Which part?
The content about his backstory is in the series; the Insurrectionists are getting fairly covered in the Kilo-5 trilogy and possibly
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Halo |OT19| 793 Posts, And None Worth Reading
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Which part?
Prinz Eugn
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I will merely agree that you have a gut feeling and your attempts to justify it by the presence of the Infinity are poorly reasoned.
We still have time between Thursday War and Halo 4, and we also have the main character of the series (which the next mainline game will presumably be focused on) wandering around alone in the desert. nfinity being present doesn't mean much; It could be a mainline game, or it could not.
Have you met real soldiers? The Dudiest Bros I know are in the military. The Spartan IVs were pretty realistic in that regard.
https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/421448143767498752
So Staten will be looking over multiple titles I guess, Spencer teasing some IP returns....please bring back Conker.
So Staten will be looking over multiple titles I guess, Spencer teasing some IP returns....please bring back Conker.
His hair piece has rejuvenating powers.
User 73706
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Can the arbiter please look like this?
I mean, to be honest it's not quite the right kind of art style. I'm mainly looking at the hulking "I am the arbiter" (as opposed to standard elites who are significantly less awesomely adorned) and foreign, ancient look of the armor, which I thought was kind of the point of the arbiter in the first place, it being an ancient, honorable, distinct rank (again, I have not read anything on Halo save a whole bunch of wikis). The Halo 3 arbiter, I thought, could have looked maybe a bit more epic.
I'll take anything at this point, though.
Ripa 'Moramee (Halo Wars Arbiter) sounds right up your alley.
Syphon Filter
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Yea Phil has been hinting at old ip returns for a while. I expect them at E3 .
Don't weapon cache searches end badly? As for Palmer her whole personality just turns me off, I mean dry and sarcastic sense of humor (the thing that they were aiming for most likely) would be great if it was done well. She just seems arrogant and obtuse to me.
What about that other Spartan lady in escalation she's part of jackknife, is her character written well?
What about that other Spartan lady in escalation she's part of jackknife, is her character written well?
Ragnarok Flames
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its a majestic hair piece.
Syphon Filter
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These Elites need to be the inspiration for H5.
User 73706
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It was a great set of armor:
Wasn't he like 8ft tall, imagine him in one of those councillors helmets.
geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez
These Elites need to be the inspiration for H5.
Too practical for the likes of halo 4 art design. Needs more angles and curves.
User 73706
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Minus the weird-ass toe talon and tribal braids, I desperately want Elites like this in the next game.
The physiology and finishing on the metal are so perfect. Well, minus the doofy-ass head. Give it a Halo 3 Elite head and we're in business.
The physiology and finishing on the metal are so perfect. Well, minus the doofy-ass head. Give it a Halo 3 Elite head and we're in business.
Halo 2 Elites are best Elites. It is known.
Poker Face
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Conker would justify my Xbox One purchase x1000. Even if Staten was working on it, I can't imagine a Conker game without Chris Seavor though
I need that Christian Bale GIF where he's listening and then looks around like, "wait what?"
User 73706
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It wouldn't work for Halo, but I always found this Daedalius-esque Arbiter concept to be strangely charming, if busy as fuck.
I guess I'm not really seeing what separates this from a Reach or 3 elite other than that it's rather skinny.
It wouldn't work for Halo, but I always found this Daedalius-esque Arbiter concept to be strangely charming, if busy as fuck.
I was actually thinking about posting this one, only I thought the other one did a bit better of a job of possibly fitting into halo.
Also, that busy kind of style is part of what makes it look so "ancient," which...well, I already commented on that.
That energy staff thing looks something I could really go for though.
Syphon Filter
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How do you make bigger pics small like you did here?
User 73706
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Image quality, really. It's more 2 / CE than 3, imo, but the armor finish / proportions / etc. seem pretty refined. I actually wasn't a huge fan of Reach Elites; they had great concept art, but the actual models were really janky-ass, bulbous, overly-reflective design... it works fine as an enemy concept, I guess, but I think something like the concept art I listed would be a good balance of "relatable" and powerful.
YES!
EDIT For other aliens i like Halo 3 models most. And find Halo 4 ones usually better than Reach models. Something's just off with Reach Covies.
What? If you're referring to my avatar I used some site online. I'm too much of a lazy fucker to make it look good lol
User 73706
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Putting an image in quote tags will shrink it to a degree. Pics that are too wide are also automatically limited on GAF now.
Jellycrackers
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I have met real soldiers. The ones I respect are the ones that act more like Spartan II characters.
I'll rephrase
Spartan II - Ideal, disciplined soldiers.
Spartan IV - Dudebros.
cause dude is into some freaky ass shit.
Syphon Filter
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I see,thanks.
I think the unique models for enemies in Reach was a nice idea, but it didn't really work in practice for me. The Elites especially.
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I actually really liked Reach's style of covenant. It made it look so much more distinct from everything.
The buildings, vehicles, everything just looked more like something from some other world. In 3 it just looks like....idk, another building made out of some odd material.
