StalkerUKCG
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What's wrong with that?
The joy of playing Dishonored is the sheer amount of stuff the developers put in that the average player may never find. Entire sub missions and the like just hidden off.
I hate the idea of a Halo that doesn't have stuff like that, hidden away waiting for you to find it.
JohnOfMars
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I'll be so disappointed if it's true. Look at how much fun we all had last OT sharing pics from Halo 3 about all the crazy stuff we did (silly scarabs).
I really hope that's not going away!
Well, okay then. That doesn't tell us anything, because Theater has never been a sub-menu in campaign.
Hopefully you will be able to save the film from your recent films and view in theater, like always.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
No campaign theatre mode?
squidhands
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You don't even have to go into the building for the battle to continue on without you. You can hang out there for as long as you can stand it, and you can grab a rocket launcher off a Marine and eventually stock it full with ammo as more troops land. The concept of it is great, but it's always the same repetitive fight and it gets boring super fast.
That can't be right.
Heh - I'm not considered real 'press' by MS marketing; I'm not on that list. I was watching John Stewart when you wrote that note last night.
In other news... I like Reach. Seems like a lot of hate in the last few pages - just wanted to throw in my good feelings to counteract a bit.
I just found it kind of odd that there's just an entire encounter hidden from the player that the game berates me for participating in. Everyone else moves up and in to the launch facility while I try and hold the fort down and all I get is "HOLY SHIT SIX WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING BRO GET BACK IN LINE."
It would be cool if it was challenging or different in some way - like a Spirit does a drive-by while a Phantom comes in and drops off a General, some Grunts and a Hunter pair. But it's just Grunts and Jackals, I think.
Kibbles
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I heard this a few days ago, say it ain't so 343.
That can't be right. They wouldn't cut theater from Campaign entirely. No way. It's far too important a feature.
....right...?
Heh - I'm not considered real 'press' by MS marketing; I'm not on that list. I was watching John Stewart when you wrote that note last night.
In other news... I like Reach. Seems like a lot of hate in the last few pages - just wanted to throw in my good feelings to counteract a bit.
I like Reach as well, but I think it's enormously flawed, especially as Bungie's Halo swan song. So many lessons from the prior games un-learned.
ElRenoRaven
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Heh - I'm not considered real 'press' by MS marketing; I'm not on that list. I was watching John Stewart when you wrote that note last night.
In other news... I like Reach. Seems like a lot of hate in the last few pages - just wanted to throw in my good feelings to counteract a bit.
You're not alone. I really think Reach gets way too much hate. Damn good game. Sure I hate AA's but that's all I really truly hate with a passion with the game.
Captain Blood
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It probably isn't really fair to compare. Not a lot of it really jumped out at me but I am sure that will change once I hear it in context of the game. That said, Arrival is a fantastic track!
OverHeat
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Compromised as to be made to have those kind of graphics.
Heh - I'm not considered real 'press' by MS marketing; I'm not on that list. I was watching John Stewart when you wrote that note last night.
In other news... I like Reach. Seems like a lot of hate in the last few pages - just wanted to throw in my good feelings to counteract a bit.
Hate is too strong word, i think. Dislike, sure.
Reach is a good game compared to majority of video games. With nice people it is easy to forget its shortcomings and just to enjoy it. It still has crazy Halo moments. But as a Halo, it doesn't quite reach the bar (no pun intended). I think of it as Reach, not Halo (of course this is mainly to avoid confusion to other Halos...).
Speaking for myself only, of course. Small things bother me easily.
NobleGundam
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Yeah, I really don't like the trend in modern games to have a fully voiced npc harrass you to pursue the mission objective. Halo is a big offender there, but far from the only one. Dishonored doesn't do that, and it's fantastic not to feel pressured.
We're not encouraged to explore anymore, the games are always pushing us to move forward and see the jack in the box pop out at the end.
It's certainly worrying but we won't know for sure until we see what's in the recent films area or the Theater UI, etc. Remember that Theater has always been its own mode from which you access recent films & saved films. I'm concerned, but not freaking out yet.
Hmm... No more Halo on it. Figures that was a placeholder.
Moa
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I thought they wouldn't cut Assault, Juggernaut and all those gametypes because they were important to some people, but guess not.
So much we are hearing from these leaks sucks, hoping they'll clear up the lack of some of these features.
SatansReverence
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No campaign theater and no party theater...
I'd be pretty surprised if the Infinity menu's Theater mode didn't let you pull up Campaign play sessions to save and edit. At least I'm really hoping that's the case....
Wifiplayer13
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I would hope not. Campaign screenshots have always been some of my favorite. And I don't know if this has been confirmed yet, but have they said that Spartan Ops would support theater? I really hope so because I could see some awesome screenshots being made from it.
Guys: let's not play Jump To Conclusions. We aren't assuming that Theater is multiplayer even though that's where it's listed, right?
squidhands
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Well, shit.
I'm going to assume that Theater is linked to the Infinity disc, so you'll probably only be able to use it for the modes listed.
