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Halo |OT3| Remember Reach?
- Thread starter GhaleonEB
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no can do, dying in 5
Tha Robbertster
Member
No one would actually be playing on it.
Zeouterlimits
Member
It's sad, but it's an "I'll eat my hat if it ever happens" kind of situation.
Might be a good bullet point in their fight versus CoD though.
A HaloGAF server... would be a fun "discussion" point.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Bedroom now!
how do we keep the waypointers out?
Zeouterlimits
Member
ElzarTheBam
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Tha Robbertster
Member
Well check your whatsapp now fool!
Ohh hey guys, HALO!
Can't believe it's an in game footage. So much beautiful, as I never expected.
Thanks ! =)
MrGreencastle
Member
Discussion of everything but Halo. HaloGAF: don't talk about Halo here.
Man, I wish there'd be servers, but it's so unlikely, like you said, "I'll eat my hat..."
Me neither! People look at me weird because of it :\I don't even have a cell phone. Never have.
VivaciousJazzy
Member
Doubt it.
With Halo 3, ODST, Wars and Reach never coming out for PC, yeah this pretty much seems like a photoshop mishap.
I would love all the games coming out on PC a bit later, as long as they give me the option for the 360 pad.
I know PC gamers will spit at this, but I can never play FPS on PC more than around 45min before feeling motion sick - I think it's how twitchy they are. Playing any shooter on PS3/360 and I feel fine, but on PC I get nauseous :/ I can play Halo 2 PC fine, because I use the 360 controller.
I dunno why it is, it's really frustrating, because it means that I miss out on a lot of good shooters, but I don't know any fix for it, which is lame :/
I know PC gamers will spit at this, but I can never play FPS on PC more than around 45min before feeling motion sick - I think it's how twitchy they are. Playing any shooter on PS3/360 and I feel fine, but on PC I get nauseous :/ I can play Halo 2 PC fine, because I use the 360 controller.
I dunno why it is, it's really frustrating, because it means that I miss out on a lot of good shooters, but I don't know any fix for it, which is lame :/
MrGreencastle
Member
Maybe it's sitting too close to the screen?
I dunno, I play games mostly on my TV, and a select few PC games on a smallish monitor. A little bit of BF3 and TF2. Mostly random indie games though with a controller.
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As for Halo 4 on PC, I doubt that very much, unless Microsoft comes out with some incredible wizarding way to play Xbox games on PC - which actually has been rumoured for a while. I don't expect anything native, though.
Garrett 2U
Member
Don't be hating Griffball!
It is fun once in a while (imho), I've probably only played 30 total games between H3+Reach.
I don't necessarily think that it should have its own playlist though.
It is fun once in a while (imho), I've probably only played 30 total games between H3+Reach.
I don't necessarily think that it should have its own playlist though.
It is apparently VERY easy for devs to port 360 games to Windows 8 but so far they are just that straight ports of the 360 counter part. If Halo 4 does come to PC it will probably be locked at 720p and 30FPS and only be sold on the Windows Store.
(Hopefully Microsoft lets Steam have Windows Store games, I mean they have Toy Soilders and that is coming to Windows 8)
EDIT: I say apparently very easy because 2 devs I asked said it only took about 1-2 of them 2 weeks to port games over to Windows 8.
MrGreencastle
Member
Yes, sorry, that's what I was referring to. Terminology fail.
Either way I am sure 343 could easily port over Halo 3, ODST, Reach and Halo 4 and sell it on the Windows 8 store and have them be controller only and allow for cross platform paly. That is assuming the engine plays well with the Windows 8 OS.
I mean that way it is still technically Microsoft exclusive I guess.
Actually I wonder how much sales they would get from doing that even if the games where stuck in native resolution and capped at 30FPS.
Well, we have heard repeatedly that Halo is a console game. The fact that they have not ported since Halo 3 also gives an indication that it will likely never happen, add to that the troubled porting of Halo 1 (well to a lesser extent) and Halo 2.
Unrelated, today is Koninginnedag in Holland (aka Holland turns into a big fleamarket) and my pops just scored Motorstorm: Pacific Rift for 1.50 euros.
Yes I understand that much but I really dont see a reason NOT to release them on Windows 8 if the porting would be easy and just make them controller required games. I mean doesn't really matter that they are 360 exclusive games when the new system will be out soon and it would be a GREAT way to get more sales off of older games like Halo 3 and ODST.
The Librarian
Banned
What I do at 3am in the morning.
Why August?
Anyway, it's been two sleeps. I'm ready for that not-huge thing to be announced.
I think the whole stigmata of 360 "exclusive" games being available on PC has really prevented the porting, since Gears of War 2 you see it happen less and less. Maby down the line they will do it though, but those games are too old now and I guess Halo 4 will stay "exclusive" for a long time.
Thats what I am trying to say though 360 exclusive doesn't really mean much when the new system is coming out soon. I understand Microsoft's choice in the past but now is the time where they should port over the older Halo games.
They have a system in place to make the porting of a majority of 360 games easy and they have a new system coming out soon. Might as wel take advantage of the fact they have that system in place and that "360 exclusives" wont be shit when the new system comes out.
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
The Librarian
Banned
Okay. Now that sounds cool. Wish I could work on it.
Deputy Moonman
Member
Could be cool. I wonder if that makes it less likely that the halo4 release date could be bumped up a little sooner. I'm tired of waiting.
Posted it over on the gaming side. Sounds amazing!
Zeouterlimits
Member
My response is cynical and I find that sad.
Hope they turn out well.
Hope they turn out well.
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
If they cut it all together, could be over an hour of Halo-based cinematic goodness. Hope it's good!
Must be what Frankie said was something Ghal, Dax would like....?
Must be what Frankie said was something Ghal, Dax would like....?
If its all 15 minutes long each we are looking at an hour and 15 minutes of live action Halo goodness
Now I am pumped for Comic-Con!
Hydranockz
Member
Christ...
Do you at least want to venture as to why that is given the success of Legends and the previous live action ad campaigns that MS has done?
Gabotron ES
Member
If its all 15 minutes long each we are looking at an hour and 15 minutes of live action Halo goodness
Now I am pumped for Comic-Con!
So hyped!
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
Halo done "Battlestar Galactica style?" Yes please.
MrGreencastle
Member
Hmmm... thinking about it, I wonder if Microsoft thinks that doing that would draw eyes away from the Xbox as a platform (not just the 360). I'm sure they'd still make more money selling the hardware than the software.
That get's me ridiculously pumped. I was worried that Halo 4 wouldn't go too crazy on the back story and lore because it would isolate and confuse more casual fans.
With things like this, though, I have a feeling that there may be a lot more "meat" this time around. And I was just wondering about when we'd see some info on the ad campaign for Halo 4 this morning. Great timing!
I wonder who the director is...
Super very excite.
Tha Robbertster
Member
Pretty cool. Hope it's better than those live action video's we got for Reach that tried to explain the planet Reach.