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[FUNKNOWN iXi]

Anyone get the sense that

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the focus on the Chief's humanity, combined with the loss of Cortana, the speech at the end and Chief stripping down, implies that the Master Chief will not be in Mjolnir in Halo 5.

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Link without his Master Sword?

I wouldn't take that Halo game seriously.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

You think people are 5 shotting too easily?

I don't know if it's the autoaim/ hitboxes or what - but it's a pretty easy thing to pull off. Strafing being sped up would be nice for sure

 

[The Librarian]

You think people are 5 shotting too easily?

Not to toot my own skill level, but it's a lot harder to kill with the Carbine than it is the BR or the DMR, and I'm still holding my own!

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Just found out Over traded in his copy.
Halo 4 Euro League needs some love.

What the fuck.

Although, if someone dislikes a game as much as he did, you best get rid of it.

I did it with BF3.

 

[LAUGHTREY]

Yes.

I would agree with this. The auto-aim is pretty strong.

 

[Woorloog]

Anyone have an Unlock Guide for the known emblems?

I keep seeing a few that look cool, but i don't know which commendations to focus on

bottom of the list that you've all seen

What the fuck? Not only i cannot re-create my Halo 3/Reach emblem, i cannot play without an emblem?
FUCK THIS SHIT!
And to get the frigging green visor, i need to play god fucking knows how many months?

As i complained earlier, something being out of my reach discourages me from playing.

Sorry. Bad day.

 

[Conor 419]

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Link without his Master Sword?

I wouldn't take that Halo game seriously.

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The ending seemed to imply drastic change, however upon just rewatching it. I'm not so convinced any more.

Edit - Also the 'Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock' scene was fucking stupid, what were they thinking?

 

[BigShow36]

ok

I mean, it's not like I was expecting it to be any different; it's been way too easy to 4 or 5 shot since Halo 2. I was just ... hoping.

 

[Garrett 2U]

Anyone get the sense that

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the focus on the Chief's humanity, combined with the loss of Cortana, the speech at the end and Chief stripping down, implies that the Master Chief will not be in Mjolnir in Halo 5.

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I bet he is going to get an upgrade

 

[Gazzawa]

What the fuck.

Although, if someone dislike a game as much as he did, you best get rid of it.

I did it with BF3.

Over?! Noooooo! Lol I think this game is getting the GTA 4 treatment lol.
BF3 sucked tho man. Thats a 5/10 game on the 360.
Halo 4 is just getting started

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I hope

 

[Pop]

Theater broken? I just played some Infinity and had a cool stick across the entire map. Went to check theater and no films found. Wut?

Press Start, go down, go to File Browser and search film & clips.

 

[J10]

I don't know if it's the autoaim/ hitboxes or what - but it's a pretty easy thing to pull off. Strafing being sped up would be nice for sure

I've been meaning to ask about hitboxes. Are they exceptionally big in this game? I've noticed myself getting headshots while aiming at above the shoulder, clearly missing the actual head. Or is that just latency showing me something different from what's actually happening?

 

[Trey]

- Why wouldn't the Chief comment on the new Spartans? I mean, what?
- There should have been focus on Earth's greatest hero not being dead.
- I wish more of the equipment used were commented on by Chief/Cortana.
- It feels like three books characterising the Didact, was ultimately a waste of time.
- Del Rio will go down as one of the worst characters in entertainment history.

S4s: The Chief's stoicism makes sense. The particulars of the Spartan IV's are unimportant to him in light of his current objective. I'm surprised, though, that Cortana didn't quip something along the lines of, "well, the UNSC has been busy."

343 is writing the S4s as a small deal. They're just a part of the fiction.

Chief being a big deal: The current arc of the fiction is taking an anti-S2 tone, mostly because of the fallout with Halsey. The Chief is a legend however, and like I said above, the situation surrounding Chief's first contact with humanity doesn't allow for pomp and circumstance. Lasky literally owes his life to the Chief, and Palmer gives a noticeable amount of reverence to the Chief. I was happy 343 didn't overplay that scene, personally.

equipment: I'm guessing you're talking about all the new weapons? Sure.

