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Halo 4 |OT| Spartans Never Die

dskillzhtown

keep your strippers out of my American football
I'll be picking mine up like the masses tomorrow after work. Then it's off to vote, and then time to sit down and play some Halo 4.

I did the Amazon thing for the LE. Hopefully it will be sitting on my porch when I get home.
 

Skilotonn

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Reposting this from the Community Thread:

Hope you guys who have had the game early have been enjoying Halo 4 - I'm still laughing to myself that my LE arrived at my house the exact day I flew out, which was on the 2nd of November, which was crazy early, and will continue to wait on me till I get back in two weeks.

Was there any other way to get the LOCUS pre-order skin aside from that Halo 4 iOS Doritos scan thing, and was it possible to get multiple ones? It's the only pre-order helmet that I wanted, and that iOS game is US-only either way so I wouldn't have been able to get it otherwise since the store I ordered from didn't have any pre-order bonuses whatsoever.
 

meppi

Member
Well Amazon UK doesn't seem to have any interest in shipping my LE.
So instead of getting it on my birthday, I will even be lucky if I get it in time for the weekend. :(
 
Was there any other way to get the LOCUS pre-order skin aside from that Halo 4 iOS Doritos scan thing, and was it possible to get multiple ones? It's the only pre-order helmet that I wanted, and that iOS game is US-only either way so I wouldn't have been able to get it otherwise since the store I ordered from didn't have any pre-order bonuses whatsoever.
The LOTUS one? It's in the LE console I think.
 
The LOTUS one? It's in the LE console I think.
You are talking about the FOTUS armor. He is talking about Locus Helmet:
halo-4-locus-helmet.jpg

Was there any other way to get the LOCUS pre-order skin aside from that Halo 4 iOS Doritos scan thing, and was it possible to get multiple ones? It's the only pre-order helmet that I wanted, and that iOS game is US-only either way so I wouldn't have been able to get it otherwise since the store I ordered from didn't have any pre-order bonuses whatsoever.
I remember some retailers had it as pre-order bonus. but don't ask me which ones.
 

Mohonky

Member
Just picked up my copy from midnight launch here in Aus. Looking forward to playing it. Couldn't install second disc though, that's a little odd as I usually install both discs when a game is on more than one....
 

Sordid

Member
Given up for the day.

Fuck you shopto, fuck you.

I never expected it but my ShopTo order made it all the way to me in NE Scotland, I'd blame Royal Mail instead :(

On topic, is the Mark VI helmet unlockable through Legendary co-op or does it have to be solo?
 

MrBig

Member
I never expected it but my ShopTo order made it all the way to me in NE Scotland, I'd blame Royal Mail :(

On topic, is the Mark VI helmet unlockable through Legendary co-op or does it have to be solo?

It's for the achievement for completing the game on at least normal, co-op or solo.
 
Just picked up my copy from midnight launch here in Aus. Looking forward to playing it. Couldn't install second disc though, that's a little odd as I usually install both discs when a game is on more than one....
You have to boot the second disc and install it from there
 

NekoFever

Member
Just picked up my copy from midnight launch here in Aus. Looking forward to playing it. Couldn't install second disc though, that's a little odd as I usually install both discs when a game is on more than one....
Just play the second disc. All it does is install the multiplayer, which you do by running it rather than installing through the dashboard.
 

BearPawB

Banned
Reposting this from the Community Thread:

Hope you guys who have had the game early have been enjoying Halo 4 - I'm still laughing to myself that my LE arrived at my house the exact day I flew out, which was on the 2nd of November, which was crazy early, and will continue to wait on me till I get back in two weeks.

Was there any other way to get the LOCUS pre-order skin aside from that Halo 4 iOS Doritos scan thing, and was it possible to get multiple ones? It's the only pre-order helmet that I wanted, and that iOS game is US-only either way so I wouldn't have been able to get it otherwise since the store I ordered from didn't have any pre-order bonuses whatsoever.

ios game?
 
