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[Dirtbag]

I saw scans... I know, I'm naughty..

but i see another weapon in the shots!!! Looks like a blue plasma flamethrower thing.. it looks hot!

edit:and don't ask where please, I'm not getting banned for anybody.

requote for page fold....

looks covenant though!

 

[giga]

A Lockout remake has made my day. Thanks!

 

[sableholic]

I was about to weep but then I saw this...




Phew.

... he quoted a comment about forge though... which scares me cause now I want it.

 

[armubaba]

Yes....YES.....YYYEEESSSS!!!!

This info is awesome. Hype is in the ****ing stratosphere baby!

Bungie have my babies. kthnxbi.

 

[Slurpy]

But looking at your post history your game of the show is Super Mario Galaxy (while you troll halo's animation, geometry, and textures)? From the looks of it, geometry, textures, and animation isn't really your bag at all.

You're knocking Galaxy's animation? Really? As for geometry and textures, we're talking about vastly different hardware here, so different expectations are reasonable.

Anyway, I based ny comments on the trailer. Seeing these shots, I take back the textures point, as they certainly do look alot better. For those of you ganging up on me and seemingly finding my comments ludicrous- get a life. My impressions certainly are shared by many others here.

 

[Dirtbag]

A Lockout remake has made my day. Thanks!

mine too.

slurpy babble now on ignore

you rule

 

[sableholic]

You're knocking Galaxy's animation? Really? As for geometry and textures, we're talking about vastly different hardware here, so different expectations are reasonable.

Anyway, I based ny comments on the trailer. Seeing these shots, I take back the textures point, as they certainly do look alot better. For those of you ganging up on me and seemingly finding my comments ludicrous- get a life. My impressions certainly are shared by many others here.

Go away, we are discussing more interesting things than you and your crazy opinions based on a blurry video that ignored all the pictures and impressions released.'

Quick somebody post that Brute GTFO picture

 

[CrunchinJelly]

A Lockout remake has made my year. Thanks!

Fixed.

 

[Mrbob]

... he quoted a comment about forge though... which scares me cause now I want it.

Online co op will be in. It HAS to be. This was the most requested item for Halo 2. No way Bungie misses the boat two games in a row.

 

[SpudBud]

A Lockout remake has made my day. Thanks!

Bah, Lockout is overrated. Give me a Sidewinder remake.

 

[sableholic]

Online co op will be in. It HAS to be. This was the most requested item for Halo 2. No way Bungie misses the boat two games in a row.

Just saying either he quoted the wrong thing or both forge and online co-op are up in the air now so to speak.

 

[urk]

Sharp White Cheddar and Kashi Seven Grain. Delicious. You?

 

[3rdman]

Just saying either he quoted the wrong thing or both forge and online co-op are up in the air now so to speak.

...or he's just having a bit of fun watching you guys squirm.

 

[raYne]

but i see another weapon in the shots!!! Looks like a blue plasma flamethrower thing.. it looks hot!

Looks plasma cannon-ish.

 

[RattleHead_]

Just saying either he quoted the wrong thing or both forge and online co-op are up in the air now so to speak.

He edited the quote out of his post so no doubt that he is talking about online coop.

 

[sableholic]

He edited the quote out of his post so no doubt he is talking about online coop.

Right you are... whew Forge is safe...

Spoiler

or is it? dum dum dummmm

I wish I could read the part about the ARG.

 

[SpudBud]

The Hornet looks great.

 

[armubaba]

Spoiler

Terminals revealing something more ambitious than just backstory?

Ooh la la....

 

[Son of Godzilla]

I called it 2 days earlier. I get the promised tag from Frankie.

Sorry! :lol

Congrats you predicted the most mundane and obvious thing imagineable!

Also it's nothing like that, the article very clearly states that Forge is playable. From what I make of it, you basically have the option of becoming one of the monitors at will and run around causing create-a-world chaos while puny humans run about.

 

[sableholic]

Spoiler

Terminals revealing something more ambitious than just backstory?

Ooh la la....

Spoiler

Revealing cortana pictures

 

[Deleted member 21120]

The Hornet looks great.

It does. I can imagine strafing around a base... the design of it looks really, really good.

So do the Elite armour permutations. The variety of Elite and Spartan armour types are really going to make multiplayer a lot better looking.

 

[Striker]

Bah, Lockout is overrated. Give me a Sidewinder remake.

Damnation! If they decide any Halo 1 remakes!

 

[Dirtbag]

It does. I can imagine strafing around a base... the design of it looks really, really good.

So do the Elite armour permutations. The variety of Elite and Spartan armour types are really going to make multiplayer a lot better looking.

The tall visor (Haze style) has really grown on me. I think it's going to be how I outfit my spartan.

 

[sableholic]

It'd be sweet if they remade every single halo 1&2 map since this is the last one. That'd probably take a lot of time though.

 

[SpudBud]

The tall visor (Haze style) has really grown on me. I think it's going to be how I outfit my spartan.

Has Bungie said anything about the hud changing with different permutations?

 

[sableholic]

Has Bungie said anything about the hud changing with different permutations?

Cosmetic changes only so no hud changing I believe.

 

[REV 09]

Has anyone found confirmation yet if the Arbiter will be playable outside of co-op (and MP)? I think what they've done is a good compromise since people who love the Arbiter will still get to play as him, and those who dislike him aren't forced to.

:lol @ Ghaleon, thanks for answering my question!

if the arbiter is there full time, then why not let players choose at their leisure which of the 2 they wish to play as for a certain level? I really like the arbiter.

 

[JdFoX187]

Damnation! If they decide any Halo 1 remakes!

This post needs to be quoted again for truthfulness, even if it is from a n00b.

