Simple fix would be to rip ODST's FF settings and implant it into H4.
So basically no unlimited ammo caches.
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Simple fix would be to rip ODST's FF settings and implant it into H4.
So basically no unlimited ammo caches.
I do, but the day I let a random internet person offend me is the day they win, I can't have that!
Getting "raped" is not exclusive to halo, it's used by a lot of people across pretty much every genre. Though that and other hateful ignorant bile gets used most often by the online/competitive FPS crowd.
Never having to worry about ammo removed a lot of the fun that I had in ODST's FF.
That and the fragility of ODSTs compared to Spartans meant you had to pick and choose fights carefully as the former.
les papillons sexuels
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the problem... what one considers a mistake. Sprint for some is a mistake.
K
kittens
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I see where you're coming from, but all that vernacular and the culture behind it are deeply sexist. Just because it's a common occurance doesn't mean it's okay. I have mixed feelings about banning people for one-off remarks that are "innocently" ignorant like that. I mean, I'm glad to have them gone and unable to make further sexist remarks, but I also would rather have them stay around and not say really oppressive, hurtful things. Maybe even learn a thing or two.
But your comment only serves to further marginalize and discredit people who are already putting up with a lot. Sexism is serious and should be taken seriously. I'm not interested in being an amateur moderator, but I can't live with myself if I don't speak up against sexism, especially when it's affecting the communities I care about -- even if that community is just NeoGAF.
NullPointer
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The ammo issue is one thing, but what I really want from ODST's firefight is the very aggressive AI. Reach's FF AI will attack you one squad at a time until all six squads in the wave have been killed (sit up on Courtyard's 'Walkway' spawn and this becomes obvious), whereas ODST's AI would rush you and force you work for survival. The solution is, as always, to give the player more options!
les papillons sexuels
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why dont people just drop/ignore the sexist stuff already. Fuck off with that shit into Off Topic already.
if people were just ignorant of his ignorance it wouldn't have gotten half as far as it has. Seriously, grow up already.
if people were just ignorant of his ignorance it wouldn't have gotten half as far as it has. Seriously, grow up already.
Yeah, I've already dropped it and moved on with the discussion. Don't even support the guy, as stated, just playing the devil's advocate as to where he was attempting to come from.
So it's not ODST.
Having to manage my weapons and even desperately scrounge around Covenant corpses looking for any decent Covenant weaponry before the next wave arrived made ODST FF special to me.
StalkerUKCG
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This is in, it was confirmed during Halofest. They furthermore said that features that are expected from a Halo game, will be there. Take that comment however you want it
oh shit lol, didn't this one get them in a lot of trouble if I remember correctly.
Still hilarious, sorry.
NullPointer
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You've got a point. I missed that bit too.
Thanks. I'm behind on my Halo news.This is in, it was confirmed during Halofest. They furthermore said that features that are expected from a Halo game, will be there. Take that comment however you want it
And I'm going to take that comment to mean they're out to bring Big Team Battle back to its former glory ;P
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kittens
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I've been dabbling with non-Matchmaking Firefight in Reach lately, and am having so much more fun with it.
- No Skirmishers.
- No infinite ammo crates. I added a few waves of Heretic Elites to replenish DMR ammo somewhat.
- Evade. It's actually really fun in Firefight, as much as I hate it in competitive Matchmaking.
- Infinite rounds, limited lives. Survival Firefight is best Firefight.
Edit : I also play with 110% movement speed + jump height.
NullPointer
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bro-fist
snoopeasystreet
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Giant Bomb confirmed that the covenant are back. That's a little bit disappointing. This was their chance to break away from Halo's conventions and do something radically different.
Doesn't necessarily mean they're the main enemy.
williamsan
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Niiiiiice. Loved what I watched. It only gets better from here, right?
Is there a FF game type in matchmaking with them off?
Hey I'm with you. But I can understand the need to nip that stuff in the bud.
As to the "story" behind multiplayer?
I have 2 theories and I hope Frank can tell me if I'm warm or not:
Scenario 1
The spartan program, like the ancestors it was based on, pits new recruits against each other in a battle to the death. Those who survive (win) go on to fight for the UNSC.
Scenario 2
VR training program that all new recruits are put through. Combat training.
