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[Fuchsdh]

Just saw DoS last weekend. Other than the fact that they didn't need 3 long films this time around and the adaptation continued the path of adding tons of filler, it was alright. Better than Unexpected Journey, imo. However, one thing that bugged me throughout the film was the inconsistency of the post-production, esp. CG. It's like they spent a bunch of their

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CG budget on Smaug, the orcs, and the forest stuff, then stretched whatever they had left to make the rest. Especially disappointing were the quality of many parts of the barrel escape and the molten gold. Shots from those parts killed the immersion so much for me at times, with unnatural looking animations and poor art (dat gold - smh). Then you see some of the other scenes and those same areas of complaint are done amazingly well.

Overall, good flick, but like the first, could have been better. I would imagine if one has only seen the movies too, some of the "imminent danger" is removed from the Hobbit films since you know certain characters are never really in peril (Legolas, Gandalf, Bilbo, etc.) since they appear in LOTR. Of course, same is true of book readers, but it's more important in movies usually.

I haven't seen either film yet, but yeah the CG looks pretty terrible in places--like late 1990s "let's use CG for everything even though the tech isn't there!" bad. Which is doubly bad because LOTR was one of the first films to really do justice to the CG by layering it in really well with the practical effects.

I've been wondering if some of the crap is purely down to Jackson's desire for 48fps. That's double the amount of frames you have to roto and render in post, at the very least, as well as less blurring to hide mistakes. Maybe the budget got squeezed partially by that. 'Tis a shame.

Good luck hopefully it doesn't get infected and it's patched up.

What about Amanda Tapping better I like her more than Yvonne.

Dat '90s hair. I'd love to have Tapping and some of the SG crew as characters in a Halo game--they've got some pretty great voices in the cast.

Get Fuchsdh, Fuchsdh.

Dammit guys, it's get Fuchsdh, Fuchsdhdhdhdhdh. We went over this already!

Any bets on when we're going to get SA for January? Hoping it's before Mortal Dictata so I can burn through the game first.

 

[The Real Napsta]

Can i get a link (that works) to the youtube video that gif was made from?

 

[Plywood]

This is the best shit I have ever seen.

holy shit.

hahahahahahahaha holy shit dude

i will never fully appreciate your genius.

Its things like these that I used to come here for. Seems I need to be checking back in more often.

Holy shit! There goes my coffee. lol

/dead

Plywood wins again.

Nowise made it all possible.

Can i get a link (that works) to the youtube video that gif was made from?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dI092c4Mcg

 

[Mistel]

Can i get a link (that works) to the youtube video that gif was made from?

The wheelchair one? http://youtube.com/watch?v=0dI092c4Mcg

Or the Amanda Tapping one? I could have a look around when I'm not on mobile.

 

[Genesis Knight]

What does Halo GAF think of Planetside 2? Thinking about going PS4 next gen but I'm worried about not having a Halo game for the first time in...a decade...

 

[Caayn]

Yeeuuh just received Helljumper, Fall of Reach bootcamp, Bloodlines and the Halo 4 edition of The essential visual guide Thank you mailman.

 

[Havok]

What does Halo GAF think of Planetside 2? Thinking about going PS4 next gen but I'm worried about not having a Halo game for the first time in...a decade...

It's a really neat experience when you're in a ludicrously large convoy filled with other players just because of the scale, but the moment-to-moment gameplay isn't really much to write home about from the little I've played. It's very much an ADS shooter with some twists here and there.

 

[The Real Napsta]

Thanks Plywood

 

[Garrett 2U]

What does Halo GAF think of Planetside 2? Thinking about going PS4 next gen but I'm worried about not having a Halo game for the first time in...a decade...

If you are playing with a large group that knows what they are doing then it's a truly next gen experience and really fun.
If you're not, it can be rather... meh.

Nowise made it all possible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dI092c4Mcg

Incredible, 9.8/10

 

[Tashi]

Happy Birthday Overdoziz

 

[Syphon Filter]

Don't you get banned if you mod a 360 game?

 

[Netprints]

That is the greatest thing I have seen in a long time.

 

[Mistel]

Don't you get banned if you mod a 360 game?

You do but I assume there are way's around it for gabotron to distribute the game types he makes.

 

[User 73706]

You do but I assume there are way's around it for gabotron to distribute the game types he makes.

Gabo's not modding, he's just editing the raw coding of gametypes to make cool stuff.

Nowise probably sticks to a homebrew console or local commands so he doesn't get baleeted.

 

[Nowise10]

Reach is the only one that actually has a wheelchair in the game probably.

Reach is the only one that actually has a wheelchair in the game probably.

