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Halo |OT8| A Salt on the Control Room
- Thread starter The Librarian
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Genre: Shooter, Kinect
Hitmonchan107
Member
Something else I'd like to mention:
I'd consider myself part of the fanatical Halo devout, but there's a ton of revealed information about Halo 4 that's news to me. There's already a Halo 4 hub page on Halo Waypoint, but it hasn't been updated in awhile. (For example, the UNSC weapons revealed in the video are not on the page.)
It might be nice to have a page dedicated to new reveals for those who don't follow every Bulletin, event or video. The most effective manner would be a Timeline page of reveals, which people could infer would be updated in the future with new reveals. This page would have a brief description of the reveal and a link to the full content. This would increase page views/video views on the established content while providing new fans and old a reliable page for information.
I'd consider myself part of the fanatical Halo devout, but there's a ton of revealed information about Halo 4 that's news to me. There's already a Halo 4 hub page on Halo Waypoint, but it hasn't been updated in awhile. (For example, the UNSC weapons revealed in the video are not on the page.)
It might be nice to have a page dedicated to new reveals for those who don't follow every Bulletin, event or video. The most effective manner would be a Timeline page of reveals, which people could infer would be updated in the future with new reveals. This page would have a brief description of the reveal and a link to the full content. This would increase page views/video views on the established content while providing new fans and old a reliable page for information.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
GameTrailers - Bonus Round - Fall Game Preview - BOps2, MoH, Dishonored
I honestly can't say how many times GT and other sites have talked about BOps2 already. This is the sort of attention Halo 4 should be getting on mainstream gaming sites, but to be fair some of these sites are incredibly frikkin biased..
I honestly can't say how many times GT and other sites have talked about BOps2 already. This is the sort of attention Halo 4 should be getting on mainstream gaming sites, but to be fair some of these sites are incredibly frikkin biased..
Tha Robbertster
Member
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Belfast Halo 4 multiplayer level confirmed.
I wouldn't be surprised if Halo 4 supports some Kinect features.
Weird.. They all seem to be named after places.
Biddeford and Camden are places in Maine
. Maybe we're finally getting some recognition!Oh god... Does this mean... DAY ONE DLC?
NOOOO
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Weird.. They all seem to be named after places.
Biddeford and Camden are places in Maine
Oh god... Does this mean... DAY ONE DLC?
NOOOO
Placeholder names. Don't read anything into it.
In one of the Bulletins, it was teased that a new feature added to one of the game types would have a big impact on a certain niche. It's heavily speculated that since we can toss the oddball, we can also toss the bomb (it's the same size, after all). That would have a HUGE impact on Grifball.
I should have noted I was speculating in my post.
crazybydefault
Neo Member
I remember reading somewhere that there won't be any Kinect features for Halo 4? Maybe I'm mistaken...
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
16 pieces of DLC. 16 different MP maps? Released in packs of four? One can only hope.
Yeah, you're right. Maybe they're being sneaky and weren't including DLC, though? I dunno, I think it's unlikely.
Isn't there a game on the PS3 that can have 250 or something players in one game? Granted it would of been laggy as hell but it was still possible.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Well, if Expertzone was right with only 2 new vehicles something tells me there wont be much to look forward to in that regard anyways.
Kinect?
Hm, if I had to guess these would be weapon and armor skins.. We already know that the mappacks well have 3 maps each for the first 3, so it isn't that. Unless they are Spartan Ops side missions...
Nah, probably armor and skins. This is gonna be gears 3 all over again, isn't it?
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I'm choosing to ignore that and hope it was wrong. :-\
It's called MAG, MAG can have that many players as it's not particularly impressive in areas where Halo excels. I.E its texture models, physics etc.
All makes sense now. :_(
Man, I wish they would change that interface.
xxjuicesxx
Member
What was the Halo game where developers said something like " You wont even remember what was an original map and what wasnt" ?
MAG. It has a mode where there are 256 players in one game. And it's not all that laggy.