I like my theory better
Instead of creating a clone and taking the original kid away, they decide to make clones of the kids and leave the original to do whatever, as humanity was put on the brink of extinction - every life is important and it's best to let people live their life free to rebuild society
The battles between spartan 4s is a process of genetic modification... So they can discover the best genetic improvements for combat (which would tie into the whole "perk" thing, I think)
Ok maybe not the best theory lol
Instead of creating a clone and taking the original kid away, they decide to make clones of the kids and leave the original to do whatever, as humanity was put on the brink of extinction - every life is important and it's best to let people live their life free to rebuild society
The battles between spartan 4s is a process of genetic modification... So they can discover the best genetic improvements for combat (which would tie into the whole "perk" thing, I think)
Ok maybe not the best theory lol
les papillons sexuels
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my guess is that they're AI, one colour is humans the other is elites.
"The Didact transferred Chakas' conciousness and memories into a monitor in an attempt to preserve Chakas' intellect and ancient memories caused by his Geas." - creation of 343. (ie, he's a living conciousness)
Someone (forerunner?) is using living humans and covenant to do the same thing, then pitting them against one another in a battle royale. I think the campaign is going to explore the main foe who's doing this, while also setting up the backstory for the multiplayer. So mastercheif is going to try and stop whoever it is.
You put it very convincingly here.
All of my ODST games were with gaffers here. Once Reach rolled out, matchmaking multiplayer and FF seemed to be what everyone else was playing instead of custom FF games (the low credit payouts in custom games didn't help either).
It's why I was excited for FF matchmaking; I could get a full game of people for FF whenever I felt like playing. Unfortunately it wasn't the FF I wanted.
i mean like sped up natural selection
they die, other traits are decided upon until the spartan 4 is the ultimate version of what they could be
Sounds like some type of Juggernaut game type; the more you kill the stronger you get until you snowball into a Juggernaut-like state.
Anyways, I'll care about why the reds and blues are fighting after an explanation for respawns is given.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
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Bottom right corner. Anybody got an idea of what (><) means?
Custom gametype name, most likely.
dilatedmuscle
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i would like to see a more interesting HUD... How can you brag about the hud when its very similar to the previous HUD's? C'mon, get creative. Im tired of all this playing it safe. Its supposed to be like the HUD of a fighter jet? Make you feel like you are a person wearing a helmet? whatever...
It probably wont be as atmospheric as the Metroid Prime HUD from 10 years ago... Helmet movement, splash on visor, steam on visor, reflection of Samus' face on the inside of the visor during certain lighting conditions (AWESOME!)... This was 10 years ago, why brag about the atmospheric design of the HUD if it's not really all that and a bag of fritos.
It probably wont be as atmospheric as the Metroid Prime HUD from 10 years ago... Helmet movement, splash on visor, steam on visor, reflection of Samus' face on the inside of the visor during certain lighting conditions (AWESOME!)... This was 10 years ago, why brag about the atmospheric design of the HUD if it's not really all that and a bag of fritos.
I kind of like this theory. (btw, "genetic screening"
) The idea seems pretty similar to the way The Clans operated in the Battletech Universe, and for similar reasons too (small society, genetic screening for best warriors).I'd like to know why we can customize spartan colours, but not the HUD colour.
On a side note, I find it pretty silly to have an ammo counter in the top right for a gun that has the ammo counter on it. That's one thing I liked about Doom 3. A fully customizable HUD to enable/disable certain aspects would be nice. They'd clearly have the ability to do so if they can toggle shields and the radar etc. Similarly, if there are on-screen indicators (giant red x) for where a teammate was killed, I don't need text to further reiterate that. I just find it distracting to have in the corner. All that I would care about is who killed me last, and that sort of info can be shown while you wait to respawn.
Going along with the customization of the HUD colour, how about a transparency level as well? Does no one there even own a plasma display?
dilatedmuscle
Member
LOL now that you mention the ammo count, it says 30 on the hud and 36 on the gun lol
snoopeasystreet
Member
36 in the gun. 30 left after that.
I'm not sure how I feel about them trying to tie cannon into multiplayer. Weren't the multiplayer maps in Halo games always set in "real" places within the universe anyway? I dunno, if they end up saying "it's all VR" what service does that provide to the story? If they say "this is the spartan civil war of 2562" or something in world then I guess they write in why there's respawning or explaining why a billion dudes battle rifled each other to death over a flag.
That's where the time remaining would normally show up. I'd guess it's a placeholder for games with no time limit or something? Everything about that screen makes it look like a test, you can see there's no gametype name, emblem, or score either.
TUROK
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Seems pointless, but that's only while judging it from the extremely unfair perspective of having no information about it.
snoopeasystreet
Member
Yeah. It could potentially be interesting but the last game that I remember trying it was Bioshock 2 and even though a played a fair bit of that multiplayer, I never got anything from the story. I think Max Payne 3 is trying it as well so I guess we'll see how it goes.
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