Didact: We haven't seen the last of him, not by far.

Del Rio: Hyperbole. Del Rio is not an important enough character to go down as anything. He's a plot device and nothing more.

Yup, last chance for anyone on the fence.

Good stuff, folks.

Is Meltdown the map with the light bridge in the middle and winds under itself?

I'll just say that map looked a lot bigger in the previews. It's actually relatively small.

DMR and sprint tend to have the effect.

Del Rio was the only one who could actually deliver good lines. As a character, I didn't like him, but his voice actor was great and the only one who showed emotion.

All the voice actors spoke their lines well in my opinion. Dr. Tillson was a standout for me.

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Wish she would have lived.

 

[Orochinagis]

Anyone get the sense that

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the focus on the Chief's humanity, combined with the loss of Cortana, the speech at the end and Chief stripping down, implies that the Master Chief will not be in Mjolnir in Halo 5.

More like he is taking a nap for all this nonsense like Commander Shepard before ME4 .

Just played a game of Abandon where a guy with an SR rank of 72 and his buddies capped the flag 4 times before spawn camping us because we were lucky to spawn sunny side. Utter shit.

Happened to me yesterday, I refuse to play objetives solo now.

 

[TheOddOne]

What the fuck.

Although, if someone dislikes a game as much as he did, you best get rid of it.

I did it with BF3.

Truly dark days. HaloGAF shall rise again.

In other news, The Binary Rifle is so good. So good.

 

[Deputy Moonman]

I laughed, heartedly -

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http://i.minus.com/iBkL6SqnCQ2eT.png

Did anyone have the same reaction as me when (campaign spoilers!! -->)

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Tillman and the other scientists died? I just busted out laughing both times playing through the campaign when her face was disentegrated.

That was too good and totally unexpected I guess that makes me the sick one, but it was hilarious. I will probably play the campaign again multiple times just to watch that scene.

 

[Trey]

Please no.

The only correct response.

I mean, it's not like I was expecting it to be any different; it's been way too easy to 4 or 5 shot since Halo 2. I was just ... hoping.

I have noticed I've been pulling off five shots much more frequently.

 

[Talents]

Anyone have an Unlock Guide for the known emblems?

I keep seeing a few that look cool, but i don't know which commendations to focus on

bottom of the list that you've all seen

Where the hell is the double crescent?

 

[The P of Poland]

God Tier:
Haven
Adrift

Good:
Longbow
Solace

Decent:
Meltdown

Bad:
Vortex
Exile

Garbage:
Ragnarok
Complex
Abandon

Better.

 

[Tunavi]

I really hate instant respawns, and PV, still.

Slayer Pro.

 

[The Librarian]

Slayer Pro.

No Carbine, no sale!

 

[Conor 419]

More like he is taking a nap for all this nonsense like Commander Shepard before Halo 5.

Oh THAT'S a fucking point.

The Didact kinda fell victim of the Harbinger effect for a lot of Halo 4. His voice was in the background so frequently that he essentially just became background noise, with his grand lines of self importance and will being completely ignored, he was speaking to himself.

Also, what's up with 'Auto Sentry' representing the majority of allied AI, as a function of time, in Halo 4?

And lastly again, that RPSLS scene, whaaaaat?

 

[LAUGHTREY]

Slayer Pro.

Has instant respawns.

 

[Akai__]

BO2 in-game friendlist is in alphabetical order.

#teamslurp

Why is this such a big deal for you?

Not hating, just asking for the reason.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

I haven't had a chance to talk about meeting Gui yet.
Man, he is a super awesome guy. Met up, ate some good ramen together, chatted about Halo 4, life in London, making big changes in ones life and of course HaloGAF in general.

My friends, who just happened to be in London at the same time didn't know what to make of the whole, "I want to meet this Portuguese guy from the internet." but we all had a good time.