That's correct

The campaign mission Exodus, and New Alexandra are the only missions that have the wheelchair on it, so the footage you see is actually on the campaign mission, but with all the scripts for it nulled out, and a HUD change to make it looks like a custom game.

Adding new tags and models to levels is now possible, so I probably could added the wheelchair to like, Forgeworld, but I'm not familiar with how to do it at all, and since I made this mod along time ago, I didn't really care. And as far as I know, you don't get banned if you mod offline. I'm sure a Microsoft employee probably could if they really cared, but I don't see why they would.

 

[CyReN]

Have Tom Salta do the Halo 5 soundtrack.

 

[bidguy]

whoever does it better make it orchestral
marc streitenfeld would be cool but hes only doing movies i think

 

[User 73706]

Have Tom Saltin-ga the Halo 5 soundtrack.

no

whoever does it better make it orchestral
marc streitenfeld would be cool but hes only doing movies i think

no

Pull a Metroid Prime. Davidge does ambience, Jinnouchi does event themes and primary leitmotifs, Davidge further escalates Jinnouchi's themes in times of significant combat (see Jinnouchi's 117 to Davidge's Mantis). Have a remix album and throw in some fan involvement, like how Halo4Remix worked. Better publicize the winner and include more track stems. Throw in an "All Your Bass" skull that replaces in-game music with the remake variants.

Tom Salta and zombie Steven Rippy can do music for satellite spinoffs.

 

[Mistel]

Gabo's not modding, he's just editing the raw coding of gametypes to make cool stuff.

Nowise probably sticks to a homebrew console or local commands so he doesn't get baleeted.

My bad i was going off what ozzy said that the gametype's gabo made, count as modded content according to waypoint's rules.

 

[Caayn]

A more Metroid Prime like OST wouldn't hurt, in fact I think it could work amazing in a Halo game. The first Metroid Prime nailed the mix between sounding futuristic and ancient at the same time.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

I liked the Halo 4 OST, but the game was missing monks. That's all I'm asking for, monks, why can't we have the monks? ;'[

Only a select few games/movies have themes that are so synonymous with them that even people who don't play/watch them know where they're from. Halo was one of those, it's time to bring it back.

Batman
Superman
Star Wars
Halo

And while we're at it, Halo 1 & 2 menu trailers: Halo 1 (Part 1, Part 2), Halo 2

 

[Caayn]

Halo 4 missed the monks that's for sure, but to be honest I don't remember a single soundtrack from the Halo 4 OST.

And while we're at it, Halo 1 & 2 menu trailers: Halo 1 (Part 1, Part 2), Halo 2

Oh wow, that brings back memories.

 

[User 73706]

Speaking of music, I'm spring cleaning and found stems to my old canned HaloGAF soundtrack project. Should I trash what I have (example being UNACCEPTABLEEEWUBWUBWUB) or rework it into a quick and dirty free EP for you guys?

 

[aHebrewMenagerie]

Speaking of music, I'm spring cleaning and found stems to my old canned HaloGAF soundtrack project. Should I trash what I have (example being UNACCEPTABLEEEWUBWUBWUB) or rework it into a quick and dirty free EP for you guys?

I remember when we were doing the HaloGAF tourney thing and you made a team theme song. That shit was the bomb. I think it was you, me, Cyren, and Plywood on the team.

 

[TheOddOne]

Happy Birthday Overdoziz

Whut. I thought GUI was born this day.

 

[daedalius]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/12/27/the-character-progression-of-destiny.aspx

Like you have one sniper rifle which is really good in competitive multiplayer because it has high burst damage and a good precision damage modifier.

Hmmm

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Whut. I thought GUI was born this day.

They are the same person.

 

[TheOddOne]

They are the same person.

Things are kind of making more sense right now.

 

[The Real Napsta]

Just went back and finished the last two Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary achievements I didn't have. (speed reader and that just happened)

I never want to play the library again...

 

[heckfu]

Just went back and finished the last two Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary achievements I didn't have. (speed reader and that just happened)

I never want to play the library again...

The Library is one of the best levels in Halo history. Fact.

 

[Gui_PT]

I can feel it. I can finally feel it. I am Overdoziz

...

I HATE EVERYTHING

 

[Mistel]

Just went back and finished the last two Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary achievements I didn't have. (speed reader and that just happened)

I never want to play the library again...

I remembered hating it in CE so I've just left it I don't even want to attempt it. In the destiny link daedalius posted there's some concept art for the armor:

The one the second from the left helmet reminds me of that ugly gungnir one.

 

[User 73706]

Just went back and finished the last two Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary achievements I didn't have. (speed reader and that just happened)

I never want to play the library again...

I need those, too.

 

[Fuchsdh]

I need those, too.

