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Halo |OT9| One Final Effort Is All That Remains
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VIRAL MARKETING!
Ajemsuhgao
Member
Looking forward to unboxing you November 6th?
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
This could get dirty Oogie..
Steelyuhas
Member
Replacing the UNSC Shotgun with the Scattershot disrupts the simplicity of the gametype?
I just can't tell what the medals are. When you look at those medals in a row like that, they all look the same to me, which is not the case with Bungie's medals. They don't have a enough contrast off each other and some of them are relatively complex art for something that needs to seen so small.
Don't mean to get argumentative with you, just slapping my thoughts down on the page.
Is the Halo 4 Dashboard theme out? I'm not really a theme guy, but this one looks pretty cool.
I would say just based on how it looks, Halo 4 has more balls than Reach. Reach did a lot of great things but the surrounding eco system just didn't support it well enough. The stock gametypes sucked as they usually do. With Halo 4, I think you can truly say it has its own "identity" And obviously people are going to say it's like Halo 2, 3, CE, or Reach in certain aspects but I mean the game on the whole. The maps, the gametype settings, how the loadouts are done. Everything. It doesn't feel disjointed at all.
I'll know for sure in about a week at NYCC.
That's pretty badass right there
That was basically the only logical reason gameplay wise they could bring up. It is not very sound, but would not be surprising if they argued that way. Other than that reasoning, they either did not have enough time to go balls out with the mode or down the line matchmaking/playlist changes will be implemented to improve the mode.
Agree with you that the medals do all look a bit too much the same.
scar tissue
Banned
Pretty sure we saw a pic of the mech taking down phantoms in an outdoor setting ages ago.
This is the best post of this entire |OT|. It should be plastered on the first page of the next |OT| and tattooed on the hearts of millions.
Agreed.
Xbox press site has a new video uploaded about Halo 4 remix contest.
scar tissue
Banned
Does Bungie have any creative control over the book?
While reading Glasslands the other day, it occurred to me that the AI "BB" could be a homage by Bungie to the late halogaf member berserker barrage, who used to sign his posts with ~BB.
Any credibility to this theory?
While reading Glasslands the other day, it occurred to me that the AI "BB" could be a homage by Bungie to the late halogaf member berserker barrage, who used to sign his posts with ~BB.
Any credibility to this theory?
Deputy Moonman
Member
I can see the thruster pack being very useful, but how awesome would it have been (and scary) playing as survivors and the flood being partially cloaked or something? They could have had a certain guttural breathing sound that gave them away the closer they got. So if you had a group, it would be haunting. I'm just looking for things to change up the gametype outside of visual improvements that don't really improve game-play.
Yes, and ask some solid questions, please.
I think they were waiting for Bungie to move out of the Safeway building
Deputy Moonman
Member
Well we all want it to be true or come true, including myself, but the game isn't even out yet. Best to keep hopes and dreams tempered slightly. I'll be super happy if half of that list ends up coming true for Halo 4 by the beginning of next year, when people will have had ample time to play the game and come to honest conclusions.
My internet went down yesterday so I went so sleep.
I don't remember who I was talking about so I just blamed you.
Edit: Oh I remember, it was someone saying
"Well they don't have a religion now, they have to follow someone"
Sitting in an airport. Unreal.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I guess I lied, I've popped in some ODST and started playing it again before 4's release. I said before that I felt it was more appropriate as Bungie's swan song and I recall Dax asking me why I felt that way since he agreed with the sentiment, and I think I inelegantly said something along the lines of "durrr because its a good game" without having much to say on it.
Thinking about it right now as I'm playing and what I can see resonating with me are a couple of things. Namely the FOV is refreshing, being the widest of the new Halo games on 360; from what I can tell it's actually at or close to 90 horizontally. It's a bummer they couldn't somehow patch that into Halo 3. They also tweaked the grenade arc-- well, they do that in every game, but it's most noticeable here because since Halo 2 you practically always needed to angle yourself up to get a nade to go anywhere while the ODSTs had a good toss with your crosshair at headshot alignment. They also reintroduced health! Well, it was really just health and shields thinly veiled as stamina. Though the most interesting of all is that it featured the updated sandbox up to that point while introducing its own things like Engineers and silenced pistol/SMG, but it stripped away from all the gimmicks of 2 and 3; you couldn't dual wield, and you didn't have equipment to toss.
What I'm focusing on here are the mechanics but it felt like a CE for the current day, while being different from what Halo was. You had Marty's new music, you had some ties thematically to CE's sense of isolation, and I think even from a development standpoint it was a smaller crew getting it all together. It just seemed like a more appropriate send-off to Bungie's contribution to the franchise. i heart odst
Oh and on an unrelated note does anyone have any stick grips they can recommend? My 360 pad's sticks are getting worn down to the plastic and I don't wanna get an entirely new controller.
I can see the Halo 1 power through the shorter kill times with a lot of the weapons, and I can see the Reach "balls" in how it's trying to change the formula, but what is the Halo 2 soul? What is the Halo 3 style, and how is it not redundant with Wars' presentation? What is the vision in ODST's storytelling that you see in 4?
Thinking about it right now as I'm playing and what I can see resonating with me are a couple of things. Namely the FOV is refreshing, being the widest of the new Halo games on 360; from what I can tell it's actually at or close to 90 horizontally. It's a bummer they couldn't somehow patch that into Halo 3. They also tweaked the grenade arc-- well, they do that in every game, but it's most noticeable here because since Halo 2 you practically always needed to angle yourself up to get a nade to go anywhere while the ODSTs had a good toss with your crosshair at headshot alignment. They also reintroduced health! Well, it was really just health and shields thinly veiled as stamina. Though the most interesting of all is that it featured the updated sandbox up to that point while introducing its own things like Engineers and silenced pistol/SMG, but it stripped away from all the gimmicks of 2 and 3; you couldn't dual wield, and you didn't have equipment to toss.
