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[Stinkles]

Every member of HBO gets invited to NYC playtest.

Juices and Tashi are in New York. No invite.

I declare Frankie sexist and demand repentance by giving me a preview build immediately or I will file suit with the BBB, thank you in advance.

ps. someone clean the jaggies on my avatar please

If I had known about four hours ealrier that Juices and Tashi were in NY, I'd have invited them.

 

[feel]

^ Oh man you're gonna make them cry.. :lol

The scene Claude described. Our first person view up until now has been a 'traditional' one. When we would barrel roll, our 'eyes' didn't go all screwy. Now during this one scene the camera becomes our true eyes, you see your hands grasping at things, you look down at the floor as you prop yourself back up. That's what lent itself to what I'm calling the Doom3 moment when the Elite just scares the shit out of you if you weren't expecting it. And the light effects, shadows, etc.

Other points are the HUD. And I don't mean a direct link to COD... just what other modern shooters are doing - cramming alot of info, very HD, very "realistic" and an evolution from what we've had before.

- M

I gotta jet but I'll try to post more if folks are still interested later in the day.

Sure, tells us a bit about what you remember of the multiplayer gunplay, when you get the time.

 

[Poker Face]

The scene Claude described. Our first person view up until now has been a 'traditional' one. When we would barrel roll, our 'eyes' didn't go all screwy. Now during this one scene the camera becomes our true eyes, you see your hands grasping at things, you look down at the floor as you prop yourself back up. That's what lent itself to what I'm calling the Doom3 moment when the Elite just scares the shit out of you if you weren't expecting it. And the light effects, shadows, etc.

Other points are the HUD. And I don't mean a direct link to COD... just what other modern shooters are doing - cramming alot of info, very HD, very "realistic" and an evolution from what we've had before.

- M

I gotta jet but I'll try to post more if folks are still interested later in the day.

thanks for the clarification. i thought you meant level design. i don't mind if the game takes control of the camera once in a while.

 

[Garrett 2U]

If I had known about four hours ealrier that Juices and Tashi were in NY, I'd have invited them.

Oh I bet that makes their hearts drop!

 

[Zoso Achilles]

I know It's been said there are going to be tons of control schemes possible in Halo 4, but so far everyone has said they've used one with sprint on LS. just let me know if this setup will be available:

LT: grenade
RT: shoot
LB: jump
RB: melee
LS: move/crouch
RS: look/zoom
A: Sprint
B: reload
X: AA
Y: Switch weapons
D-pad: switch nades

 

[kylej]

whoa, i was wondering who the hell you were until i saw the name. why the change?

temporary change. Cortana is best part of the Halo canon so I will wear this image with pride. Also I want Frankie to take note and give Cortana a better ass in H4 than the preview images we saw.

 

[Stinkles]

Sounds like it but I think he's trying to say "tracks."

JUST LOOK AT ALL THE

Spoiler

tracks

I GIVE.

 

[squidhands]

Every member of HBO gets invited to NYC playtest.

Juices and Tashi are in New York. No invite.

I declare Frankie sexist and demand repentance by giving me a preview build immediately or I will file suit with the BBB, thank you in advance.

ps. someone clean the jaggies on my avatar please

I heard that the dude who whined the most on Waypoint about Frankie always posting on NeoGAF got an invite too.

nice new avatar, btw.

 

[thezerofire]

>jump into Team Objective
>TU 2Flag Pro on Zealot
>Oh yeah!
>wait
>Zealot
>Not Arena Zealot



also my team is composed of fucking morons, again.

 

[Poker Face]

>jump into Team Objective
>TU 2Flag Pro on Zealot
>Oh yeah!
>wait
>Zealot
>Not Arena Zealot



also my team is composed of fucking morons, again.

if you're going into team games alone in reach, you're going to have a bad time.

 

[Hydranockz]

If I had known about four hours ealrier that Juices and Tashi were in NY, I'd have invited them.

It's funny cuz of Tashi's gamertag

 

[CyReN]

The best part of Mig name is everybody on the competitive side reads it as MLG first when reading his new article.

 

[Tunavi]

replace "business" with "halo"

 

[Blue Ninja]

The best part of Mig name is everybody on the competitive side reads it as MLG first when reading his new article.

"MLGuel? What the fuck?"

 

[WJD]

343 need to bring some playtests over to the best country of them all.

Spoiler

england of course

 

[squidhands]

if you're going into team games alone in reach, you're going to have a bad time.