Hm, sorry for me this doesn't confirm anything, you still could pull movies from campaign into theater.
Of course, I didn't intend to offend you?
Reagan's BR
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Campaign theatre is coming with skill ranking and assault in a big patch.
NobleGundam
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Didn't I just mentioned that this is probably possible in my previous post?
I expected a fair amount of game type pruning, but Campaign theater is a baseline feature. It's like cutting online co-op at this point. If they really did get cut, it would be a fail of enormous proportions.
Edit: to clarify, I'm not assuming it's cut. Quite the opposite. But some clarifications would be nice.
Well, Infinity is access from the main menu, and Theater is accessed through Infinity...
I'm assuming that Infinity, once installed, isn't launched as a separate game entirely as the Anniversary Multiplayer was, and even then they actually run on the same engine...
I would still like confirmation on this that isn't in the same vain as Soon or "We'll reveal more details closer to launch."
squidhands
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Maybe Campaign Theatre is only with the purchase of the LE. Finally, a good reason to buy it.
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
Not really since disc switching can be required. At least I think so, you can just run multiplayer off disc 2 can't you?
But 3 days before launch we will find out it isn't
Almost assuredly not. We know it's an install disc and multi is playable from disc 1 after you install. They aren't in the business of providing people a way to let two consoles play multiplayer with only one copy.
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Major Nelson confirms that Halo 4 will not be part of Smart Glass at launch.
I believe you need to install disc 2.
I can't believe you guys are flipping out about theatre not showing up in 2 different places.
MaximumFlipFlop
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You've got to be kidding me. I am trying to stay positive here and just believe it's in, but looking at those pictures...tells me a different story. What is the logical explanation for removing theater in Campaign? Cutting features seems to be the name of the game here. This sadly is a trend with many modern games.
Exploring the Halo 3 levels with the camera and pan cam were some of my fondest memories. Breaking out of the barriers on The Ark and many other levels was so cool. You'd search and randomly come across a hidden gem or a great POV for an awesome picture. Or on Valhalla, breaking the Banshee out of the barrier and flying into space. You'd see the blue sky above you slowly darken, then before you knew it you were in space looking at darkness and stars. Reach killed this with the additions of time out zones, reducing one's ability to explore the awesome environments. Now with 4, exploration is practically done with. Try to go where you are not supposed to and get killed by a countdown.
Ugh, I remember playing Delta Halo on Halo 2 and driving my Ghost around the mountains of that environment for hours. Why do developers do this? Do they not want us seeing 'unfinished' parts of the level we wouldn't normally see? I don't give a shit about missing textures and unfinished graphics, I just want to explore...
In the 1st picture it says "Resume Campaign" and underneath it, it says "Campaign", so this isn't the campaign menu, it's the main-menu.
No Theater for Campaign just can't be true. There are so many funny/awesome things happening, that we should be able to capture.
ViewtifulJC
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No campaign theater? No wonder they still haven't officially reveled that yet
Maybe for Halo 5, more bandwidth
Maybe for Halo 5, more bandwidth
As I explained before, even if Theater is a selection from Infinity Menu, I remember I wasn't able to see my clips from the campaign.
The theater in Halo 4 seems to be worst than it was in Reach. I explain:
In Reach, theater saved automaticaly your previous games and you could watch it when you want with a temporary files save, directly from the theater. Now, you have to go to the main menu, press start, going to file directory, search your clip then save it to view it in the theater.
And when I was doing that sort of thing, there were no campaign clips, only multiplayer, even if I had finish a level from the campaign.
But I think it will be okay for Spartan Ops, 'cause it's from the Infinity.
The theater in Halo 4 seems to be worst than it was in Reach. I explain:
In Reach, theater saved automaticaly your previous games and you could watch it when you want with a temporary files save, directly from the theater. Now, you have to go to the main menu, press start, going to file directory, search your clip then save it to view it in the theater.
And when I was doing that sort of thing, there were no campaign clips, only multiplayer, even if I had finish a level from the campaign.
But I think it will be okay for Spartan Ops, 'cause it's from the Infinity.
You're still able to get out of levels in Reach.
Slightly Live
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No wonder they have refused to discuss Theatre at all.
I'm sure they'll have their explanations but really, it isn't good enough that it didn't make it in. To think that Halo 4 has a significantly reduced and nerfed main baseline feature compared with Halo 3 and considering how well polished the rest of the game is, is a disgrace in light of the technical pedigree of the developers.
I'm sure they'll have their explanations but really, it isn't good enough that it didn't make it in. To think that Halo 4 has a significantly reduced and nerfed main baseline feature compared with Halo 3 and considering how well polished the rest of the game is, is a disgrace in light of the technical pedigree of the developers.
Moa
Member
Nope, no remixes in-game.
We knew it was never going to be, that demo we saw at E3 was for Halo Waypoint.
Tha Robbertster
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I know why there's no campaign theater: Theater really is a way for the Spartan IV's to watch their training and their spartan ops missions. How could they even view the Master Chief's campaign?
It's all in the canon.
It's all in the canon.
Blue Ninja
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