What I'm focusing on here are the mechanics but it felt like a CE for the current day, while being different from what Halo was. You had Marty's new music, you had some ties thematically to CE's sense of isolation, and I think even from a development standpoint it was a smaller crew getting it all together. It just seemed like a more appropriate send-off to Bungie's contribution to the franchise. i heart odst
Oh and on an unrelated note does anyone have any stick grips they can recommend? My 360 pad's sticks are getting worn down to the plastic and I don't wanna get an entirely new controller.
Would you mind elaborating on some of those? I don't want to be a downer or anything, it's just before release it doesn't seem to mean anything.
I can see the Halo 1 power through the shorter kill times with a lot of the weapons, and I can see the Reach "balls" in how it's trying to change the formula, but what is the Halo 2 soul? What is the Halo 3 style, and how is it not redundant with Wars' presentation? What is the vision in ODST's storytelling that you see in 4?SHIFTYkiwi
Member
Dreams a free.
Honestly I do not expect much in the way of a competitive ranking system for Halo 4. I would love for a ranking system that brought back the same feeling of 1-50 from Halo 3, but I am not to sure it is going to happen for me in H4. I have an odd feeling that we are going to end up with a rehashed Halo reach "arena" based system that hopefully iron's out some of the issues that evolved with reach. However I do not believe any ranking system could replace the same sense of feeling that I personally experienced from 1-50. Although I would love to be proven wrong.
343 please prove me wrong.
First of them i won't be downloading...
Deputy Moonman
Member
I don't want an arena system that requires X number of games over X amount of time. I just want something that takes into consideration what I do whenever i can and want to play. But that doesn't mean I want the Reach exp. system, either (barf?). While not everyone liked the 1-50 rank, it was simple to grasp and gave a player an instant reward for playing. How is this a bad plan?
Tha Robbertster
Member
I'd love an arena like ranking system, without the monthly rank resets. If you get to onyx, you can lose it if there are people who rise above you. If you want your rank back, you'd have to play some more games. It would basically be like a leaderboard.
So if you don't play, you start to lose your rank. If you bought your high rank and you're way worse than your rank indicates, you'll lose your high ranking.
The only problem I see with the system is that after a while, new people would have to play a lot of games to get to a high rank.
So if you don't play, you start to lose your rank. If you bought your high rank and you're way worse than your rank indicates, you'll lose your high ranking.
The only problem I see with the system is that after a while, new people would have to play a lot of games to get to a high rank.
Deputy Moonman
Member
Episode 1 premieres on the 5th (Friday).
Gabotron ES
Member
Forge news plz
ElzarTheBam
Member
Tha Robbertster
Member
Jij hoort hier niet thuis!
You stay out of Dutch GAF! It's a special place.
Deputy Moonman
Member
Ik denk dat ik mijn broek geplast
Tha Robbertster
Member
No, no! Stop this madness!
By the way, it's ''ik denk dat ik in mijn broek heb geplast''
ElzarTheBam
Member
No, no! Stop this madness!
By the way, it's ''ik denk dat ik in mijn broek heb geplast''
we zullen niet stoppen!
Deputy Moonman
Member
No, no! Stop this madness!
By the way, it's ''ik denk dat ik in mijn broek heb geplast''
Haha yeah I have no idea what I'm saying
google translate ftl!
I'm done lol
Gabotron ES
Member
Will try not to use many vehicles during my first campaign experience, the mech part looks like it will be lots of fun.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Si, señor.
Yeah. They've been quiet about it for a while now. I just want to see if any of the forge maps come with different pieces (Other than Forerunner)
Tha Robbertster
Member
SHIFTYkiwi
Member
The rank resets were part of the reason why I only managed to get a division ranking about 3 times over the course of reach. I always thought whats the point of trying to get a rank that will just be reset in a couple months time.
I also felt as though it was somewhat too easy to gain a high ranking in arena. It didn't feeling as though there was any challenge. You would just play a few games over the week and end up in a division. Unlike in 1-50 where you progressed through the ranks over time, and every game felt as though it would have a significant impact on your rank (usually not the case if you were rank locked). However there was always a belief that if I just won one more game I would rank up. This is the thing I miss the most about 1-50 (crazy thinking, I know) but I loved attempting to progress through the ranks, even when I knew it would be unlikely I would rank up.
I didn't feel this same progression in reach's arena system, and it probably didn't seem necessary considering that there was the exp based progression system along side it. However the exp based system always seemed to me as a pointless ranking system, which shows no indication of a players ability in the game. Only their dedication to the game itself. I much more prefer Halo 3's playlist exp based system which showed other players how familiar said player was with the specific playlist based upon their exp. This accompanied with competitive ranks, usually gave players a somewhat good representation of another players ability.
A ranking system based upon these ideas is something that I would love to see in halo 4. However I do not expect it, and will remain contempt with whatever ranking systems there are in Halo 4 like a good Kiwi.
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User 73932
Banned
ik niet spreken deze taal, Halo.
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
I am ALL OVER that remix competition. Can't wait to get started!
Can't wait to get started!
Deputy Moonman
Member
At least we can still complain about the limited amount of forge news.
Moa
Member
We still do complain about the lack of info.
Sounds like we will be getting some meaty bulletins in the next five weeks then if there isn't enough for each bulletin to feature news exclusively.