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Halo: Reach Campaign Trailer
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Shake Appeal
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High-five. And I don't even care about Man Utd or the EPL much.Letters said:
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
The Librarian
Banned
I was thinking the same thing.Dani said:
I'm looking forward to Reach's storytelling too. Hopefully there are still things like audio logs or something of the kind in Reach even though there aren't any achievements for it.GhaleonEB said:
NullPointer
Member
I'm trying to be hopeful here, but I have to keep my expectations in check.Dax01 said:
So much potential there. But I think I'm biased towards adding far more storytelling elements to the game, and that would probably slow down the single player and co-op experience too much for some.
Gareth Bale
Member
I've been meaning to get Bungie Pro for I while now, but if I buy it at this moment in time will it work for Reach as well as Halo 3 (and for both when Reach comes out)?
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Just saw this on Bnet from the most recent Edge magazine:
NullPointer
Member
I like to take a moment and ponder this principle every time I look over at my Halo 3 cat helmet. Just sitting there, laconic and reflective...Botolf said:
Halo 3 hype got to me good. I was fucking rabid in anticipation. I got the same pre-release hype from ODST's live action trailer too.
But speaking of pre-release hype, what we saw of Reach at e3 looked a lot like that ODST trailer - with the enemy dropships landing with a scream and a thud, explosions going off everywhere, moving your team as a unit towards the objective across a wide open battlefield.
So for me, this time, its more about the actual gameplay (and the beta helped a ton here). Story will be a nice bonus, but one I can't expect to be fully realized to my satisfaction.
Zeouterlimits
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Yes.Bungieware said:
squidhands
Member
Awesome, I've been wanting to know what Edge's take on all the new Halo stuff is. I'll have to pick it up.Domino Theory said:
Shake Appeal
Member
Every time I play Halo 3, I am reminded that it is not Reach. 
LunaticPuma
dresses business casual
Shake Appeal said:Every time I play Halo 3, I am reminded that it is not Reach.
This.
So-so netcode (though admittedly better than many other games), weak grenades, and lack of variety are wearing thin (BRs on bad maps). I want to be able to play campaign, firefight, and MP without changing a disc too! :lol
*Edit* I also hope that space battles are not part of the MP gametypes, but it's likely that they are considering the whole Bungie Aerospace thing. Color me disappointed. I'd rather they'd have spent more time on 3v3 Firefight Vs. Having said that - I'm sure Bungie will prove me wrong and make it super awesome.
Darkflight
Member
Heh, never noticed this before :lol Just googled "Darkflight gaf" for kicks and it's the top post - Schmitty was murdering me quite well in that 30min bomb game during this week's customs as well iirc :lolRamirez said:
You're all envious of my amazing Staff Captain rank - http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=Starlit
bobs...onGaf
Member
Major Williams said:
I love it when HaloGaf gets all pissy at eachother, im really paranoid half the guys here have put me on ignore already. I remember when I had just got approved the first post I saw was:
"Oh another batch of juniors, I still havent finished putting the last batch on ignore."
Your such a jerk EazyB :lol
P.s. as for Halo 3 having weak nades, its odd, (MoH beta nades do NOTHING and I hate them), but I think the nades in Halo 3 work perfectly, you cant use them to get cheap kills, you have to use them skillfully.
As I said, AWESOME. :lolLouis Wu said:
I had heard the name of that movie being mentioned several times before, but only watched it after I reverse-image-searched his avatar, got "Oldboy" as a result and noticed it had a good score on RT. It's now one of my favorite movies ever. Frank delivers in many ways.The Crawf said:
And the music... ohgoshsogood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mbKjV5OChA
no mames weyHeretic said:
bobs...onGaf
Member
Darkflight said:Heh, never noticed this before :lol Just googled "Darkflight gaf" for kicks and it's the top post - Schmitty was murdering me quite well in that 30min bomb game during this week's customs as well iirc :lol
You're all envious of my amazing Staff Captain rank - http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=Starlit
Ok so I just did that and found this:
http://www.boardtracker.com/profile/3708/63185
WTF!??
Someones been watching us guys. :lol
Gareth Bale
Member
Domino Theory said:
Where is this on Bnet? I searched there and couldn't find anything (assuming you quoted that from there). Link please.
Major Williams
Member
Hah, How could I forget Robt. He and his wife were so nice up at PAX to all of the fans. I remember asking Lars a few questions regarding the canon, and he said to go straight to the source: Mr. McLees. The man knows his Halo. If I came to understand it correctly, he's responsible for a significant portion of the fiction right?OuterWorldVoice said:
How much did he help for the storyline of Reach?
For sure - the letter that the son wrote to his father was one of the most emotional, self-sacrificing letters I didn't think science fiction was capable of. The terminals weren't a cookie cutter read, which is what I liked.OuterWorldVoice said:
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
It combines two of my favorite things.
