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New Halo 4 Screenshots (Grunt new design revealed)
- Thread starter Plywood
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More Halo, yawn. Looks just like Reach, which looked just like Halo 3, which looked just like 2, which looked just like CE.
Looks fantastic, cannot wait. Master Chief looks great and I'm finally just beginning to warm up to the Spartan IV designs. Also Cortana is looking more naked than ever, hence the carful framing in her two screenshots. 
Zeouterlimits
Member
Cortana, Chief look amazing!
Environments look "good".
Elites, I don't like.
Grunts look god awful. Absolutely terrible.
Environments look "good".
Elites, I don't like.
Grunts look god awful. Absolutely terrible.
Ho you're absolutely right. I was reffering to the mood of the backgrounds, and some funny things like the stripes and pattern on the suits.
Only the last level of H3 was entertaining. The rest was a pile of shit. And no Master Chief means no buy ...
Add The Storm, Floodgate, The Ark, The Covenant and Sierra 117.
Technically speaking, it looks great. Art-wise, I'm having mixed feelings about it. The environments look spectacular. The characters leave me much less impressed (bar Cortana, the detailing is lovely).
I've become less and less a fan of each new revision of the armor Master Chief operates in, it becomes increasingly elaborate and increasingly more divergent from the starting philosophies: big, angular battle tank sensibilities. The Mark V was simple, yes, but it was distinctive. The armor keeps getting busier, more sleek, and less angular, and ultimately more and more like any other piece of space marine kit.
As for the Grunts and Elites, more mixed feelings. I love the detailing and the shaping of the armor, but something smells a bit off. No nosecaps for the Grunts, presumably no distorted voices, and ever-present piranha smiles. It's a change I'd have to see in action to fully gauge whether it sits right with me or not, but it kinda hints at a shift away from a corner I thought was perfectly adequate regardless of the tone the game was going for. The Elites, I'm not sure exactly what bothers me about them, but it's nagging at me nonetheless. Something to do with the skin and eyes, clammy, dull?
I've become less and less a fan of each new revision of the armor Master Chief operates in, it becomes increasingly elaborate and increasingly more divergent from the starting philosophies: big, angular battle tank sensibilities. The Mark V was simple, yes, but it was distinctive. The armor keeps getting busier, more sleek, and less angular, and ultimately more and more like any other piece of space marine kit.
As for the Grunts and Elites, more mixed feelings. I love the detailing and the shaping of the armor, but something smells a bit off. No nosecaps for the Grunts, presumably no distorted voices, and ever-present piranha smiles. It's a change I'd have to see in action to fully gauge whether it sits right with me or not, but it kinda hints at a shift away from a corner I thought was perfectly adequate regardless of the tone the game was going for. The Elites, I'm not sure exactly what bothers me about them, but it's nagging at me nonetheless. Something to do with the skin and eyes, clammy, dull?
The new chief design of the chief is my favourite yet. It doesn't compromise the aspects of the suit we've come to associate with his design, but it looks less like he's wearing a big metal outerspace onesie and more like he's wearing a functional suit of armour.
also, the grunts do have nosecaps in some of the gameinformer screenshots ^ Loving their design as well.
SO GOOD.
also, the grunts do have nosecaps in some of the gameinformer screenshots ^ Loving their design as well.
SO GOOD.
Levels 2-7 were great. Overall Halo 3 is my favorite in the series, I'll never understand the hate.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
The fact that they are still an enemy at all is still weird.
Cortana looks like a bug eyed teenager. Also those teeth. >_<
Finished recently Reach, ODST & 3 at co-op with a friend via system link and even though Reach & ODST are really great games the best levels of Halo 3 are simply amazing and on a whole other level of awesomeness.
Halo 3 was a truly great game that despite it's technical shortcomings still plays amazingly good and trumps easily every other FPS on the market in terms of gameplay IMO.
higherARC05
Banned
GRAPHICAL DELUCTIBLE EYE ENDUCING JAZZ
This gun b good.
This gun b good.
SO GOOD.
SSAO appears to be missing? I hope it'll be there in the final game.
Salvor.Hardin
Banned
Halo 3 Chief's suit was the best MC suit. Not a huge fan of all the nuts and bolts in this new one. Not only is it kind of aesthetically distracting, but it doesn't make much sense in application either.
darkpaladinmfc
Member
I don't like the Covenant or Cortana, but I'm fine with Chief.
As the main enemy is likely (though not confirmed) to be the forerunner, and they're worshiped as gods by the covenant, it makes sense that, if the forerunner were to return, that whatever is left of the covenant would fight alongside them.
I too hope though that we're predominately fighting new enemies, but having grunts and elites as a part of a new "covenant" of enemies works fine for me.
On another point, do you guys think the forward unto dawn level will be the E3 presentation, or we're going to get a level from requiem featuring the new enemy? (I'm thinking a little of both, maybe the very end of forward unto dawn when the chief crashes and then his initial exploration of requiem and his first encounter with the forerunner)
The Librarian
Banned
Hypertrooper
Member
Cortana, Chief, Elites and the other stuff looks amazing. I can not wait.
Grunt looks meh or okay.
Grunt looks meh or okay.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
Cortana looks fantastic, Grunts look scarier.
shinobi602
Member
AWWWW YEAAA Halo 4 shit is just what I like waking up to.
Pics look great. Goddamn am I ready for H4.
Awww, the little Grunt looks like a mini T-Rex.
Pics look great. Goddamn am I ready for H4.
Awww, the little Grunt looks like a mini T-Rex.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
I'd just play them all in the order they were released. Halo 3, then ODST, then Reach.
dragonelite
Member
3 or ODST order not so important then after finishing those Reach. And if you can get Halo:Ce play that one.
In terms the story, the order is:
Halo Reach
H1
H2 up to the 2nd level
ODST
Rest of Halo 2
Halo 3
Which might get a bit complicated and flow breaking so I'd say play them in release order.
chronologically: Reach, Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3 + ODST (kinda take place at the same time).
Reach can be played whenever, it does not really matter that much.
edit: or what Gui said
VivaciousJazzy
Member
Halo 2 happens at the same time as ODST not 3.chronologically: Reach, Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3 + ODST (kinda take place at the same time).
Reach can be played whenever, it does not really matter that much.
edit: or what Gui said
shinobi602
Member
shinobi602
Member
Chief still looking boss.
