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Halo |OT2| Hyper-Athletic Speed And Mass And Weight and Power

Signed, sealed, delivered, locked 30fps? Anyone at 343? Anyone?
Doubt they can (or would) say at this stage. There's a lot of refactoring and tuning to come.
The question is, in the current version of the design doc or whatever meetings they had/will have about where they decide they have cut x to get y, what will be where.
 
"Smooth as butter"
-343 employee about Anniversary

Seriously they said that?

You know, I loved the shit out of Shadowrun on the SNES. When I heard about a remake, I thought it would be a first person version RPG perhaps.. being a straight shooter was a misuse of the IP in my view.

I hope you've done your part for Shadowrun Returns?

You guys see fancy, tightened up grafix. I see framerate issues.

Signed, sealed, delivered, locked 30fps? Anyone at 343? Anyone?

Same, except I'd like 60FPS. Its smoother and there is less input lag so the feel of the game is just nicer. I miss that about CoD when I play Halo.
 
holy crap that is one beautiful game..
the lighting, the resolution, the art design, the smoothness...
those spartans look so amazingly sleek!


You guys see fancy, tightened up grafix. I see framerate issues.

Signed, sealed, delivered, locked 30fps? Anyone at 343? Anyone?

Locked 30fps would be fantastic, as long as it doesn't dip below that
 

neoism

Member
dizam this game looks retard good. Lol just remind of all the fuss about Chief armor, awhile back. He looks awesome.
 
wait, there are new pics??
must google them now ... only coming up with scans :(

and is the reach stats on waypoint ever gonna fix the arena ranks?
 

feel

Member
Damn can't wait to get home to check out these screens that supposedly are leaked everywhere and have everyone jizzing.

Also someone should do a stealth crow eating thread once they release officially for all those people who mocked gameinformer when the cover dropped.
 
In the picture where the plasma grenade exploded, it looks like there is some serious rubble, must destructible environments, terrain editor in forge, and killstreaks.
 

kylej

Banned
Same, except I'd like 60FPS. Its smoother and there is less input lag so the feel of the game is just nicer. I miss that about CoD when I play Halo.

A girl can dream.

You see the glass half empty....

I study Political Science when I'm not working full-time in corporate finance. Of course I'm a miserable cynic. Matt Taibbi in his book The Great Derangement started a paragraph with something so good I committed it to memory almost as soon as I read it.

"Saints have the Vatican, Jews the Wailing Wall, warriors the fields of Marathon, Stalingrad, Normandy. Cynics have the Rules Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives."
 

Computron

Member
New composer = Girl Talk

stanley2.gif
 

neoism

Member
Too heavy on the servers, they're trying to work out a solution.

damn why doesn't evillore just put searching on a different server. I know that man makes a good living with this site. :p :/
If they would just put the post people were bant for on their profile page... most people wouldn't even use it much but for old posts. I use the CP to track my posts, and threads.
 

WJD

Member
While we're on the topic here's my belated survey but cut down to try and reduce annoyance and ridicule:


For how long have you been reading HaloGAF?
Since 2007

What’s your absolute favorite Halo campaign? And your favorite multiplayer? (you’re not allowed to pick Halo: Combat Evolved for any of the two)
Campaign - Halo 3, Multiplayer - Halo 2

Highest Halo 3 level and which playlist.
36, Lone Wolves

AR or BR?
BR

Absolute favorite multiplayer map from Combat Evolved, Halo 2 and 3 (just one from each).
Battle Creek, Zanzibar, Valhalla

Least hated Reach mp map.(excluding Anniversary pack)
Powerhouse

Do you prefer BTB or MLG? (pre-Reach era)
BTB

What are some of your favorite Campaign missions.
Silent Cartographer, The Ark, Outskirts, The Covenant

Opinion on reticule bloom.
No.

Opinion on Armor Abilities and the one you usually end up picking.
No. Sprint.

Favorite Halogaffer, and least favorite (besides Dax). (optional)
Favourites are Letters and wwm0nkey. Least favourite is OuterWorldVoice

Apologies.
 

op_ivy

Fallen Xbot (cannot continue gaining levels in this class)
looks great, aside from the weird boarding action/grunt birthday party one. also, surprised at all dem covenant in the concept art. i guess they will be featured as an enemy throughout - hopefully for some epic 3-way battles with the new "race"
 

Arnie

Member
The lighting of the Forward Unto Dawn plus the way the Chief's helmet is faintly visible in the HUD really reminds me of the Metroid Prime series. Which is a good thing.

The only downside to the screenshots is I think the Covenant look a tad shit. The Elite's specifically look like a huge step down to those in Reach, and that one flying Grunt looks stupid.
 
One of those screenshots has something interesting on a terminal screen:

"Last contact with [can't read this]
3 years, 4 months, 30 days"

Since it's 2557, that leads me to wonder... What did the ship have contact with?
 

op_ivy

Fallen Xbot (cannot continue gaining levels in this class)
I'm sure they overhauled forge.. I hope they include an option to change the material/color of any particular piece we want.

honestly, just some real lighting and shadows would make forge much more believable and nice looking. but yeah, i'm also hoping for some sort of variety in the appearance of most pieces too
 
The new Cortana looks flat-out gorgeous. There's so much sadness on her face in one of the new pics. I don't mean to sound blasphemous, but I have a feeling I might finally be moved by Cortana's story line in Halo 4. Halo 3's subplot fell flat for me personally except the scene with the "I do know how to pick 'em" line.

