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Halo |OT5| Believe, Again

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Demoncarnotaur

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CyReN said:
This is new commentary from MLG/Gamespot. The scores are different too from the 2nd commentary they did with Kevin Franklin.

another one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAJaHsHO6mQ&feature=plcp It has sniper footage at the end!
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Nice!

So, audio issues aside everything looks super nice, but I do think the animations for both the rockets and sniper look strangely underwhelming. Not sure if its the fact they dont give off much movement or smoke when they fire or what. They really aren't conveying that feeling that power weapons usually do.

Deadly Cyclone said:
Gravity Rush is pretty awesome. Finally glad I have a vita. :p (Uncharted is great too)
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Stinkles said:
We've had this discussion internally - something about video capture is definitely squashing sound - and I am not simply comparing it to crazy 5.1 monitor quality sound - I mean even headphones and TV speakers, as anyone who heard it at E3 can attest. I will see if there's a good way to give you guys some uncompressed clean audio that represents how it sounds straight from your console.
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Cool, can't wait to hear the non compressed versions..they all sound kinda the same and silenced right now.

CyReN said:
Halo 4 commercial on now!
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Awesome, same one as before?
 
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heckfu

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neoism said:
worst game ever... WTF the is the fucking ugliest sniper design... jesus... :( infinite sadness..... WTF at the big wire on the right side. Fucking carry bar..... WTF FUCKING TERRIBLE






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GAME BROKEN, PREORDER CANCELED, DEFINITELY NOT FREAKING OUT OVER THIS
 
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dangerbyrnes

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neoism said:
worst game ever... WTF the is the fucking ugliest sniper design... jesus... :( infinite sadness..... WTF at the big wire on the right side. Fucking carry bar..... WTF FUCKING TERRIBLE

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i don't see whats so bad about it, other than the weird bar thing i think it looks pretty good.

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kylej

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Snipe design is weird, kinda steampunk-ish. Takes up a lot of the screen which I assume was done on purpose. Only real issue with it other than scope size are the semi circles around the main reticule

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Wish their opacity was turned down or they were removed.

in comparison

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I find it dazzling to the eyes in that clip.
 
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The Real Napsta

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kylej said:
Snipe design is weird, kinda steampunk-ish. Takes up a lot of the screen which I assume was done on purpose. Only real issue with it other than scope size are the semi circles around the main reticule

[ig]http://escapedintothewaves.com/uploads/snipe.png[/img]

Wish their opacity was turned down or they were removed.

in comparison

[ig]http://escapedintothewaves.com/uploads/snipe2.png[/img]

[ig]http://escapedintothewaves.com/uploads/3(2).png[/img]

[ig]http://escapedintothewaves.com/uploads/4.png[/img]

I find it dazzling to the eyes in that clip.
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Dat constructive criticism.
 
neoism

neoism

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heckfu said:
GAME BROKEN, PREORDER CANCELED, DEFINITELY NOT FREAKING OUT OVER THIS
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not as pissed as I made it seem but seriously REach sniper looks fucking amazing. whoever dessigned that gun doesn't know what he is doing..... shame one of my fav guns shit on. :(
 
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FyreWulff

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kittens said:
That'd be awesome! I'll have NO idea what I'm doing, probably.

Also: MW2 gives a "Disturbing Content Notice" when you first boot the game up... But doesn't say what kind of disturbing content there is. I mean, the whole glorified military domination + slaughter wank fest is disturbing to me, but I'm assuming they're talking about something even extra appalling. I guess it's their attempt at a trigger warning, but without naming the content, the warning is meaningless. Interesting, though.
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In MW2 they are talking about (spoilers)

gunning down the civilians in the airport

If you opt to not want to play it, it's just mentioned as part of a cutscene instead
 
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Deadly Cyclone

Pride of Iowa State
I...agree with Kyle. *dies*

No, but seriously, I see how the quarter-circles can be distracting. Maybe they can be toned down. Also, bravo on some contructive feedback.
 
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kylej

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Deadly Cyclone said:
I...agree with Kyle. *dies*

No, but seriously, I see how the quarter-circles can be distracting. Maybe they can be toned down. Also, bravo on some contructive feedback.
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It's the same exact shit I posted during the E3 reveal, you just agree with me this time so now suddenly I'm not trolling 343 or nitpicking the game. Funny how that works.
 
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Deadly Cyclone

Pride of Iowa State
kylej said:
It's the same exact shit I posted during the E3 reveal, you just agree with me this time so now suddenly I'm not trolling 343 or nitpicking the game. Funny how that works.
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It is funny, because during E3 I had no idea you posted it being that:

A. I was not on HaloGaf 24/7
B. It was surrounded by your "BELIEVE, TRUST US!!" sarcasm at all times. That is the trolling, not the actual good feedback.

Anyways, I agree with your point.
 
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kylej

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Deadly Cyclone said:
It is funny, because during E3 I had no idea you posted it being that:

A. I was not on HaloGaf 24/7
B. It was surrounded by your "BELIEVE, TRUST US!!" sarcasm at all times.

Anyways, I agree with your point.
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It's interesting that you know what my posts were without actually reading them.
 
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FyreWulff

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Hopefully one of the perks is your spartan becomes smart enough to take the damn bipod off the gun since they're never going to use it
 
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GhaleonEB

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dangerbyrnes said:
i don't see whats so bad about it, other than the weird bar thing i think it looks pretty good.

