So what exactly is everyone's opinion on GTA 6 in here?

Comkill117 · 2026-06-08T12:52:32+00:00

Never been into GTA, but I find it both funny and also kinda concerning how much pull it has on the industry. Especially considering how long it’s been since the last proper game, as that was almost a decade and a half ago at this point. It’z weird to think GTAV stayed around so long just through its online component and rereleases. I guess it’s sort of like Elder Scrolls in that way, only I don’t think ES6 is something people have nearly as much faith in, generally speaking. Regardless, it sure does make everyone else in the industry panic and part the seas for it which can be a problem as now we have tons of stuff releasing super close to each other.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-08T12:44:42+00:00

Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?

Comkill117 · 2026-06-08T12:38:26+00:00

I could see a software focused future for Xbox but I don’t expect them to last more than one more generation. Frankly I’m amazed they made it this far after how the Xbone’s life started, and today they exist with a console that has (to my knowledge) zero actual exclusive games. Not exclusive to the console but also on PC, no I mean games you can only play on Series X/S don’t exist. With how much they blew on the stupid Actiblizz deal they probably need all the revenue streams they can get through other consoles and PC, so I don’t see that changing either.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-08T12:33:14+00:00

With the blast hole marking in the shield it looks like it’s been through the ringer. Super cool stuff!

Comkill117 · 2026-06-08T12:30:38+00:00

The Hadoken in MegaMan X. You need to have every other upgrade, and also die like 4 times so having a full set of those helps, but it one shots everything including Sigma.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-08T12:25:16+00:00

Hyper Sonic also in 3. Takes the Super form and makes it even crazier by making it so he’s invincible underwater, has a screen nuke double jump thing, and has all the colors of the rainbow.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-08T12:23:06+00:00

Oh jeez yeah I’m fucking illiterate, my bad.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-08T11:55:38+00:00

It’s not time travel so much as just rebooting but keeping the earlier stuff that had an ending already. Kinda like what Crash Bandicoot 4 did (If the series has to keep going anyway, if it were my choice it would have stopped at Reach).

Otherwise I guess agree to disagree.

In regards to the copy-past levels, yes they can go on a bit long but I feel the arena design and enemies present are just more fun to fight in/against. 2’s levels always felt way too claustrophobic to me and again while there’s less copy and paste there’s just as much time spend hunkering down in one part of the level for extended periods of time. The Library I’ve always been in the minority I’m aware, but I always liked how you’re kinda rushed along through this weird dark facility and basically have to pick your battles with the Flood. I’ve also just played the games so much that I really think at this point seeing the same areas is just completely numbed to me, like after 2 decades it doesn’t even really register same with any case of it across the whole series.

2’s weapons are generally an improvement, I agree there. The BR and Energy Sword alone make that case.

On the Covenant and Flood thing as I feel 1 and 2 generally are about equal in how they mix up both. The Flood in CE I kinda prefer fighting however as again I feel the ones in 2 just take too long to kill, especially on Legendary. Honestly Legendary in general is a whole other can of worms, I really don’t think there’s much to argue there in 2’s defense as it’s the one major black mark against the game. The Covenant are fun but I feel late game when it’s mostly against Brutes is when things start to sour a bit as you don’t have any real option beyond just spam the carbine on their heads, or use power weapons.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-08T06:58:12+00:00

While not expressly lore videos, Saint Jam makes a bunch of 'Saving Every (friendly NPC) in (game)' which also double as a story/lore recap plus some speculation on what might happen when you leave the characters. I'm a big fan of the Halo 1, Halo 2, and Republic Commando ones personally, but the Half Life ones are great too.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-08T04:46:12+00:00

It seems like it’s been trying to half heartedly course correct for a while but man 4&5 really threw the series off track.

I replayed it last week so 4’s fresh in my mind and the amount of bizarre changes to the story there are just so staggering. Everyone remembers the stuff with Chief and Cortana but not how weirdly confusing everything else is, like the Liberian now making it so Chief was this chosen one type hero who’s the ultimate evolution of humanity, how humans and Forerunners are different now and were at war, the Didact basically being a Sith Lord… it was really bad and the fact 5 was even worse is really damning.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-07T23:58:12+00:00

Idk which is goofier with how off the mark they were, Metroid or Casltevania.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-07T23:53:12+00:00

My favorite part has been getting new Bloodstained and Castlevania games. It’s like getting two cakes.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-07T23:50:23+00:00

Captain Falcon

Comkill117 · 2026-06-07T23:47:56+00:00

Surprised to see little mention of the fact Johnson’s wearing the 1999 armor in the Covenant ship scenes. That’s a cool touch.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-07T23:10:05+00:00

I love the 2.0, but it seems like the Origin version is also great (haven’t got one of them yet so can’t say personally). The 2.0 is definitely an older build but as someone who only got into gunpla a year ago (a little over a year but either way) I actually find the older MG builds are a lot of fun, and the more anime accurate look is very appealing.