Introduced him to Forbidden Planet too, the lucky devil.

 

[L1NETT]

Just found out Over traded in his copy.
Halo 4 Euro League needs some love.

:/

Looking more likely that I can't take part either. (not trading in my copy-yet)

Edit: Sounds awesome ze. We/us should go to the next Gaf London meet up.

 

[xxjuicesxx]

Adrift is not good lol. Bunch of Orbitals tunnels smashed together. Combined with lifts, promethean vision and mecha robots...

Get out of here.

Only good map is Haven and that map could be so much cooler looking.

Ragnarok is good when you are winning bad when you are losing.

The rest of the BTB maps are ALL snowy big maps with a bunch of rocks...no soul at all. tons of nooks and crannies to hide in and snipe away with power weapons like its friggen CoD. No spot has any identification.

 

[Mister Negative]

Adrift is not good lol. Bunch of Orbitals tunnels smashed together. Combined with lifts, promethean vision and mecha robots...

Get out of here.

Only good map is Haven and that map could be so much cooler looking.

Ragnarok is good when you are winning bad when you are losing.

The rest of the BTB maps are ALL snowy big maps with a bunch of rocks...no soul at all. tons of nooks and crannies to hide in and snipe away with power weapons like its friggen CoD. No spot has any identification.

I know that it's not an objectively good map but I enjoy most of my matches on it for some reason. It's pretty much dominated by PV too.

 

[Tashi]

No Carbine, no sale!

For real. We need a hybrid playlist. I need that no radar!

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

juices to follow Over.

 

[zlatko]

Tashi how are you feeling about H4 multiplayer?

 

[Shadders]

S4s: The Chief's stoicism makes sense. The particulars of the Spartan IV's are unimportant to him in light of his current objective. I'm surprised, though, that Cortana didn't quip something along the lines of, "well, the UNSC has been busy."

343 is writing the S4s as a small deal. They're just a part of the fiction.

I think there should have been explanation for the sake of all the players who haven't read any of the books, a couple of my friends had to ask me why there were still Spartan IIIs left as they thought they had all died on Reach. Wouldn't have taken a lot to explain their backstory.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Edit: Sounds awesome ze. We/us should go to the next Gaf London meet up.

Gui was certainly interested in going. Unlikely I'll be there considering the cost of flying over.

 

[Akai__]

I don't understand the hate for Halo 4

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and BF3

.

Yes, right now it's frustrating, but already trading in your copy? Come on guys...

 

[TheOddOne]

I don't understand the hate for Halo 4

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and BF3

.

Yes, right now it's frustrating, but already trading in your copy? Come on guys...

Overdoziz: it is poop.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Someone explain the Spartan III timeline for me a bit. It's the only one I'm confused about. Reach had them there, but weren't they also what Kurt was in charge of in Ghosts of Onyx, which was long after Reach?

Did Bungie just pull a "Fall of Reach" and retcon the IIIs?

I don't understand the hate for Halo 4

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and BF3

.

Yes, right now it's frustrating, but already trading in your copy? Come on guys...

With you here, but it's their time. It's much better than Reach, yet people are getting rid of it when they stuck with Reach.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Someone explain the Spartan III timeline for me a bit. It's the only one I'm confused about. Reach had them there, but weren't they also what Kurt was in charge of in Ghosts of Onyx, which was long after Reach?

Did Bungie just pull a "Fall of Reach" and retcon the IIIs?

Long after Reach? Halo Reach - 3 happens in the space of weeks/months.

With you here, but it's their time. It's much better than Reach, yet people are getting rid of it when they stuck with Reach.

Makes sense people would be less patient after Reach, holding on only to be let down again.

 

[xxjuicesxx]

juices to follow Over.

No course not I still have the occasional need to prove I'm smarter and better at video games than 15 year old kids. Cant believe Over sold his Halo. Plus my GF bought it for me that would look silly trading it in for cash.

