xxjuicesxx
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Dont give a shit about his armor, want to see how game plays. Degrade graphics put it at 60fps. Stop discussing armor discuss map motivations.
Thank you in advance.
Thank you in advance.
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Hydranockz
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I don't think bloom(tm) is coming back, but that's not to say some other mechanic will take its place.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Fucking. Beautiful.
It's like they straight up copy pasted my wish list into the game. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=34479761&postcount=403
The Librarian
Banned
Another mechanic that will perform the same function? Why would they bother removing it then?
Fuck yes. As bad as Terminator 3 was, at least you got the sense that Arnold was a fucking cyborg. When he landed on a car, he smashed through the engine block. When he jumped down from a height, he sounded like a ton of bricks.
About time Chief got some heft. Spartans are giant surgically-altered war machines decked out in half a ton of armor and gear. Hopefully Halo 4 makes you feel what it's like to be in their boots.
OdysseusVA
Banned
lol
I will stand my ground
:/
I will pray
Thanks for the link!
This can mean many things, but my hope is it does not mean we have the same kind of weight and inertia that has so hampered player movement in Reach. Not jumping to conclusions, just positing on the implications based on that wording. I hope it means something else.Bulletin said:
Now this, on the other hand, is pure unf.Bulletin said:
I wonder, under what circumstances would a Spartan toss his chest plate?
What do you guys think about having dynamic spawns on Sanctuary for Slayer? I've played a few matches with it but I'm not entirely sure. The map really feels like it should have static spawns. Hmmmm....
On a side note; I made the jump-ups to ring 2 easier. You can even do them without crouch jumping! I often forget that a lot of people don't crouch jump at all. It's second nature for me.
On a side note; I made the jump-ups to ring 2 easier. You can even do them without crouch jumping! I often forget that a lot of people don't crouch jump at all. It's second nature for me.
Keep dreaming. Bloom got the most vitriol besides Armor Lock in Reach.
That sorta stuff seems like it could make SP feel amazing and really interesting to play, but ruin Halo MP movement completely in ways that not even Reach could.Fucking. Beautiful.
It's like they straight up copy pasted my wish list into the game. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=34479761&postcount=403
There's only one map that should have static spawns in Slayer, and it's not in Reach. When you have no objective to defend or a base to hold, you should spawn with your teammates as a group instead of being forced to spawn on an arbitrary part of the map and get spawncamped.
Asylum already falls apart in static spawn gametypes (getting spawned almost on the other side). I wouldn't try it with Slayer, the spawns are too easily forced on that small of a map.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
When Chief has his arms up in a firing positions they actually do.
Hydranockz
Member
Because it might not be bloom. Other games use recoil. So Halo 4 might have some other mechanic that isn't bloom. How else will they manage it? Everything is single shot with hitscan detection and a RoF as fast as your fingers? Hardly
The Librarian
Banned
Yeah, I'm hoping that when they mean they want to have the weight of a half-ton super soldier translate into gameplay physics, it doesn't mean slow inertia like Reach's.
Carry on then.Way ahead of you.
booooooooooooo
You see, I agree with that, but that means that you pretty much have to relearn how to play that map entirely. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Something about spawntrapping (not necessarily spawnkilling) people on Asylum/Sanctuary just feels right.
impact craters with no fall damage
OdysseusVA
Banned
I will pray harder then
Plus, wouldn't the playlists numbers show what most people prefer? I always see more players in regular or have they all gone back to another game?
If we were going by those numbers Halo 4 would have nothing but Infection.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Is there an audio cue to let you know that happened?
GOTY already.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Saw new armor. So hot. Love it. Cod piece FTW.
Maybe in the Halo 2 engine. It just doesn't really work right in Reach, and Reach also adds line-of-sight spawn influences. So even if the map is as big as the original Sanctuary, it's smaller in terms of available spawns and spawn selection due to bigger influence radiuses and the like. There was a big post I made on GAF here ages ago where I broke down an MLG spawnkill video that explains why Asylum (and all of it's remakes in Reach) is spawn starved. 2's spawning was a lot looser than 3's and Reach's, in 2 in a really bad spawn trap you could actually end up spawned on the other side of the map anyway.
edit: i found it
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
You'll have to wait till next week's Bulletin for audio info brought to you from Tajeen himself.
When presented with a choice that they don't understand, a large group of people will mash A on whatever the top option is. Anniversary Squad used to be above Anniversary Classic in the listing, and its population was much higher. They swapped them one week and the populations reversed. People are sheep. Also, the 'regular' playlists that are vanilla tend to be the iconic names that people know or that cater to a current trend in games - Team Slayer, Infection.
Its difficult to say how much influence the general, non-hardcore population should have on design. They've shown that they'll play whatever is put in front of them as long as it's Halo, but does that mean the developers should then try to make the game that the hardcore say they want?
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Neato. Audio information is my second favorite kind of information.
Bizzarf.
When do you want me to arrive Frankie?
Sounds like this is shaping up to be a complete and total disaster. Can you imagine the hell that would break loose if someone from Bungie ever tweeted that during development?
Hydranockz
Member
Not much.
I already canceled my preorder.
Hitmonchan107
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ncsuDuncan
Member
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!
Bungie did sort of mention they were hiring during the development of their games.
In fact, they're hiring right now. Probably not a good sign for Destiny if they have to solicit help from the internet.
I just broke my Halo 4 disc over this.
The Librarian
Banned
Thank you, Wizman, for confirming to myself that I did not overreact before.
I'm not sure what you mean by regular.
Team Slayer. You know, what normal people play.
If they tweeted that during development maybe someone could've helped them get the game to run above 24 cinematic frames per second.
There's nothing regular about Reach.
Yes, all 20K of them.
Bregmann Roche
Member
By regular he means crappy. Havok is right. If Squad Slayer was put in the top line of the "Competitive" list and had it's name changed to "Team Slayer" it would have the same population as Team Slayer has now.
For the last week I've had to explain to dozens of people what TU means despite the fact that they voted for whatever the TU option in Team Slayer was. The majority liked the changes I told them about. A few said "why didn't they just take Armor Lock out?", but none of them had a clue that anything in Team Slayer had changed until I told them.
Most players just want to shoot cyborg dudes with their imaginary guns. If they aren't enjoying the experience, it seems rare that they try to figure out why.
Is this a Team Slayer playlist map submission?? If so probably yes.Am I doing it right?
Not shocked. They're barely given explanations as to what does what. Except for a celebratory announcement of the TU's existence when they sign in and that comes up only once.
I expect a return to information in Halo 4 just like H2:
Bregmann Roche
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That makes too much sense to work. I expect a black screen with the annoying low-shield beep sound for 20 seconds and then the game begins.
Edit: I wanted to interrupt my bitterness to say that I enjoyed this week's bulletin. I wasn't as thrown by the writing style as some and I liked what little info we got.
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