Kibbles
Member
Really cool thread over a GT. Good luck getting it together though.
http://forums.gametrailers.com/thread/halo-reach---titan-mode--pics-/1106649
http://forums.gametrailers.com/thread/halo-reach---titan-mode--pics-/1106649
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Bungieware said:
I would think so, especially since we were able to use it to render beta films.
Hey, who's the doofus who misspelled permanently on the Reach rendered videos page? Man, that kind of thing really urks me.
http://www.bungie.net/stats/reach/renderedvideos.aspx
http://www.bungie.net/stats/reach/renderedvideos.aspx
We've yet to see how forge works with invasion on invasion maps let a lone non-invasion maps like Forge World. I really hope they don't back on that customization and allow users to create SvS or EvE invasion gametypes without bro-spawning (pretty much multi-stage BTB). I also hope they have figured out a way to set up invasion gametypes on non-invasion maps with spawns and geometry set to activate/deactivate on certain stages.Kibbles said:
We haven't heard anything about forge and invasion which makes me fearful that its customization may be pretty limited but good God it would be objective-heaven if we could do what I described.
Edit: Ah, the more I think about it the more hyped I get at the possibilities. I need some dream-crushing ASAP before I set myself up for more disappointment.
We know we can set kill zones (hard and soft) via Forge. And that Forge has game type-specific options for objectives. And we've seen that we can place those one-way walls via Forge. So I think it stands to reason that we'd be able to place them linked to the phase objectives of Invasion. I'd say the gametype wouldn't really be customizable without it. As for maps, Bungie has said that all MP maps are compatable with all MP game types.Oozer3993 said:
My big question is, are the objectives of the Invasion phases customizable? Can I make Phase 1 a round of Assault? Plant the bomb to blow the doors to steal the flag, that sort of thing.
angelkimne
Member
I am confused, the most recent Edge has no Halo in it, and the next one doesn't come out until the 31st.Domino Theory said:
I checked twice, there's definitely no Halo.
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
GhaleonEB said:
I don't want to get my hopes too high but one would think that when designing Invasion and then moving to upgrade to Forge 2.0 and Forge World that Bungie had to have been thinking that people are going to want to create and customize their own Invasion maps and phases.
Might be wishful thinking but from a design aspect you want to set realistic limits, not let the player forge every kind of gametype accept one, especially when it is their last Halo. I am optimistic for some Invasion forging that isn't limited, if it is oh well I will be sad for like half a day. :lol
Slightly Live
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EazyB said:
We got a brief confirmation of Invasion being usable in Forge World in one of those Bnet Forum Q&A's if I recall. But I agree with your request to know more about the Invasion customisation options.
Whilst I doubt we'll get much, if any, options for Invasion in non-Invasion maps (Invasion on Swordbase and Reflection? Nah) I really hope the maps that do have it have plenty of user defined variables.
Like the huge shield walls on Boneyard which are disabled between rounds for example. I want to know the scope of those options so I start reigning in or drawing out some ideas.
Gah. I guess I want to make a huge proper Conquest/Invasion hybrid.
I get that, I just can't stop.Oozer3993 said:
We've seen that Boneyard's territories were probably placed using forge and it's safe to assume that if we can use Forge at all for invasion that we'd also be able to set up the spawns. That would imply that some system is in place to allow forgers to designate when the objectives and spawns are active.
Them you have things that make forging Invasion sound too complicated. On boneyard, stages triggered events like phantoms appearing and longswords flying through the air. If you changed the location of the final core destination, would the phantom follow? Would it act as a piece of unalterable geometry and always appear there on the third stage? Does that lock an Invasion map to a certain amount of stages? What if forge objects were placed where it would eventually appear? Maybe those triggered events would just not appear in custom variants. These questions make me think that invasion maps could only be made by Bungie. If you went into a map like Boneyard you'd only be able to forge for more traditional gametypes on it.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
angelkimne said:
I own all EDGE issues with huge Halo reveals. Hopefully their review of Reach is extensive.
Cuban Legend
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I sued to yse Xblist-The app Gui linked to, but Raptr added better XBL support.Alienshogun said:
I use Raptr because it notifies me of Game invites, Messages , and Party Invites frm Xbox live on my PC when I'm afk lurkin GAF. With only about a 5-minute delay which is very good considering it's the only one that does that well along with the rest of it's feature-set. You don't have to use all it's features, you can use it for however many of it;s features you like to use.
It also tracks my Xbox360/PS3 hours/achievements along with my PC hours/Steam achievements so I can have both my worlds of PC Gaming and Console Gaming records synchronized into one. Managing all my IM clients through it as well. The inclusion of in-game chat helps a bit even though that feature is still being worked on as the software is still just in Beta stages.
Cuban Legend
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aww 500 errors oops