Garrett 2U
Member
If they put all this work into adding a progression system to Halo 4, and then sell skins in DLC packs (RIP Gears 3), I'll be fucking pissed.
HigherLevel
Member
Frankie said on here a while back there would be no Kinect features in this.
Maybe something along the lines of Anniversary.
1. Bullseye Armor
2. Oceanic Armor
3. Red Camo Armor
4. Raptor Armor
5. Web Armor
6. Console Armor
7. LE armor
8. LE avataro prop
9. Wargames pass that comes with LE
10. Console avatar pet
11. Console avatar suit
12. Console avatar cyro tube
13. Wargames pass (purchasable)
14. Wargames Map Pack #1
15. Wargames Map Pack #2
16. Wargames Map Pack #3
Halo 3.
Unfortunately it makes tons of money.. especially season passes. I fucking hate them but have seen numbers on other games that had one, it's basically selling all the DLC upfront to people near launch instead of hoping they'll stick around and buy all the DLC later. Even if they trade in your game a month later, you still got the money for the DLC.
HigherLevel
Member
I thought he said no Kinect stuff whatsoever but maybe I'm wrong.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I doubt there will be one given the nature of MP now.
Poker Face
Member
"Unlock all weapons early only 1600 Microsoft Points!"
neoism
Member
guys does the limited edition have every dlc available for the game. is it the same as the season pass thing... right?
also good games ...
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
What do you mean? I think armor mods and custom loadouts could be really fun in an Invasion-like gametype.
Represent! But seriously... I wonder what this could be? I really hope it's not day one DLC :/
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Given that it's supposed to be a "simulation now."
If anything you're going to get an invasion "type" of game in BTB now, or BTB will have evolved a bit to incorporate invasion style missions.
Just my thought.
All makes sense now. :_(
Don't forget Smart Glass. Halo 4 lobby UI was designed for both those gimmicks.
It'll be Gamerpics, Themes, Videos and Avatar items most likely. Probably even the slots for the pre-order bonuses and such.
I'm sure if there was day one DLC, we'd know.
It would be interesting to have something akin to Invasion as a game type in BTB, yeah. I think game types that work through phases have a lot of potential to be fun, but the execution of Invasion was poor.
The exact wording in the Bulletin:
Q: We already know Elites are not in, which means no Invasion as we know it in Halo 4. Have you considered releasing a game type (both at launch and after launch) which relied on some of the aspects which made Invasion great? -Gabotron ES
A: Elites are in Campaign. Elites are not playable MP types. We will, however, add some interesting variety to MP which will scratch that itch.
I'm still not sure if he was talking about scratching the Invasion itch (the question) or the playing-as-Elites itch, which the answer focused on.A: Elites are in Campaign. Elites are not playable MP types. We will, however, add some interesting variety to MP which will scratch that itch.
At this point I'm expecting a playlist called Action Scritch where you have to scratch itches until the game ends.
They wouldn't be but it wouldn't stop them from making the marketplace placeholder. Think ODST which basically had the "Play the Reach Beta" hook in it's main menu from Day 1 but wasn't actually used until the Beta dropped. The beta didn't exist when ODST shipped but they sure as hell tested that thing with placeholder content.
edit: it should also be noted that Halo 3 had placeholder content in it's marketplace category too for a while, before MS caught it and took it down.
Garrett 2U
Member
There is no way the Wargames map packs are dev'd yet!
Gabotron ES
Member
This.
HiredN00bs
Member
They are developed to a certain extent at least, if back in June when they announced the LE they already knew there would be 3 packs of 3 maps.
Wouldn't surprise me. A lot of developers now-a-days make all the maps then sell a few later as DLC instead of just putting them on the disc. It's just another way to nickel and dime their paying customers.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Frank already said Kinect is not a part of Halo 4. Doubt the lobby was designed for it. SmartGlass maybe, but we have yet to see the matchmaking lobby either.
Still sticking to the idea that it's just Warzone from Killzone but re-branded.
higherARC05
Banned
Do we have any clue as to how many multiplayer maps are on disk?
10. Plus 3 forge environments.
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