again, twas a (very obvious) joke, but that would be a completely lopsided encounter. nearly opposite to a stalemate.
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Halo |OT3| Remember Reach?
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again, twas a (very obvious) joke, but that would be a completely lopsided encounter. nearly opposite to a stalemate.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Rayman Legends announced
Move aside Halo 4, there's a new GOTY in town
Move aside Halo 4, there's a new GOTY in town
Demoncarnotaur
Member
I hope Halo 4's marketing becomes more impactful sometime soon... I do not have the level of hype I had with 3, or heck even Reach at this point..and while I know this game will deliver and likely blow me away, they way info has been released has been kinda meh-ish. Also, I would love for some good viral style ads similar to what is happening with Prometheus.
Hahaha, oh god, what have you done.
As much as we all hate AL, you do have to admit it has a cool look to it.
Hahaha, oh god, what have you done.
As much as we all hate AL, you do have to admit it has a cool look to it.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Holy fuck, Rayman Legends makes me want a Wii-U.
Im not really sold on the wii-u's controller, but competitive games like Halo really could use it, like someone mentioned Atlas would be a great fit.
Im not really sold on the wii-u's controller, but competitive games like Halo really could use it, like someone mentioned Atlas would be a great fit.
Nintendo is always super accurate about their BC or emulation. They still output NES games in 240i/p when you play them on the Wii.
Did my last research presentation on Wednesday. Feels good man.
ah, congrats!
What is especially amusing about that thread was if the person that posted it had read the very next post in this thread, he'd have gotten the joke.
Troll Vision?
too far dude. :'( too far
Alright guys, time to talk about the actual issues going into Halo 4!
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Sprint noise is issue number 1.
I like it it makes my female spartan sound like she is having intercourse
I play male spartan
AND I STILL LIKE IT
Waypoint forums are a joke
hawt
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Hell, according to the gamespot article you will hear MC breathe in his helmet even when not sprinting!!!111!
lol
But seriously, that does seem like it could be cool when things are quiet.
Portugeezer
Member
Yep, it would also be cool if they had your face reflect into the visor at certain lighting angles (like in Metroid Prime games).
Won't happen because we know they won't show MC's face, but it was such a great effect in Metroid Prime.
Portugeezer
Member
So I missed a lot of pages, do we know the default control scheme for Halo 4? THanks.
Zeouterlimits
Member
You know it'll be on 360/PS3 too, with just exclusive WiiU features?
That Waypointer just said "Hopefully many of these new mutliplayer changes are going to be playlist specific." I've heard a few people sharing similar sentiments.
I actually hope this isn't the case. Reach has become really confusing with all the different rule sets: vanilla, TU, Pro, Classic, ZB etc. For a novice or infrequent player it must be really frustrating as what will get you a kill in one game may not in another.
I hope as much as possible there is one core ruleset across the game. I understand instant respawns being switched off in Objective, but even that could be frustrating if you're a new player and don't understand why you can do something in one game and not the next. If you're in a playlist that mixes slayer and objective it would probably just seem broken.
I actually hope this isn't the case. Reach has become really confusing with all the different rule sets: vanilla, TU, Pro, Classic, ZB etc. For a novice or infrequent player it must be really frustrating as what will get you a kill in one game may not in another.
I hope as much as possible there is one core ruleset across the game. I understand instant respawns being switched off in Objective, but even that could be frustrating if you're a new player and don't understand why you can do something in one game and not the next. If you're in a playlist that mixes slayer and objective it would probably just seem broken.
Zeouterlimits
Member
So you'd rather people be forced to play game types they don't like rather than having "confusing" playlists.
Surely just building this info into the UI is a better solution.
Portugeezer
Member
I also hate it, it's too much.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Apparently GAF is down for almost everyone but me?
Going by the Facebook group.
Going by the Facebook group.
HiredN00bs
Member
He's the one that makes you feel alright.
The Librarian
Banned
It's working fine for me.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Bizarre. DNS issue for some people perhaps?
User 73706
Banned
It'd be cool if staying idle (or at least very slow) in cold and/or desolate areas fogged up your visor for a little bit. Not in an impacting "to add visceral depth we made it so that you can't take a break for more than 5 seconds" sort of way, just make it a basic translucent filter for after you mop up a few Prometheans on a mountain peak or something like that.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I can actually get behind that shit. Dude's so thanked. No asthmatic Spartans in Halo 4 please. I'm docking a point on the review in my head (big audience) if it's another case of Reach wheezing!
HiredN00bs
Member
I think the main purpose was to give people cues that someone is approaching them quickly from offscreen. Maybe they can find a better alternative sound, because playing a game of Slayer Pro in Reach sounds like you're in the Iditarod.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Yeah, I can get behind the reasoning behind it. You need a cue, especially if you're playing a no radar mode. You don't want people just suddenly behind you all the time with no warning.
But if we can hear them mouthbreathe from several feet away, I think the clanging of their feet on the ground is a much better substitute.
User 73706
Banned
I mean hell, since they're going for beefier-sounding Spartans an increasing clang clang CLANG CLANG CLANG would be a bit more obvious, not to mention make more sense. Are they fucking broadcasting their panting over an open channel?
HiredN00bs
Member
Yes, but this is significantly more costly to implement because the sounds would vary by surface. The breathing sound was 4 sound files (Spartan M/F and Elite M/F), afaik.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
BACK
Hypertrooper
Member
Kind of funny that everyone has problems to connect to GAF but I not.
The Real Napsta
Member
It was never down for me.
Hypertrooper
Member
*brofist*
Zeouterlimits
Member
ElzarTheBam
Member
Interesting proposition, I will need details and an address.
Works fine for me too.
Zeouterlimits
Member
It's fixed now. PHP crashed. S'all good.
Hydranockz
Member
Details: For startups like Path, recasting geek identity with a frat house swagger is a dangerous game.
Address: http://www.motherjones.com/media/2012/04/silicon-valley-brogrammer-culture-sexist-sxsw?page=1
(aka the link zeouter just posted)
Rickenslacker
Banned
A catchall sound they could use would be the armour activating the sprint. Something like this would be appropriate I think.
Edit: Playing Binary Domain, and I gotta say, robots are a very underutilized FPS enemy type. There are so many possibilities when the opponent doesn't feel pain or have fear. Just playing the first couple minutes it's cool that you can shoot off legs to have them continue battling, or shooting their heads off and having the body no longer able to distinguish friend or foe and going berserk.