 

[Genesis Knight]

Is there any sort of power-level comparison between the Spartan programs?

As in, all other things equal, would S2s beat S3s, would S4s beat S3s, would S2s beat S4s, etc. Not referencing any particular Spartan like Master Chief, just speaking generally.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

No course not I still have the occasional need to prove I'm smarter and better at video games than 15 year old kids. Cant believe Over sold his Halo. Plus my GF bought it for me that would look silly trading it in for cash.

Unless you bought her... a ring!

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Bad Halo joke

Long after Reach? Halo Reach - 3 happens in the space of weeks/months.

Ah, alright, I never remember the time frame on Reach to the rest. Ghosts of Onyx was after 3 (or during?) right? So why do III's "get created" during that book, yet appear on Reach? Just ret-con?

 

[ncsuDuncan]

I feel like a lot of the Halo 4 maps are just pretending to be symmetrical.

I'd really like to see the heatmaps; large portions of Complex and Vortex go unused. There are a lot of great building/room designs that seem to be wasted on maps that don't seem to have any logical flow.

 

[Pop]

With you here, but it's their time. It's much better than Reach, yet people are getting rid of it when they stuck with Reach.

Bingo!

Edit: Just got Blops 2

 

[Conor 419]

I'm actually enjoying the multiplayer. The DMR, Ordinance and the lack of a server browser are a fucking pain, but besides I think the core game is pretty good and definitely a step above Reach.

 

[Orochinagis]

Is there any sort of power-level comparison between the Spartan programs?

As in, all other things equal, would S2s beat S3s, would S4s beat S3s, would S2s beat S4s, etc. Not referencing any particular Spartan like Master Chief, just speaking generally.

S2>S4>S3>S1

I think the S3s are the weakest because their armors sucks and had PTSD, while the S4 are just aumentated ODST with power armor.

 

[zlatko]

I'm actually enjoying the multiplayer. The DMR, Ordinance and the lack of a server browser are a fucking pain, but besides I think the core game is pretty good and definitely a step above Reach.

+1

Game is a blast,a nd it can only get better with Frank at the wheel.

 

[HigherLevel]

What is Over going to do now that he can't write unfunny versions of Kylej/juices posts?

 

[Conor 419]

S2>S4>S3>S1

I think the S3s are the weakest because their armors sucks and had PTSD, while the S4 are just aumentated ODST with power armor.

I'd imagine it's actually S2 > S3 > S4 > S1

The S3's had better training.

 

[Trey]

Is there any sort of power-level comparison between the Spartan programs?

As in, all other things equal, would S2s beat S3s, would S4s beat S3s, would S2s beat S4s, etc. Not referencing any particular Spartan like Master Chief, just speaking generally.

It's really difficult to say. Since no S4 has been developed in fiction to the extent of S2s and S3s, there is no real way to compare. I guess you could assume that S4s received better augmentations compared to S3s, like the S3s got better augs than the S2s, but even that's no guarantee of them being superior because the S2s were written as "better" (or more special) than the S3s anyways.

Unless you bought her... a ring!

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Bad Halo joke

Speaking of bad jokes, I thought of this zinger as I typed up a reply to the gaming side thread.

When's the best time to get laid?

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On Prom Knight.

 

[senador]

Adrift is not good lol. Bunch of Orbitals tunnels smashed together. Combined with lifts, promethean vision and mecha robots...

Get out of here.

Only good map is Haven and that map could be so much cooler looking.

Ragnarok is good when you are winning bad when you are losing.

The rest of the BTB maps are ALL snowy big maps with a bunch of rocks...no soul at all. tons of nooks and crannies to hide in and snipe away with power weapons like its friggen CoD. No spot has any identification.

Adrift is alright, I'm enjoying it anyway.

I don't get the hate on Ragnarok. Seems to play nearly the same as Valhalla did in my experience.

Are any maps good when you are losing?

 

[Shadders]

I haven't heard of anything from Marvel in ages. Are they doing any more Halo stuff?