-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach
- Thread starter GhaleonEB
- Start date
Captain Blood
Member
I am more hyped for Reach...no wait ODST....no wait Reach........hype overload!
Ecchi-Time7
Banned
I'm hyped for Reach, the book was pretty cool.
The Librarian
Banned
DevelopmentArrested said:
ODST looks fantastic, and Reach is going to be sweet.
Captain Blood
Member
Yea I have really been looking forward to a snowmobile sim. totally stole the thunder.DevelopmentArrested said:
Ask yourself a question: Do you hold your favorite developer to the same standard?angelfly said:
I suppose I'd like to see Infinity Ward try something different like a shooter in a different era, but I don't work or run them so I can't make the decision. They obviously are very good at what they do and extremely successful financially due to it.
Is there something to be said for being creatively risky? Maybe but that trail is ladened with closed studios. I'm sure Factor 5 would be alive and churning out sequels if they had a hit to the level of Halo, FF, Mario, Zelda, etc.
So what I'm saying is that I see this as a rather pointless complaint. How the hell do we know if they're working on something else or not? Also, we know that Bungie is involved, but it's been implied that this may be the big project that the MGS side is doing the heavy lifting on.
blazinglazers
Member
I love the idea of the expansion, and the addition of a co-op Horde mode is something I've been wanting since Halo:CE. The fact that it comes with the full Halo 3 suite of tools, and the full H3 multiplayer is just icing on the cake. H3 was graphically surpassed a while ago, but the co-op gameplay is still best in class, and this is gonna be more of the same with a slight twist, so I'm fucking pumped.
If you want brilliant scripted awesome, you've got MW2.
If you want brilliant emergent awesome, you've got ODST.
Everybody wins
If you want brilliant scripted awesome, you've got MW2.
If you want brilliant emergent awesome, you've got ODST.
Everybody wins
DancingJesus
Banned
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I love me some Haloz.
Randy Lanzarote
Member
I thought that Bungie were done with Halo..... what happened? Credit crunch hit, and being independent the world suddenly seemed a scarier place where cashing-in felt like the best option?
Not that I mind, bring on Reach!
Not that I mind, bring on Reach!
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Most likely the game that will take most of my time. However, that demo felt too much like the boring parts of Halo 2.
Aye, the engine is showing its age. Some new effects look to be in place when the bridge blows, but otherwise it looks like Halo 3's engine. Looks good, but by this fall especially it will be dated a bit.ZROCOOL said:
The game really is aimed at the hardcore Halo player. What does everyone bitch about missing from Halo 1? The pistol. It's back. What does everyone bitch about Halo 2? That the infamous E3 2003 demo of open urban combat at night that got scrapped. Now that's in. And I'm guessing most Halo players couldn't pick an ODST out of a lineup, but the hardcore know them well. And everyone complained about the story tell in in Halo 3; that's gotten an overhaul with a new approach. The game is being made by a crew of the Bungie old timers like Staten, and it shows.
It won't appeal to everyone. But to the Halo audience it's aimed at, holy jebus.
D
Deleted member 21120
Unconfirmed Member
Yup. Haters go home.GhaleonEB said:
TheFightingFish
Member
As long as Bungie keeps bringing the co-op love I'll keep throwing money at them. Looking forward to hearing more about the Horde mode in ODST.
backflip10019
Member
God Halo effing sukks. Call of Duty is like sooooo much better. You can't even choose your weapin in Halo.DevelopmentArrested said:
That said, anyone have any ideas as to what Firefight is? I wasn't on the IRC earlier (couldn't figure it out) so I guess I must've missed what some of you have ruminated.
D
Deleted member 21120
Unconfirmed Member
Halo Horde mode with vehicles.backflip10019 said:
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Raide said:
I've been thinking the same thing, either more of a battlefield, or at the very least, a rainbow 6 style squad combat. Either way, hypehypehype.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
"Who loved the Halo 1 pistol?!"pakkit said:
*tumbleweed*
JPBrowncoat
Member
So were Alan Tudyk and Adam Baldwin as random marines/ODSTs. I figured they'd be back as part of the ODST squad.Spasm said:
VGChampion
Member
Surprised this thread is smaller than the other games. Guess it goes to show Microsoft has finally done a good job getting lots of big games when Halo isn't the most talked about game.
I'm super excited for these two games. Halo is still in my top 5 games.
I'm super excited for these two games. Halo is still in my top 5 games.
The Librarian
Banned
Hm? If this takes place during the fall of Reach or afterwards, we will encounter and see Elites.Sai said:
How does the timeline excuse them? I think you're confusing ODST with Reach.
I'm kinda surprised at the direction they're going with this. I kinda thought it would be more of a squad based shooter with your ODST squad.
Also kinda disappointed with the way the drop in was interrupted. How fucking epic would it have been to go from a space ship, do the drop in, and go straight into a battle when you land?
Also kinda disappointed with the way the drop in was interrupted. How fucking epic would it have been to go from a space ship, do the drop in, and go straight into a battle when you land?
StUnNeR H2K
Member
Sorry, but I'm a bit more excited about Halo: Reach at the moment...
I did some looking into the communications in the teaser...
Fermion Remote Scanning Outpost (RSO) as in Halo: The Fall of Reach book and was manned by a 3 man crew. The first voice in the trailer is probably Lieutenant J.G. Bill Streeter. The second voice is more than likely the AI named Doppler who was in charge of Gamma Station.
The rest of the voices are unknown as far as I'm concerned. The Spartan numbers are still baffling me, its more than likely another group of trained Spartan II's. It was known that more Spratan II's were trained, but as for them showing up at Reach this is new.
Also here is a Youtube clip I posted of the Halo 2 cutscene that shows the planet Reach.
I did some looking into the communications in the teaser...
Fermion Remote Scanning Outpost (RSO) as in Halo: The Fall of Reach book and was manned by a 3 man crew. The first voice in the trailer is probably Lieutenant J.G. Bill Streeter. The second voice is more than likely the AI named Doppler who was in charge of Gamma Station.
The rest of the voices are unknown as far as I'm concerned. The Spartan numbers are still baffling me, its more than likely another group of trained Spartan II's. It was known that more Spratan II's were trained, but as for them showing up at Reach this is new.
Also here is a Youtube clip I posted of the Halo 2 cutscene that shows the planet Reach.
darkpaladinmfc
Member
Yup, I said wow when watching the gameplay live. Then wow again when I read the complaint on here.GhaleonEB said:
DancingJesus
Banned
More info about Firefight from Bungie:
"Drop feet first into a new way to play Halo with the cooperative campaign mode, Firefight. Form a squad with up to four of your friends over System Link or Xbox LIVE and put your skills to the ultimate test against the invading Covenant war machine for glory, high scores, and achievements. Do battle in multiple environments, on foot or in vehicles, and against increasingly difficult waves of Covenant attackers while Halo 3's skull modifiers progressively activate to up the ante.
After the Firefight, relive and review every last kill you earned and see how your high scores and stats stack up against your friends' and the community overall using Bungie.net's persistent online stats and Firefight leaderboards."
"Drop feet first into a new way to play Halo with the cooperative campaign mode, Firefight. Form a squad with up to four of your friends over System Link or Xbox LIVE and put your skills to the ultimate test against the invading Covenant war machine for glory, high scores, and achievements. Do battle in multiple environments, on foot or in vehicles, and against increasingly difficult waves of Covenant attackers while Halo 3's skull modifiers progressively activate to up the ante.
After the Firefight, relive and review every last kill you earned and see how your high scores and stats stack up against your friends' and the community overall using Bungie.net's persistent online stats and Firefight leaderboards."