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That's the sniper rifle? :(

The BR design is boxy and inelegant, but that's just ugly. Really odd direction to take the weapon art. I really prefer Bungie's more flowing designs, the human weapons are just boxy and ugly so far in 4.
 
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Fracas

#fuckonami
Only gripe I have with the sniper is the carry handle being on the side. Get rid of it/move it, and it's quite nice.

Reach sniper is still my favorite, though.
 
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KidA Seven

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GhaleonEB said:
That's the sniper rifle? :(

The BR design is boxy and inelegant, but that's just ugly. Really odd direction to take the weapon art. I really prefer Bungie's more flowing designs, the human weapons are just boxy and ugly so far in 4.
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I actually like all the human weapon designs more than Bungie's aside from the Sniper. It's not that bad though.

I agree with Kyle about the semi circles being distracting.
 
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kylej

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Deadly Cyclone said:
Anyways, no need to be angry that I finally agree with you on a point. Moving on...
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Looks like someone doesn't like it when another person jumps on their every post. Fascinating.

monsterfracas said:
Only gripe I have with the sniper is the carry handle being on the side. Get rid of it/move it, and it's quite nice.

Reach sniper is still my favorite, though.
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That was actually in Halo 3 and Reach, but your brain tuned it out because it wasn't quite as prominent (although still pretty big in 3).

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I think my biggest gripe with the Halo 4 snipe is actually how it blocks so much of the right hand side of your vision. An enemy could be right in front of you at a certain angle and it doesn't even look like you could see him past the scope.
 
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Tawpgun

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To me, it looks like a hi tech sniper.




Designed in the 1980's.








Seriously, that scope looks like some 80's hospital equipment. Other Halo snipers looked futuristic.
 
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Fracas

#fuckonami
kylej said:
That was actually in Halo 3 and Reach, but your brain tuned it out because it wasn't quite as prominent (although still pretty big in 3).
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pt0CmSOr3u8/0.jpg
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Huh, I never noticed that.

But yeah, H4's snipe takes up way too much space. It's distracting. Those semi circles in the scope may get annoying after awhile as well.

Also, going from the video, the notion that the sniper has less aim assist seems to be true. Nearly looks like it has none.

mastrbiggy said:
And it begins. Never though it would happen.

"remember how much better X was in Reach"
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From a non-gameplay perspective, Reach did a lot of things right. The weapons looked believable, the HUD was clean and organized, and the overall sound design was the best in any Halo, IMO. Too bad the rest was terrible.
 
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Ryaaan14

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I am pretty neutral about the Sniper. Any obscuring pieces will automatically be tuned out after I get my hands on it a few times (about 6 months after the game comes out).
 
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Mister Negative

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Sniper sounds cool. I think it needs a little more reverb though. Right now it seems a little muffled.

As for the redesign, I like it. The scope never seemed practical to me. It takes up half the screen for some reason though.

Also, DAMN the DMR looks good. It'll probably be either that or the Carbine for me.
 
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Retro

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For what it's worth, the icon above the ammo gauge doesn't match the usual Halo Sniper icon either. This one isn't nearly as slick as the Halo 1-Reach version, which makes me think it isn't the usual Sniper Rifle. That thing has both lens-based optics and some kind of screen built into the scope. Why would it ever need both? The Icon (and the gun) looks meatier too, heavier, though the barrel seems shorter.

I think perhaps this is some kind of new Sniper Rifle, possibly with some differences from the traditional Sniper in the same way the DMR and BR both seem to have the same function and yet are both in the sandbox.

This isn't some new standard issue Sniper Rifle either, this looks prototype-ish, like those optics went through a lab rather than a factory floor. With that big honkin' scope on there, what are the odds this is some kind of beefed up longer-range snipe rifle? With some kind of special optics (Promethean-vision?) built in?
 
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Mister Negative

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mastrbiggy said:
I agree. I'm just teasing about how we complain about the current Halo, but then long for it when the next one comes out.
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I feel like that's true for any game series though.

Especially CoD.

All we do now is long for Halo 3, but boy did people complain about it when it was the current Halo. All people wanted was Halo 2.
 
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Deadly Cyclone

Pride of Iowa State
kylej said:
Looks like someone doesn't like it when another person jumps on their every post. Fascinating. .
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Interesting. I do enjoy your logic. It's quite...fascinating?



Ellis, I'm still dreaming about that bacon bourbon or whatever it was. PAX can't come soon enough...
Stinkles, sorry about the Heat winning. :p
 
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m23

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The new gameplay videos got me hyped up again, I need to play it. The sniper looks weird but it looks like a beast. It does look like its a bit tougher to use than in Reach, which is good. I still need to pre-order.....
 
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Computron

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Computron said:
Can you just take a second and read this please?

Just, you know, spell it out and post it an a reply... That would do just fine.

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Welp, 30 minutes later, no reply. I guess it's safe to assume Kylej can't read captchas.

I guess I win the bet, that means Franklinator owes me a nice lump sum and that KyleJ is in fact a spambot designed by Major League Gaming.
 
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indubitably

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dangerbyrnes said:
i don't see whats so bad about it, other than the weird bar thing i think it looks pretty good.

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I think it looks pretty good, a little refinement may be needed, but I like it.
My only gripe would be that it seems like it comes really close to the reticle, I may be wrong though.

It seems like they are giving halo a very original look to their human weapons this time around, not just the covy ones.
 
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