That Bungie will add bloom to all the guns *NM*

by Avateur , Sunday, July 28, 2013, 16:41 (4138 days ago) @ Malagate

I still don't understand all the bloom hate. I really thought it added a layer of finesse to the combat. A lot of folks cite the removal of bloom in Reach matchmaking as the start of some kind of golden age of gameplay, but it actually felt a bit flat to me ever since then. Kind of like how Halo 2 and 3 became all-BR-all-the-time. But I think it's the same segment of the community that's largely responsible for both trends.

I'm with you. I prefer Bungie's bloom-filled Reach to the trash TA 343 threw out. Bloom was a fun experiment, but unfortunately, Bungie's bloom has a lot of problems. I feel like most of the complaints about it are valid and that bloom absolutely needs some things fixed about it. Having much more preference to playing Reach than H4, I still can't help but give H4 credit for having more solid gunplay mechanics than Reach (weapon tuning aside).

Bloom just sort of seems unnecessary, though. It was a fun little experiment, and even though I still don't mind it at all on a personal level, I don't think its inclusion in Destiny would be very beneficial, especially in any type of competitive multiplayer setting.