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Bungie's quitter ban killed Halo: Reach

Halo 3 topped the LIVE Activity charts for years. Reach has fallen all the way down to 8th just over one year since its release. Bungie's silly "quitter ban" may be one of the reasons for this.

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Buzz7S4556d ago

This is in effect? I never even knew.

Makes me think twice about trying to have fun while playing the game.

Laxman4556d ago

Are you trying to say you only have fun when you quit in a matchmaking-based game with lobbies instead of mid-game joining?

Xander7564556d ago

I think he is trying to say that if he's not having fun in a game, he's going to be forced into staying in it anyway which in the end makes the whole experience less fun.

thrasherv34556d ago

Lets not kid ourselves, Reach is an over-rated game. That's why no one plays it. Bungie lost their touch with that game.

Laxman4556d ago

No one plays it becuase it involves a lot of skill before you can score big at it, unlike almost every other FPS game on consoles right now, and people just like to be able to get a lot of kills with little shooting and be able to kill anyone who they see first withouth giving them a chance like in Call of Duty and Battlefield, whereas in Halo, you can start shooting someone, only for the to turn around and if they are a more skilled player, kill you.

Grimhammer004556d ago

Which may or may not be fun depending on the level of realism you want in your fps.

thrasherv34556d ago

So what your saying is Halo3 required no skill? Because a shit load of gamers played that game for a long time. Even with all the new CoD games coming out.

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6 Friendliest Characters in Games

GF365: "Oftentimes, video games have characters who are antagonistic and really not very pleasant. Here are some of the friendliest characters in games where you might not otherwise expect to find them."

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thorstein266d ago

Dogmeat: *bark!*

Translation: you are dead to me.

JSONEHUNDRED266d ago

You can probably add Karlach to this from BG3

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10 Best Lore-Rich Video Games

Talented writers can build worlds that are as wondrous as real-life. Here are the best lore-rich video games for you to get immersed in.

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shinoff2183502d ago

How'd fallout not make the list. Atleast over cyberpunk, tales , and halo. Fallout been around since what 96 98 and has 5 6 games into it. It's full of lore when you play it. I'd even add star ocean to a point.

robtion501d ago

Agree Fallout should be on there.

MadLad501d ago

And somehow Planescape Torment doesn't even make the list.

Crows90501d ago

Hollow knight surpasses these.

shinoff2183501d ago

In lore? I must be missing something

Crows90501d ago (Edited 501d ago )

Yes in lore. Easily missed... absolutely. Never played a game that had me loving the world and lore behind it as much as that one. Most of course wouldn't be able to experience it since it is a more difficult game.

DarXyde501d ago

I can't speak for all titles on this list, but by the time you get to Dark Souls III, the lore is a bloody tapestry of intricacy

Crows90501d ago

Played them all. Im not saying the games on the list dont have good lore...I just think hollow knight had more lore that is hidden but present and more easily explored and accessed. The souls games have tremendous lore but theyre mostly hidden and stay that way unless you look for it and research it. The lore is not very accessible.

DarXyde500d ago

Crows90,

I think that's a somewhat fair assessment. For me, the Souls games are less upfront about the lore, but it does invite your fascination through NPCs, items, locations, bosses, etc. There's this kind of natural progression where the picture becomes just clear enough by doing the essential tasks, but it really makes you want to explore every inch of the world.

TheColbertinator501d ago

Suikoden and Legend of Heroes also have massive lore setups.

agent13501d ago

narration is more important than lore i'd rather watch the story and characters in a more cinematic way instead of searching for notes and stuff that's why i love sony exclusive games like uncharted and gow and hate from software games

shinoff2183501d ago

The article was top ten lore in video games. I think they did a bad job picking games out. I know what you mean though. I just like a variety of games and genres.

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Halo’s best Bungie campaign has its worst feature fixed after 12 years

Halo’s best ever campaign mode developed by Bungie has had its most annoying feature fixed after more than a decade, making the sci-fi FPS game better than ever

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SullysCigar587d ago

Awesome news - so can we look forward to playing Halo: Infinite with no online issues circa 2033?

just_looken586d ago

"You can download the improved Reach AI mod at Mod DB" This was a mod 343 did nothing so the online will be fixed in our dreams.

SullysCigar586d ago

Par for the course with 343.

Profchaos585d ago

They did say they had a 10 year plan for infinite we just all assumed it would be DLC could of been a 10 year netcode rollout.

But seriously this is a mod the community won't be able to modify infinite in the same way

Cikatriz_ESP586d ago

Combat Evolved was the best campaign, and it's not even close.

just_looken586d ago

You should have tried this version of reach when it first came out remastered for a year there was no sound because 343 could not locate the sound files.

It was a special challenge.

badz149586d ago

more like the bunch at 343i are simply mentally challenged

ACEMANWISE586d ago

Well I guess 12 years is faster than most fixes. I guess this is a cheap way to "remaster" something nowadays.....by just fixing something that used to always be broken.

zidane1341586d ago

Did you even read the article? This is a mod to improve AI from back almost 2 gens ago. Nobody is claiming this is remastering anything. Yeesh.

Crows90586d ago

Halo is dead. Microsoft has other shooter franchises it cares more about now. 343 are no longer Xbox golden studio. They are likely to shift things around or even close it all together and give the IP to someone else.

343i decided to pummel the IP into the ground...and when they see it didn't quite look like Glenn's face they decided to just keep on pummeling. Not sure if Glenn is the IP or the fanbase in this case though.

Profchaos585d ago

343 were never the golden studio they were a hastily thrown together b team when bungie said we want to do something else cya

Crows90585d ago

Well ...I didn't want to say it but I agree. Makes you wonder why Microsoft gave them the IP and didn't keep Bungie or any of the talent they acquired from any studio.

CobraKai585d ago

“ Halo Infinite, Halo 3, or Halo: Combat Evolved. It’s hard to say which of the sci-fi FPS games offers the best experience all round.”
He lost me with Halo Infinite.

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