Maybe. I dunno.
You thought Bloodborne ended weak? Don't post any spoilers, but I don't see how you came to that conclusion.
Sure, post-Rom sucked and the game emphasized its lore to the point the actual gameplay suffers. The bread and butter of the series, strong one-on-one combat, is basically tossed to the side for sprints through unfun enemies.
It's not bad. Lost Izalith is bad. It's just much weaker than the rest of the game.
It seems your choice in play style hindered your experience. Why did you sprint through the Nightmare?
@charizard1605: No it's not, the level design is actually still quite good. That's the main thing everyone disagrees with you about when it comes to post-Rom.
What are you guys referring to when you say post rom?
Nightmare of Mensis, Nightmare Frontier, and Yahar Gul
Honestly, char's horrendous interpretation skills amaze me. Worst Halo single player by reception? Really?
@Basinboy said:
@Blabadon said:
@Basinboy said:
I haven't played beyond the first 10 minutes of Witcher 3.
One of us, one of us, one of us
The breadth is intimidating and certainly factors, but the true reason I can't manage to dig in is due to my 670 being underpowered for the task and barely managing 30fps with constant slowdown. I couldn't live with the performance and am too cheap to get the PS4 version or upgrade.
You could hit 60 with medium settings right? My card is about 90% of a 770, that's where I basically am.
@Blabadon: Honestly, that's the general consensus. I don't know, because I have not actually played the damn game, but literally every review and impressions even by big Halo fans have criticized how the campaign was handled. Maybe one day you can make a point without directly insulting the person you are talking to.
I haven't played beyond the first 10 minutes of Witcher 3.
One of us, one of us, one of us
The breadth is intimidating and certainly factors, but the true reason I can't manage to dig in is due to my 670 being underpowered for the task and barely managing 30fps with constant slowdown. I couldn't live with the performance and am too cheap to get the PS4 version or upgrade.
Because he's talking about getting the PS4 version, but a 670 should be able to run it with better settings/performance than the PS4 version. I guess I should have asked what CPU he is using as that might be causing a bottleneck, but then it wouldn't be the fault of the 670
@lostrib: I'd assume the ease of not messing with settings (that wouldn't be much lower than the 670's) and running at the same 30 FPS most of the time outweighs the PC version, provided he wanted to get it.
@charizard1605: maybe one day you can read the hype thread on the forum you've posted 65,000+ posts on and even stickied.
I know, it's amazing how non-selective reading is.
I did, and people were criticizing the story to the point that it was unstickied.
Now, you enjoyed the story and single player? Great, without any irony or sarcasm, I am glad you did, but you could stand to be less obnoxious about it.
I did, and people were criticizing the story to the point that it was unstickied.
Now, you enjoyed the story and single player? Great, without any irony or sarcasm, I am glad you did, but you could stand to be less obnoxious about it.
@charizard1605 said:
@Blabadon: literally every review and impressions even by big Halo fans have criticized how the campaign was handled
@charizard1605 said:
Halo 5's reception depends on what part of it you are looking at. Single player? Worst Halo yet.
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