• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

Halo |OT9| One Final Effort Is All That Remains

Xater

Member
Now that development on Halo 4 is done I would REALLY appreciate it, if someone from 343 could finally tell me what the language situation is in the PAL version.
 
The new flood designs look crazy. Are those for Infection or is the flood really in the campaign?

just for infection in multiplayer (which is now called flood)

Those models are purely designed for Flood mode in War Games.

tell us more about this so called "Flood" mode...

edit: front page of reddit (last link)

UdicE.png
 

lybertyboy

Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
The new flood designs look crazy. Are those for Infection or is the flood really in the campaign?

Those models are purely designed for Flood mode in War Games.

Now that development on Halo 4 is done I would REALLY appreciate it, if someone from 343 could finally tell me what the language situation is in the PAL version.

What is your question?
 

Woorloog

Banned
Curiosity strikes: If they included the bits of the physical helmet pressing up against the outer edges of the HUD from single player as seen here into multiplayer, would any of you have found it objectionable?

I wouldn't. They are not large enough to cover anything important really.
But maybe it is better the way it is now, people would complain about them if they were in multiplayer.

Hmm. Rebulic Commando had similar things in campaign but not in multiplayer, though of course this can be justfied by the fact the other team wasn't a Clone Commando team but Trandoshans.
 
Late response, but the main reason I said that about ME3 and the others is mostly because of my co-op/multiplayer experiences. Some of the best I had this generation.

So much this. Bioware really made a really amazing multiplayer experience. It does things so right. Even how they get money from it without cutting players off.
 

Beckx

Member
Curiosity strikes: If they included the bits of the physical helmet pressing up against the outer edges of the HUD from single player as seen here into multiplayer, would any of you have found it objectionable?

I would mind.

From the pure design side, I'm not a huge fan of that design element. It doesn't even really make sense - I thought the "visor" wasn't transparent but instead Spartans were looking at a projection (thus no need for full visors in some of the other helmets). Like a Gundam's 360 degree cockpit system.

From a gameplay perspective, I prefer having a full view. I hate how much of the screen is taken up by the gun, too.
 
So much this. Bioware really made a really amazing multiplayer experience. It does things so right. Even how they get money from it without cutting players off.
I haven't touched ME3 yet, but from what I've heard isn't it essentially a Free to Play model except you have to actually still buy the game? Seemed scummy to me.
 

Xater

Member
Those models are purely designed for Flood mode in War Games.



What is your question?

I want to know if they do a multi-language release. I don't want to hear their horrible German localization. For being Microsoft's biggest franchise their localisations have been absolutely horrible. So it is important to know so I can make a decision on which version of the game to get. The German version having the english language tracks on it would be great, because over here the LE is cheaper.
 
I haven't touched ME3 yet, but from what I've heard isn't it essentially a Free to Play model except you have to actually still buy the game? Seemed scummy to me.

Buying the game is scummy?

I think you need an online pass but there has been loads of free DLC. As a console gamer, this was very awesome.
 

Xater

Member
In a perfect world this would be possible, but our game is already pushing the boundaries of disc space.

Well then I guess I pay the 10€ extra and get my LE from the UK. And I have not heard Halo 4s localization but if it is done by the same guys as the previous games then no thank you.
 
So the old Infection gametype is gone?
If so, how customizable is the new one? You could do some crazy stuff with the Infection gametype for minigames and it'd be really lame if that was no longer possible.

I think he's implying that it is the 'new' mode but doesn't replace the old one (except probably in matchmaking?)
 

Akai__

Member
Flood is the new infection mode.

In a perfect world this would be possible, but our game is already pushing the boundaries of disc space.

I hope this is something, that will change with the next gen. If not, companies should release the original voices as download, like BioWare did with ME3.

Well then I guess I pay the 10€ extra and get my LE from the UK. And I have not heard Halo 4s localization but if it is done by the same guys as the previous games then no thank you.

Same here. I bought 2 versions of Halo 4, because of this. 1 is the german Limited Edition and the other is the UK Standard Edition.
The retailer is giving out games 3-4 days early, so I will probably get my copy on the 3rd.
 
So the old Infection gametype is gone?
If so, how customizable is the new one? You could do some crazy stuff with the Infection gametype for minigames and it'd be really lame if that was no longer possible.

This is actually one of my concerns. Infection has played host to a lot of custom gametypes in the past. If flood completely replaces infection then this could hamper the possibilities with the gametype. That is if you can't switch a toggle that turns off the infection model. If you can then nevermind. A lot of custom gametypes using Infection as a base actually change the weapons you use and from the looks of the new modes I'm making the assumption that giving them weapons isn't really a possibility. As someone who's played with a lot of custom game options I hope that there is a toggle for "Infected Player Model", with Flood disabling certain options like weapons. I'm also curious as to if you can give armor abilities to these new Flood models, cuz I'm sure having infected players with something like Hardlight Shield is not far from the imagination.
 

Noricart

Member
The infected arm looks like an analogue to the sword.
love this pic

2821764-web_preview.png

I've been wondering... Where the hell does Chief pull out the knife from?
Edit: And how can chief use armor abilities? Can he? Is it because of the armor change? WHERE DID HE GET THE KNIFE FROM?!11
I think this comparison has been made several times, and when I see the mech in the game, this is what I'll be thinking about.
 
Buying the game is scummy?

I think you need an online pass but there has been loads of free DLC. As a console gamer, this was very awesome.
I didn't say that. :V I mean the weapon booster packs that you can pay money for or grind. Though the mode of play as a whole is unknown to me so I have no context.
 

Beckx

Member
Didn't one of the lead artists on Halo 4 come from the Metal Gear series?

No, but Ryan Payton used to be one of the leads on H4, and was also on the MGS4 team (my recollection is that he was like Kojima's "western advisor," helping out with modernizing controls for a western audience, etc.).

It does have a bit of Gecko to it, but that seems superficial - Geckos have sinuous legs, for example.

I can see why people see MGS here, but I'm seeing a lot more of stuff like this and this.

But all of these are inspired by the idea of a "bipedal tank" so there's going to be a ton of similarities.
 

Bsigg12

Member
No, but Ryan Payton used to be one of the leads on H4, and was also on the MGS4 team (my recollection is that he was like Kojima's "western advisor," helping out with modernizing controls for a western audience, etc.).

It does have a bit of Gecko to it, but that seems superficial - Geckos have sinuous legs, for example.

I can see why people see MGS here, but I'm seeing a lot more of stuff like this and this.

But all of these are inspired by the idea of a "bipedal tank" so there's going to be a ton of similarities.

OK I thought I read somewhere that someone on the team worked with Kojima. The mech as a whole, I have no issues with the way it looks, I just wanna see how it plays.
 

IHaveIce

Banned
I hope this is something, that will change with the next gen. If not, companies should release the original voices as download, like BioWare did with ME3.



Same here. I bought 2 versions of Halo 4, because of this. 1 is the german Limited Edition and the other is the UK Standard Edition.
The retailer is giving out games 3-4 days early, so I will probably get my copy on the 3rd.

Which retailer are you talking about? If you want send me the name per pm :D



So no other new vehicles? bummer :(
 
I'll be disappointed if the mech and mammoth are the only new vehicles. Especially since the mech is probably limited to campaign, and unless the remake is sandtrap (pls no) then the mammoth is bound to campaign as well.

:/

Re: scummy season pass models - Have ye seen the Forza Horizon setup?

do i want to know?
 
Top Bottom