Besides, Reach seemed, despite otherwise being very drab, like it took a lot more notes from CE than 3. In CE, Covenant and UNSC are very distinct from one another, with UNSC almost having a World War II-esque feel to it's aesthetic, and Covenant having this very distinct brightly colored purple, green, and blue asthetic. Reach seemed to get that very distinct, somewhat over-the-top-but-refined look that CE had and still manage to make it not look janky in the drab, depressing world it housed.
edit: yeah, hm, it looks like I'm completely opposite from everybody here. I really liked the elites style (sort of. I disliked the yellow they used on the captains or whatever they were).
I actually really liked Reach's style of covenant. It made it look so much more distinct from everything.
The buildings, vehicles, everything just looked more like something from some other world. In 3 it just looks like....idk, another building made out of some odd material.
Besides, Reach seemed, despite otherwise being very drab, like it took a lot more notes from CE than 3. In CE, Covenant and UNSC are very distinct from one another, with UNSC almost having a World War II-esque feel to it's aesthetic, and Covenant having this very distinct brightly colored purple, green, and blue asthetic. Reach seemed to get that very distinct, somewhat over-the-top-but-refined look that CE had and still manage to make it not look janky in the drab, depressing world it housed.
edit: yeah, hm, it looks like I'm completely opposite from everybody here. I really liked the elites style (sort of. I disliked the yellow they used on the captains or whatever they were).
User 73706
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Reach enemies have too much detail and stuff. They're... unclear. For some reason i find Halo 4 Elites** (and other enemies) to be much easy to distinguish (though brighter colors help too). And some i just plain don't care for, like Reach Grunts and Brutes. Skirmisher's look good.
And Reach's use of color... too muted. It's like the game has this damn next-gen filter enabled*. And why the fuck were all the Brutes using gold armor? And where are my field commanders with their pretty golden armor (Field Marshall's don't count, they look just plain stupid with their silly hat and wrong shade of gold/yellow)?
*I actually liked that in the first trailer for Reach, but when i played the game, it was nowhere near as dark and moody (and bloody and gory) as i hoped it to be so the muted colors ended up annoying me). Lacked the proper dark atmosphere, and weak storytelling didn't help any.
**EDIT not that Halo 4 Elites need to be distinguished, they're all too dumb, passive and weak for their rank to matter, unfortunately. I like Halo 4 but it's AI is way too stupid, compared to earlier Halos. Still prefer it over Reach's cheating AI.
Much better no?+
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A happy medium between stupid and reach AI would make future play throughs more enjoyable.
Orochinagis
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Sadly the armor was lost on the shield world so the next arbiters were using a new one.
It wouldn't work for Halo, but I always found this Daedalius-esque Arbiter concept to be strangely charming, if busy as fuck.
Oh that Space pirate feels from Metroid prime.
CreateNowSleepLater
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Something akin to the "I don't like to lose" thread they gave Kirk in the Star Trek movies would be interesting.
Demoncarnotaur
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I still think Halo 2 had the best proportions for Elites. They were tall, athletic and still menacing which fully channeled the intelligent warriors they are meant to convey.
As time went one they became too hunched, hulking and monstrous.
As time went one they became too hunched, hulking and monstrous.
It would probably be too big for them I mean he's 246.3cm tall a normal elite looks tiny:
It is a shame to waste nice looking armor though.
Syphon Filter
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Yea i like that version but Reach was pretty similar to Halo 1 and 2 Elites as well.
Computer
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This made me think of Master Chief in disguised a long poncho walking down a crowded side walk with other humans because he wants to fit in. It would be cool to see something like this in a game ot tv show.
It rounded out their heads though. The streamlined Shark look they had in H1 and 2 is hard to beat.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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CE Elites were scary and mysterious. Halo 2 Elites were cool. Halo 3 Elites were a joke (worst). Reach Elites were kind of scary again and felt alien. Halo 4 Elites were goofy and low budget.
The Arbiter can save us.
Fata1moose
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I wish the Prometheans looked different, why wouldn't the Forerunners just make the Prometheans look more humanoid like themselves? Instead they are robots with characteristics of beetles. The Promethean owl in the Halo 5 trailer looked ridiculous as well, so there's probably not much hope for a design change.
I agree with this assessment. Down to the spoiler.
Demoncarnotaur
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I really, really hope they throw away that design and start over.
Fata1moose
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They don't even necessarily have to retcon the existing Prometheans, just have a different class that we haven't seen before.
Syphon Filter
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I actually like the look of the Prometheans for the most part. It's the covenant redesigns that i dislike. They just look generic and uninspired. The skin instead of the black suit was a bad move mainly.
Orochinagis
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Like non composed prometheans knights also all those knights were in Requiem so yeah.
User 73706
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It would probably be too big for them I mean he's 246.3cm tall a normal elite looks tiny:
It is a shame to waste nice looking armor though.
Wait a second. How did Ripa fit into that armor in the first place? I can't imagine all the Arbiters before him were that huge.
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Wait a second. How did Ripa fit into that armor in the first place? I can't imagine all the Arbiters before him were that huge.
wut
Well, they rolled Ripa off the edge of a platform on a Shield World, which they then blew up.
I think that they've got tons of Arbiter armor in storage.
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