 

[Deleted member 21120]

Also it's nothing like that, the article very clearly states that Forge is playable. From what I make of it, you basically have the option of becoming one of the monitors at will and run around causing create-a-world chaos while puny humans run about.

I've been curious from the beginning about the "spectator mode" option discovered in the customs menu from the Beta. If you play as a Monitor in Forge, would it be possible that in spectator mode, you also play as one?

 

[raYne]

The tall visor (Haze style) has really grown on me. I think it's going to be how I outfit my spartan.

Has Bungie said anything about the hud changing with different permutations?

A better question one would be if the Elite models have an Arbiter inspired HUD? Hmmm..

 

[KachoMakura]

If this game doesn't have online co-op I'll seriously have to reconsider my purchase. That is unacceptable in 2007.

 

[Dirtbag]

Damnation! If they decide any Halo 1 remakes!

I'm done with remakes.
I got the two I wanted (Zanzibar / Lockout ), I selfishly want all new maps for the rest.

If this game doesn't have online co-op I'll seriously have to reconsider my purchase. That is unacceptable in 2007.

sucks for you

 

[GhaleonEB]

I'm done with remakes.
I got the two I wanted (Zanzibar / Lockout ), I selfishly want all new maps for the rest.

I don't see where the article says there's a Lockout remake.

 

[Dirtbag]

I don't see where the article says there's a Lockout remake.

Guardians = lockout in treetop setting

( Look at the smart quotes / headers, pg 72 )

 

[sableholic]

I don't see where the article says there's a Lockout remake.

look closer it doesn't say remake but successor = close enough.

 

[voltron]

Wow I bet EGM are really happy they shelled out for that exclusive now.

 

[Dirtbag]

Wow I bet EGM are really happy they shelled out for that exclusive now.

I have a free subscription anyway. Honestly, print should be dead by now anyway.

 

[sableholic]

Wow I bet EGM are really happy they shelled out for that exclusive now.

Can't wait till mine comes in the mail so I can actually read it all.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

Cosmetic changes only so no hud changing I believe.

A hud is like the definition of cosmetic

Also the Forge stuff is insane. It's multiplayer, although no listing on player count, and it drops you into a map where you can switch between a spartan and a monitor. Monitor has full control over spawns on the map, and the spartan is treated like any given spartan tracking k/d, score, etc.

Basically allows for as much crazy user created gameplay as Crackdown did. They describe a faux RTS where you play Team Slayer and each team gets one monitor to supply them.

 

[ferrex]

Wow I bet EGM are really happy they shelled out for that exclusive now.

"Shelled out"? We don't pay for coverage, if that's what you're implying or mistakenly believe.

And regarding the quote on page 72, look even closer.

 

[sableholic]

A hud is like the definition of cosmetic

True I guess I wasn't considering it cosmetic for some odd reason, but it really is.

 

[CreepingDea7h]

I'm confused, it mentions they played two singleplayer levels, one called

Spoiler

Tsavo Highway (or something like that)

, and another called

Spoiler

The Storm

. Are these supposed to be chapters of Sierra 117? Any way, I like the sound of a level called

Spoiler

The Storm

.

 

[sableholic]

"Shelled out"? We don't pay for coverage, if that's what you're implying or mistakenly believe.

And regarding the quote on page 72, look even closer.

Right spiritual successor, not remake. Sorry bout that.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

I'm confused, it mentions they played two singleplayer levels, one called

Spoiler

Tsavo Highway (or something like that)

, and another called

Spoiler

The Storm

. Are these supposed to be chapters of Sierra 117? Any way, I like the sound of a level called

Spoiler

The Storm

.

Nah, both of those come later in the game.

Spoiler

Tsavo

was the first level EGM actually got to play, but it's the third level in the game.

 

[armubaba]

Is forge multiplayer only? Or is it singleplayer as well.....?

I can't read anything on these damn pics.

Spoiler

Jub Jub=Guardian?

 

[Dirtbag]

Right spiritual successor, not remake. Sorry bout that.

Hmmmm... So they took what worked from lockout and made a map with the same idea.
I wonder if it will best lockout as the best non-vehicle map in a multiplayer game (ever!!!).

 

[Recoil]

If this game doesn't have online co-op I'll seriously have to reconsider my purchase. That is unacceptable in 2007.

Huh, so Crackdown is the only game you've bought this year?


Alternative comeback: So, I guess you're not buying Mass Effect, HL2, Call of Duty, GTA4, Blue Dragon, Bioshock, PGR4, Asassin's Creed, or Lost Odyssey then, eh?

 

[Sean]

nevermind, thx

 

[Son of Godzilla]

Is forge multiplayer only? Or is it singleplayer as well.....?

I can't read anything on these damn pics.

Spoiler

Jub Jub=Guardian?

Answering that would mean giving away whether or not co-op gets online!@!

But really, I can't imagine Forge not being SP at least on some level. The ability to save game data suggests that being able to alter data before hand should be rather easy and Frank/luke have chided each other on rotating spawns. After learning that Forge will be mulitplayer while in editting mode it's alot easier to believe that campaigns will be alterable. And maybe shareable.

Hmmmm... So they took what worked from lockout...

So you are saying they recreated Lockout then?

 

[SpudBud]

A hud is like the definition of cosmetic

Also the Forge stuff is insane. It's multiplayer, although no listing on player count, and it drops you into a map where you can switch between a spartan and a monitor. Monitor has full control over spawns on the map, and the spartan is treated like any given spartan tracking k/d, score, etc.

Basically allows for as much crazy user created gameplay as Crackdown did. They describe a faux RTS where you play Team Slayer and each team gets one monitor to supply them.

Forge sounds awesome!