I got a text from GameStop saying come at 10pm to finalize my preorder. Do I have to wait until 10pm to do that or can I go anytime today to finalize it?
 
I got a text from GameStop saying come at 10pm to finalize my preorder. Do I have to wait until 10pm to do that or can I go anytime today to finalize it?

Any time, but that's usually for midnight sales. If you're going to be waiting in line, go in ahead of the line and finalize your payment, then head out and get in line.

If you're not doing the line...might want to do it anyway so they don't sell your game like a buncha asses.
 
OK I see now, on multi the only weapons laying around are either superweapons or the odd drop, nearly every other weapon must be from care packages or your spartan setup.

It was a bit annoying fighting people with an AR when they were picking me off at range but now it's feeling better.
 

HiiiLife

Member
I pick up my copy at an Air Force base. The line is usually half the size of a Gamestop off base. So I'm excited for the short wait. Lol. Plus it's inside so that's a good thing as well.
 
K

kittens

Unconfirmed Member
I pick up my copy at an Air Force base. The line is usually half the size of a Gamestop off base. So I'm excited for the short wait. Lol. Plus it's inside so that's a good thing as well.
Are Gamestop midnight releases usually pretty bad? I haven't been to one in eight years (for Halo 2!).

holy fuck. main menu set up is more like halo 3 than reach !! fck yeah
I loved Reach's 2D menus. Best in the series (still). The actual menu structure was lacking, though.
 

SegaManAU

Gold Member
OMG...Game is amazing.

There was well over 200 people at my EB games. Was like a party for 4 hours before release. There was laser tag, DJ's and 3 v 3 Halo 4 lan going on.

Awesome night.
 
Flood is such an amazing game type now, 343 did a really nice job making it feel fresh instead of just green spartans running around with plasma swords. Also really nice music when you are human and trying to survive.
 

McNei1y

Member
I wish I could go to the midnight release but now my work schedule is in the way :(

First midnight release I'll miss in awhile.
 

HiiiLife

Member
Are Gamestop midnight releases usually pretty bad? I haven't been to one in eight years (for Halo 2!).

I've only ever been to midnight releases at a GameStop on military bases. They're not too bad. They have hot chocolate and coffee lol. Usually they have a tournament for the previous CoD / Halo. Sometimes they'll even let you play the next game a little bit early (like try out the campaign). I can't say much for any of the GameStops off base. But everytime I drive past them to go home, the customers always look so cold. And the line usually wraps around the store. Haha.
 
So I was just browsing the new Halo Waypoint website and I thought I'd search for unreleased playlists like it was possible with Reach. I found the Swat, Extraction and Grifball playlist pictures which basically confirms they will be released. Still searching for more.

Grifball

Extraction

SWAT
 

Roche

Member
So hyped for this game now I can hardly express it in words. It's a bit like several months of excitement and build up has hit me like a ton of bricks all in the last four days or so.

Can't wait to play with some Halo Gaffers when I finish with the campaign.
 

BearPawB

Banned
It is amazing how quickly i went from moderate, "ill buy it because it's halo..." hype. To full on CANT STOP WATCHING LIVESTREAMS, NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN, style hype.

Get Excite.
 
Wasn't sure I was going to get this and really hadn't paid much attention to it until I saw it on MLG over the weekend. Now I can't wait to get it.

One question to those who have it already who have played around with forge: With those fields that you can place on the map where you can change the games attributes in that field(things like gravity or damage, not sure of the name), is it possible to make ordinance drops usable only in those fields?

The only thing I am still iffy about in the game is ordinance drops in competitive gametypes, as it seems like there is virtually no real way to stop them other than not letting the player get kills/points. So I thought it would add an interesting foil to the game if there was a point on the map that you had to go to to use ordinance drops. As it would be a way to control ordinance drops at least a little.
 
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