Yes, I am judging that entirely on how she looks. Yes, I am a shallow man.
 
One of those screenshots has something interesting on a terminal screen:

"Last contact with [can't read this]
3 years, 4 months, 30 days"

Since it's 2557, that leads me to wonder... What did the ship have contact with?
:-/ Relay beacon? Nah, they probably would have made contact and gotten rescued then.
Weird...

Haven't this myself, but could it not be a 5 instead of a 3?

The new Cortana looks flat-out gorgeous. There's so much sadness on her face in one of the new pics. I don't mean to sound blasphemous, but I have a feeling I might finally be moved by Cortana's story line in Halo 4. Halo 3's subplot fell flat for me personally except the scene with the "I do know how to pick 'em" line.
Not blasphemous at all. Right on the money. Bungie botched so much of Halo 3's narrative, that included.
 
And it looks like those pillars from the Cryptum cover are actually the stalactites described as hanging from the interior of the shield world. Cool.

EDIT: Oh hey, the Covenant boarding craft from Halo 2 is back. And those Elites remind me of the savage Locust from Gears of War 3. :lol And is that a Carbine he's holding?
 

WJD

Member
Not blasphemous at all. Right on the money. Bungie botched so much of Halo 3's narrative, that included.

Do we have any cause to believe that 343i are going to do a better job narrative wise? As in, are there any known developers on board who might be able to change things around a bit?
 
As far as I am concerned, they can just delete Forge entirely. The temptation to put crappy maps into matchmaking is too great. (See Pinnacle)

The ability to edit item placement, powerups, etc on existing textured maps should be sufficient.

Hate me for saying it.
 
What country are you posting from and what’s your current age.
U.S., and I'm 21

At what age did you get into Halo and with which game.
Halo 2 was my first, and I was around 22

For how long have you been reading HaloGAF?
Too long

What’s your absolute favorite Halo campaign? And your favorite multiplayer?
Reach had the best campaign AND multiplayer. What a game!

Highest Halo 3 level and which playlist.
What the highest level you could achieve? Yeah, that one

AR or BR?
AR, its the foundation of the Halo series. Get that BR shit out of here, Halo 2 scrubs

Absolute favorite multiplayer map from Combat Evolved, Halo 2 and 3 (just one from each).
Chiron, Gemini, Isolation

Least hated Reach mp map.(excluding Anniversary pack)
Swordbase

Games completed on solo Legendary.
All of 'em.

What are some of your favorite Campaign missions.
The Library, Sacred Icon, The Covenant

Favorite Reach playlists.
All of the above

Opinion on reticule bloom.
Best addition to the series since vehicle jacking in Halo 2

Opinion on Armor Abilities and the one you usually end up picking.
I like Armor Lock. I think it adds a real strategy to the game, but everybody hates it for some reason. Haters gon hate I guess, XD

Favorite Halogaffer, and least favorite (besides Dax)
KyleJ, for his relentless love of Halo: Reach. I know behind his snarky remarks is a love of the game.
 

senador

Banned
Do we have any cause to believe that 343i are going to do a better job narrative wise? As in, are there any known developers on board who might be able to change things around a bit?

Yes. The books give us an idea of what they aim to do an the trilogy has been planned from the start IIRC, and the first 3 were not.
 

neoism

Member
The new Cortana looks flat-out gorgeous. There's so much sadness on her face in one of the new pics. I don't mean to sound blasphemous, but I have a feeling I might finally be moved by Cortana's story line in Halo 4. Halo 3's subplot fell flat for me personally except the scene with the "I do know how to pick 'em" line.

Yes, I am judging that entirely on how she looks. Yes, I am a shallow man.

it's just the way they did it in 3... hated those Cortona in my head walking 1 fucking mile an hour sequences... :/
 
you know, they can bring back armor lock and have 1000% bloom and i would still buy this game because it looks fucking amazing. i am completely amazed, never thought a halo game could look this good
 

op_ivy

Fallen Xbot (cannot continue gaining levels in this class)
As far as I am concerned, they can just delete Forge entirely. The temptation to put crappy maps into matchmaking is too great. (See Pinnacle)

making forge maps is a ton of fun, even if they arent always the best playing. i'm still holding out somesort of hope for a way to play custom games, on forged and regular maps, in matchmaking. even if its just a simple "create game vs find game" option rather then a full on server browser.
 
:-/ Relay beacon? Nah, they probably would have made contact and gotten rescued then.
Weird...

Haven't this myself, but could it not be a 5 instead of a 3?

It's more likely, but it still looks like a 3 to me. :lol It's definitely on the FUD, though, as you can see the same area from afar in another screenshot.

And the shape of the Chief's helmet still bugs me. At this point, I'm convinced they could do whatever the fuck they wanted to his armor as long as they kept the Mark VI helmet. It just looks too "round", I dunno.
 

DarkChild

Banned
Now this is how you do sci fi graphics, I hated how simple Bungie Halos looked. This on the other hand...sooo detailed. My God those look good and I already said it couple dozen times. Just imagining those graphics in sandbox type of game is jaw dropping. The talent that 343i has...wow...
 

Tashi

343i Lead Esports Producer
Yea the game does look great. The Chief shots are in the ship? That looks awesome. And yea Cortana looks awesome. Gonna be awesome seeing her in motion with the great voice acting.

Game just looks sharp. Hope it runs smooth though. Lock that shit up.
 
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