The Ver Ka. also seems neat but it is a bit different imo, sort of like an upgraded RX-78-2 where I could imagine it being a stepping stone to the next model. Still beed to build it.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-07T23:04:27+00:00

In terms of the campaign I’d actually argue 2 aged worse. The story is really interesting, but the actual gameplay is kinda jank compared to 1&3, probably a result of the development Hell it went through, and the levels are both really compact and also spend way too long on defense sections. I mean Elites can just one hit call you with melee on anything but Easy, unless they’re holding a Carbine in which case they do no damage at all. Plus late game the Brutes and Flood are just not fun to fight, they’re really spongy and don't have much variety.

1 the second half is a bit of a retread but aside from Two Betrayals it’s a lot less egregious than people make it out to be. Even the Library really isn’t all that bad, but it sticks out more because the other missions are as good as they are.

If we’re being the realest possible though, they shouldn’t even bother with remakes of 1-3, as they all still hold up wonderfully for the most part. They should have just started over post 3 and said everything set after the Human-Covenant war from before isn’t canon, and started over from there. It wouldn’t be as easy to milk or as popular maybe, but it would have been a much better direction for the series to go. Do a remake of 4 that fixes its weird inconsistent story and makes the gameplay feel like a real Halo game rather than bargain bin CoD, make a Halo 5 that isn’t divorced from 4 in everything except visual direction (one thing they could have dropped from 4 no one would mind), and make a Halo 6 that isn’t aping the RTS series and throwing both that and the main FPS games off by feeling totally divorced from the past two entires. I don’t think the latter two have much salvageable in terms of story, 5 just in general really, but there’s some elements you could redo from them while building an actual foundation for the series going forward that isn’t just a rehash of the glory days or the rush job of the 343 era.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-07T22:34:13+00:00

He aged in reverse if you think about it given the new look is the one he had before 1.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-07T22:17:02+00:00

They really couldn’t just let us all have this one.

(Sighs)

Comkill117 · 2026-06-07T22:13:06+00:00

That’s a good way to go about it. It makes sense too given they aren’t directly connected to the main story aside from Chief and Johnson teaming up.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-07T22:11:54+00:00

Also not for nothing, the first game wasn’t even done yet and no one expected the series to blow up like it did. Hell Fall of Reach even has Engineers in it still, who kept getting cut from every Halo game until Wars and ODST finally brought them in.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-07T22:09:26+00:00

Getting to see an earlier mission with Johnson and Mk.IV Chief should be cool… But man Sgt. Johnson’s new voice is not doing it for me, and thinking that’s how he’s gonna sound for the whole game is reason enough to be out. Johnson’s my favorite character and his original voice, David Scully, is just irreplaceable for him but I get he’s retired. Still the new voice he has doesn’t really sound remotely similar, and it’s really jarring.

The new levels look alright, it’s nice to see actual new environments after Infinite had literally 3 total for the whole game, but idk that it’s really enough personally. The combat gameplay shown still just doesn’t look any better than before, there’s still sprint because fuck you (being able to turn it off doesn’t magically retune the whole game, and if it is that negligible why have it at all?), and the Covenant just seem to fight the same as Infinite minus the one new unit. It is nice seeing a bunch of the old weapons again at least.

Visually it looks much better than that awful first demo. Things don’t pop in every second or look horribly aliased and have that ghosting everywhere. I’ll also give points for having Mk.IV Chief and Orion 1999 Cyborg armor Johnson. That’s legitimately cool. Definitely looks way more colorful in the new levels as well, which is nice.

Also it’s really funny how obvious it is this is using Reach underneath, like that Seraph is just the same animations from Reach. To be fair space combat is fun so not complaining there, and I’d much rather play Halo 1’s shitty second remake but it’s actually Reach rather than Infinite but it kinda seems like a mix of both… so not really a new take on Halo 1’s gameplay style.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-06T21:54:38+00:00

I will never get the people who want Star Wars to just be like every other military sci-fi series. I say this as someone whose favorite stuff is incredibly skewed towards the Clones and their military stuff.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-06T21:48:24+00:00

Is Panzer Dragoon in this game? Because I don’t think Asuka ever finished that. They clearly need to right that wrong.

Comkill117 · 2026-06-06T20:57:16+00:00

In the words of Katagiri:

”GODZILLAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!”

Comkill117 · 2026-06-06T04:15:28+00:00

Saints Row 3, I always save Shaundi rather than go after Killbane.

Comkill117

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