If you need help I'm always done. The cheating but low-pain way of getting the no-deaths one is just to save and quit when you reach milestones and dashboard if you die. Speed Reader is no issue with two people, bandanna or no.

 

[wwm0nkey]

I remembered hating it in CE so I've just left it I don't even want to attempt it. In the destiny link daedalius posted there's some concept art for the armor:

The one the second from the left helmet reminds me of that ugly gungnir one.

3rd design looks like a sci-fi take on Artorias

 

[Mistel]

3rd design looks like a sci-fi take on Artorias

So it does I didn't notice that when I first saw it. The other concept art for the titan's with a bit of rust and minor changes like dent's wouldn't look out of place in fallout, the pair on the left most noticeably.

 

[wwm0nkey]

Yo so that Project Spark stuff is pretty legit and easy to use

Didn't take long to remake that part of Beaver Creek at all.

 

[User 73706]

Yo so that Project Spark stuff is pretty legit and easy to use

Didn't take long to remake that part of Beaver Creek at all.

...just how much can you customize and how does distribution work? Are the mechanics essentially limited to crearing a specialized series of gameplay per "sessions," or will we start seeing suites or rather entire metagames appear in Spark?

 

[wwm0nkey]

...just how much can you customize and how does distribution work? Are the mechanics essentially limited to crearing a specialized series of gameplay per "sessions," or will we start seeing suites or rather entire metagames appear in Spark?

Well the gun, reticle, counter and other features were all made from scratch from one guy and you can download the "brain" and models and share them.

So say you wanted to do your Gravity Gauntlet idea, find a way to code it in and make a model and either make your own thing around it or share it as part of a larger vision with a team of people.

So HaloGAF could all team up and make a Halo like game on this if we all really wanted too.

 

[User 73706]

Well the gun, reticle, counter and other features were all made from scratch from one guy and you can download the "brain" and models and share them.

So say you wanted to do your Gravity Gauntlet idea, find a way to code it in and make a model and either make your own thing around it or share it as part of a larger vision with a team of people.

So HaloGAF could all team up and make a Halo like game on this if we all really wanted too.

...so there's room for further HUD customization? Mother of god.

 

[wwm0nkey]

...so there's room for further HUD customization? Mother of god.

Game is pretty legit oh and Free, that part is cool too I guess.

Someone already made Tetris on here too.

 

[Syphon Filter]

check it

 

[belushy]

Yo so that Project Spark stuff is pretty legit and easy to use

Didn't take long to remake that part of Beaver Creek at all.

Awesome!

I'm still holding out hope they will eventually allow us to add our own models to the game. The gun model is great right there, but that is about as far as you can go in terms of detail I'd say.

Haven't gotten much play time on it. Mainly because my laptop has a hard time running (hoping the eventual patches optimize it a bit) and because Civ 5 has me on a leash lol

 

[wwm0nkey]

Awesome!

I'm still holding out hope they will eventually allow us to add our own models to the game. The gun model is great right there, but that is about as far as you can go in terms of detail I'd say.

Haven't gotten much play time on it. Mainly because my laptop has a hard time running (hoping the eventual patches optimize it a bit) and because Civ 5 has me on a leash lol

$10 on there being guns in the sci-fi pack. Hell 343 could let them do a Halo pack if they really wanted too.

 

[belushy]

$10 on there being guns in the sci-fi pack. He'll 343 could let them do a Halo pack if they really wanted too.

Great point. It does seem that the two studios are good friends based on twitter interactions and considering BSangel has shown up on a PS stream.

Semi-related, I wonder if Microsoft will try and get 343 to do weekly streams like Team Dakota and the Age of Empires guys do. It really helps get the games out there. Host Bravo and Hostess bsangel with a special guest from the dev team every week (or even bi-weekly) would be awesome. Didn't the KIller Instinct guys do streams too?

 

[VivaciousJazzy]

Yo so that Project Spark stuff is pretty legit and easy to use

Didn't take long to remake that part of Beaver Creek at all.

This game is gonna be huge.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

This game is gonna be huge.

I hope so. They need better options for art styles and stuff.

m0nkey, have they revealed any of that stuff yet or just talked about it?

 

[Dongs Macabre]

Project Spark looks awesome. I wonder if it's possible for Spark to be integrated into future MS Studios titles. Imagine Halo Xbox One with Spark instead of Forge.

 

[Mistel]

check it

Those are some nice pelicans in the background. I'm glad chief lights are in the helmet instead, low light visibility aids seem to fluctuate quite a bit in the technology front.

I may have completely broken balance in GTA online, when someone posts in the online thread I'll post it there.

 

[Orochinagis]

weird foam patch thing. And bandages. But the bone wasn't visible till Monday so I am going back.

Looks like your skin is peeling off to restore the whole area.