One of the major reasons I don't play matchmaking any more. Anyone on my FL that still plays Reach is far superior to me in skill, so I'd only bring them down and ruin their good time. Plus it seems that most people actually get off on voting for the worst map possible, so there hasn't been a whole lot to suck me back into it.

 

[CyReN]

"MLGuel? What the fuck?"

It's posted as just "Mig"

Mig | Mlg

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

JUST LOOK AT ALL THE

Spoiler

tracks

I GIVE.

Some of these tracks in Trials are making me give many fucks. >=( So good but so frustrating.

 

[User 73706]

There will be a lot of armor perms for you to pick from and customize.

I had assumed, I was more joking that we'd get chestplates with EOD, Mark VI, etc. helmet lookalikes plated onto the center of the torso though. Hell, give us helmets on all of our armor pieces if possible.

That's good to hear though. Any chance you're allowed to at least hint as to whether or not we'll have more/less/modified armor "categories" in 4 compared to Reach? I feel like the lower half of the body was sort of overlooked. Different boots, etc. could be cool.

Spoiler

or codpieces

 

[thezerofire]

Hot Potato is such a stupid gametype

 

[squidhands]

replace "business" with "halo"

"then you go sort out the recycling, which isn't part of the foreplay but it's still very important"

love Flight of the Conchords.

 

[Freewill]

That's a nice post and all but why my quote? I was (and others too) legitimately trying to get some perspective on your opinion.

Don't take it the wrong way. You had a nice clear succinct question, which let me dive into this pool of GAFness.

 

[Poker Face]

Hopefully as customizable as Soul Calibur V! NSFW

 

[heckfu]

Folks, I'm going to get some Subway and get on Halo for a bit. See you on the playing...field?

What?

 

[Havok]

>jump into Team Objective
>TU 2Flag Pro on Zealot
>Oh yeah!
>wait
>Zealot
>Not Arena Zealot



also my team is composed of fucking morons, again.

They can't use Arena Zealot in Objective because the bomb, flag, whatever resets when it hits soft kill zones.

Too bad they didn't realize that back during Team Classic when the Beaver Creek remake had a kill zone over the teleporter when Assault was in the playlist.

Sounds so good, I loved Doom 3.

Gross.

 

[Tawpgun]

If I had known about four hours ealrier that Juices and Tashi were in NY, I'd have invited them.

Contrary to popular belief, there is a New York outside the city. And Tashi and Juices would have never been able to make it to the city with 4 hours notice.

Spoiler

But I could now

But then again, its Halo 4.

 

[daedalius]

The scene Claude described. Our first person view up until now has been a 'traditional' one. When we would barrel roll, our 'eyes' didn't go all screwy. Now during this one scene the camera becomes our true eyes, you see your hands grasping at things, you look down at the floor as you prop yourself back up. That's what lent itself to what I'm calling the Doom3 moment when the Elite just scares the shit out of you if you weren't expecting it. And the light effects, shadows, etc.

Other points are the HUD. And I don't mean a direct link to COD... just what other modern shooters are doing - cramming alot of info, very HD, very "realistic" and an evolution from what we've had before.

- M

I gotta jet but I'll try to post more if folks are still interested later in the day.

Sounds so good, I loved Doom 3.

 

[Steelyuhas]

I figured out a couple of things about the way I play because of this. Both improvements. But you can still crouch on LS at this time.

You saying there are other schemes with crouch on LS or you can currently crouch on LS with sprint also being on LS?

Played Firefight today, of course DLC comes up every time I play, but in my thousands of competitive multi games DLC has come up a handful of times.

Also One Flag, and all one sided round based objective, please be two rounds and unlimited scoring in H4.

 

[Plywood]

But as I told Claude, by the time I was 3 games in I was comfortable. The game was Halo and no matter all the enhancements, changes, etc., it had a familiar feel to it. But here's the thing, all of you are going to have the same initial reaction. It's just *different*.

Everyone ignores previous sentences and only pays attention to bolded.

 

[The Real Napsta]

They can't use Arena Zealot in Objective because the bomb, flag, whatever resets when it hits soft kill zones.

They need to use the MLG version with some BK weapons sprinkled in then.

 

[Tunavi]

I cannot wait for joining mid-game matchmaking. Not sure why it took a different company to get it in Halo...

 

[thezerofire]

They can't use Arena Zealot in Objective because the bomb, flag, whatever resets when it hits soft kill zones.

