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Halo |OT9| One Final Effort Is All That Remains
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Steelyuhas
Member
It all begins.
Felt like I was going to have a seizure when I watched that
Ok this video is ass, but either the player sucks or the mantis is really fast destroyed
Same here, and the Banshee is reaaally slow
thezerofire
Banned
The ground on Ragnarok looks weird, not grassy enough
Kibbles
Member
Steelyuhas
Member
Damn you! I need to sleep!
The Mantis looks like I'd feared unfortunately. I personally find that style of "mech gameplay" very dull.
EDIT: Cool NDA rant bro, we get it, but it happens, you can't control what other people do.
Seems like it takes a good bit of damage before falling apart, not to mention it looks a helluva lot less powerful than the trailer showed.
Much better video then the one I posted.
Deputy Moonman
Member
- Halo:CE - Two Betrayals
- Halo:CE - 343 Guilty Spark
- Halo:CE - The Silent Cartographer
- Halo:CE - Halo
- Halo:CE - Assault on the Control Room
- Halo 2 - Delta Halo
- Halo 2 - Regret
- Halo 3 - The Ark
- Halo 3 - Sierra 117
- Halo 3 - The Covenant
Didn't know where to include ODST since it's basically one gigantic level. I'd place it somewhere in there if I knew how to break it up. Weird, I don't see any Reach levels in my list
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Your reactions to HaloGAF photos and to Halo 4 trailer music have taught me that you are incredibly easy to please. :lol
Trailer is awesome. I'm really excited about the Mantis. It's effing huge! I kinda wish Ragnarok looked a bit more different than Valhalla, but I'm not too worried about it.
Der Flatulator
Member
Halo Italy
Neo Member
I can have Video trailer on youtube???
ElzarTheBam
Member
Goodbye Premuim Quality.
Best images to look at after another plate of fried green tomatoes. Goddamn these are good.
I wonder if there's any functional benefit to crouching
I wonder if there's any functional benefit to crouching
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Im not feeling the visual look of Ragnarok..it looks like a mix of Valhalla and Tempest without the charm of either... swap out the dirt/sand for snow and it would have a lot of its character back. Right now it looks wayyyyy too plain. Too bad, Reflection showed how good a visual makeover can be for an old map.
Cool, we really need a comparison video from 343!
Oh, wow! Awesome stuff!
Ground looks better in Halo 3, not to mention more foliage.
Cool, we really need a comparison video from 343!
Oh, wow! Awesome stuff!
Change it back. CHANGE IT BACK.
Steelyuhas
Member
There are a ton of visor colors in H4.
In the 9-minute video, guy says the laser still spawns top-mid at the beginning of the game.
The guy also says it takes two lasers to take down a Mantis. That sucks.
NobleGundam
Banned
My eyes. They cry. Dat Quality.
Guy in the vid says 2 lasers to kill a mech. =\
I see every game devolving into a game of capture the mechs, and lord help the other team if one side gets both, heh.
Steely, I know they were on there for the event, but Exile had like every vehicle known to man on it and 343 said it wasn't the final vehicle layout.
I see every game devolving into a game of capture the mechs, and lord help the other team if one side gets both, heh.
Steely, I know they were on there for the event, but Exile had like every vehicle known to man on it and 343 said it wasn't the final vehicle layout.
Things in play:
1) It appears to be a Midship -> Heretic style remake. Same overall geometry layout with a level of spitshine, instead of an overhaul like Avalanche, Reflection, etc.
2) This is the first 360 era map to be remade. There's going to be less of a dramatic jump than a 360 remake of an OXbox era map.
3) Ragnarok is also limited in that it's a wide open map. Less opportunity to go crazy with graphical effects like Reflection because you can see most of the map most of the time instead of one small part of it.
but he was saying it took 2 shots to take out certain vehicles, as opposed to 1. Not to mention, 4 sniper shots in a banshee didn't do too much damage.
I am excite.
Deputy Moonman
Member
Absolutely agree. Mantis looks obnoxiously huge and more OP than the banshee. I'm sure it will fit in perfectly with the emphasis on vehicle combat that I've despised since halo 3. Looks like people running the field on foot get instantly obliterated by it. And I just don't see how it fits in the halo universe at all. Somewhere Kylej is laughing his head off.
Hopefully, it's only in specific game types within BTB similar to covenant heavies.
EDIT:
It's about time! lol
Fuck that.
Sucks more getting into a badass looking vehicle and getting pulverized immediately by a red line out of nowhere. I don't see what's so difficult about hitting the slow thing twice with the laser if you're a somewhat decent player who knows how to use cover.
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Without giving it much thought and possibly will regret it, I'll just say that big vehicles like the Warthog and Banshee shouldn't get destroyed by a single laser hit.
ElzarTheBam
Member
She is dead. But, her spirit lives on.
Can you or anyone else do me a better quality avatar?
The one I did, looks terrible in terms of clarity.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Oh gosh. I'm so glad we're getting more visor color options. And that the colors in Halo 4 are actually colorful.
Bregmann Roche
Member
At the very least it could keep that giant dome just below the top of the hill and therefore out of sight of enemy snipers/lasers/railguns/Scorpions.
I doubt the Mantis will be OP. It's the tank Halo should've had instead of the Scorpion.
Valhalla! So which of my guesses/theories about La Carta was right Stinkles?
I'm really excited about the map, and the way it looks, DMRs won't be a huge problem. Oh and lookie there, mancannons still intact.
The Mantis...kinda bums me out. I think it looks awkward and odd and makes it seem like its Heavies mode all the time. It just doesn't seem fitting for Halo. I'm with Yuhas, it'll take some convincing for me.
I'm really excited about the map, and the way it looks, DMRs won't be a huge problem. Oh and lookie there, mancannons still intact.
The Mantis...kinda bums me out. I think it looks awkward and odd and makes it seem like its Heavies mode all the time. It just doesn't seem fitting for Halo. I'm with Yuhas, it'll take some convincing for me.
Deputy Moonman
Member
I kind of agree with demoncarnotaur. Simply swapping out the ground texture with something new would have kept the map geometry and game play completely the same, but it would have given it an upgraded look and feel. So bored of the halo 3 valhalla ground
EDIT: The ground in valhalla ranks very closely with how boring forge pieces look in Reach imo.
BuggyDClown
Member
Seems like the perfect vehicle to counteract the banshee. It's got great ground control and can cover air as well.
Der Flatulator
Member
Ehh, your shields recharge uber slow when you're in it, I'd say that's pretty balanced.
Purplemage
Neo Member
I agree, I was kinda taken back when it first started playing but loved it towards the end.
And maaaaan that mantis seems quite OP can't wait to try it myself.
Deputy Moonman
Member
True, it would definitely be good for that. I just don't like the really big vehicles that are limited in number, which makes everyone not in one at a disadvantage. I do see potential for a mech-war game type where it's just mass chaos and mechs everywhere. Really need a bigger map with lots of hills and valleys for cover/protection though. Otherwise people won't last long.