Too bad they didn't realize that back during Team Classic when the Beaver Creek remake had a kill zone over the teleporter when Assault was in the playlist.
Gross.

I don't really understand the problem. People bring into space, it resets. They learn not to bring it into space.

Or just use the MLG version

 

[Steelyuhas]

Oh and this from Mig's post:

The DMR feels like the BFG (once you master it) you never saw in Halo before.

What is BFG?

 

[Poker Face]

Pre-order Black Ops 2 at GameStop, receive poster, Prestige token, future goodies

sigh, i wish halo 4 pre-orders came with a double sided posted...

Oh and this from Mig's post:



What is BFG?

Big Fucking Gun I believe

 

[Homeboyd]

I wonder how customizable Spartan Ops will be compared to Reach's FF. If it is intended to draw that crowd, I would imagine they would have options to customize the missions to some degree. If each mission is comparable to campaign missions (or portions of one) and they are somewhat linear, not sure how far those options would be able to go.

Need more infoz.

 

[squidhands]

Oh and this from Mig's post:



What is BFG?

Big Fucking Gun, assumed meaning that it'll be the weapon of choice for a lot of people. I think 343 did this to get away from all those trashy AR/BR arguments.

 

[Overdoziz]

I cannot wait for joining mid-game matchmaking. Not sure why it took a different company to get it in Halo...

As long as it isn't possible in ranked playlists.
Oh yeah, 343, please bring back ranked playlists.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Pre-order Black Ops 2 at GameStop, receive poster, Prestige token, future goodies

sigh, i wish halo 4 pre-orders came with a double sided posted...

I hope 343i doesn't do pre-order bonuses, or if they do, have it be the same everywhere. Please no store exclusive maps/helmets/cortana thongs, kthx.

 

[FyreWulff]

Since we theoretically have one Halloween left before Reach loses the keys to it's matchmaking, it'd be nice if they actually did a Halloween LD playlist with 100% community variants and temporarily unlocked skullface + pestilence for everyone just on that day.

Spoiler

Okay, not so much the armory unlocks but it'd be nice to see a holiday playlist again

Also, still looking for Anniversary variants.

 

[Poker Face]

I hope 343i doesn't do pre-order bonuses, or if they do, have it be the same everywhere. Please no store exclusive maps/helmets/cortana thongs, kthx.

A poster pre-order at every store would be nice. I could care less about an armor varient.

 

[Striker]

Also, still looking for Anniversary variants.

What's getting added?

 

[FyreWulff]

What's getting added?

Anything for any of the Anniversary disc playlists

Anniversary Classic
Anniversary FFA
Anniversary BTB

not sure if they're interested in Anniversary Firefight variants.

 

[Barrow Roll]

Halo 4...best graphics of 2012?

Unless it's on PC, no.

 

[Risen]

http://kotaku.com/5907054/german-court-orders-microsoft-to-stop-selling-xbox-360s

off topic but... wut

 

[Overdoziz]

Fyrewulff, do you by any chance know what Forge maps have been removed and replaced by the new ones? I saw that Enclosed is still there which is pretty disappointing to say the least.

 

[The Real Napsta]

Anything for any of the Anniversary disc playlists

Anniversary Classic
Anniversary FFA
Anniversary BTB

not sure if they're interested in Anniversary Firefight variants.

What if someone made Warlock on Ridgeline? Would that be eligible? Is it even possible?

Fyrewulff, do you by any chance know what Forge maps have been removed and replaced by the new ones? I saw that Enclosed is still there which is pretty disappointing to say the least.

Some of those new forge variants are surprisingly good.

 

[Kuroyume]

One shot from the DMR will wipe out all enemies in front of you.

 

[MrGreencastle]

You saying there are other schemes with crouch on LS or you can currently crouch on LS with sprint also being on LS?

Played Firefight today, of course DLC comes up every time I play, but in my thousands of competitive multi games DLC has come up a handful of times.

Also One Flag, and all one sided round based objective, please be two rounds and unlimited scoring in H4.

I hope so. Just make it context sensitive so you can't crouch while moving, unless you're jumping. If you're already moving, make LS sprint.

Code it.

One shot from the DMR will wipe out all enemies in front of you.

Only if you've unlocked the DMR modification with Spartan Points.

 

[CyReN]

Sucks Inside Xbox got canned, could have been great for E3 with Halo 4 and future interviews.

 

[MrGreencastle]

Unless it's on PC, no.

Uncharted 3 got best graphics. People don't consider PC.